Attacks on Ayesha, r.a, by Shias & Hindus, Defense by
Muslims, are both based on ignorance of Hadith
by Kaukab Siddiqur, PhD
Imams who do not know these three elementary points should
not even teach the Qur'an:
The Qur'an was revealed over 23 years, not all at once as
one Book.
Each sura is indicated at the top, based on hadith, whether
most of it was revealed in Makka or Madinah. Teachers who
don't know this can do serious damage by teaching Madani
suras as if they apply in Makka type situations, or vice
versa.
The Knowledge of Nasikh wa Mansukh. Quranic laws were
revealed step by step: Be it the prohibition of intoxicants,
or the rules of fasting and sacrifice, or the law about
interest, or the rights of women, etc.
Thus placing sura Nisa about women above sura Noor or sura
Tauba about women is a terrible mistake.
Imams who do not know the basic rules of Hadith should study
before they start teaching hadith. Here are the most basic
rules:
Just because a narrative is in a book of hadith does not
mean it is a hadith of Muhammad, pbuh,
The chain of narrators in a hadith must be an unbroken chain
going to the Prophet, pbuh. If the chain is broken, it
cannot be considered an Islamic source. It is simply some
pious person's opinion.
If a taba'i or a tabba tabai [two generations after the
Prophet, pbuh] narrates from the Prophet, pbuh, it cannot be
accepted because he/she was not alive in the era of the
Prophet, This type of narrative is called MURSAL and cannot
be used to arrive at an Islamic decision.. He/she must
narrate from a sahabi [Companion] who met the
Prophet,pbuh..
Even a sahabi's narrative cannot be accepted as part of
Islam if he is not narrating from the Prophet, pbuh. The
sahaba and the two generations after them should be
respected and honored but cannot be considered on the same
level as the Prophet, pbuh.
Remember, the Sahaba differed on many matters, so their
views are often good but are not Islam like the words of the
Prophet.
There are many kinds of irsal but the one which has created
most problems for Muslims is the one about the age of
Ayesha, r.a., The narrative about her age is accepted by
many Muslims because it is in Sahih Bukhari though:
The narrative about her age is not from the Prophet, pbuh.
The Prophet never mentioned the age of Ayesha, r.a., nor did
he refer to it in any context.
Bukhari himself does not say that the narrative about her
age is from the Prophet, pbuh.
As in the case of the Qur'an, hadith too is related to the
progressive development of Islam through 23 years of
prophetic mission. The hadith do often refer to the cultural
context of that time and also indicate how gradually Islam
changed the context.
Pakistan
Maulana Maudoodi passed away years back [photo above] but
his message is being reignited by Jamaate Islami leader
Sirajul Haq and many others.
Rallies against blasphemy by Indian Hindu extremists were
held in every Pakistani city by every Islamic group. Here is
what Pakistan Express report says:
Jamiat Ulema Islam(JUI), Jamat e Islami (JI),
Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, Sunni Tehreek, and others staged
separate demonstrations in a bid to register protest against
the blasphemous remarks about the Holy Prophet(PBUH) by the
proponents of Hindutva ideology.
JI demanded of the government to send back Indian envoy in
protest against the blasphemy by the ruling Bharatiya Janta
Party in the neighboring country.
JI staged a protest demonstration outside Memon Masjid in
Boltan Market area of Karachi.
A large number of JI workers, besides people from all walks
of life participated in the protest demonstration.
Protesters condemned the "fringe" Nupur Sharma --- ex-BJP's
spokesperson and called on the Muslims from Islamic
countries to boycott India and its prime minister Modi, who
was the main culprit of spreading Islamophobia and
spearheading genocidal incidents across India.
Ahle-Sunnat-Wal Jamaat took out rallies in Khairpur, Karachi
and other cities to mark the Day of Sanctity of Holy Prophet
(PBUH).
Workers of all political parties including Sunni
Coordination Council, Karachi Ulema Committee, Sunni Action
Committee, Seerat Committee Karachi participated.
Scores of people turned out at the Karachi Press Club for
Ahle- Sunnat-e-Wal-Jamaat Karachi Division Hurmat Rasool
March.
Like the rest of the country, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan
Karachi Division staged a rally against Nopur Sharma and
Naveen Jundal of BJP.
TLP workers marched from Tibet Center to Karachi Press Club
on Friday.
Jamiat Ulema Islam and Aalmi Majlis Khatam-e-Nabowat staged
a Namoos-e-Risalat rally.
Denouncing the blasphemous remarks by the spokesperson of
the Indian ruling party BJP, they demanded boycott of Indian
products and expulsion of Indian ambassador.
At the call of Pakistan Sunni Tehreek, the gathering at
Jumuah Al-Mubarak strongly condemned the blasphemy of the
Prophet at the Indian state level.
Extremist Indian terrorist organization BJP should be banned
internationally and the Indian ambassador should be expelled
from Pakistan.
Jamaat Ehle Sunnat observed a Day of Protest against the
blasphemy.
Special sermons were held in Friday prayers at Saddar Memon
Masjid and other mosques of the Barelvi school and they also
staged protest rallies against BJP's insolence that hurt the
religious sentiments of millions of Muslims across the
world.
Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) held a seminar at Karachi
University to condemn the BJP leaders remarks against Holy
Prophet (PBUH).
Jamiat Ghurba Ahle-Hadees denouncing the BJP leaders'
blasphemous remarks said that the Indian government is
targeting Muslims.
They said that Muslims in India were being marginalized and
suffered arrests and torture if they protest against BJP
Hindu extremists' atrocities.
Jamia Binoria Administrator Mufti Noman Naeem said that
blasphemous remarks of bigoted Hindu leaders hurt the
sentiments of Muslim Ummah.
He called upon the United Nations to ban blasphemy realising
the religious sensitivity.
War News
Ukraine
Unless US rushes help, Ukraine is facing defeat. 200 killed
a day. Ammo Running out.
Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a $40 billion
aid package for Ukraine. He also announced an additional
security assistance package for the country worth $700
million on June 1.
Skibitsky did not mention the U.S. aid in the interview, nor
whether it is expected to make any significant impact in
Ukraine's fight against Russia.While Ukraine barrels through
its ammunition and arms supplies, it is also reportedly
seeing heavy daily losses in terms of manpower.
An aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the
BBC this week that 100 to 200 Ukrainian troops are being
killed every day on the war's front line.
Syria
June 12
Russian jets and Assad regime jets bombed ISIS forces
advancing in Aleppo-Hama-al-Raqqah triangle.
In Rif Dimashq, an officer of Assad regime engineering unit
was killed in an IEiD explosion.
US and SDF coordinated action captured an ISIS activist in
norther Deir ez Zor province.
In Al-Hawl refugee camp, another woman was killed in
conflict with ISIS women.
ISIS fighters killed an SDFin al-Busayrah city [Deir ez Zor]
[US backed] commander
June 11
Assad regime officer was seriously wounded in eastern Daraa
countryside.
Demonstrators in Idlib province demanded action against
Assad and Iranian controlled areas.
Turkish artillery hit areas near Manbij and eastern Aleppo
province where Assad troops have arrived.
Nine people [5 women] were killed in mine explosion while
wheat harvesting in northern Deraa province,
June 10
Israeli air strike damaged Iranian supply areas at Damascus
International airport . Terminal was also damaged.
News Within the U.S.
[With thanks to Br. Shoaib]
Hindu Group within Google Got Dalit Speaker Blocked.
Haripriya Suresh Follow @hrprya
A scheduled talk by US-based Dalit activist Thenmozhi
Soundararajan was cancelled by Google after the company
allegedly buckled under pressure from employees who claimed
that their "lives were at risk" if Thenmozhi went ahead.
The presentation was supposed to be part of the company's
Diversity Equity Inclusivity (DEI) program for employee
sensitisation.
An expose by the Washington Post has revealed that groups of
Google's employees sent out mass emails through the company
intranet, calling Thenmozhi, who is the Executive Director
of Equality Labs, as "Hindu phobic" and "anti-Hindu." The
subsequent cancellation of the event is being seen as a
direct fallout of a campaign by pro-Hindu groups inside
Google.
The issue also snowballed after Tanuja Gupta, the senior
manager at Google who had invited Thenmozhi to deliver the
talk, quit Google in protest after being pulled up for
inviting her.
According to the Washington Post report, the employees at
Google who opposed her talk claimed that "their lives were
at risk by the discussion of caste equity."
The report added that the mail went out to a South Asian
employees group with 8,000 people. When Tanuja posted the
link to a petition to have the talk again (after it had been
pulled), people on the group said that there is no caste in
the US, caste discrimination does not exist, people from
oppressed castes are less educated, and so on. The report
also added that people called caste equity a form of
'reverse discrimination against upper castes' because of
India's reservation system.
Speaking Against Homos is Difficult in USA
June 4, 2022, 8:38 AM EDT
By Jay Valle [Out News]
A high school graduation speech telling students to "choose
a spouse" based on "biblical principles" is sparking outrage
online.
"Choose a spouse, I suggest," alumnus Jim McGuire said in a
commencement address at River Valley High School in
Caledonia, Ohio. "I also strongly suggest to make sure to
choose biblical principles, you know a male with a female
and female with a male."
Outreach
Person to Person
Newark, Delaware
Khutba by an Arab brother was about not wasting time. It was
good for the audience in which there were many young
people.
A six page Jamaat al-Muslimeen document taken from New Trend
was given to 77 Muslims from a variety of nationalities.
Here are the contents of the six pages:
Kashmir conference in Istanbul.
Protestant Christians in USA notice decades of abuse and
coverup.
Critical analysis of Imran Khan's tactics in Pakistan.
Canada is treating Immigrants, includfing children, like
Criminals
[Yahoo news]
Human rights advocates in B.C. are calling on the province
to end its contract with the Canadian Border Services Agency
and stop incarcerating immigrants and refugees in provincial
jails.
A coalition of human rights organizations and advocates
— including the B.C. Civil Liberties Association
(BCCLA), Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International
— launched a campaign in October urging Canadians to
call on the provincial government to stop allowing the CBSA
to use provincial jails to lock up people seeking
asylum.
"What prompted [the campaign] was years of inaction by the
federal government," Samer Muscati with Human Rights Watch
said in an email to CBC News.
"So we decided to target provincial governments for their
complicity in this horrid system."
According to campaign organizers, between April 2019 and
March 2020, almost 9,000 people were in immigration
detention in Canada, including 138 infants and children.
Since 2000, at least 16 people have lost their lives in
these detention centres.
"This is actually a lot more common than people would think.
Over the past five years, there have been tens of thousands
of people held in immigration detention. So that gives you
an idea of just how many people are invisibly experiencing
this," said Mara Selanders with the BCCLA.
Selanders says there are only three immigration holding
centres in Canada — in Surrey, B.C., Laval, Que., and
Toronto. Outside of that, immigrants and refugees are sent
to provincial jails while they wait for the approval of
their legal status in Canada.
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu.
Two Days and Two Nights like no Others.
It was reported that Anas b. Mâlik - {Allâh be pleased with
him }- said...
There are two days and two nights the likes of
which no one has ever heard of before.
Two Days
/-
The Day on which you will receive the news
about Allâh the Exalted...
whether you will receive His punishment
or His mercy.
/-
the Day you will be given your
Book of Deeds...{!}
{either in your right hand or your left}.
Two Nights !
/-
That First Night you will spend alone
in your grave...!
{a night like no other you have spent.}
/-
and that night on the morning of which
will be the Day of Resurrection...!
{after which there will be no more night}
~ {SOURCE ~'QUR'AN'~ SURAT MARYAM 19: A # 95} ~
My 'Salaams' To All.
**********************************
~Y a s m i n ~
"Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah"
***********************************************
' Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days,
whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone.
{Al-Hasan Al-Basree (r) }
[Source~Abû Bakr Al-Daynûrî, Al-Mujâlasah wa Jawâhir Al-'Ilm
article 19.]
India's Muslims no longer Fear Brutal Modi Regime
AFP is reporting massive Muslim rallies
In numerous indian cities against Hindu blasphemy of the
Prophet, pbuh. Biggest crowds in Bombay and Calcutta.
A day after violent protests killed two people and injured
many in Jharkhand's Ranchi over remarks over Prophet
Muhammad, section 144 was imposed in several areas of the
capital city on Saturday.
Heavy security forces have been deployed in the violence-hit
areas to bring the situation under control, according to the
Ranchi district administration. Ranchi district
administration also extended internet suspension till
tomorrow, June 12.
"Section 144 enforced in 12 police station areas of Ranchi.
The situation is under control and is being monitored
throughout. Various forces have been deployed. CCTV footage
and videos are being scrutinized, necessary actions will be
taken. The identification process is going on," said Ranchi
district administration.
A senior police officer in UP said as many as 136 protesters
had been arrested from six districts around the state.
Cities around India saw sizable demonstrations on Friday,
with some crowds burning effigies of Nupur Sharma, the
Bharatiya Janata Party spokeswoman whose comments set off
the furore.
Bangladesh
Record Breaking Rally.
200,000 people.
Boycott Indian Goods, Blasphemers must be Punished.
Bangladesh's biggest non-political Islamic platform,
Hefazat-e-Islam, on Thursday held a big rally in the capital
Dhaka in protest against defamatory comments about Prophet
Muhammad by some officials of the Indian ruling party.
Leaders of the organization called on the Bangladeshi
government to send a formal condemnation message to the
Indian authorities against disrespect to Prophet
Muhammad.
If the Indian government fails to punish the offenders, it
would tarnish the constitutional image of the country as a
secular state, Hefazat leader Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury said
while addressing the rally.
The participants also chanted slogans against India's
oppressive state policy targeting Muslims for a long time
and urged all Muslims across the world to be united against
any oppression.
The speakers called for a boycott of Indian products until
the country abandons its anti-Muslim stance.
Exerpted from a long rerport
[thanks to Br. Shoaib]
Spiritual Abuse In The Sufi Order Headed By Shaykh Nuh Keller
A Warning To The Muslim Community And A Call To End
Complaisance Culture
June 6, 2022
By: Dr. M.I. Waley, R.S. Idil, N. Akhtar, Y. Birt, A. Bora,
M. Bora, B. Gombar, A. Habibullah, L. Khan, S. Khan, Dr. A.
Malick, R. Nabulsi, N. Shamma, and Z. Sheikh
Dr. Waley served as muqaddam (representative) of Shaykh Nuh
Keller from 1997 to 2021.
We write, as ex-members, to warn the Muslim public about
deliberate and systematic spiritual abuses that have long
taken place within this branch headed by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim
Keller of Kharabsheh, a neighborhood of Amman, Jordan. These
abuses mark a radical departure from the genuine Shadhili
tradition and blessed Prophetic Sunnah, and serve as a
cautionary tale of a shaykh losing his way and causing
immense damage to innocent lives in the process. We do not
advocate publicity or exposure as the preferred way to solve
these problems, but as a last resort. This step has
therefore not been taken lightly. It comes after attempts to
have these abuses recognized and to seek redress internally
have been suppressed, evidence has been destroyed, and those
who revealed and meticulously documented the abuses have
been vilified.
For those interested, an independent investigation into a
few of the issues raised here (primarily the physical abuse
of children) has recently appeared in the respected online
news outlet Middle East Eye. We hope that future
investigative work by other outlets will continue to unravel
and document the many additional layers of abuse for which
Shaykh Nuh and his group are responsible. We can only give
an overview of these spiritual abuses in this article, based
upon evidence gathered from firsthand eyewitness accounts
from some co-authors of this article, prior internal
investigations, and the testimonies of victims whom we are
in contact with.
Iran's Treacherous move while Muslims were uniting.
While the Muslim world united against blasphemy coming out
of India, the Iranian foreign minister
visited India and sat down with India's extremist leader
Modi.
When Dr. T. informed New Trend about what was going on, we
could hardly believe it.
Then we looked at Tehran Times and there is a big photo in
color of Modi and the Iranian in Modi's office.
Iran not only tried to break Muslim unity but took steps
against Pakistan.
India and Iran have agreed to develop Chabahar harbor which
would sideline Pakistan's key Gwadar harbor.
The Iranian expressed satisfaction with India's response to
the blasphemy.
Agreements were made about economic development.
They also talked about Afghanistan and that the Taliban
should be "inclusive" which means importance of the Shias in
Afghanistan who are also in Syria supporting Bashar
Assad.
No mention of Kashmir.
Moms Against Gun Violence over all USA
HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Friday night, Howard County
Executive Calvin Ball was joined by local and state
officials and nearly 100 Moms Demand Action advocates to
mark Gun Violence Awareness Day and kick off "Wear Orange
Weekend" to honor victims of gun violence with action.
"On National Gun Violence Awareness day, we remember the
millions of lives taken or altered by gun violence," Ball
said at the event. "We're so grateful for our critical
community partners Moms Demand Action advocates, police
department, gun violence survivors and students in Howard
County who work together toward a future that is free from
gun violence."
Ball also directed the George Howard Building to be lit
orange all weekend to honor victims of gun violence.
"Recent events in Buffalo, Uvalde and again this week in
Tulsa are a strong reminder about the importance of sensible
gun control. Every time we hear of another shooting in a
school, a place of worship, or at a community gathering, my
heart breaks a little more. Every day, more and more
innocent lives are taken, and this is unacceptable," Ball
said.
"We must never give up fighting for gun safety laws, and
never give in to normalizing gun violence," added Maryland
Delegate Courtney Watson.
According to the National Center for Health Statistics,
Maryland reported 803 shooting deaths in 2020, up from the
757 shooting deaths reported in 2019.
"Just like a virus during a pandemic, the epidemic of gun
violence knows no borders," Council Chair Opel Jones noted
during the event. "While we've made tremendous strides
passing gun safety legislation in Maryland, we're only as
safe as the least restrictive state in the nation and that's
why we need Congress to take action."
Howard County Police Chief Gregory Der noted that the county
continues to hold on to a low crime rate, no community "is
immune to gun violence."
"The department's focus is to
acknowledge the reality of gun violence and create a
multi-faceted approach to reduce its impact in our
communities. We have a tip line for guns and gun violence,
410-313-STOP, and we offer rewards for that information.
Tonight, we stand together to support Gun Violence Awareness
Day and do our best to prevent senseless, tragic acts of
violence," Der said at the event.
