1 Rabi ul Awal 1446 AH - August 24 2025 Issue # 35, Newsletter #2099
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Conscious Capitalists?
by Sr. Aisha
and
ALLAH DOES NOT TEST HIS SLAVE EXCEPT TO CURE HIM
and
ALLAH WILL SPEAK TO US DIRECTLY ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION
by Sr. Yasmin
The Far-Reaching Influence of the Indian Caste System
By Dr. Kaukab Siddique
Because of the caste system, people in India cannot change their place in society when they want to. This means people in India remain at the same societal level where they started out. For example, even if they acquire a Ph.D. degree, they will not move up in society. Even if they get that degree, they are still considered part of the low caste into which they were born.
So, in India, people who are born in a certain caste, must remain in that caste whether they want to be there, or not.
Kashmir
Although Kashmir is a Muslim country and does not accept the caste system, it is also affected by the behavior of the people who are following the caste system like the Hindus. That is, Hindu culture has affected the Muslims. So, people who are not Hindu also behave as if they are. For instance, there are people in India who work in the fields and in the bathrooms—both considered menial and very undesirable positions there—who are very accepting of their positions in life. The Pakistanis sometimes behave as if they are Hindus. They will pick up the broom of a street sweeper, something ordinarily only done by non-Muslims, although they are Muslims.
Khalistan
The people of Punjab have revolted against Hindus, and demanded their own territory within India, which they call Khalistan. Sikhism has become a strong religion which is against Hinduism, and to some extent against Muslims. Sikhism's holiest temple was attacked and destroyed by the Indian Army. Unfortunately, many Sikhs still accept Hinduism and fight for India against Muslims
Women's rights
Women's rights are at an all-time low in India. The birth of a baby girl is considered bad news for the parents. India is known as the "Rape capital" of the world, owing to the misbehavior of Hindu males toward women. Some of the most outrageous examples of this misbehavior have been shown on TV. And women as dancers and singers are shown as part of enjoyment for men in India.
Bangladesh
Many Bangladeshis are influenced by Hinduism, although they are now revolting against the idea that they are like Hindus. Islam is now a strong force in Bangladesh. And Bangla Muslims want the real Islam. And hundreds of mosques are trying to change the ideas which some Muslims still have about Islam which are not at all proven. Mosques in Bangladesh have become a strong motivator for Muslims for following the Qur'an and sunnah.
Conscious Capitalists?
By Sis. 'Aisha, Jamaat Al-Muslimeen New York
According to Adam Smith, the father of capitalism, the "invisible hand" is when society unintentionally benefits from individuals pursuing their self-interests.
Social capitalism is a way to uncorrupt the corruption. If a corrupt entity was founded on corrupt laws, then avoid it and create your system based on Allah's laws.
Let us recount how Capitalists have benefited from their self-interests because no society has!
According to Shahid Bolsen, from the MiddleNation YouTube Channel, capitalism is responsible for past and ongoing tragedies.
Historically :
The 20 million African deaths during the transatlantic slave trade (I also say the generations of wealth it generated).
Colonization of sovereign lands.
Genocide against indigenous populations in an effort to land grab.
Current Fatalities from:
The inability to afford medicine.
Food insecurity, which is the inability to buy food.
Cheap and impatient employers create unsafe work conditions.
Homelessness:
Greedy landlords have successfully made places, such as New York City, difficult to live in on a modest income. For many poor tenants, the housing court is a second home!
Al-humdulillah, New York State is pro-tenant.
Bolsen also noted that one mental trick used to make the impoverished believe they are doing better is for the economic leaders to lower the poverty rate. He said the World Bank set $3 a day income as being below the poverty line, so if someone is making $3.50 a day, which is still meager pay, they will be deemed as being better off.
Capitalism has no moral restrictions. People can profit from your birth, illnesses, lists, and death. They refer to these Capitalists as business-savvy.
(Source: YouTube Channel - Midation: Poverty as Prosperity)
Sr Yasmin
*ALLAH DOES NOT TEST HIS SLAVE EXCEPT TO CURE HIM* ~*ALHAMDULILLAH* ~🤲~ {'QURAN' + Al-Khashi’un.}
'Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam `ala Rasulillah'.
'As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh'
'And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive (to Allah).
{Source~ 'Quran'~ Surat Al-Baqarah ~ 2:45~}
"From the perfection of ALLAH'S 'Ihsan'
is that HE allows HIS slave to taste the bitterness of the break before the sweetness of the mend.
So HE does not break his believing slave,
except to mend him.
And HE does not withhold from him,
except to give him. And HE does not test him (with hardship), except to cure him."
{Source~ Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah,(r)~}
*PROPHET* ﷺ *ALLAH WILL SPEAK TO US DIRECTLY ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION *~{QUR`AN}~[BENEFICIAL]~
'Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim'.
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'Assalaamualaikum Wa Rahmatuallahi Wa Barakatahu'.
*The Speech of Allah to His Servants on the Day of Resurrection*.
[Source~ 'Qur`an'~ Surat Maryam ~19: A # 95]
'Adi ibn Hatim -al-Tai (Radi Allahu 'Anhu) said:
PROPHET ﷺ~ said...
"There is no one from you except that His Lord will speak with him,
with no Interpreter between them"...!
Then he will look to his right and will see nothing except
what he has put forth (of deeds) and he will look to his left
and will see nothing except what he has put forth.
he will look in front of him and see nothing except
the fire in front of his face...!
So fear the Fire even with half of a date.
whoever does not even find that...
then with a kind word."
(Source: Recorded by al-Bukhari # 1413, 6539 and Muslim # 1016).
This is an amazing 'Hadith' that contains the greatness
of the Creator, a greatness that even our intellect cannot perceive,
nor is the tongue able to express.
Prophet ﷺ informed us within it that everyone of creation
will be spoken to directly by ALLAH with
no interpreter or intermediary...!
HE will ask them about all of their deeds,
the good of them and the evil,
the small of them and the great, the past and present,
those deeds the servant knows of
and those which he has forgotten !
That is due to HIS Greatness and Honor.
Just as HE created them and provided for them in one instant,
HE will resurrect them in one instant...!
and HE will certainly bring all of them
to account in one instant.
So blessed is the one to whom belongs the greatness,
and honor, the great dominion and glory.
In this situation when HE will bring them to account,
there will be for the servant no helpers, or assistants,
no children, and no wealth...!
Rather, he will have come to HIM individually,
alone as HE created him the first time.
his deeds will have surrounded him on his right and left,
waiting for recompense whether good or bad.
In front of him will be the Fire from which there will be no escape,
will he have within him any way out ?
There is no way except by the Mercy of ALLAH and by
the deeds he has put forth which could save him from it.
For this, the Prophet ﷺ encouraged his nation to fear and protect themselves from the Fire even if it were with something as insignificant as half a date...If one cannot even find this...then even with a kind word.
Within this 'Hadith', there is evidence that from the greatest of things that save one from the Fire is doing
good to the creation by one's wealth and statements.
A servant must not belittle any act of goodness
even if it were something insignificant.
The kind word includes advising
the creation by teaching them what they do not know,
and guiding them to what can benefit them in the
'Dunya' and the Hereafter.
It includes speech that brings happiness to the hearts,
comfort to the chests, and brings about cheerfulness.
It includes remembering ALLAH and praising HIM,
mentioning HIS rulings and legislations.
So every speech that brings one closer to ALLAH
and from which ALLAH'S servants can benefit,
then it is included under the kind word.
ALLAH (Azza Wa Jal) says...
"To Him ascends good speech and righteous work raises it."
[Source~ 'Qur`an'~ Surat Al-Fatir 35 : A # 10]
ALLAH (Azza Wa Jal) also says...
" And the lasting good deeds."
[Source~ 'Qur`an'~ Surat Al-Kahf 18: A# 46]
They are every action or statement that brings
one closer to ALLAH or brings about some
benefit to HIS creation.
"Are better with your Lord for reward
and better for one's hope"
[Source~ 'Qur`an' Surat Al-Kahf 18 :A# 46]
The Prophet ﷺ said...
"The Believer neither heralds false accusations,
nor Curses (others), nor is Rude,
nor uses Obscene language."
[Source: Al-Bukhari].
~My 'Salaams' to all~
~ Y a s m i n ~
~*Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah*~
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~Say, 'Indeed, my Prayer, my Rites of Sacrifice,
my Living and my Dying are for ALLAH, Lord of the Worlds'~
{'Qur`an'~Surat Al-'An`am -# 6-162.}
{'In Shaa Allah'~'Aameen'}
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__._,_.__(Source: Recorded by al-Bukhari # 1413, 6539 and Muslim # 1016).
( Shaikh `Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Naasir as-Sa`d)
