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Assalamualaikum muslims friends,
Remember about the miracle boy who claimed can speak several languages and
can recite Quran..... read the actual story about the boy.....
pengajarannya.... we cannot simply trust anything/news that came from
unrealiable sources with bad intention..... this might be another form of
Dajal.... we always have to watch out.....
I think it would be wise to examine this report a bit closer. First of all,
it is not unusual in various parts of Africa and Asia to see people who are
unlettered yet who can speak several languages quite fluently. Thus the
report that a child can do so should not be seen as strange. Similarly, the
report states that Muammar Qadhaafi supports him. Aside from fighting Islam
in his nation, Qadhaafi is also known to be a regluar supporter of known
heretics like Farrakhan and Rashad Khalifa. Therefore eybrows should
automatically be raised when Qadhaffi's name enters the picture.
Nevertheless, this past summer a brother who attends our tafseer class in
Virginia, went to see this "miracle boy" in Philadelphia. The brother told
us he is convinced that the entire thing is an elaborate scam done by
either the Christians or the Sufis with the intent to hoodwink the Muslims.
The brother said the boy came to a packed Philadelphia auditorium where the
majority of attendees were African. Advertisment claimed the boy was "a
Hafidh of both the Quran and the Injeel". This claim alone raised some
people's suspicions. A few weeks prior to the boy's arrival, a videotape
was circulated among the Muslims in Philadelphia which shows the boy and
makes several claims. However, the Quran reciter on the videotape is NOT
the boy. In fact, the video never shows the boy reciting anything from the
Quran.
On the day the boy appeared, he was accompanied by four bodyguards, none of
whom would allow anyone to question him or do anything except allow people
to kiss his hand, touch him or ask him to pray for them. One of the
bodyguards was the boy's father, who contrary to the news report, is a
Christian. Before the boy's entrance, the bodyguards would pass around a
collection basket for people to donate money. People were never informed as
to what the money they were donating was for or how it would be used. It
was apparently assumed the money was for the boy himself, thus many people
donated large sums of money into the basket. When the boy entered, he would
then start with khutbatul hajjah, yet he never led nor attended any of the
congregational prayers and only came to the local masjid after everyone had
finished salat.
Later when the boy's father was not present, some attendees asked the boy
to recite some suras. At first, the boy acted as if he didn't understand
what was being asked. The bodyguards appeared irritated and said it was not
proper for anyone to order the boy to recite. People replied that they were
not ordering anything, but were simply asking IF he could recite SOMETHING
so that people could hear him. A translator then asked him to recite some
suras such as Ar-Rahman, Al-Mulk, etc. and the boy replied, "I don't know
that". They then asked him to recite suratul Ala, to which he replied
again, "I don't know that". They then asked him to recite suratul Ihklas,
he said, "I don't know that". It then became obvious to everyone that the
boy knew nothing of the Quran, and was simply fooling everyone with an
elaborate and well-concieved con. When the father returned and noticed what
was going on, he quickly hustled the boy and his bodyguards out of the
auditorium. Many attendees felt betrayed, especially when it was discovered
that the boy and his "family" left town soon thereafter and their
whereabouts were unknown.
If this is a scam, obviously the boy is not to blame, but rather the
dajjaleen who are parading him before the Muslims as a pseudo-prophetic
persona with the express intent of fleecing masses of Muslims from their
money. A number of sufi groups have been known to be making inroads in
Africa and have used customary shirk practices to gather followers. If
Muslims are being duped by these minor dajjaleen, then how much more so
when the real Dajjal appears? And may Allah protect us from his fitnah,
ameen.
wa salam
Abu Umar
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