Boycott Israel [IslamCity] The Veil - A Mark Of Separation Or Statement Of Identity? Talk in QMW university London
The Veil - A Mark Of Separation Or Statement Of Identity? Jack Straw's comments on the veil opened a debate that many thought was overdue. The Muslim woman's dress, most noticeably the face veil is seen by many as a symbol of oppression and separateness. Yet those Muslim women who have spoken supporting the hijab (headscarf), niqab (face veil) and jilbab (outer garment) talk about their dress variously as liberating, symbolic of their distinctive identity, and a deeply important part of their religious practice to them. Does this gap in opinion just go to prove how different are the world views between practicing Muslims and others? Or are their parallels in clothing fashions representing other statements of identity? Is it really the business of others like Jack Straw to comment on the clothing of any woman - be she wearing a veil or a miniskirt? Admission: £5.00 at the door or £3 if reserved on-line Please book in advance to avoid disappointment as seating is limited: 6.45 pm 9.00pm, Thursday 30th November 2006 Mason Lecture Theatre Francis Bancroft Building Queen Mary College, Mile End Road London E1 4NS http://www.dialoguewithislam.org/ - All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Devoted Companions (May Allah be pleased with Him) � Great Stories of Torchbearers of Islam
The Holy Companions (May Allah be pleased with Him), that is, the followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) are those great personalities of the world, who are superior to and greater than anyone except the Prophets and Messengers of Allah (peace be upon him). By their achievements they earned the pleasure of Allah and His Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). When we read the life histories of the Holy Companions, we feel a longing to follow their example. We feel an urge to be from in our beliefs and to establish the faith of Islam. We believe that had not Allah created those wonderful people; our religion would not have come to us in its pristine from. Allah had caused those noble Companions of our Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) to safeguard our religion. Next to the lives of the Apostles of Allah (peace be upon him). It is the lives of these sages, which serve as the best models for us. The manner in which the Holy Companions went forward with the Islamic movement, the scarifies which they made in support of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), and the zeal and enthusiasm with which they worked for spreading the message of Islam, carry a good lesson for all human beings of the world, specially the Muslims. For a long time now there has been a feeling that the life-stories of those torchbearers of Islam should be presented to our children and young persons, boys and girls, for correcting the ills of our present society. This book is intended to fulfill this need and it is hoped that it will be of benefit to our young generation and shall impart especially to them desirable training on the Islamic way of life. Please read Devoted Companions Ma'il Kahairabad FREE Available on www.al-islamforall.org (A unique comprehensive FREE e-Library in Multiple Languages) Available many more books in Multiple Languages *** *** *** The purpose of the web site is to provide wide range, authentic comprehensive information about all the teachings of Islam at one place with a unique FREE download facility. We will highly appreciate if you introduce among your friends in the best possible manners. Peace - Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] the Mayor of Colombo, 23 years old, a Muslim , a former rickshaw driver. ---http://jamaat.org/digest/colombo.html
Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum. Please read this extra-ordinary story of the Mayor of Colombo, 23 years old, a Muslim , a former rickshaw driver. Shah Abdul Hannan Mayor of Colombo Hafiz Mohammad Idrees Sri Lanka is an important and interesting country of our region, having a variety of people from different religions and origins. Despite having a small population (20.5 mill), the country has the highest per capita income of $3250, more than that of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Seventy per cent of population practice Budhism while Hindus, Christians and Muslims comprise 15 per cent, 8 per cent and 7 per cent respectively. Recently, Sri Lankan capital Colombo made the headlines when a poor Muslim rickshaw driver was elected its mayor beating strong candidate of the ruling party. Awais Mohammad Imtiaz, 23, has a unique distinction of being the youngest and poorest mayor of Colombo's history and he overcame strong pressures and incentives from the ruling party to withdraw from the contest. Hailing from a very poor and humble family, Awais got elected merely due to his determination. His election has been termed as the most unexpected and unique in country's history since he belonged to the smallest religious minority and is practically resourceless to contest such a high profile election. Orphaned in his childhood, Awais managed education until ninth grade and then forced to take the hard course of earning livelihood for his family comprising a mother and a sister. He remembered how his mother sold fried potatoes and fish to earn livelihood for the family in his childhood. Until his elections as mayor, Awais used to earn his living as a rickshaw driver. In the elections, he was fully backed by other opposition parties like United Naitonal Party and other social groups for his honesty, uprightness and steadfastness. To prevent him from harassment, Awais was kept in hiding by a leader of opposition's party until majority of the councilors voted in his favor in a historic decision on June 30. Awais has a wife and a two year old daughter. His wife works as a housemaid in a foreign country for the sake of better future for their daughter. She returns to the country once a year to spend some time with husband and daughter. After his elections as Lord Mayor of Colombo, Awais is quite busy with the world media and his newfound popularity. He meets with guests and mediamen in his usual simple clothes. Despite knowing English language he prefers to speak in his mother tongue Sinhali to explain his future plans for the improvement of civic conditions for the 2.7 million residents of Colombo. Being a poor himself, he says that he better knows the poverty and the problems it brings for the people. He has vowed to make Colombo a model city in South Asia with clean roads, safe neighborhoods and beautiful parks and public places. He wants to turn the city into a tourists' hub. He has also vowed to make all affairs of the city administration transparent and root out corruption which has ruled the city affairs in the past. He has also announced to investigate the corruption cases of previous administrations afresh so as to bring all the culprits to book. Awais has made it clear to interviewers that he is neither racist nor practices sectarianism. He likes to serve all the residents indiscriminately since he considers himself a representative of the whole city. He said he has no discrimination for people with respect to being Sinhalese, Tamil, Hindu or Muslim. However, being a Muslim who knows poverty from the deep, he is fully aware of the problems of the Muslim community whose majority is very poor. Awais did not wait for getting adjusted in his new position and launched the cleanliness drive in the city from the second day of his election. For his critics, he has relived some of the greatest mayors in the world history. I reckon him among Tayib Ordugan, (Turkish prime minister and former mayor of Istanbul), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iranian President and former mayor of Tehran) and former mayor of Karachi Naimatullah Khan and Abdus Sattar Afghani since he is repeating the history those three great mayors had made in their respective cities. All the three afore mentioned Muslim personalities remained mayors of big cities of Muslim countries but Awais has an edge over them as he has been elected mayor of a city where Muslims are a small minority.These three personalities were from not so affluent background but represented middle or upper middle classes yet they had a sound educational career. But Awais's educational and social background is in sharp contrast to them as he had lived most of his life close to poverty line. The day Awais shifted into the official residence of Lord Mayor of Colombo, he said he really did not need such a large residence for himself and his
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Should Muslims Be Allowed To Impose Islam On Others?
As-Salaam Alaikum, There is a time, and place for all deen related matters and a way to conduct yourself without giving up your islamic identity. If these brothers own these taxis then they are in the right. They have that choice. Any one whose doesn't agree has the choice to ride in that taxi. Allah forgive me if I am wrong. Your email brings about some relevant points. But, it also seems to say that it is a priority , for you to accomodate and please non- muslims in their transgressions and sins just to get his or her's thumbs up for Islam or a pat on the head. It almost seems as if you are Pro-Alcohol. Place the white flag back down into your pocket and stop surrendering our religion so easily. Allah knows best. Rahsaan Abdul-Wahid -Original Message- From:saiyed shahbazi Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:02:11 To:eGroup For Muslims Around The World Islamcity@yahoogroups.com Subject: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Should Muslims Be Allowed To Impose Islam On Others? Many Muslim cab drivers in Minneapolis are refusing to allow passengers carrying alcohol in their cabs, saying it is against the Islamic Shariah [law] to do so. More than half the taxi drivers on the airport are Muslims, and as soon as they got a majority, they have resorted to imposing their beliefs on others. Imagine if you have just flown in from Baghdad after a long flight, you can’t wait to get home, reconnect with your family, and share a glass of some exotic alcoholic drink that you purchased at the Dubai airport [a Muslim country] with your wife to celebrate your return home alive from Iraq. It is 2:00 AM, but your reunion is delayed because cab after cab, driven by Muslims, refuses to take you home once they spot you carrying alcohol. Sounds crazy, but sadly it is true. As a Muslim, I am both ashamed and shocked at this strange conduct of my coreligionists. In principle, Islam does not advocate imposition of Islamic values on others; there are several injunctions in Islamic sources which make this clear. To cite only two: Let there be no compulsion in religion [Quran: 2:256] To us shall be accounted our deeds, and to you, your deeds. Let there be no contention between us and you: God will bring us all together - for with Him is all journey’s end [Quran, 42:15].But when it comes to contemporary Muslims, we must always remember, there is always an ocean between what Islam teaches in principle and what Muslims practice in reality. Most Muslims will acknowledge this readily. I call it the ocean of ignorance. Apparently, the cab drivers have provided the Metropolitan Airports Commission with a fatwa, dated June 6, 2006, from the Fatwa department of the local chapter of the Muslim American Society [MAS]. The fatwa proclaims that Islamic jurisprudence prohibits taxi drivers from carrying passengers with alcohol, because it involves cooperating in sin according to Islam. MAS, the organization behind this fitna [Arabic for contention and strife], is the American extention of the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt, and a close affiliate of Islamic Circle of North America. MAS hypocritically run a public affairs department called Freedom Foundation. I guess it is seeking the freedom to infringe on the freedom of others. To be fair to them, Islamic sources do forbid alcohol consumption unequivocally [Quran 2:219] and Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings be upon him, also forbid trade in alcohol [Bukhari 34:297, 8:449, 34:429], but all these sources forbid selling and trading alcohol. Extending this ban to giving rides to tired travelers carrying alcohol for personal consumption requires an irrational and politically motivated leap that smells of mischief. Moderates and Muslims of goodwill should not stand for such thinly veiled attempts to sow discord. Most Muslim scholars and most Muslims of Minnesota will tell you that the fatwa is indeed without merit. And indeed many Muslim voices, yours truly included, have already condemned and ridiculed this position. Even in Saudi Arabia, which is usually the champion when it comes to extremely narrow, irrational and intolerant interpretations of Islam, non-Muslims are allowed to consume alcohol, and even carry them on flights. The alcohol issue is not really the problem. It is just the tip of the iceberg. It raises a fundamental and critical issue of whether Muslims who live in free and democratic societies can simultaneously demand freedom and tolerance for Islam while denying others the same. Can we and should we demand freedom to practice Islam, and then turn around and use these same freedoms to impose anachronistic understandings of Islam on others? What next? Will Muslim doctors working in ER refuse to administer to patients brought in from an accident site or with a heart attack because they have alcohol on their breath? Will Muslim doctors refuse to serve an HIV-positive patient because he or she is
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Muslim clerics vs. female genital mutilation
Muslim clerics vs. female genital mutilation After being introduced to ceremony while traveling in Africa, German human rights activist decides to initiate move to stop custom from spreading. He manages to organize rally of senior Sunni clerics in Egypt, who condemn phenomenon: 'Genital mutilation must be considered criminal aggression against mankind' Gil Yaron A German human rights activist organized a rally of Islamic clerics in Cairo, which ended with a joint statement by the clerics that female genital mutilation will be considered a crime against humanity. A conference at the al-Azhar University in Cairo, which ended with a statement issued by 20 clerics: A Muslim must not hurt a Muslim. Therefore, the genital mutilation must be considered as criminal aggression against mankind. The rally was sponsored by the most esteemed religious establishment among the Sunnis, and was fully supported by the Egyptian Ministry of Religion. University President Sheikh Yusuf al-Qardawi, the most popular scholar and preacher nowadays, also took part in the event. Nehberg, who is not affiliated with any religious group but has positive views on Islam, first encountered the phenomenon when he went on a bicycle ride in Muslim countries. Since then, he has been fighting firmly to put an end to the custom. Along with his partner he established a small organization called Target. With the seven members of his organization he has already made a lot of progress on the issue, which leaves the UN efforts far behind. He convinced Sultan Ali Mira, leader of the Sunnis in the Danakil desert, that female genital mutilation contradicts the principles of Islam. 'Opportunity for Islam to portray itself differently' With the help of the German Foreign Ministry, his efforts succeeded in other places as well: In Djibouti, the sheikhs condemned the custom, and in Mauritania he was asked to distribute the new fatwa among the Bedouins with a procession of camels. The clerics' ruling has yet to move the Muslim world. It will take a long time before such an ancient custom disappears, estimated Professor Muhammad Shamaa of the Islamic Research Academy at al-Azhar University. In spite of the firm ruling of important clerics such as al-Qardawi, the solution for the problem is still far. Among the Sunnis there is no central religious establishment which can impose its opinion on the entire public, and therefore the issue remains open to the interpretation of clerics from all factions. Nehberg was a bit more optimistic: In the Muslim world there is a huge need to discuss these issues, but there is no culture of discussing sensitive issues. When someone from the outside asks questions in an honorable and sensitive manner, positive changes can be made. This is an opportunity for Islam to portray itself in a different way, and not in the way it is represented by fanatic terrorists, he said. [abridged] Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3332310,00.html Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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Dawud :: Book 41 : Hadith 4758 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Good way, dignified good bearing and moderation are the twenty-fifth part of Prophecy. Dawud :: Book 41 : Hadith 4764 Narrated AbuDharr: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said to us: When one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down. Dawud :: Book 41 : Hadith 4766 Narrated Atiyyah as-Sa'di: AbuWa'il al-Qass said: We entered upon Urwah ibn Muhammad ibn as-Sa'di. A man spoke to him and made him angry. So he stood and performed ablution; he then returned and performed ablution, and said: My father told me on the authority of my grandfather Atiyyah who reported the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) as saying: Anger comes from the devil, the devil was created of fire, and fire is extinguished only with water; so when one of you becomes angry, he should perform ablution. Dawud :: Book 41 : Hadith 4782 Narrated AbuUmamah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: I guarantee a house in the surroundings of Paradise for a man who avoids quarrelling even if he were in the right, a house in the middle of Paradise for a man who avoids lying even if he were joking, and a house in the upper part of Paradise for a man who made his character good. - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] I want Muslim dead bodies
*Dear Brothers, Assalamu alaikkum...please Dua for our Sister Sirajunnisa 11 yrs old girl ..(india-kerala)* ** *I want Muslim dead bodies The Milli Gazette Online http://www.milligazette.com/ I want the dead bodies of Muslim bastards! The command over the walkie-talkie was clear and loud. It came from a high level police officer. His subordinate heeded to his call and presented him with a Muslim dead body. It was the body of an 11-year-old girl riddled with bullets. This happened in 1991 and the police officer who had clamoured for Muslim dead bodies is none other Raman Srivastava, newly appointed chief of Kerala police, B. F. FIROS reports from Calicut It's been more than 14 years since an innocent girl was shot dead at the behest of a ruthless police officer. Instead of punishing the guilty, the government has been trying to protect him. Moreover, with the recent appointment of the officer, Raman Srivastava, as the Kerala police chief, all hopes of justice for Sirajunissa's bereaved family have been dashed. It was 1991. The Sangh Parivar had just started to show its fangs and claws, the time when it was trying its best to extract the maximum out of the Ram Mandir issue. The then chief of BJP, Murli Manohar Joshi, was on his Ekta Yatra from Kanyakumari to Srinagar. Joshi's Yatra traversed through the interiors of India igniting communal passions and thereby strengthening the footholds of Sangh Parivar. [image: Raman Srivastava] Raman Srivastava On December 13 an Upayatra which was to join Joshi's Ekata Yatra was attacked in Mepparambu, two kilometers away from Palakkad in Kerala. The Yatra was led by the state president of BJP's youth wing. As the Sangh Parivar wished, tension erupted in some parts of the district causing ripples in the hitherto peaceful waters of Palakkad's communal life. A tense situation prevailed the next day as Muslims and the BJP activists mobilised themselves at various places, and the police had to resort to lathi-charge and firing to disperse the crowds. The next day, December 15, witnessed widespread arson and rioting by some sections from both the communities in Mepparambu and adjoining areas. It was on this day that a ruthless state took the life of an 11-year-old innocent girl called Sirajunisa. The police reached the spot by 12 noon only to terrorise the innocent people in the locality. Instead of arresting the criminals they just shot indiscriminately which left three innocent youths injured. By noon the then DIG, Raman Srivastava, took control of the control room. From here onwards Srivastava was the man who directed all operations from there. By noon Shornur ASP Sandhya was passing through Puthuppally junction and found some stones placed on the road to block traffic. Till then no violence had been reported from this area. The ASP asked an old man in a nearby shop to remove the stones from the road. When he refused to obey, she took him into custody. This infuriated the locals who blocked her jeep. On hearing the news of Sandhya being blocked on her way, Deputy SP Chandran rushed to the spot by 3 PM. At this time Sirajunnisa and her sister were playing in front of their home which was some 600 yards away from the spot of police picket. Their neighbour, Mohammed, was watching the girls playing over the compound wall. According to Kolakkadan Moosa Haji, who witnessed the whole incident including the conversations between the police through the wireless and the subsequent firing of the girl, but for the police picket the street was empty and there wasn't any violent mob. To a query by Raman Srivastava, Sandhya replied through wireless that there was no need of firing since the atmosphere was peaceful and all the people in the locality are inside their homes. To this the DIG shouted back through the wireless furiously ordering her to fire at the Muslim bastards there. She replied that there was no one around in the vicinity except two small girls playing and a man watching. Shoot them down if no one else is around. Let them die like dogs, was Srivastava's order. When she started to say something Srivastava asked her to pass the wireless receiver to Deputy SP Chandran. To Srivastava's query on whether there were any girls playing there, Chandran replied in the positive. Then he said: I want the dead bodies of some Muslim bastards and ordered him to shoot them down at once. The order was promptly heeded as two constables executed the order by firing at Sirajunisa. (In the meanwhile, her younger sister had got inside the house). The bullet hit just below Sirajunisa's nose and pierced through the back of her head. She died on the spot. Soon after the firing, the DSP called back the DIG and informed him that he had executed the order. The DIG ordered him to remove the body immediately from the scene. What followed were ghastly incidents of police insensitivity and barbarity. When Ali, Sirajunisa's neighbour, heard the sound of firing he rushed out of his home and
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] IslamiCity Bulletin - 11/21/2006 - The basis of our civilization
IslamiCity Membership [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: IslamiCity Membership [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:51:26 GMT Subject: IslamiCity Bulletin - 11/21/2006 - The basis of our civilization In The Name Of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful IslamiCity Bulletin November 21 , 2006 Dhul-Qa`dah 1, 1427 To Remove or Change your Subscription, Do not Reply to this Email. Click Here Instead. Thank You Sponsor IslamiCity Service Quran Downloader (MP3 Compiler) A unique service from IslamiCity. Build a custom-made MP3 audio file which contains your very own selection of verses in the captivating recitation of Qari Abdul Basit. IslamiCity membership is required to take advantage of this service. In addition to this, you can take advantage of of several other Membership benefits. Click here to sign up today. It's only US $69.95 per year. - IslamiCity Feature The basis of our civilization From the very outset, Muslim civilization was built on foundations supplied by ideology alone. It has never had anything to do with the concepts of race or nation, and so it lacks the cement of racial or national homogeneity which was and is so decisive a factor in all other civilizations. Ours has always been an ideological civilization - with the Law of the Qur'an and its source and, more then that, as its only historical justification. To speak of the Muslim ummah as of something politically justified and culturally valuable (and therefore to be cherished and defended) and, in the same breath, to question the importance of Islamic Law as the form-giving element in our life is hypocritical or, alternatively, an outcome of ignorance. For what values remain in that much-vaunted ummah if we resile from its shar'i background? Certainly not a social philosophy worth the name: for that is based on the concept, derived from the shari'ah, of a divinely-willed order in human relation. And certainly not its ethics: for, a Muslim's notions of good and evil flow in their entirety from the Qur'an and the teachings of the Prophet. And not even a political ideal: for, the only political ideal which has distinguished the Muslims from the rest of mankind was the revolutionary concept of a brotherhood of men united not by ties of blood or race but by their consciousness of a common outlook on life and common aspirations: a concept realized nearly fourteen centuries ago in the establishment of the Islamic ummah - a community open to every man and woman, of whatever race or color, who accepted this common ideal, and closed to everyone, even one's nearest kinsman, who refused to accept it : in brief, a real social contract. Click Here to read more - IslamiCity Feature A reality check on terrorism While there is by now a full comprehension of the disaster that is Iraq, there is still not enough understanding of the parallel bankruptcy of the greater war on terrorism and the political and media discourse that has accompanied it. We have been in denial for the last five years about the reasons for Muslim terrorism. What we have had, instead, is a war of words against Muslims and Islam, which has created a dangerous polarization between the West and the Muslim world. This tension is the topic of a just-released report by a cross-cultural United Nations panel of 20 eminent citizens, including Bishop Desmond Tutu. Alliance of Civilizations THE REPORT Sponsored by Catholic Spain and Muslim Turkey, the group has arrived at the same realistic conclusion reached by increasing number of governments, think-tanks and experts: The causes of the conflict are not religious, but political Click Here to read more - IslamiTV Presents Requires RealPlayer The Splendour in the Seas Fish concealing themselves with wonderful methods of camouflage This film opens to you the door of the underwater world. Once again, you will be amazed at God's art of creation. Click here to Watch Duration 34 Minutes IslamiCity Bazar Selection Towards Understanding The Qur'an. Hardcover. Russian Translation of the HOLY QURAN NEW! REVISED EDITION. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources Next Generation Automatic WALL MOUNT / TABLE TOP, 1000 CITIES AZAN CLOCK with QIBLA DIRECTION FINDER. Size 12.5 x 8.25 x 1 inches. Quemex - 801 Ihram - Soft and Thick Towels HAJJ UMRA From A To Z To Remove or Change your Subscription, Do not Reply to this Email. Click Here Instead. Thank You ABDUL WAHID OSMAN BELAL - Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] (Sahih Muslim Number 6536)
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) used to say: O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from incapacity, from indolence, from cowardice, from senility, from miserliness, and I seek refuge in Thee from the torment of the grave and from trial of the life and death.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Would you be able to live like this - in constant fear?
Gaza's Reality Would you be able to live like this? We live in constant fear WATCH LISTEN To the laments of a four year old Palestinian girl ... http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15693.htm Video Runtime 5 minutes Comments (91) Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta`aala says: Remember how the Unbelievers plotted against thee, to keep thee in bonds, or slay thee, or get thee out (of thy home). They plot and plan, and Allaah too plans; but the best of planners is Allaah. (Al Anfaal 8:30 - the interpretation of the meaning). avbooth_arrow.gif Description: GIF image
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Re: Riba - Interest.
--- Even if we divide lending into two categories ie. one for lending to the poor and another for augmentation of resources, we cannot ignore the fact that the extra money recieved in return is riba. Even if we say that the lending of money has been done on mutually agreed terms ,it is not always necessary that the money invested will always make profits and there is no chance of loss,the main thing which goes against interest whether on any condition is that it is always in favor of the lender,which cannot be justified in any case. It is true that we are living in economies based on Interest and our transactions through financial institutions cannot be without interest (in most cases),but this can not be used to redifine Riba/Interst in our favor which has been done by earlier people as pointed in Quran about the Bani Israels who accepted some instructions of allah and denied others just for the sake of their benifit. May allah show us the right path. Mohammed Moinul haque C-10,Salal Power station JK India Mob;9419431346 In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Muhammad Latif Chaudhery wrote: As a student of Quran I Perceive that the term Riba is INTEREST on money lent to others. Lending of money can broadly fall into two categories. One is for helping a needy one and the other is to augment resources and increase productivity. Lending, borrowing, leasing and hiring are inevitable necessities of business. To ensure justice and equity in business the Society may make rules for commercial loans but it cannot undermine the sanctity of Riba-free plan of loan introduced by Allah, for survival of the people deserving charity. People were under the illusion that Riba is an earning like profit in trading (2:275) and that they can avail themselves of it under all circumstances. Allah said No these are different, I permit trade and prohibit Riba (2:275) keep your past earnings and stop charging the interest from now onward (2:275) and also if the debtor is unable to pay, wait for a better time. It would be still better If you give up the loan by way of charity, (2:280) The debtor spoken of here is obviously a man of limited means who may not be able to pay off the loan and not an entrepreneur. Looking into the subject of spending money in the way of Allah we find that the word Riba is interwoven in 11 verses of Sura Baqarah (271 to 281). This definitely is not a coincidence that as many as 11 verses on one subject are put together. As also encapsulating the word riba in these verses is not without purpose. A careful study of these verses indicate that Allah the Almighty has allowed gain in trading but is not pleased with making money at the constraints of people deserving charity. This gives me a feeling that prohibition of interest is specific. It applies to the cases where help on charitable basis is called for and Allah want us to keep open an alternate door of charity by including in our economic system a package of interest-free loan for the those who need our help for their survival. Lending of money to such people shall be a matter of benevolence; It shall be free of interest without the question of inflation and devaluation. This according to Quran is obligatory and who ever refrain from it is the companion of Fire. Question is: Refrain from what? (1) lending on interest under all circumstances or (2) refusing to give loan without interest to needy ones. The second situation in my opinion is closing upon those the doors of help about whom Allah says: (a) Help them with loan and charge no interest (Riba) (b) Do not press them for return of loan. (c) Give up the amount of loan by way of charity if they are not able to pay Surly Allah is not talking about traders, industrialists, enterprisers and billionaires. Looking into the aforementioned verses of Quran I am of the firm opinion that Allah wants us to make a provision in our budget at all levels for giving charity or interest-free loan to needy ones without the consideration of gain, loss, depreciation, inflation or devaluation. Rest is business and a man is free to exchange money on mutually agreed terms. Allah knows better. Muhammad Latif Chandhery Senior citizen 18/2 Shalimar Town Lahore Contact. 0321 402 1162 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:55 AM Subject: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] RibA(interest ,usury) Riba (interest, usury) is primarily an economic issue in view of the fact that all religions and mythologies have prohibited, restricted, discouraged, disliked, or degraded Riba in one way or the other since the inception of human interaction. All three major revealed (Ilhami) religions i.e., Islam, Christianity, and Judaism have strongly condemned and prohibited Riba in its original versions. Later, the clerics of Jews and
