₦airaland Forum

Somagirl:
Tribe does not come before religion in Islam tribalism/nationalism  is a grievous sin according to the Qur'aan so stop confusing culture for religion. You come across very ignorant and misinformed.  

very correct

toba:
did God tell not to allow such? im not interested in what vedaxcool has got to say. do u think of even winning souls or converts into islam by preventing such unions?

well, a verse has been provided to tell u what God says of that

winning souls? i knew dat is ur point all along

Reverting into Islam should be by conviction and not on the basis of what to gain thereof. Xtian women who marry muslims, pretending to av changed end up going bak to their practice bringing wahala to the family and to their children- men are so scarce they av to lie to get married??

I know of an old man who married a young so called revert. Man died five yrs after marriage nd wv two children  she got from the inheritance, a lot of money only for her to return to her practice.

auwal87:
In Islam, Muslim Men are allowed to marry Women from the Christian and Jewish religions
In Islam, Muslim Women are not allowed to marry any Man who is not a Muslim, not even if he promises to convert after getting married, he must be a Muslim in order to legally marry a Muslim Woman, and he has to be sincere about it. In case he revert back to Christianity or Judaism after the marriage, the Woman has every right to seek divorce at any court of law. I am no scholar, so this is what I knew about, May Allah forgive me if I made any mistake.

u are so right, Even the christians and jews Men are allowed to marry are d earlier ones who are monotheist and do not believe in trinity

toba:
smh. so people from other religion would kill your women right? will tell them to go for suiside mission? u have no valid points as to why muslims are preventing inter religious marriage

Oh, didnt know u needed all d i's dotted nd d t's crossed to get my point. I thot mentionin dat it was previously dealt with is enoff. u prolly have forgottn or werent here wen a discussion like ds was had or avnt seen vedaxcool's comment on d other thread on reasons Islam disallows ds

frosbel:
Brother, I am totally disappointed in your behavior.

I remember all your posts last year , many of them very godly.

Are you backsliding or what  

You should be seeking to save these blind souls, not marry them.

Have you lost your mind  

I have been seeing ur posts nd its confirmed u'r a complete bigot.

[quote author=PAGAN 9JA link=topic=748203.msg9045318#msg9045318 date=1314774254]no its not supposed to cut across tribe in the first place. when it comes to marriage, its about blood. islam and christianity do not contain blood. it is our tribe that comes in on such affairs because our tribe has our blood.  islam and christian for the Yorubas came around a few 100 yrs back. but the Yorubas have been hea for 1000s of years. therefore in this case, the tribe comes first. A YORUBA MUSLIM CAN MARRY A YORUBA CHRISTIAN (and vice-versa). today you might be enemies, but in reality you are one people and one blood. remember that.


If a Yoruba muslim has to chose to save one, between a christian Yoruba and a muslim Hausa, he MUST chose the christian Yoruba because it is his his due to his tribe, who has nurtured him and provided him with an identity.[/quote]The prophet Muhammad said- 'He is not one of us who calls to tribalism"

Obviously u are not. No good Muslim will accept your point. People should marry from other nations for the only thing that puts us in grades in the sight of GOd is piety.

@ toba,

ds issue has been on nairaland for too long. Obviously, u av decided not to get the point. Islam seeks to protect its Women and save generations unborn by this.

vedaxcool:
^^^^^

no Muslim male or female should associate with an individual that openly insults our deem and the Holy Prophet pbuh, it can just happen association can be been done at the price of insults and degradation. May Allah save us from the ploy of the munafiqquns.amin

especially when his motives are questionable.

toba:
Tunji can u read what your brother have just said? so as the likes of lagosshia, sweetnecta etc have insulted christians and their leaders, it automatically translates into disassociation? theres something wrong with the message u are conveying

i dont think he is asking for dissociation in all entirety. Being on the same forum is some association actually

toba:
Tunji let the lady be for Gods sake. Is there any crime in marrying a christian? Ayo come out&say something

y are u always afta muslim girls, xtian girls to decent ti tan nile ni??

maclatunji:
You have something there but errrrrmmmmm it is not uncommon for children to be more religiously conscious than their parents particularly in the Southwest. Hence, there is a huge gap in wooing and wooing handling skills for both young Muslim men and women. Personally, I think this issue is a big deal but people don't want to talk about it openly and deal with it!

i also c d need for muslims to talk about these things, its annoying ow we shy away from matters dat affect us. i'd like family life et al included in such discourse

i understand ur predicament. my advice wld b dat u join muslim youth organistions. mss wld be best as an undergraduate other orgs av youth wings u can join also

i'd want u to understand dat one of d significance of hijab is dat it gives us an identity as muslimah. it would be hard for any1 2 identify u as a muslim let alone approach yu wvout it

finally,most guys are runnung away from d responsibility marriage puts on dem, keepn many ladies single.

taqabalallah minna wa minkum!, Aseyi samodun!, Barka de salah.

a state of emergency was long overdue on the dirty nature of ibadan. i hope ds is a call to action.

Merc:
The Governor is in Saudi enjoying with Aregbesola.

so he's to stay rooted in Ibadan in case something goes wrong? the thinkn capability of many pple here is so questionable

my heart goes out to the people affected. May God help them

Araboy:
28 .    Khalid Ibn Alwalid one of the greatest military commanders in the history Commander in chief of the Muslim army during the Caliphate  of Abu bakr and  Govornor of Irak and Syria he fought 100 battles and never lost one
Nicknamed Sayf Allah (Sword of Allah)

used to think Ali bn Abi Talib is sayfullah, time to read more.

decent,she is.

27
'indeed,Iam the servant of Allah. He has given me the scripture and made me a prophet'

suratul maryam verse 30.

wat is d prize??

one big jihad we need to fight is dat against ignorance. massive education of muslims is very necessary or else w'l continue to av ds kinda problem. bearing a muslim name is not enough.

like sweetnecta said, she died only because her time ws up.

somethn else to look into is our emergency service.An average Nigerian doesnt know d simplest of first aid-God help usone big jihad we need to fight is dat against ignorance. massive education of muslims is very necessary or else w'l continue to av ds kinda problem. bearing a muslim name is not enough.

like sweetnecta said, she died only because her time ws up.

somethn else to look into is our emergency service.An average Nigerian doesnt know d simplest of first aid-God help us

olawalebab:
Q25. How many times did Allah mention Salat and Zakat together in the holy Quran?

tell us d answer please so we can move on

olawalebab:
Deols, thank you for reminding us of this all-important spiritual act. Jazakum llah khairan

wa iyakum

Zakaat is one of the pillars of Islam, without which your Islam is incomplete.!, So, May I ask that you take the pain in coming along with me as we dwell into the basics of Zakaat..

hmmmn, it might interest you to know for a start, that Zakaat has nothing to do with your age; a one year old can be rich enough to pay it. How about the thought that you, and yes you, or someone you know is so much in debt,(Zakaat debt -) for all d years of non- payment or probably for the lack of the knowledge of how to pay it or whom to pay it to, and on what it is due,


Did I lose someone along the way??
Eh!, sorry,
Zakaat means alms giving. It is some form of tax paid by the rich to the poor as ordained by Allah(God).

There are two types of Zakaat- Zakaat al maal and Zakaat al fitr.

   Zakaat al maal
This is the most common form of Zakaat and the word Zakaat is usually used to mean Zakaat al maal.
Why should we pay it?
-It is an injunction by Allah and anyone who does it would be rewarded and anyone who is  to pay it but doesn’t is punished.
-It ensures a wide distribution of wealth.
-It strengthens the bond of love between the rich and the poor. You would agree with me that we are naturally drawn to people who offer us help, are generous or just niceeeeee. 
-It brings increase and blessings to one’s wealth.
- Allah wipes away one’s minor sins.
-It purifies one’s wealth
-it builds in us sympathy for others and helps us get more inclined towards being generous.
   
                  Zakaat al maal is due on-

-Farm produce such as grains and fruits produced by the earth

-Gold and silver(whether they are worn , kept or are for rent or sale). Money or paper currency is under this category as explained by scholars.

-Animals, such as cattle which feed freely from the earth

-Commercial commodities (including land for sale, buildings for sale, the rent obtained from a house, cars for sale or the money made from their rent or hire, machines for any kind of money making business and any other thing owned for the purpose of sale)

*Any of the above, that is as much as a Nisab,(the minimum amount on which Zakaat is paid) kept for  one year is due for Zakaat. Let me put it in a simpler form,  Someone may have kept silver for  one year, if this silver is not up to a Nisab, Zakaat is not paid on it and same goes for the others.

           How much is Nisab?
-For grains, the Nisab is five wasaq(which is approximately 135kg of grains) and one wasq is equivalent to sixty saa’ and a saa’ is equivalent to four times of both handfuls of a man of average built.

-For silver, the Nisaab is 140 mithqal which equals 56 Saudi riyals(all you have to do in this case is  convert your currency into riyals and see).

-For gold, it is 20 mithqal and equals 92 grams or 11 3/7 pounds.(you get to weight that to find this out)

-Money is valued according to the Nisab for gold or silver.

-For commercial commodities, you value them(make an inventory) at the end of the year and pay on them.

           How much is paid?
-On fruits and grains, if they relied on natural means for water such as rain and rivers, the amount due on them is 10 per cent of the total amount but if they relied on unnatural sources such as irrigation schemes, 5% is due on them.

-On gold and silver, 2.5% is due on the total amount, including the profit earned. Same goes for money-2.5% is paid.

-For commercial commodities, an inventory is taken at the end of the year, and 2.5% is paid on that. The inventory includes the profit made even if not in one’s possession at the end of the year or if the profit came about at the end of the year. What matters is that the capital(original amount )is up to the Nisab at the beginning of the year. TO make it clearer, the prophet asked his companions to pay  Zakaat on their herds with the inclusion of the newly born at later part of the year.

Note- Zakaat is to be paid on the wealth of Orphans and of the insane. Whoever is in charge of their money is to pay Zakaat on them if the monies are up to the Nisab and kept for a period of one year.

Now, we know what Zakaat is due on, and how much of it is paid,

   who do we pay to??

   Allah says-

'The charity(I.e Zakaat) is only for the poor, the needy, those employed to collect(the Zakaat), for slaves, for those in debt, for (jihaad) in the cause of Allah, and Allah is the All-Knower, the All-Wise'.(Q.9:60).

-The Last part, Allah is the All-knower, the All-Wise is some form of warning to us, to desist from diverting the Zakaat to other purposes for Allah is wise enough and knows well enough whom is deserving of the Zakaat.[/li]

-The poor are those unable to support themselves with sufficient means, except for very little, and that little is for less than a year.

-The needy are those who are able to support themselves with sufficient means for half of the year or more but not enough for the entire year. For someone who doesn’t have cash on him but has sources of income like a job or profession that can sustain him, he should not be given the Zakaat.

-Those employed to collect the Zakaat are those who are in charge of collecting from the rich and distributing to the poor. They are paid according to the effort they put in.

-Those whose hearts would be inclined are those whom when given the Zakaat might become Muslims or might have increase in faith and even become callers to the deen.

-Slaves in order to buy and set them free.

-Those in debt, if they do not have the means to pay off.

-In the cause of Allah refers to jihad. People who fight for Allah’s cause are in this category. Also, students  are in the cause of Allah and may be in need of materials such as books to buy and are also entitled to it.

-The wayfarer is a traveler that is stranded. Zakaat is meant to enable him get back home.

                          Zakaat al fitr

While Zakaat al mal can be given at any part of the year, Zakaat al fitr is given at the end of ramadan and before or on the day of eid al fitr.

          Significance
IT is given to enable the poor have something to feast on. Eid al fitr is a day of celebration signifying the end of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the month in which the obligatory fasting is done.

It also serves as a purification of our fast from vain speech and immoral acts just like the sajdah of correction(ba’di and qabli) purify our salaat.

What is given?
Saa’ of food, particularly of foods uprooted from the soil. It is recommended that the staple food available in each area is what is provided.

What is allowed is in the form of grains, barley and its likes. Meat, fish eggs are not acceptable.

Money, clothes and other stuffs apart from what is stipulated by the prophet are NOT to be given as Zakatul fitr.

When??
To be given on the day of eid, just before the eid prayers is preferable. To give it after the eid prayers is considered charity(Sadaqah) rather than Zakaat. However, some companions of the prophet would give it two days before eid and that is permissible!

To whom??
Some scholars say it should be given only to those Allah commands to be given Zakaat al mal while others say it is meant for the poor only.
Obligatory on whom??

A Muslim who is able to pay it.
Everyone pays on behalf of whom they take responsibility over. A man pays on behalf of his wife, children, poor parents(who cant pay on themselves), slaves, or other relatives under his care. If they can pay on themselves, it is better that they do.
He doesn’t have to pay on a child who takes responsibility on himself or a maid whom he pays salary.
If a child is born into the family before sunset on the last day of ramadan, it should be paid on his behalf, likewise if a man dies before sunset on the last day of ramadan, it must be paid from what he left or on his behalf.

How?
A saa’(equivalent to four handfuls of an average built man) is paid on behalf of each person. A saa’ is approximately 3kg of rice.

If you have read this far, I say MashaAllah on your behalf,  May Allah help us to be able to put his commands into practice. May He bless the generality of the Muslim Ummah. May He accept all our Ibaadah and accept us into jannatul firdaus!!!!!!!!!!!  Amin.

Araboy:
^^^^
Hope you did not get me wrong by thinking I am pursuing you[b] romantically[/b] my curiosity about you  is more related to some of your views on NL and not about your person
I was kind enough to answer your question which I could have ignored since it was very Personal

oh! my bad, lol.

i donno y u replied me ds way, d use of emoticons or what? anyways u answered more than was required. I only needed to know what being agnostic actually entails, and am happy u'r back on track.

hayorbaami:
Tanks for dis cos I need it.

u'r welcome

Araboy:
Yes Madam  I am Fasting and Praying as well!! الحمد لله ر ب العالمين[/b]I am also curious about you  and would like to ask some questions

alhamdulillah, 

Araboy:
Yes Madam  I am Fasting and Praying as well!! الحمد لله ر ب العالمين
[b]I am also curious about you and would like to ask some questions

SalamuaLaykum.

As we all know, the ‘last ten days of ramadan’ is here!, the most important part of which is a night, the Laylatul Qadr, a night greater than a thousand months !We, as Muslims are encouraged to seek this night by staying in seclusion,  This seclusion is I’tikaaf. This write-up is aimed at providing the basic things to know of I’tikaaf in order to get the full benefit of it. May Allah help us!

I’tikaaf

I’tikaaf literally means to stick to something and block out every other thing. In this context, it means seclusion, intending intimacy with Allah.
It is Mustahab(desired) but becomes Waajib(compulsory) on anyone who made a vow to perform it.
It can be performed at any time of the year but is of much importance in Ramadan because of the seek for the Laylatul Qadr.

Conditions for I’tikaaf

    It has to be in a mosque, all kinds of mosque is acceptable.

    It may or may not be accompanied by fasting.

    The least period for it is a night but is best done for the whole of the last ten days.

    The best time to enter it is after solatul subh(say, on the 21st day of ramadan) and the prophet would leave it after subh on eid day.

what nullifies I’tikaaf

intimate intercourse (…but do not associate with your wives while you are in retreat in the mosques,  Q.2:187)

Desirable acts

    All the acts of worship are encouraged at this time- voluntary prayers, Qur’an recitation, repentance.

    Give charity, increase in good deeds.

    The prophet especially taught us to say-Allahuma innaka afuwwun tuhibbul afwa fafuanni.

Don’t forget

This is the time to ask Allah for all the things you want. Don’t be too shy or reluctant  to ask and don’t you think your sins can prevent you from asking. Remember, he knows you in and out and he is the oft forgiving, most merciful!

WHat Allah says


3- the night of power is better than a thousand months

SuratulQadr(97):1-5

Narrated 'Aisha(the wife of the prophet)- The prophet used to practice Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan till he died and then his wives used to practice Itikaf after him.

sahih Bukhari, volume3, book 33, number 243.

Sweetnecta:
Atikaf is spending any amount of time in the masjid, how ever long or short it is.

Every action begins with intention.

A woman is the anchor of the family.

If she goes to stay in the mosque, what happens to the more noble role in the family as a mother to nurture, etc?

You cant neglect the greater role and observe the smaller or not as great a role. a person who is not making salah does not have saum, because salah is the one to be checked first.

the role in the house, within the family will be greater for a muslima. even a muslim man will not go to hell [inchaAllah] for not making atikaf in the mosque.

the woman can go for a short time during the day assuming that the children and others roles are not forsaken for this. But to stay in masjid overnight, while the house is abandoned that can actually invite disasters, or leave the children without the nurturing quality of the mother, etc is unacceptable, since she can actually make all of her prayers, except Jumu'ah and Id prayers at home and she will have full rewards {inchaAllah].

you should be careful of giving verdicts on Islamic affairs based on your own perspective.

zayhal:
^^^Haba! Na wa o. The OP asked about women generally and did not specify married women. Your answer is rather narrow.

What about yet-to-be-married women, divorcees, widows? How about a couple who want to do the itikaf together, leaving their kids with perhaps grandma, or couples who are yet to have kids and the husband feels it's ok for him and his wife to go for itikaf? What of a woman whose children are all grown up and the husband is probably on a journey and she feels rather than just stay at home, she should go for itikaf? And other such cases.

exactly what i thought.

YOu once said u're an agnostic Muslim. Are you fasting now?

Q 24'

which of the prophets mentioned in the Qur'an is defined by his beauty

zayhal:
The sunnah greeting on the day of eid is 'Taqaballilah minnaa wa minkum'.

thanks

deols:
Q23
who narrated the highest numba of ahadith

Abu Hurayra narrated the highest number of hadiths.

MashaAllah, May Allah bless the organisers. This is one opportunity to gain the blessings of Allah. If you cant be a part of this iftar, u can organise one for people around you.