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Very nice one. Educative. How many Yeats does one spend in one position?

Asiri

Woris dis?

CONGRATULATING CHRISTIANS DURING CHRISTMAS An Abridged Translation of Al - Qaradawi's Fatwa By Abdullahi A. Lamido Sheikh Yusuf Al - Qaradawi was asked about the status of congratulating Christians during Christmas by a Muslim PhD student who was studying in a University in Europe. He said his colleagues and lecturers congratulate him and present gifts to him during Eid celebrations, so could he do the same to them during theirs. The fatwa he gave, which was later adopted by the Fatwa Council of Europe, is translated below (in an abridged form): The Qur'an has provided a general formula that will guide our relations with non Muslims when it says: "Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who do not fight against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity. It is only as regards those who fought you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out, that Allah forbids you to befriend them. And whoever befriends them then such are the wrongdoers. (60:8-9). In our relationship with peaceful non - Muslims, the Qur'an requires that we do al - birr and al - qist to them. And al - birr is beyond Justice as it entails doing good and extending kindness to them. Justice is to give a person his due while al - birr is to give him more than his rights in form of kindness and generosity. Al - birr is the term used by the Qur'an in describing the most important right in Islam after that of Allah, ie birr al - walidain, kindness to parents. Bukhari and Muslim report that Asma' bint Abubakar asked the Prophet (SAW) whether she could visit her mother who was a mushrikah (not even ahl al - Kitab who are closer to Muslims) and extend kindness to her. The Prophet approved that to her. The Qur'an has permitted eating the food and slaughtered animals of the people of the book and marrying their women (5:5). One natural implication of marriage is mutual love between the couple as the Qur'an says: "And among His signs is that He has created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find tranquility in them, and He has put between you affection and mercy". (21:21). After all how would one not love his wife who is also the guardian of his home, his life partner and mother of his children, despite Allah's saying in respect of the mutual relations between married couple that " they are your garments and you are their garments (2:187). Again among the implications of marriage and its fruits are that the families of the couple would become in - laws to each other, and that is one of the things that naturally create strong ties among human beings as described in the Qur'an: Furqan 54. Another natural consequence of marriage is motherhood and the attendant rights associated with it including the right of the mother towards her child. Now, would it be part of al - birr and good relationship for a son not to congratulate his mother during her most important celebrations? And what would be his stand in relation to her relatives such as his grandparents, aunts and children of her sisters? All these are his relatives who have rights over him as stated in the Qur'an (anfal 75) and Nahl 90. Given that the rights of motherhood and kinship make it necessary on Muslim men and women to strengthen the ties of kinship to them, then it is necessary for a Muslim to demonstrate to them the good characters taught by Islam. The Prophet (SAW) says "... And relate to all people with good characters". Here he says "all people", not only Muslims. The Prophet also encourages rifq towards non Muslims and warned against 'unf against them. Another reason for the permissibility of congratulating them - specifically those among them who also congratulate Muslims during their festivities - is that we have been commanded to respond to good with good and to respond to greetings with better forms of greeting as in Qur'an 4:87. It does not behove a Muslim to express lesser kindness and good to the people who do same to him. Rather the Muslim should demonstrate more kindness and magnanimity to the other as explained by the Prophet (SAW): "The best of the believers are the best of them in terms of character". And he says "I have only been sent to perfect good characters". This kindness is even more relevant when we want to call them to Islam and draw them closer to it and also cause them to like Muslims. These cannot be achieved through harshness. The Prophet (SAw) used to relate with the mushrikun of Quraish based on kindness throughout the Makkan period despite their hostility and persecution of him and his companions, to the extent that they, because of how they trusted him, used to give him their properly for safe keeping. When he was to migrate to madinah he had to ask Ali (RA) to take back some of those property to their Mushrik owners. Therefore, it is not forbidden for a Muslim individual or Islamic organization to congratulate them in this occasion, either verbally or through sending a card that does not carry any symbol of their faith or religious proclamation that contradicts Islamic principles, such as the cross, as Islam is against the concept of the cross (see Qur'an 4:157). It is known that the words used here are usually free from supporting or agreeing with their faith. They are rather ordinary words of mujamalah, kindness. Again it is not wrong to collect their gifts and reciprocating same to them, for, the Prophet (SaW) accepted gifts from non Muslims such as Muqauqish the leader of the qibts of Misr. But this is with the condition that the gifts do not fall within forbidden things such as intoxicants and pork etc. I am aware that Sheikhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah had gone strong in the issue of the festivities of mushrikun and Ahl al - Kitab in his excellent book: Iqtida' Sirat al - Mustaqim Mukhalafat Asha al - Jahim. And I am with his opinions regarding forbidding Muslim's celebration of the festivities of mushrikun and people of the book, like some Muslims who celebrate Christmas as they do for Eid, or even more. This is forbidden. We have our festivities as they have theirs. However, I do not see any harm in congratulating the people for their festivities by a person who has connection, blood relations, neighbourhood social friendship or other social relate with them which will often require mutual affection and kindness. It is clear that Ibn Taymiyyah issued his fatwa in the light of the realities of his age. And if he (may Allah be pleased with him) were to live in our world and witness how close relationships have been built between human communities and how the world has been reduced to a global village; if he sees how Muslims are in need of relating with some Muslims, and how non Muslims have become Professors and lecturers of the Muslims - unfortunately! - in the sciences and engineering; if he observes the necessity of going close to them for the purpose of da'wah and presenting Muslims as people of kindness not harshness, as givers of glad tidings not rejectors; if he realises that a Muslim's congratulatory message to his neighbour or colleague or his University Professor during such festivities does not in any way imply accepting his christian belief or supporting him in what according to our belief is kufr; if he sees how even the Christian himself does not see that festivity as a religiously sanctioned celebration that draws him near to God but ordinarily a socio- cultural event (as believed by most Christians) used for enjoyment and exchange of gifts, food and drinks among families and friends; if Ibn Taymiyyah were to live in our age and see all this he would have changed his position - and Allah knows best - or at least he would have softened his fatwa. This is because he (may Allah be pleased with him) used to consider time, space and circumstances in issuing fatwas. Translated 24th December 2015
lalasticlala

"And remind for verily, the reminding profits the believers" - Q51vs55
Let's remind ourselves some of the almost forgotten traditions of the Prophet (SAW) thereby reviving them and ultimately put them into use.


Let's share authentic Hadeeth of the Prophet and
state the source/chain.


Abdallah ibn ‘Amr said: The Messenger of Allah
salallahu ‘alayhi wa salla said: There are two
qualities, no Muslim man acquires them but he
will enter Paradise, and they are simple and easy.
He should glorify Allah (say subhanallah) ten
times immediately after each prayer, and praise
Him (say alhamdulillah) ten times and magnify
Him (say Allahu akbar) ten times. I saw the
Messenger of Allah counting this on his fingers.
He said: That makes one hundred and fifty on the
tongue, and one thousand five hundred (hasanaat)
in the scales. When you go to bed, glorify Him and
praise Him and magnify Him one hundred times:
that will be one hundred on the tongue and a
thousand in the scales. Who among you does two
thousand and five hundred sayi’aat (bad deeds) in
one day?’ They said: How could we not count (our
sins)? He said: The shaytan comes to any one of
you whilst he is praying and says, Remember this,
remember that, until he finishes his prayer and
does not do (this dhikr), or he comes to him
when he is lying down and makes him sleepy,
until he falls asleep (without doing this dhikr) [At-
Tirmidhee]

Jum'at Mubarak.

lalasticlala

Aminat508:
Lailai miogba waytin una dey send and receive

I go send you wetin I sent her

Aminat508:
I will tell my name sake

Lolzz. I beg no do.

Where's the rush now? bumi10 you can lie.

Rotflmao

Omotayor123:
I never see any message.

No mind me. I forgot to include subject. Check now.

Omotayor123:
Hmmm... I personally feels I will never go back to that house if the dog remain there.

Urgent message that needs your attention in your mail.

Just when I was about to ask where TonyeBarnista is he came up with another poo.

lexdino:
It is the Remita Retrieval Reference.

How does one get that for purchase of form?

QSFemi:
Good evening nairalanders. This is my first post on this platform and I enjoined you all to overlook my simplicity. I need your views on the scenario I am about to relate. I have a degree like many other peeps out there, completed nysc july this year and have hitherto been jobless. Well, Like a twist of fate, I got a job just yesterday that will be paying me 50k in Lag. I based in Akure and the job is in Ketu, Lagos. My friend that I can squat with temporarily lives at awoyaya, Ibeju-Lekki lga. Can I survive? What do you think peeps?

My brother I know ibeju Lekki very well and very acquainted with Ketu as well. Let me break it down for you. From Awoyaya to Ajah is #150/100. Ajah to Ketu is #400. That's #1150 to and from. Not only that, you will face traffic when coming home (I just got out it couple of hours ago) and the traffic, depending on when you close, will not last less than an hour.

Now that I have described the monetary and physical conditions, I leave the decision to you to make.

God knows I hate dog. If a man now beats his pregnant wife because of a dog, as a matter of urgency he needs to be examined upstairs. If I happened to be a sibling of the woman, we go sign agreement before she go come back to that house else he marries the dog.

When you have sex with someone, you exchange/ obtain whatever spirit(s) they have as well.

Olosho don get plenty spirits.

He should go and ask the person who contracted the work to him.

Sijo01:
We know already. Just give us fuel.
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Wait o, 24th n 28th? where's 26th (boxing day)?

Go read it again.

So because the President was reading the budget they should all be frown and look sternly? Una no get work.

UltimateDaniel:
Thanks. Let me ask this question. Is it true that one can spend three years instead of four years, by merging some semesters together? Can it work for Computer Science or Information Technology, if yes, please have you seen anyone done that succesfully... Please, I'm a complete novince about the Open University and what's to Answer her questions like an Elder Brother should

Here is it: the maximum unit course per semester is 24/25 for undergraduates. If the normal unit course for a semester is less than that, say 18 for instance, one can add three 2 unit course to it to make it 24 (that is if you wish. Not mandatory). That way, you would have taken from the subsequent semester work. And by that semester, you would have less course load therefore you can take from the subsequent and on ......
That way one MAY finish before the appointed time. However how many semester will one have less than 24 unit course that one will have the opportunity to add more courses from the subsequent one? It depends on one course of study. I for instance did 20, 17 and 25 in my first, second and third semesters respectively.
If I have seen one graduated in 3 years instead of 4?. I have not.

This is a restoration of hope budget presentation. I pray it is implemented to the latter

mziceberry:
awww...thanks
maybe I'll jux go for another course then and hopefully wen they resolve it..I would do a change of course

Better.

Aminat508:
yes Oooo

2 Attempts 2 Goals

I said it. 2-1 in our favour. Up Gunners!!! Oya make I come score my own goals on maracana stadium.

Aminat508:
[size=20pt]Goal[/size]

E don happen 2 nil

An exemplary character. An ideal Muslim behaviour.

This is what I don't like in governance: Irresponsibility. Blaming others for your woes. This is one of the things why I detest the last government. It blamed the opposition for his failures when it ought to face governance squarely.

Cemetery or what is her name. Abi na Samaritan.

BTW
Compensation for been in communication department.

I dated a virgin and she is my lovely wife. Very proud of her.

Aminat508:
Me and you tonight 9pm wafekulaleyii

Oya let's go there. 2-1 in our favour I foresee.

Yeee! Where have I been since? Kai. The two dey enter my eyes. But I prefer the B