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Adek15:
Salam guys. I've been introduced to MMM since early this year but I was skeptical about it which made me to make some findings especially about where the 30% comes from among others. from my findings I think I'm convinced it's not haram (prohibited) but I still need some advice as I might be wrong. so brothers/sisters, is MMM acceptable Islamically?

pls evidence from the Quran/Sunnah will be highly appreciated. thanks.

My brother, the 30% is simply Interest "Riba" which is strongly condemned by Allah (S.W.T.). Make Allah (S.W.T.) increase our Hallal Incomes and prevent us from eating Haram (Ameen). Please take your time to digest the below Lecture for better understanding;

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Dealing with Riba is one of the Major Sins

(Friday speech delivered by Imam Mohamed Baianonie at the Islamic Center of Raleigh NC on December 5, 1997)

Dealing with riba (usury or interest) has spread widely among many Muslims today, to the point that many Muslims do not see any problem with it, either because of lack of knowledge or absent-mindedness. Despite the fact that all Muslim scholars agree that dealing with riba (usury or interest) is a major sin because the prophet (S.A.W.) mentioned explicitly in a hadith reported by Imam Bukhari and Muslim, "Avoid the seven destructive sins", then he mentioned one of them as, "and dealing with riba (usury or interest)"

What is riba? riba linguistically means in Arabic an increase. And in Islamic terminology means, an increase agreed upon over the loan with consideration for the time, whether this increase is small or large because Allah (S.W.T.) says in surat Al-Baqarah, (Verse 279), what can be translated as, "But if you repent (from dealing with riba), you shall have your capital sums. Deal not unjustly (by asking more than your capital sums), and you shall not be dealt with unjustly (by receiving less than your capital sums)."

Many verses and many authentic Ahadith have declared that dealing with riba is very prohibited. Some of these verses and Ahadith will be mentioned in this khutbah.

Dealing with riba is forbidden not only in the Islamic (sharia’h) laws, but also in the previous divine legislation. Allah (S.W.T.) says about the Jews in surat An-Nisa’, (Verses 160 & 161), what can be translated as, "For the wrong -doing of the Jews, We made unlawful to them certain good foods which had been lawful to them, and for their hindering many from Allah’s Way. And their taking of riba (usury/interest) though they were forbidden from taking it and their devouring of men’s substance wrongfully." From the transgression, the oppression, and the corruption of the Jews was hindering many from Allah’s Way and dealing with riba (usury/interest) while it is forbidden. Imam Ibn Katheer says Allah forbade them, the Jews, from dealing with riba, but they dealt with it and took it and tried to deceive Allah with many forms of interest.

The holy Qur'an has talked about riba in many places in chronological order:

In the period of Makkah, Allah (S.W.T.) says in surat Ar-Roum, (Verse 39), what can be translated as, "And that which you give in riba (to others), in order that it may increase (your wealth by expecting to get a better one in return) from other people’s property, has no increase with Allah."

Then, in the period of Al-madinah, interest was explicitly prohibited in the saying of Allah (S.W.T.), in surat Ale-Emran, (Verse 30), what can be translated as, "O you who believe! Do not take riba doubled and multiplied, but fear Allah that you may be successful."

Then, another revelation came down in the saying of Allah (S.W.T.) in surat Al-Baqarah, (Verse 275 & 276), what can be translated as, "Those who deal with riba will not stand (on the day of Resurrection) except like the standing of a person beaten by Shaitan (Satan) leading him to insanity. That is because they say: "Trading is only like riba," whereas Allah has permitted trading and forbidden riba. So whosoever receives an admonition from his Lord and stops dealing with riba shall not be punished for the past: his case if for Allah (to judge); but whoever returns to dealing with riba, such are the dweller of the Fire-they will abide therein. Allah destroys riba and will give increase for Sadaqat (deeds of charity, alms, etc.) and Allah does not like the disbelievers, sinners."

Then, the last thing that was revealed about the prohibition of interest was the saying of Allah (S.W.T.) in surat Al-Baqarah, (Verses 278 & 279), what can be translated as, "O you who believe! Fear Allah and give up what remains (due to you) from riba (from now onward), if you are truly believers. And if you do not do it, then take a notice of war from Allah and His Messenger but if you repent, you shall have your capital sums. Deal not unjustly, and you shall not be dealt with unjustly." This last verse is an emphatic argument that would silence those who say, "interest is not forbidden unless it is a high percentage." But it is clear that Allah did not allow for the person to receive except the exact capital, no more and no less."

Imam Ibn Katheer says about these two verses, "The believers said: We repent to Allah (S.W.T.) and leave what remained from riba, so they left it all, and this is a severe warning and an assertive punishment for those who keep dealing with riba after they are warned. Ibn Abbas (R.A.A.) said about the saying of Allah "then take a notice of war from Allah and His Messenger…" In the day of Judgment will be said for the one who dealt with riba: prepare yourself and take your weapon to war, and the riba eater is resurrected on the day of judgment as insane to be strangled.

Imam Bukhari reported that the prophet (S.A.W.) had a long night dream part of that the prophet said, "....then we came to a red river like blood, I saw a man swimming in it and another on the river bank had gathered many stones. The swimmer started swimming toward the man on the riverbank and when he got to him, he opened his mouth to feed him the stones. Then the prophet (S.A.W.) said, that is the riba eater."

Imam Muslim reported that the prophet (S.A.W.) said: "The messenger of Allah cursed the eater of riba, (usury/interest) and the one who feeds it." Imam At-Tirmithi and other scholars of hadith added to this hadith from another narration: "and its witness and its writer."

Imam Ahmad reported in an authentic hadith that the prophet (S.A.W.) said, "Dirham (the smallest coin like a penny)of interest eaten by a man with knowledge is more severe than thirty-six acts of fornication or adultery."

After we heard all of these clear verses and many authentic ahadith that make riba (interest/usury) very prohibited, we should repent to Allah and stop dealing with riba, small or large and not to deceive ourselves by changing the name of the forbidden riba to more appealing names like interest. Its large increase is forbidden, as well as its small. We should not try to come up with excuses to deal with interest, because nothing hides from Allah (S.W.T.).

kropotkin2:
No mind them. The senate should be scrapped. Also did you notice how vindictive Saraki was by influencing the blocking of the nominee from Kwara state simply because he was an ally to a late political opponent?

On Yissa’s case, the Senate is remember that The Senate President's background as a career Medical Doctor.
May God bless Nigeria!!!

Land for sale!!!

Vanguard News Nigeria http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/christians-not-celebrate-easter/

By Femi Aribisala

Most Christians are unaware that Easter is a pagan festival surreptitiously merged with Christianity. Easter is not a Christian holiday. The word Easter is not even scriptural; it does not exist in true translations of the bible. Easter was smuggled into the King James Bible in Acts 12:4, where it was substituted for the original word; “Passover:” “When (Herod) had apprehended (Peter), he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.” As a matter of fact, the word Easter only appears in the King James Version of English bible translations. It does not exist in any other English bible translation. Even the King James Version was forced to remove it from its revised version, known as the New King James Version.

Queen of Heaven

Most Christians are unaware that Easter is a pagan festival surreptitiously merged with Christianity. Noah’s son, Ham, married a woman called Ashtoreth. In some cultures, Ashtoreth is called Ishtar, which is transliterated in English as Easter. Ashtoreth made herself “the Queen of Heaven;” the goddess of fertility and became an object of worship. This idol worship of Ashtoreth, later camouflaged in Christendom as Easter, is specifically forbidden in the scriptures. God says: “The women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Do they provoke me to anger? Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces? Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, my anger and my fury will be poured out on this place.” (Jeremiah 7:17-20). God punished Israel for succumbing to the worship of Ashtoreth (Ishtar): “They forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel. So he delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them.” (Judges 2:13-14). Accordingly, Samuel counselled Israel to forsake Ashtoreth (Ishtar) worship: “Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, ‘If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve him only; and he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.” (1 Samuel 7:3).

Sun worship

Ham and Ashtoreth gave birth to a son called Nimrod. After Ham’s death, Nimrod married Ashtoreth; his own mother, and became a powerful king of ancient Babylon. When Nimrod was also killed, Ashtoreth deified him as sun-god or life-giver. Indeed, Easter means “movement towards the rising sun.” It pertains to the religious rites of people who worship the sun and the signs of the heavens. Sun worship is expressly forbidden in the scriptures. Ezekiel says: “I was then led into the temple’s inner courtyard, where I saw about twenty-five men standing near the entrance, between the porch and the altar. Their backs were to the LORD’s temple, and they were bowing down to the rising sun. God said, ‘Ezekiel, it’s bad enough that the people of Judah are doing these disgusting things.’” (Ezekiel 8:16-17).

Nevertheless, following this pagan tradition, “Sunrise Services” are conducted on Easter Sunday mornings in many Christian denominations.

Hot crossed buns

In Western Europe, it is traditional to eat hot-crossed buns on Easter Sunday morning. This is where we get the limerick: “Hot crossed buns; hot crossed buns. One a-penny, two a-penny, hot crossed buns.” These small sweet buns are usually decorated with solar crosses made of white icing. They were consecrated in ancient Greece to the goddess of the sunrise. In ancient Babylon, the buns were offered to the Queen of Heaven; the goddess of Easter.

Pagan Lent

After the death of Nimrod, Ashtoreth (Ishtar) gave birth to Tammuz, a son she claimed was Nimrod reborn. When Tammuz was killed by a wild boar, Ashtoreth instituted an annual ritual of 40 days of mourning for Baal worshippers, when no meat was allowed to be eaten. This pagan tradition of “weeping for Tammuz” is specifically proscribed in the scriptures. God said to Ezekiel: “Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing.” So he brought me to the door of the north gate of the LORD’S house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.” (Ezekiel 8:13-14). Nevertheless, weeping for Tammuz has been absorbed into Christianity by the institution of Lent; a 40-day period of fasting and prayer observed in some Christian denominations as a prelude to Easter. Just like Easter, Lent is not scriptural. Neither the word nor the custom exist in the bible.
Lent begins, according to Christian tradition, on Ash Wednesday; which is also pagan. The ashes were said to be the seed of the Indian fire god, Agni, deemed to have the power to forgive sins. Easter egg Because of their prolific nature in reproduction, rabbits were associated with Ishtar, the goddess of fertility. This is where Christians borrowed the tradition of the Easter bunny. Ancient Babylonians believed an egg fell into the Euphrates River from the moon. Queen Ishtar was apparently “hatched” from this egg. This moon egg was called Ishtar’s egg; which became in Christendom Easter egg.

Shifting date

Have you noticed that your birthday falls on different days from year to year? So how come the celebration of Easter always falls on Friday and on Sunday? Moreover, unlike your birthday, the date for Easter changes from year to year. Sometimes it is in March; sometimes in April. Easter moves from year to year because the date has nothing to do with the death and resurrection of Jesus but with the changing cycles of the moon. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first Vernal Equinox full moon; which is consecrated by pagans as Ishtar’s Sunday. This signifies the astronomical arrival of spring. The pagan belief is that the sun dies at winter (Christmas) and is reborn at spring (Easter). Good Saturday Good Friday is also a misnomer. Jesus was not crucified on a Friday. The week in which he was crucified contained two Sabbaths and he was crucified on a Wednesday. The following Thursday was a high Sabbath day; the first day of unleavened bread. Jesus did not resurrect on a Sunday. He resurrected on a Saturday, which was a regular weekly Sabbath day different from the high Sabbath of the preceding Thursday.
Mary Magdalene discovered the empty tomb on Sunday morning, while it was still dark. Christians should realise that from Friday evening to Sunday morning does not constitute three days and three nights in the grave, but one day and two nights. The decision to change the day of the resurrection to Sunday was simply a continuation of the Babylonian tradition. Nimrod was ostensibly resurrected on a Sunday; a day devoted to worshipping the sun.

By AD 321, Constantine established Sunday as part of the official state religion, and the Sabbath was statutorily changed from Saturday to Sunday. Christians should desist from celebrating Easter: “Thus says the LORD: ‘Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them, for the customs of the peoples are vanity.’” (Jeremiah 10:2-3).

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/christians-not-celebrate-easter/

londonrivals:
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This is a press statement. Read below...

You can recall last two weeks Mr. Bruno Iwuoha was calling for medical help. After that the CEO Morgan Entertainment, Emeka Morgan Nwanne Oguejiofor Jr invited him to the US and took him to one of the best hospitasl and paid all the bills including hospital bill feeding and medication bill

When Mr Iwuoha arrived the US, he was on wheel chair but right now he is very healthy. According to the doctors, Bruno will not be able to work or do certain things for 6-12 months, to give room for proper healing.

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http://www.metroparrot.net/2015/08/photos-nollywood-actor-bruno-iwuoha.html

Wish him quick recovery...........
God bless Ahmad Isah!!!
God Bless all Brekete Family Members!!!
God Bless Emeka Morgan & his Co!!!
God Bless Nigeria!!!

Good development. This shows that PMB is listening and very responsive Leader!!!

Senate President issue was the top on the list of discussions :"Aware of the fresh plot, Saraki has resorted to seeking the assistance of Emirs and traditional rulers to help pacify President Buhari and Tinubu to drop the idea of plotting to ease him out of office.

Already, Saraki has reached out to the emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi I and the emir of his home town, ilorin, Kwara State, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari to intercede on his behalf with Buhari.

Both Emirs have already established communication with Buhari."

quote author=KingEbukasBlog post=36616791]The Emir of Kano Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi visited President Buhari at his residence this night (August 4th) at the Presidential Villa , Abuja.

http://www.kingebuka.com/2015/08/photos-president-buhari-receives-emir.html[/quote]

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favourmic:
In this picture , those teenage girls are daughters to the strongest man on Earth , Obama right ? Ok ..

Can you see how simple and down to earth their dressing were ? No wedge shoes , no expensive handbags , no gold or silver necklace covering their necks . No Brazilian hair or most importantly no make up ! They just come simple . Natural looks , normal cheap bags , cheap sandals and very moderate gowns .

I just wish our sisters can learn how that life is simple and stop bothering your husband for all those things . Be contented with what you have and be happy . You can see how happy and how they were laughing irrespective of the fact that they were not dressed expensively . Or do you think they don't know about all those high fashion ?

Your beauty is not about those things but about how you carry yourself . Wash and iron the little clothes you have wear them and have a personality that's all that matters .

Whether U have a Toyota or or a bicycle, a BMW even legedisbenz , D road remains D same.
Whether U travel economy class or business, your destination doesn't change.
Whether U have a Casio or a Rolex, D time is D same.
There is no crime in dreaming a luxurious life, what needs 2
B taken care of is 2 not let D NEED become GREED. Because needs can always B
met, but greed can not B fulfilled. D life dat U are living now is also a dream of millions!!
May Allah Grant us D ability 2 avoid chasing D materialistic life. Remember, U & Me, Rich or Poor, our Grave will B same size. Food for thought!

Faremisodeeq:
This op na comedian. Geology for OAU na die.

I agree with u completely. Geology na die for every Uni in Naija oooo. I wouldn't mind if the opinion writer can let us know only three first class she know in history of any Uni in Naija.
Geology no be moi moi oooooo and moreso most of the lecturers are sadist.

My fellow Nairalander, let us be objective in our analysis. I wonder while Christians are always condemning Islam or Muslims especially when it comes to an Islamic issues or debate that u are less affected. Fine, the judgement was according to Islamic injunction and Sharia which is Islamic Law. However, have you Christians also try to study "Leviticus 24:16" in your Bible?
As an individual if you are not please with the judgement, you have the right but you have no single right to condemn or abusing any other person Religion or Prophets.
Best wishes!!!

She may still acting nah. Lolz

But I tot Dino said they were 35 Senator-Elect that endorsed Saraki. Where are the others pls?

OBASANJO & YARADUA DID NOT LEAVE ANY DEBT FOR NIGERIA BUT RATHER LEFT HUGE SUMS OF MONEY AS NATIONAL RESERVE FOR NIGERIA.
JONATHAN (WHO IS NIGERIA'S GREATEST MISTAKE) MISTAKENLY BECAME PRESIDENT ON MAY 2010 AND BY MAY 2015,IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT JONATHAN HAS ACCRUED A DEBT OF 60 BILLION U.S DOLLARS FOR NIGERIA

$1 = N228

60 BILLION DOLLARS × 228 = 13.7 TRILLION NAIRA (interest excluded)

IF NIGERIA PAYS BACK 5 BILLION NAIRA EVERY MONTH

13.7 TRILLION NAIRA DIVIDED BY 5 BILLION NAIRA = 2740 MONTHS

1 YEAR = 12 MONTHS

2740 MONTHS = 228 YEARS

IN OTHER WORDS,IT WILL TAKE NIGERIA AT LEAST 228 YEARS TO REPAY THE DEBT JONATHAN OWED (interest excluded)

THIS CLEARLY MEANS THAT OUR CHILDREN,
GRANDCHILDREN,GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN WILL STILL PAY WHAT JONATHAN OWED.

Now,who says JONATHAN is not BADLUCK?

What about Barewa College, Zaria Established in 1921

We need to be fear in our comments on this kind sensitive issues. For the fact that you do not believe in somebody or his religion does not say you should be mocking the religion (Islam) or our Beloved Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Why do you have to insult the Holy Prophet and think any Muslim will stay there and allow it? God has instructed us in His Holy Book (Qur'an) that we should not even mocking any of His creations not to talk of any of His Prophets Including Jesus. For you t be a complete Muslim, you must believe and accept Jesus as a (Prophet Issa) as one of the Prophets. Why must you organize a program about Prophet Muhammad (SAW)? isn't that just to provoke and humiliate the Muslims around the Globe? Neither Islam nor Muslims are violent but those people that keep mocking Islam and our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW). this issue at hand is not about been violent or blooding but we can not fold our arms to see anyone no matter how well placed you think you are to mock our Religion and Holy Prophet (SAW). Keep to your region and believe and let us keep and believe ours. have you ever see any mocking video or programme of Jesus, Jews, and Christians or any other religion or believe organize or mastermind by Muslims? Let us be fear with our comment pls!

Any update on the 2013/2014 PTDF Scholarship Test date pls? Coz we av bn hearing diff. Info.

guy just try to know about the bank that the MD, Chairman, number of the branches and so on. And try as much as possible to have confidence in yourself, be well composed and give straight forward, sinple and direct short answers to every questions. Pls try to get one suit bcoz appearance also carry marks and there is this saying that "First appearance matters a lot". I wish you all the very best.

Thanks 4 the information. Its very powerful one, because I actually applied but not gotten the sms. Please kindly forward the sms to 08033755506 for me. That is 29th of next month, hope meeting you there. Thanx