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Rashduct4luv:
haven't you seen many public places decorated for Christmas? Courts, government offices, etc.

Nigeria is only secular when it's about Muslims' rights.

you took this away from me


its sickening



brother I mean am about saying the same thing

hmmmmmm


all this things are program by Google jor I don't believe it at all

pls don't quote me o cos na my opinion

DuBLINGreenb:
First and third guy do not look trustworthy they don't have my support like those dots on that guys forehead gives him away and that third guys white beards hmmm shows they have potentials to be quarupt but the middle guy is ok. Goodluck to him.

too bad of u guys

SOFTENGR:
I can manage the third guy, but the first guy is not presentable at all. I see bad luck all over his ugly face.

too bad of u guys

just simply say u hate Islam but sorry bro its here to stay forever and if u must know it as been here even before xtianity find its way here


just live with it or die hating it


the day most people come to realize that politics isn't a religion or tribe or partisan issue then we will start getting it right


after all we av all the so call Muslims and xtians on the seat and there is nothing to show for it

what a life


where are the morals in this generation?


why are we like this?

why do people take fornication and adultery as a job

even from the man u don't even know

haba

if you are tired of ur marriage y don't u just seek for divorce instead of all this immorality


this life....

Okorocha 18 Days Christmas Holiday for Imo Workers, No Nigerian Media is yet alive to criticize him as they did to Aregbesola for
declaring just a day Hijrah holiday. Nigerian media and their hypocrisy


CAN I sight you too

falopey:
Now Trump wants to cut funding to the U.N. Not only the countries that voted against it. US funding to the UN is more thanx the 128 countries funding to the UN that voted against it put together.

please can you give us a fact figure?

How to start over after a life of sins
by Dina Mohamed Basiony 28 December 2016

People are difficult sometimes. Right? If you had an argument with someone, and then you try to talk to them again, you’ll feel like things are not the same anymore. They might not meet you with the same open arms and complete acceptance like before. And if you had several problems or downfalls with the same person, then that person might black-list you and make sure not to accept you back in his/her life because of your mistakes.

This is how we treat each other sometimes.

But this is NOT how Allah treats us!

Allah’s Name is ArRahman ArRaheem (The Continuously Merciful, The Especially Merciful), and He is indeed uniquely and exceedingly Merciful than any of His creation.

Look at this hadith…


Anas b. Malik reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said:

“Verily, Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a person who has his camel in a waterless desert carrying his provision of food and drink and it is lost. He, having lost all hopes (to get that back), lies down in shade and is disappointed about his camel; when all of a sudden he finds that camel standing before him. He takes hold of its reins and then out of boundless joy blurts out: ‘O Allah, You are my slave and I am Your Rubb’.He commits this mistake out of extreme joy”. [Sahih Muslim]

This is actually saying that if you want to turn to Allah in repentance and you are embarrassed or ashamed of your sins and mistakes, Allah will never meet you with rejection or lack of trust. On the absolute contrary, He will be in extreme joy and He will be more pleased for you turning back to Him than you could ever imagine. Allah is telling you to never be embarrassed to come back to Him again and again and again, no matter how many times you have fallen or how long you have been away.

Remember this hadith?

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Allah, the Exalted, has said: ‘O son of Adam, I forgive you as long as you pray to Me and hope for My forgiveness, whatever sins you have committed. O son of ‘Adam, I do not care if your sins reach the height of the heaven, then you ask for my forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of ‘Adam, if you come to Me with an earth load of sins, and meet Me associating nothing to Me, I would match it with an earthload of forgiveness.”‘ [At- Tirmidhi]

This is part and parcel of this religion. No matter how many times you have sinned or how gravely you have sinned, you can ALWAYS come back to Allah in repentance, and He will always accept you…

“And it is He who accepts repentance from his servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do.” (Qur’an 42: 25)

Now, this doesn’t mean that we should abuse this mercy and this kindness. This does not mean that we should indulge in wrongdoing, sinning, heedlessness and being completely distant from fulfilling our purpose in life.

Allah Glorified and Exalted created us for a purpose. He created us and honored us with the ability to learn about Him, so much so than any other creation; He honored us with the ability to love Him more so than any other creation.

To learn, love, worship Allah and fulfill our relationship with Him and our purpose in life, we need to be consciously following the perfect plan He provided for us.

We need to be consciously engaging in a relationship with Him. It doesn’t make sense to ignore Him for the most part of our lives and then meet Him suddenly on the Day of Judgement and expect to be popped into Paradise while we haven’t fulfilled our purpose of creation. Right?

The Ultimate Mercy of Allah is granted for those who are sincerely making an effort to rectify their affairs. You just have to be consciously and sincerely seeking Allah and His path.

Allah says:

“But indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.” ( Qur’an 20: 82)

So the point is for us to be serious about our relationship with Allah and bettering ourselves.

If you do have this desire, but still engaged in sins, then what to do?

1.         First thing is to stop the sin. Do not persist on committing the sin or going back to it. Make conscious, serious effort to stop and quit the sin.

2.         Second, sincerely regret the sin. Regret is essential in showing sincerity. If you truly regret a wrongdoing, then you understand why Allah told us that it is harmful and you desire to make things right and find the halal and pure means that Allah subhanu wa Ta’la prescribed instead.

3.         Third, seek forgiveness of Allah and repent from the wrongdoing.

One of the ways to do that is to follow what was mentioned in this hadith:

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon him) says: “There is no one who commits a sin then purifies himself well (does wudoo’/ablution) and stands and prays two rak’ahs (two units of prayer), then asks Allah for forgiveness, but Allah will forgive him.
Then he recited this verse: ‘And those who, when they have committed Faahishah (illegal sexual intercourse) or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins; — and none can forgive sins but Allah — and do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know’ (Qur’an 3:135).” [Abi Dawood]

So perform this prayer of repentance.

4.   Lastly, have a strong, sincere intention not to go back to the sin.

When you do the above successfully, you’ll have a fresh clean start, insha’Allah.

Now, you need to remember one very important point. Allah is your Ultimate Helper. No one can progress in this path without the Help and Mercy of Allah. There is a reason why we repeat the verse ” It is You we worship and You we ask for help.” ( Qur’an 1: 5) in Surat Al Fatiha 17 times everyday during the five daily prayers.

It is Allah who ultimately helps us on His path. He is not a faraway Goal, He is our ally and Helper if we truly want to better ourselves.

Actually, the fact that you want to repent to Allah means that HE is The One who wants you to return to Him and He wants to accept your repentance!
He says in the Qur’an:

“Then He turned to them so they could repent. Indeed, Allah is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.” (Qur’an Surat AtTawba, Chapter 9: 118)

So always remember that so long as you are serious and sincere in seeking Him, He will facilitate and open doors for you.

Now, what are things to remember on this path as you start over?

1- Establishing prayer: this is the most important thing to work on right now. This is the daily connection and commitment you have with Allah Almighty. It keeps you focused and always link you with Him. Also prayer is the first thing that the person will be asked about on The Day of Judgement. So take it seriously and make sure you do it consistently and on time.
Remember that prayer and Qur’an are interrelated. Your knowledge of the Qur’an and understanding of it will increase your concentration and your presence in prayer and the degree to which you really feel connected to Allah Almighty. When we truly listen and concentrate on the words of Allah and the fact that we’re standing between His Hands in prayer, then we will feel the love of Allah, awe of His Power and Might, the fear of misguidance, remembrance of the Day of Judgment, the closeness of death… and all the experiences that Allah  lets our hearts and bodies experience upon listening to His words.

So work on establishing your prayers.

2- Connecting more deeply with the Qur’an. Reading the Quran is a pleasure, guidance, cure, relief and mercy for the sincere seekers. Try to learn the meanings of what you read in depth. This will truly fill your heart and mind with awe of Allah and it will keep you focused on the straight path.

If there are Quranic tafsir sessions in your area, attend them. If there is an institute that organizes sessions on tadabbur Al Quran (pondering on the meaning of the Quran), then seek this opportunity.

There are several institutions online as well that help greatly with that, like Bayyinah Tv and Bayyinah Institute, they have short and quite interesting explanations of the Quran that will help transform your relationship with it greatly. Try to look for the meaning and explanation and linguistic beauty of the Qur’an to enrich your experience and aid you in connecting further with the word of Allah. There are plenty of resources available freely online. (Check Quran Weekly on YouTube for example).

3- Seek righteous companionship. It is a very important aspect of this path to have righteous friends that aid you on the path, remind you when you forget and uplift you when you feel down. See if you can volunteer in a nearby masjid, find charitable projects to volunteer in and help the poor/needy and the orphans. These are all activities that shall fill your time with goodness and introduce you to pious friends.

And don’t forget that first and foremost, you must seek Allah’s Help. Make sincere dua (supplication) to Allah to really help you and guide you and show you the way, and most definitely Allah is The Responsive and The Most Near.

So long as your soul is still in your body, there is still hope and Allah is opening the opportunities wide open for you. Seek the path of Allah because in it you will find ultimate and true peace, completion and satisfaction. You will find soothing pleasure, hope, meaning, purification and light that you haven’t experienced before through any other means. Allah gives us the path and the cure and His own Help and Support. So seek the opportunity and don’t waste it. Start now. Make dua to Allah and He will hear you and He will respond and He will open doors. Pray to Him constantly, listen to His words and understand them, be in the company or those who remember Him and seek Him, do righteous deeds as much as you can…. and you will find you entire life uplifted, filled with hope, meaning and purpose.

Just start and keep going… there is no hopelessness in this path.




http://hadithoftheday.com/how-to-start-over-after-a-life-of-sins/

I wonder y you are calling the moderators on a post with no Quran backing or sound hadith cos I see why one person decision or opinion will be brought to this place in the first instance and naming it "Nigeria Muslim man" shows who u re

MrDude:
Oga what concerns The Bible with this na? I'm not the first to call Islam the most barbaric force ever known to man so why the hate?
But since you like quoting verses and chapters from this so called story books I have some for you to choke on

1) “The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them.” (Qur’an 8:65)
2) “Muslims must not take the infidels as friends.” (Qur’an 3:28)
3) "We will put terror into the hearts of the unbelievers." (Qur’an 3:151)
4) “The Jews and the Christians are perverts; fight them.” (Qur’an 9:30)
5) “Make war on the infidels living in your neighborhood.” (Qur’an 9:123)
6) Muhammad declared:"I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah" (Muslim 1:33)
7) “Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them.” (Qur’an 2:191)
“When opportunity arises, kill the infidels wherever you catch them.” (Qur’an 9:5)
9) “Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies.” (Qur’an 22:19)
10) “Allah does not love those who reject Islam.” (Qur'an 22:38, 30:45, 3:32)
11) “Do not hanker for peace with the infidels; behead them when you catch them.” (Qur’an 47:4)
12) Muhammad permitted stealing by muslims from unbelievers; (Bukhari 44:668, Ibn Ishaq 764)
13) Under Shariah Laws Islam teaches and promotes intolerance and barbarous cruelty in the exercise and imposition of religion; “Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticize Islam” (Qur’an 5:33)

please can you explain this verses to me?



Deuteronomy 17
If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the
sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant; 17:3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or
moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently,
and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel; 17:5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.


Deuteronomy 13:
6 If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and
worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, 7 gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one
end of the land to the other), 8 do not yield to them or listen to them. Show them no pity. Do not spare them or shield them. 9 You must
certainly put them to death. Your hand must be the first in putting them to death, and then the hands of all the people. 10 Stone them to death,
because they tried to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 11 Then all Israel
will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again.
12 If you hear it said about one of the towns the Lord your God is giving you to live in 13 that troublemakers have arisen among you and have
led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known), 14 then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly. And if it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done among you, 15 you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely, both its people and its livestock. 16 You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt.


Numbers 31,


where God commands the Israelites to attack Midian and kill all the men, all the married women and all the male children but to keep the virgin
females as the spoils of war and distribute them among the soldiers. The reason offered for that barbarism? Two Midianite women had allegedly “tempted” two Israelite men to worship other gods.

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blessedvisky:
Cool articles from both the OP and FTC...

But if the tables were turned, will any Muslim fight for and seek for Christian rights to be respected and accommodated?

We cannot deceive people anymore in this age through cheap lies, empty promises, and twisted verses.

Every day We read of how Christians are harassed, maltreated, persecuted and killed in Muslim dominated countries in different parts of the world.

We know of verses in the hadith that condemn Christians Jews and non-believers.

Op, I say this categorically without any iota of doubt that Christians "rights" are not accommodated and that Christianity in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Indonesia is highly suppressed.

Why hasn't any Muslim Citizen of those countries actively campaigned for the inclusion of Christian rights in those countries ?

Even if someday, some citizens decide to do that, do you think they will be successful? Would they not be labelled as Apostates and traitors to Islam?

Do you think that Nigerian muslims would act differently from core Islamic Countries in the matter of Secularism and granting Christian rights if the whole of Nigeria has been a pure Islamic right from time??


You've written a good article. Pls respond to these questions or mine...

thanks bro and I love your constructive point

firstly let me remind you that Nigeria is a secular country which must accommodate all believes and give them equal right without tampering with anyone's right

there is no moral justifications to compare it with Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Iraq and co cos they are not the same and that's why those places are called Arab world and Arabians are mainly Muslims with their laws believe to come from Allah (Sharia) and they rule by it

this our own country is a secular country run by Democratic law which are law created by human and can be edit, change and what a view to suit our situation and desires which must be fair to all religious believes


first question

I wouldn't say. yes or no because its too much to assume for. millions of people but am sure if the answer is no there will be Muslims who will be just with dealings because that's what Islam preaches

I will like to learn more about the killing and maltreating of Christians around the world if you can provide links


secondly you talk as if Christianity is fair to other religion haba we all know the religion have their stand on others
2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has
light with darkness?


2 Thessalonians 3:6 ESV
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in
idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

etc so we are created here together by God(Almighty Allah) and we seek for peace that's why we both keep most things to ourselves

you call about christian right in Saudi and co yes some might be affected like dressing but I still maintain my stand that they are just to them but u can provide link to back your point or you explain further
let me say this again those countries are not a secular countries and av only one law and this law bind everyone and they are just with it no favouritism due to post, richness and co




no christian right is tampered. in any Islamic country but u can prove me wrong with link



You also need to cleanse your heart because Nigeria is not an Islamic or christian country but built with British(mainly Christianity ways cautiously or un-cautiously) so we must be just and fair to all in order to have peace and looking at numbers u will understand better cos we av more Muslims than xtian in Nigeria but all we want is equality and fairness to all so far am not infringing on your right don't move closer to mine


eg


I want non-interest bank for Muslims without cancellation of interest filled one you all shout no and I still ask y
etc

I want hijab for Muslim girls only and you said no when am not forcing it on u haba

"THEY WISH THAT YOU SHOULD COMPROMISE (IN RELIGION OUT OF COURTESY) WITH THEM, SO THEY (TOO) WOULD COMPROMISE WITH YOU." - Al Quran

By

Imam Murtadha Muhammad Gusau

Saturday, December 16, 2017

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

All praise is due to Allah, the Just, the Bestower, and peace and blessings be upon our beloved and humble Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him).

Brothers and Sisters! The word Hikmah (wisdom) has been misinterpreted for too long. It means to approach the people in the best way possible, to act in the most appropriate way, taking that particular situation into account. It has never meant to give a false image of Islam for personal or community welfare, or in the name of Darura. When Muslims are willing to compromise in all aspects of their life, we lose the favour of Allah, emit an image of weakness to our enemies, and lose dignity in the sight of our Creator, Allah.

The most popular catch-cry of today’s generation is the word "compromise." The weak consider it as harmless, the ignorant hold it as beneficial, and the miss-guided count it as essential.

This conclusion may seem extreme, but that’s the reality. In Islam, there is absolutely no room for compromise. There is no evidence that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) ever did so, nor did his Companions, or does the Quran provide scope for it. This stance also makes rational sense to those who sincerely dwell upon this topic.

A person suffering from a heart condition would be foolish if he chose to consume half of the medicine prescribed, and then took sugar lollies as a substitute for the rest of the tablets. Who is he cheating? Not the doctor, who sought the best possible solution for his condition, nor the pharmacist, who supplied the medicine. The patient is the one at loss.

Surely Allah, in His Wisdom and Mercy chose Islam as the medicine for the ills of humanity and the society we live, a cure for the cancer of interest and woes of politics, the mistreatment of women and the division of society, the nature of man and his insatiable desires.

Why do we Compromise?

There appears to be three main reasons why people will willingly compromise in Islam, and those same people will choose those orders Allah has enforced us to follow, according to their own desires and substitute the rest with man-made systems or man-made desires.

1 - "We are living in hard times, in a difficult society, and thus Allah permits us to compromise, because (now wait for it)...‘Islam is easy, not hard.’"

A Hadith also quoted is that narrated by Aisha (RA), who said that when the Prophet (Peace be upon him) had the choice between two actions, he chose the easiest course.

True, Islam is easy to follow, but not to the extent that we are permitted to change the rules set by Allah for our own convenience. When asked for proof for the statement we can compromise, they claim that our condition today is similar to that during the Makkan period of the Prophet’s mission. We should bear patiently like he did then, and act as he did in those circumstance.

The fallacy of this argument stands clear when we study the reasons why the Prophet (Peace be upon him) acted as he did back then, and how later on in his life he (Peace be upon him) acted differently. We are now living in the Madinah era, the era where the Quran was completed. The Makkan period could be seen as a temporary stage where the Companions were trained and prepared in that special environment. But Islam was completed, finalized with the verse:

"This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion." [Quran, 5:3]

Islam was then perfected, so by retracing our steps all the way back to the Makkan era is illogical.

A cup full of fresh milk will be spoilt if only a drop of blood was to fall in it. Allah has never asked us to go beyond our capacity to please him, thus arguments such as "I must work in a Haram field because I have no choice, or because of Darura" is an invalid argument.

If our women must mix with men in the workplace, Allah never asked them to go to such extents. If we must agree to remove our Hijabs because we want to become women lawyers, and it is Darura to do so, don't expect automatic forgiveness, If we eat food, which is declared Haram, don’t expect automatic forgiveness, because no excuse remains. We have transgressed the boundaries.

Where as most people use their own rationale to substantiate their weak claims, I have the Word of Allah:

"Such is Allah, your Lord in truth. So after the truth, what else can there be, save error." [Quran, 10:32]

"It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in a plain error." [Quran, 33:36]

Respected Brothers and Sisters! Do you consider our current situation to be much worse than that suffered by the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and his Companions, or the other Prophets before him? Surely this is the same code enjoined upon the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and upon us. Prophet Yusuf (AS) went through many tortures, but never compromised, but instead turned to his Creator:

"O my Lord! Prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me." [Quran, 12:33]

It was not in the nature of Prophet Yusuf (AS), nor in any of the Prophets, nor in any of the righteous servants of Allah, to compromise in order to gain some worldly benefit. Yusuf preferred jail to falling for the lusts of women.

2 - Another false argument is the apologetic one: "We want to show people a religion, which is easy and doesn’t require much effort, not to make people run away from Islam."

In truth, people have been running to Islam because, when shown in its real light, Islam provides the solutions people have been seeking. They do not want a mixture of Islam with the Kufr they fled. Showing Islam in a "moderate" or "soft" light will only give the wrong image of an already perfect religion.

3 - The third argument is that we must compromise in order to strengthen Islam. We must enter and join these institutions the way they like us to do, join hands with the non-Muslims who are our partners in this life. This way, we can spread Islam, and live happily ever after.

VERY WRONG!!! Again, there is no proof in the Shari'ah for this view, but rather to the contrary. Surah al-Kafirun is a prime example of this:

"Say: "Disbelievers! I do not worship what you worship, nor do you worship what I worship. I shall never worship what you worship, neither will you worship what I worship. You have your own religion and I have mine." [Quran, 109]

Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) declared his religion to be that of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham AS). The unbelievers thus argued that there was no reason for them to leave their own beliefs and take up that of Muhammad’s (Peace be upon him), seeing they were of the same religion. They sought to compromise with him, proposing that he should prostrate before their gods in exchange for them prostrating before Allah, and he could demand whatever he wanted from them. This Surah was revealed in an uncompromising tone, clearly dividing Tawhid (monotheism) from shirk (polytheism), establishing a true criterion, allowing for no further wrangling.

This wasn’t the only situation. When the Prophet’s (Peace be upon him) uncles felt that he was getting too powerful, they tried to bribe him with the gifts of this world. They offered him the leadership of Makkah, wealth if that was his purpose, the most charming wife if that was what pleased him, yet he refused all these because he only desired that the truth prevailed. Under such harsh and luring circumstances, he (Peace be upon him) commented that if the sun were to be given in his right hand, and the moon in his left, never would he leave this cause until Allah will elevate it, or he would die striving for this cause. This was his prime opportunity; if it were in his nature to compromise, he could have accepted the leadership, secretly hid his true convictions, and later spread Islam after being confident and powerful enough. Rasulullah (Peace be upon him) was known as the Trustworthy and due to this fact he (Peace be upon him) was thus able to kindle the fire of Arab nationalism and would thus have united them. They would have responded gladly to his call, tired of their tribal warfare’s. Thereafter, he could free the Arab lands from the domination of the Romans and the Persians. He could have easily established an Arab state in this way, instead of bearing thirteen years of pain and torture. He could have made the people bow initially before his authority, then he could have used his position of authority to impose the belief in the unity of Allah, and bow before the True God. This was not what Allah desired though, and that is not Islam. Islam seeks the destruction of all forms of evil, through pure ways, through legal ways, not the manipulation of evil to reach a pure goal. This is not possible, nor permissible.

Even in a life or death situation, we are told of the rewards if we persevere and bear patiently. Prophet Ibrahim (AS) chose to be burn in the fire prepared by his own father, rather than to hide his religion, leave the area, and spread the Word of Allah.

If Allah (SWT) or the Prophet (Peace be upon him) have forbidden us to do something, we must believe with all our being that it is forbidden for our benefit.

For example: Music - it is Haram (except the Duff on certain occasions, like in marriage, two Eids etc)...don’t try to change it around to suit your desires, by saying those favourite words we hear over and over again as justification, "I know its Haram ......but..?" If the Prophet (Peace be upon him) forbade it, that’s it, accept it, don’t try and "Islamisize" it. You can’t, unless of course you think you know better? (Astaghfirullah, May Allah protect us from this).

Another example is the issue of Hijab we are facing today, here in Nigeria and globally: Many Muslims have even tried to "Islamisize" this act of devotion, which has guidelines and conditions. This stance is very weak...often justified by this saying, "But, if we look more fashionable, the non-Muslims won’t find it so hard to relate to us, or in the name of Darura." Wallahi Wrong!!, as Allah (SWT) says in the Quran:

"Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you till you follow their religion. Say: "Verily, the Guidance of Allah, that is the only Guidance. And if you were to follow their (Jews and Christians) desires after what you have received of knowledge (i.e. the Quran), then you would have against Allah neither any "Wali" (Protector or Guardian) nor any helper." [Quran, 2:120]

No Excuse!

Alhamdulillah, we are provided with all the necessities of life. We have enough money to purchase Halal products and these are available everywhere, so we need not compromise in terms of our food. We can freely wear the required clothing asked by Allah, so we have no excuse not to. And Allah never requested us to compromise Islam to gain worldly benefits. We can choose our work, our partners, our lifestyle, yet we consider ourselves fighting some imaginary "Jihad" of the nafs. Indeed, you never had an excuse, and you certainly do not now, so cling to the path chosen by Allah; to all of it, for that is the only way we can dig ourselves from this rotten though we have fallen in. We will inevitably fall if we prefer to attribute orders to Allah, which He never asked for.

"Say you (O Muhammad): ‘This is my way; I invite unto Allah with sure knowledge, I and whosoever follows me with sure knowledge. And Glorified and Exalted be Allah. And I am not of the Mushrikun.’" [Quran, 12:108]

"And verily, this is my Straight Path, so follow it, and follow not other paths, for they will separate you away from His path. This He has ordained for you that you may become pious."

Lastly, Brothers and Sisters! This was very beneficial and a great reminder and nasiha for myself and those who want us to compromise on the issue of our religion (especially the issue of Hijab, etc). Especially living in Nigeria where at times many Muslims think you have to compromise and hide your religion and give in to what other people are doing. Wanting to give in to the pleasure of this Dunya. The reminder that the Prophet (Peace be upon Him) was offered everything in this Dunya and refused it (It was great to hear it in context with Muslims compromising their religion). How Bilal (RA) would not give in to the torture and remained firm in his belief in Allah The Most High. Wallahi we need to remain strong and steadfast in our religion. How even Muslims and non-muslims alike come up with these names for Muslims that are on the truth. All praise due to Allah. Islam is so beautiful, why should we feel ashamed following the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet (Peace be upon him). May Allah guide all the Muslims. Ameen.

And all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May the peace, blessings and salutations of Allah be upon our Noble Messenger, Muhammad, and upon his family, his Companions and his true followers.

Wassalamu Alaikum,

Your Brother:

Imam Murtadha Muhammad Gusau, from Okene, Kogi State, Nigeri:-) a. And can be reached via: +2348038289761 or gusaumurtada@gmail.com

smh

people are missing this issue
hijab as it seems isn't a matter of just an attire but a constant dressing for a Muslim even in the presence of friends so y comparing what is compulsory with what's once a yl

Ahmad Holderness
Islamizing a Christianized community!
After reading Tohib Adejumo 's post, I had this nostalgic feeling that has shaped me into having a version of myself that I don't like
morphing into.
Unlike many that had gone to Christian schools, I went to a Muslim school/Muslim owned school all my life. The first, Jomade Nur
and Primary School was the place the foundation of Islam was embedded into me. I do have some vivid memories of the place even
though I left there around five to a second school, Latols prep Nur and Primary school which is also owned by a Muslim.
The owners of Latols have become good family friends with mine and I could easily call myself their son based on the impact they
have had on my growth. Chai. Sweet Memories. One of such sweet memories though was not a very sweet experience.
The school had a music teacher, Mr. Emmanuel, the guy will beat me to the pulp for not learning the keyboard and Christmas carol. I
remember vividly as he struggled to teach me this hymm, 'fight the good fight, with all thy might, Christ is the king and also the
light: So so so so, do te do te, do te, so so do la, la la te do!'. chai. who says cane doesn't make a child remember! Omo, I could
write musical scores then ooo!
Now, I have never called this man terrorist and the worst my parent did was complain to the proprietress. The assembly ground
prayers were shared and thankfully, we had an Islamic studies teacher and prayed Jumah within the school premises.
My next stop was Ansar-ud-deen College, Isolo. Established in 1952/53. Despite been government owned, it was almost entirely a
proper Muslim school with many Christians. The Assembly ground had no room for Christian prayers, it was an automatic dua; As-
solaatu wa salam, ala Rasulullah...' and as far as I can remember, Christians recited it and knew it automatically, just as I knew 'the
Lord's prayer' from my primary school.
What I don't recall however that a Christian was ever forced to say this words. The school had Christian teachers and used berets,
not hijabs. Our principal and vices were Muslims, we prayed Jumah in the school and had a boarding house with housemasters that
were Muslims. and they would invade the hostel at dawn to beat those who have not come for Solat. One interesting thing is that
Alhaji Buhari, our vice principal and also house master, knew those who were Muslims from Christians. I don't know of any Christian
compelled to pray Solat and not pray in her own way.
The truth was, Islam, especially in the west, was just having a foothold. I mean, I can't count the number of churches that
surrounded my house then, or the number of tele-evangelist that disturbed my peace in the Molue or interstate bus going to Ibadan.
Trust a boy with good MSS and Izarul-Haqq background, we shocked many when we started praying in the bus too and right there it
was apparent that when someone who has been considered docile, ignorant and coward decides to fight back, any of his or her
action will be seen as draconian!
One thing is very clear, many of us, if not all are reverts from an animist religion that has been practiced before the import of
monotheistic religions, so why can't we tolerate each other?
I am aware that many Muslims have also trampled upon the rights of some Christians. However, I am also aware that Islam does
not teach this and even more aware that Christianity does not teach the art of cheating as well!
When there is a mutual distrust based on the improper understanding of the laws that guide our faith, how will we not heat the polity
that we don't fully understand?
How can we be good neighbors without promising each other fire and brimstone either knowingly and coincidentally? How can't we
see and think and react based on wisdom? How can we follow a constitution that tramps on the rights of one over the other in a
nation where two parties are almost equal in percentages? How can we fight without fighting and amend the constitution to give to
Ceaser what belongs to Cesar and to Habeebat what belongs to Habeebat!
if none of us are thinking of how to accommodate one another in this globalized age, then let us all prepare for war by blinding each
other with lies and hatred and our collective foolishness to always make a mountain out of a molehill.
As for the hijab issue, please note: It is not 'them: Christians' that made these laws, it was the Britons who interestingly have
amended their law now excusing lawyers to wear the wig in civil or family court cases! it is not Christians touching on our toes, it is
a system of unwise people, that includes Muslims!

Tohib Adejumo wrote:
Reflections on the Nigerian Christian
Years ago, I was a junior secondary school pupil of Government College, Ibadan. Early morning on assembly ground, I would watch
as Miss Jimoh or Mrs. Oyerinde, stand eyes closed in prayer, cane in hand, while concluding each prayer sentence with “in the name
of Jesus!” Young as I was during those years, there was something unsettling about their prayers.
You see, GCI had a rule, or so I had learned from old boys, that the school was secular in the sense that on assembly grounds
prayers favoring Christianity or Islam may not be made, but God can be used because of its neutrality to both religions. But these
teachers, wittingly or not, broke the rule, and it was okay. Many years later this praying style lends me a view to the Nigerian
Christian mind.
Lately, I have been thinking of my Nigerian Christian friends and their privilege (which most are unaware of its existence) in the
academic institutions and workplace. Many of our Nigerian Christian friends never had issues stemming from their conscience
conflicting with the system, so when a fellow Nigerian compatriot who is a Muslim say he or she has a conflict with the system,
they’re fast to think that the person is just being unnecessarily stubborn and being a cry-baby. Those Muslims are extremist
anyways.
But what the Nigerian Christian friend forget is the fact that even though both Muslims and Christians are full citizens of the country,
the system of the country had been designed primarily with the needs and accommodation of one person in mind – the Nigerian
Christian. Not the Muslim.
The British Imperialists who colonized us were Christians so every aspect of life touched by them was designed to naturally favor
their way of living which has Christianity at its center. This is not to say that there was a cynical attempt to make the systems
exclusively favor one religion over the other, because such an assertion would be ludicrous. They were just doing what came
naturally
to them, and had Muslims colonized Nigeria, the same would have been true as well. So returning to the point, Sundays were no
school days, Christmas and New Year celebrations fell wholly in holiday seasons, and there was nothing prohibiting the use of
crucifix
in schools.
You will remember that most of the public schools were once missionary schools. In Ibadan, we have Saint Annes Girls School, Saint
Teresa, Baptist High School, Methodist High School, and many more. This again buttresses the point that everything is in favor of
the
Nigerian Christian student. He never has to worry about his Sunday church service conflicting with WAEC schedule as we have seen
in recent years for Muslim students, when the examination commission in a cavalier way set an exam time to conflict with the time
for Jumua service.
Nigeria has been independent for a while now (some 57 years) and I do think the recent public debates on the violations of Nigerian
citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of religious expression should call the Nigerian Christian student to a somber reflection of
his or her own privilege. The Nigerian Christian should understand that she is called freely to the bar without any buts or ifs because
of the privilege that comes with being Christian in Nigeria. She should therefore rise and hold the hand of the Nigerian Muslim
woman
and demand that she too must be called to the bar with no ifs and buts.
She should understand that putting a scarf on one’s head as required by one’s faith should have no bearings on once admission to
nursing school at all. He should know that, just like shaving the beard clean is of no consequence to one’s office job, keeping it
should equally be inconsequential.
In short, the Nigerian Christian must look into the privilege his religion affords him in this country of ours, and make sure that other
Nigerians be afforded similar rights and privileges. No one should have to choose between identifying as a Christian, and being a
journalist. I think you and I will agree on this.

Ahmad Holderness
Islamizing a Christianized community!
After reading Tohib Adejumo 's post, I had this nostalgic feeling that has shaped me into having a version of myself that I don't like
morphing into.
Unlike many that had gone to Christian schools, I went to a Muslim school/Muslim owned school all my life. The first, Jomade Nur
and Primary School was the place the foundation of Islam was embedded into me. I do have some vivid memories of the place even
though I left there around five to a second school, Latols prep Nur and Primary school which is also owned by a Muslim.
The owners of Latols have become good family friends with mine and I could easily call myself their son based on the impact they
have had on my growth. Chai. Sweet Memories. One of such sweet memories though was not a very sweet experience.
The school had a music teacher, Mr. Emmanuel, the guy will beat me to the pulp for not learning the keyboard and Christmas carol. I
remember vividly as he struggled to teach me this hymm, 'fight the good fight, with all thy might, Christ is the king and also the
light: So so so so, do te do te, do te, so so do la, la la te do!'. chai. who says cane doesn't make a child remember! Omo, I could
write musical scores then ooo!
Now, I have never called this man terrorist and the worst my parent did was complain to the proprietress. The assembly ground
prayers were shared and thankfully, we had an Islamic studies teacher and prayed Jumah within the school premises.
My next stop was Ansar-ud-deen College, Isolo. Established in 1952/53. Despite been government owned, it was almost entirely a
proper Muslim school with many Christians. The Assembly ground had no room for Christian prayers, it was an automatic dua; As-
solaatu wa salam, ala Rasulullah...' and as far as I can remember, Christians recited it and knew it automatically, just as I knew 'the
Lord's prayer' from my primary school.
What I don't recall however that a Christian was ever forced to say this words. The school had Christian teachers and used berets,
not hijabs. Our principal and vices were Muslims, we prayed Jumah in the school and had a boarding house with housemasters that
were Muslims. and they would invade the hostel at dawn to beat those who have not come for Solat. One interesting thing is that
Alhaji Buhari, our vice principal and also house master, knew those who were Muslims from Christians. I don't know of any Christian
compelled to pray Solat and not pray in her own way.
The truth was, Islam, especially in the west, was just having a foothold. I mean, I can't count the number of churches that
surrounded my house then, or the number of tele-evangelist that disturbed my peace in the Molue or interstate bus going to Ibadan.
Trust a boy with good MSS and Izarul-Haqq background, we shocked many when we started praying in the bus too and right there it
was apparent that when someone who has been considered docile, ignorant and coward decides to fight back, any of his or her
action will be seen as draconian!
One thing is very clear, many of us, if not all are reverts from an animist religion that has been practiced before the import of
monotheistic religions, so why can't we tolerate each other?
I am aware that many Muslims have also trampled upon the rights of some Christians. However, I am also aware that Islam does
not teach this and even more aware that Christianity does not teach the art of cheating as well!
When there is a mutual distrust based on the improper understanding of the laws that guide our faith, how will we not heat the polity
that we don't fully understand?
How can we be good neighbors without promising each other fire and brimstone either knowingly and coincidentally? How can't we
see and think and react based on wisdom? How can we follow a constitution that tramps on the rights of one over the other in a
nation where two parties are almost equal in percentages? How can we fight without fighting and amend the constitution to give to
Ceaser what belongs to Cesar and to Habeebat what belongs to Habeebat!
if none of us are thinking of how to accommodate one another in this globalized age, then let us all prepare for war by blinding each
other with lies and hatred and our collective foolishness to always make a mountain out of a molehill.
As for the hijab issue, please note: It is not 'them: Christians' that made these laws, it was the Britons who interestingly have
amended their law now excusing lawyers to wear the wig in civil or family court cases! it is not Christians touching on our toes, it is
a system of unwise people, that includes Muslims!

is he not qualify for the job?


I just hate all this sentiment and nepotism that av eaten up our sense of reasoning.

must we look at Local govt or sides to choose the best person

I hope someone better isn't on ground before picking him for politics sake

Tohib Adejumo wrote:
Reflections on the Nigerian Christian
Years ago, I was a junior secondary school pupil of Government College, Ibadan. Early morning on assembly ground, I would watch
as Miss Jimoh or Mrs. Oyerinde, stand eyes closed in prayer, cane in hand, while concluding each prayer sentence with “in the name
of Jesus!” Young as I was during those years, there was something unsettling about their prayers.
You see, GCI had a rule, or so I had learned from old boys, that the school was secular in the sense that on assembly grounds
prayers favoring Christianity or Islam may not be made, but God can be used because of its neutrality to both religions. But these
teachers, wittingly or not, broke the rule, and it was okay. Many years later this praying style lends me a view to the Nigerian
Christian mind.
Lately, I have been thinking of my Nigerian Christian friends and their privilege (which most are unaware of its existence) in the
academic institutions and workplace. Many of our Nigerian Christian friends never had issues stemming from their conscience
conflicting with the system, so when a fellow Nigerian compatriot who is a Muslim say he or she has a conflict with the system,
they’re fast to think that the person is just being unnecessarily stubborn and being a cry-baby. Those Muslims are extremist
anyways.
But what the Nigerian Christian friend forget is the fact that even though both Muslims and Christians are full citizens of the country,
the system of the country had been designed primarily with the needs and accommodation of one person in mind – the Nigerian
Christian. Not the Muslim.
The British Imperialists who colonized us were Christians so every aspect of life touched by them was designed to naturally favor
their way of living which has Christianity at its center. This is not to say that there was a cynical attempt to make the systems
exclusively favor one religion over the other, because such an assertion would be ludicrous. They were just doing what came
naturally
to them, and had Muslims colonized Nigeria, the same would have been true as well. So returning to the point, Sundays were no
school days, Christmas and New Year celebrations fell wholly in holiday seasons, and there was nothing prohibiting the use of
crucifix
in schools.
You will remember that most of the public schools were once missionary schools. In Ibadan, we have Saint Annes Girls School, Saint
Teresa, Baptist High School, Methodist High School, and many more. This again buttresses the point that everything is in favor of
the
Nigerian Christian student. He never has to worry about his Sunday church service conflicting with WAEC schedule as we have seen
in recent years for Muslim students, when the examination commission in a cavalier way set an exam time to conflict with the time
for Jumua service.
Nigeria has been independent for a while now (some 57 years) and I do think the recent public debates on the violations of Nigerian
citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of religious expression should call the Nigerian Christian student to a somber reflection of
his or her own privilege. The Nigerian Christian should understand that she is called freely to the bar without any buts or ifs because
of the privilege that comes with being Christian in Nigeria. She should therefore rise and hold the hand of the Nigerian Muslim
woman
and demand that she too must be called to the bar with no ifs and buts.
She should understand that putting a scarf on one’s head as required by one’s faith should have no bearings on once admission to
nursing school at all. He should know that, just like shaving the beard clean is of no consequence to one’s office job, keeping it
should equally be inconsequential.
In short, the Nigerian Christian must look into the privilege his religion affords him in this country of ours, and make sure that other
Nigerians be afforded similar rights and privileges. No one should have to choose between identifying as a Christian, and being a
journalist. I think you and I will agree on this.

crixlight2:
God bless you , am a Christian, I like your write up and you make sense

thanks

walosky:
, and whoever changes his religion [leaves Islam] is to be executed.




Please is this a RELIGION?

are u faking ur stupidity or u re just stupid?

if u av nothing to contribute y don't u just take a bow and leave and people like you will come out to talk about how Muslim is intolerant when ur xter is what dey are acting on because your motive and behaviour is different from what you claim to stand for

Allah aid is sought



Tohib Adejumo wrote:

Reflections on the Nigerian Christian


Years ago, I was a junior secondary school pupil of Government College, Ibadan. Early morning on assembly ground, I would watch
as Miss Jimoh or Mrs. Oyerinde, stand eyes closed in prayer, cane in hand, while concluding each prayer sentence with “in the name
of Jesus!” Young as I was during those years, there was something unsettling about their prayers.
You see, GCI had a rule, or so I had learned from old boys, that the school was secular in the sense that on assembly grounds
prayers favoring Christianity or Islam may not be made, but God can be used because of its neutrality to both religions. But these
teachers, wittingly or not, broke the rule, and it was okay. Many years later this praying style lends me a view to the Nigerian
Christian mind.
Lately, I have been thinking of my Nigerian Christian friends and their privilege (which most are unaware of its existence) in the
academic institutions and workplace. Many of our Nigerian Christian friends never had issues stemming from their conscience
conflicting with the system, so when a fellow Nigerian compatriot who is a Muslim say he or she has a conflict with the system,
they’re fast to think that the person is just being unnecessarily stubborn and being a cry-baby. Those Muslims are extremist
anyways.
But what the Nigerian Christian friend forget is the fact that even though both Muslims and Christians are full citizens of the country,
the system of the country had been designed primarily with the needs and accommodation of one person in mind – the Nigerian
Christian. Not the Muslim.
The British Imperialists who colonized us were Christians so every aspect of life touched by them was designed to naturally favor
their way of living which has Christianity at its center. This is not to say that there was a cynical attempt to make the systems
exclusively favor one religion over the other, because such an assertion would be ludicrous. They were just doing what came naturally
to them, and had Muslims colonized Nigeria, the same would have been true as well. So returning to the point, Sundays were no
school days, Christmas and New Year celebrations fell wholly in holiday seasons, and there was nothing prohibiting the use of crucifix
in schools.
You will remember that most of the public schools were once missionary schools. In Ibadan, we have Saint Annes Girls School, Saint
Teresa, Baptist High School, Methodist High School, and many more. This again buttresses the point that everything is in favor of the
Nigerian Christian student. He never has to worry about his Sunday church service conflicting with WAEC schedule as we have seen
in recent years for Muslim students, when the examination commission in a cavalier way set an exam time to conflict with the time
for Jumua service.
Nigeria has been independent for a while now (some 57 years) and I do think the recent public debates on the violations of Nigerian
citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of religious expression should call the Nigerian Christian student to a somber reflection of
his or her own privilege. The Nigerian Christian should understand that she is called freely to the bar without any buts or ifs because
of the privilege that comes with being Christian in Nigeria. She should therefore rise and hold the hand of the Nigerian Muslim woman
and demand that she too must be called to the bar with no ifs and buts.
She should understand that putting a scarf on one’s head as required by one’s faith should have no bearings on once admission to
nursing school at all. He should know that, just like shaving the beard clean is of no consequence to one’s office job, keeping it
should equally be inconsequential.
In short, the Nigerian Christian must look into the privilege his religion affords him in this country of ours, and make sure that other
Nigerians be afforded similar rights and privileges. No one should have to choose between identifying as a Christian, and being a
journalist. I think you and I will agree on this.

this life




Tohib Adejumo wrote:


Reflections on the Nigerian Christian
Years ago, I was a junior secondary school pupil of Government College, Ibadan. Early morning on assembly ground, I would watch
as Miss Jimoh or Mrs. Oyerinde, stand eyes closed in prayer, cane in hand, while concluding each prayer sentence with “in the name
of Jesus!” Young as I was during those years, there was something unsettling about their prayers.
You see, GCI had a rule, or so I had learned from old boys, that the school was secular in the sense that on assembly grounds
prayers favoring Christianity or Islam may not be made, but God can be used because of its neutrality to both religions. But these
teachers, wittingly or not, broke the rule, and it was okay. Many years later this praying style lends me a view to the Nigerian
Christian mind.
Lately, I have been thinking of my Nigerian Christian friends and their privilege (which most are unaware of its existence) in the
academic institutions and workplace. Many of our Nigerian Christian friends never had issues stemming from their conscience
conflicting with the system, so when a fellow Nigerian compatriot who is a Muslim say he or she has a conflict with the system,
they’re fast to think that the person is just being unnecessarily stubborn and being a cry-baby. Those Muslims are extremist
anyways.
But what the Nigerian Christian friend forget is the fact that even though both Muslims and Christians are full citizens of the country,
the system of the country had been designed primarily with the needs and accommodation of one person in mind – the Nigerian
Christian. Not the Muslim.
The British Imperialists who colonized us were Christians so every aspect of life touched by them was designed to naturally favor
their way of living which has Christianity at its center. This is not to say that there was a cynical attempt to make the systems
exclusively favor one religion over the other, because such an assertion would be ludicrous. They were just doing what came naturally
to them, and had Muslims colonized Nigeria, the same would have been true as well. So returning to the point, Sundays were no
school days, Christmas and New Year celebrations fell wholly in holiday seasons, and there was nothing prohibiting the use of crucifix
in schools.
You will remember that most of the public schools were once missionary schools. In Ibadan, we have Saint Annes Girls School, Saint
Teresa, Baptist High School, Methodist High School, and many more. This again buttresses the point that everything is in favor of the
Nigerian Christian student. He never has to worry about his Sunday church service conflicting with WAEC schedule as we have seen
in recent years for Muslim students, when the examination commission in a cavalier way set an exam time to conflict with the time
for Jumua service.
Nigeria has been independent for a while now (some 57 years) and I do think the recent public debates on the violations of Nigerian
citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of religious expression should call the Nigerian Christian student to a somber reflection of
his or her own privilege. The Nigerian Christian should understand that she is called freely to the bar without any buts or ifs because
of the privilege that comes with being Christian in Nigeria. She should therefore rise and hold the hand of the Nigerian Muslim woman
and demand that she too must be called to the bar with no ifs and buts.
She should understand that putting a scarf on one’s head as required by one’s faith should have no bearings on once admission to
nursing school at all. He should know that, just like shaving the beard clean is of no consequence to one’s office job, keeping it
should equally be inconsequential.
In short, the Nigerian Christian must look into the privilege his religion affords him in this country of ours, and make sure that other
Nigerians be afforded similar rights and privileges. No one should have to choose between identifying as a Christian, and being a
journalist. I think you and I will agree on this.

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okk

DopeBoss:
She looks like a thief dosen't change the fact that she's rich Fvck ur hate and fix up ur lives

o boy wait o..... av u forgotten u are on Nairaland nd not on twitter cos u take it too serious and personal o

lies from anywhere u bring it from baba

ss never knew he is a carrier ahhhhhhhhh mo GBE
no crisis from birth till his present age hunnnñn
liars are liable to ... .....

may Allah preserve him on goodness because he is a blessing nd light for this generation

and op Jazakhallahu khayran

please help out guys

great deal


op its not for this picture


church business is a great business

I stayed with this Jew who bought me until another from Bani Quraidhah came to him one day and bought me from him. I stayed with him until we came to Al -Medina. By Allah, I had hardly seen it when I knew that it was the land described to me.

I stayed with the Jew, working for him on his plantation in Bani Quraidhah until Allah sent His Prophet, who later emigrated to Al-Medina and dismounted at Qubaa’ among the Bani ‘Amr lbn ‘Awf. Indeed, one day, I was at the top of a palm tree with my master sitting below it when a Jewish man came. He was a cousin of his and said to him, ‘May Allah destroy Bani Qubaa’. They are spreading a rumour about a man at Qubaa’ who came from Makkah claiming that he is a prophet.’ By Allah, he had hardly said it, when I was seized by a tremor, and the palm tree shook until I almost fell on my master.

I climbed down quickly saying, ‘What are you saying? What news?’ My master gave me a nasty slap and said, ‘What have you got to do with this? Return to your work!’

So, I returned to work. At nightfall I gathered what I had and went out until I came to the Prophet SAW at Qubaa’. I entered and found him sitting with some of his Companions. Then I said, ‘You are in need and a stranger. I have some food which I intend to give out as charity. When they showed me your lodgings, I thought you most deserve it, so I have come to you with it.’ I put the food down. The Prophet SAW said to his Companions, ‘Eat in the name of Allah.’ He abstained and never took of it. I said to myself, ‘This, by Allah, is one sign. He does not eat of charity!’

I returned to meet the Prophet SAW again the next day, carrying some food, and said to him SAW, ‘I can see that you do not partake of charity. I have something which I want to give to you as a present.’ I placed it before him. He said to his Companions ‘Eat in the name of Allah’ and he ate with them. So I said to myself, ‘This indeed is the second sign. He eats of presents.’ I returned and stayed away for a while. Then I came to him, and I saw him sitting, having returned from a burial, and surrounded by his Companions. He had two garments, carrying one on his shoulder and wearing the other. I greeted him, then bent to see the upper part of his back. He knew what I was looking for, so he threw aside his garment off his shoulder and, behold, the sign between his shoulders, the seal of Prophethood, was clear just as the Christian monk had described.’

At once, I staggered towards him, kissing him and weeping. He called to me to come forward and I sat before him. I told him my story as you have already heard me describe the events.

When I became a Muslim, slavery prevented me from taking part in the battles of Badr and Uhud. Therefore the Prophet SAW advised me, ‘Go into terms with your master for him to free you,’ and so I did. The Prophet SAW told the Companions to assist me, and Allah freed me from bondage. I became a free Muslim, taking part with the Prophet SAW in the Battle of Al-Khandaq and others. With these simple clear words, Salman spoke of his great, noble, and sacrificial adventure for the sake of Allah, seeking after the reality of religion that led him to Allah and helped him to find his role in this life.

What kind of a noble person was this man? What great superiority was achieved by his aspiring spirit, that restless spirit that withstood difficulties and defeated them, confronted the impossible and it gave way! What devotion to the truth, and what sincerity that led its owner voluntarily away from the estate of his father, with all its wealth and luxury, to the wilderness, with all its difficulties and suffering. He moved from land to land, town to town, seeking acquaintances, persevering, worshiping and searching for his destiny among people, sects, and different ways of life. And adhering all the way to the truth with all its noble sacrifices, for the sake of guidance until he was sold into slavery. He was then rewarded by Allah the best of rewards, making him reach the truth and come into the presence of His Prophet. And then He granted him longevity, enough for him to see the banner of Islam fluttering in all parts of the world and His Muslim worshippers filling its space and corners with guidance, progress and justice!

What do you expect of the Islam of a man with such a noble character but to be a man of such truth! It was an Islam of the God- fearing and innocent. In his devotion he was intelligent, pious, and the person nearest to Umar Ibn Al-Khattab RA.

He once stayed with Abu Ad-Dardaa’ RA, under the same roof. Abu Ad-Dardaa’ used to pray all night and fast all day. Salman blamed him for this excessive worship. One day, Salman wanted to stop him from fasting and to say it was supererogatory. Abu Ad-Dardaa’ asked him, ‘Would you prevent me from fasting for my Lord and from praying to Him?’ Salman replied, ‘No, your eyes have a claim upon you, your family has a claim upon you, so fast intermittently, then pray and sleep.’

This reached the Prophet SAW who said, ‘Salman is, indeed, full of knowledge.’ The Prophet SAW was often impressed by his wisdom and knowledge, just as he was impressed by his character and religion. On the Day of Al-Khandaq the Ansar stood up and said, ‘Salman is of us,’ the Muhajirun stood up also and said, ‘Salman is of us.’ The Prophet SAW called to them saying, ‘Salman is of us, O People of the House (Prophet’s house).’

Indeed, he deserved this honour! ‘Ali lbn Abi Talib RA nicknamed him ‘Luqman the Wise ‘. He was asked about after his death: ‘There was a man who was of the People of the House. Who among you is like Luqman the Wise? He was a man of knowledge who absorbed all the scriptures of the People of the Book. He was like a sea that was never exhausted!’

He was held in the minds of Prophet’s Companions with all highest regards and in the greatest position and respect. During the Caliphate of Umar, he came to Al-Medina on a visit and Umar accorded him what he had never accorded to anyone before when he assembled his Companions and said, ‘Come, let us go out and welcome Salman!’ They received him at the border of Al-Medina. Salman had lived with the Prophet SAW ever since he met him, and believed in him as a free Muslim, and worshiped with him. He lived during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr RA, Umar RA and ‘Uthman RA, in whose era he met his Lord. In most of these years, the banner of Islam spread everywhere, and the treasures of Islam were carried to Al-Medina in floods and distributed to the people in the form of regular allowance and fixed salaries. The responsibilities of ruling increased on all fronts, as well as duties and the overwhelming burden of holding official posts. So where did Salman stand in this respect? Where do we see him in the time of splendour, plenty, and enjoyment?

The humble Salman was sitting there in the shade making baskets and utensils out of palm fronds.

Some of us used to think, whenever we heard the conduct of the Companions and their piety – for example, Abu Bakr, Umar, Abu Dhar RA and their brethren – that it was based on the life of the Arabian Peninsula, where the Arabs find pleasure in simplicity. And here we are before a man from Persia, the land of pleasure, luxury, and civilization, and he was not of the poor but of its upper class. What about him now refusing property, wealth, and enjoyment, and insisting that he live on one dirham a day from the work of his hands? How about his refusing leadership and position except for something relating to jihad and only if none but he were suitable for it, and it was forced upon him, and he accepted it weeping and shy? How about when he accepted leadership which was forced upon him but he refused to take his lawful dues? Hishaam lbn Hasaan relates from Al-Hassan: The allowance of Salman was 5,000 dirhams. He lived among 30,000 people and used to dress in a garment cut into halves. He wore one and sat on the other half. Whenever his allowance was due him, he distributed it to the needy and lived on the earnings of his hands!

Why do you think he was doing all this work and worshiping with all this devotion, and yet he was a Persian child of luxury, the upbringing of civilization? You can hear the reply from him. While he was on his deathbed, the great spirit mounting forth to meet his Lord, Exalted and Merciful, Sa’d lbn Abi Waqaas went to greet him, and Salman wept! Sa’d said, ‘What makes you weep, O Abu ‘Abd Allah? The Prophet of Allah died pleased with you!’ Salman replied, ‘By Allah, I am not weeping in fear of death, nor for love of the world. But the Prophet of Allah put me on an oath. He said, ‘Let any of you have in this world like the provision of the traveller,’ and here I have owned many things around me.’ Sa’d said: I looked around, and I saw nothing but a water-pot and vessel to eat in! Then I said to him, ‘O Abu Abd Allah, give us a parting word of advice for us to follow.’ He said, O Sa’d, remember Allah for your cares, if you have any. Remember Allah in your judgment, if you judge. Remember Allah when you distribute the share.’ This was the man who filled his spirit with riches just as it filled him with renunciation of the pleasures of this world, its riches, and pride. The oath which he and the rest of the Companions had taken before the Prophet of Allah was that they must not let the world possess them and that they should take nothing from it but the provision of the traveller in his bag.

Salman had kept the oath, yet still his tears ran when he saw his soul preparing for departure, fearing that he had gone beyond the limits. There was nothing around him except a vessel to eat in and a water-pot and yet still he considered himself lavish! Did I not tell you that he was the nearest in resemblance to Umar? During the days of his rule over the Medina area, he never changed his way. He had refused, as we have seen, to receive his salary as a ruler, but went on making baskets to earn his living. His dress was no more than a gown, resembling his old clothes in simplicity.

One day while on the road, he met a man arriving from Syria, carrying a load of figs and dates. The load was too heavy for him and made him weary. No sooner did the Syrian see the man in front of him, who appeared to be one of the common people and poor than he thought of putting the load on his shoulders and when he reached his destination he would give him something for his labour. So he beckoned to the man (Salman, the governor), and he came up to him.

The Syrian said to him, ‘Relieve me of this load.’ He carried it, and they walked together.

While on their way, they met a group of people. He greeted them and they stood up in obeisance, replying, ‘And unto the governor be peace!’ ‘Who is the governor?’ The Syrian asked himself. His surprise increased when he saw some of them rushing towards Salman to take the load off his shoulders. ‘Let us carry it, O governor’. When the Syrian knew that he was the governor of Al-Medina, he was astonished. Words of apology and regret fell from his lips, and he went forward to grab the load. But Salman shook his head in refusal, saying, ‘No, not until I take you to your destination.’

He was asked one day, ‘What troubles you in the leadership?’ He replied, ‘The pleasure of nurturing it and the bitterness of meaning!’

A friend of his came to him one day at his house and found him kneading dough. He asked him, ‘Where is your servant? ‘He replied, We have sent her on an errand and we hate to charge her with two duties.’

When we say ‘his house’ let us remember what kind of house it was. When Salman thought of building it, he asked the mason, ‘How are you going to build it?’ The mason was courteous and yet witty. He knew the piety and devotion of Salman, so he replied to him saying ‘Fear not. It is a house for you to protect yourself against the heat of the sun and dwell in the cold weather. When you stand erect in it, it touches your head.’ Salman said to him, ‘Yes, that is it, so go on and build it.’

There was nothing of the goods of this world which could attract Salman for a moment, nor did they leave any traces in his heart except one thing, which he was particularly mindful of and had entrusted to his wife, requesting her to keep it far away in a safe place. In his last sickness, and in the morning on which he gave up his soul, he called her, ‘Bring me the trust which I left in safe keeping!’ She brought it and behold, it was a bottle of musk. He had gained it on the day of liberating the city of Jalwalaa’ and kept it to be his perfume on the day of his death. Then he called for a pot of water, sprinkled the musk into it, stirred it with his hand and then said to his wife, ‘Sprinkle it on me, for there will now come to me creatures from the creatures of Allah. They do not eat food and what they like is perfume.’

Having done so he said to her, ‘Shut the door and go down.’ She did what he bade her to do. After a while she went up to him and saw his blessed soul had departed his body his frame. It was gone to the Supreme Master, and it ascended with the desire to meet Him as he had an appointment there with the Prophet Muhammad SAW and his two Companions Abu Bakr and Umar and the noble circle of martyrs!

Long had the burning desire stirred Salman. The time had come for him to rest in peace.

Reproduced from:
Men Around the Messenger by Khalid Muhammad Khalid




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Preface: These articles are only a summary of the lives of the great Companions and do not cover all the points of their life stories. These stories are not intended as biographies, but rather to provide a glimpse of the main incidents of each companion’s life. For ease of reading, we have not inserted “May Allah be pleased with him (RA)” each time the name of each Companion is mentioned, but please take it that the salutations apply to all of them, may Allah be pleased with them all.

It is one of the wonders of Islam and its greatness that it never enters a country on Allah’s earth but that it exerts invaluable influence on all its potentialities and forces, bringing forth the latent genius of its people and followers. From there came forth Muslim philosophers, physicians, jurists, astronomers, inventors, and mathematicians, who reached all heights, broke all frontiers, until the first era of Islam flourished with great geniuses in all fields of intellectual activity such as administration and science. Verily, they came from various nations, but their religion remained one.

Prophet Muhammad SAW had prophesied this blessed spread of his religion. Indeed, he had been so promised by his Almighty Lord. He had pointed to the time, place, and day, and he had seen in his mind’s eye the banner of Islam fluttering in all comers of the earth and over the palaces of its earthly rulers.

Salman Al-Farisi (The Persian) RA bore witness to this and was firmly connected with what happened. That was on the Day of Al Khandaq (The Trench) in the year A.H. 5, when the leaders of the Jews approached Makkah to stir up the polytheists and form an alliance against the Prophet SAW and the Muslims, asking the polytheists to enter upon a treaty for decisive battle to eradicate this new religion.

The ungodly war was planned: the Quraish army and allies would attack Al-Medina from outside, while the Bani Ouraidhah would attack from within, behind the ranks of the Muslims, who would then fall prey and be crushed. One day the Prophet SAW and the Muslims were taken unaware by a huge well-armed army marching on Al-Medina.

Twenty-four thousand fighters under the command of Abu Sufyaan and ‘Uyainah lbn Hisn were advancing on Al-Medina to storm it and to lay siege to it in order to get rid of Muhammad, his religion, and his Companions. This army did not represent the Quraish alone, for they were in alliance with all the tribes, and all had vested interests that were threatened by Islam. It was a last and decisive attempt embarked on by all the enemies of the Prophet SAW, based upon individual, collective, and tribal interests.

The Muslims found themselves in a precarious situation. The Prophet SAW assembled his Companions for consultation. Certainly they were gathered to reach a decision on defense and battle, but how could they put up a defense? And then a long – legged man with flowing hair for whom the Prophet SAW bore great love, Salman Al-Fairisi RA, held up his head and took a look at Al-Medina, which was surrounded by hills, mountains, and exposed open country which could be easily broken through by the enemy.

Salman had much experience, in warfare and its tactics in his native Persia. So he proposed to the Prophet SAW something which the Arabs had never seen before in warfare. It was the digging of a trench in the exposed places around Al-Medina.

And Allah knows what could have been the position of the Muslims in that battle had they not dug the trench, which was no sooner seen by the Quraish than they were stunned by despair. The forces of the enemy still remained in their tents for a month, unable to take Al-Medina, until Allah sent them one night a storm which devastated their tents and tore them asunder.

Then Abu Sufyaan announced to his forces that they should return to where they had come from. They were despondent and frustrated.

During the excavation of the trench, Salman took his place among the Muslims while they dug and removed the sand. The Prophet SAW was also taking part in digging where Salman was working in a group. Their pickaxes could not smash a stubborn rock, in spite of the fact that Salman was of strong build and hard working. Salman went to the Prophet SAW to ask him to divert the trench around that stubborn and challenging rock. The Prophet SAW returned with Salman to see the rock himself. When he saw it, he called for a pickaxe and asked the Companions to keep back from the splinters. He said, ‘In the name of Allah,’ and then raised his blessed, firm hands gripping the pickaxe and let it fall.

The rock broke, making a great light. Salman said that he himself saw that light shining upon Al-Medina. The Prophet SAW raised the pickaxe and gave a second blow and the rock broke more. At that moment the Prophet SAW said loudly, ‘Allahu Akbar – Allah is the Greatest – I have been given the keys to Rome; its red palaces have been lit for me and my nation has vanquished it.’

The Prophet SAW struck his third blow. Then the rock shattered and its glittering light was seen! The Prophet SAW told them that he was now looking at the palaces of Syria, San’aa’ and others like them, and the cities of the world over which the banner of Islam would flutter one day. The Muslims shouted in deep faith, ‘This is what Allah and His Prophet have promised us!’

Salman was the originator of the project to dig the trench, and he was associated with the rock out of which poured some secrets of the unseen and of destiny. When he called the Prophet SAW to break it, he stood by the side of the Prophet SAW, saw the light, and heard the glad omen, and he lived to see the prophecy fulfilled and abided in its living reality. He saw the great capitals of Persia and Rome (Byzantium), the palaces of San’aa’, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. He saw every place trembling with the blessed ecstasy which was issuing forth from the high minarets in all parts of the world, spreading the light of guidance and goodness.

And here he is sitting there in the shade of a tree before his house in Al-Medina telling his guests about his great adventures in the quest for truth, explaining to them how he abandoned the religion of his Persian people for Christianity and then for Islam. How he was sold in a slave market on his way to search for truth. How he met with the Prophet SAW and how he came to believe in him. Read on for his grand tale.

I come from Isfahan, from a place called Jai, and I was the most beloved son of my father, who was a figure of high esteem among his people. We used to worship fire. I devoted myself to fire worship until I became custodian of the fire which we lit and never allowed to be extinguished.

My father had an estate. One day, he sent me there. I passed by a church and heard them praying. I went in and saw what they were doing. I was impressed by what I saw in their prayers. I said, ‘This is better than our religion.’ I did not leave them until sunset, nor did I go to my father’s estate, nor did I return to my father until he sent people to search for me.

I asked the Christians about their affair and prayers which impressed me, and about the origin of their religion. They answered, ‘In Syria.’ I said to my father when I returned to him, ‘I passed by people praying in a church of theirs, and I was impressed by their prayer, and I could see that their religion is better than ours.’ He questioned me and I questioned him, and then he put fetters on my feet and locked me up.

Then I sent to the Christians saying I had entered their religion, and I requested that whenever a caravan came from Syria, they should tell me before its return in order for me to travel with them, and so they did.

I broke loose from the iron fetters and went away. I set out with them for Syria. While I was there, I asked about their learned man, and I was told that he was the bishop, leader of the church. I went to him and told him my story. I lived with him, serving, praying, and learning.

But this bishop was not faithful in his religion, because he used to gather money from the people to distribute it, but he would keep it for himself. Then he died.

They appointed a new leader in his place. I have never seen a man godlier than he in his religion, nor more active in his bid for the Hereafter, nor more pious in the world, nor more punctual at worship. I loved him more than I had ever loved any other person before.

When his fate came, I asked him, ‘To whom would you recommend me? And to whom would you leave me?’ He said, ‘O my son, I do not know anyone who is on the path I am and who leads the kind of life I lead, except a certain man in Mosul.’

When he died, I went to that man in Mosul, and told him the story, and I stayed with him as long as Allah wished me to stay. Then death approached him. So I asked him, ‘To whom would you advise me to go to?’ He directed me to a pious man in Nisiibiin.’ So I went to him and told him my story. I stayed with him as long as Allah wished me to stay. When death overtook him, I asked him as before. He told me to meet a person at ‘Amuriah in Byzantium. So, to Byzantium I went and stayed with that man, earning my living there by rearing cattle and sheep.

Then death approached him, and I asked him, ‘To whom should I go?’ He said, ‘O my son, I know no one anywhere who is on the path we have been on so that I can tell you to go to him. But you have been overtaken by an epoch in which there will appear a prophet in the pure creed of Ibrahim (Abraham). He will migrate to the place of palm trees. If you can be sincere to him, then do so. He has signs which will be manifested: he does not eat of charity, yet he accepts gifts, and between his shoulders is the seal of prophethood. When you see him, you will know him.’

A caravan passed by me on that day. I asked them where they had come from and learned that they were from the Arabian Peninsula. So I told them, ‘I give you these cattle and sheep of mine in return for your taking me to your land.’ They agreed. So they took me in their company until they brought me to Wadi Al-Quraa and there they wronged to me. They sold me to a Jew. I saw many palm trees and cherished the hope that it was the land that had been described to me and which would be the future place of the advent of the prophet, but it was not.

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