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Why Sunnis should exert their role over wahhabism:

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Source:As-Sunnah Foundation of America
By Mawlana Shaykhu-l-Islam Ahmad Zayni Dahlan
al-Makki ash-Shafi'i
(Chief Mufti of Mecca al-Mukarramah).
May Allah be pleased with him


Introduction
During the reign of Sultan Salim III (1204-1222 AH) many tribulations took place. One was the tribulation of the Wahhabiyyah which started in the area of al-Hijaz(1) where they captured al-Haramayn(2), and prevented Muslims coming from ash-Sham(3) and Egypt from reaching their destination to perform Pilgrimage (Hajj). Another tribulation is that of the French who controlled Egypt from 1213 A.H. until 1216 A.H. Let us here speak briefly about the two adversities(4), because each was mentioned in detail in the books of history and in separate treatises.


Background On The Tribulations Of The Wahhabis
The fighting started between the Wahhabis and the Prince of Mecca, Mawlana Sharif Ghalib Ibn Bu Sa'id, who had been appointed by the honored Muslim Sultan as his ruling representative over the areas of al-Hijaz. This was in 1205 AH during the time of Sultan Salim III, the son of Sultan Mustafa III, the son of Ahmad. Previous to the outbreak of fighting, the Wahhabis began to build power and gain followers in their areas. As their territories expanded, their evil and harm increased They killed countless numbers of Muslims, legitimated confiscating their money and possessions, and captured their women. The founder of their wicked doctrine was Muhammad Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab, who originated from eastern Arabia, from the tribe of Banu Tamim. He lived a long life, about one-hundred years. He was born in 1111 AH and died in 1200 AH. His history was narrated as follows:

Muhammad Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab started as a student of knowledge in the city of the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam: Medina al-Munawwarah. Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab's father was a good, pious man among the people of knowledge as was his brother, Shaykh Sulayman. His father, his brother, and his shaykhs (teachers of religion) had the foresight Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab would innovate a great deal of deviation and misguidance, because of their observance of his sayings, actions, and inclinations concerning many issues. They used to reprimand him and warn people against him.


Some Of The Beliefs Of Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab
What Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab's father, brother, and shaykhs speculated about him came true-by the Will of Allah, Ta'ala. Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab innovated deviant and misleading ways and beliefs and managed to allure some ignorant people to follow him. His deviant and misleading ways and beliefs disagreed with the sayings of the scholars of the Religion. His deviant beliefs led him to label the believers as blasphemers! He falsely claimed visiting the grave of the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and performing the tawassul(5) by him as shirk(6). Additionally, he falsely claimed visiting the graves of other prophets and righteous Muslims (awliya’) and performing tawassul by them was shirk as well. He added to this by saying, "To call upon the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, when performing tawassul by the Prophet is shirk." He passed the same judgment of shirk on the ones who call upon other prophets and righteous Muslims (awliya’) in performing tawassul by them.

In an effort to give credibility to his innovations Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab embellished his sayings by quotations which he selected from Islamic sources, i.e., quotations which are used as proofs for many issues but not the issues which Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab was attempting to support. He brought false statements and tried to beautify them for the laymen until they followed him. He wrote treatises for them until they believed that most of the People of Tawhid(7) were blasphemers.


Alliance With The Saudi Family
Moreover, Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab called upon the princes of eastern Arabia and the people of ad-Dar'iyyah(8 ) to support him. They carried his doctrine and made this endeavor a means to strengthen and expand their kingdom. They worked together to suppress the Bedouins of the deserts until they overcame them and those Bedouins followed them and became foot-soldiers for them without pay. After that, these masses started to believe that whoever does not believe in what Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab said is a blasphemer, and it is Islamically lawful (halal) to shed his blood and plunder his money.

The matter of Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab started to evidence itself in 1143 A.H. and began spreading after 1150 A.H. Subsequently, the scholars--even his brother, Shaykh Sulayman and the rest of his shaykhs-- authored many treatises to refute him. But Muhammad Ibn Su'ud, the Prince of ad-Dar'iyyah in eastern Arabia, supported him and worked to spread his ideology. Ibn Su'ud was from Banu Hanifah, the people of Musaylimah al-Kadhdhab(9). When Muhammad Ibn Su'ud died, his son 'Abdul-'Aziz Ibn Muhammad Ibn Su'ud took over the responsibility of fulfilling the vile task of spreading the Wahhabi beliefs.

Many of the shaykhs of Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab in Medina used to say, "He will be misguided, and he will misguide those for whom Allah willed the misguidance." Things took place as per the speculation of the scholars. Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab claimed his intention behind the madhhab he invented was "to purify the Tawhid" and "repudiate the shirk." He also claimed people had been following the shirk for six-hundred years and he revived their Religion for them!!




The Methodology of Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab
Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab took the verses revealed to speak about the blasphemers and applied them to the Muslims. The following examples from the Qur'an illustrate this point. Allah, ta'ala, said in Surat al-Ahqaf, Ayah 5:

Who is more astray than the one who performs supplication (du'a') to [worship] other than Allah; the one other than Allah he supplicates to will not answer his du'a'.

Allah, ta'ala said in Surat Yunus, Ayah 106 :

"Do not perform supplication (du'a') to [worship] other than Allah; the one other than Allah you supplicate to will not benefit you and will not harm you"

The verses in the Qur'an similar to these ones are numerous. Muhammad Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab gravely misinterpreted the previously cited verses and said: "The Muslim who asks help from the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, other prophets, or the righteous people (salihun), or who calls or asks any of them for intercession is like those blasphemers mentioned in the Qur'an." According to the false claim of Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab, the Muslims who do these things are blasphemers.

He also considered visiting the grave of Prophet Muhammad and the graves of other prophets and righteous Muslims for blessings as blasphemy. Allah revealed Ayah 3 of Surat az-Zumar in reference to the mushrikun:

Those who worship the idols said: "We do not worship them except to achieve a higher status from Allah Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab falsely stated: "Those who perform tawassul (asking Allah by the prophets, for example) are similar to those blasphemers mentioned in Surat az-Zumar, Ayah 3, who claim they do not worship the idols except to achieve a higher status from Allah." He said: "The blasphemers did not believe the idols create anything; they believed Allah is the Creator." He gave his version of proof from the Qur'an by citing Surat Luqman, Ayah 25 and Surat az-Zumar, Ayah 38, in which Allah said: If you ask them, `Who created the heavens and earth?' They will say, `Allah'. In Surat az-Zukhruf, Ayah 87, Allah said:

If you ask them, `Who created them?' They will say,’Allah’. Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab falsely concluded from these verses that the Muslims who perform tawassul are similar to those blasphemers.


The Scholars refute Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab
In their writings to refute Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab's sayings, the scholars said his deduction was false. The believers did not consider the prophets or the awliya’ as gods and they did not deem them partners to Allah. Instead, they correctly believe the prophets and awliya’ are good slaves and creations of Allah, and they do not deserve to be worshipped.


The blasphemers intended in these verses believed their idols deserved Godhood. They exalted them as one would exalt his Creator, even though they believed the idols did not create the heavens and the earth. The believers, on the other hand, do not believe the prophets or righteous Muslims (awliya’) deserve to be worshipped, nor do they deserve to be attributed with Godhood, nor do they exalt them as one would exalt God. They believe these people are good slaves of Allah, His beloved ones whom He chose, and by their blessings (barakah) Allah grants His mercy to His creation. Hence, when the slaves of Allah seek the blessings (barakah) of the prophets and righteous Muslims (awliya’) they are seeking these blessings as a mercy from Allah.


There are many proofs and examples from the Qur'an and Sunnah about this basic belief of the Muslims. Muslims believe Allah is the Creator, the One Who grants benefit and inflicts harm, and the only One Who deserves to be worshipped. Muslims believe that no one other than Allah has the power to affect the creation. The prophets and righteous people do not create anything. They do not possess the power to bestow benefit or inflict harm on others, but Allah is the One Who bestows the mercy upon the slaves by the righteous Muslims' blessings.


Hence, the belief of the blasphemers, i.e., the belief their idols deserve to be worshipped and have Godhood, is what makes them fall into blasphemy. This saying of the blasphemers, as previously cited in Surat az-Zumar, Ayah 3, was said in an effort to justify their belief when they were disproved and shown idols do not deserve to be worshipped.


How can Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab and those who follow him find it permissible to equate the believers, who believed in Tawhid, to those blasphemers, who believed in the Godhood of the idols? All the previously cited verses and the verses which are similar to them are specific to the blasphemers who associate partners with Allah--none of the believers are included.


Al-Bukhari narrated by the route of Ibn 'Umar, may Allah raise their ranks, that the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, described the Khawarij as those who took the verses revealed about the blasphemers and attributed them to the believers! In the narration by the route of Ibn 'Umar the Prophet said:


"What I fear most for my nation is a man who mis-explains the Qur'an and takes it out of context."


Proofs For Tawassul - The Permissibility of Asking Allah for things by some of His Creation.
If performing tawassul had been blasphemy, then the believers, i.e., the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, his Companions, and the Salaf and Khalaf of this nation would not have done it. Yet it is mentioned in the sahih hadith of the Prophet that the Prophet used to ask Allah by saying:

"O Allah, I ask You by the status of those who ask You.(10) "

Without doubt, this is tawassul. The Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, used to teach this supplication (du'a') to his Companions and order them to say it. This issue was expounded upon in different books and treatises refuting Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab.

There is a hadith related by al-Hakim that mentions after Adam ate from the tree, he performed tawassul by our Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. He did that, because he saw the name of the Prophet written on the 'Arsh, Adam said: "O Allah, by the dignity of this son [Muhammad], forgive this father [Adam]."

It was also related by Ibn Hibban, that upon the death of Fatimah Bint Asad, may Allah raise her rank, the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, with his own honorable hands, put her in her grave and said:

"O Allah, forgive my mother(11), Fatimah Binti Asad, and widen her place by the status of Your Prophet and the prophets who came before me. You are the most Merciful."

There is a hadith classified as sahih(12), that a blind man asked the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, to make a supplication (du'a') to Allah to return his sight. The Prophet ordered him to make ablution (wudu') and pray two rak'ahs and then say:

"O Allah, I ask You and direct myself to You by Your Prophet, Muhammad, the Prophet of Mercy. O Muhammad, I ask Allah by you to fulfill my need. O Allah, enable him to intercede for me."

The blind man did what the Prophet taught him to do(13) and Allah brought his sight back. Moreover, as related by at-Tabarani, the tawassul made by the blind man was used by the Companions and Salaf after the death of the Prophet.

'Umar Ibn al-Khattab performed the tawassul by al-'Abbas (the uncle of the Prophet), may Allah reward their deeds, when he prayed the Salah of 'Istisqa'(14) with the people. There are other proofs mentioned in the books of the Islamic scholars but we will not recount them at length here.

The one who pursues the saying of the Companions and their followers will find a great deal of proof about the validity of calling the prophet by saying "O Muhammad" in his presence as well as in his absence and in his life as well as after his death. In fact, many texts include the phrase which means, "O Muhammad". Calling the name of the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is permissible. An example is the saying of the Companion, Bilal Ibn al-Harith, may Allah reward his deeds, when he went to the grave of the Prophet. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah to send rain to your Nation." His saying contains this format(15).

Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Sulayman al-Kurdi(16) was among the authors who wrote refuting Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab. He was Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab's own shaykh. Among what he said is as follows:


O Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab, I advise you, for the sake of Allah, ta'ala, to hold your tongue regarding the Muslims. If you hear from anyone who asks for help from other than Allah that one has the power to effect things without the Will of Allah, then teach him the right thing about this issue, and show him the proofs which state no one other than Allah brings things from non-existence into existence. The one who rejects that is blasphemous. You have no right to label the majority of the Muslims as blasphemers(17) while you are deviant from the majority of the Muslims. In fact, it is more reasonable to consider the one who deviates from the majority of the Muslims as a blasphemer then to consider the Muslims as a nation as blasphemers--because the deviant one has followed a path other than the path of the believers. In Surat an-Nisa', Ayah 15, Allah said:

Whomever contends with the Messenger after the right path was exposed to him and follows other than the way of the believers, Allah will leave him to whatever he followed and put him in Hell (Jahannam)].


The Permissibility Of Visiting The Grave Of The Prophet
Visiting the grave of the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was performed by the Companions and the Salaf and Khalaf who came after them. Many hadiths cite the benefit of this deed and the scholars of Islam have written books about this matter(18).


Calling On Someone Other Than Allah

Among of what was mentioned concerning calling on someone other than Allah, whether that one is present, absent, dead or alive, is the saying of the Prophet:

"If the animal of anyone of you went out of control in the wilderness, then call: `O slaves of Allah, help me'", since there are slaves of Allah [i.e. the angels] who will respond to him.

There is another hadith related by al-Bazzar in which the Prophet said:

" If one of you lost something or needs help while in an open land, then let him say:
"O slaves of Allah, help me."

Another narration says, "Rescue me, because Allah has created slaves whom you do not see." When traveling at nightfall the Prophet, sallallahu 'alyhi wa sallam, used to say:" O earth, my Lord and your Lord is Allah." When the Prophet visited the grave of Muslims, he used to say:"O people of the graves, peace be upon you."

In the Tashahhud in as-Salah the Muslim says: "O Prophet of Allah, may Allah protect you from infirmities, and have mercy and blessings on you."

There is no harm in calling on and performing tawassul by someone unless one believes that someone other than Allah actually creates things. Hence, as long as one believes that only Allah creates them, there is no harm in performing tawassul. Likewise, attributing a certain doing to other than Allah does not harm unless one believes this doer actually creates. So once it is established the person does not believe the creating is for other than Allah then attributing a doing to other than Allah is understood in its proper context. When one says: "This medicine benefited me," or "This particular righteous Muslim benefited me," he is merely exposing the created reason of the benefit. These statements are also similar to when one says: "This food satisfied my hunger," or "This water quenched my thirst," or "This medicine cured me." When Muslims say such statements, they understand them in their proper context, i.e., food, water, and medicine are only reasons, and Allah is the Creator of their benefit.

The general proofs mentioned in this summary are enough to refute Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhab. The scholars of Islam have expounded on this issue in several treatises.


Footnotes:
1 Al-Hijaz refers to the western part of Arabia which includes Mecca and Medina.
2 Al-Haramayn refers to Mecca and Medina.
3 Ash-Sham refers to the area that includes Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine.
4 Only the first adversity will be presented in this booklet.
5 Tawassul is asking Allah for goodness by a prophet, righteous believer, etc.
6 Shirk refers to associating partners to Allah.
7 The People of Tawhid refers to the Muslims.
8 Ad-Dar'iyyah is a region north of the city of Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
9 Musaylimah al-Kadhdhab was a blasphemous man who claimed the status of prophethood for 10 himself after the death of Prophet Muhammad. He was killed by the Muslims during the caliphate of Abu Bakr, may Allah raise his rank.
10 Ibn Majah and others related this hadith and the-Hafidh, Ibn Hajar, deemed it a strong hadith
11 The Prophet called her `my mother' out of likening her to his real mother.
12 Sixteen hafidhs of hadith classified this hadith as sahih, including at-Tirmidhi, at-Tabarani, al-Bayhaqi, as-Subki, among others.
13 It is clear in the narrations of this hadith, the blind man was not in the session of the Prophet when he did as the Prophet ordered him.
14 Salah of 'Istisqa' refers to performing a specific prayer which includes making supplication for rain.
15 Al-Bayhaqi related this hadith and classified it as sahih.
16 Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Sulaym al-Kurdi was the one who wrote al-Hashiyah on the explanation of Ibn Hajar to the text of Bafadl.
17 It is mentioned in a hadith it is easier for the devil to trick the lonely person who is away from other Muslims. The Prophet, sallallahu al 'alayhi wa sallam, while encouraging the Muslims to perform the prayers in congregation said: "Moreover, the wolf will eat the lonely lamb."
18 Among these hadiths is the one related by ad-Daraqutni that the Prophet said: "On the Day of Judgment, I will intercede for the one who visits my grave with the good intention."

http://www.sunnah.org/aqida/fitnatulWahhabiyyah.htm

Mr. Moderator,

your actions to ban me with my other username (LagosShia) and your action of hiding my post which is a reply to the filthy wahhabi and his lies,will not bring peace into this forum.if you declare war against me,you should be ready for war and spending 24 hours on this forum to silence me.you hid my reply while you left his post,where a wahhabi,whose trademark is beheading and takfir,is accusing me of takfir.

a moderator should only seek to implement sanity through dialogue and justice.not taking sides.

i therefore ask you to unhide my post and lift the ban.else you should be ready to ban tens of usernames and as many IP addresses if you can.your bias is not going to bring peace.lift the ban and unhide my post.if you do not within a certain period,it would be obvious you are taking the side of wahhabis-the menace to Muslims and Islam.

Iranian Car Ranks 3rd in Turin

A hybrid car made by Khajeh Nassir University students ranked third in Formula Electric and Hybrid Italy (EHI) held in Turin, Italy, during October 7-10. The four-wheel car has a composite body, weights 600 kilograms and can travel up to 90 kilometers an hour.

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Iran's Surena Placed among Top Robots

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Iran's humanoid robot, Surena 2, has been placed among the world's top robots by an international technology institute, says an Iranian official.

“The largest professional institute of the world named IEEE put the name of Surena among the five prominent robots of the world after analyzing (the performances of) the world's advanced robots,” Hamid Taahbaz Tavakkoli, the secretary of development and technology institute of Iran's Industries and Mines Ministry, said.

Tavakkoli said that IEEE, the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology, in a recent report examined the performances of the robots Asimo (Japan), Reem-B (Spain), Justin (German), Charli (US) and Surena (Iran).

The official pointed out that IEEE called Surena as an “unexpected development.”

IEEE is an international non-profit, professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity. It has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world, with more than 395,000 members in around 150 countries.

Surena 2, developed by over 20 of Iran's top robotics experts, was unveiled by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in July.

Over 10,000 man-hours have been put into the new high-tech robot.

Surena 2, which weighs 45 kg and has a height of 1.45 meters, can walk like a human being, but at a slower pace.

The Surena 1 robot was developed in Iran in 2008 through a joint project between Center for Advanced Vehicles (CAV), University of Tehran and the R& D Society of Iranian Industries and Mines.

The robot was an 8 degree-of-freedom (8 DOF) humanoid robot, which was able to move on a pre-defined trajectory with a tracking and remote control system.

Surena 2 which was later built has 22 DOFs, including 12, 8, and 2 at its legs, hands and head respectively.

The robot is equipped with various sensors such as a gyroscope and accelerometers which provide stable motion.

The Surena project is enhancing the ability to design robots that walk on two legs, under a feedback control system that provides dynamic balance, yielding a much more human-like motion.

Kamangar to Take Over Harley’s Chief Executive Position

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Salar Kamangar, Youtube vice president of product management, will take over Chad Hurley as the chief executive of the company.

After Hurley stepped out of his position as the chief executive of Youtube, the company released a statement that Kamangar is the one who will take over his position.

The news slips during a technology conference at Trinity College in Dublin, when Hurley was asked about what he was up to, and he honestly said that he was giving up of his CEO title.

Chard Hurdley, 33, is one of the co-founder of Youtube, the world’s leading video site, together with Steve Chen and Jewed Karim. The company was acquired by Google in October 2006, and take responsibility for the business in the past two years.

According to Google, Kamangar’s role in the company is to find ways for Youtube to generate more money from billions of user-generated online videos the company serves up every day.

Google added that the site is on the edge of profitability, and due to Kamangar’s effort to promote and develop the type of premium content the company is now enjoying the benefits of the higher advertising rates.

In addition, the revelation of the news regarding the resignation of Hurley did not surprised most of the company’s employees because Mr. Salar Kamangar was been appointed by Google to take control of the company’s business operations, and took on greater responsibilities in controlling the operation of the business for the last two years.

Based on news report, despite of Hurley’s resignation as Youtube CEO, he will continue his service as an advisor of the company.

Youtube was created by Hurley’s team after the three left PayPal, an online payments company, and started to create their own company. With Hurley’s extreme talent and interest in computer science, he was the one who is greatly involved in designing and developing of the website.

Moving Holograms Make Their Debut

Holograms have always been a staple of science fiction, most famously in the movie Star Wars where Princess Leia relays a call for help projected by the droid R2D2. The moving hologram is a step closer now, though watching a movie projected on a tabletop is still in the future.

The breakthrough came from the University of Arizona, where a team led by optical sciences professor Nasser Peyghambarian developed a screen made of a novel photoreactive polymer material that allows the picture to refresh faster than before.

Previous holograms were quite slow, with the picture refreshing only every two minutes. Peyghambarian's team has that down to two seconds - not quite real-time, but fast enough to see the movement.

The other big difference is that this three-dimensional picture doesn't require specialized glasses.

The prototype device uses a 10-inch screen, but Peyghambarian's group is already successfully testing a much larger version with a 17-inch screen.

To make the image, an array of regular cameras is used. Each views the object from a different perspective. That information is then encoded onto a pulsed laser beam, which interferes with another beam that serves as a reference. The interference pattern is written into the photorefractive polymer, creating and storing the image. Each laser pulse records an individual three-dimensional pixel in the polymer. The short duration of the laser pulses means that vibrations won't affect the image, making the system easier to use as it can be in a wide array of environments.

This system is also somewhat different from computer-generated holograms, which tend to need a lot of computing power to generate an image - one reason they were so slow, as the number of calculations was large.

Peyghambarian says there are a lot of practical uses - telepresence, for example - because as long as someone has the image-generating equipment, the data from the cameras can be transmitted in any fashion, even over the Internet.

Delivering Combination Chemotherapy to Cancer Cells

In recent years, studies have shown that for many types of cancer, combination drug therapy is more effective than single drugs. However, it is usually difficult to get the right amount of each drug to the tumor. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a nanoparticle that can deliver precise doses of two or more drugs to prostate cancer cells.

Such particles say the researchers, could improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy while minimizing the side effects normally seen with these drugs, Azonano reported.
In a study appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of investigators led by Omid Farokhzad and Robert Langer, both members of the MIT-Harvard Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, demonstrated the utility of their new particle by using it to deliver cisplatin and docetaxel, two drugs commonly used to treat many different types of cancer.

To build their nanoparticles, the researchers developed a new strategy that allowed them to incorporate drugs with very different physical properties, which had been impossible with previous drug-delivering nanoparticles.

In earlier generations of nanoparticles, drug molecules were encapsulated in a polymer coating. Using those particles, hydrophobic (water-repelling) drugs, such as docetaxel, and hydrophilic (water-attracting) drugs, such as cisplatin, can’t be carried together, nor can drugs with different charges. “With the old way, you can only do it if the two drugs are physically and chemically similar,” said Dr. Farokhzad. “With this way, you can put in drugs that are relatively different from each other.”

With the researchers’ new technique, called “drug-polymer blending,” drug molecules are hung like pendants from individual units of the polymer before the units are assembled into a polymer nanoparticle. This approach allows the researchers to precisely control the ratio of drugs loaded into the particle and to control the rate at which each drug will be released once it enters a tumor cell.

For this study, once the investigators loaded the drugs into the nanoparticle, the researchers added a tag that binds to a molecule called PSMA that is located on the surfaces of most prostate tumor cells. This tag allows the nanoparticles to go directly to their target, bypassing healthy tissues and potentially reducing the side effects caused by most chemotherapy drugs.

The researchers have filed for a patent on the polymer-blending fabrication technique and are now testing the drug-delivering particles in animals. Once they gather enough animal data, which could take a few years, they hope to begin clinical trials.

This work, which is detailed in a paper titled, “Engineering of self-assembled nanoparticle platform for precisely controlled combination drug therapy,” was supported in part by the NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a comprehensive initiative designed to accelerate the application of nanotechnology to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

Iran Produces Oral Diabetes Medication

Iranian scientists have succeeded in producingan oral medication from stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) to fight diabetes and high blood sugar levels.

“I started the project 15 years ago in Tehran University of Medical Sciences for my diabetic nephew who was forced to inject insulin on a daily basis,” Masoud Shabani Domola, the lead researcher said.

He went on to say that a peptide cycle found in Urtica dioica improves the entrance of blood sugar into the cells, a process which is believed to be impaired in diabetic patients.

Shabani Domala added that the drug has successfully finished its trials and is expected to enter the market by next year. He stressed that the new oral drug is preferred to the injectable insulin as its use is pain free.

Urtica dioica, a herbaceous perennial flowering plant also known as stinging nettles, had long been known for its numerous medical properties. The herb is reported to be effective in treating prostate disorders, respiratory problems, stomach Catarrh and anemia.

The high content of secretin in the plant has turned Urtica dioica into an effective herb for treating various gastrointestinal-related conditions.

Iranian Awarded 2010 TWAS Medal

Professor Seyyed Habib Firouzabadi from the acclaimed Shiraz University in Iran was awarded “2010 TWAS Medal” for his scientific endeavors.

The medal was presented to him by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the 21st General Meeting of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) which opened in Hyderabad, capital of India’s Andhra Pradesh state.

Besides Firouzabadi, awards and medals were given away to 12 scientists in various fields, in recognition of their outstanding work.

Dr. Singh presented the prestigious Ernesto Illy Trieste Science prize for this year to Brazilian scientist Goldenburg and the India Science Prize to eminent statistician Dr. C R Rao.

This year’s TWAS session is being sponsored by India’s Ministry of Science and Technology and hosted by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and the TWAS Regional Office for Central and South Asia (TWAS-ROCASA).

Founded in 1983, TWAS is an autonomous international organization, based in Trieste, Italy. It promotes scientific excellence for sustainable development in the South.

Iran Mass-Produces Ocular Bio-Implants

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the country's tenth bio-implant factory which specializes in the production of Sutureless Amnion Membrane Transplant (SAMT) as well as skin bio-implants dubbed "Lifepatch."

SAMT is set to revolutionize ophthalmology by treating people suffering from potentially blinding eye diseases. SAMT is expected to bring hope for 320 thousand Iranians annually and 15 million people worldwide.

"This is actually a 2010 production, 'ocular' bio-implants are only ten months old and the first steps were taken by American scientists but we managed to go through the engineering stage quicker than the Americans," said project manager Gholam-Reza Abbasi.

"Using AHAM and biotechnological applications of biocompatible biopolymers we reached the final stages successfully and are now ready for mass production. One advantage we had is that our religion strongly supports the principle of saving human lives,” he added.

Iran began investing in biotechnological projects 19 years ago and this is the tenth facility the country has opened over the past two years.

'Lifepathch' is the fourth bio-implant mass-produced by Iran after bone, heart valve, and tendon bio-implants. The facility will be producing 25 to 30 thousand grafts a year and the capacity is expected to increase to 200 thousand.

This technology has so far been monopolized by the US and other Western countries, therefore 'Lifepatch' is also considered a leap toward breaking this monopoly.

vedaxcool: Tiny minority? Lol, the nasibi must be a mumu or reading my points with his eyes closed, the very first generation of shias believed 100% that the marriage took place, the second generation of shias believed the marriage occured, the third generation of shias believed the same thing the marriage occurred, the fourth generation accepted as fact the marriage, it was around the fifth generation the shias deviants began to question the rationale behind accepting the marriage, as they saw it as destroying the imbecilities that shiasm was founded upon, these became a dangerous situation and d nawasib religion needed a way out, immediately they simply took the easy way out deny the fact out rightly, but in their childish stupidity they left their rear exposed that were the early generations of shias sane or competent? How does this insanity or incompetence undermine the whole of the nawasib religion that is shia? U see the nasibi coud come back here repeating his lies about addressing any of the issues but the hadiths quoted from shia sources remains a huge blow to the nasibi, again that the starters of shiasm unanimously believed the marriage did occur is again a fait acompli, any argument he makes leaves him merely clowing around here, for instance shia heavy weights such as imam kulyani believed the marriage occur, imam kulyani is to shias what imam bukhari is to jammah al sunnah,this behavior of the shias is not new, they will deny or attack anything that undermines their misguided nawasib religion, this behavior they take far to the extent they began taking on the very Qur'an it self.

Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid was born on 11th Dhul Qa'dah, 336 Hijra

al-Masa'il as-Sarawiyyah. The tenth question in this books deal with the marriage of Umm Kalthum. It reads as follows:

TENTH QUESTION: What is his (al-Mufid's) view regarding Amir al-Mu'minin marrying his daughter Umm Kalthum to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, and regarding the Nabi r marrying his daughters Zaynab (sic) and Ruqayyah to 'Uthman?

ANSWER: The report speaking of Amir al-Mu'minin marrying his daughter to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab so unfounded. It is narrated via Zubayr ibn Bakkar, and its chain of narration is well known. He was untrustworthy in transmission. There is suspicion on him in what he mentions. He used to hate Amir al-Mu'minin. What 'Ali ibn Hashim claims to narrate from him is untrustworthy. This hadith was included by Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Yahya in his book on genealogy, and account of that people thought it to be true, thinking that it is narrated by an 'Alawi (descendant of 'Ali). However, the fact is that he narrates it from Zubayr ibn Bakkar.
The hadith in itself is a forgery. It is sometimes narrated that Amir al-Mu'minin himself performed the ceremony, and sometimes it is narrated that it was 'Abbas who performed it. Sometimes it is narrated that the marriage took place only after menacing by 'Umar and threats against Banu Hashim; and sometimes it is mentioned that the marriage took place freely and voluntarily. The some narrators claim that a child named Zayd was born from this marriage, while others claim he was killed before consummating the marriage. Some say Zayd ibn 'Umar left offspring, while others say he was killed without leaving children. Some say he and his mother were killed, and some say his mother lived after him. Some say 'Umar gave Umm Kalthum a dowry of 40 000 dirhams, others claim it was 4000 dirhams, and yet others claim her dowry was 5000 dirhams. The origin of this claim, as well as the amount of contradiction in it renders the hadith null, so it is of no consequence.


Nasehkul Tawareekh Volume 3 page 408:

"Umar bin Adheena asked Imam Ja'far Sadiq (as) 'People claim that 'Ali married his daughter to such a person'. The Imam, who was until then sitting down, stood up and said angrily, "Whoever holds such a viewpoint is misled." Subhanallah! Was Imam 'Ali unable to free his daughter from their clutches? He could have stood between them and her to protect, they have fabricated a lie".

Gift To "BetaThing":

Shaykh al-Albani in his Sahih Abu Dawud 1/162 No. 764 records these words of the Holy Prophet :

"Certainly, the Salat of any of you is not complete until he performs his Wudu JUST AS Allah THE EXALTED HAS ORDERED IT: He washes his face and arms up to the two elbows, AND WIPES part of his head AND PART OF HIS FEET up to the two ankles (at the top of the feet)".

Sheikh al-Albani says: "Sahih"He has also declared it sahih in Sahih Targhib wa Tarhib 1/53, No. 223.

Imam Jafar Sadiq (as),the 6th Imam, stated: When two different hadiths reach you then present both of them before book of Allah, if it is in accordance then take it, if it contradict it, then abandon it”
Arasail, page 446 by Sheikh al Ansari

Imam Baqar(as),the 5th Imam, narrates from his father who from his father who narrates from the Holy Prophet (s): Whoever recites ten verses in a night shall not be counted amongst the heedless ones and whoever recites fifty verse shall be counted among Daakireen [speakers]. Whoever recites a hundred verses shall be counted amongst the grateful ones. Whoever recites two hundred verses shall be counted amongst those who fear Allah. Whoever recites three hundred shall be counted amongst the successful ones. Whoever recited five hundred verses shall be counted amongst the Mujtahideen. Whoever recites one thousand verses shall receive many rewards”
Al Kafi, Volume 2 page 4482; Amali, page 59-60 by Sheikh Saduq

Imam Jafar (as),the 6th Imam, narrates from his father who from narrates from his father who narrates from Ameer al Momineen (as): Verily every Haq is a reality and every Thawab is Noor. Thus take whatever is in accordance to the Quran and leave whatever is against it”
Amali, page 368 by Sheikh Saduq

“Imam Muhammad Taqi (as),the 9th Imam, states: Whenever Haqaiq (truths) are mentioned, their evidences should be sought from the Quran. Thus, if there are arguments about those evidences then it is incumbent to adhere to them and no one save people of arrogance would disagree about them”
Tauhfa al Aqool, page 343 by Behrani

Fr0sbel:
Your own Imams disagree :

inshaAllah we will examine the words of the Imams of the Ahlul-Bayt (as),and see if you are right.

“Imam Ali Reda (as),the 8th Imam stated: When you find two contradictory reports about same matter then present both of them before the Quran since it contains instruction of every Halal and Haram [matter]. Therefore whichever is in accordance to the Quran adhere to it while present the one before Sunnah of Prophet (s) which is not present in Quran”
Ayoon Akhbar Raza, Volume 2 page 20 by Sheikh Saduq

deols:
Beating your chest and feeling so sad over someone's death is not a practice the prophet Muhammad taught us.

Imam Hussain (as) is not "someone".have you ever wondered to ask yourself why the Prophet (sa) said the following words:"Hussain is from me,and I am from Hussain".we can understand if the Prophet (sa) says Hussain (as) is from him.but how is the Prophet (sa) from Hussain (as)? figuret out!

before the event took place in Karbala,the Prophet (sa) cried and mourned for Imam Hussain (as).also,in the hadith the Day of Ashura is given special attention.i believe it is sunnah to feel sad on that day for Imam Hussain (as).if you dont,then you obviously dont care!

the Prophet (sa) was given the soil of Karbala before the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (as).he left it with his wife Umm Salamah (ra).he told her on the day she observe the soil turns red,that would be the day Imam Hussain (as) is martyred.the people of Medinah knew about the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (as) before the news came from Karbala.


these are not stories i made up.they are found in sunni books.

and Allah knows best!

on pilgrimage is only to makkah and the prophet didnt order it for elsewhwere until shiites started going to Iraq(as shown by lagosshia some days ago). I implore Muslims to follow the true tenets of Islam. No one could have known Islam better than the prophet and his pious predecessors. I hope Allah shines our path and guide us all to the right path.

Shia only make pilgrimage (hajj) to Makkah.the visit to Karbala is translated in english as "pilgrimage" but the correct word is "Ziyara" which means "visitation".pilgrimage to Makkah in arabic is "hajj".

visiting the holy places where the Imams (as) are buried and martyred as the case with Karbala is recommended to show respect,and love for the Ahlul-Bayt (as).

so please dont start what you cannot end here.dont come in sheep's clothing telling us to follow the tenets of Islam,as if we are following the tenets of buddhism.if you dont do certain things either out of ignorance or not seen the need for,then that is your business.i dont think that gives you right to lecture anyone.

A clear example of lunar and solar calculations in the Holy Quran:

Holy Quran 18:25
"And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine".

[Shakir 18:25] And they remained in their cave three hundred years and (some) add (another) nine.

[Pooya/Ali Commentary 18:25]
In reply to a Jew's query Imam Ali ibn abi Talib (as) said:

"They stayed in the cave 309 years according to lunar calendar."

It is Allah's computation that is given here. He is the knower, seer and hearer of all that which is taking place in the heavens and the earth. He protected them (ashab ul kahf) from the tyranny of the heathen ruler. He does not share His authority with any one whatsoever.

http://quran.al-islam.org/

What is Taqiyah (In Islam)?
http://www.al-islam.org/taqiyah/1.htm


Taqiyah
by Syed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi
http://www.al-islam.org/taqiyah/

frosbel:


Desperation in action.

More copy and paste please !!!

so are you admitting you are desperate for all the copy/paste articles you start threads with including the one in this thread?

^^^^

firstly the hadith is telling us that someone burnt houses of those who did not attend congreagtional prayers.not that because they did not pray,but because they did not go to the mosque.and in islam that is totally not the case.congregational prayers are recommended but not obligatory.

secondly,it is also not an issue of punctuation.it is dishonesty.the hadith is quoted in a way that make it look the Prophet (sa) burnt people's houses.how? the hadith is reported by someone.and the person who reported the hadith is the one who took the action of burning.so why was his name not included? why did the hadith just starts with "the Prophet said".who is telling us what the Prophet (sa) said?it is concealed.the name of the reporter was removed and every hadith contains the name of the reporter and also the chain of reporters.i see this as deliberate in removing the name of the speaker.this hadith could easily pass as reporting the action of the Prophet (sa) or that the Prophet (sa) is endorsing burning for those not leavening their houses to congregate.

so my advice to you,next time you go to those anti-islamic sites to copy hadiths,try and scrutinize what you are copying.it would save you the public embarassment of being busted as you were busted in this particular case.

read more on laitula qadr and the significance it holds for muslims:

http://www.almujtaba.com/articles/ramadhan/001052.html

http://www.al-islam.org/ramadhan/Intro.htm

http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&Id=201518

http://en.rafed.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4073:the-interpretation-of-surah-al-qadr&catid=374:ramadhan-articles&Itemid=1127

http://en.rafed.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3449:laylatul-qadr&catid=374:ramadhan-articles&Itemid=1127

http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=5334

http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=3548

http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=3549

1.) sensational story meant to attract pity
2.) should we also blame the Prophet (sa) for not knowing the exact day the month of Ramadan begins every year? we know we should starts fasting when we see the crescent commencing the new month and stop when its appears signalling the last month.so based on the lunar calendar and calculations,we could as well say it is confusing and the Prophet (sa) did not teach us when the month begins.that is not only absurd it is stu.pid.
3.) not everything that appears in the hadiths is authentic as only the Quran is 100% authentic.
4.) the Quran was revealed within the last 10 nights of the month of Ramadan.so if the Prophet (sa) gives us dates by which we should expect the signs of Allah,then everything rests with Allah's will.dates are given when Muslims should make recommeded acts of worship and when to expect the night of qadr.these are nights blessed.of significance are the 21st,23rd and 27th.the last 10 nights hold alot of blessings in observing them.


finally,i am calling on the muslims in the Islam section to limit the spamming of the board by the non-muslims.they have obviously given up in the religion section because of the battle of posts and words that raged there.now,they have a new tactic.they are throwing the ball into our court and not posting the trash in their section to avoid the endless battles and debates which only expose christianity.

goggs:
In Christianity's holy books nobody was forced to pray

in Christianity like in Islam,people are not punished in this world for not praying.but not worshipping God will have a price in the hereafter.you can check Isaiah 65 and see God's punishment of the "rebellious" a term which has to do also with those who refused to offer prayer to God.

now,let us examine the hadith this empty-headed and dishonest christian is presenting to us.if anything is verified to have come from the mouth of the Prophet (sa),we accept that the words are indirectly those of God and therefore they reflect upon Islam as the Prophet (sa) is our teacher.

also,if the words are in the Holy Quran,we accept those words as directly the word of God Almighty.

now,let us take a closer look at the hadith and what game the christian is playing with us.as a Shia Muslim myself,i could have rejected the hadith just on the basis that it comes from the Sunni compilation of hadith called "sahih bukhari".but since the allegation is made against Islam,i will respond.

here is the hadith (take note of the words of the Prophet s.a. in blue):

Bukhari:V1B11N626 “The Prophet said, ‘No prayer is harder for the hypocrites than the Fajr. If they knew the reward they would come to (the mosque) even if they had to crawl. I decided to order a man to lead the prayer and then take a flame to burn all those who had not left their houses for the prayer, burning them alive inside their homes.’” {Burning men, women and children alive in their homes)

after the words of the Prophet (sa),someone is telling us that he decided on his own to burn the houses of people who did not leave their houses for prayers in the mosque.those words are not from the Prophet (sa) and that is what the christian missionary deliberately conceals from the unsuspecting.the words are from someone who is narrating the hadith and saw it fit to burn people's houses based on his own judgement and zeal and because the reward for praying in the mosque is great as the Prophet (sa) said.just may be like boko haram thinks it is right and islamic to kill people.

there is also another fault with this hadith.in islam,it is not obligatory to leave one's house and attend the prayer in the mosque in congregation.congregational gatherings for the obligatory prayers are highly recommended but not  compulsory.so how can anyone in his right senses burn people's houses bacuse they did not attend congregational prayer? the person is not even sure if those who did not leave their house prayed at home.it is acceptable to pray the obligatory 5 daily prayers at home.

Arosa:
God loves ashewos and all sinners. that is why he send Jesus to us. Selling and gambling in the temples in the eyes of Jesus was a form of corruption or exploitation, that was counterproductive to the will of God. So he had to sanitise it. The priests in the temple were hypocrites, unlike the sinners who were just ignorant. Jesus has no hate in his heart.

but aren't we supposed to love our enemies?

frosbel:
ISLAM = Death Cult

but we Muslims are not taught in Islam to believe that God killed His "son" and without believing in his death and blood we won't attain salvation?

delete

kodewrita:
Those were pre-christian times and they were focused on creating a homeland for the israelites.

they were blessed by the same Jehovah.and these verses are in your holy bible.

He was prophesying the persecution of people even by their family members because of christianity. Example: Honor killings of family members by muslims because the victims attempted conversion to christianity in pakistan & afghanistan.

sending his disciples to buy swords and one of them using a sword is no prophesy!

we are talking here of what is found in the scriptures and not the actions of christians or muslims.

this same topic was months ago started by "frosbel" and refuted:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-704349.0.html

"frosbel's" dishonesty!

discover it here:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-740743.0.html