1. Behave like a female, i.e. all the tenderness of a female–a man doesn’t want a man for his wife!
2. Dress pleasantly/attractively. If you are a home-maker, don’t stay in your sleeping suit all day.
3. Smell good!
4. Don’t lay out all your problems on your husband as soon as he walks in. Give him a little mental break.
5. Don’t keep asking him, “what are you thinking?”
6. Stop nagging non-stop before Allah ta’ala gives you something really to complain about.
7. Absolutely no talking about your spousal problems to anyone you meet, not even under the pretense of seeking help! If you think you want to solve legitimate marital issues, then go seek counseling with the right person who can give advice in either:
8. Mediate any injustice done so any wrong can be corrected and the couple can reunite in harmony, or
9. Amicable divorce
10. Be kind to your mother-in-law the same way you would like your husband to be kind to your own mother.
11. Learn all the rights and obligations of each other in Islam. Focus on fulfilling your obligations, not demanding your rights
12. Race to the door when he comes home, as if you were waiting for him. Smile and hug him.
13. Keep your house clean, at least to the level that he wants it.
14. Compliment him on the things you know he’s not so confident about (looks, intelligence, etc.) This will build his self-esteem.
15. Tell him he’s the best husband ever.
16. Call his family often.
17. Give him a simple task to do at home and then thank him when he does it. This will encourage him to do more.
18. When he’s talking about something boring, listen and nod your head. Even ask questions to make it seem like you’re interested.
19. Encourage him to do good deeds.
20. If he’s in a bad mood, give him some space. He’ll get over it, inshaAllah.
21. Thank him sincerely for providing you with food and shelter. It’s a big deal.
22. If he’s angry with you and starts yelling, let him yell it out while you’re quiet. You will see your fight will end a lot faster. Then when he’s calm, you can tell him your side of the story and how you want him to change something.
23. When you’re mad at him, don’t say “YOU make me furious”, rather, “This action makes me upset”. Direct your anger to the action and circumstance rather than at him.
24. Remember that your husband has feelings, so take them into consideration.
25. Let him chill with his friends without guilt, especially if they’re good guys. Encourage him to go out, so he doesn’t feel “cooped up” at home.
26. If your husband is annoyed over a little thing you do (and you can control it), then stop doing it. Really.
27. Learn how to tell him what you expect without him having to guess all the time. Learn to communicate your feelings.
28. Don’t get mad over small things. It’s not worth it.
29. Make jokes. If you’re not naturally funny, go on the internet and read some jokes, and then tell them to him.
30. Tell him you’re the best wife ever and compliment yourself on certain things you know you’re good at.
31. Learn to make his favorite dish.
32. Don’t ever, EVER talk bad about him with friends or family unnecessarily. If they end up agreeing with you, you will see that it hits you back in the face because you get more depressed that you have a bad husband–and other people also think you have a bad husband.
33. Use your time wisely and get things accomplished. If you’re a home-maker, take online classes and get active in your community. This will make you happy and a secondary bonus is that it impresses your husband.
34. Do all of the above fee sabeelillah and you will see Allah put barakah in everything you do.
35. Husband and wife should discuss and communicate with wisdom with each other to convey what they like and dislike of each other to do or not to do. Do NOT give commands or instructions like he’s your servant. “They are garment to each other” [Surah Baqarah, 2:187]
36. Tell your husband you love him, many, many times. Aisha (رضالله عنها) narrated that the Prophet (صلي الله عليه وسلم) used to ask her how strong her love for him, she said like “a knot.” And the next time he would ask her, “How is that knot?” He also used to reply to her saying, “Jazzakillah, O Aishah, wallahi, you have not rejoiced in me as I have rejoiced in you.”
37. Have a race with your husband and let him win, even if you are much fitter and stronger than him.
38. Keep fit and take care of your health so you will remain a strong mother, wife, cook and housekeeper, inshaAllah you will not get FAT and frumpy.
39. Refine and cultivate good mannerisms i.e do not whine, don’t laugh or talk too loud or walk like an elephant.
40. Do not leave the house without his permission and certainly not without his knowledge.
41. Make sure all his clothes are clean and pressed so he is always looking fresh and crisp.
42. Don’t discuss important/controversial matters with him when he is tired or sleepy. Find right time for right discussion.
43. The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.
44. Always let him know that you appreciate him working and bringing home the “dough”. It makes it easier for him to go to work.
45. Make sure you ALWAYS have something for dinner.
46. Brush your hair, everyday.
47. Don’t forget to do laundry.
48. Surprise him with gifts. Even necessities, such as new shoes, can be gifts.
49. Listen to him. (Even when he talks about extremely boring things like basketball or computers.)
50. Try (hard as it might be) to take interest in his hobbies.
51. Try not to go shopping too much … and spend all his money.
52. Look attractive and be seductive towards him. Flirt with him.
53. Learn tricks and “techniques” to please your husband in intimacy. (Of course goes both ways.)
54. Prepare for special evenings with him with special dinner and exclusive time (no children permitted).
55. Take care of your skin, especially your face. The face is center of attraction.
56. If you not satisfied intimately, talk to him and tell him. Help him or provide resources, don’t wait until matters become worse.
57. Ask Allah to strengthen and preserve the bonds of compassion and love between the two of you, every day, every prayer. Ask him to protect that bond from Shaytaan. When a lesser devil destroys the love between spouses, he is the most beloved of Shaytaan. Nothing works like du’ah, and love only exists between spouses where Allah instills it.
58. Don’t EVER compare your husbands to other husbands! For example don’t say, “well her husband doesn’t do that, why do you …” (thats a killer!)
59. Be happy with what you have because no one is perfect. If you want perfection, wait until you enter Jannah together inshaAllah–and of course, vice versa!
60. Strive for Allah’s love first and foremost! if all wives try to seek Allah’s love and pleasure, surely, they can keep their husbands love too. And remember–if Allah loves you, the angels will love you, and the entire creation will love you.
61. If you pack a lunch for your husband to take to work, from time to time sneak in a little love note or sweet poem. If he doesn’t take a lunch, leave the note somewhere else for him to find, like in his briefcase, or wallet or on the car steering-wheel
62. Wake him up for Qiyam ul-Layl (in the last third of the night) and ask him to pray with you.

May Allah preserve all of our marriages and help us understand and implement them in and with the best of manners, ameen! InshaAllah if you know more ways, post them in the comments and share the benefit.

There are two types of will of Allah:

1. General will for creation (Al-Irada’ Al-Qowniyyah Al-Qadariyyah)

This is the type of will by which Allah created creation and decreed life and death and good and bad irrespective of His love for good and hate for bad.  It is by this will that he created Iblees, sin and transgression.

2. Specific will for that which Allah loves (Al-Irada’ Ash-Shar’iyyah Ad-Deeniyyah)

This is the type of will by which Allah decrees only that which he desires and loves.  It is this will by which He desires Islam and wants the non-muslims to accept Islam.

Both wills are equal.  However we look at them independently and ask which will of Allah is involved in any incident.  Sometimes Allah wishes to exercise one of His wills over another. 

Example:

An incident, where a Muslim becomes a non-Muslim.  This decree is not by the specific will which Allah loves.  Rather, it is by the general one.    Likewise, Allah (swt) is the one who created shaitan (and iblees), however this was from the general will of Allah (for creation) and not from the specific will of Allah (for love, like or desire).

Washing the hands – a Sunnah of the Ambiya (Prophets)

1. Abdullah ibn Abbas (ra) narrates that the Prophet (saws) said: “Washing the hands before and after meals repels poverty, and it is a Sunnah of all the Ambiya” (Majma of At-Tabarani, Vol 5, Page 13)

2. Anas (ra) relates that the Prophet (saws) said: “The person who desires that his home be filled with goodness should wash his hands before and after partaking of meals.” (Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol.2, Page 234);

3. Salman al-Farisi (ra) relates that he read in the Tawrah that washing the hands after meals was a source of prosperity.  He related this to the Prophet (saws), who said to him: “Washing the hands before as well as after meals is a source of barakah or blessings” (Shama’il, Page 12);

Washing the hands before and after meals is a Sunnah.  Even if a person’s hands are clean, he should still wash them.  Hadith number 3 talks about ’barakah‘.  The barakah mentioned here is that the noble purpose for which we are eating will be fulfilled.  The food will become a beneficial part of our bodies, and aid us in doing good deeds and displaying good character.  Barakah also means that an increase will be perceieved in that food.

An amazing story pertaining to this Sunnah

A pious man narrated that he had a debt of 300 pounds, and due to straigtened circumstances, he could not imagine how he would ever be releived of his burden.  Sitting one day in the discourse of an Aalim, he heard him say that whoever washes his hands before and after eating, in view of it being a Sunnah of the Prophet (saws), will Insha-Allaah be releived of his debts in a short span of time.  The pious man adopted the above procedure, and through the grace of Allah (swt), he was absolved of all his debts in a few days time (narrated in Uswah, page 9) 

Islamist leader in Palestine boastful after Britain stats list most popular baby names

Aaron Klein, WND

Statistical information released yesterday showing Muhammad is the no. 2 most popular boys name in Britain “proves Islam is becoming the majority in the UK and will one day enter every house in Europe,” a senior Islamist leader told WND in an interview.

Hamed Abdel-Al said statistical trends showing Muslims are gaining a major foothold in the UK show there is no need for violence to spread Islam.

“In Europe there is no need for war because if people keep on joining Islam in these countries then Islam will become the majority, which I think is the process that is taking place now, so there will not be any necessity to have war with (non-Muslims),” he said.

“Prophet Mohammad, may Allah bless him, said that the sun will shine from the west. This will physically happen as part of the signs of Judgment Day and it will practically happen as part of a big revival of Islam,” said Hamad. “Islam … may start its new campaign from the West.”

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3485047,00.html

The Muslim prison population in England and Wales has sharply increased in recent years. The BBC’s Ushma Mistry hears from former inmates and prison officers who claim gangs of Muslim prisoners are an increasingly powerful force.

“Muslims run it. Muslims run the prisons and there’s nothing the screws can do about it. For a Muslim you’d say it’s good but for a non-Muslim, it’s very, very bad,” a former inmate called Jay says.

It is a claim which is backed by former prison officers and other inmates.

Jay, 24, is a Muslim and has been in and out of prison for most of his life. He openly admits to helping to convert non-Muslim inmates to Islam and has meted out violence against anyone who dares to “disrespect” his religion.

He first went to prison when he was 15 and said there were hardly any Muslims inmates back then.

“At the beginning not many knew about Islam. There weren’t many converts. The mosque was empty, but nowadays jails are run mostly by the Muslims,” he said.

“There are certain brothers that convert purely on the basis that they read Islam and they want to believe in something that does good for them. Then other people because they want to be looked after.

“I’ve been in jail five times and on my last occasion, I’ve seen jails being run by Muslim inmates.

“Muslim prayers on a Friday are very, very busy. In some prisons there’s no space. In one jail I was in, they do the prayers in two sessions because there’s no space.”

Intimidating

Muslims represent 12% (9,795) of the prison population in England and Wales, according to the latest available figures from 2008. This has risen by 50% over five years.

In some high security prisons, the figures are well above average.

In 2008, Muslim prisoners accounted for a third (34%) of prisoners in HMP Whitemoor, in March, Cambridgeshire, and about a quarter (24%) of inmates in HMP Long Lartin, in Evesham, Worcestershire.

Speaking anonymously, a former prison officer, who worked at HMP Long Lartin, told the Donal MacIntyre programme about cases where non-Muslim prisoners were seriously assaulted and intimidated for refusing to abide by unofficial rules imposed by Muslim gangs, about eating pork or listening to Western music.

“Muslim gangs was something I was very concerned about – the situation changed where underworld gangsters who used to keep discipline and order were no longer in charge in the prison,” she said.

“The younger guys, who were being forced to convert, were doing it more for protection from a Muslim gang rather than follow the faith – most of them weren’t interested in the faith.

“I knew one lad quite well who was approached by the radical Muslims, and he changed. He just seemed very frightened all the time.

“He used to be forced to pray at certain times and I know for a fact they would be woken in the middle of the night to pray.

“He even grew a long beard even though he didn’t want to. I asked him why he grew the beard and he said ‘It’s survival miss, survival’”.

Physical retribution

Colin Moses, national chairman of prison workers’ trade union, the POA, said not all Muslims in prison were in gangs, but acknowledged there was a growing problem.

“People are being radicalised, forcibly radicalised by these gangs. We see it as a real danger, now and for the future of prisons,” he said.

And, he pointed out that those who were in gangs or converted to Islam often did it to carry out criminal activities.

“As the Muslim population grows, the gangs are becoming more and more prevalent by the week and they fight to take control of the drug trade and the dealing of mobile phones in prison.

“This will make our prisons even more violent,” he added.

Violence is something familiar to former inmate Jay, who admits to physical retribution on fellow inmates who he deemed to have disrespected Islam.

“It hurts as a Muslim to have someone disrespect my religion. If we deal with him one time, with violence, and show him what time it is, he will never disrespect our religion again,” he said.

He also believes prison officers have much to learn about Islam.

“Islam is a very sensitive matter. And the screws don’t understand that. I respect what the screws do but they’ve got to understand our ways, where we’re coming from,” he added.

‘Wealth of experience’

POA chairman Colin Moses recognises there are some shortcomings in prison staff’s understanding of Muslim inmates.

“We must be given the resources to face these gangs, and one of those must be a greater knowledge of the Muslim religion,” he said.

“And we must see, I believe, a greater input of Muslim prison officers – we have very few and in some prisons none whatsoever.

“Currently I believe there is a gulf in that knowledge base, and there should be an attempt to eradicate this by the Ministry of Justice.”

In a statement, a Prison Service spokesman said the allegations made about Muslim gangs were unsubstantiated.

“It is ridiculous to suggest that any gang ‘controls’ a prison,” he said.

He went on to say: “The Prison Service has a wealth of experience in dealing with gang activity and managing prisoners who form gangs.

“It is important not to conflate security issues with the prisoners’ religious identities. ‘Muslim gangs’ will be treated like other gangs in relation to security concerns.

“Violence is not acceptable in prison and any incidents will be investigated thoroughly and dealt with accordingly, with support from the police where appropriate.

“We have a programme of work in place to respond to the risks of all forms of radicalisation and extremism in prisons (not only al-Qaeda influenced extremism).

“This work will continue to develop to support prisons in tackling this behaviour.”

“Angels do not enter a house in which there is a picture or a dog” (Bukhari and Muslim)

((La tad’khoulul malaaikatou’ baytan fihi sooratun wa la qalbun))

“Picture” or “sooratun” refers to all animate drawings, forms, pictures and photos, whether they cast a shadow or not, unless they are in a degraded position (i.e. a picture on a floor covering that is trodden on).  The occupants of such a dwelling are deprived of the presence of angels and their prayers and their seeking forgivgesness for them. 

Angels do not enter places containing animate pictures because animate forms are often taken for worhip.  The Messenger of Alaah (swt) said: “Those who make (draw, print or publish animate pictures will be punished on the day of judgement and it will said to them: Bring to life what you have created. “Angels” here refer to guardian angels (hafaza) and angels of mercy, and not the angel of death, who calls upon people at their appoointed time wherever they are.  The reason for angels not entering where dogs are present is because dogs are considered filthy.  Also, some dogs have been referred to as devils in the hadiths.  Inanimate pictures such as scenery, buildings,

The following is a list of what the scholars of ‘Ahl Sunnah wal Jama’ah’ agree to be known from the Deen by necessity. They are points the Qur’an and the Sunnah have mentioned in definite terms with clear-cut meanings, and there is no disagreement amongst the Scholars of the Salaf or the Khalaf regarding these points.

1.Al Iman Bil Allah

You must believe in Allah (SWT), meaning to believe that He is Existent and not Non-existent; Beginninglessly Eternal, not originating in or subject to time or space; Everlastingly Abiding, not subject to end; Dissimilar to and other than anything within time or space, nothing in any way resembling Him. Allah says in the Qur’an:‘Say: He is Allah, the One and Only, The Unique; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He egetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.’ [EMQ al Ikhlas 112: 1-4]

‘There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All Hearing, the All Seeing.’ [EMQ as Shuraa 42: 11]

‘And do not put forward any similitude for Allah. Indeed, Allah knows and you do not know.’ [EMQ an Nahl 16: 74]

2. At Tawheed

You must believe Allah is One and Unique, without co-sharer in His Essence, Names, Attributes, or Actions; Possessed of Almighty Power, Will, Knowledge, Life, Hearing, Sight, Speech, such that He is Almighty, and Wills, Knows, Lives, Hears, Sees, and Speaks. (The details of Tawheed and its conditions are given in Appendix Five).

3. Al Iman Bil Malaa’ikah

You must believe in the existence of Angels meaning believing they exist, and are as Allah says:

‘Honoured servants of Allah who do not disobey what Allah commands them to do.’ [EMQ al Anbiya 21:26]

We are obliged to know about certain individual Angels: Jibreel, Mika’il, Israfeel, Munkar,

Nakir, Ridwan, Malik and the Kiraman Katibeen who record the deeds of a person. We must believe that Jibreel is the Angel who conveyed the message to the Prophets including the Holy Qur’an to Muhammed (saw).

4. Al Iman Bil Kutub Al Samawiyyah

You must believe in the divine books. It is obligatory to have Iman that indeed Allah (SWT), revealed Books to His Prophets and Messengers so they could convey the truth about Him, Allah (SWT) says: “Indeed We have sent Our messengers with clear proofs, and revealed with them the Book and the Balance (justice) that mankind may stand forth in justice.” [EMQ al Hadid 57:25]

The Almighty says: “Mankind were one community and Allah sent Prophets with glad tidings and warnings and with them he sent the Book in truth to judge between people in matters wherein they differed.” [EMQ al Baqara 2:213]

We believe in those Books which Allah (SWT) has mentioned by Name in the Quran, i.e. Taurat, Injeel and Zaboor and the Qur’an.

The Noble Qur’an is the best and final Book of them, it is the seal of them and believable, to follow it is obligatory on all of the nation along with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (SWT) because Allah, despatched His Messenger Muhammad (saw) as Messenger to all the Jinn and Mankind, and, this Qur’an was revealed so it would give verdicts between the people and the judgement and put intercession for their hearts and make everything clear for them and guidance and mercy for the believers, Allah (SWT) says :“And We have sent down to you the Book (Qur’an) as an exposition of everything and a guidance and a mercy, and glad tidings for those who have surrendered (to Allah, as Muslims)”. [EMQ an Nahl 16:89].

5. Al Iman Bil Anbiyaa War Rasul

It is obligatory to have Iman in the Prophets and Messengers, that is to believe that indeed Allah (SWT), sent the Prophets and Messengers to his slaves, to warn, to give the glad tidings and to give dawa’ to the truth, so whoever responds to them will have happiness, and whoever opposes, and disobeys them has failure and regret, and believe the best of and last them is our Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullaah (saw) who came as the seal of the Messengers a Mercy for all Mankind, Allah (SWT) says :“And verily We have sent amongst every nation a Messenger (saying): Worship Allah (Alone), and avoid all false deities.” [EMQ an Nahl 16:36]

Allah also says :“Messengers as bearers of good news as well as of warning in order that mankind should have no plea against Allah after the Messengers”. [EMQ an Nisa 4:165]

We must believe in those Prophets and Messengers whom Allah has mentioned by name in the Qur’an, like Nuh, Hud, Salih and Ibraheem and others besides them.

6. Al Iman Bil Yaum Al Akhira

You must believe in the Last Day and the Hereafter, when people will be raised alive from the dead to be judged then placed either: In the abode of eternal enjoyment – Jannah or In the abode of severe punishment – Jahanam.

7. Al Iman Bil Qadar

You must believe in the divine decree of Allah.

8. Al Iman Bil Qadha

You must believe in the divine decision.

9. Al Iman Bil Saaah Wa Ashraatiha

You must believe in the hour and its signs.

10. Al-Iman Bil-Ba’ith

You must believe in resurrection after death, Allah (SWT) says: “One day will God raise them all up (for Judgement)”. [EMQ al Mujadila 58:18]

“Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of Judgement shall you be paid your full recompense”. [EMQ al Imran 3:185]

11. Al Iman Bi Yaoum Al Qiyaamah

You must believe in the day of judgement.

12. Al Iman Bil Hisaab

You must believe in divine accountability.

13. Al Iman Bil Jannah

You must believe in paradise.

14. Al Iman Bil Naar

You must believe in hell.

15. Al Wala

You must be devoted to Allah.

16. Al Bara

You must denounce disbelief.

17. Al Ihsan

You must worship Allah as if you see him.

18. Al Ilm Al Dharouri

You must seek the necessary knowledge.

19. Al A’mal

You must practice your deen.

20. Al Ikhlas

You must be sincere for Allah‘s sake.

21. Al Tawakkul

You must depend and keep trust in Allah.

22. Al Rizq

You must believe that provision or sustenance is from Allah.

23. Al Ajal

You must believe that the time of death or life span are determined by Allah.

24. Hubb ul Allah

You must love Allah.

25. Hubb ur Rasool

You must love the messenger.

26. Ta’zeem Al Qur’an

You must respect the Quran.

27. Al Da’wa IlAllah

You must invite people to Islam.

28. Idhar Al Deen

You must know that Islam must be dominant over the whole world.

29. Iqamat Al Khilafah

You must establish the Khilafah.

30. Al Bay’ah

You must give allegience to the Khalifah.

31. Al Jihad

You must fight in the way of Allah.

32. Al Hijra

You must migrate for the sake of Allah.

33. Al Khawuf MinAllah

You must fear Allah.

34. Al Raja’

You must appeal to Allah and Keep Hope.

35. Al Mu’akhat

You must maintain Islamic brotherhood.

36. Al Hubo Fillah

You must like for Allah‘s sake.

37. Al Bughdhu Fillah

You must dislike for Allah‘s sake.

38. Iffsha’ Al Salam

You must circulate the salutation (peace).

39. Al Rifq

You should be kind to people.

40. Al Ana’a

You should have patience.

41. Al Ithar

You should put your brothers need over your own.

42. Al Rahma

You must have mercy.

43. Al Shafaqa

You should have compassion.

44. Al Leen

You should be gentle.

45. Al Hilm I’nda Al-Ghadhab

You should have control in anger.

46. Talaqat Al Wajh

You should smile at others.

47. Al Amana

You must be trustworthy and faithful.

48. Ikram Al Dhaif

You should respect the guest.

49. Haq ul Waledain

You must know the parent’s rights.

50. Haq ul Awlad

You must know the child’s rights.

51. Haq ul Zawoj

You must know the husband’s rights.

52. Haql ul Zawoja

You must know the wife’s rights.

53. Silat Al Rahm

You must maintain links with your relatives.

54. Ikram Al Ulama’

You should respect the scholars.

55. Zikrullah

You should invoke Allah.

56. Tasbeeh ul llah

You should glorify Allah.

57. Al Wara’

You should leave the doubtful and have piety.

58. Al Haya’

You must be modest before Allah.

59. Al Ihtimam Bi Amer Al Muslimeen

You must care about the affairs of Muslims.

60. Al Zawod Ann Al Muslimeen

You must defend and protect Muslims.

61. Qadha’ Hajat ul Muslimeen

You must fulfil the needs of Muslims.

62. I’yadat ut Mareedh

You should visit and comfort the sick Muslim.

63. Al Karam

You should be generous.

64. Isslah Zaat ul Bayin

You must reconcile your differences with Muslims.

65. Al Ijtihaad Fi Al Taa’ah

You should exert the utmost effort to perfect your ritual acts.

66. Al Shajaa’ah

You must be brave and courageous.

67. Al Ta’aaluf

You should be sociable with others.

68. Al Muzaah

You should be humerous.

69. Al-Shukur

You must be thankful to Allah

70. Al-Hamed

You must praise Allah.

71. Al-Dua’a

You must supplicate or ask Allah only.

72. Al-Taharah

You should know about ritual cleanliness.

73. Al-Ghusul

You must know how to perform ritual purity for your body.

74. Al-Wudu’

You must know how to perform ritual purity for your prayer.

75. Al-Salat

You must know how to perform prayer.

76. Al-Siyaam

You must know how to perform ritual fasting.

77. Al-Zakat

You must know that giving alms (zakat) is obligatory.

78. Al-Hajj

You must know that to perform ritual pilgrimmage is obligatory.

79. Dafin Al-Mayyit

You must know that burying the dead is obligatory.

80. Al-Amar Bil-Ma’rouf

You must command good (defined by Shari’ah).

81. Al-Nahi Ann Al-Munkar

You must forbid evil (defined by Shari’ah).

82. Talab Hukm ul-A’mal

You must seek the divine rule for all your actions.

83. Al-Taubah

You must make repentance to Allah.

84. Hifz ul-Lisaan

You must control your tongue.

85. Hifz ul-Farj

You must guard your private parts.

86. Al-Saber A’la Al-Balaa’

You should be patient in times of hardshiPg.

87. Al-Saber A’la Al-Maradh

You should be patient during illness.

88. Al-Rifq Bil-Hayawaan

You should be kind to animals.

89. Al-Rifq Bil-Attfaal

You must be kind to children.

90. Tawqeer Al-Kibaar

You should have respect for elders.

91. Al-Nafaqah A’la Al-Zawojah

You must maintain your wife.

92. Al-Nafaqah A’la Al-I’yaal

You must maintain your children.

93. Al-Nafaqah A’la Al-Waaledein

You must maintain your parents.

94. Al-Ghaerah

You must protect and preserve your honour.

95. A’mal Al-Birr

You must do good deeds.

96. Ta’at u’li Al-Amer

You must obey those in authority over you.

97. Ta’allum Al-Rami Wa Al-Taddreeb

You must train for Jihad.

98. Kafalat ul-Yateem

You must look after the orphan.

99. Kafalat ul-Arrmalah

You should look after the widow.

100. Kafalat ul-Fuqara’ Wa Al-Masaaqeen

You should look after the poor.

101. Al-Isslah Bain Al-Muslimeen

You must reconcile between Muslims.

102. Al-Tathabbut

You must verify the source of news.

103. Al-Tabaiyyun

You must verify news reaching you.

104. Nussrat Al-Muslimeen

You must support Muslims.

105. Tawheed Al-Muslimeen

You must unite Muslims.

106. Al-Ta’aawun A’la Al-Birr Wa Al-Taqwa

You must co-operate in good deeds and in worshiPg.

107. I’Maatat Al-Aza Ann Al-Tareeq

You should avoid littering the public road.

108. Al-Shirk

You must know not to associate anything with Allah.

109. Al-Kufur

You must knowthe things which make you a disbeliever.

110. Al-Riddah

You must know not to reject any part of Islam (ie to apostise).

111. Al-Nifaaq

You must know the things which makes you a hypocrite.

112. Muwalaat Al-Kuffar

You must know not to ally with the disbelievers.

113. Mushaarakat Anzimat Al-Kufur

You must know not to share power with disbelievers.

114. Al-Kazeb

You must know not to lie.

115. Al-Ghibah

You must know not to back-bite Muslims.

116. Al-Namimah

You must know not to cause hatred between Muslims.

117. Al-Hasad

You must know not to be envious of anyone.

118. Al-Takabbur

You must know not to be arrogant.

119. Al-Ihtikaar

You must know not to monopolise.

120. Al-Tahqeer

You must know not to humiliate anyone.

121. Al-Sukhreyah

You must know not to make a mockery of anyone.

122. U’qouq Al-Waaledein

You must know not to disobey your parents.

123. Al-Tashabbuh Bil-Kuffar

You must know not to imitate the disbelievers.

124. Al-Tha’er Lil-Nafis

You must know not to take revenge.

125. Al-Zina

You must know not to commit fornication.

126. Al-Liwaat

You must know not to commit homosexual acts.

127. Al-Sihaaq

You must know not to commit lesbian acts.

128. Shurb ul-Khamer

You must know not to drink alcohol.

129. Al-Intifa’ Bil-Muharramaat

You must know not to benefit from what is forbidden.

130. Al-Gheesh

You must know not to cheat anyone.

131. Al-Muqata’ah

You must know not to boycott or desert a Muslim intentionally.

132. Al-Tanaabuz Bil-Alqaab

You must know not to call each other bad names or nicknames.

133. Al-Ta’zeeb

You must know not to torture any living being.

134. Al-Tajassus

You must know not to spy on anyone.

135. Aklu Maal ul-Yateem

You must know not to eat the money of the orphan.

136. Al-Riba

You must know not to deal with usary.

137. Al-Zulm

You must know not to oppress anyone.

138. Al-Ikhtilaat

You must know not to mix with the opposite sex.

139. Al-La’ein

You must know not to curse Muslims.

140. Al-Ta’ein

You must know not to defame Mulims.

141. Al-Shatem

You must know not to swear.

142. Al-Sabb

You must know not to make dirty sign language.

143. Al-A’jab

You must know not to be proud or to boast.

144. Al-Jadal Bi-Gheir Ilm

You must know not to debate without knowledge.

145. Al-Iffta’ Bi-Gheir Ilm

You must know not to give fatwa without knowledge.

146. Al-Khalwah

You must know not to stay alone with a non-mahram.

147. Al-Tamtheel

You must know not to act.

148. Al-Tashkhees

You must know not to impersonate anyone.

149. Iqtina’ Al-Tassaweer wal Al-Tamaatheel

You must know not to possess statues or idols.

150. Rasim Kul Zi Ruh

You must know not to draw any living being.

151. Nahit Kul Zi Ruh

You must know not to sculpt any living being.

152. Al-Qimaar

You must know not to gamble.

153. Al-Yanasseeb

You must know not to play the lottery.

154. Li’b ul-Mayiser

You must know not to play for a gain or for a forfiet.

155. Al-Ijhaadh

You must know not to have an abortion.

156. Al-A’zel ul-Daa’im

You must know not to have permanent contraception.

157. Al-Kasib ul-Haram

You must know not to earn by prohibited means.

158. Al-Dharar

You must know not to harm yourself.

159. Al-Dheeraar

You must know not to harm anyone.

160. Al-Riyaa’

You must know not to show-off.

161. Mukhalattat ul-Kuffar

You must know not to take disbelievers as intimate friends.

162. Mukhalattat Al-Hukkaam Al-Zalamah

You must know not to take tyrant rulers as friends.

163. Al-Jubn

You must know not to be a coward.

164. Al-reebah

You must know not to be paranoid.

165. Al-Tuhmah

You must know not to be suspicious.

166. Al-Zann Bil-Muslimeen

You must know not to have doubt regarding Muslims without certain evidence.

167. Al-Bukhul

You must know not to be miserly.

168. Kashif ul-Aworaat

You must know not to uncover the awra or to wear tight clothes publicly.

169. Tatabu’ ul-Aworaat

You must know not to Look out for peoples mistakes.

170. Itlaaq ul-Bassar

You must know not to gaze at the opposite sex.

171. Al-Ananiyyah

You must know not to be selfish.

172. Al-Tahaduth Ann Mujama’at Al-Azwaaj

You must know not to talk about sexual intercourse.

173. Al-Sariqah

You must know not to steal.

174. Al-Qatel

You must know not to kill.

175. Al-Qazef

You must know not to accuse anyone of fornication without having four witnesses.

176. Al-Baghie

You must know not to rebel against the state.

177. Al-Bidd’ah

You must know not to innovate anything in the deen.

178. Al-U’nnsoriyyah

You must know not to be racist.

179. Al-Qawmiyyah

You must know not to be tribalistic.

180. Al-Wattaniyyah

You must know not to be patriotic.

181. Al-A’ssabiyyah

You must know not to be nationalistic.

182. Al-Qabaliyyah

You must know not to have tribalism within a nation.

183. Al-Hizbiyyah

You must know not to be partisan to a man, a group or a team.

184. Amaakin ul-Mujoun

You must know not to emter any prohibited places.

185. Talweeth Al-Be’ah

You must know not to pollute the environment.

186. Ihlaak Al-Harth

You must know not to destroy the crops.

187. Ihlaak Al-Nasel

You must know not to forbid people from having children.

188. Katem ul-Ilm

You must know not to hide divine knowledge.

189. Al-Ghina’ Al-Muharram

You must know the prohibited singing.

190. Al-Jimaa’ Bil-Dubur

You must know not to have anal intercourse.

191. Al-Jimaa’ Athnaa’ Al-Sawum

You must know not to have intercourse with animals.

192. Tyaan ul-Attfaal

You must know not to have intercourse with children.

193. Ityaan ul-Bahaa’im

You must know not to have intercourse whilst fasting.

194. Al-Wati’ Athnaa’ Al-Haiedh

You must know not to have intercourse whilst menstruating.

195. Bayi’ Al-Gharar

You must know not to trade by deception.

196. Al-Yameen Al-Ghamouse

You must know not to give a false oath.

197. Qawol ul-Zour

You must know not to give false testimony.

198. Shahadat ul-Zour

You must know not to be a false witness.

199. Al-Gholoul

You must know not to steal the booty.

200. Al-Firaar Yaoum ul-Zahef

You must know not to run away on the battlefield.

201. Al-Tashabuh bil-Jins il-Aakhar

You must know not to imitate the opposite sex.

202. Al-Takhannus

You must know it is a forbidden for a male to be effeminate.

203. Nikaah ul-Mahaarem

You must know that it is forbidden to marry a mahram (eg. your mother, sister etc…).

204. Zawaj ul-Muslimah Min Gheir Al-Muslim

You must know that it is forbidden for female Muslim to marry a non-Muslim male.

205. Zawaj ul-Muslim Min Gheir Ahl ul- a Kitaab

You must know that it is forbidden to marry a non-Muslim female (except Ahl al Kitab – The People of the Book i.e. Jews and Christians)

206. Zawaj ul-Rajul Min Al-Mutazaweejah

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim male to marry a woman already married.

207. Zawaj ul-Rajul Min Al-Mutaddah

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim male to marry a women in her Iddah.

208. Libaas ul-Shouhrah

You must know not to wear long trailing clothes to show-off.

209. Al-Waassilah Wa Al-Waassel

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim to have hair extensions.

210. Al-Mustawossilah Wa Al-Mustawssel

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim to put hair extensions on others.

211. Al-Waashimah Wa Al-Waashem

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim to have tattoos.

212. Al-Mustawoshimah Wa Al- Mustawoshem

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim to put tattoo’s on others.

213. Al-Naamissah Wa Al-Naamess

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim to change the shape of his/her eyebrows.

214. Al-Mutanamissah Wa Al-Mutanammess

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim to change the shape of the eyebrows of others.

215. Isti’maal Awaani Al-Zahab

You must know not to use gold utensils.

216. Isti’maal Awaani Al-Fiddhah

You must know not to use silver utensils.

217. Libs ul-Hareer Lil-Rijaal

You must know it is forbidden for a Muslim man to wear silk.

218. Libs ul-Zahab Lil-Rijaal

You must know it is forbidden for a Muslim man to wear gold.

219. Al-Intisaab Ila Gheir Al-Abb

You must know it is forbidden to attribute yourself to someone other than your father.

220. Inkaar ul-Walad

You must know it is forbidden to denounce your child.

221. Al-Rashwah, Al-Raashi, Al-Murtashi

You must know it is forbidden to accept or to give bribes.

222. Al-Tashdeed A’la Al-Atba’a

You must know it is forbidden for an Ameer to deal harshly with his/her followers.

223. Ta’atti Al-Mukhadiraat

You must know it is forbidden to deal in drugs or alcohol.

224. Al-Roujou’ fil-Hibah

You must know it is forbidden to take back donations.

225. Al-Roujou’ fil-Hadiyyah

You must know it is forbidden to take back gifts.

226. Al-Tanaahur

You must know it is forbidden to provoke anyone.

227. Al-Tashaahun

You must know it is forbidden to argue for the sake of arguing.

228. Al-Tadaabur

You must know it is forbidden to turn your back on a Muslim.

229. Al-Buhtaan

You must know it is forbidden to back-bite throught fabrication.

230. Zo ul-Wajjhein

You must know it is forbidden to have double standards (i.e to be two-faced).

231. Al-Hilf Bi Gheir Lillah

You must know not to take an oath except if you invoke Allah‘s name.

232. Al-Khiyaanah

You must know not to commit treason.

233. Al-Kahaanah

You must know not to endulge in sorcery.

234. Ityaan Al-A’raafeen

You must know not to endulge in palm reading.

235. Al-Teerah

You must know not to be pessimistic.

236. Al-Tashaa’um

You must know not to be negative.

237. Nabish Al-Qoubour

You must know not to re-open graves.

238. Al-Nashel

You must know not to pick-pocket.

239. Al-Tazweer

You must know not to forge.

240. Al-Ihtiyaal

You must know not to con people.

241. Tashreeh ul-Amwaat

You must know not to dissect the dead.

242. Al-Tamtheel Bil-Jusass

You must know not to cut or torture dead bodies.

243. Al-Tanjeem

You must know not to believe in horoscopes nor to deal with people involved with them.

244. Al-Fudhuliyyah

You must know that it is forbidden to interfere into people’s private affairs.

245. Khuruj Al-Marr’ah Bidoun Izin

You must know that it is forbidden for a woman to leave her house without permission.

246. Khuruj Al-Marr’ah Muta’attirah

You must know that it is forbidden for a woman to go outside with perfume on.

247. Ba’iy Al-Muharram

You must know not to sell anything prohibited.

248. Akul ul-Muharram

You must know not to eat anything prohibited in Islam.

249. */Katem Al-Aieb

You must know not to hide faults or defects in goods for sale.

250. Al-Zehaar

You must know it is forbidden to say to your wife that: “your are forbidden to me like my mother”.

251. Al-Hazel Fil-Nikaah

You must know it is forbidden to abuse the marriage.

252. Al-Hazel Fil-Talaaq

You must know it is forbidden to abuse the divorce.

253. Al-Hazel Fil-I’taaq

You must know it is forbidden to abuse the ability to free slaves.

254. Al-Tanaazul An Bilad Al-Muslimeen

You must know it is forbidden to give Muslim land away to the disbelievers.

255. Salat Al-Haa’idhah

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim woman to pray during menstruation.

256. Siyaam Al-Haa’idhah

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim woman to fast during menstruation.

257. Salat Al-Naffsaa’

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim woman to pray just after giving birth.

258. Siyaam Al-Naffsaa’

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim woman to fast just after giving birth.

259. Salat ul-Junub

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim to pray in a state of big ritual impurity.

260. Siyaam ul-Junub

You must know that it is forbidden for a Muslim to fast in a state of big ritual impurity.

261. Sabb Al-Anbiyaa’ Wa Al-Rasul

You must know not to insult any Prophet.

262. Inkaar Al-Ma’loun Min Al-Deen

You must know not to reject anything known by necessity.

By Jailan Zayan (AFP) – 16 hours ago

CAIRO — Sunni Islam’s top cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, a controversial figure in Egypt, died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack suffered while boarding a plane, state media said.

Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar — Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning — had been in Riyadh to attend the King Faisal awards ceremony, Egypt’s official MENA news agency said.

Tantawi, 81, was boarding an early morning flight when he suffered severe pain and fell on the stairs, Egyptian television said. He was rushed to the Amir Sultan hospital in Riyadh where doctors pronounced him dead.

An Egyptian official told AFP that Tantawi had died of a heart attack.

The news of his death was “an indescribable shock,” his son Amr Tantawi told the channel.

“The family has decided that since God chose for him to die on Saudi land, he will be buried in Al-Baqie” cemetery in Islam’s second holy city of Medina, he added.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is also 81 and recovering in Germany after a gall bladder operation, mourned the death of Tantawi.

The Grand Imam was “one of the most honourable scholars in Islam, and one of the defenders of its moderation, enlightenment and spirit of forgiveness,” Mubarak, said in a statement carried by MENA.

Tantawi was appointed head of Al-Azhar, the 10th century university that has trained the majority of Sunni Muslim clerics from Africa and Asia, by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 1996.

“The Islamic and Arabic world has lost a scholar and a jurisprudent” who was “dedicated to his work and to everything that served the good of Islam and Muslims,” Al-Azhar said.

The softly spoken cleric with a trim white beard, who was always seen wearing a traditional Azharite white turban, has long been a controversial figure in Egypt.

His rulings on a wide range of topics, such as the Islamic veil, abortion, suicide attacks, women prayer leaders and female circumcision, often caused a stir in the Islamic world and beyond.

Many however saw him as an employee of the state who moved Al-Azhar, which is tasked with propagating Islamic culture and religion around the world, in line with government policy.

“He was the weakest head of Al-Azhar ever because he saw himself only as a government employee,” Islamist and political analyst Kamal Habib told AFP.

“His tenure saw a severe deterioration in Egypt’s political life, and as a result a deterioration of the religious institution because of its links with politics,” said Abdel Halim Qandil, a leading opposition figure.

“Many did not appreciate the fact that Tantawi was involved in the country’s political affairs. But he was brave,” said Mohammed al-Hizbi, 32, an Indonesian student at Al-Azhar.

Last October, a national row broke out after Tantawi banned the niqab, or full face veil, in all residences and schools affiliated to Al-Azhar, except in classrooms where the teacher is male.

Many of his other rulings have also been controversial.

In 2003, he said suicide bombers were “enemies of Islam,” adding that “extremism is the enemy of Islam.”

After the September 11 attacks on the United States, Tantawi said: “It’s not courage in any way to kill an innocent person, or to kill thousands of people, including men and women and children.”

He also rejected Osama bin Laden’s call for a jihad, or holy war, against the West.

The top cleric also sparked controversy in 2008 after shaking hands with Israeli President Shimon Peres at a religious conference.

Pictures of the handshake during the UN-sponsored religious dialogue caused a furore in Egypt, where a 1979 peace treaty with Israel remains highly unpopular.

He said at the time he did not know the octogenarian Peres.

Tantawi, who has three children, was born in 1928 in the village of Salim in Sohag province, about 290 kilometres (180 miles) south of Cairo. He graduated in 1966 from the theology faculty at Al-Azhar.

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The above Quranic verse gives us an insight into understanding the latest attacks on the IFE group by Channel 4′s the Dispatches programme.  It indicates to us that no amount of ‘moderateness’ will ever be enough for the disbelievers – they will continue to be displeased with you, until you become like them and leave your religion!    I find the whole event quite ironic.  It was these same Kuffar who pushed for Muslims to assimilate more (by funding and strengthening groups such as the IFE against other ‘islamist’ parties) and when they do, they accuse them of ‘infiltrating’ the political process! This is the hypocrisy of democracy and freedom.  All of this illustrates a wider view that secular Britain has one rule for Muslims, and another for everyone else.

Muslims are standing up to fundamentalist organisations such as the Islamic Forum of Europe. We should do the same, writes Andrew Gilligan.

By Andrew Gilligan
Published: 6:41AM GMT 05 Mar 2010

The East End has one of the best local papers in Britain, a genuine mirror of its community. But curiously, this week’s issue seems to have missed a story which has been making some serious waves in that very community. One of the local MPs, Labour’s Jim Fitzpatrick, was quoted in The Sunday Telegraph, and on national television, as saying that his party had been infiltrated by a secretive, fundamentalist organisation, the Islamic Forum of Europe – which he compares to the Militant Tendency in the 1980s.

At the same time, the area’s other MP, George Galloway, was quoted – albeit on a secretly recorded tape – as saying that the IFE played a “decisive role” in his election victory, and admitting that he owes them “more than it would be wise… for me to say”. Lutfur Rahman, the council leader in Tower Hamlets, repeatedly refused to deny that the IFE helped him win the leadership. And the reports also pointed out that a great deal of public money has been channelled to IFE-linked projects, causing council officers major concerns.

The IFE, based at the hardline East London mosque, claims to be an “open and tolerant” social welfare institution. In fact, as undercover reporters for Channel 4′s Dispatches found, it is working, in its own words, to change the “very infrastructure of society, its institutions, its culture, its political order and its creed… from ignorance to Islam”. It may not manage that – but it has already won significant political power over a multiracial community through democratic, secular parties whose values are diametrically opposed to its own.

I admit an interest – I made the programme, and wrote The Sunday Telegraph report. But I think I know why others are reluctant to address the issues we raised. That reason is fear. In six months of research, we spoke to dozens of people in the Tower Hamlets Labour Party. Almost everyone who talked to us said exactly the same thing – but no one, save Mr Fitzpatrick, was brave enough to say it on the record.

Graham Taylor, the chairman of the party, has been forced to make a grovelling apology for suggesting that the town hall was a “centre of Islamic fundamentalism” (he says the comment was meant ironically). Rushanara Ali, the Labour candidate in Mr Galloway’s Bethnal Green & Bow constituency, is a secular moderate. But she issued a weaselly statement which can be read, as it was no doubt intended, as an attack on Mr Fitzpatrick, who represents the neighbouring constituency of Poplar and Canning Town.

In the back of every politician’s mind lurks the fear that taking on the IFE will cost them votes. In the back of every journalist’s mind is the knowledge that writing anything even faintly questioning of the East London mosque will incur tedious correspondence with its hair-trigger libel lawyers. In the back of every white person’s mind lurks the fear of the IFE’s favoured charge, “Islamophobia”.

Dispatches‘s answer to that charge is that 70 per cent of our interviewees were Muslim. The most important people in the film are the locals of the area – Harmuz Ali, the vice-chairman of the Brick Lane mosque, Badrul Islam, the chief executive of the Ethnic Minority Enterprise Project, and many others. They reject the IFE, knowing better than anyone that it does not represent their community. They dismiss as nonsense the claim that any attack on it is an attack on Islam itself.

Interestingly, too, the IFE’s and the mosque’s response to the reports has so far been rather more muted than their pre-publication threats would suggest. The Muslim community of East London is calling the IFE’s bluff. Given the importance of this issue, it is time for others to find similar courage.

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