Monday, April 13, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Ignorance Is The Enemy Of A Muslim Woman, part 1
Ignorance in muslim women has proved to be one of the main factors of deterioration of the muslim society, the ignorance that is meant here is ignorance about the shariaa and the deen (religion) of ALLAH.
Ignorance has been the cause of innovations in worshiping ALLAH, Ignorance has been the cause of marital problems, Ignorance has been the cause of social problems, Ignorance has been the cause of living a miserable and confused life, Ignorance is the one that introduced false ideologies into our communities and made us lose the sweetness of performing acts of worship, Ignorance has made us transgress the rights of ALLAH, his messenger, and the people.
Ignorance is the most dangerous enemy to muslim women and muslim men as well, for this purpose learning is one of the essentials of islam and is something that ALLAH has made obligatory upon us. ALLAH has commanded the mothers of the believers in the QURAN saying: "and recall that which gets narrated in your homes from the signs of ALLAH (QURAN) and the wisdom (SUNNA of the prophet)".
It is compulsory on muslim women and muslim men to learn the deen of ALLAH and they are both equally responsible.
A woman came to the prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) seeking knoweldge and said: O' messenger of ALLAH, the men have taken all of your narrations, make for us a day that we can come to you to teach us from what ALLAH has taught you. The messenger of ALLAH (may peace and blessings be upon him) said: gather on such and such day at such and such place, then the prophet (may peace and blessing be upon him) came and taught them what ALLAH has taught him.
Ignorance has been the cause of innovations in worshiping ALLAH, Ignorance has been the cause of marital problems, Ignorance has been the cause of social problems, Ignorance has been the cause of living a miserable and confused life, Ignorance is the one that introduced false ideologies into our communities and made us lose the sweetness of performing acts of worship, Ignorance has made us transgress the rights of ALLAH, his messenger, and the people.
Ignorance is the most dangerous enemy to muslim women and muslim men as well, for this purpose learning is one of the essentials of islam and is something that ALLAH has made obligatory upon us. ALLAH has commanded the mothers of the believers in the QURAN saying: "and recall that which gets narrated in your homes from the signs of ALLAH (QURAN) and the wisdom (SUNNA of the prophet)".
It is compulsory on muslim women and muslim men to learn the deen of ALLAH and they are both equally responsible.
A woman came to the prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) seeking knoweldge and said: O' messenger of ALLAH, the men have taken all of your narrations, make for us a day that we can come to you to teach us from what ALLAH has taught you. The messenger of ALLAH (may peace and blessings be upon him) said: gather on such and such day at such and such place, then the prophet (may peace and blessing be upon him) came and taught them what ALLAH has taught him.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
A Muslim Woman Gets $400,000 In A Death Threat Case.
The Washoe County School District in nevada agreed to pay Jana Elhifny $400,000.
Jana Elhifny was a freshman student at North Valleys High School, where she received death threats from fellow students for wearing her religious headscarf.
Jana Elhifny informed teachers and administrators about the death threats but unfortunately they have taken no action to address the matter, jana dropped out of the school, filed a lawsuit and left the country.
Stephanie Hart also a former student at North Valleys High School was ostracized for being the friend of a muslim woman who wears a religious headscarf, she will also get $50,000 as a settlement for her civil case.
"The district did an incredibly thorough investigation," Cox told FOXNews.com in a phone interview. "They could never identify the person who perpetrated these acts. ... The district did everything it could do to try to help this young woman who is an Egyptian and of the Islam faith."
It's interesting to see that the school district sounded very confident in their investigation and findings, yet agreed to pay $400,000 to settle the case.
Jana Elhifny was a freshman student at North Valleys High School, where she received death threats from fellow students for wearing her religious headscarf.
Jana Elhifny informed teachers and administrators about the death threats but unfortunately they have taken no action to address the matter, jana dropped out of the school, filed a lawsuit and left the country.
Stephanie Hart also a former student at North Valleys High School was ostracized for being the friend of a muslim woman who wears a religious headscarf, she will also get $50,000 as a settlement for her civil case.
"The district did an incredibly thorough investigation," Cox told FOXNews.com in a phone interview. "They could never identify the person who perpetrated these acts. ... The district did everything it could do to try to help this young woman who is an Egyptian and of the Islam faith."
It's interesting to see that the school district sounded very confident in their investigation and findings, yet agreed to pay $400,000 to settle the case.
Is It Lawful For The Muslim Woman To Cut Her Hair ?
Cutting the abundant hair for the muslim woman is lawful if it is intended to reduce it, as it was reported that the wives of the prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) have cut their hair to reduce it after his death, so it is lawful to do it for that particular intent not trying to resemble men or what the disbelievers do in fashion.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
A Question About Shaking Hands.
A sister asked: is it lawful to shake the hands of men that are not a Mahram knowing that traditionally there, men stand up for women out of respect and shake their hand ?
It is not lawful for a woman to shake the hand of a man that is not a Mahram to her and it is not lawful for a man to shake the hand of a woman who is not a Mahram to him because touching the skin of a woman that is not a Mahram is Haram, it is like gazing or worse in terms of Fitna, but if the woman is from his acquaintance and he shaked her hand through an object that blocks skin contact, there is no harm in that, but if they fear the Fitna, he should not do so even with a blocking object and to resume this: a man shaking the hand of women that are a Mahram to him is lawful and shaking the hand of women who are not a Mahram even if they are an acquaintance is Haram except through a blocking object with making sure that no Fitna could arise from that.
It is not lawful for a woman to shake the hand of a man that is not a Mahram to her and it is not lawful for a man to shake the hand of a woman who is not a Mahram to him because touching the skin of a woman that is not a Mahram is Haram, it is like gazing or worse in terms of Fitna, but if the woman is from his acquaintance and he shaked her hand through an object that blocks skin contact, there is no harm in that, but if they fear the Fitna, he should not do so even with a blocking object and to resume this: a man shaking the hand of women that are a Mahram to him is lawful and shaking the hand of women who are not a Mahram even if they are an acquaintance is Haram except through a blocking object with making sure that no Fitna could arise from that.
Translation of the answer of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen.
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