[shia_strength] Imam Sajjad (A.S.): The Secret Helper of the Poor People

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    4_thumb Imam Sajjad (A.S.): The Secret Helper of the Poor People

    The view common people have towards one who isolates himself from society and devotes his life solely to performing his religious rituals, such as praying, ablution (Wudu), supplicating, Hajj, etc, is a stranger to the society. Such a person cares nothing about his materialistic and social life, and spends his life in worship. The life of Imam Ali ibn al Hussain, Sajjad ( A.S.) however, contradicts this view. Read more

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    What is the Islamic view regarding the sneeze?

    Question: Has Islam commended that while beginning a particular work if someone sneezes the work has to be postponed?

    Answer: There is no such command in Islam and basically the spirit of Islam does not agree with such superstitions. Rather it commands that if you are going to begin some work and someone is doing divination against it, you must not pay attention to that person, you must rely on Allah and begin your work. Islam has even considered divination a sign of polytheism.

    Although it is commanded with regard to the sneeze that if one of you sneezed one should utter Alhamdo lillaah (Praise be to Allah) and the others should say Yarahamokumllaah (May Allah have mercy on you). The person will then respond with the prayer: Yaghfirullaaha lakum (Allah shall forgive you).

    However, to refrain from doing something or to delay for even a little, or to discriminate between one or two sneezes are all baseless things. Therefore a true Muslim should avoid such useless superstitions.

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    Re: [shia_strength] We all are MUSLIM and we all follow ISLAM.

    Posted by Hu$ain at 5:22 AM

     

    Ws Salam,
     
    Please always do provide proof for your claim. if you claim that Prophet(s.) was neither shia nor sunni, do provide proof.
     
    You are doing Qiyas of Prophets(s.) on infidels. Quran has ordered infidels not to follow their forefathers, if this order is for all, then you(ahmad) should become an infidel because I think your father is a muslim, and according to you we should not follow our forefathers.
     
    If you are a muslim this means your father must be an infidel, because you yourself believes that every man should opposes the religion of his father,
     
    Allah has revealed this verse for infidels not for Momins, Momin should follow their fathers if they were Momin too.
     
     
    I will qoute plenty of Ayahs of Quran, and if you would like to reply, then you have to give reply for each Ayah.
     
    Surah Safaat Ayat 83
    Verily Ibrahim(as) was his Shia.
     
    This verse proofs that Ibrahim(as) was a Shia, so his descendants should be. or proof from Quran that Ibrahim(as) descendants embraced some other religion other then Shiaism.
     
    And in Surah Baqara Ayat 132 Allah says
    And who turns away from the religion of Abraham but such as debase their souls with folly?
    Allah is saying that anyone who turns his face away from religion of Ibrahim is wicked.
     
    And in Surah Qasas Ayat 15 Allah says that the follower of Musa(as) was his Shia, of his own religion, that means Musa(as) was also Shia.
    And he entered the city at a time when its people were not watching: and he found there two men fighting,- one of his own religion, and the other, of his foes.
     
    And in Surah Maryam Ayat 68 Allah says that every Ummah of a Prophet(as) is Shia
    So, by thy Lord, without doubt, We shall gather them together, and (also) the Evil Ones (with them); then shall We bring them forth on their knees round about Hell;
     
     
    Read the arabic of all the Ayahs and you will see the word Shia, Shiatehee, Shiatin etc.
     
     
    Ibrahim(as) was a Shia, from his descendants All were shia, Musa(as) is from the descendants of Ibrahim(as), He was a Shia, his follower was a Shia, ummah of a Prophet(as) is termed as Shia in Quran. Prophet Mohammad(s.) forefathers were Shia. Prophet(s.) Himself was Shia.
     
    Give reply of each Ayat I have quoted.
     
    Regards,
    Hasnain Naqvi
     
     

    Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 4:44 PM
    Subject: Re: [shia_strength] We all are MUSLIM and we all follow ISLAM.

     

    Salam Alaikum,
     
    The prophet SAW was neither Shia nor Sunni. The prophet SAW did not order his Ummah to devide themselves into sects. In fact sectarianism is against the clear instructions of Quran. (watasimu be hablillahi jamiun wa la tafarraqu).
     
    Also, its not at all necessary that if the father belongs to a particular ideology the son should also follow the same. In fact Quran is againt this idea. Quran says ""(O Mohammed, when you tell them follow One God, they say we follow what we found our forefathers doing)...What! even if their forefathers had no knowledge"").
     
    From this ayah its clear that we should not follow what our father's have been doing if its against Quran and Sunnah.....the sunnah of one's father is not more important the  sunnah of the prophet.
     
    wassalam
     

     

    From: Hasnain Naqvi <hrnaqvi12@hotmail.com>
    To: shia_strength@yahoogroups.com
    Sent: Mon, August 31, 2009 2:40:53 PM
    Subject: RE: [shia_strength] We all are MUSLIM and we all follow ISLAM.

     

    Wa alaikum us salam,

    Dear brother,

    If my father is Shia then I will be born Shia, and so with every human being. If a person is muslim then his children will be born as a muslim and vice versa.

    Prophet Mohammad(saww) is from lineage of Ibrahim(as). As Ibrahim(as) was Shia( as written in Surah Safaat), so Ibrahim(as)' s sons were all shias, Ismail(as) was Shia, Ishaq(as) was Shia, Yaqub(as) was Shia, Yusuf(as) was Shia, Musa(as) was Shia, Haroon(as) was Shia, because all were from the lineage of Ibrahim(aS). As Ibrahim(aS) was Shia so His descendants will be Shia. The lineage continues till Prophet Mohammad(saww) . Prophet(saww) grandfathers like Kasa, Abd Munaf, Hashim etc were Shias so Yes Prophet Mohammad(saww) is Shia.



    Regards,
    Hasnain Naqvi




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    From: alam_afroz7@ yahoo.co. in
    Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:55:48 +0530
    Subject: RE: [shia_strength] We all are MUSLIM and we all follow ISLAM.

     

    As-Salamu Alaykum brother
     
      I appreciate your reply, but can you tell me Prophet Mohammad PBUH followed which madhab Sia or Sunni.
     
    Is it good to devide the islam into madhabs and fight upon it when prophet Mohammad himself never did so.

    --- On Thu, 13/8/09, Hasnain Naqvi <hrnaqvi12@hotmail. com> wrote:

    From: Hasnain Naqvi <hrnaqvi12@hotmail. com>
    Subject: RE: [shia_strength] We all are MUSLIM and we all follow ISLAM.
    To: shia_strength@ yahoogroups. com, shiairanians@ yahoogroups. com, muslim_youth_ connection@ yahoogroups. com, progressive- muslim@yahoogrou ps.com
    Date: Thursday, 13 August, 2009, 7:21 PM

     
    Ws Salam,

    I think you are misunderstood.

    There are two different things 1)Deen 2) Mazhab.

    Deen is the Path and the way you travel on the path is Mazhab.

    Our Deen is Islam, whether Sunni or Shia, both are muslims as both believe in Islam. But the way to travel on it i.e the path is the Mazhab you are following.

    One thing more, Deen is of Nabi, and Mazhab is of Imam.

    Before Ibrahim(as) Deen was present, but when Ibrahim(as) was given Imammat the Mazhab e Imammiyah started known as Shiayt as Quran says in Surah Safa'at Ayat 83. and in Surah Qasas Ayat 15 the follower of Musa(as) was titled as SHIA, He called Musa(as) for help and Musa(as) went to help him.

    If calling Shia is wrong, then Allah has called Ibrahim(as) and follower of Musa(as) as Shia in Quran. What you say now.

    Shia is not a Deen, rather it is a Mazhab, started from Ibrahim(as), and we are following Mazhab of our Holy 12 Imams(as).

    Regards,
    Hasnain Naqvi




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    From: alam_afroz7@ yahoo.co. in
    Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:13:11 +0530
    Subject: [shia_strength] We all are MUSLIM and we all follow ISLAM.

     

    As-Salamu Alaykum

    Allah in Quran has called his followers as MUSLIMS not as Shias or Sunni or by any other name, so why should  classify ourselves under some sects.

    "We all are MUSLIM and we all follow ISLAM."

    Come on Bothers and sisters , unite us as a true muslims and follow the actual beauty of ISLAM.

    3: 52. When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: "Who will be My helpers to (the work of) Allah." Said the disciples: "We are Allah.s helpers: We believe in Allah, and do thou bear witness that we are Muslims.

    3: 64. Say: "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but Allah. that we associate no partners with him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah." If then they turn back, say ye: "Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to Allah.s Will).

    3: 80. He would never ask you to take angels and prophets as your lords. Would he ask you to become kafir (unbeliever) after you have become Muslim ?

    4: 125. Who has a better Deen (way of life or religion) than the one who is a Muslim (submits himself entirely) to Allah, does good to others and follows the faith of Abraham the upright one, whom Allah chose to be His friend?

    5: 111. Remember, when I inspired the disciples to have faith in Me and My Messenger and they said: 'We believe and bear witness that we have become Muslims."

    7. 126. Look at your verdict, you want to take revenge simply because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came before us! O Lord! Give us patience and cause us die as Muslims."

    10: 72. If you have turned away from my message, I did not lose any thing, for I did not ask any reward from you for my services: my reward is only with Allah, I have been commanded to become a Muslim."

    10: 84. Moses said: "O my people! If you sincerely believe in Allah, then put your

    trust in Him, if you are really Muslims."

    12: 101. O Lord! You have indeed given me a kingdom and taught me the interpretation of dreams. O, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, You are my Protector in this

    world and in the hereafter, make me die as a Muslim and admit me among the

    righteous."

    15:2 The Day will come when the unbelievers will wish that they were Muslims.

    16: 89 O Muhammad, warn them about that Day when We shall call a witness from every nation to testify against it, and We shall call you O Muhammad to testify against your people: that is why We have sent down to you this Book (The Qur'an) to explain everything - a guide, a blessing and good news for Muslims.

    16: 102 Say, "The Holy Spirit (Gabriel) has brought it down piecemeal intact from your Lord to strengthen the faith of the believers, and to give guidance and good news to the Muslims."

    21: 107, 108. O Muhammad, We have not sent you but as a blessing for all the worlds. Tell them: "It has been revealed to me that your God is One God - will you then become Muslims?"

    22: 78. Strive in the Way of Allah as you ought to strive with sincerity and discipline; He has chosen you and has not laid upon you any hardship in the observance of your faith - the faith of your father Abraham. He named you Muslims before in prior scriptures and in this (The Qur'an), so that His Messenger may testify against you and you yourselves may testify against rest of the mankind. Therefore, establish Salah, pay Zakah and hold fast to Allah, Who is your Protector - so what an excellent Protector and what a splendid Supporter!

    27: 80, 81. The fact is that you cannot make the dead hear you, nor can you make the deaf hear the call especially when they turn their backs and pay no heed, nor can you guide the blind people to prevent them from straying; none will listen to you except those who believe in Our revelations and become Muslims.

    27: 91, 92. O Muhammad, say to them: "I have been commanded to worship the Lord of this city (Mecca), the One Who has made it sacred and Who is the Owner of all things; and I am commanded to be of those who are Muslims,and that I should recite The Qur'an. Now, whoever follows this guidance will be guided for his own good, and to him who goes astray, say: "I am merely a Warner."

    29: 46. Do not argue with the People of the Book except in good taste - except with those who are wicked among them - and say: "We believe in that which is sent down to us and that which is sent down to you; Our God and your God is the same One God to Whom we submit as Muslims."

    43: 68, 69. "O My devotees! Today you have nothing to fear or to regret," it will be said to those who believed in Our revelations and became Muslims,

    46:15 We have enjoined upon man to treat his parents with kindness. With much trouble his mother bore him, and with much pain did she give him birth. His bearing and his

    weaning took thirty months. When he reaches the age of full strength and becomes forty years old, he says: "My Lord! Grant me the grace that I may thank you for the favors which You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do good deeds that will please You, and grant me good children. Surely I turn to You in repentance and surely I am of those who are Muslims."

    72: 14, 15. Surely there are some among us who are Muslims and some who are deviators from the truth. Those who have adopted Islam have found the way to salvation, and those who have deviated from the truth will become the fuel for hell."

    2: 208. O believers enter into Islam completely and do not follow the footsteps of Satan,

    surely he is your clear-cut enemy.

    3: 19. Surely the only Deen (true religion and the Right Way of life) in the sight of Allah is Al-Islam. Those to whom the Book was given did not adopt ways different than this except out of envy among themselves, and after true knowledge had come to them. They should know that Allah is swift in calling to account those who deny His revelations.

    3: 84, 85. O Prophet, say: "We believe in Allah and what is revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants; and in that which was given to Moses, Jesus and other Prophets from their Lord; we do not discriminate between any one of them, and to Allah do we submit in Islam (Muslim)."  If anyone is looking for a religion other than Islam, then let it be known that it will not be accepted from him; and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers.

    5: 3. ………Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed my favor upon you and approved Al-Islam as a Deen (way of life for you). Anyone who is compelled by hunger to eat what is forbidden, not intending to commit sin, will find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.

    6: 14 Say: "Should I take as my protector anyone other than Allah, who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Who feeds all and is fed by none?" Say: "Nay! I am commanded to be the first of those who submit to Allah in Islam and not of those who commit shirk."

    6: 125 Whomever Allah wills to guide, He opens his chest to Islam and whomever He

    intends to confound, He makes his chest narrow and squeezes so tight that, at the

    very idea of Islam, he feels as if his soul is going to climb up towards the sky. That is

    how Allah places a blight on those who do not believe,

    39: 11, 12. Say: "I am commanded to worship Allah and serve none but Him and I am commanded to be the first of those who submit to Allah in Islam."

    39: 22. Is the one whose heart Allah has opened to Islam and is walking in the light from his Lord like the one who has learned no lesson and is still a non-Muslim. So woe to

    those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah! They are clearly in error.

     72: 14, 15. Surely there are some among us who are Muslims and some who are deviators from the truth. Those who have adopted Islam have found the way to salvation, and those who have deviated from the truth will become the fuel for hell."

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    ALLAH in Quran also condems Sects strictly.....
    [3:103] You shall hold fast to the rope of GOD, all of you, and do not be divided.
    [6:159] Those who divide themselves into sects do not belong with you. Their judgment rests with GOD, then He will inform them of everything they had done.
     
    Any one who divides Islam is against the religion. So when ever you find a muslim calling himself as sia or sunni or what ever, please stop him, We all are muslims, we have to follow what ever is written in Quran.

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    [shia_strength] Health and Wellness in Islam

    Posted by Hu$ain at 9:57 PM

     

     

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    Health and Wellness in Islam By: Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi

    Islam is a Deen. It is a way of life which encompasses all aspects of human life: spiritual as well as physical, personal as well as communal, physical health as well as material wealth, and religious matters as well as political issues. In Islam, our body and health are considered as important gifts of Almighty Allah. Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: "Health is the best of blessings." In another narration, he says, "One of the blessings [of God] is the abundance of wealth; however, better than abundance of wealth is the health of the body." Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said, "A believer who is physically strong is better than a weak believer." It is in this sense that our body is considered to be the trust given to us by Allah. And we have to safeguard and protect this trust.

    Exercise and Being Active

    Being active and to exercise is not only acceptable in Islam but also recommended. Part of the instructions given by the Prophet and the Imams (peace be upon them) about upbringing of children is the issue of physical exercise. Swimming, for example, has been greatly encouraged in our religious literature.

    We have to realize that in Asia and Africa, walking was part of our daily routine, and doing our day-to-day job without use of modern machines was part of our lifestyle. And so lots of physical activity used to take place without planning or thinking on our part.

    However, in North America, our lifestyle has changed. We are dependent on machines that do our work. Walking is not an integral part of our life: we get into the car inside our garages and get off at the office parking lots. And so, even a simple thing like walking requires planning, scheduling, and determination on our part.

    Involvement in sports activities is one way of exercising and keeping fit. Joining the community sports groups also has the benefit of fostering brotherhood and fraternity among Shias.

    Note: If a person uses fitness facilities for physical exercise, then adherence to the rules of Hijab is important; this issue would be solved if we have Shari'ah-sensitive fitness facilities in our Islamic centers.

    Sleeping, Resting, and Avoiding Stress

    Almighty Allah has appointed the night as the time for resting and the day as the time for working. "He is the One who made for you the night so that you may rest in it, and the day with light; most surely in these are signs for the people who hear." (10:67) So naturally, sleeping is very important.

    Avoiding stress: slow down; look at the present and enjoy it before you lose it. Give time for your family. Having a good family life will help you in dealing with stress. And, finally, be in touch with Allah, the Prophet, and Imams; read the Qur'an and the Du'as. This will greatly help in dealing with stress. "Verily, in the remembrance of Allah, the hearts are at ease." (13:28) There are special supplications in Sahifa Sajjadia which can be quite helpful. And unlike stress counselors or psychiatrists, you don't need to schedule an appointment or pay any fees – Allah is always available to listen to you free of charge!

    Food and Drink

    Moderation

    The basic Islamic guideline on food and drink is the rule of moderation. If you are moderate, then it does not matter what you eat or drink. (Of course, we are talking about Halal items!) It is said that once a doctor came to Medina, and for a long time, no one was visiting him as a patient. He inquired as to whether the people of Medina ever become sick or not. He was told that the people of Medina follow the Qur'anic injunction which says: "Eat and drink, but do not be extravagant." (7:31)

    During the era of Caliph Harun ar-Rashid, a Christian doctor became attached to the caliph's court. One day he asked a Muslim scholar, 'Ali bin al-Hussain bin Rashid, "Your holy book does not contain anything about well-being of health, even though it is known that the knowledge is of two kinds: the knowledge concerning the soul, and the knowledge concerning the body."

    'Ali bin al-Husayn bin Rashid replied: "Almighty Allah has summarized the health issue in just half of a verse of the Qur'an by saying, 'Eat and drink but do not be extravagant.' And the Prophet of Islam has said that, 'The belly is the house of diseases, while dieting is the best of all medicines.'" The Christian was amazed by the wisdom of the Qur'an and the saying of the Prophet.

    Losing Weight

    One of the important teachings is to refrain from obesity and becoming overweight. This can be accomplished by moderation in eating. And if one wants to lose weight, then that can be accomplished, from the religious point of view, by fasting.

    We are familiar with the term Zakat, which means giving away a portion of your money in charity. In Islamic literature, they are different kinds of Zakats: Zakat al-Mal (charity with wealth), Zakat al-Ilm (charity with knowledge), and Zakat al-Badan (charity with body). The narrations say that the Zakat of body is fasting.

    There are many sayings that encourage fasting (other than the month of Ramadan). "Fast and you will be healthy."

    When advising his son Imam Hasan, Imam Ali says: "Do not eat until you are hungry, and leave the table before you are fully satisfied."

    Similarly, Imam Zainul Abideen writes in Risalat al-Huquq ("Charter of Rights"): "It is the right of your stomach that you should not turn it into a receptacle of what is unlawful, whether it is a little or a lot; and that you should not overeat, because that will turn eating into gluttony and shamelessness instead of giving you strength; and you should keep it under control when hungry or thirsty, because overeating (which sometimes ends even in dysentery) causes laziness, hinders from work, and cuts a man away from every goodness and nobility; and overdrinking (which ends sometimes into intoxication) makes a man look idiotic, ignorant, and disgraced."

    Decreasing the Usage of Oily and Greasy Food in Old Age

    Hammad bin Uthman says that one day he was in presence of Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq when an old person from Kufa came. He started talking to the Imam, but he was stuttering. The Imam asked: "Why do I see that your speech has changed?" The visitor said that part of his mouth had been paralyzed (because of a stroke). The advice that Imam gave to him concludes with the following words: "Refrain from fat because it is not suitable for the old people."

    Hammad also quotes Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq saying: "When a person reaches the age of fifty, then he should not go to sleep while there is fat in his stomach." That is, the amount of fat in his food should be so less that by the time one goes to sleep, it would have been digested. (According to one narration, the age mentioned by the Imam was forty.)

    According to statistics of the Greater Toronto Area, the people of Southeast Asian origin suffer from heart disease proportionately more than people from other ethnic groups. Our lifestyle has changed to Western (automated + less physical activity), but our diet is still Eastern (fatty + greasy).

    With the blessing of medical facilities in North America, there is no reason for a person to ignore regular checkups. Prevention is the best of cures.

    Sickness and Duas

    Does du'a help in illness? Do prayers help in healing a sick person? Of course, as Muslims we strongly believe in the power of du'a. In 1999, The Journal of Archives of Internal Medicine published the result of a scientific study done in Kansas City on this issue. The doctors at the Mid American Heart Institute divided their heart patients into two groups for a period of 12 months: half the patients were assigned numbers, and those numbers were asked to pray for their patients; the other half of the patients were left without this prayer (du'a) experiment." The study concluded that the prayer group patients fared significantly better by 35 medical measurements."

    So a Muslim has to do dawa as well as du'a: seek medicine, as well as pray that it works for you.

    Smoking and Sisha

    "While Islam has given a clear verdict about prohibition of intoxicating drinks, we don't see much about smoking. What is the Shari'ah perspective on smoking?"

    Since smoking was an unknown entity during early Islamic era, there is no mention of it in the Qur'an or in the narrations of the Infallibles. As long as smoking was not known to have any bad effect on health, the Shia jurists (Mujtahideen) had classified it under Ja'iz (permissible) acts. However, after the advances in medical science, this issue has been re-evaluated. Presently, there are a variety of opinions:

    The late Ayatollah Khomeini had decreed that those who are addicted may continue to smoke, but the non-smokers are not allowed to start smoking. He hoped to see the next generation of his followers as non-smokers.

    Most of the other jurists of this era, including the late Ayatollah al-Khoei, Ayatollah Sistani, Ayatollah Khamenei, and others are of the opinion that if smoking is harmful to one's health, then it is forbidden for that person to smoke or let the smoke reach others as the second-hand smoke. These jurists have put the onus on the individual to find out whether smoking is harmful or not.

    Ayatollah Nasir Makarem Shirazi also had the same opinion, but then he moved away from that position and has declared that, based on convincing expert testimonies, smoking is prohibited in an absolute sense.

    The prohibition of smoking – conditional or absolute – is based on the general guidance of the Shari'ah sources: the Qur'an and Hadith. For example, the Qur'an says: "And do not put yourselves by your hands into destruction." (2:195) By looking at the statistics about diseases caused or accelerated by inhaling smoke, one does not hesitate in applying the above verse to the case of smoking cigarettes.

    What about Shisha, which has recently become very popular among Muslim youths in the West? (Shisha is also known as Huqqa in Urdu and Qalyan in Farsi.) If tobacco is used in Shisha, and the use of tobacco in it has the same effect as in cigarettes, then the same rule would apply.

    The great teacher Martyr Shaikh Murtadha Mutahhari talked about different kinds of Hijra – migration. He quotes a narration: "An immigrant is one who abandons the evil." So, one type of Hijra is whereby a person abandons ("migrates from") an addiction. Then the Martyr described an interesting example of addiction to smoking:

    "The late Ayatollah Hujjat (may Allah elevate his status) was a chain-smoker like whom I have never seen before. Sometimes, he would light a new one even before his first cigarette would end. When he became ill, they took him to Tehran for treatment. The doctors advised him that since he also had respiratory problem, he should quit smoking. He initially joked and said, 'I want these lungs for smoking; if I can't smoke, then what's the use of these lungs?' The doctors said that smoking is dangerous for you and really Mudhir (harmful). He asked, 'It is harmful?' They replied, 'Yes.' Then he said, 'I will not smoke.' Just that one sentence – 'I will not smoke' – was the end of the story. This was the example of willpower and decision-making. He was indeed an example of one who 'migrates' from habits [which he finds out to be harmful]." (Guftar-hay-e Ma'nawy, p. 292)

    Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi is the resident scholar of the Jaffari Islamic Center in Toronto, Canada. He is the author of Islam: Faith, Practice, and History, Shi'ism: Imamat and Wilayat, and numerous other books and articles on Islamic affairs.

    This article originally appeared in the author's Al-Furqan newsletter. 

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    [shia_strength] Re: We all are MUSLIM and we all follow ISLAM.

    Posted by Hu$ain at 9:40 PM

     


    Salamalykum,

    Yeh we should not behave like Biological Muslim. It is our duty to do
    proper research on all the sects and follow what the Holy Prophet(s.a.w)
    said:

    The Question comes in my :

    1) who made shia ,sunni,maliki, hambali,shafai?

    Ans: It is very clear we made these sects by following different imam or
    leaders. why we started to follow these leaders instead of Holy
    Prophet(s.a.w)?

    Is there any hadith of Holy Prophet(s.a.w) to follow these leaders
    exist.

    Yeh there are thousand of hadith we can read every day in both shia and
    sunni hadoth to Follow Ahlulbayt, to follow Hazrat Ali(a.s) afte him.

    I really surprise Muslims debate and dispute of Hadith e Rasool e Khuda
    (s.a.w) and Verses of Holy Quran, when they see ot is for importance of
    ahlulbayt and instructing us to follow them.

    BUT we never debate when do not find any hadith regarding following
    these maliki, shafai, hambali....and Follow it without recommendation of
    Holy Prophet(s.a.w) and proudly declare we follow sunnat e rasool e
    Khuda(s.a.w).

    we Muslims are one umma and we must follow Instructions of Holy
    Propeht(s.a.w) only. whatever the world want to call them shia or sunni,
    they can.

    We all the Muslims divided in these groups by following these leaders:

    Al­Ash`ari was born in 270 A.H. and died in 320 A.H.

    Ibn Hanbal was born in 164 A.H. and died in 241

    A.H. Al­Shafi`i was born in 150 A.H. and died in 204 A.H.

    Malik was born in 95 A.H.[1] and died in 179 A.H.

    Abu Hanifah was born in 80 A.H. and died in 150 A.H.

    Shi`as follow the sect of the Imams from the Prophet's Household,

    Most nearest person was hazrat Ali(a.s) who also sacrificed to save
    Islam, to defend Islam. why not to follow him by following Holy
    Prophet(s.a.w)

    ws
    --- In shia_strength@yahoogroups.com, ahmad ahmad <JAMIAHMAD@...> wrote:
    >
    > Salam Alaikum,
    >
    > The prophet SAW was neither Shia nor Sunni. The prophet SAW did not
    order his Ummah to devide themselves into sects. In fact sectarianism is
    against the clear instructions of Quran. (watasimu be hablillahi
    jamiun wa la tafarraqu).
    >
    > Also, its not at all necessary that if the father belongs to a
    particular ideology the son should also follow the same. In fact Quran
    is againt this idea. Quran says ""(O Mohammed, when you tell them follow
    One God, they say we follow what we found our forefathers doing)...What!
    even if their forefathers had no knowledge"").
    >
    > From this ayah its clear that we should not follow what our father's
    have been doing if its against Quran and Sunnah.....the sunnah of
    one's father is not more important the  sunnah of the prophet.
    >
    > wassalam
    >
    >
    > Â
    >
    >
    >
    > ________________________________
    > From: Hasnain Naqvi hrnaqvi12@...
    > To: shia_strength@yahoogroups.com
    > Sent: Mon, August 31, 2009 2:40:53 PM
    > Subject: RE: [shia_strength] We all are MUSLIM and we all follow
    ISLAM.
    >
    > Â
    > Wa alaikum us salam,
    >
    > Dear brother,
    >
    > If my father is Shia then I will be born Shia, and so with every human
    being. If a person is muslim then his children will be born as a muslim
    and vice versa.
    >
    > Prophet Mohammad(saww) is from lineage of Ibrahim(as). As Ibrahim(as)
    was Shia( as written in Surah Safaat), so Ibrahim(as)' s sons were all
    shias, Ismail(as) was Shia, Ishaq(as) was Shia, Yaqub(as) was Shia,
    Yusuf(as) was Shia, Musa(as) was Shia, Haroon(as) was Shia, because all
    were from the lineage of Ibrahim(aS). As Ibrahim(aS) was Shia so His
    descendants will be Shia. The lineage continues till Prophet
    Mohammad(saww) . Prophet(saww) grandfathers like Kasa, Abd Munaf, Hashim
    etc were Shias so Yes Prophet Mohammad(saww) is Shia.
    >
    >
    >
    > Regards,
    > Hasnain Naqvi
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > ________________________________
    > To: shia_strength@ yahoogroups. com; shiairanians@ yahoogroups. com;
    muslim_youth_ connection@ yahoogroups. com; progressive-
    muslim@yahoogrou ps.com
    > From: alam_afroz7@ yahoo.co. in
    > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:55:48 +0530
    > Subject: RE: [shia_strength] We all are MUSLIM and we all follow
    ISLAM.
    >
    > Â
    >
    >
    > As-Salamu Alaykumbrother
    > Â
    > Â I appreciate your reply, but can you tell me Prophet Mohammad
    PBUH followed which madhab Sia or Sunni.
    > Â
    > Is it good to devide the islam into madhabs and fight upon it when
    prophet Mohammad himself never did so.
    >
    > --- On Thu, 13/8/09, Hasnain Naqvi hrnaqvi12@hotmail. com> wrote:
    >
    >
    > >From: Hasnain Naqvi hrnaqvi12@hotmail. com>
    > >Subject: RE: [shia_strength] We all are MUSLIM and we all follow
    ISLAM.
    > >To: shia_strength@ yahoogroups. com, shiairanians@ yahoogroups. com,
    muslim_youth_ connection@ yahoogroups. com, progressive-
    muslim@yahoogrou ps.com
    > >Date: Thursday, 13 August, 2009, 7:21 PM
    > >
    > >
    > >Â
    > >Ws Salam,
    > >
    > >I think you are misunderstood.
    > >
    > >There are two different things 1)Deen 2) Mazhab.
    > >
    > >Deen is the Path and the way you travel on the path is Mazhab.
    > >
    > >Our Deen is Islam, whether Sunni or Shia, both are muslims as both
    believe in Islam. But the way to travel on it i.e the path is the Mazhab
    you are following.
    > >
    > >One thing more, Deen is of Nabi, and Mazhab is of Imam.
    > >
    > >Before Ibrahim(as) Deen was present, but when Ibrahim(as) was given
    Imammat the Mazhab e Imammiyah started known as Shiayt as Quran says in
    Surah Safa'at Ayat 83. and in Surah Qasas Ayat 15 the follower of
    Musa(as) was titled as SHIA, He called Musa(as) for help and Musa(as)
    went to help him.
    > >
    > >If calling Shia is wrong, then Allah has called Ibrahim(as) and
    follower of Musa(as) as Shia in Quran. What you say now.
    > >
    > >Shia is not a Deen, rather it is a Mazhab, started from Ibrahim(as),
    and we are following Mazhab of our Holy 12 Imams(as).
    > >
    > >Regards,
    > >Hasnain Naqvi
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >________________________________
    > To: shiairanians@ yahoogroups. com; shia_strength@ yahoogroups. com;
    muslim_youth_ connection@ yahoogroups. com; progressive-
    muslim@yahoogrou ps.com
    > >From: alam_afroz7@ yahoo.co. in
    > >Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:13:11 +0530
    > >Subject: [shia_strength] We all are MUSLIM and we all follow ISLAM.
    > >
    > >Â
    > >As-Salamu Alaykum
    > >
    > >
    > >Â
    > >Allah in Quran has called his followers as MUSLIMS not as Shias or
    Sunni or by any other name, so why should classify ourselves
    under some sects.
    > >"We all are MUSLIM and we all follow ISLAM."
    > >Come on Bothers and sisters , unite us as a true muslims and follow
    the actual beauty of ISLAM.
    > >Â
    > >3: 52. When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: "Who will be
    My helpers to (the work of) Allah." Said the disciples: "We are Allah.s
    helpers: We believe in Allah, and do thou bear witness that we are
    Muslims.
    > >Â
    > >3: 64.Say: "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us
    and you: That we worship none but Allah. that we associate no partners
    with him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons
    other than Allah." If then they turn back, say ye: "Bear witness that we
    (at least) are Muslims (bowing to Allah.s Will).
    > >Â
    > >3: 80. He would never ask you to take angels and prophets as your
    lords. Would he ask you to become kafir (unbeliever) after you have
    become Muslim ?
    > >Â
    > >4: 125. Who has a better Deen (way of life or religion) than the one
    who is aMuslim (submits himself entirely) to Allah, does good to others
    and follows the faith of Abraham the upright one, whom Allah chose to be
    His friend?
    > >Â
    > >5: 111. Remember, when I inspired the disciples to have faith in Me
    and My Messenger and they said: ‘We believe and bear witness that
    we have become Muslims."
    > >Â
    > >7. 126. Look at your verdict, you want to take revenge simply because
    we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came before us! O Lord!
    Give us patience and cause us die as Muslims."
    > >Â
    > >10: 72. If you have turned away from my message, I did not lose any
    thing, for I did not ask any reward from you for my services: my reward
    is only with Allah, I have been commanded to become a Muslim."
    > >Â
    > >10: 84. Moses said: "O my people! If you sincerely believe in Allah,
    then put your
    > >trust in Him, if you are really Muslims."
    > >Â
    > >12: 101. O Lord! You have indeed given me a kingdom and taught me the
    interpretation of dreams. O, the Creator of the heavens and the earth,
    You are my Protector in this
    > >world and in the hereafter, make me die as a Muslim and admit me
    among the
    > >righteous."
    > >Â
    > >15:2 The Day will come when the unbelievers will wish that they were
    Muslims.
    > >Â
    > >16: 89O Muhammad, warn them about that Day when We shall call a
    witness from every nation to testify against it, and We shall call you O
    Muhammad to testify against your people: that is why We have sent down
    to you this Book (The Qur'an) to explain everything - a guide, a
    blessing and good news for Muslims.
    > >Â
    > >16: 102 Say, "The Holy Spirit (Gabriel) has brought it down piecemeal
    intact from your Lord to strengthen the faith of the believers, and to
    give guidance and good news to the Muslims."
    > >Â
    > >21: 107, 108.O Muhammad, We have not sent you but as a blessing for
    all the worlds.Tell them: "It has been revealed to me that your God is
    One God -will you then become Muslims?"
    > >Â
    > >22: 78. Strive in the Way of Allah as you ought to strive with
    sincerity and discipline; He has chosen you and has not laid upon you
    any hardship in the observance of your faith - the faith of your father
    Abraham. He named you Muslims before in prior scriptures and in this
    (The Qur’an), so that His Messenger may testify against you and
    you yourselves may testify against rest of the mankind. Therefore,
    establish Salah, pay Zakah and hold fast to Allah, Who is your Protector
    - so what an excellent Protector and what a splendid Supporter!
    > >Â
    > >27: 80, 81. The fact is that you cannot make the dead hear you, nor
    can you make the deaf hear the call especially when they turn their
    backs and pay no heed,nor can you guide the blind people to prevent them
    from straying; none will listen to you except those who believe in Our
    revelations and become Muslims.
    > >Â
    > >27: 91, 92.O Muhammad, say to them: "I have been commanded to worship
    the Lord of this city (Mecca), the One Who has made it sacred and Who is
    the Owner of all things; and I am commanded to be of those who are
    Muslims,and that I should recite The Qur’an. Now, whoever follows
    this guidance will be guided for his own good, and to him who goes
    astray, say: "I am merely a Warner."
    > >Â
    > >29: 46. Do not argue with the People of the Book except in good taste
    - except with those who are wicked among them - and say: "We believe in
    that which is sent down to us and that which is sent down to you; Our
    God and your God is the same One God to Whom we submit as Muslims."
    > >Â
    > >43: 68, 69. "O My devotees! Today you have nothing to fear or to
    regret,"it will be said to those who believed in Our revelations and
    became Muslims,
    > >Â
    > >46:15 We have enjoined upon man to treat his parents with kindness.
    With much trouble his mother bore him, and with much pain did she give
    him birth. His bearing and his
    > >weaning took thirty months. When he reaches the age of full strength
    and becomes forty years old, he says: "My Lord! Grant me the grace that
    I may thank you for the favors which You have bestowed on me and on my
    parents, and that I may do good deeds that will please You, and grant me
    good children. Surely I turn to You in repentance and surely I am of
    those who are Muslims."
    > >Â
    > >Â
    > >72: 14, 15. Surely there are some among us who are Muslims and some
    who are deviators from the truth. Those who have adopted Islam have
    found the way to salvation,and those who have deviated from the truth
    will become the fuel for hell."
    > >Â
    > >2: 208. O believers enter into Islam completely and do not follow the
    footsteps of Satan,
    > >surely he is your clear-cut enemy.
    > >Â
    > >3: 19. Surely the only Deen (true religion and the Right Wayof life)
    in the sight of Allah is Al-Islam. Those to whom the Book was given did
    not adopt ways different than this except out of envy among themselves,
    and after true knowledge had come to them. They should know that Allah
    is swift in calling to account those who deny His revelations.
    > >Â
    > >3: 84, 85. O Prophet, say: "Webelieve in Allah and what is revealed
    to us and what was revealed to Abraham Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and their
    descendants; and in that which was given to Moses, Jesus and other
    Prophets from their Lord; we do not discriminate between any one of
    them, and to Allah do we submit in Islam (Muslim)."Â If anyone is
    looking for a religion other than Islam, then let it be known that it
    will not be accepted from him; and in the Hereafter he will be among the
    losers.
    > >Â
    > >5: 3. ………Today I have perfected your religion for you,
    completed my favor upon you and approved Al-Islam as a Deen (way of life
    for you). Anyone who is compelled by hunger to eat what is forbidden,
    not intending to commit sin, will find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.
    > >Â
    > >6: 14 Say: "Should I take as my protector anyone other than Allah,
    who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Who feeds all and is
    fed by none?" Say: "Nay! I am commanded to be the first of those who
    submit to Allah in Islam and not of those who commit shirk."
    > >Â
    > >6: 125 Whomever Allah wills to guide, He opens his chest to Islam and
    whomever He
    > >intends to confound, He makes his chest narrow and squeezes so tight
    that, at the
    > >very idea of Islam, he feels as if his soul is going to climb up
    towards the sky. That is
    > >how Allah places a blight on those who do not believe,
    > >Â
    > >39: 11, 12. Say: "I am commanded to worship Allah and serve none but
    Himand I am commanded to be the first of those who submit to Allah in
    Islam."
    > >Â
    > >39: 22. Is the one whose heart Allah has opened to Islam and is
    walking in the light from his Lord like the one who has learned no
    lesson and is still a non-Muslim. So woe to
    > >those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah!
    They are clearly in error.
    > >Â
    > >Â 72: 14, 15. Surely there are some among us who are Muslims and
    some who are deviators from the truth. Those who have adopted Islam have
    found the way to salvation,and those who have deviated from the truth
    will become the fuel for hell."
    > >Â
    > >http://www.openburh an.com/
    > >Â
    > >Â
    > >ALLAH in Quran also condems Sects strictly.....
    > >[3:103] You shall hold fast to the rope of GOD, all of you, and do
    not be divided.
    > >[6:159] Those who divide themselves into sects do not belong with
    you. Their judgment rests with GOD, then He will inform them of
    everything they had done.
    > >Â
    > >Any one who divides Islam is against the religion. So when ever you
    find a muslim calling himself as sia or sunni or what ever, please stop
    him, We all are muslims, we have to follow what ever is written in
    Quran.
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    [shia_strength] The Evil Empire :By Paul Craig Roberts

    Posted by Hu$ain at 8:59 PM

     

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    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23908.htm
     
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    The Real Intelligence Failure
     
    By Philip Giraldi
     
    United States intelligence agencies, most notably the CIA, have failed to appreciate that both the Cold War and the so-called Global War on Terror were fought in error against enemies that were deliberately distorted and magnified to create fear.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23907.htm
     
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    Iran raises voice against VOICE
     
    In response to a US Congressional bill that would allocate millions of dollars for anti-Iran broadcasts, the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) has passed a counter-resolution to foil what it calls "US plots".
    http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=111296&sectionid=351020101
     
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    In warning to Russia, Iran says it can build S-300
     
    With the delivery of an advanced air defense system to Iran long overdue by Russia, Tehran says it is capable of mass-producing replicas of the controversial Russian-made missile in the near future.
    http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=111278&sectionid=351020101
     
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    Iran: Extremists aid West's plots against Islam
     
    Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has raised the alarm over Western efforts to project a wrong image of Islam as a religion supporting terrorism. Larijani, who was speaking to a group of Sunni clerics on Friday, said that the US was seeking to 'propagate' a distorted image of Islam in the Middle East.
    http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=111249&sectionid=351020101
     
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    Iran takes OIC to task for inaction on Yemen
     
    A senior Iranian cleric has taken the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to task for its inaction over the ongoing crisis in northern Yemen.
    http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=111204&sectionid=351020101
     
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    Saudi imposes naval blockade on northern Yemen
     
    Saudi Arabia has imposed a naval blockade on northern Yemen's Red Sea coast amid its offensive on Houthi fighters in the mountainous region.
    http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=111073&sectionid=351020206
     
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    Yemen seeks US help to quash Houthis
     
    The United States has signed a military agreement with Yemen to help the embattled Sana'a government with its armed offensive on Houthi fighters in the north.
    http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=111001&sectionid=351020206
     
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    IDF Chief Rabbi: Troops who show mercy to enemy will be 'damned'
     
    The Israel Defense Forces' chief rabbi told students in a pre-army yeshiva program last week that soldiers who "show mercy" toward the enemy in wartime will be "damned."
    http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1128144.html
     
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    Goldstone to Haaretz: U.S. does not have to protect Israel blindly
     
    Judge Richard Goldstone told Haaretz Thursday that President Shimon Peres' remarks criticizing him were "specious and ill-befitting the head of State of Israel."
    http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127942.html
     
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    'War criminal go home,' Brazil protesters shout at Peres
     
    "War criminal, go home" the protesters shouted at Peres as he arrived in the city to give speak at a conference of local industrialists. Some of demonstrators held signs equating Peres with Hitler; others waved Lebanese and Palestinian flags.
    http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127824.html
     
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    Report: U.K. scouts shouted "Let's kill the Jews"
     
    British police are investigating a London scout troop after its members shouted death threats and anti-Semitic abuse at Jewish Second World War veterans during a remembrance parade, The Guardian reported on Friday. According to the report, the explorer scouts, who were taking part in Remembrance Sunday service in Romford, Essex were heard to repeatedly shout "Let's kill the Jews" at the former soldiers.
    http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1128046.html
     
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    U.N. Affirms Israeli-Hamas War Crimes Report
     
    By Thalif Deen
     
    The report, which was favourably voted by the 47-member Human Rights Council in Geneva last month, received overwhelming support Thursday in the 192-member General Assembly. The vote was 114 in favour and 18 against, with 44 abstentions. The 18 countries that voted against the resolution included the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Israel.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23909.htm
     
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    Goldstone and Gaza
     
    By Jimmy Carter
     
    Knowing of the ability of Israeli forces, often using U.S. weapons, to strike targets with pinpoint accuracy, it was difficult to understand or explain the destruction of hospitals, schools, prisons, United Nations facilities, small factories and repair shops, agricultural processing plants and almost 40,000 homes.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23911.htm
     
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    Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia
     
    By John Nichols
     
    Because a soldier identified as the gunman had a name that led to the presumption that he was Muslim, the incident inspired an all-too-predictable outbreak of Islamophobia.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23915.htm
     
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    Can You Hear Us Now?
     
    By David Michael Green
     
    Where we go from here could be very, very ugly. The GOP right now is in the process of alienating and crushing every last scrap of moderately sensible politics from within its ranks.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23913.htm
     
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    Credit Card Firms Hurry to Raise Rates
     
    Some top 30% as new rules loom
     
    By Megan Woolhouse
     
    Credit card companies are rushing to increase interest rates to historic highs of more than 30 percent, cut credit limits, and add new fees, even for customers who pay their bills on time.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23914.htm
     
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    Nine civilians, US occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan:
     
    An overnight airstrike by international forces killed nine civilians, including three children, said villagers on Thursday. Afghan authorities said they had no reports of civilian deaths.
    http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?221038
     
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    Three occupation force soldiers killed in Afghan attacks:
     
    Two US soldiers were among those who died in the attacks, which took place in the south of the country on Thursday, ISAF said, without giving details of the third victim.
    http://snipurl.com/t3szc
     
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    Two NATO-Led Force Members Missing in Afghanistan:
     
    The Taliban later said they are holding the soldiers' bodies, the British Broadcasting Corp. said, citing Reuters.
    http://snipurl.com/t3szm
     
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    Taliban: 'We've Got Drowned Troops' Bodies':
     
    The claim comes as Nato revealed a manhunt was under way to find two Nato troops missing in western Afghanistan since Wednesday.
    http://snipurl.com/t3szu
     
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    US Fed Up With Troops Dying to Prop Up Karzai:
     
    It seems that Hamid Karzai just can't be trusted on his own.
    http://snipurl.com/t3t05
     
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    Rep. Eric Massa calls for a conclusion to the war in Afghanistan:
     
    On the 2950th day of the War in Afghanistan, Rep. Eric Massa went to the floor of the House of Representatives and called for an end.
    http://snipurl.com/t3t0b
     
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    Australia: No more troops, Faulkner tells US:
     
    Australia has made it clear to the US it is not in a position to increase troop or training commitments in Afghanistan if the Obama Administration decides to add to its troop levels in response to General Stanley McChrystal's report, the Defence Minister, John Faulkner, said in Washington.
    http://snipurl.com/t3t0i
     
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    Powerful Afghan Governor Challenges President:
     
    Defiant Former Warlord With Popular Backing and Armed Supporters Demands a Say for Karzai's Defeated Rival Abdullah
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125745832585731891.html
     
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    Afghan war 'controls immigration':
     
    Removing troops from Afghanistan would "significantly increase" the number of asylum seekers coming to the UK, the immigration minister has said.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8343214.stm
     
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    Pakistan: Seven militants killed in fresh South Waziristan clashes:
     
    The Pakistani army has reached the strategically crucial Taliban stronghold of Makeen, Pakistani daily DawnNews reported on Friday. As battles continued across South Waziristan, the Pakistani army claimed to have killed seven militants in clashes around Ladha and Sararogha.
    http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3960058681
     
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    Pakistan: Two suspected suicide bombers killed in Mansehra:
     
    On a tip off, police was deployed at the entry point to Balakot, SHO Balakot police Khursheed Khan told DawnNews. When a suspected car entering the district was intercepted, the bombers present in it opened fire, Khan said.
    http://snipurl.com/t3t1h
     
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    Pakistan army 'storms Taliban town':
     
    The operation in South Waziristan, the main Taliban and al-Qaeda sanctuary in Pakistan, has sparked a wave of retaliatory attacks that have killed about 300 civilians and troops in the past month.
    http://english.aljazeera.net//news/asia/2009/11/2009116155024828774.html
     
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    Mukhtar hints at military operation in N Waziristan:
     
    A military operation will also be conducted in North Waziristan after the completion of Operation Rah-e-Nijat, Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar said on Thursday.
    http://snipurl.com/t3t1w
     
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    Religious outrage over Iraqi MP expenses:
     
    Religious outrage over Iraqi MP expenses: Iraq's presidential council, which normally rubber stamps legislation, earlier this week said it twice opposed moves by MPs to secure the perks but had been powerless to stop the law from passing at its third reading.
    http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=35554
     
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    Deputy FM: Israel threat to attack Iran is not bluff:
     
    Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has said that Israel is not bluffing in its threats to take military action against Iran's contentious nuclear program, in remarks broadcast Friday on Sky News.
    http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1126394.html
     
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    Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
     
    Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design - secret report: :
     
    Watchdog fears Tehran has key component to put bombs in missiles
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/05/iran-tested-nuclear-warhead-design
     
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    IAEA: We found 'nothing to worry about' at secret Iran nuke site:
     
    Mohammed ElBaradei also told the New York Times that he was examining possible compromises to unblock a draft nuclear cooperation deal between Iran and three major powers that has floundered over Iranian objections.
    http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1126198.html
     
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    Iran cleric: IAEA obligated to supply Iran nuclear fuel:
     
    The United Nations nuclear watchdog is legally obliged to provide Iran with nuclear fuel for its research reactor without setting any conditions, a "hardline" Iranian cleric told worshippers on Friday.
    http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1126418.html
     
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    Lieberman satisfied with UN vote on Goldstone war crimes report:
     
    "On the whole, we are satisfied with the fact that 18 countries, which are a moral majority, supported Israel's stance and 44 abstained and did not vote with the automatic majority," he said.
    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3801176,00.html
     
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    Report: U.S. stopped Israel from attacking ship:
     
     Hezbollah has vehemently denied any link to the weapons and denounced "Israeli piracy" in international waters.
    http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1126397.html
     
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    Supporters urge Abbas to run again:
     
    "I have told our brethren in the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organisation] ... that I have no desire to run in the forthcoming election," he said in a speech broadcast live from his headquarters in Ramallah on Thursday.
    http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/11/2009116153931358185.html
     
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    Zelaya: Power-sharing deal dead: :
     
    Honduras's deposed president says that a US-brokered agreement has failed to end the country's political crisis. Manuel Zelaya made the announcement on Friday after a deadline for forming a unity government passed.
    http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/11/200911693436635693.html
     
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    U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years:
     
    "The guy on the street is going to ask, 'What recovery?' " said Stuart G. Hoffman, chief economist at the PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh. "The job market is still in reverse."
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/business/economy/07jobs.html
     
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    Obama signs bill to extend unemployment benefits:
     
    It doesn't help people who will run out of benefits in 2010 - though Congress is expected to come back and pass legislation this year that extends that eligibility window into next year.
    http://snipurl.com/t3t54
     
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    Fannie Mae seeks $15B more in government aid after 3Q loss:
     
    The government-controlled company continued to see a dramatic surge of borrowers fall behind as the unemployment rate climbs. At the end of last month, about 4.7% of Fannie Mae's borrowers had missed at least three payments. That's nearly triple last year's level.
    http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-11-05-fannie-mae_N.htm
     
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    [shia_strength] MARRIAGE HELPS IN SPIRITUALITY

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    "MARRIAGE HELPS IN SPIRITUALITY

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    Do parents have any right over the marriage of their children?


    The father and paternal grandfather have full authority over the children who have not yet reached the age of puberty. When a child reaches the age of puberty, then there are three different situations:


    (a) a child who is baligh but not mentally mature: in this case, the father and the grandfather still have their authority over him or her. Such a child cannot take a decision on marriage without the approval of the father or the grandfather.


    (b) a male child who is baligh and also mentally mature: in this case, he has full right to decide about his own marriage.


    (c) a girl who is baligh and mentally mature: There are four different opinions on this issue. (Muhaqqiq al-Hilli, Sharaya', p. 500: Shahid ath-Thani, Sharh Lum'ah, vol. 2. p. 71. )

    But the majority of the present mujtahids say that in her first marriage, a baligha and mentally mature girl cannot marry without the permission of her father or grandfather. And if such a girl had already married before. then she has full right to decide for herself in the case of her second marriage. (Al-Yazdi. al-'Urwah, p. 654; al-Khui, Minhaj, vol. 2. p 255: al-Khumayni. Tahrir, vol. 2. p. 254; for details, see ash-Shahid ath-Thani, Masalik, vol. 1, p 449-452. )


    This law is in place to act as an extra protection for the honor of a teenage girl. However, if the father or grandfather refuses to give his consent to a proposal of a suitable man, then a religious judge can over-ride the decision of her father or grandfather. Similarly, if the father or grandfather is inaccessible, then there is no need for his permission.
    (B) By considering the hijab in Islam, is a boy permitted to look at the girl before marrying her?


    A man is allowed to see without hijab the woman whom he intends to marry. However, this permission is just for the man or the woman to see the prospective spouse once; (Muhaqqiq al-Hilli, Sharaya', p. 493; Shahid ath-Thani, S'harh Lum'ah, vol. 2, p. 67; al-Yazdi, al-'Urwah, p. 625; al-Khu'i, Minhaj, vol. 2, p. 253; al-Khumayni, Tahrir, vol. 2, p. 254: 'Allamah al-Hilli, Tazkirah, vol. 2, p. 572; Shaykh at-Tusi, an-Nihayah, p. 484.)

    it is not a perpetual license to go out together! I strongly recommend that such a meeting should take place with the supervision of the parent or the guardian.
    (C) Can a boy and a girl who are engaged meet each other or go out together ?
    In Islam, there is no ceremony known as engagement. According to the shari'ah, engagement is a revocable agreement between two persons to marry each other, nothing more; it does not make the two persons mahram to each other. They still have to observe the rules of hijab. But if two persons who are engaged wish to meet each other, then the only way to legalize that Islamically is by performing mut'a marriage between the fiance and the fiancee. They can even put a condition in the mut'a that there will be no sexual relations. This way, they will be able to meet each other without any objection from the shari'ah. This method can be adopted by those also who wish to go through the engagement ceremony in which the fiance puts a ring on the fiancee's finger.
    However, as mentioned earlier, a girl who has not married before will need her father's or grandfather's approval even in such a mut'a marriage.

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    In Islam, contrary to Christianity, marriage and sex are not antipathetic to the love for and worship of God. Instead of an obstacle, marriage is regarded as an asset in acquiring spiritual perfection. 
    The Prophet said, "One who marries has already guarded half of his religion, therefore he should fear Allah for the other half." (Wasa'il, Vol. 14, p.5)
    A person who can fulfill his sexual urges lawfully is less distracted in the spiritual journey. Love for women and faith are inter-related. In one hadith, 'Umar bin Zayd quotes Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq that, "I do not think that a person's faith can increase positively unless his love for women has increased." (Wasa'il, Vol. 14, p.9)
    The same Imam said, "Whenever a person's love for women increases, his faith increases in quality." (Wasa'il, Vol. 14, p.11) He also said, "Whosoever's love for us increases, his love for women must also increase." (Wasa'il, Vol. 14, p.11)
    Marriage even elevates the value of prayers. The Prophet said, "Two rak 'ats (cycles) prayed by a married person is better than the night-vigil and the fast of a single person." (Wasa'il, Vol. 14, p.7)
    Ibn Fuzzal quotes Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq saying that, "Two rak'ats prayed by a married person is better than seventy rak'ats prayed by a single person." (Wasa'il, Vol. 14, p.6)
    The Prophet said, "If anyone likes to meet Allah in purity, then he should meet Him with a wife." (Wasa'il, Vol. 14, p. 25)
    A woman came to the Prophet's house and her strong perfume soon filled the house. When the Prophet inquired about the visitor, the woman said that she had tried everything to attract her husband but in vain; he does not leave his meditation to pay any attention to her.
    The Prophet told her to inform her husband about the reward of sexual intercourse which he described as follows: "When a man approaches his wife, he is guarded by two angels and [at that moment in Allah's views] he is like a warrior fighting for the cause of Allah. When he has intercourse with her, his sins fell like the leaves of the tree [in fall season]. When he performs the major ablution, he is cleansed from sins. (Wasa'il 'sh-Shi'ah, Vol. 14, p. 74

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