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Question: Please advise a few ahadith on the virtues and admonitions of what to do immediately after fardh salaah. Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. Salah is one of the fundamental pillars of Islam. It is a means of connecting directly with Allah Ta’ala. It is a state of spiritual connection, revival and revolution for an individual. The most effective Salah is the one closest to the Sunnah. Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) advised us how to perform Salah. He even advised us how to conduct ourselves immediately after Salah. As human beings, we are weak. We cannot fulfil the rights of Allah Ta’ala in Salah. However, despite our weakness and shortcomings, Allah Ta’ala is Al-Shakoor. He appreciates the broken efforts of His sincere servants. Therefore, the time after Salah should be dedicated to Istighfaar and seeking forgiveness from Allah Ta’ala for not fulfilling the Haqq of Allah Ta’ala. The time after Salah is a time to focus on Allah Ta’ala being Al-Shakoor. After making Istighfaar and expressing one’s weakness and humbleness before Allah Ta’ala, praise Allah Ta’ala and make Dua to Allah Ta’ala. Present your needs of Aakhirah and worldly needs to Allah Ta’ala after Salah. See the following Ahadith: 1. Istighfaar after Salah: ثَوْبَانَ، مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ اسْتَغْفَرَ ثَلاَثًا عن (صحيح مسلم: 591)‏ Translation: Thauban (Radhiyallahu Anhu) the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) reported: When the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) finished his prayer, He recited Istighfaar three times. (Sahih Muslim: 591) 2. Praise Allah Ta’ala after Salah: عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ ‏ "‏ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلاَمُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلاَمُ تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ" (سنن ابي داود: 1512) Translation: Aishah (Radhiyallahu Anha) said: When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam finished his prayer, he used to say: "O Allah, You are As-Salam, and from you is As-Salam. You are blessed, Oh One of Magnificence and Generosity.” (Sunan Abu Dawud: 1512) ‏ 3. Du’a after Salah: عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ، قَالَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الدُّعَاءِ أَسْمَعُ قَالَ ‏"‏ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرُ وَدُبُرَ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ ‏" (جامع الترمذي: 3499) ‏Translation: Abu Umamah (Radhiyallahu Anhu) narrated: “It was said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), which supplication is most likely to be listened to?’ He said: ‘(During) the last part of the night, and after of the obligatory prayers.” (Jami Al-Tirmidhi: 3499) Thereafter, it is advisable for one read any of the following Adhkaar mentioned in the Ahadith: 1. Tasbeeh: Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar thirty-three times each: عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ سَبَّحَ اللَّهَ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَكَبَّرَ اللَّهَ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ فَتِلْكَ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ وَقَالَ تَمَامَ الْمِائَةِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ غُفِرَتْ خَطَايَاهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ (صحيح مسلم: 597) ‏" Translation: Abu Huraira (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reported Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) as saying: If anyone says Subhanallah after every prayer thirty-three times, Alhamdulillah thirty-three times, Allahu Akbar thirty-three times, ninety-nine times in all, and says to complete a hundred:" There is no god but Allah, having no partner with Him, to Him belongs sovereignty and to Him is praise due, and He is Potent over everything," his sins will be forgiven even If these are as abundant as the foam of the sea. (Sahih Muslim: 597) 2. Recite Ayatul Kursi: عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ قَرَأَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنْ دُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَمُوتَ (السنن الكبري للنسائي: 9848) Translation: Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “Whoever recites Ayatul Kursi after every Salah, the only barrier between him and paradise is death.” (Al-Sunan Al-Kubra Li Al-Nasai: 9848) 3. Recite the fourth Kalimah along with the following Dua’s: أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمِنْبَرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا سَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ لاَ نَعْبُدُ إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ أَهْلَ النِّعْمَةِ وَالْفَضْلِ وَالثَّنَاءِ الْحَسَنِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ ‏" (سنن النسائي: 1339) ‏Translation: Abu Az-Zubair (Rahimahullah said: "I heard Abdullah bin Az-Zubair (Radhiyallahu Anhu) speaking from the Minbar, saying: 'When the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam( said the Salam, he would say: “There is none worthy of worship except Allah alone, with no partner or associate. His is the Dominion, to Him be all praise, and He is able to do all things; there is no power and no strength except with Allah the Almighty. There is none worthy of worship except Allah, and we worship none but Him, the source of blessing and kindness and the One Who is deserving of all good praise. There is none worthy of worship except Allah, and we are sincere in faith and devotion to Him even though the disbelievers detest it. (Sunan Al-Nasai: 1339) عنْ وَرَّادٍ، مَوْلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ كَتَبَ الْمُغِيرَةُ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ إِذَا سَلَّمَ ‏ "‏ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهْوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، اللَّهُمَّ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ، وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ (صحيح البخاري: 6330) ‏Translation: Narrated Warrad (the freed slave of Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba) that Al-Mughira wrote to Muawiya bin Abu Sufyan (Radhiyallahu Anhu) that Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) used to utter (these words) at the completion of prayer: “There is no god but Allah. He is alone and there is no partner with Him. Sovereignty belongs to Him and to Him is praise due and He is Potent over everything. O Allah! no one can withhold what Thou givest, or give what Thou withholdest, and riches cannot avail a wealthy person with Thee.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari: 6330) 4. Recite Surah Al-Ikhlas, Surah Al-Falaq and Surah Al-Nas after every Salah: عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ أَقْرَأَ الْمُعَوِّذَاتِ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ (سنن النسائي: 1336) Translation: It was narrated that 'Uqbah bin 'Amr (Radhiyallahu Anhu) said: "The Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) commanded me to recite Al-Mu'awwidhat following every prayer.” (Sunan Al-Nasai: 1336) 5. Recite the following Du’a: اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا مُعَاذُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأُحِبُّكَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأُحِبُّكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أُوصِيكَ يَا مُعَاذُ لاَ تَدَعَنَّ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ تَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ (سنن ابي داود: 1522) Translation: Mu'adh Ibn Jabal (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) caught his hand and said: By Allah, I love you, Mu'adh. I give some instruction to you. Never leave to recite this supplication after every (prescribed) prayer: "O Allah, help me in remembering You, in giving You thanks, and worshipping You well.” (Sunan Abi Dawud: 1522) 6. Recite the following seven times after Fajr and Maghrib Salah: اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، مُسْلِمِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ إِذَا انْصَرَفْتَ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ ‏.‏ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ مِتَّ فِي لَيْلَتِكَ كُتِبَ لَكَ جِوَارٌ مِنْهَا وَإِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَقُلْ كَذَلِكَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ مِتَّ فِي يَوْمِكَ كُتِبَ لَكَ جِوَارٌ مِنْهَا (سنن ابي داود: 5079) Translation: ‏ Al-Harith Bin Muslim al-Tamimi quoted his father Muslim Bin Al-Harith Al-Tamimi (Radhiyallahu Anhu) as saying that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) told him secretly: When you finish the sunset prayer, say: 'O Allah, protect me from Hell" seven times; for if you say that and die that night, protection from it would be recorded for you; and when you finish the dawn prayer, say it in a similar way, for if you die that day, protection from it would be recorded for you. (Sunan Abi Dawud: 5079) After reciting whatever he can from the aforementioned Adhkaar, one should perform his Sunnah. It is Mustahab (preferable) for one to change places to perform his Sunnah.[i] عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ‏"‏ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ أَوْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ زَادَ فِي حَدِيثِ حَمَّادٍ ‏"‏ فِي الصَّلاَةِ ‏"‏‏.‏ يَعْنِي فِي السُّبْحَةِ (سنن ابي داود: 1006) Translation: It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: “Is anyone of you incapable, (according to the version of the narrator Abdul Warith) when he prays, of stepping forwards or backwards, or to his right or left?” meaning in order to offer a voluntary prayer. (Sunan Abi-Dawud: 1006) And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best Checked and Approved by, Mufti Ebrahim Desai (Rahimahullah) المحيط البرهاني في الفقه النعماني - أبو المعالي برهان الدين محمود بن أحمد بن عبد العزيز بن عمر بن مَازَةَ البخاري الحنفي (المتوفى: 616هـ) - دار الكتب [i] العلمية - بيروت – لبنان (447/1) فأما السنن التي بعد الفرائض، فلا بأس بالإتيان بها في المسجد في المكان الذي يصلي فيه الفريضة، والأولى أن يتنحى خطوة أو خطوتين والإمام ينأى عن المكان الذي يصلي فيه الفريضة لا محالة البحر الرائق شرح كنز الدقائق - زين الدين بن إبراهيم بن محمد، المعروف بابن نجيم المصري (المتوفى: 970هـ) - دار الكتاب الإسلامي (80/2) والأولى أن يتنحى خطوة الفتاوى الهندية (476/3) فأما السنن التي بعد الفرائض فيأتي بها في المسجد في مكان صلى فيه فرضه والأولى أن يتخطى خطوة والإمام يتأخر عن مكان صلى فيه فرضه لا محالة آپ کے مسائل اور ان کا حل - حضرت مولانا محمد یوسف لدھیانوی صاحب - مكتبة لدهيانوى (ج:2 ص:408) فتاوی قاسمیہ - حضرت مولانا مفتی شبیر احمد القاسمی صاحب - مکتبہ اشرفیہ دیوبند الھند (ج:8 ص:189)

Creams and sprays that contain dead sea extracts Q: I have heard of a spray that is called "Miracle Magnesium" which I believe is very effective with all sorts of pain in joints, etc. This is extracted from the dead sea. Will this be permissible to use? What is the Islamic ruling on using products from the dead sea? A: It is reported in the Hadith that when Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) passed by the land of Thamood whereupon azaab (divine punishment) had fallen, Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) commanded the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu anhum) to hasten and pass through that area while covering their faces in the state of fear, lest they may become victims of the punishment that was inflicted on the Thamood. Furthermore, it is mentioned that Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) did not allow them to use the water of that place nor make wudhu from it, and those who had prepared food with that water, Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) asked them not to consume it. From this Hadith, we understand that when azaab (divine punishment) had fallen on a certain place, then one should not unnecessarily go to such a place nor benefit from the things found there. Based on this Hadith, we understand that it is not advisable for one to use such creams, sprays, etc. which contain the dead sea extracts. And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best. عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما، قال: لما مر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بالحجر قال: لا تدخلوا مساكن الذين ظلموا أنفسهم، أن يصيبكم ما أصابهم، إلا أن تكونوا باكين، ثم قنع رأسه وأسرع السير حتى أجاز الوادي (صحيح البخاري، الرقم: 4419) عن عبد الله بن عمر رضي الله عنهما أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لا تدخلوا على هؤلاء المعذبين إلا أن تكونوا باكين فإن لم تكونوا باكين فلا تدخلوا عليهم لا يصيبكم ما أصابهم (صحيح البخاري، الرقم: 433) عن إبراهيم بن سعد بن أبي وقاص عن أبيه قال نزل رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم بالحجر واستسقى الناس من بئرها ثم راح منها فلما استقل أمر الناس أن لا يشربوا من مائها ولا يتوضئوا منها وما كان من عجين عجن من مائها أن يعلف ففعل الناس لا يروى عن سعد إلا بهذا الإسناد تفرد به بن بنت شرحبيل (المعجم الأوسط، الرقم: 3404) وعن أبي الشموس البلوي أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى أصحابه يوم الحجر عن بئرهم، فألقى ذو العجين عجينه، وذو الحيس حيسه. رواه الطبراني، وفيه يعقوب بن حميد، وهو ضعيف ووثقه ابن حبان وقال: يخطئ في الشيء بعد الشيء. (مجمع الزوائد، الرقم: 10320) وعن سعد بن أبي وقاص قال: نزل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بالحجر، واستقى الناس من بئرهم، ثم راح منها فلما استقر أمر الناس أن لا يشربوا من مائها، ولا يتوضئوا منها، وما كان من عجين عجن من مائها أن يعلف، ففعل الناس رواه الطبراني في الأوسط، وفيه عبد الرحمن بن بشير الدمشقي ضعفه أبو حاتم. (مجمع الزوائد، الرقم: 10321) وعن أبي ذر أنهم كانوا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في غزوة تبوك فأتوا على واد، فقال لهم النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: إنكم بواد ملعون فأسرعوا. فركب فرسه فدفع ودفع الناس، ثم قال: من اعتجن عجينه، أو من كاطبخ قدرا فليكبها ثم سرنا ثم قال: يا أيها الناس، إنه ليس اليوم نفس منفوسة يأتي عليها مائة سنة فيعبأ الله بها. رواه البزار، وفيه عبد الله بن قدامة بن صخر ولم أعرفه، وبقية رجاله وثقوا. (مجمع الزوائد، الرقم: 10323) Answered by: Mufti Zakaria Makada Checked & Approved: Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

At the time of thunder, one should recite the following dua: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ، وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ Glory be to Allah, the Being whom the thunder glorifies and praises, and also the angels (glorify Him and praise Him) out of His fear. عن عبد الله بن الزبير: أنه كان إذا سمع الرعد ترك الحديث، وقال: سبحان الله الذي يسبح الرعد بحمده، والملائكة من خيفته، ثم يقول: إن هذا الوعيد لأهل الأرض شديد (السنن الكبرى للبيهقي، الرقم: 6471) It is reported regarding Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) that when he would hear thunder, he would stop talking and recite the following dua: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ، وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ Thereafter, he would say, “Indeed this warning (i.e. the thunder) is very severe for the people of the earth.”

How should a person keep Qadha & Kaffarah for missed / broken fasts? Q. When I was young, after becoming Baaligh, I would eat Sehri and break my Ramadaan fasts at school without any valid reason. At that time, I was unware of the importance of fasting. This happened for approximately 3 Ramadaans. I have not kept any of the fasts or Kaffarahs as yet. Now that I fully understand its importance and am able to keep them, please advise how should I go about doing it? (Question published as received) A) In the enquired case, it is necessary for you to make Qadha by keeping each of the Ramadaan fasts broken intentionally without a valid Shari’ reason (approximately 90 fasts). The fasts may be kept in whatever manner is convenient for you. Added to that, it is also necessary for you to keep one Kaffarah for all the fasts broken intentionally without a valid Shari’ reason. A Kaffarah is keeping 60 fasts consecutively (the days of Eid should not come in between). If the 60-day fast is interrupted without a valid Shar’i reason, then one has to recommence the 60-day fast. (Mabsoot 3/75) And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best Mufti Ismaeel Bassa Mufti Moosa Salie (The answer hereby given is specifically based on the question asked and should be read together with the question asked. Islamic rulings on this Q&A newsletter are answered in accordance to the Hanafi Fiqh unless otherwise stated.) Fatwa Department Jamiatul Ulama (KZN) Council of Muslim Theologians

Hazrat Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) and His Adherence to the Sunnah Hazrat Moulana Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi (rahimahullah) was a great Aalim, Muhaddith, Faqeeh and saint of his era. He was a descendant of Hazrat Abu Ayyoob Ansaari (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) – the Sahaabi in whose home Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) stayed at the time when he made hijrah to Madinah Munawwarah. Hazrat Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) was blessed with many outstanding qualities, among which was his deep love and strong commitment to the blessed sunnah. Below are three incidents which reflect his deep concern and effort to uphold the sunnah in his life at all times: Incident One In the year 1301 AH, Daar-ul-Uloom Deoband held its fourth graduation jalsah. Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) attended this jalsah and was also requested to tie the turbans on the heads of the graduating Ulama. On this occasion, Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) became slightly delayed in leaving for salaah. Hence, when he arrived at the musjid, he found that though he had not missed the rakaat, he had missed the Takbeer-e-Oola (the first takbeer with the imaam). After making salaam and completing the salaah, when the people looked at Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah), they noticed that he was extremely grieved and sorrowful. Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) lamented and said, “How sad! Today, after twenty years, I have missed the Takbeer-e-Oola!” From this incident we understand the great importance that Hazrat Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) showed to performing salaah in the musjid with jamaat, as well as performing the salaah with the Takbeer-e-Oola. Incident Two On one occasion, the shoes of Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) were outside the door of the musjid. However, since the sunnah when leaving the musjid is to exit with the left foot, and the sunnah when wearing shoes is to commence with the right foot, the people wondered how Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) would be able to practice on both these sunnats. If Moulana (rahimahullah) exited with the left foot, then he would be stepping into his left shoe first. Conversely, if he put his right foot into the shoe first, then he would be exiting with his right foot. Thus, the people decided to wait and observe Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) when he exited from the musjid in order to see the manner in which he would practice on both sunnats. When Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) came out from the musjid, the people saw that he exited with his left foot and placed both his feet on his shoes, without wearing them. He then wore his right shoe, followed by his left shoe. In this manner, Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) ensured that he practiced on both sunnats of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) correctly. Third Incident Once, Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) was teaching the students of Hadith in the open courtyard of the musjid when it began to rain. The students immediately picked up their kitaabs and desks and rushed into the musjid in order to avoid getting wet. As the students rushed into the musjid, they were surprised to see their ustaad, Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah), carrying their shoes in his shawl and entering the musjid behind them. They realized that since they were concerned about protecting the books of Hadith from becoming wet, they had forgotten to pick up their shoes. Hence, their ustaad, Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) had made their khidmah by picking up their shoes and saving them from becoming wet. When the students saw this, they felt ashamed and some of them even began to weep, asking Moulana (rahimahullah) why he had carried their shoes for them, whereas he was their Ustaad. Moulana Gangohi (rahimahullah) replied, “The Hadith mentions that the fish in the ocean make du‘aa for the students of deen, and the angels spread their wings beneath the feet of the students of deen. When the students of deen enjoy such honor in the sight of Allah Ta‘ala, then I wished to acquire the good fortune of serving them and bringing them comfort.” The Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) were an embodiment of the Mubaarak Sunnah, but lived in an era that was distant from our time. When we observe the lives of our Akaabir, we find that they were living examples of the Mubaarak Sunnah and showed us how to practice upon the Sunnah in contemporary times. May Allah Ta‘ala grant us the tawfeeq to emulate every sunnah of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) in our lives. ihyauddeen.co.za

On one occasion, Sayyidah Ummu Salamah (radhiyallahu ‘anha), the respected wife of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), was asked, “Which du‘aa would Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) make the most when he was with you (in your home)?” She replied, “The du‘aa that he would make the most was: يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوْبِ ، ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِيْ عَلَى دِيْنِكَ Transliteration: Ya Muqallibal Quloob! Sabbit qalbee ‘alaa deenik Translation: O the Turner of hearts! Keep my heart firm on Your Deen!” Sayyidah Ummu Salamah (radhiyallahu ‘anha) asked Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) as to why he made this du‘aa in such abundance. He replied, “O Ummu Salamah (radhiyallahu ‘anha)! Every person’s heart is in the complete control of Allah Ta‘ala. Whomsoever Allah Ta‘ala wishes, He keeps steadfast, and whomsoever He wishes, He allows to go astray.” (Sunan Tirmizi #3522) In the Arabic language, the verb ‘qalaba’ means ‘to turn around’ or ‘turn over’ (e.g. to turn something upside-down). Hence, the heart is called ‘qalb’ in Arabic as the nature of the heart is such that in a mere ‘heartbeat’, it can take a complete u-turn and have a complete turnaround. From being interested, it can suddenly lose interest. From being happy, it can suddenly become sad. From feeling motivated, it can suddenly feel lethargic and depressed. From having conviction, it can suddenly be plagued with doubts and insecurities. From this, we understand the great importance of safeguarding the heart from elements that influence it towards evil and tempt it towards haraam and sin. For instance, just one stolen glance at a non-mahram is more dangerous and fatal to the heart than even a poisonous arrow. The poison of this glance penetrates deeply, and from loving the halaal spouse, the heart suddenly takes a u-turn and begins to pine for the haraam stranger. Likewise, one casual conversation or interaction with a stranger, whether in person or through social media, novels, movies, etc. is sufficient to capsize the heart. A person previously had strong imaan and complete conviction in Allah Ta‘ala, but after being exposed to corrupt ideologies, his heart turns and is now besieged with doubts regarding Allah Ta‘ala and Islam. From being a strong, committed Muslim, he becomes a borderline atheist (if not an outright atheist – may Allah Ta‘ala save us and our families!) – all because he did not safeguard his heart. Therefore, through making this du‘aa, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) taught the Ummah that together with safeguarding the heart from external influences, we should always ask Allah Ta‘ala to keep our hearts stable and firm on Deen. If our hearts remain firm on Deen throughout our lives, then insha-Allah, we will be able to remain away from sins and will pass away while being firm on Deen and imaan. Sayyiduna Anas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) also reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) would make this du‘aa in abundance. (Sunan Tirmizi #2140) Hence, in this era of severe imaani challenges, we should all try to make this du‘aa as often as possible, and should teach it to our children as well. uswatulmuslimah.co.za

Israeli ambassador refused platform in London The Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely was forced to flee London’s LSE university after students protested her presence and refused to give her a platform. friendsofalaqsa

BREAKING: Israel’s surveillance of Palestinians Israel escalates surveillance of Palestinians with facial recognition program in West Bank New reporting by the Washington Post reveals an alarming escalation in Israel’s surveillance of Palestinians: The Israeli military has created a database of the general Palestinian population using facial recognition technology in order to track, detain, and further violate the rights of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Here's what you need to know. By Elizabeth Dwoskin Yesterday at 2:00 a.m. EST HEBRON, West Bank — The Israeli military has been conducting a broad surveillance effort in the occupied West Bank to monitor Palestinians by integrating facial recognition with a growing network of cameras and smartphones, according to descriptions of the program by recent Israeli soldiers. The surveillance initiative, rolled out over the past two years, involves in part a smartphone technology called Blue Wolf that captures photos of Palestinians’ faces and matches them to a database of images so extensive that one former soldier described it as the army’s secret “Facebook for Palestinians.” The phone app flashes in different colors to alert soldiers if a person is to be detained, arrested or left alone. To build the database used by Blue Wolf, soldiers competed last year in photographing Palestinians, including children and the elderly, with prizes for the most pictures collected by each unit. The total number of people photographed is unclear but, at a minimum, ran well into the thousands. The surveillance program was described in interviews conducted by The Post with two former Israeli soldiers and in separate accounts that they and four other recently discharged soldiers gave to the Israeli advocacy group Breaking the Silence and were later shared with The Post. Much of the program has not been previously reported. While the Israeli military has acknowledged the existence of the initiative in an online brochure, the interviews with former soldiers offer the first public description of the program’s scope and operations. In addition to Blue Wolf, the Israeli military has installed face-scanning cameras in the divided city of Hebron to help soldiers at checkpoints identify Palestinians even before they present their ID cards. A wider network of closed-circuit television cameras, dubbed “Hebron Smart City,” provides real-time monitoring of the city’s population and, one former soldier said, can sometimes see into private homes. The former soldiers who were interviewed for this article and who spoke with Breaking the Silence, an advocacy group composed of Israeli army veterans that opposes the occupation, discussed the surveillance program on the condition of anonymity for fear of social and professional repercussions. The group says it plans to publish its research. They said they were told by the military that the efforts were a powerful augmentation of its capabilities to defend Israel against terrorists. But the program also demonstrates how surveillance technologies that are hotly debated in Western democracies are already being used behind the scenes in places where people have fewer freedoms. “I wouldn’t feel comfortable if they used it in the mall in [my hometown], let’s put it that way,” said a recently discharged Israeli soldier who served in an intelligence unit. “People worry about fingerprinting, but this is that several times over.” She told The Post that she was motivated to speak out because the surveillance system in Hebron was a “total violation of privacy of an entire people.” Israel’s use of surveillance and facial recognition appear to be among the most elaborate deployments of such technology by a country seeking to control a subject population, according to experts with the digital civil rights organization AccessNow. In response to questions about the surveillance program, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said “routine security operations” were “part of the fight against terrorism and the efforts to improve the quality of life for the Palestinian population in Judea and Samaria.” (Judea and Samaria is the official Israeli name for the West Bank.) Read more here

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One should recite the following dua at the time of thunder: اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ، وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ، وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ O Allah, do not kill us due to Your anger, and do not destroy us through Your punishment, and grant us Aafiyat (grant us protection and ease when the calamity comes or take us away from this world) before that (before You send down Your punishment). عن سالم بن عبد الله بن عمر، عن أبيه، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا سمع صوت الرعد والصواعق، قال: اللهم لا تقتلنا بغضبك، ولا تهلكنا بعذابك، وعافنا قبل ذلك (سنن الترمذي، الرقم: 3450) Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhuma) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) would recite the following dua when he heard thunder and loud thunderbolts: اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ، وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ، وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ Ihyaauddeen.co.za

There’s a young man, his parents find out about his drug addiction, they are totally traumatised. Instead of getting him help, they unfortunately feel the institution of marriage will rehabilitate him. The idea of “settling” him down, concealing his ugly habit and marrying him off to an unsuspecting, innocent young girl is deemed a better solution. Her single settled life is thrown upside down and she is thrown into a life of hell. There’s a young woman who’s been to university and then climbed the ladder at work. Someone introduced her to Kat (a stimulant similar to cocaine). It will give her a boost and help her multitask, plus it’s a slimmer. She loses weight, is a superstar at work but then she needs more and soon her 4 gram treat is R1000 a day habit that she cannot function without. Her biological clock is ticking, a good proposal comes along and concealing things she marries. Addiction results in obsessive compulsive behaviour. Addicts will go to great lengths to get their fix. They have two personas. When he is craving he is different from when he is high. In order to be calm and relaxed he needs to have his drug of choice and thus he’s high all the time. His wife only knows the “high” him. When he calms down everything becomes a fight and she blames herself until years later the ugly truth is revealed. Addiction and alcoholism is one of the most destructive forces a relationship can ever endure if it manages to survive it. The more time and effort an addict puts into using drugs, the life of finding drugs and using them becomes a cycle at the expense of everyone and everything around them. Love of the family, family responsibilities, time with the family take a distant second place to the love of drugs. Drug addiction is something that Muslim organisations and rehabilitation centres have to deal with on a daily basis. More and more marriages are suffering from the addiction of one or sometimes both partners. Drugs and its different categories, and alcohol are among the major causes of destruction of a society because the use of drugs and all the other intoxicants is of the greatest crimes which in itself lead to other serious sins. “It is what we call the mother of all evils and the cause of corruption. Whenever a society is infested with drugs, as we are now, it is thrown into violent passions and lust and harms and leads to all kinds of contagious diseases.” It is only if Muslims make a U-Turn and return to Allah will there be eradication. Maulana Riaz Limbada from the Crescent of Hope’s female rehabilitation centre shares the same feeling. “We at rehab centres have realised that there is absolutely no rehabilitation without reconnection. Reconnecting to Allah is the cornerstone of rehabilitation firstly. Secondly, prevention is obviously much better than cure so let us stay connected to Allah and InshaAllah we will not reach the stage where we will need to be rehabilitated from substance abuse.” said Maulana Limbada. Drugs have become an acceptable part of our society. Television, probably the most captivating form of media next to music, glorifies drugs. The glorification of drug taking and society’s acceptance of it has brought it to the phenomena where the majority of youth feel they need some sort of enhancement or additive in their lives. “Sober has become boring. Society perceives it to be boring. We are witnessing this.” Despite drug addiction being able to infest during youth, it is still possible to conceal the addiction especially from close family and friends. The dirty secret is often only exposed after years of marriage and many other lives are grievously affected. “Today we call it designer drugs, designed by shaytaan. Many of my patients have high profile jobs in many institutions… Today, it’s absolutely concealed. In many cases families who find out their children are taking drugs are concealing it from the rest of the family and successfully for a long while. In fact many of the addicts have been able to conceal it from their families. We have reached a stage where we may have to demand drug tests and even aids tests on proposals,” explains Maulana Limbada. Drug addiction in marriages affects the income of the household as money is channelled in the incorrect direction. The need for money often leads to theft and the stress of not being able to obtain drugs leads to domestic abuse. Ultimately the upbringing of innocent children is sadly affected. The fundamental principles of Islam protect us against all the evil we are presently faced with. There is really only One Saviour and one direction that can prevent people from these calamities and that is to hold on to and to practice the beautiful Deen of Islam and be steadfast in it. “Those who are afflicted with this evil, Allah Ta’ala is waiting for you to make taubah and to repent. Allah is waiting for you to reconstruct your life. Those who repent sincerely for the love and the sake of Allah, then Allah the Almighty will turn their bad deeds on the Day of Judgement into good deeds provided they turned to Allah sincerely and never returned to those vices.” Bint Ahmed - Cii Radio Jamiatul Ulama (KZN) Council of Muslim Theologians

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2nd November 1917 As part of Britain's long colonial history and its continuous efforts to support Zionism, on this day the Balfour Declaration was issued, carving the way for the Nakba. The then British foreign secretary, Arthur Balfour, promised the zionists a "national homeland for Jews" in Palestine. He gave a land that he didn't own to those who didn't deserve it. 104 years ago it was called Palestine and it remains Palestine!

Towers of Torture (Al-Quds) The Israeli Occupation Forces are using the fortified watchtowers they built in Bab Al-Amoud Square in al-Quds (Jerusalem) to carry out their brutality and aggression against Palestinians, particularly the youth. Inside these towers, members of the Occupation police deliberately beat and search young Palestinians while humiliating and degrading them. In early 2018, the Israeli Occupation built three fortified military towers around Bab Al-Amoud, a neighborhood where the majority of Palestinians have to pass through in order to get to the Old Town. The construction of the towers was part of the Israeli Minister of Internal Security plan to “increase the safety” of Bab Al-Amoud soldiers. Its construction was accompanied by the installation of dozens of cameras around the area. Since its construction, the Israeli Occupation Forces took advantage of these rooms, where there are no surveillance cameras, in order to forcibly attack young Palestinians. This includes beating them with the stocks of their rifles, blasting them with pepper spray, and assaulting them directly. www.instagram.com/p/CVk9BwHtRa3/

The massacre of the village of al-Dawayima The massacre of the village of al-Dawayima is considered to be one of the major massacres of the 1948 War, and perhaps the most horrific. Unlike massacres carried out by Zionist paramilitary groups, such as Deir Yasin on 9 April, the perpetrators of the al-Dawayima massacre were regular armed forces with operational planning capacity. They were part of the armed forces of the new state that, having firmly established its presence, was seeking recognition by the international community and was preparing its application to become a member state of the UN, which meant a pledge to respect all the commitments specified by its charter. Moreover, the massacre of al-Dawayima was not followed by condemnations from Palestinians and Arabs; more than three decades passed before it received attention from scholars and the media. Al-Dawayima was one of the largest villages in the Hebron subdistrict. It was located 24 km from the city of Hebron and was less than 500 meters above sea level. To its north lay the village of Bayt Jibrin, to the east Dura and Idna, to the west al-Qubayba and Arab al-Jabbarat, and to the south the farmland of Dura. Its land area was 179 dunams and its population was 3,710 according to the British Mandate census of 1945. The village was known for its many ancient Roman ruins. It was famous for its olive groves and was the location of one of the most important farmer’s markets in the region every Friday, suq al-barrein (“the bi-terrain market”), named by the villagers in reference to its produce from both hilly and flat regions. The village was located in an area of skirmishes between the locals and the Israeli colonies after the end of the Mandate and the departure of the British army. The people of al-Dawayima set up a local committee to handle the defense of the village and purchase weapons. This committee bought several rifles and small quantities of ammunition from some Egyptians. In the five months that followed the UN Partition Resolution in November 1947, the villagers and other resistance fighters in the Hebron hills engaged in fierce, grueling battles with the Zionist forces such as the one with the settlement of Gush Etzion. In October 1948, the fighting came closer to al-Dawayima, particularly when the Israeli forces were able to occupy a number of nearby villages, starting with al-Maqhaz. They were trying to cut off the Egyptian troops who were stationed in the villages of Iraq al-Manshiyya and al-Faluja and to establish a direct connection with the settlements north of the Bayt Jibrin–al-Faluja battle line. Matters became grave in the latter half of October when Israel decided to break the Second Truce with the Arab armies and launch Operation Yoav in southern Palestine. Its attacking forces renewed their assault on al-Faluja and Iraq al-Manshiyya, which made the capture of al-Dawayima and its neighboring villages imminent. The young men of the village began organizing nightly guard duty to be prepared for any potential attack. On 27 October 1948, the Egyptian troops withdrew from Bayt Jibrin to Hebron and the people of the villages of Bayt Jibrin and al-Qubayba withdrew along with them in the direction of al-Dawayima and other villages, which meant the Egyptians were completely surrounded in what was later known as the Faluja Pocket. Incidentally, one of their battalions was led by Gamal Abdel Nasser, who later became president of Egypt. The people of al-Dawayima attempted to contact the commanders of the Arab armies to ask for protection, but to no avail. This caused panic among the villagers, and some of the women, children, and the elderly left for safety. On 29 October 1948, as the villagers were finishing Friday prayers, news came that the Zionist forces had reached the outskirts of the village. The assault was carried out by the 89th commando battalion, which was part of the Israeli army’s 8th Armored Brigade, under the command of Yitzhak Sadeh, the founder of the Palmach. The soldiers launched the operation from al-Qubayba in tanks equipped with artillery and machine guns. Upon reaching the outskirts of the village, they split up into sub-groups that attacked the village simultaneously from three directions, opening heavy fire from the north, south, and west while leaving the east open. The village had no more than twenty armed men to defend it based on its western side to try to halt the attack. Some of them opened fire with their rifles, while others massed boulders at the entry points to the village to impede the attackers’ advance. Meanwhile, a number of the villagers took shelter in the village mosque. Others chose to remain in their homes or fled in the direction of Dura and its surrounding villages. One group hid itself in the nearby caves and grottos. In the face of the overwhelming strength of their attackers, the men defending the village abandoned their posts. The Israeli artillery began pounding the village’s houses and shooting at those who were trying to escape. By midday, the Zionist forces entered the village from the three directions without any significant resistance and began to carry out a massacre. They did this by targeting villagers in three stages: first, in their homes and alleyways; second, in the village mosque; and third, in a cave in the Tor al-Zagh area. There were two main eyewitnesses to the killings that took place in al-Dawayima: the village mukhtar, Hassan Mahmoud Ihdeib, and an Israeli soldier. The mukhtar’s testimony was part of a letter sent on 14 June 1949 by the secretary of the Arab Refugee Congress in Ramallah to the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, which had convened in Lausanne with the participation of Israel and the concerned Arab states. In it, he stated that when Israeli armored cars stormed the village and started firing, a number of soldiers disembarked on the village streets and started shooting indiscriminately at anything they saw moving. While the elderly took refuge in the mosque, the other villagers started to flee, the mukhtar himself included. However, the following night he returned to the village with some others to find out what happened to those they had left behind. They found around sixty bodies in the mosque, mostly of the elderly, including his own father. They saw a large number of bodies of men, women, and children in the streets. They then made their way to the cave of Iraq al-Zagh, and at the mouth of the cave they found eighty-five bodies, also of men, women, and children. The mukhtar gave his testimony again in 1984 to an Israeli journalist for the newspaper Hadashot, where he gave additional details; for example, the villagers who had taken shelter in the caves were discovered by the attacking troops. They were ordered to form one single line and march eastwards. As they started to walk, the Israelis opened fire on them. He also recalled that some people returned the following night to bury the bodies in a well. To verify the accuracy of Ihdeib’s claim, the journalist brought four laborers and accompanied him to the spot he had indicated to dig inside the intended well. Indeed, there they discovered human remains – bones and skeletons in a pile and three skulls, including one belonging to a small child – after which the workers stopped digging. Having verified that a massacre had taken place, the journalist went ahead and published her article on 24 August 1984. The Israeli soldier’s testimony was recorded by S. Kaplan, one of the members of the Mapam Party, who included it as part of a letter he sent to the editor-in-chief of the party newspaper Al-HaMishmar on 8 November 1948, nine days after the massacre occurred. The letter remained suppressed until the Israeli historian Benny Morris discovered it by chance and referred to it in his book The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem published in 1987. (The letter was published in full in Haaretz newspaper in 2016.) The soldier recalls that they encountered no fighting or resistance in al-Dawayima and that the first wave of troops that attacked killed between 80-100 Arabs, smashing the skulls of children with sticks. Then another batch blockaded all those who had remained home and brought explosives engineers to blow up the houses with the people alive inside them. The solider narrates how one commander ordered the explosives engineer to put two elderly women into a house and then blow it up. The engineer refused to carry out the order, but it was still carried out by other soldiers. He also tells the story of a woman with a newborn who was ordered to clean the backyard of a house where the soldiers were eating, after which she and her infant were shot dead. In his letter, Kaplan wrote that over the last two weeks he had been listening to stories by soldiers and commanders boasting of their skill in carrying out murders and rapes and how these acts should be considered as stellar “missions” for them. He admitted that his party faced a dilemma: openly circulating this information would have a damaging effect on the image of the new state. The survivors who managed to reach Hebron informed the UN observers and Arab officials that the Israelis had re-enacted the Deir Yasin massacre in al-Dawayima. The UN made three requests that the Israelis allow its observers to visit the village to investigate; each request was rejected. Then on 8 November, permission was granted to two UN officers to visit the village. The two observers noticed that smoke was still coming out from a number of houses, and some of them were giving off a strange smell that resembled something like burnt bones. When they demanded to inspect the village mosque, an Israeli officer told them they could not enter mosques out of respect for tradition, but a quick glance was enough to confirm that the Israeli soldiers had obviously desecrated the place. Then the Israelis prevented them from examining the other end of the village on the pretext that the Arabs had planted land mines there. However, one of the observers remained skeptical, as the sector in question directly faced the front line with the Arab armies and it would not have made any sense for the Arabs to plant land mines there. When it came to evacuating civilians, the Israelis denied having used force to expel them and even claimed that the villagers fled when the Arab forces withdrew from the area. The exact number of victims of the massacre is unknown but is estimated to have been in the hundreds. Reports in the Hebron police headquarters pointed to the killing of around 200 of the villagers of al-Dawayima who had taken refuge in the village mosque, most of them elderly and not physically capable of fleeing. The command of the Egyptian garrison in Bethlehem reported that there were 500 victims, while the American consul in Jerusalem wrote in his report that based on the news that had reached him, between 500 and 1,000 Arabs were killed in al-Dawayima. The village mukhtar himself said that he had tallied the number of victims at 455 and had delivered a list with the names of the victims to the Transjordanian military governor. The mukhtar reported also that there were other victims among those who had taken refuge in the village earlier, but the number of which he was unable to determine. Ben-Gurion also pitched in, saying he heard rumors that the Israeli army had killed 70–80 people. The matter of al-Dawayima was raised in December 1948 during an Israeli cabinet committee’s discussion of transgressions committed during the 1948 war. Aharon Cizling, the minister of agriculture (from the Mapam Party), said that he considered the soldiers to have committed Nazi-like acts and expressed his dissatisfaction at the lack of a serious investigation. However, along with other ministers, he ultimately agreed that there should not be any official public admission of transgressions so as to safeguard Israel’s reputation. Why did the massacre of al-Dawayima residents not have the same reverberations as the Deir Yasin massacre? Perhaps the most realistic explanation was the one offered by the secretary of the Arab Refugee Congress in Ramallah, who said that the Arab Legion (the Transjordanian military force posted in the Hebron region) feared that spreading of the news of what took place in al-Dawayima would result in a similar wave of mass exodus as was the case with Deir Yasin. After the massacre, the survivors from al-Dawayima dispersed. At first, a number of them remained in the villages and ancient ruins near the ceasefire line waiting to return to their village. Then, most of them went to refugee camps, including Ain al-Sultan in Jericho, and the camps of al-Arroub and al-Fawwar in the Hebron governorate. Some went to other areas in the West Bank and another group went to refugee camps in Jordan. In 1955, the Israelis established the settlement of Amatzya on a portion of the rubble of al-Dawayima. All that remained intact was the Sufi shrine of Shaykh Ali, located at the top of a plateau southwest of the village, surrounded by pine and oak trees. SH Selected bibliography Hadawi, Sami. Bitter Harvest: A Modern History of Palestine. New York: Olive Branch Press, 1991. Khalidi, Walid, ed. All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. 2d ed. Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 2006. Morris, Benny. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Ofir, Jonathan. “'Barbarism by an Educated and Cultured People.' Dawayima Massacre Was Worse than Deir Yassin,” at mondoweiss.net Palumbo, Michael. The Palestinian Catastrophe: The 1948 Expulsion of a People from Their Homeland. London: Faber & Faber, 1987. Source

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During the Khilaafah of Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu), there was a person from Syria who would come to Madinah Munawwarah to meet Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) and benefit from him. However, after a period of time, Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) noticed that this person had not come to Madinah Munawwarah for some time. Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) became concerned and thus enquired from the people about him. The people replied, “O Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen! He has fallen in the grave sin of drinking wine!” Hearing this, Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) decided to send him a message in which he would conscientize him regarding his deen. Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) thus called his scribe and dictated the following message to him which contained the opening verse of Surah Mu’min: “From Umar, the son of Khattaab, to so-and-so, the son of so-and-so. I greet you with salaam. I commence by praising Allah, the One besides Whom there is no god worthy of worship. Allah is the only One who forgives sins and accepts repentance, the One who is severe in punishment, the All-Bountiful (who Bestows His grace and mercy upon His servants). There is no god besides Him. To Him alone is the ultimate return (for all the creation).” Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) handed over the letter to a messenger and instructed him to personally deliver the letter and ensure that at the time he delivers the letter to him, he is in a sober state. Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) then turned to the people who were present in his gathering and said, “Make dua for your brother and sincerely beg Allah Ta‘ala to turn his heart towards deen and bless him with the tawfeeq to make tawbah.” When the man received the letter of Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu), he began to read it. The message in the letter was so profound and decisive that it had a dynamic effect on his heart. He continued to repeat the verse of the Qur’aan Majeed which described the divine attributes of Allah Ta‘ala, of His all-forgiving nature, as well as His being severe in punishment upon those who transgress the limits of Shari‘ah. Allah Ta‘ala says, “Allah is the only One who forgives sins and accepts repentance, the One who is severe in punishment”. After repeating the verse many times, he began to weep profusely and said, “Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) has warned me of the punishment of Allah Ta‘ala, but at the same time, he has given me hope in the divine and all-encompassing mercy of Allah Ta‘ala, reminding me that Allah Ta‘ala will forgive me if I repent to him.” The man immediately repented to Allah Ta‘ala and made such a firm tawbah that he never went close to wine again. When Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) learnt of the positive effect the letter had on the heart of the man, he addressed the people present in his gathering and said, “When you see your Muslim brother fall into sin, then you should act in the manner you have seen me conduct, by thinking of ways to guide him towards deen. Similarly, you should conscientize him and give him hope in the mercy of Allah. You should also make dua to Allah for his guidance. Do not deal with him in a way where you will cause him to lose hope in the mercy of Allah, thus becoming an assistant of shaitaan against him.” (Tafseer Ibnu Katheer 7/116 & Tafseer Qurtubi 15/291) From this incident, we understand the deep concern which Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) had for the ummah. It was this deep concern that urged him to write the letter as well as engage in dua, begging Allah Ta‘ala for the guidance of that person. This concern of Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) was the concern that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) had for each and every ummati. Hence, from this, we learn that just as a believer should be concerned about his own progress, similarly, he should also be concerned about the progress of his Muslim brother. It is reported that Hazrat Salmaan Faarsi (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) said, “The example of two believing brothers is like that of two hands; each hand washes the other hand. Never do two believers meet one another except that Allah Ta‘ala causes one of them to benefit and bring goodness to the other.” (Ithaaf-us-Saadah 6/173) In order for the ummah to gain eternal success, they are commanded to practice upon Islam in totality. Practicing upon Islam in totality will be found when each person upholds the following four injunctions in his life: (1) to bring Imaan in Allah Ta‘ala, in His Rasul (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) and in all the tenets of faith (2) to uphold all the commandments of Islam and to refrain from all its prohibitions (3) to encourage one another towards upholding Islam in totality and leading lives of righteousness (4) to encourage and assist one another to remain steadfast upon Islam at all times, especially at the time of difficulties and calamities. In Surah Asr, mention is made of these four injunctions being the basis of eternal success for a believer. May Allah Ta‘ala bless us with the tawfeeq of treading on the path of deen and making an effort to guide others towards deen. From the orchards of love - Ihyauddeen.co.za

To all of my believing sisters out there who feel “ being stuck at home “ with child rearing and cooking and cleaning day in and day out .... who feel their productivity and creativity is withering away , who feel there is a lot to do out there like going for hifz classes , attending lectures , volunteering for dawah activities and other ways by which they can gain Allah Ta'alas Pleasure. Do you feel there is less opportunities at home for acquiring great rewards ? Then let me remind you of 2 great women of Jannah. Hazrat Khadijah and Hazrat Fatimah (ra), may Allah be pleased with them both ... Hazrat Khadija (ra) was not a scholar of hadith like Hazrat Aisha (ra) ... she did not relate a single hadith, neither did she participate in any battle of Islam. Then what are her achievements? Of course being the first revert is the best of them, which is obviously beyond our reach, but is it only that? No ... her role as a devoted wife and mother of seven children and a pillar of support for her husband in good times and bad, are also priceless achievements, her willingness to serve her husband at all times ... her toil and fatigue ... A Hadith states that once as she was coming with food and drink for Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) when he was in the Cave of Hira, Hazrat Jibreel (as) descended with the greeting of Salam from Allah Ta'ala for her and brought glad tidings of a house in Jannah, built of Pearl where there will be no more noise nor fatigue ! Hazrat Fatimah Bint Muhammad (ra) Wasn’t it her struggles as a wife and homemaker which made her the leader of women In Jannah? Or have we heard of extraordinary reports about her contributions to deen ? No .... It was her simple life , doing household chores taking care of her husband and children and lots of hard work which had bruised her hands ... so much that when she asked for a helper, what did her beloved father Sallallahu alayhi wasallam say: Rather my dear, recite 33 times each before sleeping SubhaanAllah, Alhamdulilah, Allahu Akbar, that will relieve you and lighten your burden .... Take home message Muslim Women at home are doing a wonderful job , it’s enough to get us to Jannah if we are sincere to Allah Ta'ala and grateful to our husbands and fulfil our amaanah to the best of our ability. So, the next time you pick up the broom, do it with a smile and a sincere dua : “O Allah accept from me!“

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