Kansas Governor signs "Sharia Bill" - What should Muslims do?

Every Muslim living in this world should take this with a pinch of salt. The world has not come to an end, and there is no need to get all upset and angry or feel singled out. There is no need to criticize a non-Muslim for rejecting Sharia. In fact, even if each and every state in the United States passed the "Sharia Bill" in their states; there is no reason for anyone to panic. First and foremost, USA is not an Islamic Country and looking around the globe there are hardly any Muslim countries that rule by the Sharia. So, what is the big deal about non-Muslims rejecting Sharia. In fact, what this calls for is a deeper inner reflection that most Muslims lack today. The Governor has done nothing unconstitutional. In fact, he is leading by an excellent example of protecting and saving the American constitution. Is that wrong? Is that Islamaphobia? No. We should give credit where it is due. And we should look deeper into our hearts and our actions. When the heart changes everything around changes; the way we think changes, the way we treat people changes, the criteria of right and wrong changes, the conditions of love and hate change, trade and business methods change, the people around us change, our neigbors experience the cool breeze of change, the streets change, the towns change, the cities change and the country changes. So, when Kansas changes one can see how far behind the Muslims of America stand; especially the Muslims of Kansas! A lot has to change within ourselves. By protesting we are only making noise, creating disturbance and making a mountain out of a mole hill. Are all the Muslims of Kansas waking up for tahajjud? Making duas to Allah to enlighten the non-Muslims of Kansas (who are already part of the Bible Belt)? Are the Muslims praying at the Mosques? Are the Muslims making zikr, tilawaah of the Quran and all the simple things that shine our hearts and illuminate the houses and streets around them? If there is a power outtage in a neighborhood in Wichita Kansas and if we were all flying in a plane that is hovering above the rooftops of the houses, what will we see today? OH NO LIGHTS! There is a power outtage. Well, in the realm of spirituality what we MIGHT have seen would have been a small candle burning barely impossible to detect. This candle is the spiritual state of our hearts today. Today there is darkness around us, yet we have no light to offer to people.

It takes effort to re-generate this light that resides in the Qalb (Heart). We are not satisfied with Allah ta'ala and continue to fight and scream in the physical realm against things like "Sharia Bill"; YET our hearts are dimmer than the light of a candle. Until we shine the heart so that it reflects the Nur of Allah ta'ala. "Nurun alaa nur". Therefore, let us not raise our voices and disturb the peace of the good people of Kansas.

Target Killings: Maulana Aslam Shaikhupuri Killed in Karachi

Date: On 13th May, 2012 Sheikh (Maulana) Muhammed Aslam Sheikhupuri (rahmatullahi alayhi) was murdered. Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji-oon.

He was a diabled person and could not walk. In the area of Dhora-ji, Karachi, he was killed by gunmen as part of the ongoing killing spree and target killings in Pakistan.

Sheikh Aslam was a teacher (Ustaad) and a Mufassir of Quran. Everyday in Pakistan one Islamic scholar is being targeted and killed. In Quetta alone, the target killings have broken all global Islamic records, where one scholar a day is being murdered by unknown gunmen.

How to get married in less than 4-months

Everyone desires to have a soul mate. It is not very difficult to get married, nor is it hard to find a spouse. If you are honestly seeking to settle down, have a job and live happily there is a solution to your problem. This is the golden truth that can be put to test; for Muslims as well as non-Muslims. What I am about to share with you will change your life forever. Even the most talented, highly educated and most resourceful people (or organizations) in the entire world can not solve this problem; nor make any such promises to anyone. You will find books titled, "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus" but none of these books can guarantee a marriage or a spouse. However, there is one Internationally renowned book that provides the solution. In fact, it challenges mankind to apply its formula and experience the beauty and sweetness of becoming married. In as much as many have tried to "Burn" the Quran, accused it of spreading violence and terrorism; it happens to be the ONLY Book in the world that teaches the message of love, affection and marriage (besides a million other great things). So are you ready to embark on this journey? Are you sincerely seeking to get married? Are you ready to apply the Quranic truth and experience its reality? Or are you just playing around?

Today, hundreds and thousands of "match-makers" try and link people together. But the beauty of the Quran is in its simplicity. I met my wife and married her after reading this verse of the Quran. But let me give you some background to understand how and why this particular verse of the Quran holds the golden keys to getting married.

You would have to turn your attention to Suratul-Qasas (Arabic: سورة القصص‎) (The Stories). This is the 28th surah (chapter) of the Qur'an with 88 ayats (verses). Lexically, "Qasas" means to relate events in their proper sequence. In fact, this Surah details the story of the Sayyidna Musa alayhi salaam (Prophet Moses). So, here is the background to this wonderful incident as explained in the Quran:

• And a man came from the uttermost part of the city, running. He said: O Musa! Lo! the chiefs take counsel against thee to slay thee; therefor escape. Lo! I am of those who give thee good advice (20)
• So he (Sayyidna Musa alayhi salaam) escaped from thence, fearing, vigilant. He said: Ya Rab! Deliver me from the wrongdoing folk. (21)
• And when he turned his face toward Midian, he said: Per adventure my Lord will guide me in the right road. (22)
• And when he came unto the water of Midian he found there a whole tribe of men, watering. And he found apart from them two women keeping back (their flocks). He said: What aileth you? The two said: We cannot give (our flocks) to drink till the shepherds return from the water; and our father is a very old man. (23)
•  So he watered (their flock) for them. Then he turned aside into the shade, and said: My Lord! I am needy of whatever good Thou sendest down for me. (24)

Verse 24 is the Supplication or "Du'a" that everyone needs to read, if not memorize. Whenever, you feel lonely and full of desire for a spouse, or feel the pain of not having a wife or husband; then start reading this dua. Read it standing, sitting, walking, laying, before prayers, after prayers and in any mode of your daily activities and as many times. So, the dua (which is part of the verse) is:

رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلۡتَ إِلَىَّ مِنۡ خَيۡرٍ۬ فَقِيرٌ۬

Insha Allah within 4-months you will see the doors open and Allah ta'ala will relieve your pain with a spouse. So, what you have to do is after you read this verse a number of times; make the dua that:

"Oh Allah! You have made every living thing in pairs. The sincere, beautiful and pious pair that you have created for me, please give it to me"

So, why does this supplication work so well? Allah ta'ala gives the response in the Quran immediately after this verse.

• Then there came unto him one of the two women, walking shyly. She said: Lo! my father biddeth thee, that he may reward thee with a payment for that thou didst water (the flock) for us. Then, when he came unto him and told him the (whole) story, he said: Fear not! Thou hast escaped from the wrongdoing folk. (25)
• One of the two women said, O my father! Hire him. For the best (man) that thou can hire is the strong, the trustworthy.(26)

So, one can see that Sayyidna Musa alayhi salaam found a spouse and he landed himself a job. The key Arabic word to note is that after Sayyidna Musa alayhi salaam finished his dua, the response from Allah ta'ala was very fast; otherwise known in Arabic as "Bis-sura'a" (speedy). Verse 25 starts with the Arabic word "Fa Jaa'at huma...". Any verse that starts with "faa" and not "waa" is an indication that the response will be immediate.

Wish you all the best and let me know if you got married. Ameen.

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Santorum: no apology needed for Quran burning

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum criticized President Barack Obama's apology for the burning of Qurans in Afghanistan, adding that Afghanistan should apologize to the U.S. for the deaths of four U.S. soldiers during six days of violence sparked by the incident.
"There was nothing deliberately done wrong here," Santorum said Sunday on ABC's "This Week". "This was something that happened as a mistake. Killing Americans in uniform is not a mistake. It was something that deliberate."

Commentary
So much for being the "Lamb of God" and following a religion of "Peace". Mormon's for years did not consider "Blacks" as humans. In fact, anyone black was considered "Half-Human". This sort of nonsense and racism has nothing to with God, or peace. These are people aligned with following the commands of their desires and that of Iblees; whom Allah has declared as his open enemy. Just like Imaan (faith) has branches, Kufr (disbelief) has branches. It is a trophy of Shaitaan that he established clandestine organizations like "Bones & Skulls", "Masons", "Illuminati's" and Kufr as a whole in all its form, fit and functionality. These statements are to re-affirm their vows with Shaitaan and assure him that they are all about spreading chaos on earth and amass wealth. As the messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) said [more or less] that during the age of fitnah one will see many such people. So, Alhamdullilah Islam and the Quran can be "burned" but its spirit can not be burned. As Allah almight has mentioned in the Quran, "wa kalimatul laahi hiyal ulyaa" compared to "wa kalimatul ladhee na kafarus suflaa". Allah's word is above the words of disbelief forever.

New Farhat Hashmi Video & ISNA

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Why Pork is Haraam (Unlawful): an absurd question

Recently, I was out having a cup of coffee with an english friend of mine, at a newly opened Cafe in Kuala Lumpur. For all these months that I have known this person, we never discussed religion. In fact, my friend indicated to me that he had studied in Birmingham and had been around Muslims for a very long time. But when he asked me the question, "Why is Pork Unlawful in Islam", it didn't really take me by surprise. In reality, I didn't feel like going into any fancy explanations or defensive arguments to make my point as to why pig is unlawful in Islam, because Muslims are always faced with this question all over the world. My answer was no different than what Allah ta'ala had revealed to our beloved messenger (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) in the Quran:

حُرِّمَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةُ وَٱلدَّمُ وَلَحۡمُ ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيۡرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ

I told him that I was born a Muslim, I grew up learning that "lahmal Khinzeer" (meat of the swine) is unlawful and forbidden as the word clearly states "Hurrimat alaykum" (forbidden on you all). I told him that it is is a matter of blind faith (taqleed) in the message of the Quran and really nothing else. However, I told him that Islamic Jurists have then set out certain principles based on the Quran and oral traditions of the messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) to establish whether a by-product originating from an Unlawful thing becomes lawful (or not). This is a science that helps us in our daily lives to understand if we can have medication, or use toothpaste et cetra. He found that very enlightening. I mentioned to him that I had a very good American friend called Jim Vidar who was a fan and follower of Pastor Benny Hinn; who ran a huge evangelical church (at the time) out of Orlando Florida. This particular Christian friend of mine gave me a book written by a Christian Pastor that discusses the Prohibition of Swine as clearly stated in the Old and New Testament. In fact, the book goes on to criticize Christians for disregarding the clear and concise message of God Almighty!

"But what is interesting to note", I told my friend is that when we look at Arabia at the time of the messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi wa sallam), the only animal that was never found in abundance was the swine. So, why would a dessert nomad (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) go so far as to implement a strict ban on eating an animal like the pig when it wasn't even commonly available, nor reared, nor a staple diet? Unless this was decreed by God Almighty! It is like we decide to ban Nano-Technology products when in reality no one really even understands the depth of such a thing? "I ban nano-Technology". How crazy is that? So, how can the messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) just decide to ban the eating of an animal that was non-existential in their society. But the messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) goes so far as to state (more or less) that if a fly falls in a cup of milk then dip its other wing, throw it away and drink the milk! He doesn't ban people from drinking the milk when it was common sense that a fly was considered a "dirty" insect. It would have made more sense to prohibit people from drinking milk that has been affected by a dirty fly. So, did he get this from the Bible? If he did get this from the Bible than your question is absolutely absurd. You should not be eating the pork at all nor even asking us such a silly question, period! The truth is what is in the Quran.

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The Great Lie about Nigeria's Oil Subsidy

Professor Tam David-West
By The NEWS January 8, 2012 Professor Tam David-West, Petroleum Minister during the era of General Muhammadu Buhari, and Mines, Power and Steel in the General Ibrahim Babangida government, spoke with GBENRO ADESINA on the controversy over oil subsidy removal.

For the layman on the street, does oil subsidy exist?There is no oil subsidy in Nigeria. It is a lie and fraud. After the regime of General Buhari, I challenged government after government, from General Ibrahim Babangida and Chief Ernest Shonekan to General Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, to appear on national television with me to justify their subsidy.Let me introduce you to the basics. Let us say a particular commodity like gari is sold for N10 per bag hypothetically and the farmers are producing to make us self-sufficient at N10. But at a time, they can’t produce enough because of either bad harvest or natural causes, the government now says since garri is a staple food, the government goes to another country where gari is produced and buys it at N20 per bag and brings it to Nigeria to sell at N10 per bag. The government now writes off the extra N10 –– that is subsidy. The extra N10 the government pays on behalf of the people for them to still buy at N10 is the subsidy paid on that commodity.No government should exist if it can’t serve the people because government is a trust. They are trustees for the people. Edmund Burke, the great British philosopher, said that government is a contrivance of human wisdom and the wisdom should be used to satisfy people’s needs. Any government that can’t satisfy the need of its people is irrelevant and must be overthrown and kicked out.Coming to petroleum, there is no oil subsidy. Oil subsidy in Nigeria is fiction, it doesn’t exist and it is a fraud. During Buhari’s time, we had three refineries. When necessary, I mean, whenever there was shortage of oil, we embarked on offshore processing. If at a time, the production of oil couldn’t satisfy our needs, we selected oil companies like Shell and others that we would give crude oil to refine abroad, sell at foreign exchange and pay to our account. We got quantum of barrels of crude oil and gave to these companies and after they might have refined it, let’s say they got one million litres and we needed only 200 litres, they would give us the quantity we wanted and sell the remaining and give us foreign exchange. We only took our fuel back, never imported fuel.

This time what do they do? These fraudulent people will take our oil, refine it and bring it back and sell it at foreign exchange. This is fraud in the highest places. Why is it that during Buhari era, with three refineries we were self sufficient but at their time, with four refineries we are now importing fuel?I personally signed the contract of the fourth refinery which we call new Port Harcourt Refinery in 1984. It was one of the best in Africa, with a capacity of 160,000 barrels per day. The first refinery, in Port Harcourt, was built in 1965; Warri refinery in 1978, and Kaduna refinery in 1980. A newly constructed refinery can’t have major problem for about 30 years. The problem they will not tell you is that after Buhari, every Minister and Head of State became an oil sheikh, except General Abdulsalami Abubakar.Some ministers have petrol stations and oil blocs. You can’t serve the nation and serve yourself at the same time because you can’t serve two masters at a time. One must serve his country and the dividends of doing this is satisfaction. Total capacity of our four refineries is 445,000 barrels per day. If the refineries are working even at 80 per cent, we will have more than enough product. They did not do that but sabotaged our refineries. I have been shouting since 1995 and I wrote that they are killing Nigeria and poor men. And in 2009, the House of Representatives corroborated me by saying that refineries were sabotaged. Abdulsalami as head of state, reacting to the state of our refineries, said he didn’t want to open a box of scandal.

Why did they do this to the common man? Who are the importers? Big people!A senator said this year, Nigeria spends N860 million on fuel importation and they projected that by the end of the year, over N1 trillion will be spent on importation of fuel when our budget is N4.3 trillion. Insanity! Dan Etete said they needed $250 million to repair the refineries but the same minister said Nigeria is importing fuel at $900 million. Is that not insanity? If you need this huge amount of money to repair refineries, why don’t you build new refineries? The money you are using to import, use it to build refineries.Why do you think Obasanjo did not repair the four refineries we had and build four extra for petroleum to be sold at N20 as he analysed when he was in power?Olusegun Obasanjo is a great liar. They will not do so in order to continue to import fuel for selfish reasons.Is it true that Nigeria has the lowest prices of refined products among oil producing countries?Forget Jonathan! He doesn’t understand what he is saying. He is only parroting what they told him. He talks like a parrot. Can he remove what doesn’t exist? Can’t we build our own refineries to serve us and remove the untold hardship they want to impose on us? Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the subsidy goes to the wrong hands.

If they remove it, will people not suffer the more? Everything will increase. The new minimum wage of N18,000 will become N2,000.But Obasanjo said because it is built in phases, it will take about five years to build a refinery?It is a lie. I told you Obasanjo is a liar. It took just two years to build the fourth refinery. I signed its contract. It is between two and three years. The problem is that there is intellectual laziness and physical indolence. In developed countries, the president will not just talk without being well quizzed. But in Nigeria, at a media chat once, Obasanjo shouted on journalists or talked to them as a teacher. They kept quiet. It doesn’t take five years to build a refinery.

Okonjo-Iweala talked about cushioning the effect of the removal of oil subsidy?Rubbish! She is sermonising to seduce people to accept the callous oil subsidy removal. Things she promised are palliative, nobody should agree. Labour and Nigerians should make it impossible because you don’t take away what doesn’t exist. We don’t need oil subsidy to build roads, provide water and electricity; vote for capital projects has taken care of that. Degrees don’t guarantee good governance.Can a school certificate holder rule a nation?Yes and very well.

What degree does Shehu Shagari and Balewa have? School teachers. Winston Churchill was among the dullest in his class and he became one of the greatest British leaders. Degrees don’t make leaders. Leadership is a natural endowment or one acquires it by hard work.Jonathan wasn’t born great, he said he was born poor. Rubbish! It is a privilege to be born into a wealthy home. I was born into a wealthy home but one can’t control where God puts you. I tell my son that he should not allow the wealth of his father to go into his head because his minister father could as well be a driver. You don’t regret where you were born. So, I didn’t have shoes or wasn’t born great is rubbish. God is not partial. He does things with reasons.Being born humble is not an issue. How you articulate your humble situation is the issue. That you are born rich doesn’t say you should look down on people. The problem with Jonathan is that though he has Ph.D, he is a brilliant man, but there is a difference between native intelligence and book intelligence. Jonathan is basically brilliant. The danger in that is that such people whenever somebody like Iweala comes talking, they idolise them like mental geniuses and become internally inferior to them. Whatever they say goes –– garbage in, garbage out. He doesn’t have the stamina to challenge them.For a prince to be advised wisely, he must be wise too. Iweala is not the most brilliant economist. There are hundreds of people more brilliant than she is. Pius Okigbo and Ojetunji Aboyade, they served the nation meritoriously. She is working with somebody psychologically inferior and she will lead him into a ditch. She talks like the president. She once said that government would not negotiate with the Niger Delta militants. Did they not negotiate later? She was paid in dollars when she served in Obasanjo’s cabinet and her monthly pay was N2.8 million and now she is saying oil subsidy is killing the economy. Hypocrite!If you know that what you are doing is right, convince people in arguments, facts and figures, not by sermonisation. Now, they have hired consultants with millions of naira to convince Nigeria to accept their rubbish. It was done during Shonekan’s time when a Nigerian was given N20mn for public relations job. He collapsed. They have started again. Please, Senators, Honourables of the House of Representatives, throw out this bill. Don’t think and say we are safe in Nigeria. There could be corporate protest here, just like what is happening in the Arab world. If you do anything that will make Nigerians suffer more, they will go on the streets because the suffering is already too much. I can afford things but millions of Nigerians that form the majority cannot. They should know that government is not about commissioning or investment and profits. Government should have moral dimension. Any government that disregards the moral dimension, that is, respect of God, God will punish such for making Nigerians to suffer.How do you react to the fact that governors have endorsed it and labour has tactically endorsed it with conditions?All that is nonsense. NLC should represent the masses well. NLC should not give any condition for the consideration of the removal of oil subsidy. Government has ways of compromising labour. When things are hot, they can approach them with millions and buy them over and they will start to talk with double tongues. NLC should be firm. The government should publish the names of those that are importing fuel and government should sign that if it is removed and the effects are not felt between three and six months, then we must dissolve the present government. If they remove oil subsidy, l will lead a protest. I will organise students for demonstration.Do you still have faith in Nigeria?My dear young man, if I don’t have faith in Nigeria, I will not be talking to you. I still have faith in Nigeria. To keep Nigeria as one is a task that must be done. We should differentiate between metaphysical Nigeria and political Nigeria. Nigeria is a great country blessed by God. The way we are going, the political Nigeria will destroy the metaphysical Nigeria. Most of those in government are rogues and thieves. They love themselves more than Nigeria. Every Nigerian owes Nigeria more than what Nigeria owes him/her. Nigeria will change for better when we have more statesmen than politicians.Now, we have a bunch of politicians who only think of the next election while a statesman thinks of the future. Nigeria will collapse if we have more politicians than statesmen. Nigeria is a country where a senator is earning more than the President of America. They even buy government houses. They spend billions on cars and they can’t pay N18,000 minimum wage. They have morally crippled the country and the governance. They will be destroyed by God. Nigeria is a great country –– no natural disaster, there are able men and natural resources. But people are still crying, no job, graduates are driving taxis, doing menial jobs. Many now engage in armed robbery because they have to survive. May God bless us with good leaders.The worst enemy of Buhari says that Buhari is not corrupt and that is the truth. It takes integrity and rigidity not to be corrupt and lead the nation. You don’t lead like Jonathan. God will punish those that are punishing Nigerians and Nigeria. When the poor man weeps, the tears go to heaven and come down with burning fire and consume his enemies. And that is what will happen.

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An Interesting look at Shia Leadership - What do you think?

Yvonne Ridley

What should you make out of the Current Events?

Everyone is well aware of the Arab Spring, the withdrawal of American Troops from Iraq, the problems in Somalia, the conflict in Afghanistan, the Euro-crisis and on top of all that the lunar eclipse. The youtube is filled with Islamic speakers and even some respectable Ulema (may Allah enlighten the world through their hearts) who have taken the time to speak about the "End-Times" and the current events.

But going beyond the Ulema, people from all walks of life: bloggers, twitters, Aljazeera, BBC, CNN, Independent Voices and the internet have overloaded the communication media with information about the "war for oil" and what not! But as the great Ulema of our times have stated that this is all a deception of Shaytaan. I asked my Ustaad as to what is going on in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Libya, Cairo, Somalia, Afghanistan, Russia....? In Islamic countries overall? The current events? He said, "Can you fight against the Qadr of Allah? Who are you to question why all this is happening? Are you praying all your 5-daily prayers in the Masjid with Khushoo and Khudoo? Are you reciting Quran, or just wasting time blogging? The amount of time you spend reading the news you could sit down and make dua?" He said, "The Devil tries to keep all of us busy in activities that will waste our valuable time; time that we can spent well as an investement for the hereafter. Time by which Allah (Ta'ala) has taken an oath. The time which will not wait for you if you are lazy or in a state of headlessness. So, value this time. Don't take it for granted and don't walk, talk and sit around thinking as if YOU are some CHOSEN one that is going to MAKE a change. You are not in Libya. You are not in Cairo. You are not in any other part of the world. Stop and think carefully as to where you are and what you are doing? This is where Allah has put you and the only way you will become valuable to Him is by not wasting time. Spend your time in remembering Him, worshipping Him, crying to Him and getting to know Him. The Sahaba suffered 10yrs, but did they question the Qadr of Allah? No one can make any policy against what Allah (ta'ala) has ordained. The greatest think-tanks were Sahaba. They were simple, they were moderate, they were soft hearted, they gave sadaqa even when they had no money, they were forgiving and always mindful of Akhiraah."

This reminded me of the story of Sayyidna Abu Bakr (radhi Allahu anhu) whose wife had spent months saving money from his Salary so that she could buy a special ingredient to make a sweet-dish for him. When she informed him of how she had managed to save money over months just to make that dish; Sayyidna Abu Bakr (radhi Allahu anhu) requested that his Salary be reduced by that much amount! These were people with inner strength. With Spirituality and a light in their hearts and faces that has illuminated the world. In fact, it is said that when Abu Bakr (radhi Allahu anhu) will start to cross the dreadful bridge of Siraat, the fire of hell will start to cool down and it will request Abu Bakr (radhi Allahu anhu) to cross like speed of lightening so that it does not get extinguished!

May Allah (ta'ala) give me and all of us the ability (tawfeeq) to value our time on this earth and not lose focus of the hereafter. Death only ends the earthly journey, but life continues into the transitional journey of the Qabr (grave) till we are resurrected (out of our graves), drink from the fountain of Kauthar (hopefully) and pass the bridge of Siraat like Sayyidna Abu Bakr to start our life in our Home in Paradise.

Farhat Hashmi and Zakir Naik: Their definition of Straight Path

A question that continues to bother most Muslims is, "Which Islamic group, party or organization is on the right path?". Zakir Naik and Farhat Hashmi have created a perception amongst Muslim's that "They (meaning Zakir and Farhat) are on the Truth and what they are telling the masses is the Absolute Clear Truth. Conversely, they have no hesitation in educating and brainwashing the masses by accusing "Maulvis", "Mullah's", Madrasa's, Hanafi's, Maliki's, Shafi's and Hanbali's of causing disunity and dissention in this Ummah."

A lot of Muslim's tend to get confused by this information. Who is telling the truth? Won't that be a fair question? Because Zakir and Farhat claim to follow the prestine Quranic and Sahih Hadith guidelines. The "fat" bellied "Mullah's" have been protrayed as Statues of Buddha who are supposedly feeding on the masses for their personal gains. These "Mullah's" are accused of creating "turf wars" within their mosques, and supposedly issuing fatwas about beard, cap, burqa and "fiddly" things that have nothing to do with Truth and Justice. But this is all an absolute lie! Muslims also get confused as to HOW can Zakir and Farhat be wrong? These people are contributing immensely towards the betterment of the deen, and people are changing their lives towards becoming better practicing Muslims. In this post I like to address this confusion.

The Litmus Test
We all have 5-senses. When we are out trying to buy oranges do we carry the Quran and Hadith to see what orange would match the principles of Quran and Hadith? Other than the fact that Orange is Halal we exercise our 5-senses (smell, taste, touch, sight & hearing) when buying Oranges. Right? This also applies in matter of deen. We have our 5-senses to gauge if a certain person is giving the whole truth, half truth or absolute garbage. This is the first thing we all need to apply when making certain simple decision's of life. Common sense is part of this exercise.

Secondly, the poplular Hadith of Rasullullah (Sallahu alayhi wa sallam) that there will be 72 sects in Islam, and only ONE will be on the right path. It is this particular hadith that Zakir and Farhat use to their advantage by giving people the idea that the Maulvi's the "followers of the four schools" are the misguided sects. Zakir and Farhat then boldly claim that they are "followers of Rasullullah sallahu alayhi wa sallam" and NOT the "followers of Imaam Abu Hanifa". In there catechism they ask the people, "WHO IS BETTER? A MUSLIM THAT TAKES RASULLULLAH (SALLAHU ALAYHI WA SALLAM) AS HIS/HER IMAAM OR THE ONE WHO FOLLOWS IMAAM ABU HANIFA?" May Allah forgive Zakir and Farhat Hashmi for misguiding people for causing confusion with this apparently very "clear" question.

The Answer:First and foremost, 100% of the time the Salafi's, including Zakir Naik and Farhat Hashmi NEVER tell their followers the full contents of the hadith that mentions the 72 sects in Islam and that only one (1) will be on the right path. The messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) gave a very precise and clear answer, unlike the misguided questions raised by Zakir and Farhat. So, who is the "Firqatun Naajiyah" (Rightly Guided Sect/Group)? The messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) answered as follows: "maa ana alayhi wa ashaabi" [(those who) follow my way and (the way of my) sahaaba]. He (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not say "Follow the Quran and Sahih Hadith?"He (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not say, "I am your Imaam, hence, only follow me?" Did he say that? No, he did not. So, where did Farhat Hashmi and Zakir Naik concoct questions that are designed to mislead people - meaning that their Imaam is the Messenger of Allah, whereas, Millions of other Muslims have different Imaams viz Abu Hanifa, Malik, Shafi & Hanbali. It is nothing but a blatant lie! This type of misleading information can not be excused. Till the day of judgment the truthful statement of rasullullahi sallahu alayhi wa sallam is etched in stone, "maa ana alayhi wa ashaabi". Thus, it is incumbent us to refute people like Zakir and Farhat for their negative propaganda.

If Zakir Naik and Farhat Hashmi are willing to lie and tell people that "their Imaam is Rasoolullah sallahu alayhi wa sallam and that they do not follow the opinion's of other men (like Abu Hanifa/Malik etc)," then why on earth do they blindly follow the research of Imaam Bukhari? Every single hadith has a chain of narrators. Hence, one has to blindly follow the narrator's words; one has to rely on the narrators information and research before one gets to read, "Qala Qala Rasullullah...."! In order to follow the messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) one has to follow Imaam Bukhari blindly, who was NOT AN ARAB (rather a non-Arab from Bukhara)! So, why are Zakir and Farhat following the Ajami Book from a non-Arab of Bukhara? Imaam Bukhari was not educated in Madinah University; or was he? When Zakir Naik and Farhat Hashmi blindly follow the research of Imaam Bukhari they never tell the people that we are following "Imaam Bukhari"; rather they lie and tell the people that their "Imaam is Rasullulahi sallahu alayhi wa sallam". But no one can claim to follow the messenger of Allah sallahua alayhi wa sallam until on agrees and accepts the research of the narrators of the Muhaditheen (like Imaam Bukhari and Imaam Muslim). But, when any other Muslim says we are following the research of Imaam Abu Hanifa, they are branded as a sect! This is a grave lie and a very misguiding concept presented to confuse people. May Allah protect us from such erroneous views.