Saturday, October 25, 2008

Sister Aafia Siddiqui Packet Now in Pamphlet form!

Asalaamu Alakum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatu

Big News

WE NOW HAVE THE "DO YOU KNOW AAFIA SIDDIQUI?"
IN
PAMPHLET FORMAT


I understand a four page booklet can be costly and paper consuming
So we now offer the Pamphlet containing all of the Information Found Inside of the Booklet


Inshaa'Allah ta'alaa this will be useful to the Cause
AMEEN!
NOW HERE IS THE LINK TO THE DOWNLOAD OF THE PAMPHLET:
http://www.4shared.com/file/68321144/8251e814/Aafia_Saddiqui.html

Special Thanks to those who helped make the Pamphlet May Allah reward them Inshaa'Allah ta'alaa
AMEEN!

Friday, October 10, 2008

Do You Know Aafia Siddiqui? (Information on Sister Aafia Siddiqui, what YOU can DO!)

Do you know Aafia Siddiqui?

She is a Muslim woman kidnapped by the Pakistani intelligence authorities in 2003 and handed over, as so many of our brothers and sisters have, to the Americans. She was held in the notorious Bagram Prison in Afghanistan for five years. How many of us are even aware of this? This Ummah of Muhammad (salalahu ‘alyhi wasalam) is one body and the pain of one part, of one person, makes the whole body sick. How many of us felt the pain of her kidnapping and of her separation with her three children? Had it not been for the efforts of Cageprisoners and sister Yvonne Ridley, she would have been just another soul lost in the labyrinth of injustice and cruelty. Just another Muslim whose life has no value, whose blood is cheap, whose honour is worthless and who name, whose very existence, is soon forgotten. How many of us pray for our brothers and sisters in prisons around the world? How many of us shed tears for their sufferings? How many of us ever care?

Aafia Siddiqui was held in that cursed prison for five years. She was tormented by the Kufaar, who hate and torture has been exposed on many occasions. She was the lone woman surrounded by men who have no shame and no compassion. She was surrounded by animals to whom a Muslim woman is a toy. Raped, forced to shower naked in front of her captors, beaten by the Kufaar. Some of our Mujahideen brothers who escaped from that prison in 2005 would later tell of her screams from the depths of torture den of the tyrants, as she was violated time and time again. She was humiliated and disgraced by the Kufaar and their allies and worse of all, worse than even all of this suffering, she was forgotten by us.

As the Muslims were starting to awaken to the calls of help of our sister and asking questions, the United States, sensing an impending storm, quickly staged a cover up story, of the likes that we have seen before to bury their hate of the Muslims and to disguise the true nature of this war that we are fighting. According to them, she was captured recently in Afghanistan attempting to provide ‘support for al-Qaeda’ and interrogated. It is interesting to note here that the puppet Afghani government accuses her of being a potential suicide bomber; the two tyrants cannot even get their stories right! The version fed to the media, rather the lie fed to the world, is that the sister was shot during interrogation after an attempted attack on the American soldiers.

“It is reported that when Dr. Aafia disappeared in 2003 she had three children of which the youngest was an infant. However when Dr. Aafia was produced in the court she had only one child in her possession. While the whereabouts of her other two children are not known, there are credible reports that of the two missing children one child had died in custody. The circumstances that led to the death of the child [are] not known and the authorities having custody of Dr. Aafia and her children [have] thus far remained silent about it.
Dr. Aafia's physical and mental state when she was produced in court on August 5 is suggestive of the treatment a detainee like Dr. Aafia receives in custody. Dr. Aafia was reportedly not in a position to speak or even able to verbally respond to the court. Such physical and mental state of a detainee is also an indicator of the condition in which a suspect is detained and interrogated by the authorities responsible for this case.” – Asian Human Rights Commission (5 August, 2008)


“A letter written by Dr Aafia’s counsel Elaine Whitfield Sharp, on behalf of the detainee, to Pakistani ambassador in Washington Husain Haqqani, reveals that the Americans have stressed the need for strip-search of Dr Aafia every time she would meet someone. The inmate is required to be stripped naked and checked to find he/she is not hiding anything on his/her body. I think you will agree that this type of strip-search is not only humiliating and degrading but is also offensive to a woman who is a devout Muslim, as is Dr Siddiqui, the paper quoted her as writing in the letter



The counsel further wrote: Because it is so offensive, Dr Siddiqui is now refusing to undergo this ”procedure” and because she will no longer consent, she is now forbidden from having a contact visit with her attorneys.

Dr Aafia’s counsel further wrote in the letter: I write to you on behalf of Aafia Siddiqui, PhD, a 36-year-old Muslim woman and Pakistani citizen, who is in pre-trial detention at the Metropolitan Detention Centre (MDC) in Brooklyn , New York . Dr Siddiqui is not allowed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BoP) to have contact visits, that is, she is not allowed to come into physical contact with anyone.” – ANI, August 11 2008.
And why should you not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)? Men, women, and children, whose cry is: “Our Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from Thee one who will protect; and raise for us from thee one who will help!” (al-Nisa: 75)
CONTACT AND SUPPORT THE SISTER:
It has been allowed that we may send Letters and Certain Publications to Sister Aafia Siddiqui
All mail will be opened and read by the United States Government. Please do not discuss her case, the charges against her, or where she has been for the past 5 years, her children, of family health matters, and do not ask her to discuss these things with you.Only letters are permitted. Please do not send packages. You can send photographs with your letters, but no other items can be sent by mail.BOOKS/MAGAZINES/OTHER PUBLICATIONSMagazines and Newspapers must be sent directly from the publisher. Books can be ordered through Barnes & Noble
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/


To send Items Make sure it is to this Address:
ADDRESS: # 90279-054MDC, BROOKLYN METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER P.O BOX 329002 BROOKLYN, NY 11232
Aafia has requested books with nature photographs. She would also like to receive a daily newspaper (The New York Times) and magazines. If you would like to send her a publication, and want to make sure that she has not already received it, please email Sarah Kunstler at sarah@fkolaw.com

ALSO:
Aafia has a commissary account which she can use to make telephone calls and to purchase personal items and snacks.The fastest way to put money into this account is through Western Union. You can do this by telephone, in person at a Western Union location, or online.
1) At an agent location with cash: You must complete a Quick Collect Form. To find the nearest agent, call 1-800-325-6000 or go to http://www.westernunion.com/2) By phone using a credit card / Debit card: Call 1-800-634-3422 and press option 2.3) ONLINE using a credit / debit card: Go to http://www.westernunion.com/ Click on Make Payment. Click the “online” button under “Send Money to an Inmate’s Trust Fund”, select “Federal Bureau of Prisons” as the Correctional Facility and hit continue. Enter the amount of money you want to deposit, the state you are sending from, and hit continue. The Acc # is 90279054SIDDIQUI. Type Aafia Siddiqui in the Attn or Memo line.
For each Western Union Quick Collect transaction, the following information must be provided:1) Account #: 90279054SIDDIQUI2) Attn or Memo Line: AAFIA SIDDIQUI3) Code City: FBOP4) State code: DCIf you have any questions, please contact Sarah Kunstler at sarah@fkolaw.com or call:The Law Office of Elizabeth M Fink36 Plaza Street Suite 1GBrooklyn, NY 11238Tel 718-783-3682Fax 718-783-5853

To each and every Muslim across the globe, we call on each and every one of you to gain knowledge of this situation and others like it and to call on local imams, masjids, and community notables to address the concern and discuss it in their local communities.
This Horrific Situation of our Sister calls for her Immediate Release and Be provided Health Care and To be Sent back to Pakistan with Her Family and 12 year old Son
My Brothers and Sisters We Must Learn we are One Solid Ummah
That we can indeed make a difference if we put the effort
This Case is only One of Thousands
All the either equally or more Horrific
Let This Ummah’s voice be heard
Let Sister Aafia Siddiqui and all other in her situation know that there Ummah, there brothers and sisters have not abandoned them
Inshaa’Allah

Monday, October 6, 2008

The 3 Fundamental Principles

Here on this blog,
"dawat-us-Salaafiyyah"
We are offering a direct Link to the Beneficial Book

"The 3 Fundamental Principles"
of
Imaam Muhammad bin 'Abdil-Wahhab

The Scholars to any student of knowledge to begin their path of learning by studying and mastering this Booklet

So inshaa'Allah ta'alaa We will Find this book beneficial
and
May the Book help all who are beginning there Path of Learning

Here is the Direct Link to the English Translation of the Book:

http://www.al-ibaanah.com/cms/pdf_files/53.pdf

Sunday, October 5, 2008

The Categories of Tawheed by Shaykh Saalih ibn 'Abdillaah Al-Fawzaan

The Categories of Tawheed

by

Shaykh Saalih ibn 'Abdillaah Al-Fawzaan
From his book Duroos min Al-Qur'aan Al-Kareem (p.12-14)


[ In the Name of Allaah, the All-Merciful, may His Salaah and Salaam be upon His final Messenger, and upon all his family members and companions, and those who follow his way, to proceed... ]

Tawheed has three categories understood directly from Allaah's Book. This division of tawheed is not from someone's opinion, nor is it merely a traditional way to explain tawheed. It is a division that is taken directly from Allaah's Book.

The first category is tawheed ar-ruboobiyyah, which means "to single out Allaah in understanding His Actions," like His creating, providing, bringing of life and death, and keeping order in all affairs. A person understands that Allaah alone is the Creator, the Provider, the Ever-Living One in charge of all affairs.

The second category is tawheed al-uloohiyyah, which means "to single out Allaah within the actions of the servant." This includes all actions that draw them closer to Allaah, Glorified and Exalted, like:

Du'aa' - supplication
Khowf - fear
Rajaa' - hope
Rahbah - awe
Ragbah - longing
Tawakkul - trust
Isti'aanah - seeking general assistance
Istighaathah - seeking assistance in emergencies
Thabh - slaughtering
Nathr - taking oaths

All forms of worship must be strictly for Allaah alone, and nothing can be done for other than Him. This is what is called tawheed al-'ebaadah, or tawheed al-uloohiyyah, and it is the tawheed that is put into practice as the servant singles out Allaah in everything He has requested, with an intention for Him alone, in all acts of obedience.

The third category is tawheed al-asmaa' was-sifaat, which means "to believe in every Name and Attribute that Allaah affirmed for Himself, or those that His Messenger (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) affirmed for Him.

These three categories are understood directly from Allaah's Book. Every verse that mentions Allaah's Actions, like creating, providing, bringing life and death, and controlling affairs, is describing tawheed ar-ruboobiyyah. This is quite frequent in the Qur'aan. Allaah says [1]:

( Say: 'Who owns the earth and all that is on it, if you truly have knowledge?' They will say: 'Allaah.' Say: 'Then won't you be reminded?' Say: 'Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Great Throne?' They will say: 'Allaah.' Say: 'Then won't you have taqwaa?' Say: 'In whose Hands are the treasures of everything, and He protects while there is no protector against Him, if you truly have knowledge?' They will say: 'Allaah.' Say: 'How then are you deluded from the truth?' )

Allaah also says [2]:

( Say: 'Who is it that provides for you from the heavens and the earth?' Or 'who possesses hearing and sight and brings forth the living from the dead, and the dead from the living? And who is in control of the affairs?' They will say: 'Allaah.' Say: 'So then won't you have taqwaa?' )

Similarly, every verse that mentions the creation of the heavens and the earth or other created things is about tawheed ar-ruboobiyyah.

Every verse mentioning worship, whether it be a command to worship Allaah or a prohibition of shirk, is about tawheed al-uloohiyyah.

Every verse mentioning something about Allaah's Names or Attributes is about tawheed al-asmaa' was-sifaat.

All of these categories are found in Allaah's Book, and this is what led the scholars to say, "Tawheed is three categories: uloohiyyah, ruboobiyyah, and al-asmaa' was-sifaat." They did not invent this division on their own, rather it is something directly from Allaah's Book. I will elaborate on this later, in shaa' Allaah. [3]

FOOTNOTES

[1] the meaning of Soorah Al-Mu'minoon (23):84-89

[2] the meaning of Soorah Yoonus (10):31

[3] see Part Seven of this series

Direct Link to this Article:

http://www.bakkah.net/articles/duroos%20_03.htm

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http://www.bakkah.net/articles/duroos%20_07.htm


The Meaning of the Word Tawheed by Shaykh Saalih ibn 'Abdillaah Al-Fawzaan

The Meaning of the Word Tawheed

by

Shaykh Saalih ibn 'Abdillaah Al-Fawzaan
From his book Duroos min Al-Qur'aan Al-Kareem (p.11-12)

[ In the Name of Allaah, the All-Merciful, may His Salaah and Salaam be upon His final Messenger, and upon all his family members and companions, to proceed... ]

What exactly is this tawheed that is so important, that which holds such a high position?

Liguistically, the word tawheed comes from the word wah-hada, which means to make something waahid (singular). Waahid is the opposite of two, three, etc., the opposite of plurality. So waahid is something that will continue to be singular and never become a partner of something else.

As for the Sharee'ah's definition, the tawheed means to single out Allaah with all forms of worship, so that you make all of your worship for Allaah alone. Allaah says [1]:

( …and the religion will be entirely for Allaah )

The word religion in this verse means worship, as Allaah says [2]:

( and I have not created the Jinn nor Mankind except to worship Me )

And Allaah says [3]:

( and worship Allaah, and do not ascribe a single partner to Him )

Allaah also says [4]:

( So call on Allaah, making the religion entirely for Him, even if the disbelievers detest it )

This is the meaning of tawheed - to single out Allaah in all acts of worship and to abandon the worship of anything else.


FOOTNOTES

[1] the meaning of Soorah Al-Anfaal (8):39

[2] the meaning of Soorah Ath-Thaariyaat (51):56

[3] the meaning of Soorah An-Nisaa' (4):36

[4] the meaning of Soorah Ghaafir (40):14

Saturday, October 4, 2008

The Importance of Tawheed and the Evil Result of Neglecting it(video form)

The Importance of Tawheed
and the Evil Result of Neglecting it
by
Shaykh Saalih ibn 'Abdillaah Al-Fawzaan


From his book Duroos min Al-Qur'aan Al-Kareem
(p.5-11)


PART 1


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Friday, October 3, 2008

Unite upon Tawheed Not Innovation/Bid'ah the Disease to the Ummah(Video Form)

Unite upon Tawheed Not Innovation/Bid'ah the Disease to the Ummah
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Unite upon Tawheed Not Innovation/Bid'ah the Disease to the Ummah

In the Name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. May Allaah’s salah and salaam be upon our beloved Prophet Muhammad, his family and his noble companions. Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakatuhu.
On the authority of Aboo Najih al-‘Irbad bin Sariyah (radiyallaahu anhu) who said: "The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. We said: O Messenger of Allaah it is as though this is a farewell sermon, so advise us. He said: "I advise you to have Taqwaa of Allaah and to listen and obey even if a black slave has been appointed as your leader. He among you who lives long enough will see many differences. So hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly-Guided Khulafaa who will come after me, hold on to them with your molar teeth. Beware of Bid’ah (in religion) because every Bid’ah is Misguidance." [Aboo Dawood & at-Tirmidhi]
Imaam al-Barbahaaree (rahimahullaah) said in Sharh us-Sunnah, "Know that the people never introduce an innovation until they abandon its like from the Sunnah. So, beware of newly invented matters, since every newly invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance and misguidance and it people are in the Fire."
Ath-Thaabit ibn al-Ajlaan said, "I met Anas ibn Maalik, Ibn al-Mussayab, al-Hasan al-Basree, Sa’eed ibn Jubair, ash-Sha’bee, Ibraaheem an-Nakha’ee, Ataa’ ibn Abee Ribaah, Taawoos, Mujaahid, Abdullaah ibn Abee Mulaikah, az-Zuhree, Makhool, al-Qaasim Aboo ‘Abdur-Rahman, Ataa’ al-Khurasaanee, Thaabit al-Bunaanee, al-Hakam ibn Utbah, Ayyoob as-Sakhtiyaanee, Hammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sereen, Aboo Aamir – and he actually met Aboo Bakr as-Siddeeq (radiyallaahu anhu), Yazeer ar-Riqaashee, and Sulaimaan ibn Moosa – all of them were ordering me to hold on to the Jamaa’ah and forbidding me from the people of desires (i.e., innovations). [Sharh Usoolul-I’tiqaad if al-Laalikaa’ee, no. 239.]
Imaam ash-Shaatibee (rahimahullaah) said in al-I’tisaam (1/40-45): …And Ibn Wahb said: "I heard Maalik saying: "There is no verse in the Book of Allaah that is harder upon those in disagreement amongst the People of Desires than this verse: On the Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) when some faces will become white and some faces will become black; as for those whose faces will become black (to them will be said): "Did you reject Faith after accepting it? Then taste the torment (in Hell) for rejecting Faith." [Aali-Imraan 3:106] Maalik said: "And which words are more clearer than these? And I saw him explaining these verses in reference to the People of Desires."
From Qataadah, that he said regarding the saying of Allaah: And be not as those who divided among themselves after clear proofs had come to them [Aali-Imraan 3:105] "Meaning: The People of Innovation."
Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood (radiyallaahu anhu) said, "One day the Messenger of Allaah drew for us a straight line on the ground and said: ‘This is the path of Allaah.’ Then he drew a number of other lines on the right and the left of the straight line, and said, ‘These are pathways, on the head of each path is a shaytaan calling people to it (himself).’ Then he recited: "And verily, this is my Straight Path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His Path. This He has ordained for you that you become al-Muttaqûn." [Al-An’aam 6:153]
And Mujaahid (the student of Ibn Abbaas) said about the saying of Allaah: …and follow not other paths [Al-An’aam 6:153] "The innovations and doubts."
Allaah Azza wa Jall says, "Say: "He has power to send torment on you from above or from under your feet, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, and make you to taste the violence of one another." [Al-An’aam 6:65] From Ibn Abbaas (radiyallaahu anhu) that: "Covering you with confusion in party strife, this is the divergent and varying desires (i.e. innovations)."
And from what has been reported from Mujaahid about the saying of Allaah: But they will not cease to disagree – except him on whom your Lord has bestowed His Mercy and for that did He create them. [Hud 11:118-119] He said about ‘those who disagree’: "They are the People of Falsehood" and about ‘except him on whom your Lord bestowed His Mercy’: "The People of Truth, there is no difference amongst them." From ‘Ikrimah "’But they will not cease to disagree’. Meaning in the desires [i.e. their innovations] and ‘except him on whom your Lord has bestowed His Mercy’, they are the Ahl-us-Sunnah."
"Allaah said, "And be not as those who divide and differed among themselves after the clear proofs had come to them." [3:105]. In this Ayah, Allaah forbids this Ummah from imitating the division and discord of the nations that came before them. These nations also abandoned enjoining righteousness and forbidding evil, although they had proof of its necessity.
Imaam Ahmad recorded that Aboo ‘Amir ‘Abdullaah bin Luhay said, "We performed Hajj with Mu’aawiyah bin Abee Sufyaan. When we arrived at Makkah, he stood up after praying Zuhr and said, "The Messenger of Allaah said, "The People of the Two Scriptures divided into seventy-two sects. This Ummah will divide into seventy-three sects, all in the Fire except one, that is, the Jamaa’ah. Some of my Ummah will be guided by desire, like one who is infected by rabies; no vein or joint will be saved from these desires."
Mu’aawiyah said next: "By Allaah, O Arabs! If you do not adhere to what came to you from your Prophet then other people are even more prone not to adhere to it." Similar was recorded by Aboo Dawood from Ahmad bin Hanbal and Muhammad bin Yahyaa.
Allaah said next, "On the day when some faces will become white and some faces will become black;" [3:106] on the Day of Resurrection. This is when the faces of the followers of the Sunnah and the Jamaa’ah will radiate with whiteness, and the faces of the followers of Bid’ah (innovation) and division will be darkened, as has been reported from Ibn Abbaas." [Tafseer Ibn Katheer]
Allaah said, "and be not of Al-Mushrikûn (the disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, polytheists, idolaters, etc.). Of those who split up their religion (i.e. who left the true Islâmic Monotheism), and became sects, [i.e. they invented new things in the religion (Bid'ah), and followed their vain desires], each sect rejoicing in that which is with it." [Ar-Rum 30:31-32]
Ibn Katheer (rahimahullaah) wrote in his Tafseer: "The followers of the religions before us had difference of opinions and split into false sects, each group claiming to be following the truth. This Ummah too has split into sects, all of which are misguided apart from one, which is Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah, those who adhere to the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah and what was followed by the first generations, the Companions, their followers, and the Imaams of the Muslims of earlier and later times. In his Mustadrak, al-Hakim recorded that the Messenger of Allaah was asked which of the sects was the saved sect and he said: ‘What I and my Companions are upon."
As it occurs in the authentic hadeeth from Abdullaah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas (radiyallaahu anhu) who said: The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "Indeed the Children of Israa’eel split up into seventy-one sects and my Ummah will split up into seventy-three, all of them are in the Fire except one." It was said, ‘What is the one?’ He said, "That which I and my Companions are upon."
Imaam Bukhaaree (rahimahullaah) said: I met more than a thousand men amongst the people of knowledge from the people of al-Hijaaz, al-Makkah, al-Madeenah, al-Koofah, al-Basrah, Waasit, Baghdaad, Shaam and Misr… and I never saw a single one of them differ with respect to the following matters…
…And they used to forbid and prevent [people] from the innovations – those that the Messenger and his Companions were not upon, due to His saying:
And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allaah, and be not divided among yourselves [Aali-Imraan 3:103]
And due to His saying:
If you obey him [the Messenger], you shall be on the right guidance [an-Noor 24:25]
[Reported by al-Laalikaa’ee (2/172-5), The Creed of Imaam Bukhaaree p.13,28 – al-Maktabah as-Salafiyyah Publications]
Notes from Maktabah as-Salafiyyah: "In the words of Imaam Bukhaaree is a clear indication that Muslim unity is to be attained by removing the innovations – and that is the unanimous understanding of the greatest scholars of the noble ayah in question. Since it is newly-invented matters (in the issues of belief, action and methodology) that have divided the hearts of the Muslims and set them against each other. Thus, in order for the hearts of the Muslims to unite and consequently, their word and rank, it is necessary for them to purify their beliefs, actions and methodologies from everything that was never taught by the Messenger and which was never acted upon by the Noble Companions (radiyallaahu anhum) – whilst humbly submitting to the Pure and Clear Sunnah. But this cannot be attained until the Muslims attend to the authentic and beneficial knowledge – that which has been left by the Messenger and which has been inherited by the Scholars after him, the Ahlul-Hadeeth and then to nurture themselves upon it. This issue was so clearly understood by the Companions of Allaah’s Messenger and those after them..."
Al hamdu lillaahi Rabbil Alameen wa Allaahu Alim.