Abu Dhar al-Ghafari said: “The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wasallam) said:

‘Sadaqah is prescribed for every person every day the sun rises.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah , from what do we give sadaqah if we do not possess property?’ He said: ‘The doors of sadaqah are takbir (Allahu Akbar), Subhan Allah , Alhamdulillah, La-ilaha-ilAllah, Astaghfirullah, enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing thorns, bones and stones from the paths of people, guiding the blind, listening to the deaf and dumb until you understand them, guiding a person to his object of need if you know where it is, hurrying with the strength of your legs to one in sorrow who is appealing for help, and supporting the weak with the strength of your arms. These are all the doors of sadaqah.” [Ahmad]

In other words one does not need to have financial resources to earn the reward of sadaqah. There are many deeds that qualify as sadaqah with Allah . In addition to those listed above the following ordinary courtesies are also sadaqah if we do them with the intention of pleasing Allah with them.

1. To administer justice between two people is sadaqah.
2. To assist a man upon his mount so that he may ride it is sadaqah.
3. To place his luggage on the animal is sadaqah.
4. A good word is sadaqah.
5. Every step taken toward prayer is sadaqah.
6. Your smile for your brother is sadaqah.
7. Planting anything from which a person, an animal or anything eats is sadaqah.

Beautiful lecture on the beautiful subject of our Prophet Muhammad by Maulana Abdur Raheem

In an address to the inaugural Palestine Festival of Literature (2008), John Berger gives a moving reading of Ghassan Khanafani ’s “Letter from Gaza “.

John Berger reads Ghassan Khanafani’s Letter from Gaza from Palestine Festival of Literature on Vimeo .

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Trailer for the upcoming 9th Annual Youth Tarbiyah Conference at the Islamic Foundation of Toronto. http://www.youthtarbiyah.com

Confirmed Guests:
http://www.youthtarbiyah.com/guests * Sh. Abdul Salam – Trinidad * Sh. Ebrhaim Bham – South Africa * Sh. Sulaiman Moola – South Africa * Sh. Ahmed Ali – UK * Sh. Rafiq Sufi – UK * Mufti Muhammad Ibn Adam Al Kawthari – UK * Sh. Zahir Mahmood – UK * Ustadhah Zainab Salam – Trinidad * Dr. Munir El Kasem – Canada * Sh. Faraz Rabbani – Canada * Sr. Rabia Khedr – Canada * Sh.Yusuf Badat – Canada * Labbayk Nasheed Group – UK

When asked: what is the best form of charity for those who had died, our beloved Prophet Muhammad replied: ‘Water’. Related by Abu Dawud

Watch Imam Zaid taking part in Islamic Relief Projects in Mali

I apologize for the lateness of this information

It is with great pleasure that we take the opportunity to inform the Muslim Community of the United Kingdom, of the arrival of :-  Hadhrat Shaikh Bhaijaan Abdul Mueed Saheb Khalifaa of Arif Billah, Shaikh ul-Mashaaikh Hadhrat Nawaab Qaisar Sahab (Khalifa of Hadhrat Masihul Ummat who also had the privilege of sitting in the Majaalis of Hadhrat Hakeemul Ummat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (ra)

All brothers, particularly the Ulamaa, are humbly requested to participate in this programme,

Please inform of this programme in your nearby towns, enabling people to benefit from the blessed Majlis of Hadhrat Shaikh Bhaijaan.

Fundamentals of Understanding the Glorious Qur’an. A Single Weekend Course Taught Entirely by Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq at Azhar Academy, London. Open to brothers and sisters. Limited Spaces! Further details at www.akacademy.eu

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said in his address as Bar Ilan University in Jerusalem, that he could support a two state solution only if the international community can give “assurances” that this Palestinian state would recognise Israel as a Jewish state and that it would be a demilitarised state. “It is impossible to agree on the principle of a Palestinian state without these conditions,” he said

I am I alone in thinking that all this hype about two states is just a load of old pants?  If one scrapes away the facade and hype it is at its core a racist solution, empowering only Israel.  If this suggestion, that is being pushed and promoted by the White House and her chums over in 10 Downing Street, succeeds then we really have given into and accepted both racism and apartheid as a valid form of government policy.

The fact that Israel has always been run by arrogant racists backed by even darker forces of evil is not in dispute, surely. David Ben Gurion, the first Israeli Prime Minister has been documented as saying:

“We must expel Arabs and take their place.”We must do everything to insure they (the Palestinians) never do return. The old will die and the young will forget”

“The present map of Palestine was drawn by the British mandate. The Jewish people have another map which our youth and adults should strive to fulfill… from the Nile to the Euphrates” (Ben Gurion and the Palestine Arabs, Oxford University Press 1985)

From the very moment the Dajjalic forces of darkness created this oppressive state their arrogant belief in their own superiority over Arabs and others has defined all of their short term and long term strategies.  This two state solution will only be acceptable to them if it fits into their long term strategy of continued oppression and subjugation of the Palestinians and their neighbours.

Why can’t Palestinians go back to their homes in Israel and why can’t the Palestinians live in Israel?  The answer is simple; they are racists and cannot live side by side with anyone else.  Moreover, they realise that Arabs like having babies, lots of them and sooner or later they will be a minority again and that is just not acceptable to them becuase they want control. Their mentality is no different to the racists of apartheid South Africa who were continually and persistantly shunned by the outside world.  We cannot just remain silent and accept their racism, we should ask them and challenge them about it and let them expose themselves, like Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg, who said:

“Jewish blood and a goy’s (gentile’s, non-Jew) blood are not the same”

The world should know of their belief based strategies, if they did they wouldn’t be getting the level of support they enjoy right now I am sure.  Having said that, world governments have their own agendas and are, on the whole, subservient to their American and British masters.

A demilitarised Palestinian state next to Israel is like putting an untrained, salivating Rottweiler next to a domestic kitten, there will always be trouble.    Maybe that is what the forerunners to the Dajjal want, someone to practice on, someone beat up when things don’t go their way, or when they just feel the need to flex their muscles.

If the Zionists of Israel are not racist then there is nothing stopping them from allowing the Palestinians back to their homes to become part of an inclusive state that is not divided by race or religion.  Bilmey, when the Muslims were in control people of ALL religions lived side by side, peacefully.  This is historical fact backed up by those people who lived there, including Jews.

Two states will just mean more suffering for the Palestinians; the Israeli’s will not stop their taunting, their accusations or their oppression. We will witness more of this over the next few years, I guarantee it.  We only need wait until those nukes are removed from Pakistan and then we will see Israel in its true war mongering colours.  Remember what David Ben Gurion said? “…from the Nile to the Euphrates”

So, watch out Jordan, watch out Lebanon, watch out Egypt, watch out Palestine and watch out ANYONE who tries to stop it, they will be coming for their land like never before.

The Jennings residence was a very interesting place to be last night.  I was outside in the garden at about 10.30pm (ish) when I looked up and saw lights moving in the clouds. Dull, fuzzy lights and they were moving in and out of the clouds, almost swimming along but with great speed (Just like they look in this picture).  Gob smacked, and with my eyes transfixed I stared at these moving lights totally convinced that they were Jinn.  I shouted La ila ha ilallah at the top of my voice seeking protection for my Lord and then I ran into the house to get my wife to see it as well. She came out by which time they had gone, much to my disappointment.  There is nothing quite as bad as when you see something brilliant but cannot share with anyone.

Stubbornly, I hung around in the garden staring at the night sky with the concentration of an eagle seeking its pray. I was secretly hoping that these Jinn would see me and reappear in full glory because this time I was armed with a video recorder…. I imagined them entering my garden and approaching me, my mind was racing with images and different thoughts but if I am honest with myself, I wasn’t to sure how I would deal with all these Jinn in my garden.

I remembered the story of Abdullah Ibn Masud (ra) when he was surrounded my Jinn whilst accompanying The Prophet Muhammad on a journey.  He said of himself that at no point in his life was he as scared as he was at that moment when the Jinn surrounded him. And there I was, alone in my garden waiting for these Jinn to re appear, not very clever.

Then, they reappeared over head, I ran into the house to get my wife, she quickly came into the garden and this time, she saw the spectacular view of these Jinn swimming along in the clouds as clearly as I had done previously.  We counted 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8 and more of these rather flamboyant Jinn who were definitely up to something,  “This is the moment they pretend to be aliens and fool the world into creating that one world government” I heard someone shout.  Indeed, I thought, it could be this very moment…

There was no question in my mind that what I was witnessing over my house was Jinn activity, I had no doubt at all; that is, until these dancing Jinn moved in unison for a brief moment.  To me, that particular movement was almost too mechanical, too structured and organised for Jinn, surely.

A dark cloud came over my house and these Jinn disappeared into the night sky so I came inside, still buzzing from what I had seen but something was still nagging at me.  It was that last movement of choreographed brilliance that was troubling me, it was simply too structured.

My wife and I were discussing this whole experience in our lounge when I tried to think logically about what we had just witnessed.  What else could explain this?  hmm

Then, I remembered hearing on radio traffic news that Take That were performing at the Ricoh Arena that night and I knew that the Ricoh Arena wasn’t too far away from our house. Hmm. I mentioned this to my wife and she rang up the Ricoh Arena for confirmation.

They must have thought she was mad because she was talking about “alien activity over the stadium” But sure enough, they said that they had performed light show during the concert (about 20 minutes earlier) that shone beams of light into the night sky, they even said that at one point they had a helicopter flying over the stadium…

I walked out of the room at that point, totally perplexed that I had been fooled in such away, I left the room with the laughter of my wife echoing in my ear…

What a fool, darn it!

Rabbi Manis Friedman (pictured) has issued a statement regarding how the Jews of Israel should treat and deal with her Arab neighbours.

Rabbi Manis Friedman was questioned

“How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbours?”

He replied:

“I don’t believe in western morality, i.e. don’t kill civilians or children, don’t destroy holy sites, don’t fight during holiday seasons, don’t bomb cemeteries, don’t shoot until they shoot first because it is immoral. The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way: Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle).”

“The first Israeli prime minister who declares that he will follow the Old Testament will finally bring peace to the Middle East. First, the Arabs will stop using children as shields. Second, they will stop taking hostages knowing that we will not be intimidated. Third, with their holy sites destroyed, they will stop believing that G-d is on their side. Result: no civilian casualties, no children in the line of fire, no false sense of righteousness, in fact, no war.”“Zero tolerance for stone throwing, for rockets, for kidnapping will mean that the state has achieved sovereignty. Living by Torah values will make us a light unto the nations who suffer defeat because of a disastrous morality of human invention.”

A minority view within the Jewish community maybe, but this man is a respected Rabbi and the idea that these kinds of views are held by their leaders is scary.