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Agent of Occupiers labels a
Freedom Fighter “Extremist”
A recent article entitled:
"Sheikh Ra'ed Salah is a
notorious extremist" which
appeared on page 12 of the Feb
11, 2008 edition of The Citizen
by David Saks of Jewish Board of
Deputies requires a response.
David Saks is in the least,
hypocritical when he implicitly
suggests a gesture of
benevolence on the part of the
Israeli government in giving
'full administration of the
site' to Muslim religious
authorities. Why then should the
government of Israel allow for
continued excavations that are
vehemently opposed by the said
'religious authorities'?
The modus operandi of the
Zionists is well-known to people
like Sheikh Ra'ed Salah: the
excavations and demolitions are
consistent with Israeli policy
of creating 'facts on the
ground' that seek to erase the
background and character of the
occupied territories especially
in the Old City where original
homes of Palestinians (Christian
and Muslim) bore testimony to
their claim to the land. Since
the late 1960s, the Israeli
government has ignored at least
half-a-dozen UN Security Council
resolutions on Jerusalem alone
(one of which is
Resolution No. 252).
Those committed to liberating
their people and lands such as
Sheikh Salah will not be
intimidated by labels such as
'notorious extremists' more so
when the detractors are the
colonisers. It is in the nature
of Zionists to label any
Palestinian as extremist
whenever he/she makes a call to
claim and protect what is
theirs. They have to be meek and
docile amidst dispossession.
Regardless of the repercussions
which always result in wanton
loss of human life, Israeli
authorities continue to provoke
Palestinians by continuing
excavations around Al Aqsa
Mosque and denying Palestinians
access to the Noble Sanctuary
and other places of religious
significance to both Muslims and
Christians.
As an occupying power, Israel
has the responsibility of
protecting this heritage site
with global acclaim and not
seeking ways of destroying it.
(See
UNESCO's Decision 30 COM 7A.34)
Trust Me?
Many people have
asked whether the religious
leaders of the country were not
naïve, when they responded
positively to the call of
President Thabo Mbeki on his
take about Jackie Selebi. In a
meeting with the President, over
a year ago, the National
Religious Leaders Forum (NRLF)
raised the issue of the
accusations that were being
leveled against Selebi. The
President responded with a
lecture on how important it was
to trust him as President and
also presented the implications
of not having trust and faith in
the President of the country.
His call was an appeal to
respect the position of the
leader, an urging to patriotism
and a petition to acknowledge
his honesty and integrity. It
was also a statement of
assurance and a pledge that he
is, and will act with
uprightness and justice. The
President also stated that he
was aware of all of the details
concerning the issue and has
found no reason to take any
action against Selebi.
Details that have emerged about
the accusations against Selebi
and the statements that the
President was fully briefed on
details concerning the
accusations are issues of
concern.
Based on current facts, one
would tend to think that those
who question the approach of the
NRLF, may have reason to say
that the NRLF erred in their
innocent, and trusting attitude
and approach?
Price Fixing
Recently there has been more
than a fair share of
price-fixing revelations.
The worst punishment meted out
to people involved in such
activities has and seems to be
that of issuing of fines. Even
though these fines may seem to
be large amounts to the
street-walking public, they are
often minimal and negligible to
the extent of being almost a
slap on the hand or a token-like
fine. Large companies don’t
flinch in the wake of such fines
which really don’t tickle their
‘bottom-line’.
Also interesting, is the fact
that the public were the one’s
who suffered as a result of the
price-fixing, but they don’t
seem to benefit in any way.
Surely some of the fines could
be diverted to benefit the poor.
In fact the opposite is true,
where the companies wait for the
noise to wear down, and then
recover their losses by passing
it on to the consumer, as is
evident in the recent
bread-price increase. These
large syndicates even go to the
extent of issuing veiled
threats, such as the statements
made regarding the dairy
companies and that they would be
forced to increase the prices to
the public.
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C O N
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Summarised
Jumuah Bayaan |
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Question and
Answer |
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Update |
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Message from the Ameer |
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I N F
O R M A T I O N |
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Min. Mahr |
R 160.18 |
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Mahr Faatimi |
R 8,009.22 |
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Zakaat Nisaab |
R 3,203.69
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Words of Wisdom |
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Hadith of the Week |
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Responsibility |
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The Prophet Muhammad
Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
said: "Each one of you is a
caretaker (ra'iy) and is
responsible for those under
his care”(Bukhari, Muslim),
and in another narration the
Prophet Sallallahu ‘alayhi
wa sallam
said, “Allah will ask every
caretaker (ra'iy) about the
people under his care, and
the man will be asked
concerning the people of his
household. (Ahmad,
Nisai and Abu Dawud).
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Quotation for the Week |
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Guardian |
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Regard your teacher as your
best guardian.
(Luqman `alayhis
salam)
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Point of Reflection |
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Medicine for Mind |
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A library is a repository of
medicine for the mind.
(Greek Saying)
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Q and A |
Question: Eskom is offering
incentives to consumers to
use Solar Geysers. Please
advise if
it is permissible to use
water heated by the sun? |
Answer:
It would be permissible to
make use of water heated
through
solar-powered geysers.
[Raddul Muhtaar Vol. 1
Pg.125 & 180, Taqreeraatul
Raafi'ee 'Alaa Raddil
Muhtaar Vol. 1Pg.23,
HM Sa'eed edition, Behishti-
Zewar Vol. 1 Pg. 61,
Ahsnal-Fataawaa Vol. 2 Pg.
43]
AND
ALLAH TA’ALA KNOWS BEST
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U P D A T E |
Sheikh Raed Salah: Report Back
Sheikh Raed Salah is the
President of the Islamic
Movement in Palestine a charity
founded in the 1980s to cater
for the spiritual, medical,
social and economic needs of
Palestinians inside Israel. His
work as head of Al-Aqsa
Foundation for Reconstruction of
Islamic Sanctities ensures
Muslim presence at Masjid Al-Aqsa
at this time of increasing
threats from Zionists to destroy
this Noble Sanctuary of Islam.
Sheikh Salah has endured
detentions and harassment for
his work.
Alhamdulillah, Sheikh Salah
addressed gatherings at various
locations. The turnout was large
and people benefitted from the
first-hand accounts provided by
Sheikh Salah and members of the
delegation accompanying him. Ml.
Ighsan Hendricks and Sheikh
Ibrahim Gabriels of the MJC also
addressed the gatherings.
Sheikh Raed Salah also visited
the Jamiatul Ulama offices where
he addressed the Ulama on
various issues.
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Summarised Jumu’ah
Bayaan:
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Basic Business
Principles in Islam |
The Prophet (sallallâhu
'alayhi wasallam) said:
“An honest and truthful
businessman shall be in
the shade of the throne
of Allah.” (Al-Isbihani)
• Trade was the only
occupation which Prophet
Muhammad Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam was known to
have taken up.
• Business creates such
noble habits like
patience, humility,
tolerance and the habit
of talking gently and
unprovocatively. These
qualities are essential
for successfully social
living and conducting
business.
• One should always bear
in mind the following
whilst conducting
business:
One must always be
honest in all one's
business dealings.
One must not break one's
promises.
One must not condemn the
goods that one seeks to
purchase.
One must not unduly
praise or exaggerate
one's goods when
selling.
One must not evade
payment of one's debt -
or even prolong its
payment.
• One must not pressure
the person who owes
his/her money. One must
assist others who seek
to enter into business
and trade.
• Almighty Allah's mercy
descends on one who is
gentle at the time of
buying, selling, and
requesting payment. (Tirmizi)
• One should never allow
greed to drive one to
inflate prices with a
view to making larger
profits as every person
shall receive his
sustenance which is
ordained for him / her.
• Our Prophet Muhammad
Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam has said that
Almighty Allah
proclaims: "I am a one
third partner of a two
man partnership until
one of them acts
dishonestly to his
partner, and, in such
event, I then leave
them."
• Prophet Muhammad
Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam said whosoever
sells a defective
product without
disclosing its defect to
the purchaser, shall
earn the permanent anger
of Almighty Allah and
the angels continuously
curse such a person.
• Our Prophet Muhammad
Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam has exhorted
that we should refrain
from taking oaths
unnecessarily for
although it helps in the
sale of one's products,
it reduces the
blessings.
• Our Prophet Muhammad
Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam has said,
"Whosoever accepts
returned products,
Almighty Allah will
wipe-out his punishment.
• Hazrat Aisha
Radhi-Allâhu ‘anha
reports that our Prophet
Muhammad Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam said that one
should seek sustenance
early at dawn as there
is blessings during that
time.
• Prophet Muhammad
Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam has said that
we should seek
sustenance with ease
(i.e., we should not
overdo the search (for
profits) since each
person shall receive
what has been ordained
for him). Business
should never become the
be all and end-
all of our lives.
Rather, it should be a
means to a better
Islamic life where all
obligations are
fulfilled.
• Prophet Muhammad
Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam has said that
whoever buys stolen
goods, knowing such
goods to have been
stolen, becomes a party
to the act of theft.
• Prophet Muhammad
Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam has said, "that
body shall not enter
Jannah (immediately)
which has been nourished
with haraam. (Ahmad)
• Prophet Muhammad
Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam has said that
to evade the paying of
zakaat will cause wealth
to perish.
• One's employees
(workers) should be
treated with respect and
consideration.
• Prophet Muhammad
Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam has said,
"Debts owing (to
somebody) is Allah's
flag in this world.
Whomsoever Allah wishes
to disgrace, he places
this "flag" of debt on
them."
• Prophet Muhammad
Sallallâhu 'alayhi
wasallam has said that
whosoever borrows with
the intention of
usurping another's
wealth, Allah destroys
that person (the
borrower). (Bukhari)
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Message from the Ameer of
the Jamiatul Ulama |
Parent’s Wake Up !
Recently, the cases of
Muslim youth involved in
drug abuse have increased
astronomically.
More and more youth are
taking drugs. In addition,
the drinking of alcohol has
become frighteningly
widespread, and in many
cases it has been discovered
that even many Muslim adults
are also common consumers of
alcohol in private, at
business meetings and in
social settings.
The taking of any type of
intoxicants is strongly
forbidden in Islam. The
hadith of the Prophet (sallallahu
`alayhi wa sallam) also
makes clear the point that
what intoxicates in large
amounts, is also haram in
the most minute quantity –
dispelling the baseless myth
that if a known intoxicant
does not intoxicate in a
small amount, then it is
acceptable. Drugs and
alcohol are completely and
totally haram – whatever
their form, type or
quantity.
On another level, the social
evils and dangers are well
known to all members of the
community, to such an extent
that no sane person would
dare to debate the fact that
drugs should not be
tolerated. Why then do we
not take positive and
practical steps towards
ridding ourselves and our
communities of drug abuse?
Finally, why do parents also
not see the glaring signs of
drug abuse in their
children? It can be nothing
other than the denial
factor, a syndrome that is
the easy way out, for the
meanwhile - but a syndrome
that will without doubt come
back with a vengeance to
bite those that succumb to
it.
We must, as a community, as
responsible members of
families and as individual
take responsibility and act
fast and hard. If not we
will be forced to hold none
but ourselves accountable
for the destructions of the
very fibre that establishes
a wholesome and healthy
community. In addition to
the grave consequences in
this worldy life, the severe
punishment that we would
subject ourselves to in the
hereafter must also never be
ignored.
Allah (azza wa jalla) says:
“O you who believe!
Intoxicants and gambling,
(dedication of) stones, and
(divination by) arrows, are
an abomination of Satan's
handiwork: Avoid such
(abomination) that you may
prosper. Satan's plan is to
sow enmity and hatred among
you with intoxicants and
gambling, and to hinder you
from the remembrance of God
and from prayer Will you not
then give up”.(5:93, 94).
The Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi
wa sallam) said,
“"Intoxicants are the mother
of all evils”. (Bukhari).
May Allah help and guide us
in this important mission
and duty. Aameen.
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