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Weekly Comment |
Attitudes have to change all
around
The disquiet brought about by
the on-going doctors’ strike
exposes us to a myriad of issues
requiring careful thought and
attention.
To address
the stark socio-economic
inequity given the nation’s
legacy, it is imperative that
services such as health and
education are delivered with
deliberate policy that is
sensitive to the facts and
realities.
The current
setup in the health sector does
not seem to be ideal in
addressing the imbalances of the
past. If anything, such
imbalances are becoming
accentuated.
For
example, the private health
sector, which is out of the
reach of the majority of South
Africans, continues to receive
subsidy through government
contributions towards civil
servants’ medical funds. This
contribution has been rising
over a period when tariffs in
the private healthcare sector
have risen higher than the
inflation rate.
According
to the UCT’s Health Economics
Unit, In the 1990s government
spent 12 times as much per year
subsidising civil servants to
buy medical scheme cover as it
did on funding health services
per person dependent on the
public health service. By 2005,
the total value of this subsidy
stood at an estimated R10.1
billion which is equivalent to
20% of the public health
allocation.
Inasmuch as
sacred as the role of a doctor
is in caring for patients, the
government also has a
responsibility to facilitate
that healthcare as a basic
service reaches the poor.
Alongside motivating medical
practitioners through favourable
remuneration, necessary
investment should equip the
public health sector facilities
in order to cater for the poor.
It is a sad day when a
life is lost at the hands of a
medic who fails to intervene due
to the absence of affordable
hospital equipment.
Beyond the wage dispute, it
would also be a very sad day
when a life is lost because of
neglect due to an indifferent
work ethic.
It can work,
when our attitudes can change.
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C O N T E N T
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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 |
R127.04 |
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Mahr Faatimi |
R 6,351.82 |
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Zakaat Nisaab |
R 2,540.73 |
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Words of Wisdom |
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Hadith of the Week |
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Earn Intercession |
Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr
Radhi-Allah Ta’aala anhu:
“The Prophet Muhammad
Salallahu alayhi wasallam
said: ‘Fasting and the
Qur'an intercede for a man.
Fasting says, 'O my Lord, I
have kept him away from his
food and his passions by
day, so accept my
intercession for him.' The
Qur'an says, 'I have kept
him away from sleep by
night, so accept my
intercession for him.' Then
their intercession is
accepted.’”
(Baihaqi) |
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Quotation
of
the Week |
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Free the Mind for Prayer |
It is from a person’s
knowledge and understanding
that he sees to his needs
first in order to turn to
his prayer with a heart free
of distractions.
(Abû Al-Dardâ’ Radhi-Allah
Ta’aala anhu) |
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Point of Reflection |
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What's Appropriate |
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“Even foul water will put
out a fire."
(Mongolian Proverb) |
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Q and A |
Question:
If
a father had made it known
to the family that a house
he had bought was to be for
his children, would the
executor of that estate be
bound to follow the deceased
wishes?
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Answer:
If the late
father had made it known to
the family that he had
bought the house for the
children and that it
actually belongs to them
then it would have to go to
them.
If the late
father had made it known to
the family that he wanted
the house to go to the
children when he passes away
then by attributing it to
the time of his death it
would automatically
constitute a Wasiyyah
(bequest). There are two
main conditions attached to
a Wasiyyah or bequest (under
Shari'ah): one is that the
bequeathed item cannot
exceed one-third of the
value of the estate, and the
second is that a bequest can
only be made in favour of a
non-heir. In this scenario
the bequest would have been
made in favour of the
children, who are heirs,
thus rendering the bequest
null and void. The house
would then form part of the
estate, and as such all the
heirs would have a share in
it.
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U P D A T E |
Taalimi Board Workshops
Workshop facilitators of the
Jamiatul Ulama’s Taalimi Board
are visiting some countries in
Southern Africa. Two delegations
have gone to Kenya and
Madagascar to help with the work
of madaaris by sharing skills
and expertise with local
organizations involved in Deeni
education in those countries.
These organizations are
affiliates of the Jamiatul Ulama
Taalimi Board. They are
implementing the curriculum that
uses the Tasheel series as
textbooks for Islamic education.
Earn Thawaab Jaariya
The Jamiatul Ulama is appealing
to all Muslims to contribute
towards the construction of an
Islamic centre in Soweto.
The project is the Jamiatul
Ulama’s collaborative initiative
with Ikhwana Islamiya in Soweto
where construction of the
purpose-built structure is
nearing completion.
The
project, which is under Siddiqi
Trust shall comprise of a masjid,
an imam's house as well as
madrasah classrooms in Orlando
East.
Donate generously
towards this project. A
Prophetic tradition according to
Bukhari and Muslim goes:
“Whosoever builds for Allah a
masjid, Allah will reward him
similar to it in paradise."
In another narration
according to Imam Ahmad,
“Whosoever shares in building a
masjid for Allah, even if it is
as small as a bird’s nest, Allah
will build for him a house in
Paradise.”
This is one
opportunity for earning thawâb
jâriya and a special statement
of support for the growing
Muslim community in Soweto.
Electronic fund transfer
details are as follows:
Name of Account: Siddiqi Trust
Bank: HBZ Bank Ltd
Branch:
Fordsburg
Code: 570105
Account No.: 11 901 121864
Via ABSA
Name of Account:
HBZ Bank Ltd
Branch Code:
632005
Account No.: 0101 323
1601
Ref: 21008105 (MUST
Quote. Very Important.)
Via Standard Bank
Name of
Account: HBZ Bank Ltd
Branch
Code: 00520508
Account No.:
002 502 410
Ref: 21008105
(MUST Quote. Very Important.)
Kindly fax deposit slip for
record purposes to: 011 373 8022
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Summarised Jumu’ah
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Lying |
“So who does more wrong
than he who forges a lie
against Allah or denies
His Aayaat (proofs,
verses, signs, etc.)?
Surely, the sinners will
never be successful!”
(10:17)
“Verily,
those who invent a lie
against Allah will never
be successful.” (10:69)
• The Qur’an has
made mention of lying
more than 280 times in
forty four different
forms.
• Lying
is a disease acquired,
not inherited. A person
may acquire this disease
because of many internal
and/or external factors.
Some of which are:
1.
Weakness in personality.
2. Lack of confidence in
an individual.
3. The
interest to attract
people’s attention.
4. The desire to make
jokes and to entertain
others.
5. Being keen
to acquire things that
do not belong to a
person. This habit could
develop because of
jealousy of others.
6. The presence of a bad
environment and/or
friends who wrongly
influence a person.
• Allah has
mentioned numerous
examples of the earlier
people in the history of
mankind who lied against
their prophets and
refused to believe in
their messages. Among
them were the nations of
‘Aad, Thamud, Nuh, etc.
• A person who lies
is not conscious of the
fact that Allah is fully
aware of every action of
an individual. He does
not realize that Allah
records the statement of
lying and the intentions
for it; and that Allah
is All Hearing and All
Seeing. Many times a
liar tries to cover up
his lying by lying even
more. After a period of
time, a liar gets caught
up in his own words and
finally the truth comes
to the fore.
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In the light of hadith,
the Ulama have cited
three circumstances in
which a person is
permitted not to speak
the truth:
1. On the
battle field with the
enemy.
2. During
reconciliation between
two parties in an effort
to resolve the
disagreement.
3.
Between husband and wife
for the purpose of
reducing friction.
• A Muslim is not
supposed to speak a lie
in his life as there no
need to lie. Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam was asked,
‘Could a believer be a
coward?’ He said, ‘Yes.’
He was asked, ‘Could a
believer be a miser?’ He
said, ‘Yes.’ He was
asked, ‘Could a believer
be a liar?’ He said,
‘No.’ (Muwatta)
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Lying is considered to
be amongst the signs of
hypocrite. Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, ‘Signs of
a hypocrite are three:
when he talks he lies,
when he promises he
breaches his promise,
and when he has been
entrusted he betrays his
trust.’ (Bukhari &
Muslim)
• Speaking
the truth leads a person
towards righteousness,
while lying leads one to
wickedness and eventual
entry into the fire of
Jahannum. Ibn Mas‘ud
radhiyallahu anhu
reported that Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam said, ‘Speaking
the truth leads a person
to righteousness and
righteousness leads to
Jannah. A person
continues to say the
truth until he is
recorded by Allah as a
trustworthy person. On
the other hand, lying
leads to wickedness and
wickedness leads to the
Fire. A person continues
to lie until he is
recorded by Allah as a
liar.’ (Bukhari &
Muslim)
• The
rewards of refraining
from lying are many. It
suffices to quote a
hadith of Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi
wasallam in this regard,
‘I take the
responsibility for a
house in the centre of
Paradise for the one who
abstains from lying even
if it were in jest.’ (Baihaqi)
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Message from the Ameer of
the Jamiatul Ulama |
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Don’t lose
your Imaan |
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(This is a re-run of one
of the Ameer’s previous
messages) |
The foundation upon
which the entire edifice of
the belief and practice of a
Muslim is based upon, is the
concept of tawheed.
No-one or no being or thing
is worthy of worship besides
Allah. He is the Creator,
Sustainer and Lord of the
entire creation-the universe
and beyond; He is
Everlasting – existing
beyond the boundaries of
time; He is All-Powerful –
absolutely nothing takes
place except through His
command instruction or
permission; He is not
dependant upon anything and
everything and every being
is dependant upon Him; He
has no children, parents or
family and He has no equal
or likeness in any way
whatsoever. None deserves or
has a right to be worshipped
or even respected as He
does. He has provided for us
in every way, physically and
spiritually. We do not
require anybody besides Him
and we do not need any way
other than what He has
prescribed. These are only
some aspects related to
tawheed.
Directly
opposed to tawheed is shirk
– associating partners with
Allah. Shirk is mentioned as
the most severe of sins that
a person can engage in, and
Allah states that He will
never forgive the person who
is engaged in shirk.
It has been observed that
certain practices that work
toward destroying the imaan
and faith of people have
begun to surreptitiously
creep into the lives of
Muslims. From amongst these
practices, two most
dangerous ones are:
1. Visiting the various
bogus ‘traditional,
faith-healers’, ‘herbalists’
or self-proclaimed
‘religious/spiritual
healers’. They proclaim to
be able to assist in, among
others, solving of health
and sexual problems,
financial difficulties,
marriage and social issues
and even the ‘winning of the
lottery’. The farce of these
frauds must be absolutely
clear to all sensible
persons. The danger of even
visiting them ‘for fun’s
sake’, in as far as engaging
in practices of either
direct shirk or close to
shirk can never be ignored.
Listening to and taking the
‘medication’ of such dubious
characters puts a person in
the position of risking the
loss of his imaan and being
thrown out of the fold of
Islam.
2. Taking
part in ‘trendy’, programmes
which claim to have
distressing characteristics
and are linked to or have
their basis in Indian, or
other, ancient traditional
or religious practices.
Ideas that come into open
conflict with tawheed are
clandestinely and slyly
sneaked into the supposed
exercises aimed at
‘de-stressing’. Aspects such
as becoming ‘one with
mother-earth’, ‘greeting the
sun’, and the utterances of
‘meaningless’ words or
phrases as mantras are only
a few examples. A statement
by a representative of the
Hindu faith explained in a
newspaper, last week, that
it is impossible to separate
yoga from Hinduism.
There is no need to search
for help outside of the
boundaries of what is
allowed or prescribed by the
most beautiful and complete
deen of Islam. There can be
no better way of
de-stressing than the
performance of salah and
engaging in dhikr of Allah.
Tawheed demands that
we turn to Allah, and submit
fully to Him in every way.
We must submit to the Deen
of Allah completely and
totally, having full faith
and conviction in the truth
of the message of Islam,
believing in the fact that
success lies only in what
Islam prescribes through the
Qur`an and the sunnah of the
Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi
wa sallam), and we must
submit to all the commands
of Allah, without exception.
We must know that there is
no other way.
Allah (azza
wa jalla) says in the Holy
Qur`an: O ye who believe!
enter into Islam completely;
and follow not the footsteps
of the Shaytaan; for he is
to you an avowed enemy.
(2:208)
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