M AlHUDA ISSUE 11 2010 Finale Edition

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Friday 8th October 2010
29th Shawwal 1431

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ike the flicker of
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ah; and d not only that (well
ain! We should all the bad news!),
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ers at the mosque ser to Allah SWT
studying with othe , reading Quran,
r Muslims, and ab helping out /
grant us Tawfiq an ove all, making du
d patience in the a’ to Allah SWT to
Knower, the Mos coming weeks , fo
t Merciful. r he SWT is the Al
MUSA wishes all ll--
students success
will and bounty of an d fulfilment in th
Allah SWT and an eir exams with th
enjoyable summer e
break enshaAllah!

The
The GOODLY LIFE
So weak are the seeker and the sought 3
Desperate? How’s this to ace the exams?
1

3
GOODLY
DID YOU KNOW?? 3
LIFE By
Sheikh Muham
m
Mukhtar Ash-S ad

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Sisters: The Conditions of Hijab 4 ife, is either hinqiti
for a person
against him , or will cr
y for an eter
nity (in the
It's hours an ter) Hereaf-
d seconds,
and years pa da ys or it will m
ss him by ake you cry
Leading him over which for an hour
(by his acti you will lau
Love and G on s) to the gh & rejoice
ood Pleasu an eternity for
re of Allah (in the Her
until he is am eafter)
ongst the pe
mate Succes ople of Ulti- Life, is either
s and the G a great bles
ar de ns of Para- person, or an ad sing for a
dise or they verse afflic
are against tion
him (by his him, leadin against him
actions) to g
Hell the Fires of

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and to the A
Ruler [Allah

Life, either
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nger of the

it will make
O ne , the Just
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his is a life
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by our fath
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which was li
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rejoice for you laugh & and by all th

an hour, ove ose who prec
r which you All of them eded us
, returned to
what they us A llah with
ed to do [th
eir deeds]

SOLE en - "Life"
refers to every single moment that is lived within it

The Winners (and ivia ‘l HUDA

and every hour spent within it
*SNIFF*
trants) of the last Tr And within all of these, we live a life that is either for us or against us
Quiz were: Thus, the successful and happy person
”continued
an
Ali & Wali Am is the one who sees life, and recognises it's reality and true nature page 2”
Well Done! :D For by Allah, it is a life that frequently causes some to weep, their
tears never drying
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T
hen comes upon
them that hour
de this , that exact mo
y beloved, Allah has ma
(of penitence), ment

parent
M
Thus happy is the one wh
life as a trial, a test,
an exam, in which the true
ture of His sla ves is

o is made successful (in

made
na-
ap-
which is what we
life",
in order that th
and that a reaso
ey shed tears of
are referring to,

n for anguish in
regret and remo
by "the goodly

the heart may be

of Allah
this exam) by the Mercy
ed (from salvation) is the
while miserable & banish for-
asure of Allah becomes
one upon whom the Ple
m)
bidden (through this exa
live, either Allah is
(Know) for every hour that you
hour (by your deeds)
pleased with you in this
k refuge in Allah from tha
or the opposite, we see
either you come closer
Therefore (by this hour)
Allah
Him
or you stray further from
nt in which
gle m o m e and by the sincer
that...a sin
...it may be
e c o m
“ deviate...from
the path of A
ll
th
a
e
h ...b
rest of your
rse,
ignited,
Such that the pe
rson realises ho
Allah has been w long his alien
and how long hi ation from
has been so tha s absence from his
Lord truly
t he may then sa
my Lord repent
ant, remorsefu
y, "Indeed I am
turning to
l,
and in hope of
His Mercy and
Good Pleasure!"
This time (of pe
nitence) is a pers
on's key to happ
and contentmen iness
t, the time of re
It is as the schola gre t.
t
rs say,
to "Indeed man sin
s a great deal, bu
in his regret and
repentance,
t if he is truly sin
cere
Allah will change
his sins into good
deeds"
Thus his life too
then becomes pu
yo u re and goodly, by
purity and truthf the
ulness of that reg
ret and repenta
nce
e s a c a us e
ity in the very dis
tress and pain fel
within himself
”
life We ask Allah the Greatest, Lord of the Honourable
t

e s s for Throne,
d distr
of misery an to give life to this blessed caller to His Mercy,
within our hearts, and to the pain we should
feel when we are neglectful towards Allah and

T
hus it may be, that you live a sin-
gle moment of love and obedi-
ence to Allah (by your actions)
by which are forgiven the inequities of
your life, and a lifetime of sins
And it may be that you live a single moment in which
you deviate intentionally from the Path of Allah
distancing yourself from His obedience
which then becomes a cause of misery & distress,
His Commands
My beloved, every single one of us needs to ask themselves a
question,
we need to ask ourselves day and night,
How many nights are spent awake in activity?
and how many hours are passed (in this way)?
How many have laughed in this life?
And (most importantly) was Allah Pleased with this laughter?
ry single pleasure life has
person may experience eve

A
for the rest of your life
We ask Allah for His Safety and Pardoning to offer
experience anything more
but by Allah, he will never
ul than servitude to Allah
In this life there exist two separate 'callers' pleasurable, more beautif
ons to Him
The first, is anything that calls to the Mercy, the Good by carrying out his obligati
forbidden him from
Pleasure and the Love of Allah (be they thoughts or and leaving all that He has it,
something or hold back from
actions) Whenever you want to do action) ?
pleased with me (by this
The second type of caller, is anything which invites to ask yourself, will Allah be f
ise, you should hold yoursel
the opposite of that If so, then proceed, otherw
(Such as) a desire or lust that incites one to evil back. on nor
s not proceed with an acti
or a sudden sinful whim that may result in an evil end- For, by Allah, a person doe
ing (dying in bad or sinful circumstances) hold back from it,
d counsel in the decision),
requesting Allah's Mercy (an
Lord in the process
n a moment except that he pleases his
at a person withi
Thus it may be, th

If
we look at one prayer that a person performs
of his life, weeps; over his
t and repentance from the 5 obligatory daily prayers;
a weeping of regre at the moment of completing his bowing and prostrat-
rds his Lord;
negligence towa s his evil ing
rs) Allah change
and by (these tea cord) and completing his servitude to his Lord,
deeds (on his re
deeds into good then on leaving the place of prayer,
he feels a great sense of ease and peace within himself!

But
how many people continue to commit By Allah, even if he were to spend all the wealth of the earth
sins? (in an attempt to buy this feeling)
how many people still indulge in evil? He would be unable to seek a way to it.
how many people continue to distance Thus the goodly life, the pleasant, comfortable life is found
themselves (from Allah), only in closeness to Allah
frequently travelling away from their Lord (by their actions)?
so if a person does not purify and make good his life, through
Thus all of them are distant from the Mercy of Allah
this close relationship, then by who (or what) will he....?
unbeknown to them, strangers to the Good Pleasure of Allah
Provided by Abdullah Ali
 SO WE A K ht
Ibn
al-
al-Qaiyyim said: This
example is amongst the
nd the Soug
are the Seeker and
best ones which Allah,
the Exalted, stated in
showing the invalidity of disbelief and its
SWT Said: "Verily, Allah is not

Allah ashamed to set forth a parable

even of a mosquito or so much
more when it is bigger (or less when it
is smaller) than it.
people. How ignorant they are! And
how Satan has toyed with them
more than the toying of boys with a ball! For
they took as a diety pictures and idols which can
w that it is the Truth
And as for those who believe, they kno never be able to create the tiniest creatures even if
o disbelieve, they say:
from their Lord, but as for those wh they all cooperated for the purpose. While among
e?' By it He misleads
'what did Allah intend by this parabl the merits of the True Diety are the Ability over
y. And He misleads
many, and many He guides thereb everything, the Knowledge of everything, the
on (the rebellious, dis-
thereby only those who are Faasiqo Ability to do without all of His creatures, and the
obedient to Allah)." (Al-Baqarah: 26) fact that His creatures beseech Him in all their
mankind! An example has needs. Moreover, another proof for the invalidity
And He, Exalted be He, also Said: "O
ily! Those on whom you of their being Gods is that they will not be able to
been set, so listen to it (carefully): Ver
n) a fly, even if they all coget back anything that these very little creatures
call besides Allah, cannot create (eve
And if the fly snatched took away from them. Thus, Allah SWT, the All
-operated together for that sole cause.
have no power to take it Mighty, states that they are equally weak.
away a thing from them, they would
th) the seeker and the Provided by Abdullah Ali
back from the fly. So weak are (bo
sought." (Al-Hajj: 73)

Your brain uses 20% of Answers to Quiz 10:

your body's energy, but 1) Amr Ibn AlAas RAA
it makes up only 2% of There are about 100 billion 2) As part of wudu, we should light
ly rub
your body's weight mus t was h our
neurons in the brain! our head, whereas we
feet to the ankles
60% of what we do 3) Bilal Ibn AlRabah RAA
We remember
but only 20% of what we rea
d! 4) 35 years old
r sys-
5) Pattern is the planets in the solaSo
tem: M= Mer cury, V=V enu s etc.
Cherish your sl
eep S=Saturn
About 12% of Your brain generates 25 because that’s pr
eam in oba-
people dr watts of power while bly the best tim
e for
black an d white! you're awake ---
awake--- enough to
---enough your brain to fil
e
illuminate a light bulb. away memorie
s Page 3
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The of HIJAB
CO N D IT I ONS By Sheikh N
asir AlDee
n AlAlbaan
i

should cover all the body

apart
4) It should be loose and not tig

1) It
ht
from whatever has been exempted. any part of the body. so as not to describe
Tell your
Allaah SWT says: “O Prophet! The purpose of clo
s and your dau ghte rs and the (temptation), and this
thing is to preven
t fitnah
wive clothes are wide and
w their can only be achieved
women of the believers to dra loose. Tight clothes, eve
still describe the size and n if they conceal the col if the
r bod ies (i.e. scre en them- our of the skin,
cloaks (veils) all ove r thei
s or one eye to see minds of men. The cor shape of the body or part of it, and create a
viv
selves completely except the eye should be known obvious. So the clothe
ruption or invitation to
corruption that is inhere id image in the
er, that they s must be wide. Usaa nt in this is quite
the way). That will be bett gave me a thick Egypt ma h ibn Zayd said: “The
as not to be annoyed. ian garment that was
(as free respectable women) so Kalbi, and I gave it to one Prophet SAWS
And Allaah is Ever Oft-Forgiv ing, Most Merciful.” It is my wife to wear. He sa of the gifts given to him by Duhyat al-
er all of her beauty Egyptian garment?’ I id, ‘Why do I not see
cov said, ‘I gave it to my
hence obligatory for a wom an to
part of it to non- gown underneath it, for wife to wear.’ He said, you wearing that
lay any I am afraid that it may ‘Tell
and adornments and not to disp wha tever appears describe the size of her her to wear a
rs”) exce pt for bones.’
mahram men (“strange no sin on her
unintentionally, in which case ther
e will be 5) It should not be perfumed with bakhoor or fragrance.
if she hastens to cover it up. Abu Moosa al-Ash’ari said: the Prophet SAWS said: “Any woman who puts on perfume then
elf. passes by people so that they can smell her fragrance, is an adulteress.” Zaynab al-Thaqafiyyah
nment in and of its
2) It should not be an ador
the meaning): “… an
ation of
d not to reported that the Prophet SAWS said: “If any one of you (women) goes out to the mosque, let her
Allaah says (interpret nt…” [al-Noor 24:31]. The general not touch any perfume.” Abu Hurayrah said: the Prophet SAWS said: “Any woman who has
the ir ad orn me garment, be- scented herself with bakhoor (incense), let her not attend ‘Ishaa’ prayers with us.” These
show off
e includes the outer
meaning of this phras it will attract men’s attention to her. ahaadeeth show that just as the prohibition covers perfume applied to the body, it also covers
ed
cause if it is decorat al-Ahzaab: “And perfume applied to the clothes, especially in the third hadeeth, where bakhoor (incense) is men-
ed by the aayah in Soorat
Th is is su pp ort y yourselves like tioned, because incense is used specifically to perfume clothes. The reason for this prohibition is
, and do not displa
stay in your houses ]. It is also quite clear, which is that women’s fragrance may cause undue provocation of desires. The schol-
nce” [al-Ahza 33:33 t SAWS ars also included other things under this heading of things to be avoided by women who want to
ab
of the tim es of ign ora he
that Prop
deeth in which the go to the mosque, such as beautiful clothes, jewellery that can be seen, excessive adornments
supported by the ha do not ask me about them: a man and mingling with men.
thr ee ,
said: “Th ere are leader an d dies 7) It should not resemble the

6)
who leaves the jam
aa’ah, disobeys his
run s away then It should not resemble the
le sla ve wh o n. dress of non non--Muslim women.
or ma
disobedient; a female e husband is absent and left her clothing of me eeh It is stated in sharee’ah that Muslims,
n wh os was reporte d in the sah
dies; and a woma left she made a It
needs, and after he them.” ahaadeeth that a woman
who men and women alike, should not imitate
with everything she lf. Do no t ask abou t me n in dres s or in other the non-Muslims with regards to worship,
rse imit ates
wanton display of he ayrah said: The festivals or clothing that is specific to them.
sparent. ways is cursed. Abu Hur
It should be thick and not tran clothing S curs ed the man who wears This is an important Islamic principle

3)
Prophet SAW
see -throug h the wom an who wears which nowadays, unfortunately, is ne-
This is because bea u- women’s clothes, and ‘Amr said: I glected by many Muslims, even those who
g and h ibn
makes a woman more temptin t SAW S men’s clothes.” ‘Abd-Allaa
say : ‘The y are not care about religion and are calling others
the Prophe heard the Prophet SAW S
tiful. Concerning this mah ate men and the to Islam. This is due either to ignorance,
my um part of us, the women who imit
said: “During the last days of ed, with en.’” Ibn ‘Ab baas said: due to the following of their own whims
clothed but nak men who imit ate wom
there will be women who are ed effe min ate men and desires, or because of deviation from
the humps of camels. “The Prophet SAWS curs
something on their heads like ther had eeth culine wom en. He said , ‘Throw them the Quran and teachings of the Prophet
ed.” Ano and mas
Curse them, for they are curs e or even smell its out of your houses.’” According to another SAWS. This was one of the causes of the
not ente r Par adis
adds: “Th ey will t SAWS cursed men who Muslims’ decline and weakness, which
rance can be detected version: “The Prophe en who imitate men.” enabled foreigners to overwhelm and
fragrance, although its frag and wom
e.” Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr said: imitate women
from such and such a distanc r said: “The Prophet SAWS colonize them. “…Verily, Allaah will not
women who wear Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Am e who will not enter Para- change the condition of a people as long as
ant that
the Prophet SAWS me are thre
ich describes and does said: ‘There n look at them on they do not change their state themselves
clothes made of light fabric wh dise and Allaah will not eve
cover are clothed in essenc e but naked in reality. Res urre ctio n: one who disobeys his …” [al-Ra’d 13:11]. If only they knew.
not the Day of
who imit ates men, and the
parents, a woman feels no jeal-
(cuc kold , wea k man who
duyooth se ahaadeeth
enfo lk).” The
ousy over his wom for women to
idde n
clearly indicate that it is forb
imitate men and vice vers a.

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