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- Nov 19, 11
Filed under: Cairo, Egypt Tagged: Butcher, Cairo, Cow. 2011, Egypt, Eid, Eid El-Adha, Sheep
- Feb 12, 11
Filed under: Cairo, Egypt Tagged: Cairo, Day of Anger, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, Feb28
- Feb 10, 11
Filed under: Cairo, Egypt Tagged: Cairo, Day of Anger, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution
- Jan 06, 11
Filed under: Bahrain Tagged: Bahrain, Manama, Palace, Prime Ministerial
- Jan 05, 11
Filed under: Pakistan Tagged: Donkey, Old man, Pakistan, Rail Track, Train
- Dec 30, 10
Filed under: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tagged: China Town, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Nov 19, 11
Filed under: Cairo, Egypt, Video Tagged: Boat, Cairo, Egypt, Nile, River, Sunset, Video
- Jul 12, 11
Filed under: Cairo, Egypt, O.I.E (Only In Egypt), Travel Tagged: Cairo, Car, Egypt, O.I.E (Only In Egypt), Only In Egypt, People, Pushing
- Jul 11, 11
Filed under: Cairo, Egypt, My travels, Travel Tagged: Cairo, Egypt, Islam, Islamic Cairo, Khan El-Khalili, Music, Old Cairo, Sheesha, Travel, Water Pipe
- Apr 30, 11
The Council of Ministers have decided to cancel Daylight Savings Time so clocks will not roll forward by an hour in Spring. The good news is that we all get an extra hour of sleep! I actually never understood why in the Middle East we needed the clocks to go back and forth to save day [...]
- Feb 28, 11
A fellow blogger has been chosen as the ‘Chef of the Week’ on Easy2Cook.tv. Please do check out here receipes from the Easy2Cook site here and her personal blogs are http://mimicooks.com http://sophiessweetchoice.blogspot.com Mimi makes cooking so easy and is really helpful if you ever get stuck. Cooking seems to be passion for her and she has helped me [...]
- Feb 23, 11
Filed under: Egyptian Revolution, Video Tagged: Cairo, Cars, Cleaning, Dirty, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, Kids, Nasr City, Streets, Video, Youth
- Feb 16, 11
Filed under: Egypt, Egypt News, Egyptian Revolution, Video Tagged: Aljazeera, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, Marwan
- Feb 13, 11
Dear World, If you want to help Egypt, please make sure you pressure your governments to keep their double standards at home and not to export and impose their self-interest to the world. Filed under: Egypt, Egyptian Revolution Tagged: Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, World
- Feb 11, 11
Filed under: Egypt, Egypt News, Egyptian Revolution, Video Tagged: Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, happy, People, Video
- Feb 11, 11
It was announced today that President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak is to stand down and the Supreme Council of the Army is taking control. What happens next? Filed under: Egypt, Egypt News, Egyptian Revolution Tagged: Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, Mubarak, Obama, President
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- Jan 06, 11
HRH Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein is elected as vice-president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on the it’s executive committee. At the age of 35, Prince Ali becomes the youngest member on the current FIFA board.
Qatar having won the FIFA World Cup 2022 bid late last year and now coupled with this new move of ousting the out going vice-president Chung Mong-Joon, will only strengthen FIFA’s President Sepp Blatter bid for re-election later on this year.
I am an advocate of fair play and transparency. My only concern with the new changes are that they seem to be more politically and economically motivated rather then a ‘passion for football’.
Mr Blatter has confirmed support for his presidential bid from the 25 that voted for Prince Ali including Sheikh Ahmad Ali Fahad Al Sabah, Head of Kuwait’s Football Federation. The Middle East is an untapped market for Fifa and I am sure both parties will set to become rich over the next decade or so.
It is nice to rejoice during the current successes but being cautious about the new changes does not go unwarranted.
- Nov 28, 10
Even the flag was artificial. The green, red, white and black banner that fluttered over Arab raiders led by the Hashemite family against the Ottoman empire — the basis for today’s flags of Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization — was designed by a British Foreign Service officer named Sir Mark Sykes and produced by his army’s supply shop in Cairo.” – Building Modernity on Desert Mirages by JOHN KIFNER
- Sep 06, 10
I recently read an article which was forwarded by an Egyptian colleague about over eating and watching TV during the month of Ramadhan in Egypt. The full article can be read here. I have lived 2 years of my life in Jordan and have spent the past 2 years in Egypt. I can safely say that this is not an Egyptian phenomenon.
Jordan:
Schools finish earlier at around 13:00ish because everyone is fasting, so people can go home and either sleep or think about eating. Once people have eaten, either at families house which is either on invitation or they have invited. It is well known that the stomachs grow smaller over the month but we will still make and eat food like there is no tomorrow. Once everyone has eaten, mostly the men of the family will go to the mosque to pray the Tarweeh prayer, which are the recommended prayers only for Ramadhan. These prayers will be cut short because people are eager to go home to watch the latest Drama imported from Syria or Turkey such as Bab Al Hara. If your not at home watching these Dramas, you’re in the cafes watching.
Egypt:
Clocks are brought back an hour just for Ramadhan; Schools and businesses are closed at around 14:30ish. People generally work less. Time is spent either thinking about food, preparing food for large feasts for family members they have not seen the whole year around or thinking about what you’re going to make the next day and who you’re going to invite. Once the food is eaten and consumed on an extra large proportion, then people head to the mosques for a quick recommended prayer, which is either so long that it puts off people ever coming back again or so short so people can go home or to the cafes to watch Egyptian dramas.
Ramadhan is time for reflection, for working harder, being more aware of your actions in accordance to the book (the Quran) and example of the Prophet. How can it be that some people do not pray all year long and yet they fast during the month of Ramadhan. How can it be that women do not cover, and yet they will fast during the month of Ramadhan. The Muslim community must throw away this ‘pick and choose’ mentality and use the month of Ramadhan is a reflection and purification time so that it can impact the other remaining months in a positive manner.
No one is perfect so lets make this month a spring board for change in the right direction. It is not all about eating and watching Dramas.
- Jan 25, 10
I know the following is a cut and paste job from ‘AFP’ but it’s scary thought that this horrific act has happened in Amman, Jordan. It’s not something that I have heard of in the past two years or so that I had been in Jordan. I really hope this does not become the normal way of dealing with problems, as it has become in some other parts of the world.
AMMAN — Jordanian police said on Saturday that they had recovered the bodies of two Asian women which had been dumped in plastic bags in a public waste bin north of the capital.
“Police recovered the bodies of two young women of Asian appearance from a public waste bin in the Jubeiha district, north of Amman, on Friday,” police spokesman Mohammad Khatib said.
A member of the public had spotted the bodies in sealed plastic waste sacks and alerted police, Khatib said, adding that the nationalities of the two women remained unclear but they had probably been working as maids.
Initial examination suggested that both women had been strangled.
Some 70,000 migrant labourers work as domestic servants in Jordan, the great majority of them women.
Some 30,000 come from Indonesia, 15,000 from the Philippines and 25,000 from Sri Lanka, according to labour ministry figures.
Copyright © 2010 AFP. All rights reserved.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jClG1qxCLSbpKKGHeC4ebkblO82A
- Aug 21, 09
- Aug 15, 09
In the recent past my wasapninjordan[at]gmail dot com has recevied so many emails from click-jordan, a web based company which offers internet related solutions. I never signed up to receive the emails. Are they allowed to do this? I do not mind asking before they add me to their mailing list. I just find it rude that I am receving somthing which I did not opt for. They are making money from offering adding my email to thier list.
Can they do this? Has anyone else received the emails from click-jordan?
wasapninjordan
- Jun 23, 09
When ever I visit to a new place, whether it’s for a holiday or work, it takes me a while to get used to the currency. I thought it might be helpful for some to know the currency in Jordan. The Jordanian currency is the Dinar, JD or JOD. It is subdivided into 1000 fils, or 100 qirsh or piasters. It appears in paper notes of 20, 10, 5, 1, and 0.5 JD denominations. Coins come in denominations of 1 JD, 500 fils, 250 fils, 100 fils, 50 fils, 25 fils, 10 and 5 fils. I use www.xe.com/ucc for daily up-to-date conversion rates.
Here are the pics of the Jordanian Dinar note pics. However I do not have the pics of the coins. If anyone is able to take pics of the coins and email them to me, so I can add them to this slide would be greatly apperciatted.
wasapninjordan
- Mar 23, 09
- Mar 23, 09
The great Mansaf from Al-Quds Restaurant
I was reading a great blog entry from ‘summer‘ on www.mimicooks.com. She was talking about Mansaf and it got me thinking. I remember eating Mansaf for the first time. The food was so heavy, all I wanted to do was sleep afterwards. I felt so heavy and I said to myself, I am not eating that again. But of course when you go and visit your friends on a Friday afternoon at their house, you’re most likely to be offered a Mansaf, well it was the case for me:-0. I know Mansaf is very hard to make, so I have been told. I don’t know what happened but the more I ate Mansaf, the more I wanted it.
I know everyone talks about Jabri being the best place for Mansaf and the late King Hussein used to eat from Jabri’s but I much prefer to eat Mansaf from the ‘Al-Quds’ restaurant in Down Town. They just simply do good food and the best Mansaf in town. You are not going to find a fancy table, with fancy waiters or fancy cutlery; they only do fancy food.
If you haven’t tried Mansaf, yet then I suggest ‘Al-Quds’ restaurant in Down Town. Enjoy it.
wasapninjordan
- Mar 19, 09
I know, I know, I know it’s been a while since I posted anything. I have really missed the blogging world. What can I say, our move to Egypt has not suited us at all. It is such a shame as I still have lots to share about my experiences in Jordan.
I was driving in Cairo the other day and heard the new track from Fadel Shakir and Elissa. I do not understand Arabic but you know how certain songs and certain artists take you back in time. Well that’s what happened to me when I listened to the duet from Fadel Shakir and Elissa, called ‘Juwa el rou7′.
I went home and logged on to www.nogomi.com and downloaded the new track. Nogomi is a one stop shop to all your Arabic tunes on the web. You have to register, which is free by the way but I do not think you will be disappointed. Try it, you might like it.
Well I still remember my first few days in Jordan and I would hear songs from Elissa and Fadel Shakir. Whenever I hear songs from either of the two artists, it takes me back to the good old days in Jordan.
My all time favorite Arabic track is ‘Khidni Ma3ak’ by Fadel Shakir and Yara. Whats your all time favorite?
wasapninjordan
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- Feb 07, 12
Response by Yemeni Nobel Peace prize winner in 2011 Tawakkul Karman* when asked about her Hijab By Journalists and how it is not proportionate with her level of intellect and education, she replied:
“Man in The early times was almost naked, and as his intellect evolved he started wearing clothes. What I am today and what I’m wearing represents the highest level of thought and civilization that man has achieved, and is not regressive. It’s the removal of clothes again that is regressive back to ancient TIMES”****Noble Laurette from Yemen, Tawakul Karman.
- Jul 12, 11
Yesterday marked the 16th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre when at least 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were massacred by Serb forces. Only last week, the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia found the Dutch state responsible for the deaths of 3 Muslim men during the massacre after Dutch soldiers handed them over to Serb forces. May justice be done for the remaining thousands of victims.
- Jun 04, 11
There is a game plan… When there’s a favoured dictator and he’s getting into trouble, support him as long as possible. When it becomes impossible… send him off somewhere, issue ringing declarations about your love of democracy, and then try to restore the old regime, maybe with new names. And that’s done over and over again. It doesn’t always work… [but] that’s what’s going on in Egypt and Tunisia. – Noam Chomsky
- May 09, 11
There was once a civilisation that was the greatest in the world.
It was able to create a continental super-state that stretched from ocean to ocean, and from northern climes to tropics and deserts. Within its dominion lived hundreds of millions of people, of different creeds and ethnic origins.
One of its languages became the universal language of much of the world, the bridge between the peoples of a hundred lands. Its armies were made up of people of many nationalities, and its military protection allowed a degree of peace and prosperity that had never been known. The reach of this civilisation’s commerce extended from Latin America to China, and everywhere in between.
And this civilisation was driven more than anything, by invention. Its architects designed buildings that defied gravity. Its mathematicians created the algebra and algorithms that would enable the building of computers, and the creation of encryption. Its doctors examined the human body, and found new cures for disease. Its astronomers looked into the heavens, named the stars, and paved the way for space travel and exploration.
Its writers created thousands of stories. Stories of courage, romance and magic. Its poets wrote of love, when others before them were too steeped in fear to think of such things.
When other nations were afraid of ideas, this civilisation thrived on them, and kept them alive. When censors threatened to wipe out knowledge from past civilisations, this civilisation kept the knowledge alive, and passed it on to others.
While modern Western civilisation shares many of these traits, the civilisation I’m talking about was the Islamic world from the year 800 to 1600, which included the Ottoman Empire and the courts of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo, and enlightened rulers like Suleiman the Magnificent.
Although we are often unaware of our indebtedness to this other civilisation, its gifts are very much a part of our heritage. The technology industry would not exist without the contributions of Arab mathematicians. Sufi poet-philosophers like Rumi challenged our notions of self and truth. Leaders like Suleiman contributed to our notions of tolerance and civic leadership.
And perhaps we can learn a lesson from his example: It was leadership based on meritocracy, not inheritance. It was leadership that harnessed the full capabilities of a very diverse population–that included Christianity, Islamic, and Jewish traditions.
This kind of enlightened leadership — leadership that nurtured culture, sustainability, diversity and courage — led to 800 years of invention and prosperity.
In dark and serious times like this, we must affirm our commitment to building societies and institutions that aspire to this kind of greatness. More than ever, we must focus on the importance of leadership– bold acts of leadership and decidedly personal acts of leadership.
With that, I’d like to open up the conversation and see what we, collectively, believe about the role of leadership.
- Jan 06, 11
- Jan 05, 11
Has anyone heard the new track from the artist Bruno Mars titled ‘Grenade’? It’s a very catching tune that invites to be listened to again and again. The song is about how the woman he loves does not feel the same way as he does about her. After watching the video clip to the song to the end, I must say I find it a bit morbid. If you watch the video till the end, you will understand what I am taking about. Second, he keeps singing throughout the track, how he’d catch a grenade for her; throw his hand on a blade for her; he’d jump in front of a train for her and how he’d do anything for her. All I have to say to that is did he try making her breakfast for her every day or wash the dishes for her or do the shopping for her or change the channel for her?
If you’re interested, below is the video of the song ‘Grenade’
- Jan 04, 11
[Verse 1: Klashnekoff]
As lightning strikes and thunder pounds,
Over the grey skies of East London town,
Prophecy K returns from the underground,
Signified by the peoples crying, trumpet sounds,
Yeah the system it tried to shut me down,
But I been on my ting before Onyx was flinging guns around,
Blood, sweat, and tears for years,
It feels like my careers been in the dumping ground,
Yeah, this is how hunger sounds,And I’m the hunter now, ‘Lash the lion heart,
A.K.A. the man behind the iron mask
For ten years straight, I’ve been raising the iron bar
Tryna breathe the life back into this dyin’ art
So why try and par? When you’ll meet the same fate as that lion Scar
This game is fake; full of two-faced lying ras.
Who would sell their soul and arse just to climb the charts
Yea, but me, I put in too much time in the graft
Refinin’ my craft for labels to sign me for a minor advance
Picture K’Lash, mimin’ on Trance
Now picture Dr. Dre beats/’Lash rhymin’ with Stars
It’s all fate and I got mine in my grasp
They’re all snakes, let ‘em die in the past
But who knows what the future holds?
These N.W.O. soldiers will probably shoot me cold
All because the truth was told
You should know I did it from the heart.[Hook x2]
I’m still here, pushing after several years,
I’m still here, standing strong, never in fear,I’ll be still here after the dust settles and clears,
I’ll be still here after the blood, sweat and the tears,[Verse 2: Lowkey]
I don’t do this for the happy ravers or the aggy haters
I do this for the warriors and the gladiators
Do this for those whose lives you never cared about
Can’t pronounce their names, their origins or their whereabouts
Those brought up around tragedy and sadness
Who adjusted and found normality in the madness
Fight the power ’til I’m out of breath like Malcolm X
You empower the powerful, I empower the powerless
They’ll play you on the radio if you rap about a Gucci belt
But rap about the government; you might as well shoot yourself
Industry fairies say I rap about conspiracy theories
Just to hide the fact that they lyrically fear me
Got that eye of a tiger, the heart of a lion
The mind of a lifer, my stance is defiant
I rise like a phoenix, immediate from the ashes
My existence is inconvenient for the masses
Though we are equal, I despise an imitation
I live for my people and die for liberation
I stand as a visionary; some have got plans of killin’ me
To literally vanish me physically like Aborigines
Hannibal with the mask, an animal with the bars
I’m grappling with my shackles, I channel it through my art
Feel it in the ambience, champion, heavyweight
My life is nothin’ but my pride is somethin’ that you can never take
They think I’m elusive or think I’m a nuisance
I swear these major labels must think that I’m stupid
Keep your 360′s you’re convincing these dudes with
Like I’ll give you the blueprint for pimpin’ my music…I say that like K’Lash, he’s another lion,
Every hardship from getting scarred to my brother dying,
Spit all of it with or without a big audience,
Through the Blood, Sweat & Tears I stand victorious![Hook x2]
I’m still here, pushing after several years,
I’m still here, standing strong, never in fear,I’ll be still here after the dust settles and clears,
I’ll be still here after the blood, sweat and the tears,
- Jan 02, 11
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- Jan 01, 12
- Jan 04, 11
Mr Taseer, a senior member of the Pakistan People’s Party, was shot when getting into his car at a market.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the guard had told police that he killed Mr Taseer because of the governor’s opposition to Pakistan’s blasphemy law.
Read the full story here at the BBC
- Dec 28, 10
US president Barak Obama condemned the killing of 43 people as “outrageous” after a female bomber attacked on a large crowd receiving food aid in Khar in the region of Bajaur, North-west of Pakistan.
Well at least the feminists will be happy that the bombing was carried out by female and this brings equality in the ranks of the so called ‘terrorists’.
However Obama went to state that he strongly condemns “the outrageous terrorist attack in Khar,” and that “Killing innocent civilians outside a World Food Programme distribution point is an affront to the people of Pakistan, and to all humanity,” he said.
“The United States stands with the people of Pakistan in this difficult time, and will strongly support Pakistan’s efforts to ensure greater peace, security and justice for its people.”
Mr Obama if you’re so concerned about the killing and murder of innocent civilians why have you not condemned and stopped Drone attacks by your own army in Pakistan. To date Drone attacks in Pakistan has murdered over 2000 innocent women, children and elderly people.
U.S. airstrikes in Pakistan are killing Pakistani civilians, turning public opinion against the government, and U.S. experts say the airstrikes are destabilizing the Pakistani government. Please have the decency to value life for life and halt U.S. airstrikes in Pakistan.
I call Obama a bomber cause those are your bombs.
- Dec 01, 10
- Dec 01, 10
Why is life not for life in the western media? When a solider is killed in the line of duty, he/she is named and given a face and the human touch in reporting. However when the ‘other’ is killed/murded they are just numbers that just keep going up and up. So how do I start this? I am not sure but here goes.
I have been coming in and out of Pakistan over the years to visit family and friends. I have decided to document my thoughts, my travels and the politics of Pakistan on this blog. I thought about starting with my thoughts about Pakistan and it’s people but when I read the following news article about how Obama has come into power he has banned the term ‘war on terror’ but increased the drone attacks on Pakistani soil to an average 3 times a week, killing innocent children, women and men.
Read the full article here.
WOT=WOI
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- May 01, 11
When Allah says each one of you can marry the woman of his choice two, three or four, this effectively means: marry all of you twos, threes or fours. i.e. each of you can marry two, three or four.
As for the meaning of His saying:
“But if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then marry only one” [An- Nisa: 3]
This means that if you fear that you shall not be able deal with these numbers of wives justly then you should simply choose one wife and relinquish the marriage to more than one wife immediately. The issue revolves around justice. Wherever you find it just, adhere to it. Marrying only one wife is closer to not doing injustice. So that you should not deviate (from the right course of action) means it is more fitting so that you do not do injustice, because the deviation here means injustice. It is said the ruler has deviated from the right course when he has committed injustice. ‘Aisha (ra) narrated about the Prophet that he said: “So that you may not deviate (from the right course): so that you do not make injustice.”
The Ayah permits the plurality of wives and limits it to four. However, it orders justice between them and enjoins the restriction to one wife when it is feared there would be injustice, because the restriction to one wife when there is fear of committing injustice is closer to avoiding injustice, a matter for which a Muslim is obliged.
Indeed it should be known that the justice mentioned here is not a condition for marrying more than one wife. Rather it is a ruling for the man who wishes to marry a number of wives, that he must observe in the event of marrying more than one wife, and an exhortation to restrict himself to one wife if he fears he will not be able to deal with them justly. This is because the meaning of the sentence is completed in the verse by His saying: “Marry women of your choice, twos or threes, or four”. [4:3] this means there is an absolute permissibility of marrying more than one wife. Thus, the meaning of the sentence is completed. In another statement, He said: “But if you fear”. The phrase “But if you fear” cannot result in being a condition because it is not linked with the first verse as a conditional clause. Rather it is a resumption of a new statement. If Allah had wished to make it a condition then he would have said: “Marry women of your choice, twos or threes, or fours if you can deal with them justly”, but that is not the case, so it is established that justice is not a condition, rather it is another Shar’a ruling different to the first rule. So firstly He permitted the plurality of marriages up to four, then He came with another ruling which is that it is better to restrict oneself to one wife when he believes that marriage to more than one wife will make him incapable of dealing with them in a just manner.
From the above it becomes clear that Allah has permitted polygyny without restriction, condition or any recourse to any justification. Rather, every Muslim is given the right to marry two, three or four wives of his choice. That is why we find Allah saying: “women of your choice” [4:3] i.e. those women whom you find agreeable to you. It is clear that Allah has ordered us to be just between our wives and exhorted us that if we fear we could not be able to do justice between our wives, we restrict ourselves to just one wife because the restriction of marrying one wife make us more likely not to commit injustice. As for what constitutes desired justice between wives, it is not ‘absolute justice’. Rather it is the justice in marriage between wives which is within the ability of the man to undertake, because Allah does not impose on man that which he cannot bear. He said: “Allah burdens not a person beyond his scope” [Al- Baqarah: 286] It is true that the phrase ‘be just’ has been mentioned in the verse with a says: “But if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them)” [An- Nisa: 3] This encompasses all aspects of justice, but this general order has been specified in another verse to what the human has the capability to do. Thus, Allah said: general import, as He “You will never be able to do perfect justice between wives even if it is your ardent desire, so do not incline completely to one of them so as to leave the other suspended” [An- Nisa: 129]
Allah has clarified in the verse that it is impossible for us to realise justice and equality between wives, such that no inclination (towards one of them) would ever happen nor increase or decrease in what is obligatory upon us in providing for them. Due to this He has lifted from us the complete and full extent of justice and He has not imposed on us except that which one can bear on condition that we exert our utmost effort and energy. For the imposition of what one is not able to do is tantamount to oppression:
“And your Lord treats no one with oppression” [Al-Kahf: 49] And He says:
“So do not incline completely to one of them” [An- Nisa: 129]
as a comment on His saying: “You will never be able to do perfect justice” [An- Nisa: 129] and as a reference for it, is an evidence that its meaning is: you will never be able to deal with them justly and equally with regards to love. The correct understanding is that it is possible to be just in everything other than love. This is what the previous verse obliges, as it has specified the desired justice to be other than love, and made love and sexual intercourse excluded from justice, because it is not obliged in these two issues, since a human is not able to be equal in his love. This meaning is supported by what has been reported about ‘Aisha (ra) that she said: “The Messenger of Allah used to distribute things and do justice to all and used to say, “Oh My God, this is my distribution of what is in my control, but do not blame me for what is in Your control and over which I have no control”. i.e. his heart. It has been narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (ra) concerning
the saying of Allah : “You will never be able to do perfect justice between wives” [An- 1 Nisa: 129]. He said “this is with regards to love and sexual intercourse.” Allah has ordered us to abstain from completely inclining towards one wife. This means He has permitted the inclination because the prohibition of the complete inclination indicates the permissibility of the inclination. An illustration of this is the prohibition of unrestrained and excessive generosity saying: “Nor stretch your hand forth to its utmost reach” [Al- Isra: 29] Which means it is permitted to stretch your hand by giving to the needy. Therefore, Allah has permitted the husband to incline towards some of his wives to the exclusion of others. However, He has forbidden this inclination to include all matters. Rather, the inclination should be to whatever this inclination applies, which is the love and desire. So the meaning of the verse is: refrain from the absolute inclination towards a wife, because if the complete inclination occurs from you, it will leave the other wife suspended, i.e. one who is neither divorced nor possessing a husband. It has been narrated by Abu Hurayra (ra) that the Prophet said: “Whosoever has two wives and he inclines towards one to the exclusion of the other, he will come on the Day of Judgement with half his body dropping or bending down”. Thus, the justice which is obligatory upon a husband is the equality between his wives in that which he has control over such as staying overnight, providing food, clothing and lodging etc. As for what falls under the meaning of inclination, which is love and desire, It is not obligatory to be just in these things because that is impossible, and they are excluded by the Qur’an. This is the subject of polygyny as mentioned in the Shar’a texts. By studying these texts and limiting oneself to their Shar’a and linguistic meanings in terms of what they indicate and what is deduced from them, it becomes clear that Allah has in a general manner permitted the marriage to more than one wife (up to four) without restriction or condition. The text concerning this matter did not include any cause (‘Illa). On the contrary, Allah has expressed Himself in a way which indicates the rejection of a justification. So He said: mentioned in His “(Marry) women of your choice”. [An- Nisa: 3]
Therefore, we must stop at the limit of the Shar’a text and at what is derived from it in terms of Shari’ah rule. It is not permitted to justify this rule with any cause (‘Illa), or justify it with justice, need or anything else, because the text did not bring ‘Illa for the rule nor can any reason (Illa) be found in any other Shar’a text. The cause (Illa) of the rule should be a Shar’a reason i.e. there must be a text to mention it so that the rule which is derived from it can correctly be considered a Shar’a rule. If the reason is rational or not mentioned in any text, then the rule which is derived by means of it will not be a Shar’a rule. Rather it will be a man-made law and it will be Haram to adopt, nor will it be permitted to apply it. This is because it will be a Kufr rule, since any rule which is not a Shar’a rule is a Kufr rule. However, since the definition of the Hukm Shar’i (Shari’ah rule) being ‘the speech of the Legislator’ makes it inevitable that the rule is derived from the speech of the Legislator, either explicitly mentioned in the text, or from its meaning, or by indication, or due to the presence of a sign (Amara) in the text which points to the Shar’a rule, such that every rule which has that sign (Amara) will be a divine rule. This sign (Amara) is the Shar’a reason (Illa Shar’iyya) which is mentioned in the text either explicitly or by indication, inference or analogy. If this sign (Amara) i.e. this Illah is not found in the text then it has no value. Consequently, it becomes clear that it is not allowed to justify polygyny with reason (Illa) since no Illa is found in the speech of the Legislator. An Illa has no value in making a rule into a Shar’a rule except when it is found in the speech of the Legislator.
However, the absence of an explanation of a Shar’a rule by an Illa does not mean it is not permitted to explain the reality of what will take place in terms of the effect of this Shar’a rule and the reality of what it solves in terms of problems. Rather this is an explanation of a reality and not justification for a rule. The difference between explaining the reality and justifying a rule, is that the justification of a rule by an Illa, is that the Illa should constantly exist in the rule, and analogy of other things to this rule is made whenever the ‘Illa is found in them. As for explaining the reality this is the clarification of the reality at the point in time when it is explained. The reality may cease, so it is incorrect to make an analogy to it with other things. Hence, it becomes clear from the effect of polygyny of wives that in the community in which it is permitted there will not be a plurality of mistresses, and in communities which forbid the plurality of wives there will be a plurality of mistresses. In addition, polygyny solves many other problems, which take place in a human community in its capacity as a human community, which depends on polygyny to solve them. The following are some examples of these problems:
1. There are some men with unusual dispositions, who are unable to satisfy themselves with one wife. Either such men will oppress or hurt their only wife or they will look at other women if they find the door shut in front of them to take a second, third or fourth wife. There is a danger of this happening in terms of the spread of indecency and fornication amongst people and the creation of suspicion and doubts within families. Therefore, it is essential that a person who possesses such a disposition should have the opportunity to satisfy his strong urge in a halal manner i.e. in a way that Allah has legislated.
2. It may be that a woman is barren and therefore cannot bear children but her husband still loves her dearly and vice versa, which makes them determined to continue with their happy married life. The husband may however desire offspring and have a love for children. If it is not permitted for him to marry another wife and he finds no options available to him he will have to either divorce his first wife, which would lead to the destruction of the stability of the household and the end of a happy marriage, or he is deprived from enjoying offspring. This will lead to the suppression of the aspect of fatherhood present in the procreation instinct. Therefore, it is essential that such a spouse is given the opportunity to marry another wife in addition to the existing wife so that he can have the offspring which he desires.
3. The wife may be ill with a disease, which excuses her from having conjugal relations or looking after the house and seeing to the husband and children. She might still be cherished and dearly loved by her husband who might have no wish to divorce her, although he cannot live his life properly with just her alone, and consequently without another wife. It is imperative that in such a situation the opportunity is given to him to marry more than one wife.
4. Wars and uprisings might take place which claim the lives of thousands, even millions of men which may upset the balance between the numbers of men and women, as has happened actually, especially in Europe, in the First and Second World War. If a man is not able to marry more than one wife what are the rest of the women supposed to do? They will be deprived from family life and the happiness of a home and the ease and comfort of married life, not to mention what the procreation instinct can lead to in terms of the danger to morality.
5. It may be that in a nation, people or region the number of males and females is not equal. The number of females may be higher than males so the numerical balance between men and women is upset. And this is almost the case amongst many peoples and nations. In such a situation there is no solution to this problem except the permissibility of polygyny.
These are real problems faced in the human community among peoples and nations. If polygyny is outlawed then such problems remain, since there is no solution for these problems except through allowing polygyny. Hence, polygyny should be permitted so that these problems which humans face are dealt with. Indeed Islam has permitted polygyny but has not obliged it. The permissibility of polygyny is inevitable although it should be known that the situations outlined above and their like which may exist among humans and in human societies are real problems which occur but they are not an Illa (cause) for marrying more than one wife nor are they a condition for the permissibility of polygyny. Rather, the man is allowed to marry a second, third and fourth wife whether problems which require polygyny as a solution has arisen or not. Because Allah says:”Marry women of your choice, two or three, or four” [An- Nisa: 3]
And He said: “of your choice”. He has made this general without restriction or condition. As for the restriction of marrying one wife, the Shari’ah has preferred this in only one situation, which is where there is a fear that one is not able to do justice between his wives. As for anything other than that, there is no expressed preference to marry only one in any of the texts. In spite of the fact that polygyny is a Shar’a ruling found in the clear text of the Qur’an, Capitalist culture and Western propaganda, particularly that against Islam as opposed to other religions, has portrayed marriage to 1 more than one wife as a hideous and repugnant practice and depicted it as a deficiency and a source of shame in the Deen. The motive for this is not because a defect has been noticed in the laws of Allah but in order to disparage Islam, and there is no motive for it other than this. This propaganda has greatly affected Muslims, particularly the ruling faction and the educated youth. This drove those who were moved by Islamic emotions to stand for Islam. Such Muslims adopted false interpretations to forbid polygyny, thus they were actually influenced by the false propaganda circulated by the enemies of Islam. That is why we must warn the Muslims that pretty actions (Hasan) are what the Shar’a deems to be pretty (Hasan) and ugly actions (Qabeeh) are what the Shar’a deems to be ugly (Qabeeh), and whatever the Shar’a permits is pretty (Hasan) and whatever the Shar’a forbids is ugly (Qabeeh). Also we must warn the Muslims that polygyny, whether it has a tangible good effect or not, and whether it solves problems which have occurred or not, the Shari’ah has permitted it, and the Qur’an has stated that clearly. Therefore it is a pretty action and the prohibition of polygyny is ugly, because it is a Kufr rule. It must be made clear that Islam did not make polygyny Fard on the Muslims nor Mandub (preferred). Rather, it made it one of the permissible things, which is allowed for them to do if they wished to do so. The fact that Islam made it permissible means that it has placed before the people a solution that they can use whenever it is necessary to do so, and it has permitted them not to deprive themselves from the women of their choice if in their view they were to incline towards them. Thus, permitting polygyny and not making it obligatory is what makes it one of the most effective solutions for humans in the community and society.
- Jan 14, 11
At the time of rain:
اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبَاً نَافِعَا
Allaahumma Sayyibann Naafi’aa
“O Allaah, (bring) beneficial rain clouds.”
(Bukhari – Fathul-Bari 2/518)After it has rained:
مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللهِ وَ رَحْمَتِهِ
Mutirnaa bifadhlillaahi wa rahmatihi
“It has rained by the bounty of Allaah and His Mercy”
(Bukhari 1/205, Muslim 1/83)At the time of thunder:
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةٌ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ
SubhanAllaahil ladhii yusabbihur ra’du bi hamdihi wal malaa-ikatu min kheefatihi
“Glory is to Him Whom thunder and angels glorify due to fear of Him.”
[Whenever Abdullaah bin Zubair radhiyaAllaahu anhu would hear thunder, he would abandon all conversation and say this supplication. See al Muwatta 2/992.
It was graded authentic by Al-Albani as a statement of Abdullaah bin Zubair only.]
- Jan 07, 11
- Jan 04, 11
Asked why people were converting in such large numbers he replied: “I think there is definitely a relationship between conversions being on the increase and the prominence of Islam in the public domain. People are interested in finding out what Islam is all about and when they do that they go in different directions. Most shrug their shoulders and return to their lives but some will inevitably end up liking what they discover and will convert.”
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- Jan 04, 11
- Nov 17, 10
(CNN) — He was an adventurer, a scholar, and possibly a spy — but as Dutchman Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje proved with his rare 1885 photographs and sound recordings of Mecca, he was also a pioneering multimedia journalist.
Snouck’s extraordinary collection of sepia-tinted images of Mecca in a bygone age have gone on display in Dubai ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage that originally drew him to the heart of Islam.
Accompanied by crackling, eerie soundscapes captured by Snouck using Thomas Edison’s newly-invented wax cylinders, the exhibition paints a very different picture from the ornate and built-up Mecca familiar to modern visitors.
Among the newly-restored platinum prints, one image taken from a nearby hillside shows the Kaaba, the instantly recognizable cubic building considered by Muslims to be the holiest place on the planet.
But though the galleried compound which surrounds it is echoed by Mecca’s contemporary architecture, the sparsely-built city of Snouck’s era bears only a passing resemblance, as do the rudimentary travelers’ tents on the dusty plains outside the city.
The images are all the more astounding, says Elie Domit — creative director of Dubai’s Empty Quarter gallery, which is hosting the exhibition — when one considers the lengths he went to to get them.
Can you just imagine going there and going through all the hardship to record that moment in history? It’s fascinating.
–Elie, Domit, Dubai’s Empty Quarter GalleryRELATED TOPICS“People tend to forget the situation because cameras today are so versatile and light,” he told CNN. “In Snouck’s day they probably weighed about 40 kilos, and he needed to take all the chemicals for developing, which he would have done on site.”
“And he not only took photographs, but also recorded sounds. Can you just imagine going there and going through all the hardship to record that moment in history? It’s fascinating.”
Also fascinating, says Domit, is the story of Snouck himself. A pioneering traveler, he was a rare Western presence in Mecca, but embraced the culture and religion of his hosts with passion, converting to Islam.
He stayed for five months, documenting the run-up to Hajj, but although he had intended to stay for the pilgrimage, he was forced to leave after unfounded accusations of his involvement in an attempt to steal a historical artifact.
“Being one of the first Europeans, people were suspicious of his agenda, particularly as he had gained the confidence of the Ottoman leader,” added Domit.
“So when they heard the rumor he was a thief, he had to escape — leaving his camera equipment behind.”
The equipment wasn’t wasted. After Snouck’s departure, Al-Sayyid Abd al-Ghaffar, a local physician that the Dutchman had worked alongside, began using the camera, possibly becoming Mecca’s first home-grown photographer.
Al-Ghaffar continued sending his images to Snouck in The Netherlands. Many of the photographs were originally credited solely to Snouck but they are now jointly credited, with experts unable to tell who shot what.
The images, archived by Leiden University Library, were published four years after Snouck’s trip. Original copies of the album now sell for about $45,000, according to the gallery.
There was, says Domit, more to Snouck than pictures and sound.
“He never said himself that he was a spy because there was no Hollywood to pay tons of money for his inside story, but there have been many documents and historians claiming this.
“Most likely he was working as an agent of espionage in order to furnish information to the Dutch who had an interest in finding out about Muslim insurgents trying to topple the colonialism of the Netherlands.
“But he was also very convinced about the state of Islam, very knowledgeable and very dedicated. He was a kind of dichotomy: Here was a guy sent on a mission, but after he arrived he was convinced by and converted to Islam.
“I’m sure in terms of his personality, it was quite difficult.”
According to Domit, Snouck also left behind a pregnant Ethiopian wife when he fled Mecca, but later married again while working in the what is now Indonesia. “He married several times, I believe. Very convenient when the Dutch government is paying your bill.”
Mecca: A Dangerous Adventure — Snouck Hurgronje’s early photographs 1885 is showing until December 6 at Dubai’s Empty Quarter Gallery.
Source: CNN
- Nov 16, 10
Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 68 :: Hadith 454
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “Whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, he just slaughtered it for himself, and whoever slaughtered it after the prayer, he slaughtered it at the right time and followed the tradition of the Muslims.”
Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 68 :: Hadith 477
Narrated ‘Aisha:
We used to salt some of the meat of sacrifice and present it to the Prophet at Medina. Once he said, “Do not eat (of that meat) for more than three days.” That was not a final order, but (that year) he wanted us to feed of it to others, Allah knows better.
- Nov 15, 10
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: “Fasting the Day of `Arafah expiates for two years, one prior and one forthcoming.”
[Reported by Muslim, Abu Dawud, Nasa’i, and Ibn Majah]
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Verily the Day of `Arafah, the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm An-Nahr), and the days of Tashriq (the 10th, 11th and 12th of Dhul Hijjah) are our days of festivities. These are the days of eating and drinking.”
The Day of `Arafah is one of the days when supplications (du`a) are more likely to be accepted. [Ibn al-Haajj,al-Madhkhal; Saffarini, Ghidha’ al-Albab]
- Aug 15, 10
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- May 22, 11
You are always on our mind. You will be in our future. We live for you. We would die for you.
You are the heart of all our thoughts. You are ours. You will always be with us.
You are always with us.
They cannot take you.
Don’t you worry.
We raise an army in you.
We raise a future in you.
You will not cry anymore.
You will not bleed.
We raise a life in you.
We raise you!
- Dec 27, 10
Today marks the 2 year anniversary of the illegal war on Gaza on 27th December 2008.
Israel carried out a surprise air strike against the Gaza Strip on 27th December 2008. Although Israel’s stated aim was to stop the measly rocket attacks by Hamas by attacking what they claim are the military targets, police stations and Hamas government buildings.
The reality however is that Israel is a bully and in comparison to the huge nuclear arsenal it posses; the action of Israel can only amount to bullying. The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. All borders are controlled and blocked by the Israeli’s and the Egyptians. The three-week war on Gaza resulted in over 1400 Palestinian deaths, of whom most were children and women, in comparison to 13 Israeli deaths, of whom most were soldiers.
But of course we heard the normal victim story from the Zionists that they are the victims of rocks and how they tried their best to target only Hamas controlled areas and how Hamas is using civilians as human shields. Israel went on to use white phosphorus which is an illegal substance under international law.
The reality is that Israel used the measly attacks by Hamas, who in turn where firing as a result of constant harassing by the Israeli’s to attack the Gaza Strip. A war and occupation that was meticulously carried out is not the affect of a reaction but a pre-planned attacked to cower the people of Gaza to accept its illegal occupation of Palestine.
My problem as always has been how the freedom loving, democracy fighting West always turns a blind eye to the blatant crimes committed by the Zionists. How can anyone in their right mind trust and have faith in the Politics of the West. Do not get me wrong, the Arab and the Muslim world is just as much to blame as they stood in silence whilst the genocide occurred for the whole world to watch on prime time TV.
- Nov 28, 10
WIKI NEWS ALERT: Mossad planned in 2007 and did its best to topple Iranian government by schmoozing disaffected Iranian groups and students within Iran – http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3991099,00.html
- Nov 28, 10
- Nov 28, 10
First they threatened to burn his house down. Then they pinned leaflets to his front door, denouncing him as a Jewish traitor. But Eli Tzavieli, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, is defiant. His only “crime” is to rent out his rooms to three Arab students attending the college in Safed, a religious city in northern Israel that was until recently more famous for Jewish mysticism and Madonna.
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