More advice from the always helpful Islam Q & A site, with thanks to JK. And since when did they add another a to Allah? Soon, we need to address "the great Muslim spelling question," as well. Pick a spelling, any spelling, but stick to it will ya?
Question : I have questions about Islam; can you explain them to me? Is it permissible for a Muslim to be a sincere friend to a person who is not Muslim?Answer : Praise be to Allaah.
It is not permissible for a Muslim to make friends with a mushrik or to take him as a close friend, because Islam calls on us to forsake the kaafirs and to disavow them, because they worship someone other than Allaah. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“O you who believe! Take not as friends the people who incurred the Wrath of Allaah (i.e. the Jews). Surely, they have despaired of (receiving any good in) the Hereafter, just as the disbelievers have despaired of those (buried) in graves (that they will not be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection)”
[al-Mumtahanah 60:13]
This was also the teaching of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
1 – It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, “Do not keep company with anyone but a believer and do not let anyone eat your food but one who is pious.” (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2395; Abu Dawood, 4832. Abu ‘Eesa al-Tirmidhi said: this hadeeth is hasan. It was also classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 2519).
Abu ‘Eesa al-Khattaabi said: Rather he warned against keeping company with anyone who is not pious and against mixing with them or eating with them, because eating with a person instills friendship and love in the heart.
He said: do not make friends with anyone who is not pious; do not take him as a companion with whom you eat and chat.
(Ma’aalim al-Sunan, Haamish Mukhtasar Sunan Abi Dawood, 7/185, 186).
2 – It was narrated from Samurah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not live among the mushrikeen and do not mix with them, for whoever lives among them or mixes with them is not one of us.” (Narrated by al-Bayhaqi, 9/142; al-Haakim, 2/154. He said, it is saheeh according to the conditions of al-Bukhaari. The hadeeth was also classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilat al-Saheehah, 2/229 with its corroborating reports).
But it is permissible to deal with them in a kind manner in the hope that they might become Muslim.
It was narrated that Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: There was a Jewish boy who used to serve the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and he fell sick. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came to visit him. He sat by his head and said, “Become Muslim.” (The boy) looked at his father who was with him, and he (the father) said, “Obey Abu’l-Qaasim (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).” So he became Muslim, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) went out, saying, “Praise be to Allaah Who has saved him from the Fire” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1290).
And Allaah knows best.
Well, that settles that. You can only be nice if there's a possibility you might convert the kafir, other than that, forget it.
This one cracked me up.
http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=21179&dgn=4
Question :
What is Meaning of the word Pokemon ?
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
We have heard many suggestion as to the meaning of this world, which may be exaggerations made up by some people, or they may rumours spread by competitors.
The correct view is that this is a name that comes from Japan. It is taken from the (English) words “Pocket monster” and means an animal that is small enough to fit in one’s pocket. “Pokemon” is an abbreviation of these two words.
And Allaah knows best.
Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid (www.islam-qa.com)
Singh
http://www.islamundressed.com
Real Islam Exposed
"Qur’an 5:51 “Believers, take not Jews and Christians for your friends.”
Qur’an 60:1 “Believers, take not my enemies and yours as allies, offering them love, even though they have rejected the truth that has come to you, and have driven out the Prophet and you because you believe in Allah! If you have come out to struggle [fight jihad] in My Cause, and to seek My Pleasure, (take them not as friends), holding secret converse of love with them: for I am aware of all you conceal. And any of you that does this has strayed from the Straight Path. If they were to get the better of you, they would be your foes, and stretch forth their hands and their tongues against you with evil (designs).”
Qur’an 9:28 “Believers, truly the pagan disbelievers are unclean.”
Ishaq:262 “Some Muslims remained friends with the Jews, so Allah sent down a Qur’an forbidding them to take Jews as friends. From their mouths hatred has already shown itself and what they conceal is worse.”
Qur’an 5:51 “Believers, take not Jews and Christians for your friends. They are but friends and protectors to each other.”
Qur’an 3:26 “You [Allah] exalt whom You please and debase and humiliate whom You will. Those who believe should not take unbelievers as their friends…guard yourselves from them.… Allah commands you to beware of Him.”
Qur’an 3:118 “Believers! Take not into your intimacy those outside your religion (pagans, Jews, and Christians). They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin. Rank hatred has already appeared from their mouths. What their hearts conceal is far worse. When they are alone, they bite off the very tips of their fingers at you in their rage. Say unto them: ‘Perish in your rage.’”
I feel confident that many Muslims I have known violate this commandment constantly. One person has become little less than an adopted niece to me, at least a very dear and close younger friend, she seeks my advice and values my support. Alas, she takes an extremely rosy view of her religion - but then, she is barely twenty and naturally loyal. This sort of advice simply violates the best of human nature, and most Muslims will not even thinking of asking for it, because they are not just Muslim, but human beings too.
That Muslims are required to constantly seek advice from clerics, scholars, and jurists for every little thing explains how and why they are so easily manipulated and agitated.
"all responsible human beings without Christ are powerless slaves to a ruthless taskmaster" (Romans 5:6-11; 6:15-18; Ephesians 2:14-18)
Sounds pretty damning towards non-Christians to me, that is, if you interpret it that way.
EPG: "That Muslims are required to constantly seek advice from clerics, scholars, and jurists for every little thing explains how and why they are so easily manipulated and agitated."
King: Yet another generalised statement. You are referring to those who buy in to a fundamental ideation. I happen to know Christians who are the very same - they won't do a damn thing without consulting their pastor. I find it sad.
On the other had, this sort of "easy manipulation" is certainly responsible for the mind twists and implantation of radical ideas into the minds of fundamentalists. How easy it is to have the violent passages overpower the passages of peace and benevolence:
[20.47] So go you both to him and say: Surely we are two apostles of your Lord; therefore send the children of Israel with us and do not torment them! Indeed we have brought to you a communication from your Lord, and peace is on him who follows the guidance
[6.54] And when those who believe in Our communications come to you, say: Peace be on you, your Lord has ordained mercy on Himself, (so) that if any one of you does evil in ignorance, then turns after that and acts aright, then He is Forgiving, Merciful.
[6.127] They shall have the abode of peace with their Lord, and He is their guardian because of what they did.
14.23] And those who believe and do good are made to enter gardens, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them by their Lord's permission; their greeting therein is, Peace.
Here's how Islamic Q+A would solve the troubling Palestinian issue:
"It is worth pointing out in this context that the Palestinian issue is an Islamic issue, first and last, but the enemies of Islam are striving their utmost to remove it from the Islamic map and make the non-Arab Muslims think that it is an Arab issue that does not concern the non-Arabs. It seems that they have succeeded in that to some extent.
Hence I think that a solution cannot be reached in this matter unless it is regarded as an Islamic issue and the Muslims cooperate to find a solution, and wage an Islamic jihad against the Jews, until the land is given back to its people and the Jewish immigrants go back to the countries from which they came, and the original Jewish inhabitants stay in their towns under Islamic rule, not communist or secular rule. In this manner truth will prevail and falsehood will be defeated, and the people whose land it is will return to their land under Islamic rule and none other. And Allaah is the source of strength."
Sounds like a "Final Solution", no?
"Is it permissible for a Muslim to be a sincere friend to a person who is not Muslim?"
Full and faithful service to Allah and his prophet Mohammed make it impossible for any Muslim to be sincere about any dealings with kufars and apostates.
ASK THE IMAM-
Question:
Why would any non-Muslim trust a goddamned word any Muslim says after having read the Koran?
Answer:
You must have read a bad translation.
Or, you may not have read it in the original Arabic.
Or, if you did, maybe you misunderstood the 7th century idioms.
Or, if not, perhaps some of the diacritical marks modifying the meanings were vague, and you turned them against Allaah (s.w.a.t.) because you are a heathen dog who should fry in hell with Asma Marwan, that despicable poet, and the pack of Jews he turned into rats, you filthy kafir pig!
Thanks, imam. I got it.
KT !!! (Full of wisdom!)
KT, the original, the one and lonely...!
KT:
Don't use screws! Screws hurt and damage the skull when you drill them too deep into your coffee-filter. Screws also tend to come loose and they are bad for the brain!
Use UHU and you will never look back!
By the way: Was Mo a Pagan, was he a Jew or was he just a marauding desert Arab? How was that again with the 'Abrahamic' bloodlines that unite us all? Did you ask the Imam yet?
Check this out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/13/politics/13gitmo.html?
It's like the lefties taking it in the rear from the Mohammedans all the while screamin': "gimme mo, gimme mo...
Oh baaaabey...!
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/index.php?search=Romans%205:6-11,Romans%206:15-18,Ephesians%202:14-18;&version=9;&interface=print
King James Version (KJV)
Romans 5:6-11
6. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Romans 6:15-18
15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17. But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Ephesians 2:14-18
14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15. Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17. And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Informed Christian,
Excellent rebuttal! Combine your post with Mullahmasher's, and we have a good summary.
Which is the "religion of peace"? Not Islam!
"all responsible human beings without Christ are powerless slaves to a ruthless taskmaster" (Romans 5:6-11; 6:15-18; Ephesians 2:14-18)
Sounds pretty damning towards non-Christians to me, that is, if you interpret it that way.
Posted by: KingTolerance at June 14, 2005 04:14 PM
MAYBE SO BUT THEY DON'T LIVE THAT WAY AND THEIR CHAT LINES WITH PREACHERS TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO EAT WITH OTHERS BUT MULSUMS ARE!!!
PAY ATTION YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO!!!!
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GOD BLESS THE USA AND HER FIGHTING FORCES AND ALL WHO FIGHT WITH HER GIVE THEM STRENGTH, WISDOM, SIGHT, AND COURAGE TO DESTROY ALL ISLAMIC TERRORIST AND ALL WHO SUPPORT THEM AMEN
Does this mean that I now have to take all of these Muzzie names off my Christmas Card list?
'"all responsible human beings without Christ are powerless slaves to a ruthless taskmaster" (Romans 5:6-11; 6:15-18; Ephesians 2:14-18)
Sounds pretty damning towards non-Christians to me, that is, if you interpret it that way.'
Nonsense. Since when were slaves ever blamed for slavery? It is the slave owner (evil, personified for some in Satan) that is damned. The slaves are victims, and it is the duty of Christians to free them, not damn them.
Awesome, Informed Christian, congratulations
Christ died for Love.
Mohammad killed for power.
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Buddha woke to freedom.
Mohammad bowed to slavery.
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The choice:
Love and Freedom.
-Versus-
Power and Slavery.
Rebecca,
If you think Allaah is bad, can you explain to me the correct spelling for Al-takqya, Al-takkiyya, Al-etc. etc. etc. I have seen 36 different spellings. Does anyone know, or is this another case of Al- (uh you know)? The lying thing.