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Best Islamic Site Bronze Award

Before I left 2 Jumu'ahs (Fridays) ago I received this e-Mail, but hadn't the chance to post this. Basically this Blog has been given the bronze award by 2Muslims.com.


This Blog is not the result of my work nor my strength. All credit for this recognition goes to Allah Ta'ala. Because not a single leaf falls from a tree without the command of Allah Ta'ala. So, how can I claim any credit for this?

Here's a snippet from the e-Mail:

The sites are judged on content, functionality, graphics and usefulness to the general public. We spend a lot of time reviewing sites and not all make the grade. [...] We Ask Allah to reward you for your work presenting Islam online.

Ameen!

Open Letter To The Pope

On October 12th 38 highly respected and theologically diverse clerics from the Muslim world wrote what is widely considered a respectful and engaging “Open Letter” to the Pope in response to his controversial comments about Islam made during his Regensburg address in September. Not only was the letter of historical significance, but it also represented an articulate and reasoned invitation to dialogue from Muslims with the Papacy on matters of theology and faith. The signatories included top scholars from Bosnia, Croatia, Egypt, the United States, the United Kingdom, Jordan, Kosovo, Oman, Russia, Turkey, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Iran.

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Press Release:

Open Letter to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI by 38 Leading Muslim Scholars and Leaders.

In an unprecedented move, an open letter signed by 38 leading Muslim religious scholars and leaders around the world was sent to Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 12, 2006. The letter, which is the outcome of a joint effort, was signed by top religious authorities such as Shaykh Ali Jumu‘ah (the Grand Mufti of Egypt), Shakyh Abdullah bin Bayyah (former Vice President of Mauritania, and leading religious scholar), and Shaykh Sa‘id Ramadan Al-Buti (from Syria), in addition to the Grand Muftis of Russia, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Slovenia, Istanbul, Uzbekistan, and Oman, as well as leading figures from the Shi‘a community such as Ayatollah Muhammad Ali Taskhiri of Iran. The letter was also signed by HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan and by Muslim scholars in the West such as Shaykh Hamza Yusuf from California, Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Professor Tim Winter of the University of Cambridge.

All the eight schools of thought and jurisprudence in Islam are represented by the signatories, including a woman scholar. In this respect the letter is unique in the history of interfaith relations.

The letter was sent, in a spirit of goodwill, to respond to some of the remarks made by the Pope during his lecture at the University of Regensburg on Sept. 12, 2006. The letter tackles the main substantive issues raised in his treatment of a debate between the medieval Emperor Manuel II Paleologus and an “educated Persian”, including reason and faith; forced conversion; “jihad” vs. “holy war”; and the relationship between Christianity and Islam. They engage the Pope on an intellectual level concerning these crucial topics—which go well beyond the controversial quotation of the emperor—pointing out what they see as mistakes and oversimplifications in the Pope’s own remarks about Islamic belief and practice.

The Muslim signatories appreciate the Pope's personal expression of sorrow at the Muslim reaction and his assurance that the words of the Byzantine emperor he quoted did not reflect his personal opinion. By following the Quranic precept of debating “in the fairest way”, they hope to reach out so as to increase mutual understanding, reestablish trust, calm the situation for the sake of peace, and preserve Muslim dignity.

Christianity and Islam make up more than half of humankind in an increasingly interconnected world, the letter states, and it is imperative that both sides share responsibility for peace and move the debate towards a frank and sincere dialogue of hearts and minds which furthers mutual understanding and respect between the two religious traditions. Indeed, the scholars point out, both religions teach what Christianity calls “the two greatest commandments”. The commandment that “the Lord our God is one Lord” and that we shall love Him with all we are is enshrined in the first testimony of faith in Islam, “There is no god but God.” The second commandment “to love thy neighbor as thyself” is also found in the words of the Prophet, “None of you believes until he desires for his neighbor (in another version, his brother) what he desires for himself.” The signatories also point out the positive contacts the Vatican has had with the Islamic world in the past, with a hope that they will continue and even grow in the future.

SIGNED
(listed in alphabetical order)

1. H.E. Allamah AbdAllah bin Mahfuz bin Bayyah
Professor, King AbdAl-Aziz University, Saudi Arabia
Former Vice President; Minister of Justice; Minister of Education and Minister of Religious Affairs, Mauritania

2. Professor Dr. Allamah Muhammad Sa‘id Ramadan Al-Buti
Dean of Department of Religion, University of Damascus, Syria

3. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çagˇrıcı
Grand Mufti of Istanbul

4. H.E. Shaykh Professor Dr.Mustafa Ceric
Grand Mufti and Head of Ulema of Bosnia and Herzegovina

5. H.E. Shaykh Ravil Gainutdin
Grand Mufti of Russia

6. H.E. Shaykh Nedžad Grabus
Grand Mufti of Slovenia

7. Shaykh Al-Habib Ali Mashhour bin Muhammad bin Salim bin Hafeez
Imam of the Tarim Mosque and Head of Fatwa Council, Tarim, Yemen

8. Shaykh Al-Habib Umar bin Muhammad bin Salim bin Hafeez
Dean, Dar Al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen

9. Professor Dr. Farouq Hamadah
Professor of the Sciences of Tradition, Mohammad V University, Morocco

10. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson
Founder and Director, Zaytuna Institute, California, USA

11. H.E. Shaykh Dr.Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun
Grand Mufti of the Republic of Syria

12. Dr. Shaykh Izz Al-Din Ibrahim
Advisor for Cultural Affairs, Prime Ministry, United Arab Emirates

13. H.E. Professor Dr. Omar Jah
Secretary of the Muslim Scholars Council, Gambia
Professor of Islamic Civilization and Thought, University of Gambia

14. Shaykh Al-Habib Ali Zain Al-Abideen Al-Jifri
Founder and Director, Taba Institute, United Arab Emirates

15. H.E. Shaykh Professor Dr.Ali Jumu‘ah
Grand Mufti of the Republic of Egypt

16. Professor Dr.Abla Mohammed Kahlawi
Dean of Islamic andArabic Studies, Al-AzharUniversity (Women’s College), Egypt

17. Professor Dr.Mohammad Hashim Kamali
Dean, International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), Malaysia
Professor of Islamic Law and Jurisprudence, International Islamic University, Malaysia

18. Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller
Shaykh in the Shadhili Order and Senior Fellow of Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought (Jordan), U.S.A.

19. H.E. Shaykh Ahmad Al-Khalili
Grand Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman

20. Shaykh Dr. Ahmad Kubaisi
Founder of the Ulema Organization, Iraq

21. Allamah Shaykh Muhammad bin Muhammad Al-Mansouri
High Authority (Marja’) of Zeidi Muslims, Yemen

22. Shaykh Abu Bakr Ahmad Al-Milibari
Secretary-General of the Ahl Al-Sunna Association, India

23. H.E. Dr. Moulay Abd Al-Kabir Al-Alawi Al-Mudghari
Director-General of the Bayt Mal Al-Qods Al-Sharif Agency,
Former Minister of Religious Affairs, Morocco

24. H.E. Shaykh Ahmad Hasyim Muzadi
General Chairman of the Nahdat al-Ulema, Indonesia

25. H.E. Professor Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
University Professor of Islamic Studies, George Washington University, Washington D.C, U.S.A.

26. H.E. Shaykh Sevki Omerbasic
Grand Mufti of Croatia

27. H.E. Dr.Mohammad Abd Al-Ghaffar Al-Sharif
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Kuwait

28. Dr. Muhammad Alwani Al-Sharif
Head of the European Academy of Islamic Culture and Sciences, Brussels, Belgium

29. Shaykh M. Iqbal Sullam
Vice General-Secretary, Nahdat al-Ulema, Indonesia

30. Shaykh Dr.Tariq Sweidan
Director-General of the Risalah Satellite Channel

31. Professor Dr. H. R. H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal
Chairman of the Board of the Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Jordan

32. H.E. Ayotollah Muhammad Ali Taskhiri
Secretary General of the World Assembly for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thoughts (WAPIST), Iran

33. H.E. Shaykh Naim Trnava
Grand Mufti of Kosovo

34. H.E. Dr. Abd Al-Aziz Uthman Al-Tweijri
Director-General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Morocco

35. H.H. Justice Mufti Muhammad Taqi Uthmani
Vice President, Dar Al-Ulum, Karachi, Pakistan

36. H.E. Shaykh Muhammad Al-Sadiq Muhammad Yusuf
Grand Mufti of Uzbekistan

37. Shaykh Abd Al-Hakim Murad Winter
Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Divinity School, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Director of the Muslim Academic Trust, U.K.

38. H.E. Shaykh Muamer Zukorli
Mufti of Sanjak, Bosnia

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Blogroll:

Aap Beti: Parts of Sheikhul Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya (r.a.)'s autobiography.
Ahmed's World of Islam: One of the most popular islamic blogs in the whole blogosphere.
Allahu A'lam: A student under the Silsilah-e-Chishti.
An-Noor: This website is primarily to promote the teachings of the Akaabir of the Imdadiyah Ashrafiyah Silsilah.
Ashrafiya: Teachings of Hakeemul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanavi (ra), Arifbillah Dr Abdul Hayy Arifi (ra) and Hazrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (db) regarding Tasawwuf.
at-Talib: Resources for the Seeker of Knowledge.
Basair: This brother represents the Deobandi way of thought, but leaving out the Takabbur.
Contemplating Chishti: Some Guidance on Fiqh, ‘Aqida, Hadith, and the Words of the Righteous mixed with some spiritual ecstasy.
Darul Hikma: Your gate to wisdom.
Pearls of the Elders: Excerpts from the biographies, sayings and writings of the ‘Ulama of Deoband.
Teeth Maestro: The blog name of a Pakistani dentist practicing in Karachi.
The Laughing Muslim: Proving everyone who thinks that there's no fun in Islam wrong.

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Al Balagh: An Islamic e-Journal with great articles, book reviews and audios.
Al Mahmood: A great resource on Tasawwuf by Mufti Ebrahim Desai (db).
Ask Imam: Islamic Online Q&A with Mufti Ebrahim Desai (db).
Aswat Al-Islam: The best source for audio and videos by hundreds of reciters and speakers.
Bangla Kitab: Good click for Bangla brothers. There's really good English and Urdu stuff, too.
Darul Uloom Deoband: Presenting the most established Darul Uloom in the whole sub-continent.
Fisabilillah.org: Ideal source for Islamic articles, eBooks and audios.
Haq Islam: Not only a good islamic website, but works much like a directory, too.
Islam Rocks!: Spreading authentic traditional Islam via articles, audios and links.
IslamiCity.com: Basicly just going there because of the fantastic Qur'an search engine.
Jamia Ashrafia Lahore: Official website of one of Pakistan's best Islamic institutions.
Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi: Website of Pakistan's famous Darul Uloom founded by Mufti Mohammad Shafi Sahab (r.a.).
Khutbaat.com: A website dedicated to Hazrat Maulana Justice Mohammed Taqui Usmani (db).
Kitaabun.com: Good online shop for classical and contemporary Muslim and Islamic books.
LooKera.com: A big Islamic search engine.
Madrasa In'aamiyyah, Camperdown: Website of South Africa's most popular Madrasah located it Camperdown.
Maktaba al-Ashrafia: Authentic Islamic Literature in Arabic, Urdu, English and Pashtu.
Qur'an Transliteration & Translation: Good source to find transliteration and translation in many different languages.
SunniPath: The online Islamic academy with a large Q&A database as well.
The Defenders Of Truth: A 24 hour free Sunni Interactive Voice Service on Internet for the Muslims with origin in the Pakistan/India subcontinent.


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Welcome to my Blog

Now I have been infected by the 'blogging-fever', epidemicly spreading all over the internet, too. So, this is my shot at it. First off let me introduce myself to you, my readers: I'm a young muslim born, raised and still living in Germany, but originally from Pakistan.

Basicly my blog will concentrate on islamic topics and content. I don't know yet what all I'll post in the future, but I hope non-muslim visitors will enjoy reading authentic stories for example about our prophet Mohammad and his companions (may Allah's be satisfied with them) just as much as brothers and sisters in Islam will Insh'Allah do. So far I'm planning on posting a Hadith regularly every day and give links to speeches (Bayaans) mainly in English or Urdu language.

You can as well check out my channel on YouTube. Hope you take the time to watch the videos I uploaded and leave comments and rates on them. Especially fans of Qari Abdul Baset Abdul Samad stop there a second.

That's it for now, people. By the way Ramadan Mubarak to everyone!

About

First off all I'm not an Alim, scholar or such a pious Muslim that I can teach someone. I'm a Talib-e-Ilm (student of knowledge) awaiting divine guidance and I'm on the path of forming myself to a better Muslim in the eyes of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala just like everyone else. So, all the knowledge, wisdoms, advices or bayanats I post on here are in first line supposed to be beneficial for myself and then for others. And of course does everything good come only from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and everything wrong, bad or ignorant is only from myself and my ego (nafs) - and has nothing to do with the righteous message of the Qur'an or the beautiful practices of the Sunnah.

Like I said before the aim of this blog is not to teach someone his Religion (Deen) or how he has to spent his life. This is just where I post Islamic related things, that I think of being worth to be shared, and voice my opinion about Islamic issues and affairs, which cross my mind. Again if you want to learn Islam, learn it from our pious scholars and not from a sinner like me. May Allah give me understanding of Deen (Religion) and the reality of Iman (faith). Ameen.

Below are different series of posts, which always stand under one topic together.

Difference Between Sahabah And You & Me:
Difference Between Sahabah And You & Me (#3)
Difference Between Sahabah And You & Me (#2)
Difference Between Sahabah And You & Me (#1)

Hajj & Eid-ul-Adha 1427/2006:
Hajj & Eid Mubarak: The Sacrifice Of Ibrahim (a.s.)
Preparation For Eid-ul-Adha
First Ten Days Of Dhul Hijjah
Errors Often Commited By Pilgrims
Hajj/Umrah's Ahkam According To Your Madhab
Indications Of An Accepted Hajj
The Virtues of Hajj

Ramadan & Eid-ul-Fitr 1427/2006:
Eid-ul-Fitr Bayan 1427H
Eid Mubarak!
How Our Pious Predecessors Spent Ramadan
Ramadan of the Pious
Ramadan Goes Into The Next Round
Ramadan Mubarak

Please remember me in your Du'a and ask Allah to guide me and the rest of the Ummah the right path.