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Saying of the Prophet Distribution God it is who gives: I am only a distributor.

Saying of the Prophet Helping others I order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Muslim or not.

Saying of the Prophet Love Do you think you love your Creator? Love your fellow-creature first.

Saying of the Prophet Privacy Whoever invades people´s privacy corrupts them.

Saying of the Prophet Reflection The Faithful are mirrors, one to the other.

Saying of the Prophet Ink and Blood The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.

Saying of the Prophet Truth Speaking the truth to the unjust is the best of holy wars.

Saying of the Prophet Desire Desire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love you.

Saying of the Prophet Practice Who are the learned? Those who put into practice what they know.

Saying of the Prophet Sleep Sleep is the brother of death.

Saying of the Prophet Struggle The holy warrior is he who struggles with himself.

Saying of the Prophet THE PEOPLE It is the people who are God's family. (Muhammad the Prophet)

Saying of the Prophet Understanding Speak to everyone in accordance with his degree of understanding.

Saying of the Prophet Women Women are the twin-halves of men.

Saying of the Prophet Death Die before your death.

Saying of the Prophet Food Nobody has eaten better food than that won by his own labour.

Saying of the Prophet Humility Humility and courtesy are themselves a part of piety.

Saying of the Prophet. Lies, promises, trust He is not of mine who lies, breaks a promise or fails in his trust.

Saying of the Prophet Objects It is your attachment to objects which make you blind and deaf.

Saying of the Prophet Oppression When oppression exists, even the bird dies in its nest.

Saying of the Prophet Some behaviour I am like a man who has lighted a fire, and all the creeping things have rushed to burn themselves in it.

Saying of the Prophet Tasks Whoever makes all his tasks one task, God will help him in his other concerns.

Saying of the Prophet The Judge A man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife.

Satan puts three knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep. On every knot he reads and exhales the following words, ‘The night is long, so stay asleep.’ When one wakes up and remembers Allah, one knot is undone; and when one performs ablution, the second knot is undone, and when one prays the third knot is undone and one gets up energetic with a good heart in the morning; otherwise one gets up lazy and with a mischievous heart.

Saying of the Prophet Accusations Anyone reviling a brother for a sin will not himself die before committing it.

Saying of the Prophet Envy Envy devours good deeds, as a fire devours fuel.

Saying of the Prophet Obligation to Learn The pursuit of knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim.

Saying of the Prophet The Tongue A man slips with his tongue more than with his feet.

Scheffer said a new ethnic underclass of immigrants had formed, and it was much too insular, rejecting the values that knit together Dutch society and creating new, damaging social divisions. There wasn’t enough insistence on immigrants adapting; teachers even questioned the relevance of teaching immigrant children Dutch history, and a whole generation of these children were being written off under a pretence of tolerance. Scheffer said there was no place in Holland for a culture that rejected the separation of church and state and denied rights to women and homosexuals. He foresaw social unrest.

Sayyida Nafisah*, eine noble Frau und Gelehrtin, sagte folgendes, nachdem sie das Totengebet für Imam al-Shafi'i betete: "Möge Allah barmherzig mit Muhammad bin Idris al-Shafi'i sein! In der Tat, er pflegte es seine Gebtswaschung zu perfektionieren." Die Perfektion bzw. das Perfektionieren (oder die "Vortrefflichkeit", oder "etwas schön machen" etc.), zu Arabisch "Ihsan"**, in seinen Anbetungen und Taten zu erstreben, ist eines der Eigenschaften, zu denen uns diese großartige Religion, der Islam, aufruft. Es ist die Eigenschaft derjenigen, die den geraden Pfad gehen: den Weg des noblen Propheten ﷺ. Sayyida Nafisah deutet mit ihrer Aussage auf dieses Perfektionieren hin. Imam al-Shafi'i pefektionierte seine Gebetswaschung und wer seine Gebetswaschung perfektioniert, der perfektioniert demzufolge sein Gebet. Und wer auch immer diese beiden Dinge perfektioniert, der perfektioniert seine gesamte Religion und all seine Taten in seinem Leben. D. h., wenn ein Gläubiger bestimmte Taten nicht perfektioniert, dann wird jener die Perfektion in seinen anderen Taten verfehlen. Jemand der sich nicht darum bemüht seine Gebetswaschung zu perfektionieren, der wird auch unachtsam gegenüber das Streben nach Perfektion innnerhalb seines Gebets sein. So wird jener ebenso das Perfektionieren im Verrichten seiner Zakat, seines Fastens, seiner Pilgerfahrt etc. nicht beachten. Möge Allah Sayyida Nafisah und Imam al-Shafi'i barmherzig behandeln und mit ihnen zufrieden sein. * Sie verstarb in Ägypten im Jahre 208 (823). ** Der Prophet sagte, dass Ihsan folgendes ist, nämlich Allah anzubeten, als würde man Ihn sehen, doch während man Ihn nicht sieht, soll man wissen, dass Er einen doch sieht. (Ü. von Muslim)

Scriptures are meant to serve humanity, not humanity to serve scriptures.

Sebelum ngegalauin perasaan si doi naik atau turun ke kamu, alangkah lebih baiknya ngegalauin imanmu yang masih naik turun. Sebelum mencari yang terbaik untuk kamu, alangkah lebih baiknya menjadi lebih baik dari hari kemarin.

Secara ringkasnya, jelaslah bahawa lafaz Allah tidak sesuai, atau tidak layak, digunakan oleh agama-agama yang konsep ketuhanan mereka berbeza dengan ajaran Islam. Walaupun terdapat agama bukan Islam yang dikatakan mengandungi ajaran satu Tuhan seperti Yahudi, Kristian, Hindu dan Sikh, namun kefahaman mengenai konsep Tuhan Yang Satu mereka adalah berbeza dengan ajaran Islam. Dalam akidah Ahli Sunnah wa al-Jamaah, kalimah Allah itu membawa pengertian keesaan dan pengakuan terhadap keesaan Allah yang tulen serta tidak ada sesuatu yang serupa (syirik) dengan-Nya. Mana mungkin umat Islam memberi kebenaran kepada fahaman atau agama yang mensyirikkan Allah untuk menggunakan lafaz Allah kerana implikasinya terhadap pengertian lafaz Allah amatlah buruk! Tidakkah ini akan termasuk dalam golongan orang-orang yang mempermainkan nama Allah!

Seek knowledge from the Cradle to the Grave

Seine Zeit damit zu verbringen über die Fehler anderer nachzudenken oder zu sprechen, ist närrisch. Die Zeit ist knapp und es ist besser sie in das Erkennen der eigenen Mängel zu investieren, um dann beständig daran arbeiten zu können diese gänzlich auszumerzen.

Sekali nafsu itu kau manjakan, maka nafsu itu akan semakin kurang ajar dan tidak tahu diri! Jangan pernah berdamai dengan nafsu! Sekali kau berdamai, maka nafsu itu akan menginjak harga dirimu dan menjajahmu! Jangan beri kehormatan sedikit pun pada nafsumu. Perlakukan dia sebagai makhluk hina, pengkhianat yang tidak boleh diberi ampun!

Semua orang diuji. Lain orang, lain tahap imannya, lain tahap sabarnya, jadi lainlah tahap ujian yang ditempuhinya. Semua itu menuntut kita bersabar. Semua itu menuntut kita bersabar. Ertinya Allah masih sayang pada kita,

Serupa kekasih yang bangga, kulafaz kalimatMu tanpa jeda. --ketika doa terjawab seketika

Sesaat ia terhenyak oleh teks wasiat Habib Hasan Al Bahr. Menghadaplah kepada Allah dengan hati luluh. Hindarkan dirimu dari sikap ujub dan angkuh. Pergaulilah manusia yang jahat dengan baik, karena pada hakikatnya kamu sedang bermuamalah dengan Allah yang Maha Besar. Ulurkan tanganmu kepada orang-orang fakir dengan sesuatu yang dikaruniakan Allah kepadamu. Lalu bayangkanlah, bahwa Allah-lah yang pertama kali menerima pemberianmu itu, sebagaimana dituturkan dalam berbagai ayat Al-Qur'an dan hadits Nabi. Kelak hatimu akan merasa sangat senang dan bahagia dengan Allah.

Sesungguhnya bangsa Arab ialah para penyebar Islam. Mereka telah keluar dari pedalaman padang pasir dengan persiapan yang kuat dan berterusan, terus melebar hingga meluas ke pelbagai penjuru, kemudian Allah SWT telah menetapkan kemenangan kepada orang-orang berikan, kebebasan kepada orang-orang lemah dan kehinaan kepada orang-orang zalim dan sombong. Mereka meluncur dari padang pasir bersama Rasulullah SAW selama seperempat abad, di samalah Rasulullah SAW telah mengisi pelajaran langit yang turun bersama wahyu, membekali mereka dengan pelbagai kekuatan pemikiran dan emosional sehingga mengangkat taraf kehidupan mereka secara material dan mental; menjadikan mereka sebagai pembawa misi, dan pencipta peradaban; memiliki kehormatan serta pemikiran yang benar, hati yang bersih dan jiwa yang peka mengatasi masyarakat Parsi dan Rom.

Shaikh Ahmad of Sirhind (1563-1624) discussed it within the canon of theological tradition and held that ana al-haqq was a situational statement and that it represented a quality of authentic experience. The Shaikh suggested that ana—the personal "I," and al-haqq, the Truth, had no reference to a unitive condition, in fact; al-haqq completely surrounded the consciousness of the contemplative ego. Placed in this state the ana could only know the surrounding al-haqq—and simultaneously lose its own identity. It was in fact the loss of personal identity which gave significance to Hallaj's statement. The Shaikh held that ana al-haqq did not have any reference to unification either with the Divine Essence or its Attribute. Thus, ana al-haqq, as "I am the Truth," was categorically discarded by the Shaikh who interpretted the phrases as affirmation by negation. According to him, ana al-haqq did not carry the affirmatory meaning of "I am the Truth," but simply made the statement that, "I am not, He only is". Without negation of the self, the affirmation of Divine Truth remains unresolved. Hallaj had in fact affirmed the faith through negation of the contemplative ego.

Shaykh al-Jundi hanya seorang dari pewaris sastera jenis ini di dalam sejarah sastera Sufi yang muncul di dalam abad ke-19. Tema utama qasidah ini kekal di dalam rangka tradisi sastera Islam yang lampau oleh kerana tidak mungkin kekal 'tamaddun Islam' itu jika ia diasingkan dari tradisi yang menerbitkan jenis puisi yang sebegini rupa. Umumnya tamaddun agama berasaskan prinsip asal dengan aspek-aspek dan ciri-ciri baharu yang ditambah tanpa penambahan prinsip.

Shaykha Sultana al-Zubaydiyya Shaykha Sultana al-Zubaydiyya, famous scholar and saint, was the dauther of 'Ali al-Zubaydi, a man belonging to the martial Zubaydi clan of the tribe of Bani Haritha, itself an offshoot of the major tribe of Kinda, one of the most ancient and best known tribes of Southern Yemen. [...] she became known as the Rabi'a of Hadramawt. [...] Shaykha Sultana became so engrossed in her spiritual pursuits that she never found it in herself to marry and beget children as was expected of her. Instead, she visited all the great men of the valley, sitting at the back of the mosques where the gatherings were held, and listening intently until she became well known and greatly respected by them. Mostafa al-Badawi, A blessed Valley, Volume One, Wadi Hadramawt & the Alawi Tradition, Chapter 10, S. 95-97

So eventually, our mutual ignorance of each other's faith cancelled each other out and we found ourselves at a stalemate, a common ground beyond our misunderstandings, where we could begin a healthy and open dialogue about the similarities and differences between Christianity and Islam… but our face to face dialogues helped us begin to comprehend with some degree of clarity what the other group actually believed.

Soar on to the King, the crown jewel, And then you'll truly see That nothing is as beautiful As His grand Majesty.

So-called Islamic 'fundamentalism' does not spring, in Pakistan, from the people. It is imposed on them from above. Autocratic regimes find it useful to espouse the rhetoric of faith, because people respect that language, are reluctant to oppose it. This how religions shore up dictators; by encircling them with words of power, words which the people are reluctant to see discredited, disenfranchised, mocked. But the ramming-down-the-throat point stands. In the end you get sick of it, you lose faith in the faith, if not qua faith then certainly as basis for a state. And then the dictator falls, and it is discovered that he had brought God down with him, that the justifying myth of the nation has been unmade. This leaves only two options: disintegration, or a new dictatorship ... no, there is a third, and I shall not be o pessimistic as to deny its possibility. The third option is the substitution of a new myth for the old one. Here are three such myths, all available from stock at short notice: liberty; equality; fraternity. I recommend them highly.

Sikhism emerged as a ray of hope for the people of India who were stuck in obscurity – who craved for a way out from the rigorous battle between Hindu and Muslim orthodoxy.

So I close this long reflection on what I hope is a not-too-quaveringly semi-Semitic note. When I am at home, I will only enter a synagogue for the bar or bat mitzvah of a friend's child, or in order to have a debate with the faithful. (When I was to be wed, I chose a rabbi named Robert Goldburg, an Einsteinian and a Shakespearean and a Spinozist, who had married Arthur Miller to Marilyn Monroe and had a copy of Marilyn’s conversion certificate. He conducted the ceremony in Victor and Annie Navasky's front room, with David Rieff and Steve Wasserman as my best of men.) I wanted to do something to acknowledge, and to knit up, the broken continuity between me and my German-Polish forebears. When I am traveling, I will stop at the shul if it is in a country where Jews are under threat, or dying out, or were once persecuted. This has taken me down queer and sad little side streets in Morocco and Tunisia and Eritrea and India, and in Damascus and Budapest and Prague and Istanbul, more than once to temples that have recently been desecrated by the new breed of racist Islamic gangster. (I have also had quite serious discussions, with Iraqi Kurdish friends, about the possibility of Jews genuinely returning in friendship to the places in northern Iraq from which they were once expelled.) I hate the idea that the dispossession of one people should be held hostage to the victimhood of another, as it is in the Middle East and as it was in Eastern Europe. But I find myself somehow assuming that Jewishness and 'normality' are in some profound way noncompatible. The most gracious thing said to me when I discovered my family secret was by Martin, who after a long evening of ironic reflection said quite simply: 'Hitch, I find that I am a little envious of you.' I choose to think that this proved, once again, his appreciation for the nuances of risk, uncertainty, ambivalence, and ambiguity. These happen to be the very things that 'security' and 'normality,' rather like the fantasy of salvation, cannot purchase.

So I asked Dr Ceric if he thought there was a conflict between European values and Islam. ‘Not at all,’ he said. ‘Respect for other religions lies at the heart of Islam. And the principle of democracy is even anchored in Islam.’ When I looked surprised he explained: ‘Go right back to the origins of Islam. After Muhammad died, how did his followers seek his successor? They consulted with each other and chose his closest friend Abu Bakr in a democratic vote. Democracy is absolutely Islamic.

Some Christians pretend that Christianity was not established by the sword; but of what period of time do they speak? It was impossible that twelve men could begin with the sword: they had not the power; but no sooner were the professors of Christianity sufficiently powerful to employ the sword than they did so, and the stake and faggot too; and Mahomet could not do it sooner. By the same spirit that Peter cut off the ear of the high priest's servant (if the story be true) he would cut off his head, and the head of his master, had he been able. Besides this, Christianity grounds itself originally upon the [Hebrew] Bible, and the Bible was established altogether by the sword, and that in the worst use of it — not to terrify, but to extirpate. The Jews made no converts: they butchered all. The Bible is the sire of the [New] Testament, and both are called the word of God. The Christians read both books; the ministers preach from both books; and this thing called Christianity is made up of both. It is then false to say that Christianity was not established by the sword.