21 December, 2005
Why I Am
Never Going Back To America
May 10, 2003
By Zeba Khan, US Citizen
A Thoughtful Article By A Sister For The Parents In
America.
I may be an American citizen, but thats not my fault.
I ask the reader to please forgive me that much and
continue with the rest of the article. As a
consequence of having been born, raised, and college
educated in the States, I have gora-saab Urdu, a
severe allergy to mosquito bites and a blue passport,
but again, thats not my fault.
Often at parties, mostly at weddings, people (with
sons my age who eat, drink, and dream in red, white
and blue) will slyly ask whether or not I have plans
of returning. I say no, not at all, not unless pigs
fly, hell freezes over, and the Cubs win the World
Series, all on the same day. Then they ask me why, and
I can never answer them. I âm ashamed to, and the
reason why is because the true nature of American
society is obscene, and Islamic Taboos are often rites
of Passage back in God Bless America. The sins that
Americans proudly broadcast are so fahosh (obscene!)
that I cannot mention them in mixed company in more
than a whisper. But luckily I can type though, and
here, dear readers, dear sly aunties, dear people who
think I âm insane, is why I âm never going back to the
US.
America is famous for turning out highly qualified
doctors and engineers, and I will not insult their
universities and colleges. The Ivy League universities
offer the best education that money can buy...in an
environment where 90% of all on-campus rape cases are
linked to alcohol and approximately 240,000 to 360,000
of the nations 12 million current undergraduates will
ultimately die from alcohol-related causes. (Stats
from SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration website)
But like I said, I âm not going to slander
institutions where illicit affairs betweens professors
and students are common enough to be part of campus
life. It's a lovely collegiate society where emergency
phones with blue light beacons are installed every 100
or so feet on college grounds to curb crime and sexual
assault. I said I wouldnt slander the colleges, and I
âm not. To slander something is to lie, to demean it
with incorrect information, and I'm doing neither.
Everything Ive mentioned it true blue (and white, and
red) and 100% certifiable by anyone who has been to
college in any major city like Chicago.
Enough about college, let's go further back to public
high school. I'll tell you no lies here, either. The
state of Illinois has mandated a health and safety
class for all students, and the class is taught to
grade 9. The safety part of the class curriculum
includes drivers education. The health part of the
class involves skin care, fitness, how to use a
condom, how to recognize transmitted diseases in your
sexual partner and why, if you decide you âre a
homosexual; it's ok to feel that way.
I was blessed, truly blessed by Allah that I was
absent the day that my teacher showed a live video of
a woman giving birth, the natural way, in the nude, in
stirrups. This all-natural, all-nude video was shown
in front of my mixed 9th grade class, it was shown to
both the boys and the girls at the same time. I heard
horror stories the next day from my fellow miserable
Muslimahs.
I, and hundreds of thousands of other young Muslims
who were unfortunate enough to be educated in the US,
was taught that being gay (Hijra!) is quite normal.
Never mind the two girls sitting outside the class
window kissing each other with open mouths - they âre
exercising their right of choice. Homosexuality is not
a deviation, its a lifestyle, and a rather trendy one
at that.
Hooray for gay-rights and the yearly gay-pride parades
held in most major cities of the US. If youre
fortunate enough not to know what a gay-pride parade
is, allow me to ruin your day. It's a procession of
cars, decorated floats, dancers, near-naked hijras and
brainwashed heterosexuals who are proud to be part of
a sin so severe that it caused the destruction of
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Back to school, if your son or daughter needs a condom
so that they can have a little fun on their lunch
break, they don't need to be ashamed. They can just go
to the school counselors office and get one from her,
for free. If any of the students want to exercise the
freedom that the American forefathers fought and died
for, and engage in some pre-marital relations without
any of the consequences, then there are hundreds of
NGOs to help them with birth control, adoption, or
abortion, without ever letting the parents know whats
going on.
I âm being quite bay-sharam, I know, but how else can
I explain these things? How else can I tell you that
high-school in Chicago, a very average place, is a
beer-drinking, pot-smoking, hormonally charged orgy
where young girls and boys play merry-go-round with
their sexual partners. Oh, and theres very
high-quality biology, chemistry and physics in there
somewhere too.
If you think that my merely mentioning this is
outrageous, then what do you think of the unfortunate
Pakistanis and Muslims who study this as part of
school curriculum and are taught to practice these
things in their daily life? It's not their fault they
âre subjected to such an immoral brainwashing, and
thats why I call them (and myself) unfortunate instead
of guilty. These poor 9th graders (aged 14-15 on
average) did not chose to be born in a society where
talk is cheap, love is free, and God is banned from
public schools.
Yes, God is officially banned in public schools.
Prayer in school is quite a controversial issue back
over there in God Bless America. Religion is a private
affair, and much like STDs, you âre supposed to keep
them to yourself.
The American educational assault goes farther than
immorality; it extends into the illogical and absurd.
Did you know that our ancestors were monkeys? What?
You say that you knew your ancestors, and though one
of your uncles had a low forehead, he was hardly
simian? You may also say that the first man was
Prophet Adam, peace and blessings be upon him, and he
was no monkey. You know this because God said so, not
just in Islam but in all three major religions of the
world, and plus evolution has been deemed impossible
by a huge but muffled community of scientists. (Read
Evolution Deceit: The Scientific Collapse of
Darwinism... by Harun Yahya) If you make the mistake
of expressing your religious beliefs in class, you
will be laughed out of class and scolded when you come
eventually come back.
Teacher:(laughing with cocky attitude further
bolstered by authority and his/her own brainwashing)
Silly, backwards, fundamentalist student, how
foolish can you be to believe in God? What, have you
ever seen God? Look around, I don't see anything
remotely worship-able in the universe, do you?
Student:(muttering under breath to avoid being failed
for bad behavior) Well teacher, come to think of it,
when I look around I can't see radio waves, microbes,
heat, radiation, wind, or even your brain for that
matter...
The secular American scientific community boasts of
its superior knowledge, but if you went by the same
empirical logic that they use to ignore God (seeing is
believing) then they don't have any brains, either.
Both belief in God and belief in your teacher,s brain
can only be confirmed by sight apparently, and since
both cases involve death to do so, (dying to see God,
killing your teacher and extracting his brain...) then
the issue stays mostly unresolved in circles who
refuse to use higher reasoning.
I must stop here and give credit to a few very
intelligent, very religious college professors that I
had. For example, Dr. P. Lancki, a religious Christian
and a professor of Microbiology. During a long
conversation about religion, science and society at
large, Dr.Lancki told me with wonder in her eyes how
it was impossible for a single cell, miraculous in
function and complex in design, to have been created
by accident or random events. Not one single cell
could be produced through the methods that educators
teach to students in the US; evolution, but Dr.Lancki
is forbidden to teach that in her class. God,
one of her coworkers told her, ...died with the
dinosaurs. Man doesn't need religion anymore.
19 December, 2005
50 Questions And Answers On Islamic Monotheism
19 December, 2005
Important Notes About Hadeeths Used in the Book:
Hisnul-Muslim by Sa'eed al-Qahtaani
("Fortification of the Muslim" or "Citadel of the Believer")
- PART ONE -
Since the book Hisnul-Muslim (translated as "Fortification of the Muslim" or "Citadel of the Believer") by Sa'eed al-Qahtaani has been translated into English and made widely available, it is important to identify the dha'eef (weak, unacceptable) hadeeths found in it and to clarify other issues related to some of the authentic hadeeths. So, seeking Allaah's Assistance, we begin with a clarification of the seventh supplication mentioned by al-Qahtaani in Hisnul-Muslim:
- 1 - "May you wear it out and Allaah ta'aalaa replace it (with another)." [1]
This is mentioned by al-Qahtaani as a "supplication said to someone wearing a new garment."
It should be made clear here that this supplication is saheeh (authentic), however it was narrated by Aboo an-Nadhrah al-Munthir ibn Maalik as something that he heard the Companions say to each other when they would wear a new garment, as is mentioned in Sunan Abee Daawood (#4020). So it is mawqoof, or something from the words of some of the Companions, and not marfoo', meaning something from the words of the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam). [2]
This does not mean that a person is not allowed to say it, rather whoever supplicates with this phrase is following something reported from the Companions (may Allaah be pleased with them), so it is a good
supplication. Furthermore, it is very similar to a supplication that the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) made three times for Umm Kaalid bint Khaalid (may Allaah be pleased with her):
"Tublee wa Akhlifee (Wear it out and replace it, ie. live a long life)." [3]
Since Hisnul-Muslim was intended to be a book of supplications from the Book and the Sunnah, then this supplication of the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) is more deserving to be listed in this place, since it is from the direct speech of the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) and due to it being in Saheeh al-Bukhaaree as well.
Then, al-Qahtaani brings a supplication for entering the home:
- 2 - "In the Name of Allaah we enter, and in the Name of Allaah we leave, and upon our Lord we place our trust." [4]
This hadeeth was collected by Aboo Daawood (#5096). It is dha'eef (weak, unacceptable) due to a broken chain of narration, as mentioned by al-Albaanee in his checking of Sunan Abee Daawood. Since some of the scholars accepted this hadeeth, let us look at the chain and then understand how it is broken from two angles, so as to be upon clarity.
The chain:
Aboo Daawood
Muhammad ibn 'Awf
Muhammad ibn Ismaa'eel ibn 'Ayyaash
Ismaa'eel ibn 'Ayyaash
Dhamdham ibn Zur'ah
Shurayh ibn 'Ubayd
Aboo Maalik al-Ash'aree (may Allaah be pleased with him)
The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
1) Notice that Muhammad ibn Ismaa'eel ibn 'Ayyaash narrates from his father (Ismaa'eel ibn 'Ayyaash).
Aboo Zur'ah said about Muhammad ibn Ismaa'eel, "He narrates from his father, and that is found in Sunan Abee Daawood. Aboo Haatim said: He never actually heard from his father. They urged him to narrate from his father and so he did." [5] So this shows the first break in the chain.
2) Knowing that Muhammad ibn Ismaa'eel did not hear from his father, Ibn 'Awf then said: "And I saw in the original book of Ismaa'eel ibn 'Ayyaash that he narrated from Dhamdham..." One may think that
this connects the chain, however someone's book is only used as a witness for his personal narration, as the scholars have clarified. And Ibn 'Awf never met Ismaa'eel. Al-'Atheem Abaadee said, "The hadeeth's chain is not muttasil (connected) since neither Ibn 'Awf or Muhammad ibn Ismaa'eel heard from Ismaa'eel ibn 'Ayyaash." [6]
So the hadeeth is dha'eef (weak, unacceptable) due to the break in the chain.
Then, al-Qahtaani mentions a supplication for after the athaan:
- 3 - "O Allaah, owner of this perfect call and Owner of this prayer to be performed, bestow upon Muhammad al-waseelah and al-fadeelah, and send him upon a praised platform which you have promised him. Verily you never fail in Your promise." [7]
This hadeeth, with the exception of the last phrase ("Verily you never fail in Your promise") has been collected by al-Bukhaaree in his Saheeh. However, the last phrase is only found in as-Sunan as-Sughraa
of al-Bayhaqee (1/103, Daar al-Ma'rifah).
Shaykh al-Albaanee said:
"As for the additional phrase, 'Verily you never fail in Your promise,' that is found in the last part of the hadeeth collected by al-Bayhaqee, it is shaath (contradictory to what has been authentically reported),
since it is not to be found in the other narrations from 'Alee ibn 'Ayyaash, except in the narration of al- Kishmeenee in Saheeh al-Bukhaaree, as opposed to what others have reported. Furthermore, it is shaath
due to its contradiction to the narrations of others in Saheeh (al-Bukhaaree). So it seems that this is why al-Haafith (Ibn Hajr) paid it no mind and did not even mention it in Fath (al-Baaree), as was his habit
when gathering the additional phrases found in different routes of a hadeeth. This is supported by the fact that the additional phrase is not found in al-Bukhaaree's Af'aal al-'Ibaad, while it is the same chain.
This additional phrase is also found in the book, Qaa'idah Jaleelah fee at-Tawassul wal-Waseelah of Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, in all of its published versions: p.55 of al-Manaar's first printing, p.37
of the second printing, and p.49 of the Salafiyyah printing. It seems to have been something added by some of the scribes, and Allaah knows best." [8]
So in a nutshell, this supplication is saheeh (authentic) except for the last phrase ('Verily you never fail in Your promise'), which is dha'eef due to its contradiction to what has been authentically reported.
[Part two of this series coming soon in shaa' Allaah]
Footnotes:
[1] Hisnul-Muslim (Fortification of the Muslim) of Sa'eed al-Qahtaani, p.35-36
[2] I asked Shaykh Muhammad 'Umar Baazmool (1425/02/09) about this hadeeth: Since it has been related from some of the Companions and it is a supplication for a specific occasion, can it be considered marfoo' hukman, something that must have been originally from the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)? He replied that this supplication is just something that they used to say and is considered their customary speech and not an act of legislated worship, so it can not be understood to be from the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam). He said that this supplication is similar to their saying "Taqabbal Allaah minnaa wa minkum" on the day of the 'Eed. These are permissible supplications reported from the Companions that are not considered to be from the Sunnah of the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam).
[3] Saheeh al-Bukhaaree [#3071] - Ibn Battaal mentioned in his explanation of the hadeeth that it should read "Akhlifee" and not "Akhliqee" as found in some versions of Saheeh al-Bukhaaree, since the difference is based on the letter qaaf (q) or faa' (f) in the wording, and the Arabic language supports "Akhlifee" more in a general context and specifically due to the supplication of the Companions mentioned previously. [Sharh Ibn Battaal, 9/117-118]
[4] Hisnul-Muslim (Fortification of the Muslim) of Sa'eed al-Qahtaani, p.43
[5] Tuhfah at-Tahseel fee Thikr Ruwaat al-Maraaseel of Aboo Zur'ah, (p.440, Maktabah ar-Rushd)
[6] 'Awn al-Ma'bood of al-'Atheem Abaadee (1/297, Daar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah)
[7] Hisnul-Muslim (Fortification of the Muslim) of Sa'eed al-Qahtaani, p.49-50
[8] Irwaa' al-Ghaleel of al-Albaanee (#243)