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Hello YJ: I am glad you like these fowards, we need reminders now and
again to stay on the right path. Kudos to you and your colleagues at
Gainako for the quality of the articles you feed us. Keep up the good
work. Edi

On 05/09/2009, Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Bro Jah,
>
> I like the forwards of your hadiths. May Almighty Allah (swt) give us its
> true blessings. I was listening to the late Bun Jeng yesterday...and I was
> truly taking aback. Here was a man who was gifted with eloquency and
> understanding of our religion. It is to be well noted that Islam is truly
> beautiful and we must continually thank Allah for this mercy.
>
> Where is Sister Jabou? I tell you Ramadhan is so good at taking contributors
> away...(: (: (Jusk kidding sister Jabou & greetings for the fasting.)
>
> Happy fasting & thanks!!
>
> yj
>
> Ramadhan Humor
>
> The Serer Imam was late to wakeup from sleep....and the sun was already
> lightening from horizons...and he wanted some of the food on the table...
> instructed the wife to get the blinds and the curtains down so darkness can
> prevail in the room. In that way, he can eat his "shuhur" meal. The deputy
> Imam was a Jallow and heard him...you know what happened after that....
>
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> Nationalism
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> Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “He is not one of us
> who calls for asabiyyah, (tribalism/nationalism) or who fights for
> asabiyyah, or who dies for asabiyyah.” [Abu Dawud]
>
> On one occasion during the time of the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa
> sallam), a party of Jews conspired to bring about disunity in the
> ranks of the Muslims after seeing the Aus and Khazraj harmonious with
> each other within Islam. A youth from among them was sent to incite
> remembrance of the battle of Bu'ath, where the Aus had been victorious
> over the Khazraj. He recited poetry to stir their feelings, remind
> them of their past differences, and bring about division between them.
> As a result there was a call to arms. When the news reached the
> Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) he said, "O Muslims,
> remember Allah, remember Allah. Will you act as pagans while I am
> present among you, after Allah has guided you to Islam, and honoured
> you thereby and made a clean break with paganism; delivered you
> thereby from disbelief; and made you friends thereby?" When they heard
> this they wept and embraced each other. [The Roots of Nationalism In
> The Muslim World]
>
> Islam is a religion that abhors racism, ethnicism, tribalism, and its
> newer version, nationalism. Differences of language, colour, cuisine
> and accent were meant to add flavour to life, not to be used to
> ridicule or fight each other. The past couple of centuries have seen
> wars between different ethnic groups on a scale unprecedented before.
> The rise of nationalism has resulted in bitter conflict between groups
> that had lived for centuries in harmony. It has set the world on fire
> and resulted in pandaemonium.
>
> While Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has prohibited nationalism, Muslims
> are killing one another and aiding non-Muslims to kill their brothers
> and sisters in Islam, in the name of saving their own "country". This
> is despite the fact that such "countries" have no legitimacy in
> Allah's eyes for the reasons that 1) in none of these is Allah's law
> held wholly superior to man made law, and 2) there is only one country
> to which all Muslims belong, i.e. Dar-ul-Islam. Muslims, for thirteen
> centuries were one bloc, under one leadership, in the name of Allah
> (subhana wa ta'ala). When you cut an elephant into 100 pieces you
> don't get one hundred elephants, instead you get a bloody mess.
> Incited against each other using nationalism, this is what the Muslim
> Ummah has become.
>
> The online version of Daily Hadith is available now, please visit
> http://dailyhadith.adaptivesolutionsinc.com
>
>
> There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger. Fear
> and Worship only Allah alone!
>
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