I am to write a paper on deforestation in the gammbia,
can any body help me with an institution from where i
can data.
regards
pateh
--- Malamin Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Brother Alieu,
>
> Your two cents are worth more. Anytime we as muslims
> act and or look for
> answers outside the Quran and Sunnah, we find
> ourselves in endless fitnah.
> Allah does not make things halal/Haram for play. I
> don't believe any man on
> this list finds it acceptable to oppress one's
> spouse. Injustice and
> oppression toward animals is forbidden let alone
> human beings. The one who
> believes in Allah and the day of judgement should
> know that their actions
> will be accounted for.
>
> Looking back, The problems most of the time is the
> man is running his
> household based one his desires and or cultural
> mores. When trouble erupts
> the individual in charge of mediation relies on
> traditional/cultural (Munge
> nyal sa dom yaa ko barr ke) methodoligies to resolve
> the problem. Patience
> is required of everyone so does honoring
> individual's rights. We have a long
> way to go but by bringing the issue in the open,
> this will help.
>
> Regards,
> MJohnson
>
>
> >From: Alieu Jawara <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Polygammy...
> >Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:40:43 -0700
> >
> >May I throw my two cents to this very exiting
> topic. Some of you say women
> >should start a movement to stop men taking
> advantage of them. This is a
> >great idea but perhaps men can help even better.
> Without the involvement of
> >educated and "powerful" men the progress will be
> quite slow indeed. God
> >knows there are a lot of women suffering in
> silence. Can't leave x years of
> >marriage because they have nothing to fall back on
> due to poverty. Who
> >knows maybe this forum can even begin to set up
> something just for the sake
> >of Allah. Women could be educated publicly and the
> same time warning men of
> >their actions. Financially we could help by taking
> their case up to
> >justice.
> >
> >One thing I don't agree with the forum with is the
> issue of prenuptial
> >agreements, to sign that the marriage will forever
> be monogamous. Someone
> >also said polygamy is synonymous with sexual
> infidelity (stand corrected
> >incase of any misquotations). First, Islam gives a
> lot of power to women as
> >the lady that traditionally brings up the future
> heads of society. She must
> >always be treated kindly and respectfully. The wife
> batters wont find their
> >actions supported by any parts of the Qur'an or
> sunnah. However, polygamy
> >is the allowed by the Qur'an, the primary source of
> muslim belief. Allah's
> >wisdom is much greater than ours and he knows why
> he made his law to be so.
> >By making it haram (unlawful) onto yourself is
> taking Allah's merciful law
> >into your own hands. Several of Allah's prophets
> (who are absolutely
> >perfect creatures) have lived polygamous lives,
> including the final one
> >Nabiy Mustapha Alaihi salaam. His companions, whom
> we should take as our
> >role models, also did the same. Just to remind you
> briefly that our noble
> >prophet (may on him be peace) lived his first 25
> years as a chaste bachelor
> >and the next 25 years in a monogamous marriage with
> a wife (widowed) 15
> >years his seniour. Apart from Aisha (daughter of
> his closest companion),
> >the remainder of his marriages were to divorcées or
> widows. His marriages
> >are vlearly out of compassion and not of passion.
> There are several reasons
> >(which I wont talk about here) where it might be
> necessary to marry a
> >second, third or fourth wife). I think it's quite
> wrong to deny yourself of
> >halaal just because the love at the time of
> marriage is so high. The love
> >for Allah and his laws should be much greater.
> Polygamy is definitely not
> >synonymous to sexual infidelity where a husband
> sneaks out on a family that
> >he should love and care for just to come back with
> bag of lies! Several
> >verses come to mind but how about this one in
> conclusion:
> >
> >16:116 "And, for what your tongues describe, do
> not utter the lie,
> >(saying) This is lawful and this is unlawful, in
> order to forge a lie
> >against Allah; surely those who forge the lie
> against Allah shall not
> >prosper"
> >
> >66:01 "O Prophet! why do you forbid (yourself) that
> which Allah has made
> >lawful for you; you seek to please your wives; and
> Allah is Forgiving,
> >Merciful"
> >
> >I advise you read the commentary of the above and
> read up on the sunnah
> >regarding polygamy.
> >
> >Salaam,
> >
> >Alieu Jawara
> >
> >P.S. Can I ask the directors to change my email
> address to
> >[log in to unmask] These very exciting articles
> having interrupting my
> >work. I can't help reading them when they pop up on
> the screen. By moving
> >it to my free mail, I can choose to read them at
> lunch or at the end of the
> >day. Thanks all.
> >
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