Subject: Fwd: [muttaqiyyah] good reminder for us insha Allah ... Salaams, I thought, Insha'Allah, you'd appreciate the following. Subject: FW: [muttaqiyyah] good reminder for us insha Allah ... Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:52:22 -0400 Brothers and Sisters in Islaam Exert yourselves in the following matters: * Be sincere in your belief and application of Tawheed. Keep it free from Shirk, innovations and acts of disobedience so that you may enter Al-Jannah without account. * Perform Salaah on time and do so with submission, humbleness and tranquillity. * Pay the Zakaah you owe upon your wealth, jewelry, and other valuables. * Perform the obligatory fast as well as voluntary ones according to the teachings of Islaam. * Perform the obligatory Hajj as soon as possible. * Establish and maintain family ties especially with your mother and father. * Seek knowledge from the original sources, namely the Qur'aan and Sunnah, and the statements of the learned, trustworthy scholars found in books and cassette tapes. * Invite others to Islaam with wisdom and good advice and do so in the best manner. * Command what is good and forbid what is evil as much as you are able. * Make beneficial use of your time by doing righteous deeds * Raise your children with a righteous upbringing. * Obey your husband in good matters. * Share in good deeds as much as you can. Instill within yourself good, praiseworthy qualities. * Constantly seek Allaah's forgiveness, repent unto Him, and praise and thank Him. * Remember death and the accounting on the Day of Judgment as well as Paradise and Hell. * Follow up a bad deed with a good one and deal with people in a nice manner.* Cover up the faults of the Muslims and defend them against accusations. Supplicate for all your brothers and sisters in Islaam. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islaam Please Avoid: * Innovations, whether in words or deeds. * Delaying prayer past its time. * Performing prayer without tranquillity. * Watching films and other forms of entertainment which involve mixing of the sexes and listening to singing and musical instruments. * Reading magazines and books which are corruptive. * Producing pictures or images of things which possess a soul, an act which has been prohibited in Islaam. * Privacy with the opposite sex who are not related to you , including drivers, servants, and others. Try to release yourself from dependency upon them. * Back-biting and gossiping, making fun of religion, lying, breaking promises, and cheating. * Wearing pictures of famous personalities and clothing that contain such pictures and hanging their pictures on the wall. * Wasting money in weddings, whether in general or on a specific thing,including throwing food away. * Staying up late at night, especially when you do so by occupying yourself with deeds that are prohibited or are of no benefit. * Shaking hands with a person of the opposite sex who is not related to you. * Cursing, insulting, and supplicating against your children and yourself (as well as others). * Traveling abroad for tourism which is a waste of money. Dear Sisters, please avoid: * Displaying your beauty, created and acquired,in front of men who are not related to you such as the wearing of tight clothing or clothing that displays parts the body. * Wearing a face cover that displays the eyes in a way that it exaggerates one's beauty and attracts and attempts men. * Wearing a face cover that does not conceal the face and does not, due to its short length, cover the underchin and neck. * Imitating the non-Muslim women in their clothing and hair styles. * Plucking the eyebrows, spacing the teeth, letting the fingernails grow,tattooing, and wearing wigs. * Going alone to the market so as to avoid a trying situation. * Traveling without a Mahram (male relative accompanying you whether by plane or otherwise.) * The use of perfume when you know that you will be around men. * Wearing your hair in a bun on the top of your head and the use of hair pieces ~~~~~~~~~~ This Muttaqiyyah egroup is sponsored by Muttaqun OnLine - www.muttaqun.com Sent by Law Mail _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------