I have heard all kinds of stories like these in the name of Islam . I can give  you specific examples 

-like you can not pray with your underwear on as it may be unclean ( urine traces or something similar-

it is just like what one young imam said  if you do not grow your  beard you are not a muslim , my question ti him was what about many people in Afriica  who do not have  facial hair - Are you a better muslim because you have a beard? 

many of these kinds are then taken by the likes of the southern Baptist Ministerwho  use it as a waepon againgt all mmuuslims. He does not know tthat the prophet's so called wives were merely legal dependents not for sexual purposes as the so called rev wants the wotld to believe. He only had khadijah and later Aisha as his real partners.

Another wild example from another Malaysian is that if you have a non halal food on a plate you should wash it in MUD seven times before you can reuse it. So if you order fish from a hotel then  it is still haram according to this man as the hotel did not wash their plates with MUD (potto potto) 7 times .

We must not let a minority of fanatics in the likes of Osama bin Laden high Jack us with their narrow minded and one sided views. Who told Imam fatty that watching football is wrong  . He misinterpreted the shorts the  men wear as the problem  but these soccer players were not praying they were playing. I am sure when they were praying they wore the appropriate clothing.

One in Saudai said women do not have to pray in the masjid or even at home  - where is it written / Remember  women are equal to men in the eyes of God so what is this distinction . I can understand that during the menstrual period  quite well but  many women went to pray during EID prayers even while menstruating ( for for the joy of the celebration) It is permissible for that day. 

I can go on with some other  silly examples but I am sure you get the gist of what I   am trying to say.

habib

 

Hello, have a nice day!! >From: yahya camara <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Question for Sister Jabou Joh/habib >Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:50:37 -0500 > >Hi Jabou/Habib, > Thanks for some clarification on the matter, I have one >friend who >is from Malaysia and reads ISLAMIC AND COMPARATIVE LAW and told me >that it >is unislamic for muslims to make "wills" that will indicate the >manner in >which all their properties should be shared among their kids or >families if >they should passed-away.Instead he said a muslim can only "will" >1/3 (one >third) of their properties and anything more than that is considered >unislamic and will never be recognized by any court where islamic >laws or >"sharia" prevails.And as I said I shall be very happy if you or >Habib can >help us with some references to the questions that are asked >Thanks for now and best wishes > > > yahya camara > > >>From: Habib Ghanim <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Question for Sister Jabou Joh >>Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:32:40 +0000 >> > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >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 >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~