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How to Wash and Shroud the Deceased

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The washing and shrouding of the deceased is an obligatory duty enjoined upon all Muslims in the community. However, if it is performed by some, the
other members are cleared of the obligation. The person selected to wash and shroud the deceased should be one who was chosen by the deceased, if possible. The person should be an adult Muslim who is in possession
of his or her senses, and who is honest, trustworthy, pious, well acquainted with the rules for washing the deceased in
accordance with the practices of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

If the deceased is a child, the washing may be done by either a male or female adult. If the relatives of the deceased
are non-muslims, it is the duty of other Muslims to wash and shroud the body of the deceased.

Before washing the deceased, the washer must make his or her intention to wash the body of a specific person. The body is then placed on its back, and the abdomen (stomach area) is gently pressed the so that any waste material may be discharged.

But the best way is to start with istinja’ (cleaning the private parts), then wudoo’, then washing the body with water and lotus leaves three times, then pouring water over the body, three times on the right side and three times on the left. If there is a need to do that more than three times, then it should be five times; if there is a need for more than that, then it should be seven
times. It should be an odd number of times; this is preferable. But if the person is washed once or twice, that is acceptable, although what is preferred is three or five or seven times, if need be.

Umm Atiyyah reported in regard to the
washing of her daughter: “The
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) told them (the women) to start from the right side with those parts of the body over which
ablution is performed [Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, Page 195]

 

PERFUMING THE DECEASED

It is mustahabb to perfume the shroud, whether the deceased is a man or a woman. This is indicated by the Saheeh Sunnah. It is proven in al-Saheehayn that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded
the women who were washing his daughter to put some camphor or a little camphor in the last wash [Narrated by Bukhari 1253, Muslim 939], Camphor is a type of perfume.

Al-Haafiz said in al-Fath: It is said that the reason why camphor is used, although it is a perfume, is because of the angels and others who attend, in addition to the fact that it has a drying and cooling effect; it can penetrate the body of the deceased and stiffen the body, keep vermin away, prevent wastes from being expelled, and prevent the body from decomposing rapidly. It is the most effective of
perfumes in that sense. This is the reason why it is put in the last wash, because if it was put in the first wash the water would remove it. But can musk, for example, be used instead of camphor? If we think just in terms of fragrance, then yes, otherwise the answer is no. It was said that if no camphor is available, other kinds of
perfume may be used, even if it has only one of these qualities.

It was narrated that Jaabir said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “When you perfume the deceased with incense (bakhoor) then perfume him three times. [Narrated by Imam Ahmad, 14131]

This ruling – that it is mustahabb to perfume the deceased – does not include one who is in ihraam for Hajj or Umrah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said concerning a man in ihraam who died at Arafah: “And do not put any perfume on him.” [Narrated by Bukhari, 1851]

Al-Nawawi said: It is mustahabb to perfume the shroud with incense except in the case of a man or woman who is in ihraam. [Al-Majmoo’ , 5/156]

Al-Bayhaqi narrated (3/568) that Ibn Mas’ood (May Allah be pleased with him) said: Camphor is to be put on the parts of the body on which one prostrates, which are: the forehead, the
nose, the hands, the knees and the feet, becausebhe used to prostrate on these parts so they are deserving of greater honour. [See Sharh Fath al-Qadeer , 2/110]

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (May Allah have mercy on him) was asked: Is there any report that the entire body of the deceased may be perfumed? He replied: Yes, that it was narrated from some of the Sahaabah (May Allah be pleased with them). – Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen , 17/97

 

 

A collective work research

Johnson Abdulazeez Ayomide @ knowislam.com.ng

DISCHARGED ALIVE !!! – Dedicated to Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman

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Yesterday is History,

Tomorrow is Mystery,

Today remains a Gift,

An oportunity to give our life a Lift!

His sourjorn to the Sick World,

Can’t be captured by mere Word,

It was full of Lessons,

Am sure He says AlhamduLillaah for lots of Reasons!

Seeing patients like him dying was hard to Take,

It brought melancholic cold, an sure his will head began to Ache,

It was who’s next to go,

Who’s blood has stopped to Flow?

Plenty were those feared Dead,

While he was drinking drip on his sick Bed,

While his co-patient was taken by Death,

He laid flat, couldn’t help but Wept!

Pathetic! The some were suffering,

Gasping for breath,

Some poor Nurse was wandering,

Thinking of help,

It was as though he was the next Patient,

That time, he had to excercise Patience!

 

“Fellow brothers and Sisters, Death is but a leap into the dark, no one sees it until it spreads its light, and it’s light can only be seen by those whose turn is next”

We held profound gratitute to ALL who sent in their well wishes and those waiting for his Death notice.

We can’t thank you enough, but I know Allah will reward you abundantly!

Permit us to say; JazaakumuLlaahu Khayran to ALL!

 

Written : Hassan Ali Ibn Maruphdeen

WESTERN IDEOLOGY & ISLAM – CHOOSE WISELY

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Western ideology says drink responsibly,

Islam says abstain totally from intoxicants.

Western ideology says use condoms & contraceptives,

Islam says abstain from premarital sex and adultery.

Western ideology says gender equality,

Islam says gender right.

Western ideology says what a man can do a woman can do better,

Islam says that women were not created to do what men can do.

Western ideology says viewers discretion, 18+ only,

Islam says no to pornographic materials.

Western ideology says showing your body makes you look attractive & desirable,

Islam says covering your body makes you look respectable and adorable.

Western ideology says you can’t marry more than one wife but you can have a string of extramarital affairs,

Islam says it’s forbidden for you to have extramarital affairs but if you’re capable financially, physically and emotionally and can be just among them, you can marry more than one wife up to a maximum of four.

Western ideology says you may give to the poor and needy out of your wealth if you so wish,

Islam says you MUST give to the poor and needy a stipulated fraction out of your wealth.

Western ideology says you accumulating lot of wealth and property is a sign that God loves you,

Islam says that you amassing lot of wealth and properties is a sign of God testing you and how kind you are to the poor and needy through the wealth is a test by your creator.

Western ideology says this world is meant to be enjoyed,

Islam says this world is a test for all believers.

Western world says that death is a punishment and bad omen from the devil,

Islam says death is from God and simply the medium of returning the creature back to its creator for accountability.

Western ideology says challenge your husband for equality in leadership and supremacy of the home,

Islam says respect & be humble to your husband as the leader of the home.

Western ideology says that civilization means adopting the ways of Western culture so as to be exposed,

Islam says that civilization simply means doing things in better ways along with decency & modesty.

Western ideology says respecting your husband means being enslaved by your husband,

Islam says respecting your husband means honoring him and making yourself adorable to him.

Western ideology says that you can touch, kiss, hug, peck an opposite sex you’re not related to by blood or marriage,

Islam says that you’re forbidden from having any form of physical contacts with an opposite sex you’re not related to by marriage or blood so as to prevent lustful acts and adultery.

Western ideology says that you can visually appreciate a girl by stirring at her beauty but don’t lust after her,

Islam says lower your gaze from a woman/lady that you’re not related to by blood or marriage and not feasting on her beauty with your eyes so as not to stimulate lustful desires in you.

Western ideology says that being disciplined in line with the creator’s principles is an act of terrorism, extremism, fanatism and fundamentalism while,

Islam says that abiding by the principles of Almighty Allah according to the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) is an act of obedience and love for the creator.

 

Think it’s up to you to judge for yourself what life should be all about…

Misgoded reading continued

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In a chapter entitled “Theologically Motivated Alterations of the Text” in his
book, Misquoting Jesus, Professor Ehrman elaborates on the corruption of 1 Timothy
3:16, which was detected not only by Sir Isaac Newton, but also by the eighteenth
century scholar, Johann J. Wettstein. In Ehrman’s words, “A later scribe had altered the
original reading, so that it no longer read “who” but “God” (made manifest in the flesh).

In other words, this later corrector changed the text in such a way as to stress Christ’s
divinity…. Our earliest and best manuscripts, however, speak of Christ ‘who’ was made
manifest in the flesh, without calling Jesus, explicitly, God.”
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Ehrman stresses that this corruption is evident in five early Greek manuscripts.
All the same it was the corrupted, and not the “earliest and best,” biblical manuscripts
which came to dominate both the medieval manuscripts and the early English
translations. 146 Consequently, from medieval times on, the tenets of Christian faith have
suffered the corrupting influence of a church devoted more to theology than to reality. *
Ehrman adds: “As Wettstein continued his investigations, he found other passages
typically used to affirm the doctrine of the divinity of Christ that in fact represented
textual problems; when these problems are resolved on text­critical grounds, in most
instances references to Jesus’ divinity are taken away.”
147
Given the above there should be little surprise that twentieth­century Christianity
has expanded to include those who deny the alleged divinity of Jesus. A significant sign
of this realization is the following report of the London Daily News: “More than half of
England’s Anglican bishops say Christians are not obliged to believe that Jesus Christ
was God, according to a survey published today.”148 It is worth noting that it was not
mere clergy that were polled but bishops, no doubt leaving many parishioners scratching
their heads and wondering who to believe, if not their bishops!
Regardless of any devotee’s romantic view of religious origins, the harsh reality is
that all prophets but Adam were born in the bath of amniotic fluid that flushes each and every child from the womb—Jesus Christ included. No doubt the mother of Jesus suckled
him at her breast in the natural act of nurturing a human child, but in what would be an
oddly incongruous act for God, as the relationship would imply God’s dependence upon
His very own creation. One would suspect that Jesus crawled on a dirt floor and grew up
in a human fashion complete with worldly eating and worldly drinking (most certainly
followed by the occasional trip to a worldly bathroom). His human hunger, thirst, anger,
pain, fatigue, sorrow, anxiety and frustration are all well described in the Bible.
God is all­knowing, but in Mark 5:30 Jesus did not even know who had touched
his clothes. God is all­powerful, but Mark 6:5 tells us Jesus could not perform any
miracles (or, as per some translations, “no mighty work”) in his own country.
Furthermore, in Mark 8:22­25 Jesus failed to heal a blind man in his first attempt. God
never weakens and yet, when Jesus needed strengthening, the angels ministered to him
(Mark 1:13, Luke 22:43).
Jesus slept, but God never sleeps (Psalm 121:4). Jesus was tempted by Satan
(Luke 4:1­13), and yet James 1:13 tells mankind, “God cannot be tempted with evil …”
Jesus prayed and gave thanks (to whom?), fasted (why?), carried the teachings of God,
and in the end helplessly suffered humiliation and torture at the hands of misguided
tyrants. A man oppressed by tyrant rulers or a god oppressed by the very creation He will
Himself condemn on the Day of Judgment? Many (and not just Muslims) argue that the
Islamic view is more complimentary and noble of God as a supreme and transcendent
being, and more realistic of Jesus as a prophet and a man.
The question begs an answer, “Why must Jesus be God? Why can’t he just be
human?”

 

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At-Tauhid reading continued

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Respect for the Names of Allah
and changing one’s name for the sake of that

It is narrated from Abu Shuraih (May Allah be pleased with him) : His Kunyah (nickname) was Abul-Hakam. So the Prophet (May the peace and blessing of
Allah be upon him) once said to him, “Allah is Al-Hakam (the Judge); and His Judgement is to prevail.” Then Abu Shuraih said, “My people come to me for adjudication of their disputes; and
when I judge between them, both parties are pleased with my judgement.” The Prophet (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) rejoined, “How excellent is this! Do you have any  children?” I said, “Yes, Shuraih, Muslim and Abdullah.” Then the Prophet (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) asked, “Who is the eldest?” I said, “Shuraih,” then the Prophet (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said, “You are henceforth to be called Abu Shuraih.”
Abu Dawud and other collectors have mentioned this Hadith in their books.

Important issues of the Chapter

1) Respect for the Names and Attributes of Allah, though its actual meaning was not intended (by the user for himself)

2) Changing the name on account of that.

3) Taking the eldest child’s name as Kunyah.

 

 

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"TITHE GOES TO COURT"

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Long but worth reading… just be patient till the end…

TITHE is old LAW not compulsory by MONEY.: Pastor Jones jailed for telling members to tithe 10% of their incomes.

Courtroom exchanges between a Judge of the Law and Pastor Jones.

The truth about tithing
(unknown author)

Judge: Mr. Jones you have been charged with multiple counts of extortion. Your crime spree covers 20 years and thousands of victims. You have defrauded people out of their money with fear and manipulation, telling them they had to tithe 10% of their income as per the LAW to your Regd. organization (called Church) and that God would bless them if they did. You also told them that if they didn’t tithe God would curse them.
How do you plead?

Mr. Jones: I plead not guilty your Honor,
I have done nothing wrong. I have only preached what the Bible says. In the Bible Abraham tithed to Melchizedek and God blessed him for his faithful giving. The Bible even says he was rich in silver and gold.

Judge: Is it not true, Mr. Jones, that in Genesis chapter 13 verse 2 the Bible says Abraham was rich with livestock, silver and gold?

Mr. Jones: Yes, you are exactly right, that’s what I just told you.

Judge: Ok, we read about Abraham being a rich man in chapter 13 but it is not until Genesis chapter 14 that we read about Abraham’s tithe to Melchizedek. So Abraham was already a rich man before he tithed to Melchizedek, wasn’t he?

Mr. Jones: Yes, I suppose you are right.

Judge: So his riches were not the result of his tithe to Melchizedek?

Mr. Jones: No.

Judge: Mr. Jones, you also say God blessed him for his faithful giving. How many times is it recorded that Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek?

Mr. Jones: Well, just once.

Judge: So the Bible never said that he gave week after week?

Mr. Jones: No it does not.

Judge: Where did Abraham get the things that he gave to Melchizedek?

Mr. Jones: Well the Bible says it was from the plunders of war?

Judge: So you are telling me that he gave from the plunders of war?

Mr. Jones: Yes that’s what the Bible says.

Judge: So he basically took things that were not really his in the first place and gave them as the tithe?

Mr. Jones: That is what the scripture seems to indicate.

Judge: Is it recorded that he ever took anything from his own possessions and tithed them to Melchizedek or anyone else?

Mr. Jones: I guess not

Judge: You guess not, you are a teacher and you are only guessing, is it or is it not written that he ever gave any of his own possessions as a tithe to anyone?

Mr. Jones: No it is not written anywhere that I have seen.

Judge: Is it recorded as to what exactly Abraham did give Melchizedek?

Mr. Jones: I believe it says plunder?

Judge: So plunder could be any number of things?

Mr. Jones: Yes, I suppose

Judge: It could have been food, cattle, sheep, the people’s possessions or any number of things. It does not say it was all money correct?

Mr. Jones: Yes you are correct, it does not say just money

Judge: As a matter of fact money is never mentioned in that account at all is that correct Mr. Jones?

Mr. Jones: Yes your Honor, money is never mentioned just goods and food and people.

Judge: So there is no way you can say with any certainty that Abraham in fact gave Melchizedek any money at all?

Mr. Jones: That is right.

Judge: I only have one last question for you Mr. Jones, did God command Abraham to give this plunder tithe to Melchizedek?

Mr. Jones: No, it appears that he did this voluntarily.

Judge: So are you trying to tell me that because of this voluntary, one time gift by Abraham, that may not have even consisted of money, all Christians everywhere are obligated to bring 10% of their weekly paycheck to a local Regd.Organization-church?
Considering all the evidence I would say you are beyond any shadow of a doubt guilty of deliberately trying to make the scriptures says things they have not said for financial gain.

Mr. Jones: Ok your Honor, I can see how foolish I was to try and use the story of Melchizedeck to try and get the people to tithe money. But there are many other verses that will support my belief on tithing. Jacob said he would give God 10% of everything. I think we should follow his example.

Judge: Let’s see what Jacob said. Please read the verse you are talking about for me Mr. Jones.

Mr. Jones: In Genesis chapter 28 starting at verse 20 it says. Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on, so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God, then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you.”

Judge: You said we should follow Jacobs example, is that right Mr. Jones?

Mr. Jones: Yes that is right, he vowed to give a tenth and we should too.

Judge: Let me point out one thing for you Mr. Jones, Jacob said he would Give God a tenth, ONLY if He blessed him first. So as you said previously, we should follow Jacob’s example and tell God that we will only give him a tenth if he blesses us first. Is that right?

Mr. Jones: That is not what I meant.

Judge: What did you mean then?

Mr. Jones: That we should give God a tenth also.

Judge: There you go again, trying to make the scripture say what you want it to say for your benefit. I would also like you to tell me the scriptures that say that Jacob kept his vow with God. I would also like to know where he gave the tenth to because there was no temple or levites to give it to at that time.

Mr. Jones: I can not think of any scriptures that say where or if he ever tithed after his vow.

Judge: It seems fairly obvious to me that Jacob made a voluntary and conditional vow to God. This in no way can be used as a reason to demand others to bring their income to you or any other place.

Mr. Jones: I do have a few more scriptures that I believe will show that we are supposed to tithe.

Judge: You have not said anything yet to convince me one little bit that people are obligated to tithe money to the local organizational institutions -churches and that you were justified in what you were doing. You have taken scripture and misapplied it to your beliefs and for your gain. But in order to be fair to you I will allow you to present more evidence.

Mr. Jones: In the book of Malachi chapter 3 starting at verse 8 it says, will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. So you see your Honor, we are commanded to bring the tithes into the storehouse or God will curse us.

Judge: Answer me this Mr Jones, Who was God Speaking to here?

Mr Jones: To the People of Israel

Judge: Can you please read Malachi 2: 1 Please Mr Jones

Mr Jones: Now This command is for you O PRIEST !!

Judge: Did God stop talking to the Priest in chp. 3 Mr Jones?

Mr Jones: No your Honor!

Judge: Answer me this Mr. Jones, were you aware that God never required anyone to tithe money?

Mr. Jones: No I didn’t know that.

Judge: The tithe spoken of here was always edible products never money.

Mr. Jones: well your Honor that is because they didn’t have money at the time so God had them tithe food instead.

Judge: Not true, money is first mentioned in Genesis and Malachi was written hundreds of years later. God had them bring food in so that the levites, the fatherless and widows may eat and be satisfied. The tithe was used mainly to take care of people. Also notice it says in the verse you quoted, that there may be food in my house. The food was the tithe. How do you completely overlook the word food in those verses?

Mr. Jones: I don’t know

Judge: I also want you to know that these verses speak to nation under the Old Testament law. As you may or may not know Jesus fulfilled the law, it is no longer binding.
Once again you have tried to completely take a scripture out of context and apply it to others for your benefit. Can you give me a single scripture where God changed the tithe from food to money?

Mr. Jones: I do not know of any.

Judge: So if God never changed it from food to money who did?

Mr. Jones: Man must have.

Judge: So far all you have done Mr. Jones, is take Old Testament scriptures out of context and try to apply it to believers under the New Covenant. Is this all the proof you have?

Mr. Jones: I do have a New Testament scripture that will show that Jesus told us to tithe.

Judge: Ok let me hear it.

Mr. Jones: Jesus said in Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. See Jesus said we should be tithing.

Judge: Let me ask you a question, who was Jesus talking to?

Mr. Jones: The scripture says the Scribes and Pharisees.

Judge: Are you a scribe or Pharisee?

Mr. Jones: Of course not.

Judge: Jesus also said in that passage, you have left undone the weightier matters of the law. Are we under the law Mr. Jones?

Mr. Jones: No.

Judge: Why not?

Mr. Jones: Because Jesus fulfilled it.

Judge: When did Jesus fulfill the law?

Mr. Jones: When He was crucified.

Judge: So the law was still in effect until Jesus death?

Mr. Jones: That is correct.

Judge: I think you know where I am going with this don’t you?

Mr. Jones: Yes your Honor. Since Jesus had not yet been crucified and the law was still binding the Pharisees were required to tithe because it was part of the law. Once the law ended, tithing ended also.

Judge: I want you to take a look at that verse again. Also tell me, what were they tithing?

Mr. Jones: The scripture says it was mint, dill and cumin.

Judge: Is money mentioned?

Mr. Jones: No it was not.

Judge: Once again it was edible products that they were tithing, not money. Do you have anything else you would like to say?

Mr. Jones: If people only tithed edible products like the scripture says, then how would the church survive? We have our mortgage payment, utility bills, staff salary and a host of other things that we have to pay each week. We depend on the money from the people.

Judge:By “church” you mean your organization isn’t it Mr Jones ?
-The need does not justify the means. In other words, just because you have all these debts does not give you the right to twist and manipulate scripture and cause people to give under fear of being cursed by God to meet your needs. Does It Mr Jones?
In closing, let me recap a few things for you Mr. Jones.
-The tithe was never money;
-The tithe was an Old Testament law, which is no longer binding. When it was binding the tithe was used to take care of people, not buildings.
– We are under a new covenant now.
Paul instructs the Corinthian believers how they are to give. He says in second Corinthians chapter 9 verse 7, Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. So each believer is supposed to give as he or she has determined in his or her heart.
If they determine to Give 10% well and good, If they keep aside some every week to meet this more better.If you are trying to make people give under the threat of being cursed or any other reason even blessing, you are wrong. Someone can not give cheerfully if they are being forced to give. If ‘your church can not survive on freewill offerings maybe God is not part of your church at all.
Mr Jones, Do you intentionally put your people under a Curse or a Bondage?

Mr Jones: Of Course Not !!

Judge: Can you Read in context Gal 3:10-11 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them ….
AND
Gal 5:1-4 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage….

Mr. Jones: I never realized all these things, I have always been taught that we had to tithe money to the local church and that is what I have always taught. I can see now that I was completely wrong. I did not study the scripture for myself, I only took mans word for it.
Yes ‘ am guilty. I will not teach this error anymore.

Sentencing……. All Arise …….

A morning with an octogenarian by Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman

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Islamophobia did not start today hence every Muslim should know the fundamentals of the Deen!

This morning, I was with an octogenarian, Alhaji Isola Adepoju ( Mallam Yusuf Adepoju’s father). May Allah preserve him on khayr. Ameen. I’ll write what Baba said below and my own interpretations;

Baba said, “When we were young, a senior of mine was given a scholarship from secondary school to university level (Britain). He was a Muslim but his name was changed to Gabriel. He is now dead” – my take : The hereafter is better for you than this Dunya.

Baba said, ” They tried same with people like me but they did not succeed” – My take : Parents should be good ambassadors of Islam. If Baba compromised and also became a Christian, would Mallam Yusuf Adepoju be a church elder or pastor today? اعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم!

Baba said, ” Then, our teachers (Christians) do say we have two religions, Christianity and Mohammedanism. We were always happy because if Christianity is from Christ, our Muhammad is also relevant” – My take : Ignorance is a disease. An ignorant person does not know he does not know because he does not know he doesn’t know what he does not know.

Baba said, “At a point, we refused to be Muhammedans! No! No!! Our religion is Islam and we are Muslims. We told them that we are not Muhammadans and we do not practice Muhammadanism” – My take : Seeking knowledge is very important and there is no other way to cure ignorance than seeking knowledge.

Baba said, “When we told them, they smeared prophet Muhammad (SAW). They said he (pbuh) held a Qur’an in one hand and a sword in another hand to force people into Islam” – My take : The unbelievers will not be pleased with you once you know your onions as a Muslim.

Baba said, “That was too cheap a point! There was no printing press at that time, so, how come the prophet (pbuh) held a copy of the Qur’an to force people into Islam?”

My take : This was the same stunt Mr Albert Afeso Akanbi was trying to pull this morning when he asked me if I know how Islam entered West Africa and Nigeria. He asked if I know about “Usman dan fodio” and I asked him to tell me about him.

If we were to agree to disagree that at some points Islam was spread by sword, force and coercion, when those who forced them died, why did they continue with Islam and their children? Who spread Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia using sword?

87 Christians just embraced Islam in Akure (correct the 86, there was a revert offstage) yet Mallam Yusuf Adepoju did not hold a sword. We have seen the likes of ISIS, Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda that lay claim to Islam, why are they giving people negative thoughts about Islam when they have the weapons to “convert” people to Islam?

Why are they not converting people into Islam like Sheikh Ahmed Deedat did, like Dr. Zakir Naik or Mallam Yusuf Adepoju?

 

Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman

Updated : 87 CHRISTIANS EMBRACED ISLAM IN AKURE AFTER TWO DAYS PUBLIC LECTURE ORGANIZED BY ACADIP NIGERIA

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AlhamduliLlahi Robbil ‘Alameen!!!

We have come to the end of the two days Public lecture organized by Academy of Islamic Propagation (ACADIP NIGERIA), Akure Branch and to the glory of Allah, 57 Christians embraced Islam (Making a total of 87 reversion with the previous day!).

The lecture was educating, interesting and dramatic. Different Christians started to argue as regards the person of Jesus Christ, Crucifixion, Divinity and the Bible itself.

The Video of the lecture was livestreamed in HD on YouTube with Advanced Digital Camera, so the quality of the video will be super B.

 

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While you can also read the full details of the lecture on ACADIP Nigeria Official Website

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ACADIP Nigeria… Uncovering their cover-ups

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So if Jesus never claimed divinity, then what was he exactly? He answered that
question himself:
“A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among
his own relatives, and in his own house.” (Mark 6:4)
“But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in
his own country and in his own house.” (Matthew 13:57)
“It cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.”
(Luke 13:33)
Those who knew him acknowledged, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of
Galilee” (Matthew 21:11), and “A great prophet has risen up among us …” (Luke 7:16).

The disciples recognized Jesus as “a prophet mighty in deed …” (Luke 24:19. Also see
Matthew 14:5, 21:46, and John 6:14). If these statements were inaccurate, why didn’t
Jesus correct them? Why didn’t he define his divinity if, that is, he truly was divine?
When the woman at the well stated, “’Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet’” (John 4:19),
why didn’t he thank her for her lowly impression, but explain there was more to his
essence than prophethood?
Or was there?
Jesus Christ, a mere man? Could it be? A good part of the religiously
introspective world wonders, “Why not?” Acts 2:22 records Jesus as “Jesus of Nazareth,
a man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through
him in your midst, as you yourselves also know.” Jesus himself is recorded as having
said, “But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from
God …” (John 8:40). Strikingly, a similar quote is found in the Holy Qur’an: “He [Jesus] said: ‘I am indeed a servant of Allah: He has given me Revelation and made me a
prophet’” (TMQ 19:30).
So was Jesus a “servant of Allah (i.e., servant of God)?” According to the Bible,
yes. Or, at least, that is what we understand from Matthew 12:18: “Behold! My servant
whom I have chosen …” Furthermore, Acts of the Apostles traces the growth of the early
church for the first thirty years following Jesus’ ministry, but nowhere in Acts did Jesus’
disciples ever call Jesus “God.” Rather, they referred to Jesus as a man and God’s
servant. 142

In fact, the only New Testament verse which supports the doctrine of the
Incarnation is 1 Timothy 3:16.* However, with regard to this verse (which states that
“God was manifest in the flesh”), Gibbon notes, “This strong expression might be
justified by the language of St. Paul (I Tim. iii. 16), but we are deceived by our modern
bibles. The word Î (which) was altered to qeËv (God) at Constantinople in the beginning
of the sixth century: the true reading, which is visible in the Latin and Syriac versions,
still exists in the reasoning of the Greek, as well as of the Latin fathers; and this fraud,
with that of the three witnesses of St. John, is admirably detected by Sir Isaac
Newton.”
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Fraud? Now there’s a strong word. But if we look to more modern scholarship,
it’s a word well applied, for “some passages of the New Testament were modified to
stress more precisely that Jesus was himself divine.”144
The Bible was modified? For doctrinal reasons? Hard to find a more appropriate
word than “fraud,” given the circumstances.

 

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To be named “Judge of Judges” and the like

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: “The most perfidious (awful/meanest) name to Allah is (that of) a man calling himself Malik Al-Amlak (the king of kings). In fact, there is no king but Allah”. (Al-Bukhari)

Sufyan said, “Another example is the title of Shahanshah.” In another version: “Allah will be most enraged on the Day of Judgement, and the most wicked (will be a man who has given himself the title of ‘king of kings ‘)” And the word Akhna’ (May Allah be pleased with him) means “lowest, meanest,” (Auda (May Allah be pleased with him)). 

 

Important issues of the Chapter

1) Prohibition of applying the title ‘king of kings’ to anyone.

2) Prohibition of applying any other similar connotation as in the example given by Sufyan (May Allah be pleased with him)

3) Comprehension and understanding of the gravity of the Prophet’s saying despite that one may not intend the ugly or worst meaning of it in his heart.

4) Realization and understanding this account of Allah being Most High and Unapproachable in His Greatness and without any shortcomings (unlike the worldly ‘king’).

 

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