Sometimes Allah allows some people to suffer to test others, how they react to them. When you see a person who is sick, poor and needy, then you are tested by Allah. Allah is there with that suffering person to test your charity and your faith. In a very moving Hadith Qudsi (Divine Hadith) the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:
“Allah will say on the Day of Judgment, ‘O son of Adam, I was sick and you did not visit Me.’ He will say, ‘O my Lord, how could I visit You, when you are the Lord of the Worlds.’ Allah will say, ‘Did you not know that My servant so-and-so was sick and you did not visit him? Did you not know that if you had visited him, you would have found Me there?’ Allah will say, ‘O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not.’ He shall say, ‘O my Lord, how could I feed you and you are the Lord of the Worlds?’ And Allah will say, ‘Did you not know that My servant so-and-so was in need of food and you did not feed him? Did you not know that if you had fed him, you would have found that to have been for Me?’ ‘O son of Adam, I asked you for water and you did not give Me to drink.’ The man shall say, ‘O my Lord, how could I give You water, when You are the Lord of the Worlds?’ Allah will say, ‘My servant so-and-so asked you for water and you did not give him to drink water. Did you not know that if you had given him to drink, you would have found that to have been for Me.’ (Muslim, Hadith no. 4661)
So to summarize, we can say that sufferings occur to teach us that we must adhere to Allah’s natural and moral laws. It is sometimes to punish those who violate Allah’s natural or moral laws. It is to test our faith in Allah and to test our commitment to human values and charity. Whenever we encounter suffering we should ask ourselves, “Have we broken any law of Allah?” Let us study the cause of the problem and use the corrective methods. “Could it be a punishment?” Let us repent and ask forgiveness and reform our ways. “Could it be a test and trial for us?” Let us work hard to pass this test.
Believers face the sufferings with prayers, repentance and good deeds. The non-believers face the sufferings with doubts and confusions. They blame Allah or make arguments against Him. May Allah keep us on the right path, Amen! Allah Almighty knows best.
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Israeli and Palestinians Clash in Town of Acre
Meanwhile, tension remains high in the Israeli town of Acre after clashes between Jewish and Palestinian residents. The fighting began on Wednesday night when a group of Jewish teens attacked a Palestinian man for driving his car through a predominantly Jewish neighborhood.
The attack sparked a day of riots that saw Palestinian and Jewish residents of the town hurling rocks at each other. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports Israeli police warded off hundreds of Jewish rioters, chanting “death to Arabs.” Ahmed Tibi, one of the few Palestinians in the Israeli Knesset, called the violence a "pogrom perpetrated by Jews against Arab residents.”
From:
HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, John Dugard
(21 January 2008)
WHERE IS LUV, AIN'T PALESTINIAN HUMAN TOO...
WHY EVERYONE SHUT THEIR MOUTH...
WHY EVERYBODY IS BLIND??
WHERE ARE OUR BROTHERS ??
WHERE ARE THE MEN...THE KHALIFAH??
WHERE IS THE RICH MUSLIM??
WHERE ARE YOU??
THIS FOR PALESTINE YA UMMI SHUHADA'
May Allah send us help soon...InshaAllah
Verily, Allah gives Divine Guidance to those who truly believe in His Oneness. He loves those who believe in Him and His Messenger , those who sincerely worship Him and do righteous deeds. Those whom Allah has guided to Islam, those whom He show love are the faithful Muslims. They are the successful Believers who will enjoy the blessings of Paradise and the supreme reward of seeing Allah, our Only Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer). The possibility of approaching existence from a different perspective. Sometimes, Allah breaks our spirit to save our soul. Sometimes, He breaks our heart to make us whole.Sometimes, He allows pain so we can be stronger.Sometimes, Allah sends us failure so we can be humble.Sometimes, He allows illness so we can take better care of ourselves.And sometimes, Allah takes everything away from us so we can learn the value of everything He gave us. Make plans, but understand that we live by Allah's grace. Everything is as it should be..we only to follow the Light..
“Say: ‘Truly, my prayer, my sacrifice, my life and mydeath are (all)
for Allah, the Cherisher of the World.’” (Qur’an 6:162)
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If He wants to invite you.... by-Abdullah
If Allah wants to invite you to accept His invitation, you must be undefended.When you seek, begin in your heart, the cave of the heart is the home of truth. Seekers are those who try to resolve the seeming impossibility of Allah’s love.They look into the crisis that most people shun, because from hurt of failure or disaster one can seize the deepest truth.Do Allah leaves clues all around? Does it mean that the clues are obvious or that the mystery will be easily cracked? If Allah is showering clues all around you, how can they be spotted?
First, you must be willing to see these clues. They crop up in many forms: Meeting someone you just thought about, hearing a word that just flashed through your mind, having plans go awry only to find a hidden benefit noticing that too many coincidences are occurring in your life to truly be coincidences.
Allah often begins comfort us in these ways—the first encounters.
Narrow escapes, lucky accidents, and intuitions that come true fall into this category also; in all these cases the normal patterns of cause and effect are stretched, sometimes broken. If your question is “Why did this happen?” but sure “Why did this happen to me?”You can’t decipher the hidden meaning, however, until you ask for it to be revealed.
Life is creative, and so is THE CREATOR.
Each clue meant for you is tailored to your level of awareness. Be grateful that Allah remains out of sight, just always there for you, around the next bend. Rejoice that you can be a seeker all your life, for if He delivered His secrets once and for all, you would be left with pleasant memories but a listless and dull future. Because He is on the move, constantly creating your life from the invisible source of all life, you must be alert every moment to understand His ways.Respect your mystery. Nothing is more profound..
]]>For those that did not watch the debate Tuesday night, see here.
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