Woman faces death penalty for witchcraft after 'casting spell on 13-year-old shopper'

Daughter started acting abnormally, claims father

Saudi Arabia beheads sorcerers, says lawyer

Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, is an absolute monarchy that has no written criminal code and where court rulings are based on judges' interpretation of Islamic Sharia law.

Sri Lankan woman has been arrested on suspicion of casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl on a shopping trip in Saudi Arabia.

She may face the death penalty as the Middle Eastern country is known to behead convicted sorcerers.

Police spokesman Mesfir al-Juayed confirmed yesterday that details of the woman's arrest published in local media were correct

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I don't understand why some muslim men treat their women with little respect, when in the Quran it states that men and women should both be treated equally. In theory I think that the Muslim religion itself is good, but maybe the Muslim people are interpreting their own religion wrong?

This muslim man on tv said; 'Our men are like gold, if you drop gold in mud, you can easily clean it, our women on the otherhand are like silk, if you drop silk in mud then you can clean it but the stains will still show'.

- This doesnt sound like the men think of their women as equal people.

Please give me your feedback and opinions on this 🙂

One of the major questions asked by most of the Muslims residing in West is that, shaking hands with a non-mehram woman is permissible or not?

The ‘woman’ in the question includes both Muslim and Non-Muslim women. Though the Eastern countries provide far less places and chances, where non-mehram men and woman can shake hands with each other, on contrary survival is not possible without doing so in the western world. Moreover, shaking hands with a non-mehram woman is regarded as a sin in Islam.

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The Kaaba got flooded in 1941

If Allah couldn’t save his own house and land from being flooded how is he going to save me and you from the so called hell fire?

What’s God’s purpose of creating humans?

If his creation is for our benefit, then what is the benefit to those who will burn in hell forever?

If God is self-sufficient all seeing and knowing, and does nothing in vain, isn't creation the height of vanity?

What's the point of God's test when he knows the outcome already? Is it just so that he can have a reason to punish & reward?

God who creates humans knows that a lot of them will fail his test and be tortured without end, can he be called The Most Merciful [Rehman and Rahim]?

Why does the Qur'an say don't ask questions about things, when the answer would trouble you.

If God wanted us to freely choose to worship him - then why does he threaten us with Hell fire? Does someone with a gun to his head really have free choice?

You believe that other people are following false, corrupted or unfounded beliefs? How are you certain that you're not doing the same?

By my little sister:

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah,

My dear brothers and sisters i am sorry i have taken so long to deliver hadeeth of the week to you but i have a been a bit busy..

So i know how disappointed you must be because like WHERES MY HADEETH OF THE WEEK EMAIL ITS THE ONLY THING WORTHWHILE

 IN MY LIFE 😃 lolz i am only joking not all of you have very sad lifes lol (joking again). Sorry for my terrible jokes

 (imbarasing)

So this topic is a suggestion from my one of my very good friends and as you read along try to guess but eventually i

will tell you.

In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the merciful.

The modern world is a very dangerous place for the Muslim as the rapid and expansive increase in knowledge and

 technology which means that new questions arise that need answering. The Ullema of today have to be increasingly

 aware of the advances in medical science, finance, farming, biology, chemistry and physics. Is it permissible, for

 example, to work in stem cell research? New ‘halal mortgages’ are springing up everywhere and seem so complicated,

 are they halal? What happens if a Muslim goes into space, how does he pray? Is it permissible to stun an animal with an

 electronic current before slaughter? There are so many new situations that are springing up each year due to advances

 in technology.

There is an issue that is relatively old but has an increasing level of importance due to the rise of digital technology, that

issue is Photography. Many sisters I know immediately shout “haram” whilst others exclaim “halal” so what is average 

Muslim to do when he or she attends a wedding (for example) and there are cameras and video cameras everywhere? Or

what if he or she needs to take a picture for a passport or a library card?

This situation affects all of us so I thought about posting the positions of some of our Ullema.

Mufti Ebrahim Desai (may Allah preserve him) states:

Photography, taking of pictures, video, etc. are all totally prohibited in Shari’ah. No matter where photography, video,

 etc. of animate objects are done are all Haram. However, photographs at time of severe necessity only, e.g. passport,

 will be allowed.

Mufti Ebrahim quotes the hadith in which our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW said, 

“Verily the people who are punished the worst by Allah are the Musawwiroon (picture-makers).’ (Bukhari)

Mufti Ebrahim also quotes the following hadiths:

Hadhrat Abu Talha (Radhiyallaahu Ánhu) narrates that Prophet Muhammad SAW said, ‘Angels do not enter a house 

where in there is a dog or picture.’ (Mishkãt vol. 2 p. 385)

Abdullah ibn Masóod (Radhiyallaahu Ánhu) narrates that Prophet Muhammad SAW said, ‘The people with the most severe

punishment by Allah will be the picture makers.’ (Ibid).

Hadhrat Ibn Abbas (RA) narrates, ‘I heard the messenger of Allah  saying, “Every picture-maker will be in the fire.

 A life will be created for every picture the picture-maker made, and he will be tortured in Hell.” If you have to make

pictures (says Ibn Abbas then make a picture of a tree or such things which are inanimate.’ (Bukhari and Muslim)

This is the position of the majority of scholars however I have found that in the issue of photography there is a

difference of opinion. Shaykh Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti’i of Egypt, a 2oth Century scholar known for his knowledge and 

piety, wrote a whole treatise titled al-Jawab al-Shafi fi Ibahat Surat al-Photography in support of this view of 

permissibility.

His basic understanding is that the reason behind the prohibition of painting pictures (in the words of the Hadith) is 

challenging Allah in His Creating of living creatures. In camera photos, however, one does not produce an image

through one’s own imagination; hence one is not challenging the Creating of Allah  as such. It is merely a reflection of

a living being already created by Allah Most High.

Live Broadcasting

Shaykh Mufti Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) and many other scholars have declared that live broadcastings of

 images do not fall within the ambit of picture-making (taswir). A picture is something that is permanent and static

, whilst the image broadcasted live is not permanent hence cannot be termed a picture. A live broadcast is in reality a 

reflection of the actual image, similar to seeing an image in a mirror.

Therefore, if an image of a human or animal is broadcasted live, then this does not fall into the unlawful picture-making.

 It will be permitted to broadcast something live or view a live programme, provided the content of the programme is 

lawful (halal). (Taqrir Tirmidhi, 2/351)

Video Recording

According to Shaykh Taqi Usmani, that which is recorded in a videotape or DVD is also not considered a picture. In a

videotape, the particles of an image are gathered and then re-opened in the same order to view the image. This is the 

reason why it is not possible to see the picture in the rail of the tape without playing it. (ibid)

Therefore, if a permitted and Halal event, such as a lecture of a scholar, is played and viewed on a videotape or DVD, it 

will be permitted, Inshallah.

Shaykh Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) sums this up in one of his Fatawa:

“The images appearing on live programs or recorded programs on television are not the pictures in the strict sense

 envisaged in the Ahadith of the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW unless they are printed in a durable form on paper or on

 any

 other object. But the basic reason why Muslims are advised not to keep TV sets in their homes is that most of the 

 programs broadcast on the TV channels contain impermissible elements.”

 Up to this moment I have not prevented people from taking my picture when the situation arises but I can see the

 position of the prohibition quite clearly. There seems to be a difference between video and still pictures too, that is,

 video (either live or recorded) being rather more acceptable.

 For me the safer position is to avoid pictures but not condemn those who do because there is a genuine difference of 

 opinion amongst our Ullema and as the ullema say: “Allah  would not punish people for following recognized qualified

 scholars, even if they turned out to be “wrong.”

 Allah knows best

  untill next time

      inshallah 

 peace be with you

Hope you enjoyed it, don't ask me where she gets her lame jokes from.

World has gotten to know so much about “Taliban”, especially after the horrific tragedy referred as 9/11 that served to perish the lives of more than 3000 innocent human beings in the United States of America. Ever since then, world media highlights any news about “Taliban”, a regime that operated in war-torn country of Afghanistan at the time United States of America in particular and the world in general was awestruck with the tragedy of 9/11.

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