Salam aleykum,
I have a question on a hadith I saw at the site of Uhud and I was wondering if anyone can explain it to me.

At the gravesite of Uhud there is a big and blue billboard (you can't miss it) with a hadith from at-Tirmidhi which says:

"The Messenger of Allah s.a.w.s. cursed women who visit graves."

Apart from the discussion we can have on why this big billboard is there and what negative thoughts it evokes about Saudia-Arabia and the treatment of women there in general etc., I was wondering if any knows the authenticity of this hadith. This is one issue.

Sunday 4 SHa`baan 1409 A.H. <<- My DOB

don't have to share yours but it's fun to find out

here's the link:

http://www.islamicfinder.org/Hcal/index.php

The Compiler

Abū Abd Allah Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hanbal bin Halāl bin Asad ash-Shaybānī al-Marwazī al-Baghdādī
He was born in 164H and passed away, may Allah have mercy on him, in 241H. He began seeking out Hadīth when he was 15 years old.
Among his most famous teachers are: Sufyān bin Uyaynah, Abū Dāwud at-Tayālisī, adh-Dhahhāk, Abd ur-Rahman bin Mahdī, Abd ur-Razzāq, Abū Nu’aym, Imām ash-Shāfi’ī, Wakī’ bin al-Jarrāh, Yahyā bin Sa’īd al-Qahtān, and Yazīd bin Harūn.

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He's being punished because he complains of not havign a trial and has not been found guilty! How long is it gna take for him to be released :/ Why can't they just let him go?! ARGHHHHHH

Does capitalism have any place in Islam?

Well I'm guessing it does, since most Muslims live in capitalists countries and I remember the trade businesses etc mentioned in the Prophet biography. But it just feels wrong that so much power and wealth is held at the top. Oh and all the promotion of materialism. :S

I'm thinking very Marxist-like today. Evil capitalism. (Though communism definitely isn't the answer)

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Salaam

Im working on a project if succesful it will be published as a book inshallah.

I've always thought there isn't a book out there where young Muslims can turn to who are turning to Islam or beginning to understand stuff they are confused with etc.. and if it is its not widely acvailable.

Whether at school, college or uni. whether in prison or in your late 30's etc.... and even something that parents/elders can refer to when answering/guiding younger ppl/kids/relatives etc...

Everytime I chat with young ppl it always questions on arrivals, marriage, beard, sects, black magic, 2 eids, mosques, imams, madhabs, boy/girlfriends, etc etc....

Often times as students of knowledge we set our goals in terms of Ayāt and Abyāt, or how many verses and lines of text to memorize. It is easier to gauge our progress by taking measure of how much we have memorized. In times of distress or confusion regarding what to do in our lives, it is natural to seek out the counsel of trusted scholars and supplicating to Allah to remove the distress from us.

However is there anything else that we can focus on in our daily lives that can limit what we are caused to forget of the Qur’ān or Ahādīth? Is there anything we can do every day that will open our heart and intellect and make them better receptacles for knowledge?