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.

For more details please visit the site below:

http://www.quranreading.com/blog/islam-religion/verdict-of-islam-on-men…

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.

So my 13 year old sister asked me to speak to my parents about home schooling her. She tells me she just doesn't like the environment at school. It's not that everybody's a bad influence at school but the majority are bound by almost no rules.

My older sister thinks it's a bad idea for her to be away from other girls her age and that it may have a bad affect on her in the future and i think my dad pretty much agrees.

I haven't yet discussed this with my dad as i don't know what's best atm. I do need to talk to him soon or my lil sis is gonna kill me.

IMO home schooling has it's positives and negatives...unlike some i don't agree that it cuts her off from society completely.

I would just tell her to stick it out for the time being and wait till high school's over but she's really adament to leave and soon.

Anyway what do you guy think?

Thanks for reading 🙂 and i'd appreciate it if people stuck to the topic 😉 not just about my sisters situation but muslim youth in general.

People have to remember that our muslim youth aren't perfect

Figures obtained by the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (Ikwro) showed at least 2,823 incidents of "honour-based" violence, with the highest number recorded in London.

The charity said the statistics do not give the full picture of the levels of "honour" violence in the UK , but are the best national estimate so far.

"'Honour' attacks are punishments usually carried out on women who have been accused of bringing shame on their family and in the past have included abductions, mutilations, beatings and murder," the report said.

"The number of incidents is significant, particularly when we consider the high levels of abuse that victims suffer before they seek help."

In the 12 force areas that could also provide statistics for 2009 there was a 47% increase in incidents on the previous year.

In London the number of incidents rose from 235 to 495, and in Greater Manchester from 105 to 189.

http://m.sky.com/skynews/article/news/16122893

In this disturbing and brave exposé, a Pakistan-born baroness reveals how some of her countrymen have as many children as possible by several wives so as to milk our welfare system...

Behind the creation of the modern welfare state lay a noble ideal. The post-war generation of politicians and civil servants were motivated by the desire to protect the vulnerable, the sick and those in genuine poverty.

Tragically, over recent decades, the system has become corrupted. It might have once been a safety net for those in real difficulties but, today, parts of the benefits structure have become a lucrative racket for claimants who lack any sense of social responsibility.

As I said in Parliament this week, there is now a growing wealth of evidence that the generosity of the welfare state encourages some Muslims from these two regions — along with plenty of white families — to produce ever larger families in order to claim extra payments and publicly-subsidised housing. And it’s something the system seems to allow too easily.

But the state handouts do not end there, for under Islamic Sharia law, polygamy is permissible. So a man can return to Pakistan, take another bride and then, in a repetition of the process, bring her to England where they also have children together — obtaining yet more money from the state.

Because such Islamic multiple-marriages are not recognised in Britain, the women are regarded by the welfare system as single mothers — and are therefore entitled to the full range of lone-parent payments.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2037998/UK-immigration-Polygamy…