tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post7531326350332102755..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: When will there be an outrage about the destruction of history in Mecca?Salman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-29276926995553371132013-04-06T19:45:19.394-04:002013-04-06T19:45:19.394-04:00While we were one day sitting with the Messenger o...While we were one day sitting with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of travel were visible on him, and none of us knew him. He sat down close by the Prophet, peace and blessings upon him, rested his knees against his knees and placed his palms on his thighs, and said, O Muhammad! Inform me about Islam." Muhammad said, "Islam is that you should testify that there is no deity save Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, that you should perform salah (ritual prayer), pay the zakah (alms), fast during Ramadan, and perform Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House (the Ka'bah at Makkah), if you can find a way to it (or find the means for making the journey to it)." Said he (the man), "You have spoken truly." We were astonished at his thus questioning him and telling him that he was right, but he went on to say, "Inform me about Iman (faith)." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you believe in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in the Last Day, and in fate (qadar), both in its good and in its evil aspects." He said, "You have spoken truly." Then he (the man) said, "Inform me about Ihsan." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, " It is that you should serve Allah as though you could see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet He sees you." He said, "Inform me about the Hour." He (the Messenger of Allah) said, "About that the one questioned knows no more than the questioner." So he said, "Well, inform me about the signs thereof (i.e. of its coming)." Said he, "They are that the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress, that you will see the barefooted ones, the naked, the destitute, the herdsmen of the sheep (competing with each other) in raising lofty buildings." Thereupon the man went off. I waited a while, and then he (the Messenger of Allah) said, "O 'Umar, do you know who that questioner was?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know better." He said, "That was Jibril. He came to teach you your religion" [Sahih Muslim]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-59971835410615956482013-03-20T06:12:17.340-04:002013-03-20T06:12:17.340-04:00The monstrous Al-Bait Towers next to Masjid-e-Hara...The monstrous Al-Bait Towers next to Masjid-e-Haraam have already reduced the Holy Ka'aba to relative insignificance in pictures. In a few decades, these alone will solely represent the Holy site. In a few hundred years, hardly anyone will know that the black cubic structure in the center of the open compound is the original Ka'aba...and there will be lengthy debates about it. Then there will be a need to use the open space of Haram for the construction of some more towering 'holy' structures. Surprised? Well the green dome of Masjid-e-Nabawi in Madinah was only constructed 900 years AFTER the construction of Masjid-e-Nabawi itself, which is now the sole representation of the holy mosque. And how many of us know that the Golden Dome of Rock in Jerusalem has nothing to do with Al-Aqsa mosque which stands into insignificance a few hundred feet away from the golden dome across the compound?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-87611535749961521842013-03-20T03:03:27.408-04:002013-03-20T03:03:27.408-04:00It means that very soon we will be taking a Lift t...It means that very soon we will be taking a Lift to climb and visit air-conditioned "Gar-e-Hera" and even then we will be claiming that we are followers of Muhammad (SAW). How sad?سید مسرت علیhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402519607812251994noreply@blogger.com