According to various narrations of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), dogs & donkeys have the ability to see the shaytan and roosters have the ability to see the angels:
“When you hear the crowing of a rooster, ask Allah of His bounty, for he has seen an angel.” Narrated by al-Bukhari, 2304; Muslim, 2729.
I think I’m going to raise a rooster in my backyard so it can have my own automatic Angel detector.
“When you hear the barking of dogs and the braying of donkeys at night, seek refuge in Allah, for they see which you do not see.” (al-Adam al-Mufrad by Imam Bukhari)
I’ll know to start reciting ayat-ul-kursi when I hear my neighbor’s dog bark now.
Does anyone else know of any other narrations regarding other animals with the ability to see the unseen?
The Vatican has reported a further dramatic fall in the number of Roman Catholic monks and nuns worldwide.Newly published statistics showed that the number of men and women belonging to religious orders fell by 10% to just under a million between 2005 and 2006.
Let the dawah continue!
Of the total, 753,400 members were women, while 191,810 were men, including 136,171 priests and 532 permanent deacons.
It’s really interesting to see how many nuns there are versus how many priests there are. I guess women are more into the religion than men.
The outcome of this year’s Superbowl has reminded me of this ayah:
“They plot & plan, and Allah too plans; but the best of planners is Allah” (Al-Anfal:30)
As my good friend ‘Junaid from the Bronx’ always says:
“We can plan whatever we want, but Allah has the better plan.”
The New England Patriots thought they were going to win. The entire country including many NY Giant fans thought the Patriots were going to win. Allah taught us all a lesson. No matter how perfect, how strong, how undefeated a person or group can be, they can be defeated. The Patriots before the Superbowl were 18-0. No loss in the entire 2007-2008 NFL Season. After the Superbowl. Their win count remained the same at 18. The 0 jumped up to 1. Yes this is the will of Allah. So no matter how much George Bush thinks he’s in control, he’s not. Allah can take away the power within a few seconds as what happened to Tom Brady, Randy Moss and the rest of the Patriots. This goes to show you, no matter how much we plan or they plan or whoever plans, there is Allah’s plan. No matter how strong or powerful one side is, there is always the side Allah allows to win regardless of strength.
Congratulations to Eli Manning, Michael Strahan, Ahmad Bradshaw, Plaxico Buress, Amani Toomer, David Tyree and the rest of the New York Giants. We are the Superbowl XLII champions!
So today is the big day. The day when the undefeated New England Patriots take on the underdogs, the New York Giants. The Giants are on a 10-road-game winning streak. The Patriots are on a 18-game winning streak. Tom Brady and his team think they have a strong chance of winning. Most of the country thinks the Patriots will win as well. They are all wrong. New York knows the Giants will win.
InshaAllah, the Giants will win and the Patriots will go home crying.
My predicition: Giants 21, Patriots 17
May Allah (swt) give our brother Ahmad Bradshaw of the NY Giants and the rest of his team success. Ameen!
A few hours ago I had just come back from playing my weekly basketball game (I’m part of the South Asian Basketball League – Basketballers team). I was with some close friends of mine, MoSin, Ohmz, Kingheer, Brighton Beach Waqas and TallDarknKhansome. We randomly started to talk about the Kings Park Psychiatric Center on Long Island. MoSin and TallDarknKhansome had already been there with Shakin Shadhili (formerly known as Contemplating Chishti) and N Veed. They boasted of how scary it was and they did research online and read about how the place was haunted and infested with drug addicts, homeless people and other weird stories…
Make dua. Complain. Condemn the Israeli government. We’ve done all that. Now let’s try something else:
Action: Send 10,000 Letters for Gaza
CAIR is calling on khateebs (speakers) to give time in their Friday khutbas (sermons) tomorrow toward the completion of a campaign to send 10,000 letters to members of Congress advocating an end to the illegal blockade in Gaza.
CAIR volunteers will provide letters at mosques to be signed by individuals. CAIR will then send these letters to your representatives in Congress.
Action: SIGN THE LETTER and give it to the volunteers at your mosque or mail it to CAIR’s national office at 453 New Jersey Ave, S.E., Washington, D.C., 20003
- Click here to download a letter to your senators.
- Click here to download a letter to your representative.
[NOTE: You can fill in the blanks on your computer before you print it]
Just do it. It’s not going to hurt you. Here is a list of the current Senators. Search for your state and then find their address via Google. If you really want to help then you could print out a lot of copies and just get signatures from all your family and friends.
So today is the big day. The day when the undefeated New England Patriots take on the underdogs, the New York Giants. The Giants are on a 10-road-game winning streak. The Patriots are on a 18-game winning streak. Tom Brady and his team think they have a strong chance of winning. Most of the country thinks the Patriots will win as well. They are all wrong. New York knows the Giants will win.
