Charity Week is a grass-roots projects started in 2004 by a small team of London University students. Organized by the University of London Union Islamic Society (ULU ISoc) and in partnership with Islamic Relief, it remains one of the most successful and powerful projects ULU ISoc organizes to date. The initial aim was to raise awareness amongst the youth and communities about the tragic state of orphans around the world.

Countless Universities take part in Charity Week all over Britain, and over 5 years have raised a magnificent total of £931,000! 100% has been donated to Islamic Relief’s Orphans Campaign with ZERO admin fees. Therefore every penny is delivered directly to orphans and, amongst many things, is what makes Charity Week so special and loved across the nation!

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People from the UK find very random and strange things funny, but then again they probably look at us as idiots. Good cause though, mashaAllah.

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Anyways brothers, I’ve added some comedic relief to my comments, so here it goes:

Sahih Bukhari
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 534:

Narrated Abu Qatada: Allah’s Apostle said, “When you drink (water), do not breath in the vessel; and when you urinate, do not touch your penis with your right hand. And when you cleanse yourself after defecation, do not use your right hand.”

My commentary: Thank God, we greet each other with our right hands.

Sahih Muslim
Book 002, Number 0554:

Abu Huraira reported: the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: None amongst you should urinate in standing water, and then wash in it.

Book 002, Number 0555:

Hammam b. Munabbih said: Of the ahadith narrated to us by Abfi Huraira from Muhammad the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) one is this: The Messenger or Allah (may peace be upon him) said: You should not urinate in standing water, that is not flowing, then wash in it.

My Commentary: Looks like we should flush as we do our thing. EDIT: I mis-read the hadith. It means you can’t use stagnant water to release unless and use it for wudhu. Using the toilet with stagnant water is the fine, since you don’t use toilet water to make wudhu. I know at home and relatives’ house we don’t really have much issues there, but in public places where we don’t know how clean the bathroom facility can be it can become difficult.

I’m a germaphobe so I usually have two options when using public facilities:

• The Floating Method:
  I use the “floating” method. Basically it’s like your sitting on something that’s not there above the toilet. So your not standing, but your sitting without touching the seat.
• Hold it and Pray for no speeding ticket:
  Basically keep it in and locate the nearest “safe” house (home, relatives place, hotel rooms, known safe locations for depositing waste, etc.). This will require a well trained driver in extreme circumstances so throw in some duas for no speeding tickets.

Why not stand or use the urinal?

I’m not going to hate, you can stand, but my issue is the collateral damage that comes with using this method.  Purity is very important and any drop of impurity ruins that.

What about istinja?

Well, every brother has his own standard and way. In the “safe” houses, we’re pretty much safe. It has all the features that are necessary to fully satisfy our cleaning procedure. When it comes to the public facilities there are various ways. The plastic water bottle is popular. Some soak the paper, but everyone does it somehow.

Purell

If your mom, wife, sister, daughter, etc. does not have this in her bag, then make sure they do. It comes in handy when the water fails to work in the sink (it can happen). Usually most females carry this around, so you should be straight, inshaAllah.

Lastly, don’t stand in the “safe” houses!

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Treasury Department Statement Marking the Beginning of Ramadan

As Ramadan begins, the U.S. Department of the Treasury recognizes the particular importance of charitable giving throughout the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims in America and around the world. Charitable giving is a fundamental characteristic of many faiths, and zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, is a sacred obligation for Muslims.

Treasury underscores its support for the important work of the charitable sector in providing essential services to those in need, both at home and abroad. Treasury remains committed to strengthening its engagement with the donor community and the charitable sector to support their efforts while at the same time, safeguarding charities from abuse by terrorist organizations. In recent years, the charitable sector has taken significant steps to promote transparency and to guard against such abuse.

We look forward to strengthening our partnership with the charitable sector and the donor community to further advance our shared objective of protecting legitimate charitable activity.

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Where did this post come from? Well just look around us, from the news to the blogs, Islam and Muslims are always being attacked. Whether its non-Muslim vs. Muslim or Muslim vs. Muslim, it’s been there and will be there. Regarding non-Muslims doing the hate, well that’s not anything new and we can’t really do much because Allah says they will always hate us. Just ignore them.

Muslim hate Muslim

Why do Muslims hate on each other so much? I have a theory that we are insecure about our own beliefs. We don’t believe our way is the right way until we can prove it to someone who doesn’t follow what we believe in. The ones being attacked then feels threatened, not by the attacker but by those who will listen to the attacker, so they counter-attack. Then the attacker is counter-attacked (is that even a word?) and feels that he is also threatened for the exact same reason as the other side.

It just keeps going on back and forth from there. Now add a few hundred years and you have the history of Muslim haters. Unity will not stop this, because even unity is hated on.

There is not really any solutions because this is part of the dunya. This is how Allah created us. We just have to control and contain it to our best ability. Ignore it and just keep on walking. If you have firm belief in what you believe in then you don’t need to worry what others say because you are on the right path.

Lastly, on The Day it’ll be “everyman for themselves” so it wouldn’t matter how much hating or “defending” or “refuting” or “responding” you did. It’ll be how much loving or “praying” or “fasting” you did.

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I know there are some brothers who stay fit and do it on a weekly basis.  If you do, post up some basic beginner exercises that you recommend one can do at home in the morning or evening without any devices or weights.  Basically push ups, sit ups, etc.  Any variation of these and other uses of the typical “household item” like a chair or something. I don’t have the time or money to dedicate a monthly fee for a gym so I just need some basic schedules and exercise instructions.

JazakAllah khair.

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You can “buy prayers” for other religions too.

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This is hilarious. I have no idea what is going on but I have a theory. The beggar is non-Muslim, because if he was a Muslim, he’d be praying (at least I’d hope so). The beggar is trying to benefit from the generosity of Muslims, especially the ones who come to the Masjid for prayer. They would be the most generous. The first brother who comes late to the salah gives the beggar some money. The second brother does not and faces the punishment of being tripped by the beggar, which causes a domino effect to completely obliterate the entire line of brothers in prayer.

Is this staged? Possibly. Is this for real? Allah knows best.

I just think it’s funny. Hahaha!

Source: Abu Zawjatul-MR

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Holy Matrimony: Indian Politician Converts, Takes Second Wife, Vanishes

Mr. Mohan, a Hindu, Became a Muslim to Marry His Mistress; Then Things Got Messy

CHANDIGARH, India — As India was reeling from the Mumbai terrorist attacks in December, Chander Mohan, deputy chief minister of the northern state of Haryana, made a shocking announcement.

Mr. Mohan, whose overwhelmingly Hindu state of 23 million people is among India’s most prosperous, declared that he had converted to Islam. The 43-year-old father of two added that he had also just wed a second wife, another Muslim convert.

What’s happened since has all the trappings of a Bollywood plot, replete with an alleged kidnapping and mysterious disappearances. The drama’s serious subtext shows how crucial religious identity remains in a country that bills itself as the world’s largest secular democracy.

Serving his fourth term in Haryana’s legislature, Mr. Mohan was widely touted by supporters as a future chief minister, the equivalent of a U.S. governor. But immediately after the conversion announcement, he was fired from his job and relieved of his security detail. The Haryana government also dismissed his new wife, 37-year-old lawyer Anuradha Bali, from her position as the state’s assistant advocate-general.

The official reason for both sackings was that Mr. Mohan, now known as Chand Mohammad, and Ms. Bali, who now goes by the Muslim name of Fiza, failed to perform their government duties. Both dispute this assessment.

“This was all just because we became Muslim. There is no other good reason,” said Ms. Bali in a recent interview, chewing gum while fiddling with her two cellular phones.
Twists on TV

Mr. Mohan’s sympathizers, who have followed the twists of the case on Indian TV networks, largely agree. Their logic: It was politically untenable to have a Muslim deputy chief minister, a post equivalent to a U.S. lieutenant-governor, in a state like Haryana. Some of the worst violence between Hindus and Muslims occurred in this part of the subcontinent during its partition along religious lines in 1948.

Mr. Mohan “has lost his Hindu vote bank, and he would lose the next election here if he stays a Muslim,” says 52-year-old engineer Jeevan Singh, who resides in the politician’s Panchkula constituency and voted for Mr. Mohan in previous elections.

The Haryana government’s information secretary, K.K. Khandelwal, denied that religion was a factor. He said that Mr. Mohan and Ms. Bali had been fired simply for not doing their jobs. Yet, he added: “In public life you have to maintain certain standards and cannot behave like Romeo and Juliet. This became a matter of jokes. The government — and the chief minister — had to save their image.”

Met at Juice Stall

A divorcee, Ms. Bali says that her affair with the politician began after the two met by chance at a juice stall in 2004. She says she yielded to Mr. Mohan’s insistent messages and love letters — some of which, she claims, were written in blood. Mr. Mohan’s Hindu wife, Seema Bishnoi, was aware of the budding love story for several months and in mid-2008 confronted Ms. Bali, demanding an end to the affair, according to Ms. Bali and Mr. Mohan’s spokesman. Ms. Bishnoi couldn’t be reached for comment and didn’t respond to a note left at her home.

Ms. Bali, a brunette who wears jeans and keeps her hair uncovered, says that Mr. Mohan finally left his home last October, saying that he wanted to start a new life with her.

Indian law, however, prohibits bigamy and makes divorce a complicated procedure. It might have been especially complicated in Mr. Mohan’s case because his house and numerous other assets are registered in the name of Ms. Bishnoi and their children.

Yet, there was a loophole: India’s 150 million Muslims, unlike other Indian citizens, are exempted from the secular legislation in family matters. Instead, they are governed by Islamic personal law, or sharia, which permits Muslim men to have up to four wives. While Indians are free to change their religion, conversion to Islam solely for the purpose of marriage is deemed illegal.

Secret Vows

Ms. Bali insists she and Mr. Mohan — whose whereabouts are currently unknown — converted weeks before the marriage because they both embraced the Muslim faith. “I intend to remain a Muslim until my death,” she says.

The two exchanged vows on Dec. 2 in a secret ceremony in the town of Meerut, across the state line in neighboring Uttar Pradesh. The wedding, apart from upending Haryana politics, quickly set off a battle of rival fatwas among India’s top Muslim clerics.

Maulana Habib ur-Rehman, Indian Punjab’s senior cleric and the imam of the Ludhiana Grand Mosque, described Mr. Mohan’s conversion as a fraud that “insulted Islam and hurt the religious feelings of Muslims.” He was later contradicted by scholars at the Darul Uloom Waqf seminary in Deoband, one of India’s most respected Islamic authorities. They ruled that the marriage was perfectly valid and condemned Mr. Mohan’s dismissal as a “grave injustice.”

Mr. Mohan’s father, a former chief minister and one of Haryana’s most influential politicians, has said publicly that he disowns his son.

Despite condemnations, the new couple enjoyed a brief moment of glory in the weeks after the wedding. At a packed news conference, Ms. Bali argued that Mr. Mohan had chosen the honorable route — unlike some other Indian politicians who have been known to keep mistresses.

On Jan. 25, the two organized in Chandigarh a massive religious ceremony attended by Muslim, Hindu and Christian clerics. Speaking to thousands of attendees, they proclaimed that all religions were equally valid and worthy of respect, and that religious hatred had no place in Indian society.

Then, three days later, Mr. Mohan disappeared.

Kidnapping Report

A distraught Ms. Bali filed a police report, alleging that her husband had been kidnapped by his relatives. Days later, Mr. Mohan surfaced — at the house of his brother in a Haryana suburb bordering Delhi. He told an Indian TV crew that he now sought to reconcile with his first wife and children, and referred to himself by his Hindu name. Shortly after the broadcast, Ms. Bali ended up in a hospital, overdosing on sleeping pills. “My life is totally ruined,” she said.

After the hospitalization, Mr. Mohan gave another TV interview — his last public appearance. In those comments earlier this month, he said that he’s still a Muslim and that he remains married to Ms. Bali. Amid the media hoopla, India’s federal railways minister, Lalu Prasad, who heads a major party in the ruling coalition, pitched in. He said that the affair highlighted the perils of love marriages — and urged young Indians to let parents alone match them to their future spouses.

Fugitive Husband

Meanwhile, Ms. Bali, unemployed and living with her mother, has filed with police a criminal complaint against her fugitive husband. She accused him of fraud and invoked an Indian law that considers sex obtained under false pretenses, such as a marriage promise, as rape. “Chand has only seen a woman in love — he has not yet seen my other side, a woman in anger.”

This week, Indian police received in response to Ms. Bali’s complaint a fax which they believe to be from Mr. Mohan. In the two-page letter, signed with both his Hindu and Muslim names, Mr. Mohan claimed to be somewhere in Britain for “medical treatment” and that he never deserted, defrauded or raped Ms. Bali. “However,” he added, “I must admit I am deeply hurt by her conduct.”

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