My choice is to mark the occasion in intense individual solitary private spiritual devotion rather than collective public celebration. I suggest that my students do the same.
Do you think that Israel will become the ruling state in the world in 2012?
I think that the transfer of power will take place through a process lasting for some time. I do believe that there will be events in 2012 that will be linked to that process.
What do people do in the Muslim villages for work?
Unlike city life, the MV life is pretty basic and hence cheap. Houses will be cheaply built, food will be produced locally and energy will be generated from natural, renewable sources. Villagers would have to produce their own, pure food. So economic activity would be primarily organic permaculture. Home Industries would be encouraged to allow parents to be with their …
Arrivals Series
Other than for a few parts, I have not viewed The Arrivals, hence I am not in a position to comment on the critique presented by Br XYZ. I am however astonished by the large number of emails I have received from those who have become Muslims, who are now attracted to Islam, or who have had their faith in …
I have left ribah but my wife refuses to abandon credit cards and doesn’t wear hijab in public.
If, despite a husband’s best efforts to get her to desist, a wife insists on keeping and using a credit card and on not wearing hijab in public then she should be divorced. Ed: “Best effort” on the part of the husband implies prior “best effort” in his own practice of the Deen.
What is your opinion regarding the issue in Malaysia regarding the use of the word ‘Allah’ in their newspaper?
No one should ever be prohibited from using this name. Anyone and all of mankind must have the freedom to call upon Allah by His name. However in territory controlled by Muslims, and in which Allah’s law is supreme, no one must be allowed to so misuse Allah’s name as to commit Shirk.
What is the process for moving into a Muslim Village?
Those wishing to migrate to a Muslim Village should choose one within the Muslim world in which they can legally reside easiest of all. Hence a Pakistani should not seek to live in a village in Yemen and then seek guidance from me how to get a residence permit to reside in Yemen. I cannot assist with such matters. …
Was the recent earthquake in Haiti the “earthquake in the west” mentioned in the Hadith concerning the ten major Signs of the Last Day?
A khasf (mentioned in the Hadith of major Signs of the Last Day) is an earthquake in which there is a sinking of the earth. I am not aware of any sinking that occurred in the Haiti earthquake.