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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

useful advice from a muslimah's first school...

A MOTHER'S ADVICE TO A MUSLIMAH!

beautiful reminders from the childs first school, the lap of the mother!
may Allaah ta'aala bless us with the ability to raise and teach our children to the highest of all standards, treading the strait path of the Qur'aan and Sunnaah, aamiin yaa Rabb'il `alamiin!

E N J O YYYYYY!

"...it serves as a reminder to those who are forgetful, and helps those who are wise..."

fi amaan illaah x

a reflection on polygyny...

as-salaamu `alaikum wa rahmatullaah!

another interesting talk- this time on the issue of POLYGYNY!
maasha'Allaah the brother has some very good points!
once again- E N J O YYYYY !
fi amaan illaah x





Friday, November 2, 2007

what's wrong with polygyny? PART 2 obedience IS liberation!

as-salaamu `alaikum wa rahmatullaah yaa ikhwaan!

wow i am soooo very sorry i have not been able to post any material for a while, due to one thing or another...
anyhow, insha'Allaah i will attempt to continue my previous post, insha'Allaah...

i am sure i am not the only sister that has noticed this evident "feminism" amongst the muslim women of today! how they seem to act like the kufaar women who bleat on like sheep about the "liberation" of women from certain rulings within islaam!
whether this be:

(1) niqaab (which is actually FARDH! which i shall address in a later post insha'Allaah & FYI i did NOT know this prior to choosing to adorn it, so like myself many have the excuse of ignorance on this issue inshaa'allah) which was only abandoned after the colonization of the muslim lands!
(sisters, WAKE UP! niqaab IS from the religion whether you like it or not! conceal yourselves for your husbands and your mahram, and be recognized as FREE WOMEN insha'Allaah! if not, then atleast don't attack the sisters who choose to wear it in  aspiring to attain a higher level of spirituality)
(2) polygyny (obviously is the subject of my post, insha'Allaah!)...
one thing that is still distressing me greatly about this issue is the fact that the west seem to think polygyny is something muslim women must be "liberated" from, and unfortunately many muslims are now taking this stance also! na'auuthu billaah!
they seem to act like they think polygyny is unjust to women and seem to forget that ALLAAH TA'AALA has allowed this!
DO THEY THINK ALLAAH TA'AALA IS UNJUST TO HIS SLAVES? THAT HE LIKES TO OPPRESS HIS SLAVES???
NA'AUUTHU BILLAAH! astaghfirullaah!
(i obviously am not saying it is fardh to be in polygyny, but what i am saying is that it is something that should be accepted and that people realise that it is something allowed if you are a muslim as long as the husband fulfills certain criteria - which i shall address in a later post inshaallaah)
(3) hijaab in general!
now by this i mean many things, including the fact that we should "lower our gaze and guard our private parts" as Allaah ta'aala has mentioned in His Noble Qur'aan.
i also mean the fact that some sisters have become soooo westernized that they walk around in tight-arse jeans and tops with a scarf on their head and think THIS is hijaab! OR they cover completely but REFUSE to wear niqaab! (obviously i mean people who show contempt towards the niqaab, NOT those who do not know about the rulings, have low emaan etc - may Allaah have mercy on us all) OR they think that they do not even have to cover themselves because they are in a western country! ASTAGHFIRULLAAH do they not think Allaah ta'aala's laws govern the ENTIRE EARTH, not merely arabia or asia as many of them say!
na'auuthu billaah! ikhwaan THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU (1) DO NOT TEACH YOUR CHILDREN DIIN and (2) start to ABANDON DIIN AL-ISLAAM!
astaghfirullaah what is becoming of the ummaah of the beloved light of islaam, sayyiduna muhammad, salla'allaahu `alayhi was-sallam!

okay so anyway i shall get back to my point, insha'Allaah ta'aala.
BASICALLY the ideology of liberation from scripture as been instilled within many of our sisters, and sadly, even within some of the `ulema, who tell the west AND our sisters more importantly,
that niqaab is not from the religion and is part of pagan arab culture, that polygyny is not good and should be eradicated (they seem to overlook the FACT that Allaah ta'aala has made it so that women outnumber men BY FAR! why do they think this is so if it isn't for the fact that men should ste
p up to the responsibility of having more than 1 wife! -4 is the maximum in islaam though-),
that to want to follow ones religion is extremism,
to want to home school your children
is ridiculous despite the fact it is a right to do so long as you are fulfilling your childs need..
that islaam is outdated and should not be followed in the technological age!
na'auuthu billaah!

astaghfirullaah!
(and making such claims to be `ulema and uttering statements such as these shows that they are far from being qualified scholars!
remember, `umar, radhiyallaahu ta'aala anhu said:
one of the things i fear most for this ummaah is delusion!
when a man lays claim to being an `alim (scholar) know that he is a jaahil(ignoramous), when he says that he is a muslim, know that he is a kaafir, and when he says he will enter jannah, know that he will enter jahannam...
SUBHAANALLAAH


so then we have sisters taking on these views... thinking it is perfectly acceptable to work in mixed environments (not that i agree with this, but if they do, for example, as a doctor or teacher etc, as we do have a right and often a need to visit muslim doctors rather than non-muslim ones! they should at least be wearing the niqaab, or striving hard in deen atleast!)
and do not cover properly even though they may be around non-mahram males and females!

they think it is perfectly okay to go here. there, and everywhere many taking unnecessary risks at times...
we have sisters who refuse to give their husbands their rights in the home or out of the home, for example, they spend so much time with their "sisters" gossiping and backbiting or shopping or, astaghfirullaah, partying, or free mixing, and then they hardly spend any time with their husband! they don't look after him romantically, or emotionally! they seem to forget that men need love and affection too! not just women!
something i have noticed recently throughout the internet, book shops, etc, is that sooooo many things are focusing on "women's rights" but HARDLY ANYTHING regarding the rights of the HUSBAND!
it's as if this western way that many men are unjust to their women is infiltrating its way into the ummaah! and we seem to forget that as long as our husbands take rasuulallaah, salla'allaahu `alayhi was-sallam, as their example HOW ON EARTH can they be unjust???
it is as if people think that "hey! the only person who does not fulfill the rights of the spouse is the husband!"
urhh, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE SISTERS!

the Prophet (salla'allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“If a woman prays her five daily prayers, fasts her month (of Ramadan), obeys her husband and guards her chastity, then it will be said to her: ‘Enter Paradise by whichever of its gates you wish.’" (ahmad and at-tabarani)

it is quite often that sisters are married to good PRACTICING brothers and THEY are the ones who do not fulfill HIS rights, but are so MATERIALISTIC and SELFISH that they expect HIM to pay out all this money for things she wants, and she gives ZILCH in return (except for maybe his dinner!). astaghfirullaah...amongst the husband's rights are those quoted in the ahadiith:

Rasûlullâh sallallâhu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: "The best possession is a pious wife: when the husband looks at her he is pleased with her, when he orders her to do something she obeys, when the husband goes out, she protects her honour and chastity and remains in her home.
According to a report given by Muslim, he (salla'allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“A woman should not fast if her husband is present, except with his permission. She should not allow anyone to enter his house when he is present without his permission. Whatever she spends of his wealth without him having told her to do so, half of the reward for it will be given to him."
subhaanallaah soooo many sisters do not fulfill these rights BUT expect their husbands to fulfill everything with them 100%! thus abandoning their obligation to him as they are always nagging HIM to please THEM!

then this STUBBORNNESS is what leads to the wife REFUSING to accept polygyny! (insha'Allaah this will make you think, insha'Allaah!)Rasûlullâh sallallâhu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: "Allah has prescribed jealousy for women and jihâd for men. If a woman exercises patience with îmân in the hope for reward on account of a certain action which may cause her to be jealous, such as her husband marrying a second wife, then she will receive the reward of a martyr."
(KANZAL `UMAAL)

SUBHAANALLAAH, WAL-HAMDU-LILLAAH, WA LAA ILLAAHA ILL ALLAAH! WA'ALLAAHU AKBAR KABIIRAA!!!

that's right - SELFISHNESS, and MATERIALISM (amongst many other things, like the shaytaan's whispers, for example)!

"it's all about the bengamins baby!" as those juhaal say... aka MONEY!
we see sooooo many sisters who are now so WRAPPED UP in dunya that they forget the aakhirah!
they forget the teachings of islaam!
Allah’s Messenger (salla'allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘There are three people whose prayers will not be accepted, neither their good works: a disobedient slave until he returns to his masters and puts his hand in theirs; a woman whose husband is angry with her, until he is pleased with her again; and the drunkard, until he becomes sober... (ibn hiban in his sahih)


you know, the fact that many of the sisters of today do not fulfill the rights of the husband is why soooo many brothers are so unhappy, and you know that:
umm salamah (radhiyallaahu ta'aala anha) narrated that rasuulallaah, salla'allaahu `alayhi was-sallam, said:
any woman who dies while her husband being pleased with her will enter jannah. (tirmidhi)

also

the Prophet (salla'allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam):
“Three things make the son of Adam happy, and three make him miserable. Among the things that make the son of Adam happy are a good wife, a good home and a good means of transport; the things that make him miserable are a bad wife, a bad home and a bad means of transport.” (ahmad)

now how many of you sisters DO try to PLEASE your husband?
so that if you "cop it" in 5minutes you will leave this world with him PLEASED with you, and NOT angry or upset or frustrated or disappointed with you?
also, and this hadiith is VERY SERIOUS and even knowledgeable sisters forget this!
mu'adh (radhiyallaahu ta'aala anhu) narrates that rasuulallaah, salla'allaahu `alayhi was'sallam, said:
no woman annoys her husband in this world but that his wife/wives among the large-eyed huuriyiin say "DO NOT ANNOY HIM! MAY ALLAAH SEIZE YOU! He is only a PASSING GUEST with you and is about to leave you and come to us!" (mishkat)
subhaanallaah! sisters FEAR ALLAAH! each time you distress, annoy, depress, reject, upset, shun, ignore, walk-all-over and order your husband around, that you are invoking the curses of the maidens of jannah! why is it then, that you cease to take heed of warning???
another hadiith:
abu hurayrah (radhiyallaahu ta'aala anhu) narrates that rasuulallaah, salla'allaahu `alayhi was-sallam, said:
when a man calls his wife to his bed and she refuses to come (without a good reason), so he spends the night in displeasure, the angels curse her till morning.
in another narration:
when a husband calls his wife to fulfill his desire, she must oblige even if she is at the fire (cooking something).
OH ALLAAH SAVE US FROM THE CURSES OF THE ANGELS AND HUURIYIIN!
AAMIIIIIIIN!
oh sisters why are SO many of you so heedless that you do not let your husband have his rights?
polygyny or whatever you MUST obey him in ALL that is halaal!

abu hurayrah (radhiyallaahu ta`'aala anhu) narrates that rasuulallaah, salla'allaahu `alayhi was'sallam, said:
if i were to command anyone to prostrate before anyone (other than Allaah ta'aala), i would command that the wife prostrate to her husband. (mishkat)
the amount of sisters today who are following such jaahiliyyah will have no one to blame but themselves if they do not take heed of the commands and advice given by Allaah ta'aala and His noble rasuul, salla'allaahu `alayhi was-sallam!
i pray that Allaah ta'aala allows some of you, even if it is merely 1 of you, to take heed of the reminders that i am posting for YOUR BENEFIT and, insha'Allaah, your husband's also!
what good is having your husband in this life if you aren't given him in paradise?
what good is having a family with him if you do not fulfill his rights?
WOE UNTO YOU those who divorce their husbands, or those out of shear SPITE and EVIL FROM SHAYTAAN, and who as a result do not allow the children to see their father!
the husband takes another wife, the first wife attempts to cut all ties and to forbid him from seeing his children! na'auuthu billaah!
i have heard of this happen several times, or those who end up being divorced by their husbands for many reasons, MAINLY because they DO NOT fulfill his rights (and why do they expect him to remain with them if they don't! as they go crazy if he doesn't fulfill her rights!), and then, on top of all this, they then refuse him to see his children!
astaghfirullaah ALLAAH save us from such evil aamiin!
so, to be truly liberated, and, insha'Allaah, to be saved from hellfire, OBEY THE HUSBAND AND FULFILL HIS RIGHTS!
you are not the only person who has rights to be fulfilled, HE DOES TOO!
and, as you have seen, this being neglected is a result of the curses of the huuriyiin and angels falling upon your shoulders!
we ALL need to learn our diin, improve on little bits and pieces, and yes the brothers ALSO need to focus on improvements too,
BUT at the end of the day what is better for you?
to have the reassurance from rasuulallaah, our beloved nabi, salla'allaahu `alayhi was-sallam, that as long as we try our best, we are earning the pleasure of ALLAAH!
THIS surely is our ULTIMATE goal!
DO NOT listen to the shaytaan and be like the kuffaar who only want materialism, who only care about dunya and forget aakhirah, who are selfish and spiteful, who oppose polygyny (but yet who overlook affairs and fornication with many women at the same time), who find niqaab oppressive, who find being a housewife "boring, oppression, sad, backward, strange" etc.

BE LIKE A MUSLIMAH!
love to teach your children the diin!
love to please and obey your husband in all that is HALAAL, even if these will be humongous tests for you!
love to adorn niqaab!
love to observe the correct hijaab!
love your beloved, your prophet, salla'allaahu `alayhi was'sallam

and above al
l

LOVE ALLAAH, SUBHAANAHU WA TA'AALA!
may Allaah ta'aala guide us all unto the straight path!
and may He let this blog benefit at least some people, even if it is one!
AAMIIN yaa Rabb'il `alamiin!!!