Assalamualiakum Brother and Sister,
Just 2 week left for your final, therefore this is the time you should put all your effort in and hope for the best. Remember it does not matter how hard you study but if you dont pray to Allah you will never achieve His statisfaction which is the most important in our life. So dont put your studies ahead of your religion. Allah only help those who help themselves, therefore without effort dont hope for a great result.
Good luck, and may Allah bless us all, with our upcoming examination
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Introduction To Riba
When the poor are permanently poor, and the rich, permanently rich, that is oppression! All around the world today that economic oppression exists, and is constantly increasing, - the poor grow poorer and the rich, richer. Riba is the cause. A predatory global elite, centered in the West, but also present around the world, is constantly sucking the wealth of mankind and impoverishing the masses through riba. Their ultimate objective is to utterly enslave all of mankind in a new sophisticated slavery. Political, legislative, judicial and legal systems, the media etc., are all created by the oppressor, and all function to preserve the system of economic oppression. Allah, the Most High, has strictly prohibited riba. Yet the world today, including the Muslim world, is saturated with riba. This has confirmed the ominous prophecy of Prophet Muhammad (s) who prophesied, in a hadith received from Abu Hurairah (ra), the following:
There will come a time, he said, when you will not be able to find a single person in the world who will not be consuming riba. And if anyone claims that he is not consuming riba then surely the vapor of riba (In another text the dust of riba) will reach him. (Abu Daud, Mishkat)
What is riba? Why it was prohibited? What is the logic behind that? What types of interest has Islam prohibited? What should we do about this state of affairs?
Dealing with riba (usury or interest) has spread widely among many Muslims today; to the point that many Muslims do not see any problem with it, either because of lack of knowledge or absent-mindedness. Despite the fact that all Muslim scholars agree that dealing with riba (usury or interest) is a major sin because the prophet (S.A.W.) mentioned explicitly in a hadith reported by Imam Bukhari and Muslim, "Avoid the seven destructive sins", then he mentioned one of them as, "and dealing with riba (usury or interest)"
Muslims are very particular about Halal and Haram. The confusion, whether interest is same as usury (Riba) or not, needs a clarification for good. This is a historic fact that usury has been prohibited in all original texts of Torah, Bible and Qur'aan.
However, practically, Usury or interest is same as a guarantied return to the lender regardless the borrower makes a profit or not. The Islamic view is truly just and humanitarian. It requires a lender to participate in the profit as well as loss of the borrower if any. From Shariah point of view, interest is Riba and it is Haram.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Pre-reg ---- Stress,Happy,Grateful??
Assalamualaikum readers,
Pre-reg for couses have open to all IIUM students today. So hopefully by now you know whether youre taking short sem or not, as the last batch for those "pre-regers' meaning first year student has completed their pre-reg. Dont be disappointed if you did not get the subjects you want, as you must remember there all always people below you, who did not even have the chance to further their studies. Just pray to Allah that everything will be in place as He is the Master of all Planners. May Allah bless us always. Amin
Pre-reg for couses have open to all IIUM students today. So hopefully by now you know whether youre taking short sem or not, as the last batch for those "pre-regers' meaning first year student has completed their pre-reg. Dont be disappointed if you did not get the subjects you want, as you must remember there all always people below you, who did not even have the chance to further their studies. Just pray to Allah that everything will be in place as He is the Master of all Planners. May Allah bless us always. Amin
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