Posts Tagged ‘Ramadan’

Pope Sends Message of Respect for Muslims

August 4, 2013

pope francis ramadan greetingsPope Sends Message of Respect for Muslims By GAIA PIANIGIANI : August 2, 2013

Pope Francis salutes as he arrives at the Chiesa Del Gesu’ in Rome on July 31, 2013. The Pontiff celebrates a mass for St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesuits.

In a demonstration of what the Vatican spokesman called Pope Francis’ “particular attention to relations with the Muslim world,” the pope on Friday personally signed the Holy See message for Muslims at the end of Ramadan, calling for “mutual respect through education” between Christianity and Islam.

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Al-Qadr (The Night of Power) in Myanmar translation

August 3, 2013

Al-Qadr (The Night of Power) in Myanmar translation

Al-Qadr (The Night of Power) in Myanmar translation

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U Thein Sein…where R U? Please comfort your Muslim subjects on the month of sacrifice

July 9, 2013

U Thein Sein…where R U?
Shame on U if you fail to address your Muslim subjects on this occasion of the month of sacrifice..
Do U think U R the President for the Buddhists only?
Be man enough to say some comforting words for the Muslims of Myanmar who R suffering in and outside Myanmar.

The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. For Immediate Release.July 08, 2013

Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan

With the start of the sacred month of Ramadan, Michelle and I extend our best wishes to Muslim communities here in the United States and around the world.

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Channel 4 to ‘provoke’ viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan

July 7, 2013

Channel 4 to ‘provoke’ viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan

The broadcaster will provide extensive coverage of the Muslim period of prayer to challenge those who associate the religion with extremism and terror

Channel 4 has said it will broadcast the Muslim call to prayer live every morning during Ramadan as a deliberate act of “provocation” aimed at viewers who associate Islam with terrorism and extremism.

 

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The essence of the farewell Haj sermon of our Holy Prophet (pbuh)

January 13, 2011

The last sermon of our Holy Prophet (pbuh) in gist

  1. Listen, People and convey to others not present here.
  2. Regard the life and property of every Muslim as a sacred trust.
    • a. Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you.
    • b. Return the goods entrusted to you to their rightful owners.
    • c. ALLAH has forbidden you to take usury (interest)
    • d. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim
    • e. and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood.
    • f. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly.
    • g. Do not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves.
  3. Beware of Satan, for the safety of your religion. (more…)

“The ink of the scholar is holier than the blood of the martyr” and other quotes by our Prophet

October 25, 2010
Medieval Christian views on Muhammad

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Source_  Muhammad from Wikiquote

The ink of the scholar is holier than the blood of the martyr.The Islamic Review, Vol. 22 (1934), p. 105, edited by Khwajah Kamal al-Din

He who has been a ruler over (ten people) will be brought shackled on the Day of Resurrection_

  1. until the justice (by which he ruled) loosens his chains 
  2. or tyranny brings him to destruction. Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1037

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing. Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1011

People, beware of injustice, for injustice shall be darkness on the Day of Judgment. Narrated in Mosnad Ahmad, #5798, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #2447.

Seven kinds of people will be sheltered under the shade of God on the Day of Judgment…They are:

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The Last Sermon

September 17, 2010

Source_The Last Sermon from Tea Break pk

The last sermon of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) delivered during his farewell pilgrimage:

“O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I know not whether after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen to what I am saying to you very carefully and take these words to those who could be present here today.

O People, just as you regard this month, this day, this city as Sacred, so regard the life and property of every Muslim as a sacred trust.

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Thank God for allowing me to survive my worst Eid in my life

September 13, 2010

Thank You Allah for allowing me to survive my worst Eid in my life.

On the Eid day, at the Mosque, after the initial Takbir and preaches, I stand up to pray the Eid prayers together with others behind the Imam. Suddenly I felt uneasiness, somewhat giddy or atypical vertigo and I have to control myself not to fall down or fainted.  But I got an almost a total thought-block and need to concentrate a lot with some difficulty to remember that I have to say the definite “Niat” or my aim and objective of that prayers.

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Laylat al-Qadr

September 5, 2010
al-qadr

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Laylat al-Qadr (Arabic: لیلة القدر‎) (also known as Shab-e-Qadr), the Night of Power, the Night of Decree or Night of Measures, is the anniversary of two very important dates in Islam that occurred in the month of Ramadan.

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Ramadan or Ramzan

August 8, 2010

From Wiki:Ramadan

In the Qur’an,the fasting is mentioned:

يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
  • O those who believe, the fasts have been enjoined upon you as were enjoined upon those before so that you be God-fearing.[Qur’an 2:183]

Ramadan (Arabic: رمضان) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Qur’an was revealed. Ramadan is the holiest of months in the Islamic calendar.

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