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((رَبّ ابْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتاً فِى الْجَنَّةِ)) "My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Jannah (Paradise)" [Surah at-Tahreem 66:11]

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Allah (swt) alone can incite within the soul the desire for Jannah, propelling His servant to cast his gaze beyond the fleeting pleasures of this life, to the life with no end,in pleasure with no end. Allah (swt) strikes an example that compels any mind to think and the heart to fill with yearning, and eyes to fill with tears, when He says,

((وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلاً لّلَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ امْرَأَةَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبّ ابْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتاً فِى الْجَنَّةِ وَنَجّنِى مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِ وَنَجّنِى مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّـلِمِينَ))

"And Allah has set forth an example for those who believe: the wife of Fir`awn, when she said: "My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Paradise, and save me from Fir`awn and his work, and save me from the people who are wrongdoers." [Surah at-Tahreem 66:11].

O how powerful is the example of the wife of Fir'awn, Aasiyah bint Muzahim! She was married into a household of abundant wealth and immense power that few could attain, even if they sought and strove for it their entire life. She was a mother, tender and caring, bound strongly to the ones she raised, pained by separation from them. Yet for the sake of Iman, she turned her gaze to that which was deserving of it most, the Jannah of Allah (swt). Qatadah said, "Fir`awn was the most tyrannical among the people of the earth and the most disbelieving. By Allah! His wife was not affected by her husband's disbelief, because she obeyed her Lord.'' It was this gaze towards the Jannah promised by Allah (swt) which allowed a woman of frail body to maintain a steely will. A will so strong that the severest of tyrants in human history could not break it! Ibn Jarir recorded that Sulayman said, "The wife of Fir`awn was tortured under the sun and when Fir`awn would finish the torture session, the angels would shade her with their wings. She was shown her house in Paradise.'' Ibn Jarir said that Al-Qasim bin Abi Bazzah said, "Fir`awn's wife used to ask, `Who prevailed' When she was told, `Musa and Harun prevailed', she said, `I believe in the Lord of Musa and Harun.'

And it was this longing gaze that raised her high above the tyrant and his tyranny, pleasing Allah (swt) such that He saved her from the death that the tyrant wished for her, by returning her pure soul to Him before the tyrant could strike. Fir`awn sent his aides to her and said to them, `Find the biggest stone. If she insists on keeping her faith, throw the stone on her, otherwise she is my wife. When they came to her, she looked up to the sky and was able to see her house in Paradise. She persisted on faith and her soul was then captured. The stone was thrown on her lifeless body.'' This is an example for any man or woman that stands on Truth before the tyrant, forsaking the Dunya for the sake of Our Lord! RasulAllah (saw) said of this blessed soul,

«أَفْضَلُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ: خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ، وَفَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَمَرْيَمُ ابْنَةُ عِمْرَانَ، وَآسِيَةُ بِنْتُ مُزَاحِمٍ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْن»

"The best among the women of Paradise are Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Fatimah bint Muhammad, Maryam bint `Imran and Asiyah bint Muzahim, wife of Fir`awn."

Thus, a powerful example exists for the Muslims today to inspire them to stand before the tyrants of today, the Bashaars, the Karimovs and their peers in implementing Kufr upon the Muslims. Let us not waver, even before the threat to our lives or even attempts upon our lives. For what is this life, with its many afflictions, compared to the eternal bliss of a life in Jannah?

((إِنَّ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَاتِ وَأَخْبَتُواْ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ أُوْلَـئِكَ أَصْحَـبُ الجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـلِدُونَ))

"Whereas those who believe and do good deeds and humble themselves before their Lord, they are the companions of Paradise, and there they shall live for ever." [Surah Hud: 23]

Let us not waver in this march to end tyranny, even if we are separated from those whom we love, through imprisonment by the tyrants or by the chasing of their thugs. Yes the heart becomes heavy, or limbs weary, when separated from our children of tender age or our elderly parents in frailty. But, any such separation is but for a moment, when considering the ever lasting life of Jannah, where we will be reunited with those whom we love in the best of all manners. Allah (swt) said,

((جَنَّـتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَمَنْ صَلَحَ مِنْ ءَابَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَالمَلَـئِكَةُ يَدْخُلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِّن كُلِّ بَابٍ))

"Gardens of perpetual bliss: they shall enter there, as well as the righteous among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring." [Surah ar-Ra`d: 23]

Thus, Allah (swt) will gather them with their loved ones, from among their fathers, family members and offspring, those who are righteous and deserve to enter Paradise, so that their eyes are comforted by seeing them. What a joyous reunion after separation!

ادْخُلُواْ الْجَنَّةَ أَنتُمْ وَأَزْوَجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُونَ - يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِصِحَـفٍ مِّن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَبٍ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ الاٌّنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الاٌّعْيُنُ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَـلِدُونَ - وَتِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتِى أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ - لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَـكِهَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

"Enter the Garden, you and your wives, you will be made glad. There will be brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that the souls desire and eyes find sweet and you will stay there forever. This is the garden, which you are made to inherit because of what you used to do. Therein for you is fruit in plenty whence to eat." [Az-Zukhruf 43: 70-73]

Let the ones who are separated from their loved ones be patient, let them neither grieve nor regret. For Allah (swt) will also elevate the grade of those who are lower, to the grades of those who are higher, a favor from Him out of His kindness, without decreasing the grade of those who are higher up (in Jannah). A Hadith of ‘Abd Allah b. Mas'ud states:

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ أَحَبَّ قَوْمًا وَلَمْ يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ

"A man came to the Messenger of Allah (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah! What do you say about a man who loves a people but cannot reach their level? Allah's Messenger replied: "A man will be with the one he loves." (Bukhari 5703). Al-Bazaar narrated also with hasan isnad from Abdullah b. Amr, he said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said:

مَنْ أَحَبَّ رَجُلا لِلَّهِ، فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ لِلَّهِ، فَدَخَلا الْجَنَّةَ، فَكَانَ الَّذِي أَحَبَّ أَرْفَعُ مَنْزِلَةً مِنَ الآخَرِ، الْحَقُّ بِالَّذِي أَحَبَّ» لِلَّهِ

"Whoever loved a man for the sake of Allah and said: I love you for the sake of Allah, and then they were admitted to the jannah, and the one loved was of higher rank from the other, he would be joined with the one who loved". (Al-Bazaar 24-39)

So let us be firm before the tyrants and secure the outposts, warding the Muslims from the afflictions. For this is the path to Jannah. RasulAllah (saw) said, «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللهِ؟» "Do you know who among Allah's creation will enter Paradise first." He said,

أوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللهِ الْفُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ الَّذِينَ تُسَدُّ بِهِمُ الثُّغُورُ، وَتُتَّقَى بِهِمُ الْمَكَارِهُ، وَيَمُوتُ أَحَدُهُمْ وَحَاجَتُهُ فِي صَدْرِهِ، لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ لَهَا قَضَاءً، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ مَلَائِكَتِهِ: ائْتُوهُمْ فَحَيُّوهُمْ، فَتَقُولُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ: نَحْنُ سُكَّانُ سَمَائِكَ، وَخِيرَتُكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، أَفَتَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَأْتِي هؤُلَاءِ وَنُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ فَيَقُولُ: إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا عِبَادًا يَعْبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًا، وَتُسَدُّ بِهِمُ الثُّغُورُ، وَتُتَّقَى بِهِمُ الْمَكَارِهُ، وَيَمُوتُ أَحَدُهُمْ وَحَاجَتُهُ فِي صَدْرِهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ لَهَا قَضَاءً قَالَ : فَتَأْتِيهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَيَدْخُلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ بَاب

"The first among Allah's creation to enter Paradise are the poor emigrants (in Allah's cause) with whom the outposts (of the land) are secured and the various afflictions are warded off. One of them would die while his need is still in his chest, because he was unable to satisfy it himself. Allah will say to whom He will among His angels, "Go to them and welcome them with the Salam.''

The angels will say, "We are the residence of Your heaven and the best of Your creation, do You command us to go to them and welcome them with the Salam'' Allah will say, "They are My servants who worshipped Me and did not associate anyone or anything with Me in worship. With them, the outposts were secured and the afflictions were warded off. One of them would die while his need is in his chest, unable to satisfy it."

Let us not waver, hesitate or regret, despite any hardships we face in the path of removing the tyrants, for the path of testing is the path to the greatest prize, the Jannah.

أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُواْ الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْاْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مَّسَّتْهُمُ الْبَأْسَآءُ وَالضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلْزِلُواْ حَتَّى يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ َالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُ مَتَى نَصْرُ اللَّهِ أَلاَ إِنَّ نَصْرَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ

"Or think you that you will enter Paradise without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you They were afflicted with severe poverty and ailments and were so shaken that even the Messenger and those who believed along with him said, "When (will come) the help of Allah'' Yes! Certainly, the help of Allah is near!" [Surah Al Baqarah 2:214]

((أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُواْ الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ جَـهَدُواْ مِنكُمْ وَيَعْلَمَ الصَّـبِرِينَ))

"Do you think that you will enter Paradise before Allah knows (tests) those of you who performed Jihad and knows (tests) those who are patient." [Surah Aali Imran 3:142]

Let us march forwards to return the Deen on this Earth as a Khilafah "Caliphate", as the tyrants waver, stumble and fall, and let their tyranny be smashed on the boulders of our Iman!

 

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Musab Ibn Umair - Pakistan

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Answer to the Question The Prophet's (saw) idea to migrate to Medina

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In the book The Islamic State, on the subject of the second pledge of Aqaba and what follows; (the Prophet (saw) "thought") is mentioned in more than one occasion, while the subject is revelation (Wahi) from Allah and not the thinking of the Prophet (saw). For instance: He thought of migration, but migration is a revelation (Wahi) from Allah, I hope that you can explain what is meant by "thinking" here,

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News and Comment Russia's interference in Ukraine demonstrates America's decline as the World's lone super power and presents Muslims with a golden opportunity

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News

On Saturday 2nd of March, the Russian parliament granted President Putin the authority to use military force to protect Russian interests in the troubled country of Ukraine. The parliamentarian endorsement cited Crimea, where Russia maintains important military installations such as the Black Sea fleet, but covered the use of force in the entire "territory of Ukraine." No sooner had the parliament endorsed the use of force, Russian armed forces had secured much of the Crimean peninsula, which is home to ethnic Russians as well as Tartar Muslims.

Comment

Ukraine has always been at the centre of conflict between Europe and Russia, but lately the struggle has intensified with the Orange Revolution that bought Viktor Yushchenko the pro-Western President of Ukraine to power in 2005 at the expense of Russia's strong man Viktor Yanukovych. Russia reacted by engineering the return of Viktor Yanukovych in 2010 through the use of Russian gas as a political weapon.

The present Russian intervention comes after President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine was forced out of office by EU-US inspired protestors. The ousted President secretly turned up in Russia and claimed to be the legitimate leader of the Ukraine.

Reacting to Russia's interference in Ukraine, the US President Obama accused Russia of a "breach of international law" and condemned the country's military intervention, calling it a "clear violation" of Ukrainian sovereignty. The Whitehouse also stated that the US would suspend participation in preparatory meetings for the G-8 economic conference to be held in Sochi, Russia, in June, and warned of "greater political and economic isolation" for Russia.

But the real question is; what can America and Europe do to roll back the Russian take-over of Crimea. Both America and Europe failed to act decisively in 2008 as Russia invaded Georgia and effectively divided the country into two parts-albeit Russia taking a small Northern chunk of the country. Can the same happen to Ukraine i.e. division of the country where the pro-Russian Eastern part of Ukraine falls into Kremlin's control.

The measures announced by the US so far, fall short of anything meaningful that will deter Russia's aggressive behaviour towards Ukraine. This leads to the obvious conclusion that the inflated notion ‘21st century belongs to America' is no more than hype. The American inspired ‘new world order' which George Bush senior had announced after the first Gulf War is wavering before our very eyes. America's primacy is being challenged on multiple fronts. In Europe, America's allies are at odds with Washington's economic policies, view NATO's role beyond European shores with disdain and are critical of US policy in many parts of the world. Throughout the Middle East and the wider Muslim world, uprisings, instability and ant-Americanism is replacing 60 years of American stability with power vacuums. In the Far East, the rise of China is increasingly making America's traditional allies extremely nervous.

Despite such numerous challenges, America has abandoned its long-held doctrine of fighting two major wars and is in the process of redeploying much of its naval and military assets from Europe to the Far East. Russia's intervention in Ukraine now calls into question Obama's pivot to Asia strategy. This no doubt will provide Beijing with even more confidence to reassert itself in the territorial disputes with China's neighbours and increase her determination to take back Taiwan.

What is most disappointing in these turn of events is that the Muslim Ummah is still unable to take advantage of the struggles between major powers to proclaim control over its own destiny. The Muslims of Crimea who suffered immensely under Joseph Stalin will have to relive the horrors of another Russian occupation.

All that is required to prevent this abysmal act of history repeating itself is for the Muslims of Turkey to re-establish the Caliphate. The Caliphate will not only protect to the Muslims of Crimea but will genuinely offer the people of Ukraine a third alternative and that is the peace and security of Islam.

 

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Abu Hashim

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When Operating Rooms in Hospitals Convert into Execution Rooms, Then there is no Salvation but by the Systems of Islam

The Sixth Scientific Conference of Anesthesia Specialists was held at the Grand Holiday Villa Hotel in Khartoum. It was addressed by the Assistant President of the Republic, Dr. Jalal Yousef Aldaker, demanding action to reach a rate of 0% maternal mortality due to anesthesia. At the same time, the Minister of Health in Khartoum State, Professor Ma'moun Humaida, said that according to the latest statistics last week...

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Denmark Issues a Decree Banning Halal Slaughtering (Translated)

The Nutrition Ministry issued a decree banning the slaughter without anesthesia, although the Minister of Nutrition himself said that this method of slaughter has not been utilized for many years. This decision of prohibition raised the ire and concern of the Muslims in Denmark. Faced with this decision, we must proclaim the following:

This ban is a political decision, added to the previous resolutions that prevent the natural Muslim life by the Islamic values ​​in the shade of the Danish secular system, despite the freedom of religion which it claims to protect.

For long, Muslims in Denmark have sensed an increasing political pressure and an atmosphere hostile to Islam. Halal slaughtering is demarked as an ill-treatment of animals, the dress of Muslim women is said to be a symbol of oppression and is even equalized to Nazi symbols, and the beard is an evidence of extremism, as stated in the Danish intelligence report. Also the mosques are under severe political pressure to adopt a form of speech that serves the Danish political agenda and are pushed to abandon the role they have been assigned by the Shari'a, which is to educate the Muslims in the provisions of their Deen. Similarly Islamic schools are not immune to these pressures, as they are forced to teach their Muslim students the secular values ​​contrary to Islam. One of the teachers has been punished for his refusal to shake hands with female students. On top of all of this, Danish politicians under the pretext of combating social control are trying to limit the role of Muslim parents in the education and care of their children.

Oh Muslims in Denmark

In view of these challenges, we should not lose sight of the fact that the preservation of our Islamic identity requires us to unite forces in order to receive our rights, and to confront the discriminatory policy which we are exposed to in various fields, especially the political and social ones. The submission and pragmatic approach by some, particularly standing out in election seasons, do not achieve any of the Muslims' interests, as imagined by the owners of these approaches.

We should not, while exposed to the issue of slaughtering or the like of certain rights, forget that we are ambassadors of Islam in this country. We must carry out this role by demonstrating the greatness of this Deen and the elevation of its ideas and values, as well as the correctness of its systems and solutions. We must also demonstrate the falsehood of Western thinking and values:

((وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِّمَّن دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ))

"And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims"." [Fussilat: 33]

It is the idea of ​​achieving our interests through flattery and the abandonment of some Islamic values ​​that has to be slaughtered, with or without anesthesia.

((وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ المُؤْمِنِينَ))

"And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers." [Adh-Dhariyat: 55]

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Child Abduction - The New Weapon in the War Against the Muslims of Central Africa

On the 3rd of March 2014 UNICEF reported that 4 children aged 3-13 were reunited with their families after being abducted by Christian Militia on the 24th February in the town of Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR). The siblings were taken as part a new and disturbing trend of child abduction that is rapidly emerging as the new tool of terror in the country's ethnic cleansing of Muslims.

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