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24 Apr 2014

Racism / Racismo



Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh


In the first place let's clear something up:
Islam is not a race. Islam has nothing at all to do with genetics, not is it an innate characteristic. It is an ideology - a voluntary-  held set of beliefs about individual behavior and the rules of society. People choose their beliefs; they do not choose their race.
Therefore Muslims are not a race of people. In fact, there are Muslims of all races. A person does not change their race by adopting or leaving Islam.


Here I will leave a story about racism.

"The following scene took place on a flight between Johannesburg and London. A white woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man. Obviously disturbed by this, she called the Air Hostess.

"Madam, what is the matter?", the hostess asked.

"You obviously do not see it then?", she responded. "You placed me next to a black man. I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. Give me an alternative seat."

"Be calm please.", the hostess replied. "Almost all the places on this flight are taken. I will go to see if another place is available."

The hostess went away and then came back a few minutes later. "Madam, just as I thought, there are no other available seats in the economy class. I spoke to the captain and he informed me that there is also no seat in the business class. All the same, we still have one place in the first class."

Before the woman could say anything, the hostess continued. "It is not usual for our company to permit someone from the economy class to sit in the first class However, given the circumstances; the captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting."

She turned to the black guy, and said, "Therefore, Sir, if you would like to, please take your hand luggage because a seat awaits you in the first class."

At the moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded."

"...All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood..." [Prophet Muhammad's (peace & blessings of Allah be upon him) Last Sermon]



Abu Nadrah reported: I heard the farewell sermon of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said:

"O People, verily, your Lord is one and your father Adam is one. There is no favoritism of an Arab over a foreigner, nor a foreigner over an Arab, and neither red skin over black skin, nor black skin over red skin, except through righteousness. Have I not conveyed the message?"

Source: Musnad Ahmad 22978, Grade: Salih


"O Mankind! Most certainly, it is We (God almighty) who have created you all from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and it is We who have made you into nations and tribes, that you may recognize each other (not that you may despise each other). Verily, the noblest of you in the sight of God is the most righteous of you." (Qur'an 49:13)



Jubair ibn Mut'im reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

"He is not one of us who calls to tribalism. He is not one of us who fights for the sake of tribalism. He is not one of us who dies following the way of tribalism."

Source: Sunan Abu Dawud 5102, Grade: Hasan


It's quite clear that Islam eradicates racism, it's clearly haram, no one is allowed to put anyone else down because of their race, but why does this happen? The only answer I have is that people put their nationality over their religion and this causes those conflicts, some think they are superior to others and act like if they were. A never ending war. Or maybe yes?


Muslims must spread the message of Islam to the people of the earth who still suffer from racism and tribal bigotry. Even among some Muslims, the scourge of racism exists and causes harm among communities. The only way to completely eradicate racism is to embrace the oneness of Allah (tawheed) and to accept its logical conclusion, the oneness of humanity.

Prophet Muhammad (salla allahu allahi wa salam) said: "The similitude of believers in regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling is that of one body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of sleeplessness and fever."
[Musim]

If your finger foot, or any part of your body is hurting, you cannot sleep. Your body may develop a fever while it tries to neutralize the pathogens in an infected part. When one part of your body is trying to fight the enemy, the whole body invariably gets involved in the process. The Prophet (Salla allahu allahi wa salam) described the Ummah as one body!

So, after reading this, why are we hurting our own body? why don't we help each other? Ma shaa Allah I just remembered this:




En primer lugar aclaremos algo:
El Islam no es una raza. El Islam no tiene nada que ver con la genética, ni es una característica innata. Es una ideología- un conjunto de creencias sobre el comportamiento individual y las reglas de la sociedad. La gente elige sus creencias; ellos no eligen su raza.
Por lo tanto los Musulmanes no son una raza. De hecho, hay musulmanes de todas las razas. Una persona no cambia su raza por aceptar o dejar Islam.

Aquí dejo una historia sobre el racismo.

“La siguiente escena tuvo lugar en un vuelo entre Johanesburgo y Londres. Una mujer blanca, sobre unos 50 años, estaba sentada al lado de un hombre blanco. Obviamente molesta por esto, llamó a la azafata.”

“Señora, ¿que le pasa?”, preguntó la azafata.

“Evidentemente no lo vé” respondió “Me puso al lado de una hombre negro, no estoy de acuerdo en sentarme a lado de alguien de un grupo tan repugnante. Dame un asiento alternativo.”

“Cálmese por favor” contestó la azafata. “Casi todos los asientos estan ocupados, iré a ver si hay algun asiento libre”

 La azafata se fué y entonces volvió minutos mas tarde, “Señora, como pensaba, no hay otro asiento libre en clase turista, hablé con el capitán y él me informó que tampoco hay asientos en bussiness class. Sin embargo, aun tenemos un lugar en primera clase”

Antes de que la mujer pudiera decir nada, la azafata continuó. “No es común en nuestra compañía permitir a alguien de la clase económica sentarse en primera clase, sin embargo, dadas las circunstancias; el capitan considera que sería escandaloso hacer que alguien se siente al lado de alguien tan desagradable.”

 Ella se dirigió hacia el chico negro y dijo, “Por lo tanto, Señor, si lo desea, por favor coja su equipaje de mano porque un asiento espera por usted en primera clase.”

En ese momento, los otros pasajeros, que estaban sorprendidos por lo que ellos acababan de presenciar, se levantaron y aplaudieron.

... Toda la humanidad viene de Adam y Eva, un Arabe no es superior a un No-Arabe, un No-Arabe no tiene superioridad sobre un Arabe: además un blanco no tiene superioridad sobre un negro ni un negro tiene superioridad sobre un blanco, excepto por piedad y buenas acciones. Aprended que cada Musulman es un hermano para cada Musulman y que los musulmanes constituyes una fraternidad...” [Ultimo sermón del Profeta Muhammad (La paz y bendiciones de Allah sean sobre él)]


Abu Nadrah informó: Oí el sermón de despedida del Mensajero de Allah, la paz y bendiciones de Allah estén con él dijo:

"O Gente, ciertamente, vuestro Señor es uno y vuestro padre Adam es uno. No hay favoritismo de un Árabe sobre un extranjero, ni un extranjero sobre un Árabe, y tampoco alguien de piel enrojecida sobre alguien de piel negra, ni alguien de piel negra sobre alguien de piel enrojecida, excepto en honradez. ¿No he comunicado el mensaje?"
Fuente: Musnad Ahmad 22978, Grado: Salih


"¡Hombres" Os hemos creado de un varón y de una hembra y hemos hecho de vosotros pueblos y tribus, para que os conozcáis unos a otros. Para Alá, el más noble de entre vosotros es el que mas Le teme. Allah es omnisciente, está bien informado." (Corán 49:13)


Jubair ibn Mut'im informó: El Mensajero de Allah, la paz y bendiciones de Allah estén con él, dijo:
"No es uno de nosotros aquel que llama al tribalismo. No es uno de nosotros aquel que lucha por el bien del tribalismo. No es uno de nosotros aquel que muere siguiendo el camino del tribalismo."
Fuente: Sunan Abu Dawud 5102, Grado: Hasan


Está bastante claro que el Islam erradica el racismo, es claramente haram, a nadie se le es permitido humillar a nadie por la raza a la que pertenezca, pero ¿por que pasa esto? La única respuesta que tengo es que la gente pone su nacionalidad por encima de su religión y esto causa los conflictos, algunos piensan que son superiores a otros y actúan como si lo fueran. Una guerra que nunca acaba. ¿O quizás si?

Los musulmanes deben difundir el mensaje del Islam a las personas de la tierra que aún sufre racismo e intolerancia tribal. Incluso entre algunos musulmanes, el azote del racismo existe y causa daño entre las comunidades. La única forma de erradicar completamente el racismo es adoptar la unidad de Allah (tawheed) y aceptar su conclusión lógica, la unidad de la humanidad.

El Profeta Muhammad (salla allahu allahi wa salam) dijo: "La similitud de los creyentes en lo que se refiere a mutuo amor, afección, simpatía, es la de un cuerpo; cuando cualquier miembro de este duele, todo el cuerpo duele, debido a la falta de sueño y fiebre."
[Muslim]

Si tu dedo del pie o cualquier parte de tu cuerpo duele, no puedes dormir. Tu cuerpo podría desarrollar una fiebre mientras intenta neutralizar los patógenos de la parte infectada. Cuando una parte de tu cuerpo está intentando combatir al enemigo, todo el cuerpo se ve involucrado en el proceso. El Profeta (salla allahu allahi wa salam) describió la Ummah como un cuerpo!

Entonces, después de leer esto, ¿por qué estamos haciéndole daño a nuestro propio cuerpo? ¿Por qué no nos ayudamos los unos a los otros? Ma shaa Allah, acabo de recordar esto:
"¿Qué pasa con vosotros? 
¿Por qué no os auxiliais ahora mutuamente?" 
Corán: 37:25







Aishah Aish

16 Apr 2014

Forced Marriage (Part 2)



  • Can a woman be forced into marriage in Islam?



Absolutely not!  Let us look at what Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said regarding this issue:



Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as having said: "A woman without a husband (or divorced or a widow) must not be married until she is consulted, and a virgin must not be married until her permission is sought. They asked the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him): How her (virgin's) consent can be solicited? He (the Holy Prophet) said: That she keeps silence.  (Translation of Sahih Muslim, The Book of Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Book 008, Number 3303)"



Allah Almighty said in the Noble Quran:  "O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may take away part of the dower [money given by the husband to the wife for the marriage contract] ye have given them, except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and God brings about through it a great deal of good.  (The Noble Quran, 4:19)"



The following Saying is an explanation to Noble Verse 4:19:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: "About the Qur'anic verse: 'It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the woman (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them.' When a man died, his relatives had more right to his wife then her own guardian. If any one of them wanted to marry her, he did so; or they married her (to some other person), and if they did not want to marry her, they did so. So this verse was revealed about the matter.  (Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Book 11, Number 2084)"  
So according to Noble Verse 4:19, a woman can not be forced into marriage by any mean.


Narrated Abu Hurayrah: "The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: An orphan virgin girl should be consulted about herself; if she says nothing that indicates her permission, but if she refuses, the authority of the guardian cannot be exercised against her will.  (Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Book 11, Number 2088)"



Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: "The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Consult women about (the marriage of) their daughters.  (Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Book 11, Number 2090)"



Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: "A virgin came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and mentioned that her father had married her against her will, so the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) allowed her to exercise her choice. (Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Book 11, Number 2091)"



Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: "The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A guardian has no concern with a woman previously married and has no husband, and an orphan girl (i.e. virgin) must be consulted, her silence being her acceptance.  (Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Book 11, Number 2095)"



The above Noble Verse 4:19 and the Sayings of our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him clearly explain that according to Islam, whether the woman is virgin or not, her permission is a MUST.   Her father or older brother can not force her into marriage as the Pagan Arabs and the Jews and Christians before Islam in the Middle East used to do; see Deuteronomy 25:5 in the Bible to see how women are forced into marriage.





Can the woman divorce herself from a forced marriage upon her?



As we've seen above, it is clearly forbidden in Islam to force women into marriage.   But in case this ever should happen or have happened already to any woman, then Islam allows for her to divorce herself from the man she was forced to marry.  Let us read the following:



Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: "A virgin came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and mentioned that her father had married her against her will, so the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) allowed her to exercise her choice. (Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Book 11, Number 2091)"



The choice that our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him gave to the woman is she can either remain married to the man, or divorce herself from him. 






La naturaleza de la relación entre el hombre y la mujer en el Islam.
La relación debería ser integradora no competitiva.
Hawaa (Eva) no fue creada como Adam, sino que fue creada de él.
"Y de él (Adam) Él creó a su esposa (Hawaa(Eva))" [An-Nisa':1]
Así que si él la oprime, el estaría oprimiendo su corazón. Y si ella
se vuelve arrogante y se vuelve como un hombre, será terriblemente visto!







Aishah Aish

Forced Marriages (Part 1)



FORCED MARRIAGES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN ISLAM!!

Forced marriage is not an issue of religion, but it is a cultural practice that violates the right of a woman and as a Muslim. The act of forcing someone to marry is in fact an act that is against the practices and teachings of Islam.

Some think that consent of the bride and/or groom is not needed in marriage or as long as the parents of the female agree to the proposal then it is allowed. This is a wrong concept. Marriage in Islam is suppose to be a beautiful and blessed time for both men and women.

Forced marriages are clearly not acceptable according to The Quran:

O you who believe, it is not lawful for you to inherit the women by forcibly/unwillingly... [4:19]

Marriage is done by mutual agreement:

When you divorce women and they have completed their waiting term do not hinder them from marrying other men if they have agreed to this in a fair manner. [2:232]

All examples in The Quran involving decisions between marriage partners are in the reciprocal Arabic word form, e.g. "taraadaa" [2:232-233, 4:24], "tashaawar" [2:233], which means they are mutual.

The relationship between a husband and wife is discussed in affectionate terms in The Quran, not of one enforcing decisions on the other:

And among His signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that you may dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has put love and mercy between your hearts. Verily in that are signs for those who reflect. [30:21]

...They are a garment for you and you are a garment for them.... [2:187]

And they say, "Our Lord, let our spouses and children be a source of joy for us, and let us be the foremost among the righteous." [25:74]

In The Quran, there is a pre-marriage requirement for a male to give the female a dower, see the following examples in which the female is involved in the decision making process:

And give the women their due dowries willingly, and if they remit any of it to you of their own will, then you may take it with good feelings. [4:4]

...And unto those with whom you desire to enjoy marriage, you shall give the dowers due to them; but you will incur no sin if, after [having agreed upon] this lawful due, you freely agree with one another upon anything else... [4:24]

Lastly, The Quran reminds us that believers are those who conduct their matters by mutual consultation/counsel [42:38]

The following hadith also clarifies the position of forced marriages in Islam;

Khansa Bint Khidam said “My father married me to his nephew, and I did not like this match, so I complained to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings be upon him). He said to me “accept what your father has arranged.” I said “I do not wish to accept what my father has arranged.”

He said “then this marriage is invalid, go and marry whomever you wish.” I said “I have accepted what my father has arranged, but I wanted women to know that fathers have no right in their daughter’s matters (i.e. they have no right to force a marriage on them).
(Fathul Bari Sharah Al Bukhari 9/194, Ibn Majah Kitabun Nikah 1/602)

At first, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told Al Khansa to obey her father, and this is as it should be, because the concerns of fathers for the well being of their daughters is well known. But when he realized that her father wanted to force her in to marriage she did not want, he gave her the freedom to choose, and saved her from the oppression of a father who wanted to force her into an unwanted marriage. The choice that our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) gave to the Al- Khansa is she can either remain married to the man, or divorce herself from him.

This has become a very common issue in today's society. However Islam does not allow force marriage, this must be known to every parent!!














Aishah Aish