Israel continues to bomb Gaza and Lebanon.
13 children are reportedly.killrd in Israeli bombing of South Lebanon . Israeli gangs supported by troops are invading Palestine villages killing and looting and butning. EGYPTIAN ARMIES are scared of the Jews and dare not help Palestinians .
Jordani want to help but are loyal to their king.
Pakistan has a huge army but will only help if Washington orders them.
Muslims can change the situation if they do a global boycott of Israel related businesses
boycott.htm
Sis. 'Aisha
Weird White House Meeting
Has anyone noticed that when President Trump greets Black leaders (of African descent or Southeast Asian), he NEVER stands! He first demonstrated his disrespectful stance at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral, when he stood to greet the previous White presidents but remained seated when he greeted former President Obama.
The media is gushing over Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's meeting with President Trump, but I have yet to see any photos of those two standing together while shaking hands. I could be wrong. Maybe the president was dealing with an unreported leg or foot injury.
Mamdani is the one who requested a meeting with President Donald Trump. According to both of them, the meeting went well, with President Trump even stating that he hopes Mamdani does well in New York. It has been reported that Mamdani got President Trump to agree to Mamdani's affordability agenda for New Yorkers. Mamdani is very personable and engaging. President Trump, who has called Mamdani a communist and has threatened to arrest him should he interfere with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agents, surprised the media by paying Mamdani a series of compliments.
However, the media is noting that President Trump's sudden exchange of pleasantries with Zohran Mamdani may have to do with his plummeting popularity rating regarding the economy. Only 33% of New Yorkers approve of President Trump's handling of the economy. This is politics, and many people believe that there will be a time when Mamdani will need to challenge the president on some matters. The President is notoriously vindictive toward people, friend or foe, who disagree with him.
(Sources: Yahoo! and @MorePerfectUnion- YouTube Channel)
Salaam,
Sis. 'Aisha
Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York City
'Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Raheem'
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'Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh'.
~ Shields and Mothers~
Every night the prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) would read the Mu'awwidhatayn (Surah Falaq and Surah Naas), then blow on his hands and run his hands over his body (this is also known as hisaar). He once visited his beloved daughter Sayyidina Fatima
(Allah be pleased with her)
and Sayyidina Ali (ra) at night and urged them to do likewise.
It took me a few decades to realize that this is precisely what my grandfather
was doing every night before going to bed !
Dhikr: the Ultimate Shield.
There is a reason why Dhikr and Du'a
are said to form a Muslim's fortress.
These Adhkar form an actual shield around us,
protecting us from all sorts of dangers. They form our daily armour.
Countless Hadith about our morning du'a confirm that these du'a
will prevent harm from reaching us till the evening or next day.
The same applies to our evening du'a, recitations, or adhkar.
I would know; I have almost set the kitchen on fire many a time.
While preparing Iftar a few years ago I saw a gorgeous orange light peeking
through our kitchen glass doors as I returned to the kitchen from my room.
It turned out that the pretty light was a full-swing party of rather massive flames dancing off my wok of oil. Stunned, all I could do was recite,
Allah said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham—
'ya naaru kuni bardan wa salaman ala Ibrahim'.
[Quran~ Surah Al Anbiya; 21~ A # 69]
When the fight response pushed me into motion,
I poured water— on an oil fire!
Yet, defying physical laws, just as Allah cooled Namrud's fire for
Sayyidina Ibrahim (upon him be peace),
He calmed these fiery flames too.
How vividly this protection is illustrated throughout the Seerah
For instance when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to speak with the Jinn. Sayyidina Ibn Mas'ud (ra) agreed to accompany him there.
Just outside the abode of the Jinn, the Prophet's made hisaar, a protective ring, around Sayyidina Ibn Mas'ud. By Allah's will, this ring protected him from all types of jinn and shayateen who came in such varied forms:
Jinn, scorpions, snakes and so on – an unimaginably scary list.
Sayyidina Ibn Mas'ud narrates that they would just crash against the ring
the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had simply drawn
in the loose earth with his blessed finger as though they'd hit a wall.
And to this day I am certain that reciting from My Lord's blessed word is the only thing that saved me from those raging flames –
and at countless other moments when we perhaps
didn't even register.
Prophets and Mothers.
That, and my Mother's du'a!
Remember how Allah cautioned Sayyidina Musa (a.s) to climb the mountain carefully after his mother's death, for she used to make du'a for him every day.
And with her passing away,
lowered forever were the hands that rose time and again in prayer-
most-earnest for her son.
Prayers that even Allah recognized as protection.
I can't imagine how direly in need we must be of our mothers' blessings and du'a. Today, right now, make special du'a for your parents.
And, make special effort to earn your place in their precious prayers.
Be an even better son, an even better daughter.
~My 'Salaams' to all~
~ Y a s m i n ~
~*Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah*~
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~Say, 'Indeed, my Prayer, my Rites of Sacrifice,
my Living and my Dying are for ALLAH, Lord of the Worlds'~
{'Qur`an'~Surat Al-`An`am -# 6-162.}
Source ~ Article by By K. Balkhi.
The Rice Field
'In a rice field, you would notice which heads are bent,
which heads are standing up straight....
the empty heads are standing tall and high,
but the heads that are filled with grain are bending low.
Indeed, the true great and strong people
are humble and gentle,
and they won't mind bowing low.
Humility brings Blessings.
[Alhamdulillah]
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*And do not walk upon the earth exultantly.
Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart],
and you will never reach the mountains in height*.
{Source~ Quran~ Surah Al-Isra~ A # 37}
~ Y a s m i n ~
~*Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah*~
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~Say, 'Indeed, my Prayer, my Rites of Sacrifice,
my Living and my Dying are for ALLAH, Lord of the Worlds'~
{'Qur`an'~Surat Al-`An`am -# 6-162.}
