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Our Prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasallam said, "Any muslim who supplicates to Allah in a Du'a which contains no sin or breaking of kinship, Allah will give him one of three things: either his Du`a will be immediately answered or, it will be saved for him in the hereafter, or it will turn away an equivalent amount of evil (from him)" The companions said "So we will ask for more" He replied, "Allah is more [generous]." [Tirmidhi, Ahmad] -------------------- Win win! You ask, and you will get. I find this hadith incredible. Allah is telling us that whatever we make dua for, so long as it's not sinful or breaks family ties, we will get what we asked for, or benefit somehow from it equally. I ask for a billion dollars, either 1) I get it. 2) It is saved for me for the hereafter, or 3) One billion dollars worth of evil is turned away from me. SubhanAllah! Make big duas. Make big, big, big duas. Allah is capable of all things. :)   dua - s

Prepared by Muhammad Alshareef It was narrated that in the days that Musa - alayhis salam - wandered with Bani Israaeel in the desert a grizzly drought befell them. Together, they all raised their hands towards the heavens praying for the blessed rain. Then, to the astonishment of Musa - alayhis salam - and all those watching, the few clouds that scattered the sky vanished, the heat scorched down, and the drought intensified. It was revealed to Musa- alayhis salam - that there was a sinner amongst Bani Israaeel that had disobeyed Allah for more than 40 years of his life. “Let him separate himself from the congregation,” Allah told Musa- alayhis salam -. “Only then shall I shower you all with rain.” Musa - alayhis salam - called out to the throngs of humanity, “There is a person amongst us who has disobeyed Allah for 40 years. Let him separate himself from the congregation and only then shall we be rescued from the drought.” That man, waited, looking left and right,

__________________________________________ | | | || || | || | | o_,_7 _|| . _o_7 _|| 4_|_|| o_w_, | | ( : / (_) / ( . | |__________________________________________| Some English Books on Shia Beliefs The first book is of a Sunni brother who was exposed to the Shi'a for the first time, after studying several Sunni madhabs, including Sufism. The book is written from a Sunni prespective. 1. "Then I was guided", by Dr. Muhammad al-Teejani al-Samawi $6 2. "Beliefs of Shi'ite School" by Muhammad Ridha Mudhaffar $6 3. "Probe into the History of Hadeeth" $6 4. "Role of Ahlul-bayte in preserving the teaching of Islam" $8 5. "Imamate," by Dr. Akhtar Rizvi. $12 6. &

__________________________________________ | | | || || | || | | o_,_7 _|| . _o_7 _|| 4_|_|| o_w_, | | ( : / (_) / ( . | |__________________________________________| Islamic Scientists 1. Physics (a). Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haitham ( 965 - 1039 ) * Know as Alhazen to the West * Mathematical evolution of spherical mirrors * Rectilinear motion of light and use of lenses * Refraction angle variations * Magnifying effects of the plano convex lens (b). Abu Raihan al-Biruni ( 973 - 1051 ) * Gravitational force * Introduced the concept of elliptical shape of cosmelogical bodies (c). Abu'l Fath' Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini * Mechanics and Hydrostatics * Study of the Center of Gravity as applied to balance * Measurement of specific weights o

__________________________________________ | | | || || | || | | o_,_7 _|| . _o_7 _|| 4_|_|| o_w_, | | ( : / (_) / ( . | |__________________________________________| * Love of a Friend * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There was a friend of Amir al-Muminin, a good and believing man, who unfortunately fell into error, and who had to be punished. Imam Ali cut off the fingers of his right hand. The man took hold of his cut hand, with the blood dripping from it, with his left hand and went away. He was then instigated by a seditious Kharijite, who wanted to take advantage of the course of events for his own party and against Imam Ali, so he came up to the man with an utter of compassion and said: Who cutt your hands off? The Chief of the Proph

______________________________________, | w w w |\ | || || | || |\ | o_,_7 _|| . _o_7 _|| 4_|_|| o_w_, |\ | ( : / (_) / ( . |\ |______________________________________|\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Lessons From the Prophet and the Imams of Ahlul-Bayt Excerpts from Usul al-Kafi Compiled by Thiqatul Islam al-Kulaini al-Razi Place of Reason in the Religion ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (Part I) The Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) said: "Almighty God has endowed upon mankind nothing better than reason (wisdom). Sleep of a wise man is better than the waking hours of an ignorant. Rest of a wise man is better than the movement (journeys for Hajj or