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Baqarah 204-206 204- AND OF PEOPLE THOSE WHOM YOU LIKE WHAT THEY SAY, AND CALL UPON ALLAH TO BEAR WITNESS OVER WHAT IS IN THEIR HEARTS WHILE THEY ARE THE WORST ENEMIES. 205- WHEN HE TURNS THEIR BACKS TO YOU, HE GOES THROUGH THE EARTH SPREADING MISCHIEF, DESTROYING CROPS AND LIFE, AND ALLAH DOES NOT LIKE MISCHIEF. 206- AND WHAT IT IS SAID TO HIM TO FEAR ALLAH, HE WILL BE CARRIED AWAY BY PRIDE IN HIS SIN.  THE HELL-FIRE SHALL BE SUFFICIENT FOR HIM, AN EVIL RESTING PLACE IT IS INDEED. A man called Al-Aknas Ibn Shareek went to Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him in Medina and declared his Islam.  He was full of good words and nice things to say.  On his way out of Medina, he burned some of the Muslims plants and trees, and killed some of their animals. General meaning: It is about the hypocrites and knowing people.  People are known by their actions not what they say that they are or want to do or their intentions are.  Allah the Highest tells us that such p...

Baqarah 200-203 200- WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR RITES, REMEMBER ALLAH AS MUCH AS YOU REMEMBER YOUR FATHERS OR EVEN MORE.  OF PEOPLE THOSE WHO SAY: “OUR LORD GIVE US IN THIS LIFE”, BUT THEY HAVE NO SHARE IN THE HEREAFTER. 201- AND OF THEM THOSE WHO SAY: “OUR LORD GIVE US SOME GOODNESS IN THIS LIFE AND SOME GOODNESS IN THE HEREAFTER, AND PROTECT US FROM THE PUNISHMENT OF THE FIRE”. 202- THESE WILL HAVE A SHARE OF WHAT THEY EARNED, FOR ALLAH IS SWIFT IN RECKONING. 203- AND REMEMBER ALLAH IN NUMBERED DAYS.  HE WHO HASTENS IN TWO DAYS, THERE IS NO GUILT UPON HIM, AND HE WHO STAYS LATE, THERE IS NO GUILT UPON HIM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE PIOUS.  AND PROTECT YOURSELVES FROM ALLAH’S DISPLEASURE, AND KNOW THAT YOUR WILL ALL BE GATHERED BEFORE HIM. Before Islam, the Arabs used to go on Hajj with the Idles in place in and around the Kabba.  After Hajj, they used to gather to remember their fathers and fore fathers, remember life lives, reciting poetry about them etc.  Allah ...

Baqarah 198-199 198- IT IS NOT AN OFFENCE TO SEEK BOUNTY FROM YOUR LORD (DURING HAJJ).  WHEN YOU POUR DOWN FROM ARAFAT REMEMBER ALLAH BY THE SACRED MONUMENT.  REMEMBER HIM AS HE GUIDED YOU, FOR YOU WERE MISGUIDED BEFOREHAND. 199- THEN POUR DOWN FROM WHERE PEOPLE POUR DOWN, AND ASK ALLAH FOR FORGIVENESS, FOR ALLAH IS MOST FORGIVING AND MOST MERCIFUL. Allah the Highest is permitting the Muslims on Hajj to earn money while on Hajj by working or trading.  This is a great mercy, for the Hajj used to take a long time travelling and people had to pay their way.  Nowadays, it is costly, and to do some work during Hajj for those who need to provide financial assistance with the cost.   It was reported by Abd Allah Ibn Omar: “A man went to Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him to ask about working while on Hajj, he did not answer him came to him with this Ayah “IT IS NOT AN OFFENCE TO SEEK BOUNTY ……..”   (Ahmed) Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari reported that Abi Saleh the s...

Baqarah 197 197- THE HAJJ IS DURING KNOWN MONTHS, FOR WHOEVER UNDERTAKES THE HAJJ DURING THEM, THERE IS NO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, WICKEDNESS, OR ARGUMENT DURING HAJJ.  WHATEVER GOOD YOU DO, ALLAH KNOWS IT.  AND TAKE PROVISIONS, AND THEY BEST PROVISION YOU TAKE IS PIETY, AND GUARD YOURSELVES FROM MY DISPLEASURE, YOU OF SOUND MINDS. The months of Hajj are the months during which one may start the journey for Hajj.  They are Shawal, Zo El-Kedaa, and 10 days of Zo El-Hejra.  We rarely need to start earlier, particularly these days. Then Allah the Highest tells us how the manners of the Muslims should be during Hajj.  We should refrain from sexual intercourse, doing wicked acts, or even getting into any argument during Hajj.  The Muslim’s manner during Hajj is a condition for the acceptance of his Hajj.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Whoever goes on Hajj to this house, without doing intercourse or wicked deeds, he will be cleared of his si...

Baqarah 196 196- AND COMPLETE THE HAJJ AND OMRAH FOR ALLAH, BUT IF YOU ARE PREVENTED, THEN OFFER WHAT YOU CAN OF SACRIFICE, BUT DO NOT SHAVE YOUR HEAD UNTIL THE OFFERING REACHS IT’S DESTINATION.  WHOEVER IS SICK OR SUFFERS FROM AN AILMENT OF HIS HEAD (NECESSITATES SHAVING SOONER); THEY THEN OFFER A RANSOM OF EITHER FASTING, CHARITY OR SACRIFICE.  WHEN YOU ARE SAFE AND IN PEACE, THOSE WHO WISH TO HAVE A BREAK OF IHRAM BETWEEN OMRAH AND HAJJ, THEY MUST MAKE WHATEVER SACRIFICE POSSIBLE, BUT FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT AFFORD IT, THEY SHOULD FAST THREE DAYS DURING HAJJ THEN SEVEN WHEN YOU RETURN, THESE ARE TOTAL OF TEN.  THIS APPLIES TO THOSE WHO’S FAMILIES DO NOT LIVE BY THE SITE OF THE SACRED MOSQUE.  AND GUARD YOURSELVES FROM ALLAH’S DISPLEASURE, FOR ALLAH IS STERN IN PUNISHMENT. Allah the Highest commands us to complete the rites of the Hajj and Omrah for the cause of Allah the Highest only, as all kinds of worship should be.  Never should they be done for any earthly...

Baqarah 195 195- AND SPEND IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH AND DO NOT LET YOUR OWN HANDS CAST YOU INTO DESTRUCTION, AND GIVE FOR CHARITY FOR ALLAH LOVES THE CHARITABLE. When the Muslims were fighting for Constantinople, a Muslim man from the Muhajeren (Migrants to medina) attacked and penetrated the enemy lines, then returned safely.  Some people said: “He casted himself into destruction with his own hands”.  Abu Ayoub El-Ansari Allah’s messenger companion said: “We know the meaning of this Ayah better, it was sent about us (meaning the Ansar).  When Islam spread, we the Ansar (original people of Medina) met, for we had love for each other, and said: “Allah blessed us with the company of His messenger and supporting him, until Islam spread and our numbers increased.  We favored him to our families, wealth and children.  Now as wars have settled down, we ought to return home and settle with our families and children.  Allah the Highest sent this Ayah concerning us the...

Baqarah 190-194 190- AND FIGHT IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH THOSE WHO FIGHT YOU, BUT DO NOT TRANSGRESS, FOR ALLAH DOES NOT LOVE THE TRANSGRESSORS. 191- AND KILL THEM WHEREVER YOU FIND THEM, AND TURN THEM OUT FROM WHERE THEY TURNED YOU OUT, FOR PERSECUTION IS WORSE THAN KILLING.  AND DO NOT FIGHT THEM BY THE SACRED MOSQUE UNTIL THEY FIGHT YOU THERE, IF THEY FIGHT YOU, SLAY THEM, THIS IS THE RECOMPENSE OF THE DISBELIEVERS. 192- BUT IF THEY STOP, ALLAH IS MOST FORGIVING, MOST MERCIFUL. 193- AND FIGHT THEM UNTIL THERE IS NO PERSECUTION, AND FAITH BECOMES ALL FOR ALLAH, BUT IF THEY STOP, THERE SHOULD BE NO HOSTILITY EXCEPT AGAINST THE UNJUST. 194- A SACRED MONTH FOR A SACRED MONTH AND FOR ALL THINGS SACRED THRER IS RETRIBUTION.  THEREFORE WHOEVER ATTACKS YOU; ATTACK THEM LIKEWISE, AND BE PIOUS AND GUARD YOURSELF FROM ALLAH’S DISPLEASURE.   KNOW THAT ALLAH IS WITH THOSE WHO ARE PIOUS. Allah the Highest commands the Muslims to fight in His Cause.  What does this mean?  Allah’...

Baqarah 189 189- THEY ASK YOU ABOUT THE CRESCENTS (OF THE MOON0, SAY: “THEY ARE SIGNS FOR TIMES FOR PEOPLE AND FOR HAJJ”.  AND IT IS NOT RIGHTEOUS TO ENTER THE HOUSES THROUGH THEIR BACKS, BUT IT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO BE PIOUS, AND ENTER THE HOUSES THROUGH THEIR DOORS, AND BE PIOUS SO THAT YOU MAY SUCCEED .   There are two issues to discuss in this Ayah:  First; The Muslims asked Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him about the moon and its phases.  Although there are many scientific facts in the Quran, Allah the Highest did not answer them with a lesson in Astronomy, but just mentioned the benefits of these phases to them, and knowing the times of the year and the time for Hajj. Some of us at the present day might have wished for a more detailed account of and astronomical explanation.  After all, there are many scientific statements in the Quran, which were not well understood at the time the Quran was sent down.  Why not this time when people asked?...

Baqarah 188 188- AND DO NOT EAT UP YOUR WEALTH AMONGST YOURSELVES THROUGH FALSEHOOD AND PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE JUDGES AND GOVERNORS IN ORDER TO EAT UP A PORTION OF THE WEALTH OF SOME OF YOU WRONGFULLY, WHILE YOU KNOW. This Ayah states some very important principles in Islamic Law.  The Most important of which is that Allah the Highest is the final and ultimate judge and will rule according to the truth which is not hidden from Him.   Allah the Highest warns us against taking others money by false means, even if this is through courts or governors; this does not make the wrong into right.  Eating up our wealth amongst ourselves through falsehood can be by: Stealing, Fraud, robbery, deception and other means. One might go to court in order to take others money or property by presenting false evidence, or any thing which proves to him a write which is not his.  Such judgment by a court does not make the wrong right or the right wrong.   Allah’s messenger prayer ...