Path: news.ccsf.jp!tomockey.ddo.jp!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: LOVE4ALL-HATRED4NONE <sirajj_munirr@yahoo.com> Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,misc.writing.screenplays,fj.life.in-japan,uk.religion.misc,fr.sci.philo Subject: Peace in these times... Communal Strength, Fairness, justice and Pleasure of God = Qualities of Believing Men and Women. Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:26:51 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 106 Message-ID: <1195007211.413101.288910@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.69.33.15 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1195007211 17773 127.0.0.1 (14 Nov 2007 02:26:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:26:51 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) X-HTTP-Via: 1.0 trans2.gerrys.net:8080 (squid/2.6.STABLE9) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: 50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com; posting-host=202.69.33.15; posting-account=ps2QrAMAAAA6_jCuRt2JEIpn5Otqf_w0 Xref: news.ccsf.jp fj.life.in-japan:166301 Peace be upon you!.. =3D(1)=3D And the believing men and the believing women are each other's helpers/friends. They enjoin good and forbid evil and establish Salat(Prayres) and pay the Zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger. It is these on whom Allah definitely will have mercy. Surely, Allah is absolutely-Dominant (and) very-Wise. [Surah Al Taubah (9:71)] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =3D(2)=3D A body of people that truly personifies above mentioned qualities is one having true belief. i---The first of seven distinctions of these people is that they are friends with each other and share sincere mutual love and are ever ready to help each other.-- ii--- These people bid others to do good and disseminate what is virtuous.-- iii--- While they wish good for themselves they also have similar feelings for others with the objective that a community of sincere people is brought together.. They also prevent others from doing what is wrong and anything that negates the commandments of Allah.. They stop the persecutor and are ever ready to help the persecuted.-- iv---These people are those who establish their Salat(Prayer), a pillar of Islam; they observe it regularly and understand that without its observance the claim to be a true believer is meaningless. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said Salat is essential and the zenith of a true believer, he said it is the best way to supplicate to God, it constitutes of Hamd (glorification of Allah), Istaghfar (seeking forgiveness) and Durood (invoking blessings on the Holy Prophet), and that is the reason it is the most excellent incantation/ invocation.-- v---The fifth quality of these people is that they pay the Zakat and spend in the way of Allah.-- vi-vii---They also obey God and His Messenger and in order to pay the dues of Allah and the dues of mankind they endeavour to put all the commandments of Allah in practice.-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =3D(3)=3D It is such people on whom Allah has mercy and these people are deserving of His mercy... This has been stated by the God Who is Wise so that by putting all these attributes in practice we too can inculcate wisdom and astuteness in ourselves which in turn generates communal strength, fairness and justice. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =3D(4)=3D Allah has sent the true and ardent devotee of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him), the Imam of the age to send this message to every human being... One needs to understand this objective with the perspective of the pledge of allegiance (bai'at). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =3D(5)=3D His holy Caliph explained:- Paying the Zakat signifies taking out a portion of one's wealth to purify that wealth in obedience with the commandment of Allah so that that wealth is blessed, that it is used to help the brothers and sisters who are in need and is used to convey the faith...It is making a 'deal' with Allah to further absorb His grace... This is an act in which there is no loss, where the output far out weighs the input....He said: In industry where raw material is used for production there is always some wastage of the raw material, however, Allah has given guarantee to those who spend in His way that their wealth would only increase and has thus brought it to the notice of the believers that although they earn this wealth through worldly means when they spend it in the way of Allah not only do they gain spiritually they also preserve their commercial ventures....... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =3D(6)=3D In one's business one keeps accounts, plans and makes feasibility study, projects profit margins which can vary and can be 100% if one is inclined to indulge in black marketing... This way one makes a material profit, however the wealth generated is not pure... Whereas Allah says that when you spend in His way the 'return' is copious and limitless in addition to the spiritual benefits we reaps.... People who practice this are those who do not exploit others and conduct their businesses in the correct manner. [Ref: (2:273)] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =3D(7)=3D His Community has people of all social standings and everyone wishes to spend in the way of Allah... Community has had, and still do, poor people in it who live on allowances, however, each time the Khalifah of the time initiates a monetary scheme they join most enthusiastically and thus seek Allah's pleasure....No matter how much one glorifies Allah in thankfulness for such blessings one can never thank Him enough that is why one should always glorify Him, indeed Allah increases the faith of one who glorifies Him and trusts Him. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =3D(8)=3D This trust in Allah and indeed the capacity has been granted to people of his Community because they have entered into the pledge of allegiance (bai'at) of the Promised Messiah and has been granted the perception and insight to have certainty of the Divine promise...They have compelling faith that Allah gives a tremendous reward for an act that is done purely for His sake and that He turns each fear into peace and each grief into happiness. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =3D(9)=3D It is the condition that the wealth spent in the way of Allah is earned through pure mean. It is not earned by deception or exploitation of the underprivileged. Allah only wishes that wealth spent in His way that is earned through legitimate means and can be purified. [ref:(2:275)] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =3D(10)=3D Speaking of a certain peaceful scheme for faith (which was divinely started), holy caliph said: Through the blessings of this scheme, indeed through the blessings of Allah and His Prophet, the blessing of Khilafat today his Community has spread in 189 countries around the world... As it is traditional He then announced the worldwide contribution to the scheme in the year 2006-2007, it stands at =A3 3,612,000.- Despite the certain low exchange rate with Pound Sterling through the year the contribution for this year is =A3110,000.- more than last year... ..He prayed for all those who made contributions to the scheme that may Allah bless them profusely.... Promised divine peace of latter days : www.alislam.org : www.mta.tv with LOVE FOR ALL HATRED FOR NONE.