Islam in the United States

Islam can grow anywhere because Islam is natural and more over it is from Almighty Creator Allah who created all the continents and the people of all color. Even though Islam reached late to Americas like the White people (British/Irish for example)it has started gaining ground in a rapid pace. Its no wonder, in the years to come, Islam will march past in a rocket speed not only in America but all parts of the world, Allah willing (Insha Allah).

Allah is the ONLY Lord and God of all lands and He is neither an Arab God nor an English people's God. He belongs to all people. He is yours when you are his. Allah's proofs are everywhere. He rains water on America and the same water rains on Africa and Asia. If at all there were to be different Allah's for each and every country and Island on the earth, then there would have been total chaos. The formula of water -H2o), an organic compound or an inorganic material, gas, carbon dioxide, oxygen etc shows that Allah is the only ONE GOD & CREATOR Who Created them with PERFECT KNOWLEDGE AND A SINGLE FORMULA.

Look at the eyes of the people. A surgeon or a Physician who studies in Africa can work on the eyes of an american, diagnose disease of the american eyes and vice versa. A russian doctor finds it no difficult to operate upon an American Eyes or vice versa because the knowledge they studied in the Branch of Medicine does not differentiate the human beings. It does not teach that eyes of the Americans have one more extra part or function or different from Russians. Its not like the case of Car engines manufactured by different car companies. Like Toyota manufactures its engine with its own technology and Mercedes or BMW would have their own technologies which are patented/copyrighted, intellectual properties. so you will find lot of variations and you need company trained personnel to carryout the particular repair and maintenance jobs (we are talking about the automobile workshops run by authorized agents of the respective brands or manufacturers).

But in the case of Allah's creation, His design is similar in all the eyes of human beings every where on the earth except that the eyes of Japanese may look small and other asians eyes look somewhat bigger comparatively. But does it change the functionality or the basic "engineering design" of Allah?

The above points were necessitated to mention because people wonder when they come across the news that such and such person in America accepted(converted/reverted) to Islam and some of the non muslims think it an abominable and horrible act on the part of a white male or a female!!! How come???? We talked about the Allah's Glorification and His relevance, His "finger print" in our lives by the above arguments. Then there is nothing to worry about or be terrified if some one accepted (converted/reverted) or embraced Islam. This is only to quench your heart that there is nothing malicious or a scandal in someone becoming a Muslim or crossing over to Islam. You are safe in the Hands of Allah because its Allah Who Protects you day and night (and in the Fort of Islam you are always safe given by by Allah for all mankind for ever. Death is to come at any time. But death itself is not an end. There is everlasting life after death and if you are with Allah here in this life, you will be with Him in Heaven as well in the Hereafter).

Let us now talk about terrorism and Islam. Its Islam and muslims who have suffered untold miseries through out the world for the last 70 years in the Arab lands, Asia and other parts of the world by colonial powers and their armies and stooges. In Iraq millions of people have suffered and millions were forced to migrate due to the late Iraqi ruler and his government and the american invasion of Iraq. Americans have suffered in more than different ways and no muslim will support the cause of terror and injustice against even the enemies. Islam does not have permanent enemies because today the one who is enemy could be a friend tomorrow and that is the basic policy of Islam. The people who are inside Islam are from different tribes and if it were not for Islam, they would have been having no common ground to hold them together and would have been warring and cutting the necks of each other. But its Islam, from the Mercy and Blessings of Allah that it holds 1.3 billion people together except a some acts of aggression and bloodshed that has become common now a days due to so many reasons. One reason could be utter poverty and state of mind in which they are living where there is a situation of utter helplessness and frustration. Islam is capable of preventing bloodshed and chaos and bringing justice, prosperity, safety and security for all. But the first step should come from the people themselves and muslims and non muslims are no exception to this rule. But Alas, it should have been from Muslims that they should have been showing the world how just Islam is by their noble acts and words. But today quite unfortunately lot of people are not listening to Islam and people act freely based on their own convictions which are not sanctioned in Islam, like suicide bombing. If that is true Islam,written in our books, you would have found lot of people leaving Islam. But in truth Islam is not like that as what these horrible humans are doing against each other. There is a very good network of malicious propagandists on the net and in the news media, tv and other formats who are destroy Islam by constant feeds of false and baseless accusations against Islam. We muslims urge them to look at Islam, keep it separate from what some suicide bombers are doing because they are not Islam. Islam is in the Holy Qur'an and the Hadith of our Noble Prophet Mohammad who was sent as a Mercy to all the worlds and the Leader of all the mankind.

So we are always commanded to uphold justice as per Islam. Justice is equal to Allah fearningness in Islam. Its the part of Taqwa (God fearingness but in fact Taqwa has more broader meaning and application).

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Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) had a clear mission and mandate from Allah, the Lord of all people and the countries and Allah took upon Himself, safeguarding Prophet Mohammad(pbuh) as Allah says in the Holy Qur'an, so that Prophet Mohammad did not lose heart and stop spreading the message of Allah:

"O Messenger, deliver that which had been revealed to thee from thy Lord; and if thou do not, thou hast not delivered His message. And Allah will protect thee from all men. Surely Allah guides not the disbelieving people. " Holy Qur'an chapter no. 5: verse no.67.

The Hadith of the Prophet Mohammad (S):

Bukhari (Hadith Book) Volume 9, Book 88, Number 242 says:

Prophet Muhammad s.w. said: "While I was sleeping, I saw myself (in a dream) performing Tawaf around the Ka'ba. Behold, I saw a reddish-white man with long hair, and water was dropping from his head. I asked, "Who is this?' They replied, 'The son of Mary.' Then I turned my face to see another man with a huge body, red complexion and curly hair and blind in one eye. His eye looked like a protruding out grape. They said (to me), He is Ad-Dajjal." The Prophet added, "The man he resembled most is Ibn Qatan, a man from the tribe of Khuza'a. "

Note: Dajjal will be the name of the person who is antichrist and jews will believe him and he will be killed by Eisa or Jesus (Alaihissalam -peace be upon him) after his second arrival. He will claim himself as God and show false miracles to people and thus he will have a large following.

Bukhari (Hadith Book) Volume 9, Book 88, Number 245:

Prophet Muhammad s.w. said, "No prophet was sent but that he warned his followers against the one-eyed liar (Ad-Dajjal). Beware! He is blind in one eye, and your Lord is not so, and there will be written between his (Ad-Dajjal's) eyes (the word) Kafir (i.e., disbeliever)."


Bukhari (Hadith Book) Volume 9, Book 88, Number 241:
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar (Abdullah ibn Umar was the son of Second Islamic Khalifa or Caliph Syedna Umar who heard this from Prophet Mohammad-peace be upon him and as recorded in Bukhari Hadith Book):

Allah's Apostle stood up amongst the people and then praised and glorified Allah as He deserved and then he mentioned Ad-Dajjal, saying, "I warn you of him, and there was no prophet but warned his followers of him; but I will tell you something about him which no prophet has told his followers: Ad-Dajjal is one-eyed whereas Allah is not."
(Here you have to see the importance of the words used : "Ad-Dajjal is one-eyed whereas Allah is not". Why? Because Dajjal will claim himself as God and deceive people by his magic and other powers (like apparently showing to people who believe him and tell them their wish that their dead parents be brought back to life so that they could see them and be happy, and he will do this but in fact the devils who are hidden would also be his followers and they perform this apparent act of the dead parents of so and so (of the requisitioner)coming out alive from the earth. But Allah is the Only God and He has no defects and the likeliness of anything created.
Dajjal is human and he can not be God and also his one eye is not ok, he has a defect but still some people will be deceived including the jews who will be his followers. He will do lot of chaos on the earth, travel length and breadth of the earth and harming the people in different ways.

Bukhari (Hadith Book) Volume 9, Book 88, Number 246:
Narrated Abu Sa'id (this is another companion of the Prophet Mohammad who heard the following from Prophet Mohammad's sermon):

One day Allah's Apostle narrated to us a long narration about Ad-Dajjal and among the things he narrated to us, was: "Ad-Dajjal will come, and he will be forbidden to enter the mountain passes of Medina. He will encamp in one of the salt areas neighboring Medina and there will appear to him a man who will be the best or one of the best of the people. He will say 'I testify that you are Ad-Dajjal whose story Allah's Apostle has told us.' Ad-Dajjal will say (to his audience), 'Look, if I kill this man and then give him life, will you have any doubt about my claim?' They will reply, 'No,' Then Ad-Dajjal will kill that man and then will make him alive. The man will say, 'By Allah, now I recognize you more than ever!' Ad-Dajjal will then try to kill him (again) but he will not be given the power to do so."

Ad-Dajjal or Dajjal will be having some powers given by Allah which are not given to other people. Allah has created mankind for a test. He sent the True Prophets and Prophet Mohammad was the Final Prophet and Messenger of Allah-peace be upon him, by whose arrival and mission, Allah completed His Religion Islam. Quran was revealed in 23 years (from his age of 40 years to 63 years until just before his death)from Allah to him,while he was in Makkah, Madina and some other places of Arabia.

Dajjal is the most dangerous person to be born. But he will be having no power to enter the cities of Makkhah and Madina which are the two of the holy places in Saudi Arabia for the world muslims. The third holy place is Jerusalem. One young muslim of good and strong faith in Islam will challenge Dajjal and it will be shown in his case and act that Dajjal is not God and the falsehood of Dajjal's claim will be shown to the people. He will leave surroundings of Madina city and move to other place.

Then on wards, the Dajjal will be on the run and his days are numbered until he will challenge Jesus in Damascus but Jesus will chase him and he will be finally killed by Jesus, in a place called "Ludd" which is in Israel near an airport.

Here one note: Jesus (peace be upon him) was on a Prophet Mission as Allah's Prophet when Allah sent him first time about 2,000 years before to the lost sheep of Israel (Israil, the children of Prophet Yaqoob or Jacob who was the son of Ishaq -the second son of Prophet Ibrahim or Abraham. Through Prophet Ishaq (Isaq) Jews originated. Through Prophet Ismael, the first son of Prophet Ibrahim, Arabs originated.

Prophet Ibrahim lived in Iraq (Babylone) and his father was a priest in the court of the King. The King and his father were idol worshippers. But Allah had chosen Ibrahim to be his Prophet and so he was not mislead by the customs and religion of the time and those people.

Please visit this website to know more about Prophet Ibrahim or Abraham:

http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/ibrahim.htm

Peace be upon all the Prophets of Allah.

Volume 9, Book 88, Number 249:
Narrated Zainab bint Jahsh:

That one day Allah's Apostle entered upon her (house) in a state of fear and said, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah! Woe to the Arabs from the Great evil that has approached (them). Today a hole has been opened in the dam of Gog and Magog (arabic: Yajooj and Majooj) like this." The Prophet made a circle with his index finger and thumb. Zainab bint Jahsh added: I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we be destroyed though there will be righteous people among us?" The Prophet said, "Yes, if the (number of) evil (persons) increased."

Bukhari (Hadith Book) Volume 9, Book 88, Number 248:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:

The Prophet said, "Ad-Dajjal will come to Medina and find the angels guarding it. So Allah willing, neither Ad-Dajjal, nor plague will be able to come near it."

From the above Hadith or holy saying of Noble Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) we understand that Dajjal and plague can not enter the Madina City .

Bukhari (Hadith Book) Volume 9, Book 88, Number 238:
Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba:

Nobody asked the Prophet as many questions as I asked regarding Ad-Dajjal. The Prophet said to me, "What worries you about him?" I said, "Because the people say that he will have a mountain of bread and a river of water with him (i.e. he will have abundance of food and water)" The Prophet said, "Nay, he is too mean to be allowed such a thing by Allah"
(Note: but it is only to test mankind whether they believe in Allah or in Ad-Dajjal).

Other great signs of the end of the world:

Bukhari Volume 9, Book 88, Number 235:
Narrated Abu Huraira (this is one of the companions of Prophet Mohammad who was very close to Prophet Mohammad in Madina and has recorded numberous hadiths):

Allah's Apostle said, "Soon the river 'Euphrates' will disclose the treasure (the mountain) of gold, so whoever will be present at that time should not take anything of it." Al-A'raj narrated from Abii Huraira that the Prophet said the same but he said, "It (Euphrates) will uncover a mountain of gold (under it)."

As per a hadith, Euphrates which is a river in Iraq and Nile in Egypt are the two out of four rivers originating from the Heaven and flowing on the earth. Other two rivers are in the Heaven itself.

Bukhari Volume 9, Book 88, Number 237:
Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established

(1) till two big groups fight each other whereupon there will be a great number of casualties on both sides and they will be following one and the same religious doctrine, (this could be the world warI and WWII and/or the 8 year war between Iran & Iraq (1980-88).

(2) till about thirty Dajjals (liars) appear, and each one of them will claim that he is Allah's Apostle, (note: lot of false prophets appeared after the Final Prophet Mohammad-peace be upon him, we do not know so far how many have exactly appeared).

(3) till the religious knowledge is taken away (by the death of Religious scholars)

(4) earthquakes will increase in number (note: how many earthquakes are taking place daily, is noteworthy)

(5) time will pass quickly, (note: yea, you wonder when you receive your salary check)

(6) afflictions will appear, (note: which is going on now)

(7) Al-Harj, (i.e., killing) will increase, (note: we can see how people are killed daily in hundreds or thousands of numbers around the world)

(8) till wealth will be in abundance ---- so abundant that a wealthy person will worry lest nobody should accept his Zakat, and whenever he will present it to someone, that person (to whom it will be offered) will say, 'I am not in need of it, (note: even though wealth is quite common, even people in the age group 20-30, there are millionaires, but still poverty and hunger are quite rampant now. This time when people will not be available to accept wealth given as charity, will be after Islam becomes dominant on the earth in future and the Islamic rulers or Caliphs (Khalifas) will distribute the accumulated wealth among the needy and the poor. Thus the people will be happy and lead a life of self contentment and worldly desires will be of secondary concern while morality and spiritual values of Islam will be reigning supreme).

(9) till the people compete with one another in constructing high buildings, (note: which is quite visible now).

(10) till a man when passing by a grave of someone will say, 'Would that I were in his place'. (Note: this is also true in some conflict ridden countries where people are hardest hit and great is the suffering due to war and bloodshed).

(11) and till the sun rises from the West. So when the sun will rise and the people will see it (rising from the West) they will all believe (embrace Islam) but that will be the time when: (As Allah said,) 'No good will it do to a soul to believe then, if it believed not before, nor earned good (by deeds of righteousness) through its Faith.' (Quran: Chapter 6 Verse 158) (note: this is yet to happen).

And the Hour will be established (so quickly and unexpected that) while two men spreading a garment in front of them but they will not be able to sell it, nor fold it up; and the Hour will be established (so quickly and unexpected that) when a man has milked his she-camel and has taken away the milk but he will not be able to drink it; and the Hour will be established (so quickly and unexpected that) before a man repairing a tank (for his livestock) is able to water (his animals) in it; and the Hour will be established (so quickly and unexpected that) when a person has raised a morsel (of food) to his mouth but will not be able to eat it."

From the above hadith of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), we come to know that the end of the world will come all of a sudden even as people were busy in their markets doing routine sales (like selling a garment in a shop) or attending to the needs of the domestic animals etc..It could be that the day has just begun and people were just starting their daily routines....when the GREATEST EVENT OF DAY OF JUDGMENT/RESURRECTION WOULD START UNFOLDING AS THE FIRST PART, by the beginning of destruction of universal system....Allah knows the best...


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