A Christian contributing to a masjid? I'm surprised.
Bismillah ir Rahman ar Raheem
Our central mosque in Trenton was a disused building donated by a Jewish US citizen for tax purposes primarily. However, he could have given it to anyone but Muslims. It was a run-down area frequented by drug addicts who specially liked that building to shoot up in as it was always empty.
Allah through his nur and that of the African American Imam, caused all those people to run away and the street was populated by Muslims in part and was a safe haven in the middle of crime-ridden downtown Trenton (only Camden in New Jersey was worse, and downtown Chicago, downtown Washington, and the Bronx -among others- in the rest of the US).
So, Allah guides whom he wishes, uses whom he wishes to give succor to whom he wishes. So, maybe we should leave our pilfering and squabbling and turn our face to the Lord of Abraham whose mercy exceeds his wrath by so many times, and who is the only one to turn our hearts from darkness and guide us to the light.
The Brits didn't hand out titles to their opponents.
Did they knight, or give a similar title to, Allama Iqbal, or Sir Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
Wikipedia
"
Sir Muhammad Iqbal (
Urdu: محمد اقبال ) (November 9, 1877 – April 21, 1938), widely known as
Allama Iqbal (علامہ اقبال), was a poet, philosopher, and politician, as well as an academic, barrister and scholar
[1][2] in
British India who is widely regarded as having inspired the
Pakistan Movement...
In 1922, he was
knighted by
King George V,
[9] granting him the title "Sir".
[10]..."
no mr. somebozo your misconceptions are highly uncalled for because we the area people never find any embezzlement in even when it comes to good. i don't know about you but we Muslims here at least in my area had always held those donations as community possessions. and fyi even in this age the imams of our mosques earn two square meal through giving tution and they don't have bank accounts or big bungalows.
that was not supposed to get them justice but that was the least i could do to at least show solidarity.
You could speak up for them without putting up an icaon of kufr.
No it is very much allowed, though those who think they are authority on religion do say that but God has made man and woman for each others pleasure not for reproduction. Unlike other species where reproduction is the purpose. My earlier claim is based on the holy book and later because of the breeding seasons in animals but in humans there is no breeding seasons. the urge is all around the year.
wrong on all counts.
Paying taxes in Pakistan is not sustainable...been there..done that..there is no survival in business without tax evasion...even simple machinery import is impossible as the total bill comes out to 60% in import taxes and duties..therefore tax theft in Pakistan is very well justified...the country needs to control its population because poor people only reproduce more poverty...and increase its tax net by raising living standards..we are chasing a mirage of economic prosperity because the population is multiplying faster than economy..and therefore with each coming generation..quality and value of life is going down...
paying taxes is not the problem, it is that everyone else avoids it through graft so that you cannot compete. Still there are lots of halal ways to earn if you cannot do so legally, ethically, and morally in one field.
On this forum, if you want to prove that you are libturd, you have to insult scholars. Otherwise, zero credibility
does it make one feel superior to use hurtful labels; in that case, nothing is achieved and we have just driven away somebody who might be coming to agree with us.
There have been strong opposition from Indian Muslim leaders whenever there was a talk of 2 children limit. I think south Asia should put 2-3 children limit.
are you the one who sends the rain, who causes seeds to germinate, who causes them to grow and bear fruit? in that case, I am so sorry that I have wasted my life and not prostated before you and asked for sustenance for me, my family, and the unborn (and murdered in the wombs) of this world.
Maulana Taqriq Jameel spend a great time with common followers, they also help many poor families of their village who cant support the financial of burden of their own. As now their are millions of people who love him from every corner of the world, so this is obvious that he cant give time to every one. It is us who notice only when he meet some celebrity. And also their is special Hikmah in these meetings, Deen of ALLAH swt is reaching to the people who were previously ignored by religious class. And it is a great step for encouragement and betterment of every Muslim.
And their is no game of money, all my life I have hardly scene any Imam of Masjid living a better life than other member of his neighborhood. Most of the Imam dont even afford to buy good clothes for his kids at eid and yet they spend honestly for the improvement of facility at the mosques.
beware from whom you take your' deen'. most people pretend to be scholars but end up pushing people into hellfire. Fortunately, we have the Quran and the Sahihs of Bukhari and Muslim and the Muwatta of Malik to find out who is the liar 'dajjal' and who is the 'warith' of our Habibi (peace be upon him).
Not happen first time even at my home town addict (charsi) often did these type of robberies even they stole fans, donation box some time chappals.
would not be a problem if we followed Sunnah, built simpler mosques, prayed in our shoes, without elaborate musallahs, and on open ground and even in the pens of goats (see Sunan Abi Dawood and general Sunnah from other books).