Islamic greeting cards are pretty common for both Muslims and non Muslims. They are used to celebrate great Islamic occasions by friends and family. Islam is a very strong religion with a wide following all over the world and this is one of the reasons why Islamic greeting cards are popular all over the world. The cards are distinct and come with unique features which are worth a mention. First, you will notice that the cards are centered on the Islamic religion. This is because the faith determines what Islamic people do on a daily basis. In other words, Islam is a lifestyle which cannot be divorced from how they do things everyday including sending greeting cards. Many cards will contain religious messages and symbols. However, it will depend on the occasion when sending the cards. On special religious occasions, you will find the following message being written on cards may you be blessed, in remembrance of Allah and the list goes on and on.

Islamic greeting cards will come in many designs and shapes. However, the kind of designs and pictures that Islamic greeting cards come with must be in accordance to the will of Allah or God. In other words, the integrity of the faith must be upheld at every cost. Images that are displeasing will never be accepted and, if you are non Muslim sending cards to Muslim friends, it is good for you to keep this in mind. Look for down to earth cards that are floral or animated. However, do not forget to include what your friend would love. The varieties of Islamic cards will give you good ideas that will help you know the kind of cards to send. When there is a big occasion like Hajj, Ramadan, Eid Ul Fitr or Eid Ul Adha, you will know exactly what to do with the theme and the colors as well. If you need inspiration for cards, it is time you looked online.

Sites like Islamic greeting cards are sure to offer you different options. You can send your cards through email to make your work easier. At the site, you will find a link to other sites where you can enjoy different kinds of cards for Muslims. Let the sites teach you the kind of cards you should be sending out. If you can customize the cards for your recipients, by all means do it. You can also make the cards with your very own hands. Handmade cards are not just personal by they help create a special bond between you and your friends. There is nothing complicated about Islamic cards; all you have to do is have a message that will bring life to your recipients. Have fun while selecting the various cards you choose to go with. Cards will continue to transform relationships and even bridge the gap between religions. A good card will speak to the heart and the love for others is all that matters in life whether Muslim or otherwise.

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Traditional

As we all know the Islam is one of the biggest religions in the world. The people who follow Islam are spread all over the world; hence therir clothing may change from place to place .In Asia, the Thuabs and Jubbahs are most prevalent Muslim people. Most men among the Islamic religion prefer to wear Jubbahs and pajamas as they are very comfortable and hygienic as climatic conditions in Asia, where it is very hot and humid in most parts of the year.

Most women wear the salwar-kurta and black Burkha over the face. The clothing of boys and girls are similar to clothing of their parents. Basically these people have simple day to day clothing but for festival and main occasions they wear very highly design beautiful cloths. One can easily notice the difference between urban wearing and typical wearing at rural areas.

Modern

As Muslim people are living in almost every part of the world and hence their clothing may change from place to place as they adopt the life style as per the culture and climatic conditions of their new country. Islamic clothing can be differentiae into two main categories, Islamic urban wear and Islamic rural wear. Urban wear mainly consists of highly fashionable cloths which are costly and it includes shirt paint with suit and traditional jubbah and pajamas. And Islamic rural wear consists of cotton jubbah and pajamas for men and salwar-kurta and black Burkha over the face.

Availability of Muslim Clothes

Islamic urban wear and Thuabs, jubbahs can be bought through any online shopping site such as EBay and others where many different types of beautiful Islamic clothing are available at 30-40% rate discount as compared to actual prices at outlets. It is always beneficial to buy Islamic urban or traditional clothing at wholesale market.

Also, one can buy Islamic cloths for men and women on roadside and there are many famous shops are that only sold Islamic cloths. Islamic clothing such as jubbahs and pajamas are comfortable and can be matched with any personality. It helps that the personality and people who wear Islamic clothing look different from others and can be easily found in crowd. Islamic cloths and jubbahs are used by many peoples in music and in other fields such as in films even in films.

Islamic clothing is simple and attractive, giving it a rising popularity among citizens of today. Most cloths are made from cotton and hence they are most suitable for the hot and humid conditions in Asia. As the cloths are available in most current fashionable style can be wear for many occasions and looks very different from traditional occasion cloths. and the Best place to buy these cloths online where one can buy this cloths at very low cost and these cloths are available in many different ranges so one choice as per its interest. So one must try the Islamic clothing and feel the pride of wearing such high quality dresses.

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Recently, we had a few trolls sign up for the forum with the intent to defame, declare takfir on us for sympathizing with kufar and disrupt the forum. Alhamdulillah, Allah has protected us from their sin.

In the process, one of the accusation levied against us was that we were “modernist”. Somehow, being called a “modernist” was a bad thing.

We were modernist as opposed to what? The opposite to “modern” is “primitive”. So “primitive” is better than “modern”? By this logic we should be living in a cave as opposed to a house.

What is “modern”? It is relating to, or having the characteristics of the present or most recent period of development.

So, are we to believe that “primitive”, which is having the characteristics of the past, is better than modern?

Look at the world we live in. Instead of using a stick we use a toothbrush. Instead of riding a camel, we use a car. Instead of hunting and gathering with stone tipped arrows and grass weaved baskets we go to the supermarket.

The hallmark of the Islamic religion is its pliability to the times. Islamic Law, according to the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh) allows for this pliability in everything except one thing, the religious components of our lifestyle. This fact is evident if one studies the seerah of the Prophet (pbuh) over the course of his life and the lives of the sahabbah during the first 100 years of the Islamic Empire, which is the rough timeframe in which our scholars extrapilate much of the rulings of Shariah. Many more rulings of shariah are directed at the changing times and often do not even have a basis in Quran or Sunnah because the situations in modern times have changed and have not been experienced by the Prophet (pbuh) or the sahabbah.

For example, in modern times, we face issues of the harvesting of human stem cells from new born babies to correct diseases that may exist later in the childs life. Is this acceptable in Islam? Well, the Prophet (pbuh) and the Sahabbah did not experience science on this scale and such things were unheard of in their time. Thus, our scholars work out a morally acceptable shariah on the topic. They can draw off of what we do know of Quran and Sunnah that is totally unrelated to the topic in conjunction with consultation of modern scientists who are expert in the field and apply it to make a ruling.

Islam is not a primitive religion, nor is it meant to be. Islam is for all time.

People who call us modernists because we stand for progress in society according to Islamic values are missing the purpose of Islam. Islam is not a religion. It is an entire way of life that includes religious doctrine. It regulates much more than religion. Religion is perhaps 10% of Islam. The remaining 90% is Economy, Science, Governance, Military, Diplomacy and many many other things.

These “primitive” Muslims make the 10% seem like 90%. It is these types that wish to rule a country without knowing how to build roads, schools, colleges, using diplomacy to avoid warfare, establishing justice systems for all people (muslim and not), bringing economic prosperity and many other essential aspects of our lives.

I have seen these “primitive” Muslims tout the Taliban as the model Islamic government. Yet, if you look closely, there is a VAST difference between such a rogue group and an Islamic State as the Prophet (pbuh) established and the Sahabbah built upon. So vast, it is virtually unrecognizable if it wasnt for the people observing the 10% of their religion; ie the religious aspects of Islam.

Following Islam is not just in the ritual 10% or even in the spiritual aspects of those rituals.

To build upon this argument, even before the advent of our complete religious system (the 10%) the Prophet (pbuh) established Islam as a system of Justice. It was this system of Justice that won the hearts of many local Arab tribes that once opposed Muslims bitterly.

I propose that there is no such thing as “modern” or “modernization” of Islam. There is either “progress” or “no progress”. If we fail to establish all aspects of Islamic society and government to include the religious aspects then there is no progress. These “primitive” muslims propose that we establish the 10% while neglecting the remaining. They propose that we do it by violent force if necessary. However, if they dont already have the necessities of society established (the 90%) then all they propose is religious oppression by use of violence.

On the other hand, if the necessities of society are already present, then there will be no need for violent force. There will already be the means by which to affect change in society through peaceful means. Even then, the “primitives” will lack patience with the already established systems and wish to vilently overthrow it as they have tried in many Muslim populated states.

Islamic rule must come from the people if it is to work. The example of this is in the lifetime of the Prophet (pbuh) and the sahabbah. Islamic rule worked because people wanted it and they accepted the established government and worked within the framework of their government to affect change through peaceful means, like voting, lobbying, diplomacy, etc. Islamic rule cannot work if brought about by violent upheaval and the populations of our regions not accepting the newly established violent dictatorship.

This is the difference. A government that comes to power by violent rebellion will supress its opposition violently and its rule will always be challenged. A government that is chosen by the people will naturally last longer as it has the blessing of the majority of the population.

So, are we modernists? No, we just follow Islam as the Prophet (pbuh) taught with his greater wisdom than the proponents of “primitivism” in Islam.

What they preach is Islam in the stone ages, living in caves with guns made in the USA or Russia. They will never be able to produce a bar of soap, grow a society, avoid tribal warfare, educate their chidren beyond paroting verses of the quran without knowing the meaning, etc.

You can give a man tawheed and rituals, but if he cannot live peacefully, without fear of oppression, feed his family, educate his sons and daughters, wash himself properly, go to work, build something, etc. then Islam means little to him. Perhaps only 10%.

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Muslim marriage as in other faiths is a sacred institution. It is a moral contract binding between a Muslim man and a Muslim woman. Muslim marriages are performed according to the laws of the Islamic Shariah. Islamic marriages are generally arranged marriages by the parents. The proposal for marriage is made by the girl’s parents to the guy and once with the acceptance from both the sides the ceremony of engagement is made which is further followed by the marriage. The Islamic marriage is solemnized by a priest who takes the consent of both the bride and the groom for the marriage. The bride and the groom’s consent is followed by signing of the marriage proposal by the bride, the groom and the witnesses. The Koran or the holy book is placed between them and they are made to see each other through a mirror. The Islamic marriage ceremony is celebrated with the distribution of dates and sweets and with a grand feast. In an Islamic marriage premarital intimacy is strictly not permitted. According to the religion of Islam a Muslim marriage is the foundation upon which an Islamic society is built.
Muslim marriage is characterized by offering of the dowry by a Muslim man to his spouse. The main purpose is to safeguard the economic status of the Muslim women in case of any unto do incidents. The dowry or the mahr can be paid before or after the marriage and with the failure of the payment of dowry the Muslim marriage becomes invalidated. The Muslim marriages insist on the husband supporting his spouse financially and therefore it is the duty of the husband to support and protect his wife. The Muslim marriage rules also insist that the husband should make sure that both his wife and children have access to the religious Islamic materials.
One major difference between Islam and other religion is the practice of polygamy, the Muslim men are allowed to marry up to four wives as long as he can support and protect them. Muslim women however are not allowed to marry more than one man. The religion of Islam does not permit homosexuality. It allows the marriage of a Muslim man to a Jewish or a Christian woman. Though the Islamic law permit’s the marriage of Christian or a Jewish woman to a Muslim male it does not permit them to have the inheritance of their spouse unless it is conferred by the Muslim man on their Jewish or Christian spouses.
Islamic religion lays down strict marriage regulations as marriage and family are the building blocks of Islamic society. The moral contract between the husband and wife in Islam is bound by certain rules and regulations. Islam clearly defines the role of a husband in a family as well as that of a wife’s duty. It is the healthy family life which would form the basis of healthy off springs. This further would lead to the growth of a strong Islamic society. The ultimate aim being the growth of the religion with staunch followers of Islam and Muslim marriage is a really a formatted institution.

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A comparative study of religion and Deen, should help us understand the vital and fundamental characteristics of each and the differences between the two: “Religion & Deen (Islam)”

? Religion is merely some sort of subjective experience and is concerned only with the so-called private relationship between God and man. Deen is an objective reality and a system of collective life. Every follower of a Religion is satisfied that he has established a communion with the Almighty, and the objective of each individual is his own salvation. The aim of Deen on the other hand is the welfare and progress of all mankind, and the character and constitution of a society indicates whether or not it is founded upon the Divine Law.

? Religion does not afford us any objective. criterion by which we could determine whether or not our actions are producing the desired results. In a social order governed by Deen, the development of a collective and harmonious life correctly indicates whether or not the people are pursuing the right course.

? Religion is hostile to scientific investigation and is an adversary of reason, so that it could flourish unhampered with the aid of a blind faith. Deen helps in the development of human reason and knowledge, allows full freedom to accept or reject on the basis of reason and arguments, and encourages investigation and discovery of all the natural phenomena to illumine the path of human life and its advancement in the light of the Permanent Values.

? Religion follows the susceptibilities and prejudices of men and pampers them. Deen seeks to lead men to a path of life that is in harmony with the realities of life.

? In every age, therefore, Religion sets up new idols and mumbo-jumbos in order to keep the people’s attention away from the real problems of life. But Deen is rational and radical: it breaks all idols, old and new, and is never variable in its principles.

? Religion induces a perpetual sense of fear in the minds of men and seeks to frighten them into conformity; While Deen treats fear as a form of polytheism and seeks to make men courageous, daring and self-reliant.

? Religion prompts men to bow before every seat of authority and prestige, religious as well as temporal. Deen encourages man to walk about with his head erect, and attain self-confidence.

? Religion induces man to flee from struggle of life. But Deen calls upon him to face the realities of life squarely, whatever the hazards.

? Religion treats the world of matter with contempt and calls upon man to renounce it. It promises paradise only in the Hereafter as a reward for the renunciation of the material world. Deen, on the other hand, enjoins the conquest of matter and leads man to immeasurable heights of attainment. It exhorts him to seek well-being and happiness in this world as well as felicity in the life Hereafter.

? Religion encourages belief in fatalism, and this tends to dissuade man from active life and self-development. Deen gives man power to challenge fate, and provides energy for a life of activity and self-development.

? Religion seeks to comfort the weak, the helpless and the oppressed with the belief that the affairs of this world are governed by the Will of God and that its acceptance and resignation helps to endear them to God. This sort of teaching naturally tends to morbidity, and emboldens their religious leaders who profess to interpret the Will of God, so that they indulge in their misdeeds with perfect impunity and persuade the adherents to a complete and quiet submission. Deen, on the other hand, raises the banner of revolt against all forms of tyranny and exploitation. It calls upon the weak and the oppressed to follow the Divine Laws and thereby seek to establish a social order in which all tyrants and oppressors will be forced to accept the dictates of right and justice. In this social order, there is no place for dictators, capitalists or priests. They are all enemies of Deen.

? Religion enjoins religious meditation in the name of worship and thus induces self-deception. Deen exhorts men to assert themselves and struggle perpetually for the establishment of the Divine Social Order, and its betterment when attained. Worship in din really means obedience to the Laws of God.

? Religion frowns and sneers at all things of art and beauty. Deen defies those who forbid the enjoyment of the good and beautiful things of life which God has created for the enjoyment of man.

? Religion denounces everything new and declares all innovation as sin. Deen holds that the needs and demands of human life keep changing with the change in the conditions of life; change and innovation are, therefore, demanded by life itself. Only the Divine Laws are immutable.

It should now be easy for us to see the fundamental difference between Deen and Religion. Islam means saying “Yes” to life; while the response of religion is “No”!

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The Balance in the world of religions
Each religion including that of Christianity, Buddhism and Islam had its particular impact on the very essence of the word, shaping its culture, politics, science, social life according to the main prerogatives of the religions mentioned. Moreover, religions had, I would say, the most important influence on history. It is due the conflict between Christianity and Islam the progress of Western society turned out to be so extensive and deep. It is due to Buddhism people try to bring profound changes to their lives making an effort to free themselves from negative influence of the society they live in.

Buddhism

As the religion of more than 90 per cent of Thailand’s population, Buddhism became one of the three pillars of the national ideology, alongside the monarchy and the nation. Since the very beginnings of Buddhism in Thailand in the thirteenth century, it has always been closely linked with the state, and specifically with the king in the form of the dhammaraja (Dharma ruler or just ruler).

Buddhists stress the personal choice of the individual or family when it comes to religion. No religion is superior to another: the goal of all religions is identical–to lead a moral life–and converting others to Buddhism is not given much prominence.

Buddhism in the age of Asoka had made universal claims to the allegiance of man. Eventually, allegiance or commitment would become the major feature of other religions such as Christianity and Islam

Christianity unjustified use of force. The Christians are convinced that theirs is the way of ultimate truth. For Protestants even more than for Catholics, Christianity is seen as superior to all other religions.

Christianity has become the religion of dogmas. However, divided by heresy and factionalism, and permeated by impiety, inequity, iniquity and idolatry Christianity was near to lose its humanistic nature. Still, the image Christianity as a vibrant, active, progressive was a good contrast to a passive inert Islam. This was one of the factors that enabled religious and political hegemony of Western culture.

These were common definitions of differences between these two religions. Edward Freeman, for example, defined the west as progressive, legal, monogamous and Christian, and the East as arbitrary, stationary, polygamous and Mahometan. To William Muir, Islam may have been suitable to the Arabia of the time of Muhammad, but quite unsuited to other times and places: “it binds society hand and foot”, he declared. [Smith B, 1995]. So, my evaluation of Christianity as a religion would look as follows.

Cultural tradition: no religious enthusiasm, argument concerning the relative truth Christianity

Artistic traditions: partial religious contest in all kinds of artistic traditions, the prevalence of secular traditions over religious ones

Political system: Legal basis

Social system: secular and religious patronage, the moral value of women, slavery, , violence and cruelty, revolutions of public life.

Islam as religion of enthusiasm

In the later part of the eighteenth and into the nineteenth century, religious enthusiasm no longer carried the radical political and social implications it had held during Commonwealth and Restoration times. It was more often viewed as potentially self-deceptive than socially disruptive. As Nathan Alcock put it in 1796: “Enthusiasm may cause a man to deceive himself, and take his own fancies and conceptions for divine suggestions. This probably was the case with Mahomet and the success of his enterprises [sic] might still further persuade him that his cause was the cause of God.” [Thomas Alcock T.,, 1796]

In the Victorian period, the cultural hegemony of west over east allowed for modifications to the image of Islam as a religion of force. On the one hand it could be argued that, while an aggressive Islam needed to be opposed, a peaceful Islam was impotent and only fit for cultural improvement.

On the other hand, the role of force in Islam could be down-played. From the middle of the seventeenth century there had been those who decried it as a vulgar opinion that Muhammad spread the faith by the sword. [Tailor.T, 1868].

To cover Islam from the perspective of cultural, artistic, political and social perspective I would like to propose you the following brief analysis of Islam.

Cultural tradition: religious enthusiasm, argument concerning the relative truth of Islam

Artistic traditions: dominance of religious contest in all kinds of artistic traditions

Political system: justified use of force, mission of spreading the faith, imperial confidence in the virtue of Islamic culture, radical political and social implications, the image of Islam as a religion of force, the political decrepitude and moral and social evils

Social system: secular and religious patronage, the moral degradation of women, slavery, the physical and mental debilities of men, envy, violence and cruelty, the disquiet and misery of private life, the continual agitations, commotions, and revolutions of public life.

According to Smith Islam and scientific and political progress are incompatible.

Thus, Islam was often seen as the source of all the evils which, in the western imagination at least, had afflicted Islamic societies. It was Islam, extravagant but not progressive, that had relieved the eastern mind from the discipline of improving itself, and had left it in its preferred state of untamed wildness. Islam and scientific and political progress are incompatible, as Christianity and scientific and political progress are not incompatible”. [Smith B., 1995]

Consequently, Islamic religion can be characterized by

1.Blind devotion to Muhammad

2.The presence of Islamic fatalism.

3.religious intolerance

4.political despotism

Despotism.

The perceived relationship between Islam and despotism has always been the landmark of many disputes. However, I would again refer to Bosworth Smith, who considered that it to be wrong to judge Islam in terms of despotism as well as Christianity in terms of Anabaptists, Pillar Saints, or Shakers. Consequently, a strong tendency to evaluate Islam as the source of all evil is a mistake.

It is quite visible that there are significant differences in the cultures of different religious societies. However, my reading the book by Herb Ziegler Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past has helped me to shape my perception of history as connection of “complex societies”[Ziegler H.,2005] that eventually is an inevitable process for coexistence of different worlds and ways of life. However, the most controversial issue in this aspect is religion.

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Conclusion.

The world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Islam) created the history and shaped it in the way of continuous contest the outcome of which is the society we are having now as it has been stated in my paper. My research also proved that each religion is unique in its own way, and is build upon long-term traditions. In fact, all religions has both positive and negative sides. Eventually, neither of religions could be defined as right or wrong. That is why everyone must be aware f other civilization’s presence and its cultural, social and political values. Consequently, the rivalry between this West and that East–between the West and Islam–is natural rivalry of two different systems each of which has strong demand for world dominance.

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Adoption Laws In Islam: Some Issues

Zahidul Islam Biswas

This is basically in response to the write-up by K M Rasheduzzaman Raja, a Joint District Judge at Sirajgonj, published in the Daily Star on 3 September 2005 entitled ‘Adoption law is need of the hour’. Mentioning two examples, the honourable judge has tried to advocate for the provision of adoption in Muslim personal law. His first example tells the story that a wealthy elderly woman without any children was killed by her nephew who was her only heir. To expedite his inheritance he hired a professional killer to commit the grisly crime. It could have been otherwise if she had a child who should have taken care of her in her last days as the other children do in our society in the case of their parents. The other example is that an expatriate woman who was cherishing for motherhood for long time expressed her desire to adopt a baby, left in a clinic by its poor mother after delivery, and accordingly she filed a petition before the Family Court. Not surprisingly, the court frustrated her saying that the law can only provide her with guardianship of the child on consideration of her legal capacity, but cannot let it be adopted on consideration of her parental affection.

With these two examples followed by a short discussion on problems for not having provision of adoption in Muslim personal law, he concludes that at a certain age the wealthy industrialists, business tycoons or financially solvent persons having no issues become tired and cast a vacant look upon their hard-work-earned huge property and cast a deep sigh thinking that who would maintain their empire of wealth in their absence in the world. To let them come out of such despairing condition the adoption law can play a magic and keep them active till their last day to flourish the economy of the country.

Hence, it seems that the honourable judge has given a tremendous thought for a class of wealthy people of the country. However, with due respect to his views, I want to express the insights into the prohibition of adoption in Islam. This write-up is, simultaneously, expected to state whether adoption law is a solution to the problem.

The central notion of justice in the Shari’ah is based on mutual respect of one human being by another. The just society in Islam means the society that secures and maintains respect for persons and their rights through various social arrangements that are in the common interest and welfare of all members. Islam views adoption as a falsification of the natural order of society and of reality. And the prohibition of legal adoption in Islam has been, in fact, ordained to protect the rights, not of a single class, but of the adopted, adopter, natural parents, other individuals affected by the adoption, and society as a whole. This proposition will be made clear in the following.

The child is an extension of his father and the bearer of his characteristics. During his lifetime he is the joy of his father’s eyes. While after his father’s death the child represents a continuation of his existence and an embodiment of his immortality. The child inherits his features and stature as well as his mental qualities and traits, both the good and the bad, the beautiful as well as the ugly. The child is a part of the father’s heart and a piece of his body. These facts cannot be altered by adoption of that child by anyone and Islam has provided the inalienable right of the child to his lineage as well as that of the natural father to lineage.

The child in Islam also has the equally inalienable right to legitimacy. The principle of legitimacy holds that every child shall have a father and one father only. This is why Allah has ordained marriage and has forbidden adultery so that paternity may be established without doubt or ambiguity and that the child may be referred to his father and the father to his sons and daughters. Hence, adoption cannot be used in Islam to hide the illegitimacy or the paternity of the child.

By adopting someone’s child, as one’s own, the rightful and deserving heirs to the property of a man are deprived of their shares. Hence Islam has made it haram (forbidden) for a father to deprive his natural children of inheritance. Allah has established the distribution of inheritance in order to give each eligible person his or her share. In matters of inheritance, the Qur’an does not recognise any claim except those based on relationship through blood and marriage (Qur’an 8:75).

Taking a stranger, by adoption, into the family as one of its members and allowing him the privacy to be with women who are not close relatives (non-mahrem), is a deception, for the adopter’s wife is not the adopted son’s mother, nor is his daughter the boy’s sister, nor is his sister the boy’s aunt since all of them are non-mahrem to him and vice-versa for an adopted daughter. Also when the adopted child’s lineal identity or paternity is changed, it is quite possible that the adopted child may, unknowingly, enter into incestuous relationships by marrying close relatives of the natural parents (mahrem) or otherwise his marital chances may in general become subject to confusion.

When the adopted child receives a claim on the inheritance of the adopter, the anger and wrath of the real relatives may be aroused against the adopted who the relatives feel forces himself or herself upon them and usurps their rights, depriving them of their full inheritance. Often such anger leads to quarrels, fights, and even killings, as we see nowadays, and to the breaking of relations among relatives. Therefore, it is not conducive to family solidarity and overall harmony and peace, which are necessary for social stability.

However, “adoption” is also used in another sense. This use of adoption is not prohibited by Islam — that is, when a man brings home an orphan (including a foundling or abandoned child) and wants to raise, to educate, and to treat as his own child. In this case, he protects, feeds, clothes, teaches, and loves the child as his own without attributing the child to himself, nor does he give him or her the rights which the Shari’ah reserves for natural children. However, if a man is childless and has no children of his own, and he wishes to benefit such a child (orphan or foundling) from his wealth, he may give him whatever he wants during his lifetime. This is a meritorious and noteworthy act in Islam, and the man who does it will be rewarded by Allah.

Muslims believe that Allah is the Wise, All-Knowing and Merciful. He makes things halal (permitted) and haram (forbidden) for a reason, with the people’s well being in mind. Thus, a Muslim is not required to know exactly what is harmful in what Allah has prohibited; it may be hidden or not clear to him but could be apparent or clear to someone else, or its harm may not have been discovered during his lifetime but may be understood at a later time period or era. A great example of this is the prohibition of the eating of pork in Islam. Scientific research, after centuries of this prohibition, has now shown the presence of parasites and deadly bacteria in its flesh. True believers have to accept Allah’s Wisdom and Knowledge in the forbidding of any act since He sees and knows things on a universal and timeless basis for all mankind unlike the ability of human beings to focus mainly on individual and present needs. Thus the acceptance of the prohibition of legal adoption, as it is personal affairs of Muslims and affecting no person of other religions, should also be regarded as the acceptance of the timeless power and knowledge of Allah.

The author is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. This article was first published in the ‘Law and Our Rights’ section of the The Daily Star, Issue No: 206; September 10, 2005, Bangladesh.

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Islam is the most growing religion on earth, There is more than 2 Billion humans all over the world called Muslims.

Islam Based on the Submission of human will to One God who is called in Arabic “Allah” The only One, The Superior and The Only Creator Of This Universe with no partners and all the existence under his own Control.

Islam was the religion given to Adam The first Man on Earth who was created by God, not as fallen being. all The Prophets & Messengers of God “Allah” to humankind on Earth were Muslims! including Adam, Abraham, Moses, Aaron, Jacob, Jesus and Mohammad. they have the same basic Message to Mankind:

“La Ilaha Illa Allah”

which means no God worth of worshiping Except Allah and anything else is his servant and creation.

Although those prophets came with different books, practices and methods of worshiping, Prophet Mohammad (peace and blessings be upon him and all other prophets) was the last Messenger of Allah On earth Before the Day of Judgment.

The Basic Message of Islam is the absolute Unity of Allah ‘God’ and he is not independent on anything or anyone else or even alike, he is not three on one nor father and son, Muslims beliefs on Jesus as Allah’s Prophet and Messenger and his servant just like all other prophets Including Mohammad and Moses.

Islam believes that God and his creations are completely different entities, Allah is not his creation nor he is a part of it, Islam believes that his essence and his great knowledge are everywhere on his creation.

Islam calls the human away from the worshiping of the creation of Allah and invites him to the worshiping of the creator — Allah himself, because the greatest sin of humanity is the worshiping of the creation.

Among the basics of Islamic Religion, the most important part is the belief in one God ‘Allah’ and He is the only Creator, Ruler, Lord, Administrator and Master of all that exists, And this Universe exists and functions because the will of Allah alone.

Allah responds to man’s prayer and He is the only one who has the power to accept or reject it. He is the Master of man’s destiny, no one ever else can interfere with the fate of others or even with his own fate!

All the human’s hopes and fears should be only directed to Allah. he is the object of fear & source of favour.

That’s the bedrock and most fundamental aspect of Islam religion, May Allah guide all of us to the truth and thank you for your time.

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What You Are Required To Do In RamadanWe should realize that Allah made Saum (fasting) obligatory on us as a= way for us to worship Him: and for the fasting to be acceptable and beneficial,= we should observe the following conditions:* It should be unders= tood that here, like in all other Islamic undertakings, the intention must be ma= de clear that this action is undertaken in obedience to Allah, in response to = His command and out of love for Him.Performing the other acts of worship and dut= ies is most important, and Salat in particular, without which no other act of worship is ac= cepted by Allah. Praying in congregation is a great aspect in our religion. Everyone should attend: its reward is twenty seven times greater than = that which is performed individually. The Prophet (peace be on him) was just about to burn the houses on those who did not attend = the congregational prayers. Refraining from bad beh= avior such as lying, cheating, music, smoking, backbiting and slandering others to create animosity among them. The Prophet (peace be on him) said: “No slanderer shall enter the Jannah.” To be extraordinarily cautious in using the senses, the mind and, especially, the tongue; to abstain from careless= and gossipy chats and avoid all suspicious moti= ons. A fasting person preserving the purity of the fast should not be involved in talking behind others, intrigues, aspersions, vilifications, lies, altercations, name-callings and swear= ing as well as perjuries. The Prophet (peace be on him) further said i= n an authentic Hadith : Fasting is a shield; so= when it is a day of fasting one should not indulge in obscene behavior or glamour, or shout about; if any one quarrels with him or engages him in fight, he should say: ‘I am fastin= g’. Fasting does not mean merely abstaining from eating and drinking the things that break fast. In this sense Allah’s Messenger (peace be on him) has also said in an authentic Hadith: ” Whoever does not give up lying sp= eech (false statements) and acting on those lies and evil actions etc., All= ah is not in need of his leaving his food and drink (i.e. Allah will not accept his Saum (fasting)”.[ See Fath Al-Bari, Vol.5,= page 18] (3:127-OB)

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