The most controversial issue circling around the Holy Prophet (saw) is the age of Ayesha (ra) at the time of her marriage with the Holy Prophet (saw).

Detractors of Islam have blown this out of proportion and used it as much as they can to tarnish the image of the Holy Prophet of Islam.

Here is an article which along with using some of our research goes into more detail as to the real age of Hazrat Ayesha.

The Holy Quran tells us that fasting is nothing new. Allah prescribed it for all religions and it was being made mandatory for Muslims. Unlike other religions the purpose of fasting in Islam is to guard one’s self against evil and not a kind of punishment for wrong-doing.

People forget that there is no compulsion in religion, so its not up to one person to force another to fast.

Just as importantly people also forget that God says he does not want to make religion a burden for us, therefore to force people affected by calamities and who are in distress and without means to fast is a clear violation of these two injections of the Holy Quran.

Where fasting is made mandatory it is also said that if its not possible for a person to fast he should feed a poor person as recompense. The Holy Quran does not define what is meant by if its not possible for a person to fast leaving it to the individual to decide in the light of his own circumstances.

This is a great article from the Guardian showing the various ways Muslims can now find help during the month of Ramadan, especially those with iPhones and iPads.

The above picture is the cover of a new book entitled “The Astronomical Calculations And Ramadan: A Fiqhi Discourse” by Dr Zulfiqar Ali Shah from Pakistan. On the back cover of this book it is stated:

This is an article on Jihad by someone in Saudi Arabia. This shows how confused Muslim are about this concept. Of Jihad.

On the one hand this gentleman says: Without question, the greatest jihad is personal jihad. On the other, he criticises the Ahmadiyya Movement for saying exactly the same thing.
He says : Ahmadiyya, . . . rejected the principle of fighting the colonialists. But then goes on to say : . . .I completely understand that we are bound by the conditions and limitations of [declaring] jihad, namely [that jihad can only be declared when] Muslims are being expelled from their land and [are subjected] to religious coercion.

But the Promised Messiah said exactly the same thing. Muslims in India were not being expelled by the British nor where they subjected to religious coercion. So what made jihad, in the sense of war, their duty? Indeed, other Muslims, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Ali Jinnah all opposed a war of independence against the British.

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Today we will be broadcasting live via ustream at 1.00pm (GMT) as usual, to watch our live prayers and speech and be a part of the virtual mosque click on the link below.

If you miss the broadcast, then we will be putting the videos up in the next few days for people to watch at their leisure.

Live Prayers

We often get chain emails from Muslims from around the world. They often fall into the category of silly.

Reading some of the replies which often come back we are astounded at how many people actually believe these chain mails.

We received one such email below which we decided needed a reply.

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May people are proud of the fact that they receive dreams and inspiration from Allah.

Here Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad sahib explains that on the day of judgement it is our deeds that we will have to account for and Allah will not ask us whether we received any dreams or inspiration.

Islam requires both faith and action. Therefore, people are required to say their ritual prayers as a matter of faith.

So, when standing in prayers they remember Allah but this verse tells Muslims to remember him after they finish praying. How then can we remember Allah after we have finished praying?

That is by putting into practice what Allah tells us. If a person is a businessperson and finds that they can make a profit by telling a lie they should remember Allah who has commanded us to speak the truth. This applies to all our daily actions and practices. In fact, our daily worship is closely related to the lesson in this verse of the Holy Quran. We begin our day by praying, we break our work or business during the day by praying, we break the time when we are relaxing to pray and the last thing at night we is to pray. In the intervening period we remember that although we are not praying we still remember Him by doing as He says.

Dear Sir,

Please allow me to warn your readers about the impending declaration of jihad by Muslims on the 12th August 2010 at 4 a.m. At that time every able-bodied Muslim in the world is going to initiate open jihad wherever he lives. This state of jihad shall continue until 9th September 2010. The reason is that the Holy Quran Commands Muslims to do so. It says:

“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard against evil. . . And those who find it extremely hard may affect redemption by feeding a poor person. So whoever does good spontaneously, it is better for them; and that you fast is better for you if you know.” (Ch 2, V 183-184)

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