Islamic Revival

Question: (a) People donate blood to blood banks for free, for reasons that are well known. The blood banks carry out checks on this blood and if it is found to be safe, it is then used on other patients. But if the blood is found to be contaminated or if it has any type if virus such as Hepatitis or AIDS for instance, then the blood is disposed off. Now we require this contaminated blood for our laboratory to carry out investigations. Is it permissible for us to obtain this blood from blood banks free of charge and carry out tests on it, and then safely dispose of the remaining quantity of blood without causing any harm to anyone or the environment? (b) In some cases, we purify the virus-contaminated blood of the virus during the investigation process which is complex and expensive and we are able to isolate the virus which is then used in our laboratory to develop scientific research and manufacture reagents. We then sell the other portions to different laboratories, and if we are un...

This talk was given by Ustadh ibn Kemaludeen al-Hanafi . He studied for 2 years in al-Azhar university – Egypt, before returning to the UK where he is currently completing his Doctoral Research on Islamic Philosophy, including the verification and transcription of original manuscripts of Sheikh Muhaasibi. He holds numerous ijaazaat in various Islamic studies. Has translated and verified numerous contemporary ahadith collections. Lectures in university on the science of ahadith, and Islamic modernism, and is also teacher of Hanafi fiqh. To read more about this topic see: Chapter2 - Al-Hakim (The Judge) and Who is al-Hakim (The Legislator)?

Correcting the mistake of those who claim there is no Islamic State It was not enough that America enslaved the Egyptian people for over sixty years, paying their rulers to do their bidding, supporting the occupation in Palestine and even to fight against Islam, nor was it enough to enslave the once mighty al-Azhar university so that its leaders would issue judgements in favour of American foreign policy in the Middle East. America now even wants all of the Muslims of the world to reject Islam, to stop asking Allah for help and instead call upon them, the secular United States, for the ease. How sad it is, that some American Muslims, who once rejected kufr in favour of Islam, now make it their main reference point and invite other Muslims to the inhumane and backward kufr ideology that is American capitalism. How can Muslims call upon America to lend a helping hand to the Egyptian people? America are the very support of Hosni Mubrak’s and his source of power. They didn’...

Question: I work in the field of photography and during the course of my work, I face the following: · Editing/modifying photographs i.e. removing wrinkles, changing the color of eyes or altering certain other facial features etc. · Crafting sketches on peoples and animals which look realistic… · Using ready and available photographs and sketches for printing. · Using ready and available photographs, sketches or logos for designing new ones instead preparing this myself. · Drawing signage of people or animals, for instance road signs like ‘Pedestrians Crossing’ or ‘Reach door in case of fire’ or ‘Dog-walking prohibited’. · Drawing sketches of human or animal body parts, for example depicting hand-shake, pointing a finger, or horse head as signs. · Drawing sketches of people and animals that do not look realistic, like caricatures. · Drawing of fairy tale sketches which do exist in practice. Please explain the Hukm Shara’ii with regard to these works, may All...

The following question was received by our readers, the answer follows: Question: During the recent events in Egypt we saw certain British figures appear in the media promoting Ayman Nour and his al-Ghad party as being a possible democratic alternative to the dictatorial regime. In the struggle amongst the leading powers it is clear that America backs some people like Omar Suleiman and that the Europeans and the British back others, is Ayman Nour backed by Britain? If so what are the evidences for this? Answer: The following is from the translation of a previous Q&A published on 15th December 2009 by Sheikh Ata Abu Rashta from his official website which clarifies this matter: " Ayman Nour : As for him, he appears to be inclined towards Europe and Britain to be specific. It is therefore unlikely that the US-backed regime would support him to come tp power as the president so long as America’s influence is strong in Egypt. This view is supported by the following fac...

This is a chapter from the translation of the Arabic book مفاهيم سياسية لحزب التحرير ‘Mafahim Siyasiyah’, Political Concepts of Hizb ut-Tahrir. This is the revised edition of the book which was published in 2005 C.E. in English by Revival Publications . Political awareness does not only mean to be aware of the political situations, the international position, and the political events or to follow up the international politics and the political actions, although these are part of the requirements for a comprehensive political awareness. Rather, the political awareness is to view the world from a special angle, which for us is the angle of Islamic Aqeeda. It is the angle of:     لا إله إلاّ الله محمد رسول الله “There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” أُمِرتُ أن أقاتل الناس حتى يقولوا :لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله، فإذا قالوها عصموا مني دماءهم وأموالهم إلاّ بحقها .   “I have been commanded to fight against the people till the...

Fir’aun was someone who the Qur’an described as being arrogant on the Earth – when confronted with the Truth by Musa he claimed that he was their lord, most high. He was the one who could decide what was right and wrong, what was good and bad, and demanded complete loyalty and obediance. Fir’aun took himself as a god in front of the people by enforcing his own desires upon the nation ahead of the Truth as revealed by Allah, in the same way that several of these people in rule across the world today. Amongst those who followed the example the cursed example of the Fir’aun rather than the blessed example of Musa, peace be upon him, was the Egyptian government led by Hosni Mubarak. The complicity between the Arab regimes and Egypt in particular with the Zionist aggressors during their siege of Gaza was exposed before the eyes of the World. They have displayed openly to the umma what the Zionists have known for years – that the Arab regimes are the first line of defense for ...