Islamic Revival

Dr. Ahmed Saleh Touma al-Khadr, President for the Position of the Interim Government in Exile, Its Mission (if it gets to See the Light) is to Take Over the People's Leadership from the "Islamists" and to Pave the Way to Strike Them In a meeting attended by 97 from a total of 115 members, the Syrian National Coalition on Saturday 14/09/2013 in Istanbul chose Dr. Ahmed Saleh Touma al-Khadr for the position of the head of an interim government in exile, whose first mission is to take over the management of the areas under control of the rebel fighters. He was the only nominee for the position. Touma is an independent Islamist and a former preacher from the founders of the Damascus Declaration in 2005, which calls for  "safe, gradual, peaceful change in Syria, and transferring Syria from its state of despotism to a state of democracy".  Both Salim Idris and Ahmad al-Jarba have been pushing for his election, which then took place with 75 votes. It is expected t

Zafer Iqbal  investigates whether Islamic charities in the UK abide by the ethical rules of the Shariah when carrying out their work. Over the last few years I have become increasingly alarmed at the antics of many so-called “Islamic” charities. According to the Charity Commission, there are over 180,000 registered charities in Britain and many more that aren’t required to register. With over a thousand Muslim charities, the sector is clearly expanding. This article looks at the growth of the sector and what lurks below the surface. Charities – friends of the poor? Every year I receive increasing volumes of glossy brochures through my letter box. I could hardly visit a website this Ramadan without seeing Islamic Relief advertisements splattered everywhere – and that is no exaggeration. I had been led to believe fundraising was an Islamic duty, carried out by well-meaning and concerned individuals. Upstanding individuals, volunteering their time and effort to causes around

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu , We know that it's not permissible to buy gold for silver or any other different types except hand to hand, and it's not permissible to buy it with debt. Moreover, we buy some times salt or bread with debt, so is this forbidden or not? Please clarify and may Allah bless you. Your brother Abu Ali from Palestine Answer: Wa Alaikum Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu 1. Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said: »الذهب بالذهب، والفضة بالفضة، والبُر بالبُر، والشعير بالشعير، والتمر بالتمر، والملح بالملح مثلاً بمثل سواءً بسواء يداً بيد. فإذا اختلفت هذه الأصناف فبيعوا كيف شئتم إذا كان يداً بيد« "Gold for gold, and silver for silver, and wheat for wheat, and barley for barley, and dates for dates, and salt for salt, equal for equal, equal in weight, and hand to hand (on the spot), If these types differed then sell as you desire as long as it is hand to hand (on the spot)."  Narrated by Ubada Ibn us-Samit (ra

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatahu. Jazakum Allah Khair al-Jaza',  may Allah support you with His victory and may He bless your eyes with the establishment of the Khilafah at your hands. My question, honorable Sheikh, I have already posed to the Shabab and they answered me, that this Hadith is contained in the prominent books of Fiqh and this is sufficient. We know that we have to be accurate in researching the strongest evidence (daleel) in our thinking and in what we have adopted from the rulings on Hadith, as present in The Islamic Personality Volume 3 (Ash-Shakhsiya al-Islamiyah 3) on page 294 (Arabic version) on the praise of the Sahabah: أصحابي كالنجوم بأيهم اقتديتم اهتديتم "My companions are like stars, whichever of them you use as a guide, you will be rightly guided,"  extracted by Rizin. While researching in the Hadith collection "Mausu'at ad-Durar as-Sunnia", it appeared that the aforementioned Hadith is fabricated. So who is R

On Friday 09/06/2013 the G-20 Economic Conference was concluded in St. Petersburg with the adoption of the final statement. The statement said, as quoted by Reuters News Agency on 09/06/2013, "that the global economy is getting better..." Reuters also quoted Andre Bockarev, Director of the Department of Finances in the Russian Ministry of Finance, who participated in the drafting of the final statement of the G-20: "The most difficult and longest discussion was the assessment of the global economy". Recently data appeared indicating this improvement, and the European Union spread that its economy began to grow albeit slightly. The United States said that its economy grew by 1% in 2013, and China published that its economy grew this year until the month of July 2013 by more than 7%. Is the global economy really improving and has the economic crisis eased, during the past six years since its outbreak in America in 2007? In case the economy has not improved, how t