Islamic Revival

Obituary of Abd Al-Hadi Faour Hassan Faour, member of the Ameer’s office مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلًا “Of the believers are men who are true to that which they covenanted with Allah. Some of them have paid their vow by death (in battle), and some of them still are waiting; and they have not altered in the least” (Al-Ahzab: 23) The  Ameer  of Hizb ut Tahrir, the members of the  Ameer’s  office, the  Madhalim’s Council, the Central Office and Hizb ut Tahrir in general mourns. They mourn to the Muslim Ummah the member of the  Ameer’s  office Abd Al-Hadi Faour Hassan Faour (Abu Mahmoud) who passed away at noon on the 22 nd  of Safar 1437 AH corresponding to 4 th  of December 2015 CE, at the age of 81. Abu Mahmoud was an active member of Hizb ut Tahrir from its beginning, he accompanied both Sheikhs Abu Ibrahim and Abu Yousef, may Allah سبحانه وتعال

The following is a translation from an Arabic Q&A by Sheikh Ata Abu Rashtah. Question: Assalamualaikum I have 3 separate questions , related to the social system 1.       The Reality is as such. There is a classroom where the men and women sit in a mixed way, but some sincere men sit away from the mixed men and women. Would they not be sinful for being in a place where there is mixing happening, even though they are not party to it. You have replied in an old question while discussing about the mixing in the celebrations that:   mixed studies in Universities where the women’s rows are not separate from the men’s row are Haraam. However, if a shab studies in a mixed university but does not walk with female students, does not deliberately sit with them, he is only interested in his studies and his relationship with others is restricted to the minimum due to being a student in a mixed university. Then the Hizb does not see this as crossing the line which will effect

Muslims in the West face a number of challenges. Some of these are real, others are perceived to be real. Bringing up children and maintaining our identities is a real challenge. Holding onto Islamic values in an ideological society that works to undermine these values is another. Recently, Muslim communities have faced an onslaught, undermining Islamic beliefs and practices. Some have responded by standing firm like Abdullah ibn Masud (ra), who stood firm against the violence inflicted by Quraysh, whilst others have buckled under pressure, seeking solutions contrary to the Ahkaam Shari’ah, to save themselves and their communities. In my previous  article  I argued that the raft of government anti-terror laws is one such ‘perceived challenge’. In that although governments in the West were unveiling laws after laws, this was less about security and more about preparing their populations and instilling fear amongst Muslims. I argued that the carriers of da’wah in the West and activi