The Craft of Living

Heard on the radio today a guy asking an azhari sheikh that he heard another so-called sheikh claiming that the people who killed and were killed in the camel and horse incident that happened in the days of the people revolution, will both go to hell. He claimed that if a muslim is holding a sword in the face of his muslim brother... both of them are sinners and will be goign to hell. The guy asking was wondering if this was true. It really baffled me to think that ANYONE sane enough let alone a so-called educated sheikh (if he is) would say such bogus stuff. The Azhari sheikh told him that these people who "Tailor Fatwas" for the regimes benefits are the real sinners. And that the muslim who goes out intending to kill a brother and kills him is the one that is a sinner and deserves to go to hell. Let alone the fact that the ppls revolutions were all weapon-free, ie no protester had weapons and hence the only way to defend themselves were stones or punches! I was so furious w...

This morning while i was on my bus to work i heard this radio show called "bareed al islam" or islamic post. Thats a show where people send letters to take the islamic fatwa about a problem they have. Some of the questions and answers really give you info you dont know. Today there was a question from a husband of an almost 80 year old woman. He says she has many illnesses one of which is alzehiemers. An example of how bad it is was that she prays 10 times a day coz she cant remember what she prayed... apart from the fact that she can repeat prayers coz she cant remember how many rak3as she performed. SHe also has a small fortune of money. His question was this: Is it ok if we distribute her financial fortune now between her children as per the shar3? (i wonder if this woman was half concious of what her husbands question was... how would she feel?) The answer to the question was firstly that this woman will not be a sinner if she doesnt pray since " laysa 3ala al 2a3ma ...