Watch out for these HARAAM ingredients!!!

Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

I just came across the following ingredients that are HARAAM! Please watch out for them in your food stuff as well as in Make up products!

CARMINE
COCHINEAL
NATURAL RED 4
C.I.
CL 75470
E120


This is a red colouring that is derived from the blood of an insect. You may ask me why is it Haraam, well, the following verse explains this:

“He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah. But he who is driven by necessity, neither craving nor transgressing, it is no sin for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful” (2:173).

Hope this helps you when there is no stamp of a Halaal authority on a product you want to buy!

Ma' Salaam!

Blogger not working properly :(

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

Today I finally got a chance to access my computer and put up some pics from Eid and Hajj, but sadly Blogger won't upload the photos :(

I don't have the patience to try again now, so will try later inshallah.

Hope i haven't missed any comments due to problems with my blog...

Take care

Ma' Salaam

I'm back! N i bring u memoirs of my Hajj!

Assalaamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

I want to wish you all Eid Mubarak in advance,as inshallah we shall be having eid here tomorrow 27th November, just as it is in Saudi Arabia.

I went for Hajj about 6 years ago, and it was truly marvelous, and with it came lots of lessons of patience and tolerance of other people and their habbits.

My journey started of on the 6th of zil Hijj when we arrived in Makkah directly in the late afternoon. We rested in our room for a few minutes and then went out for our first Umrah, as we had already put on our ehram at the start of the journey. After we had finished our Umrah we slept for the night, and the next day our group was shifted to the tent city in Mina (pics following soon inshallah) we spent the 7th &8th in Mina and in the night of the 8th we moved to the make shift tents of Arafat, these tents did not have tje luxury of the air conditioners of Mina, but we were ther for devotion and not comfort.. We made lots of Ibaadat there consisting of Nafl Salaah and lots of Quraan recitation and lots of duaas. We heard the khutbah at zohr from our tents, then stayed there till sunset, after which we were sorted into groups again to go to Muzdalifa. The mountain side where we were to spend the night (no tents here), collect stones to pelt the Shayateen, and move back after Salaah fajr on morning of the 10th back to Mina. We pelted the Shayateen late Asr time as the crowd was relatively less at that time and then went back to Makkah to complete the Hajj by doing Tawaaf and performing the Saee (running between mount Safaa and Mount Marwaa), and finishing with the men shaving their heads and the ladies trimming their hair.

After this was done, and our camel was slaughtered (the next day) we had Camel Biriyaani for lunch. I must say it was pretty Yummy, although camel meat does not taste like camel meat at all!

Right now you can watch a live broadcast of the hajj on aswatalislam website.

if u know of any other site broadcasting live let me know.
Jazakallah.

Ma Salaam.

THE ARRIVALS

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

I was just wondering how many of you have watched the arrivals as a movie or on youtube and am wondering what you think about it.
If you haven't it's a good watch, but am wonderin how much of it is actually sci- fi and how much is reality. have a look and let me know what u think.

here's the link for the first part.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaqybvymYIE&feature=related

EID MUBARAK!!!

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

Wishing all my fellow bloggers and Muslim Blog readers a very happy and blessed Eid Mubarak!

Things to know about fasting

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

I'd like to share with you some important information that i came across about fasting that every Muslim should know.
This is a just a little bit of information, inshallah I will post up some more info soon.

1) Fasting is compulsary for the following persons;
a)A muslim
b)who is sane
c)who has reached the age of puberty.
d)Who is healthy
e)who is able to fast
f)who is residing (not on a journey)
g) in the case of a female, she should be free from Haydd (monthly Period) and
Nifaas (menstruating after childbirth)

2) Niyyah (intention) is a required condition in fard (obligatory) fasts, and in other obligatory fasts such as making up missed fasts or fasts done as an act of expiation (kafaarah), because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "There is no fast for the person who did not intend to fast from the night before." (Reported by Abu Dawood, no. 2454.)

3) Things that invalidate the fast ( MUF'TIRAAT) are:
a)Whatever enters the hollow. thus whatever passes the throat invalidates the fast, or when a person puts drops in his nose or ears or places a bud or something similar behind his eardrums. Also if a person puts his finger or anything in his anus, or when a doctor places any instrument in the womb to examine the fetus, then also the fast becomes invalidated.

b)To vomit intensionally or deliberately

c)Sexual intercourse or when/ sperm are discharged intensionally & masterbation (see here )

d)the occurence of Haydd or Nifaas

e) madness

4) the following do not invalidate the fast;

     a) Involuntary vomiting

     b) having a wet dream

     c) Brushing teeth even with toothpaste as long as it is not swallowed ( but it is better not to use it)

     d)Applying hair Oil and perfume

     e) Tasing food (not swallowing it)

5) Performing Taraweeh: It is sunnah to perform 20 RAkaah Taraweeh and it is recommended to complete the Quraan during taraweeh within the month of Ramadaan before the 29th of Ramadaan. Taraweeh is also called Salaatul- Qiyaam. Below is a duaa to be read after every four rakaats during the taraweeh.

This is it for tonight i am off to bed now, just have 3hrs till sahoor. Inshallah will post some more soon.

Ma' Salaam

Ramadaan Mubarak!!!

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,