{"id":13099,"date":"2016-02-16T05:25:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T05:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/new\/?p=13099"},"modified":"2016-02-16T05:25:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T05:25:09","slug":"oppose-your-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/?p=13099","title":{"rendered":"Oppose Your Enemy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said: \u201cObserve the fast of \u2018Aashura and oppose the Jews by fasting a day before it or after it (as well) i.e. the 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0or 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of Muharram.\u201d (Musnad Ahmad #2154)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While reaping the virtues of fasting on the day of \u2018Aashura, an important lesson is emphasised by means of this fast; this is the lesson of firmly maintaining one\u2019s Islamic identity at all times and totally refraining from imitating the disbelievers, even in an act of worship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We should calmly consider the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Does a Muslim choking in his tie and suit resemble the leader of all mankind,\u00a0Sayyiduna Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), or does he resemble the leaders of Israel and America???<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Does a Muslim youngster in his designer jeans and T-shirt (with the \u201chottest\u201d fashion label emblazoned across) resemble the leaders of the youth of\u00a0Jannah,\u00a0Hassan and Husain\u00a0(radhiyallahu \u2018anhu),\u00a0or does he resemble the immoral playboys of the West?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Does a Muslim woman clad in her tops and pants, or other tight-fitting garments and Western fashions, resemble the pure and chaste daughters and wives of\u00a0Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam)\u00a0or is she closer in resemblance to the shameless women of the decadent West?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Does such dressing identify one with Muslims or with the enemies of Islam and the Muslims?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>On the one hand, we swear the Zionist and those who are persecuting the Muslims, but on the other hand we follow their every style and trend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13100,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13099\/revisions\/13100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}