Novelist Gurnah wins Nobel Prize 2021 in Literature

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Harun Jihad Bilal

Novelist Gurnah wins Nobel Prize 2021 in Literature https://youtu.be/rQ15IvB96R4

Posted in History, In The News | Leave a comment

Tippu Tip: Black Muslim Traitor/Slave Trader

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Harun Jihad Bilal

As part of the large and lucrative ivory trade, he led many trading expeditions into Central Africa, constructing profitable trading posts deep into the region. He bought the ivory from local suppliers and resold it for a profit at coastal ports. He was also the most well known Slave trader in Africa, supplying much of the world with Black AFRICAN Slaves. Helping the European powers clutched at the African continent in a campaign of colonial and imperial expansion, Tippu Tip played a pivotal role in this period as an ivory-trader, slave trader and protector of European explorers.

Captioned, “Slavers Revenging their Losses,” shows a coffle of men, women, and children, led by Arab slavers; one of the guards is murdering a captive unable to keep up with the rest. These people were taken across Central Africa to the east coast of Africa. The engravings in this book are based on, according to the editor, “rude sketches” made by Livingstone. On June 19, 1866, Livingstone wrote: “We passed a woman tied by the neck to a tree and dead, the people of the country explained that she had been unable to keep up with the other slaves in a gang, and her master had determined that she should not become the property of anyone else if she recovered after resting a time. . . . we saw others tied up in a similar manner . . . the Arab who owned these victims was enraged at losing his money by the slaves becoming unable to march, and vented his spleen by murdering them” (p. 56). This is one of the best known and frequently reproduced images in the literature on slaving in Africa. Also published in: J. E. Chambliss, “The Life and Labors of David Livingstone” (Philadelphia, 1875), p. 435; “The Life and African Explorations of Dr. David Livingstone” (St. Louis, 1874), p. 87; and in Thomas W. Knox, “The Boy Travellers on the Congo” (New York, 1888), p. 419 –with the caption “Slave Caravans on the Road” — which is sometimes erroneously given as the primary source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_slave_trade#/media/File:Slaves_ruvuma.jpg

Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tippu_Tip?fbclid=IwAR1q75wjwPg2dAggVHoyMsuNatkvO3mAWcZa5mesJCQN8rHW84zwAI4dGA4

Posted in Quran & Hadith | Leave a comment

Prayer Schedule April / May RAMADHAN 2021

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Harun Jihad Bilal

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) Master of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection). You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything). Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who go astray.

Quran | Al-Faatihah 1:1-7

Prayer Schedule April / May RAMADHAN 2021

Salat (Prayer) requires that a person read/recite “Al-Faatiha,” [chapter one] and any other part of Quran in prayer. These seven verses of Al-Faatiha are required. A very good choice to read in prayer along with Al-Faatiha are the four verses of Chapter 112 “The Purity of The Faith;” short [four verses] but very comprehensive in meaning, conveying the Uniqueness of Allah and the unity of belief in Him.

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) Master of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection). You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything). Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who go astray.

Quran | Al-Faatihah 1:1-7

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

Say: He is Allah the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.

Quran | The Purity of Faith 112:1-4

Prayer Schedule April / May RAMADHAN 2021

Salat (Prayer) requires that a person read/recite “Al-Faatiha,” [chapter one] and any other part of Quran in prayer. These seven verses of Al-Faatiha are required. A very good choice to read in prayer along with Al-Faatiha are the four verses of Chapter 112 “The Purity of The Faith;” short [four verses] but very comprehensive in meaning, conveying the Uniqueness of Allah and the unity of belief in Him.

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) Master of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection). You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything). Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who go astray.

Quran | Al-Faatihah 1:1-7

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

Say: He is Allah the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.

Quran | The Purity of Faith 112:1-4

Forbidden Times of Prayer

Muslim (1373) narrated that ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Aamir al-Juhani said: “There are three times at which the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade us to pray or to bury our dead: when the sun has clearly started to rise until it is fully risen, when it is directly overhead at midday until it has passed its zenith, and when the sun starts to set until it has fully set.” 

The color Red used for the time of Sunrise is done so only to highlight the fact that prayers at this time are forbidden.

Posted in Quran & Hadith | Leave a comment

Prayer Schedule April/May RAMADHAN 2021

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Harun Jihad Bilal
Posted in Quran & Hadith | Leave a comment

Prayer Schedule MARCH 2021

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Harun Jihad Bilal

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

March PRAYER 2021

Salat (Prayer) requires that a person read/recite “Al-Faatiha,” [chapter one] and any other part of Quran in prayer. These seven verses of Al-Faatiha are required. A very good choice to read in prayer along with Al-Faatiha are the four verses of Chapter 112 “The Purity of The Faith;” short [four verses] but very comprehensive in meaning, conveying the Uniqueness of Allah and the unity of belief in Him.

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) Master of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection). You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything). Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who go astray.

Quran | Al-Faatihah 1:1-7

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

Say: He is Allah the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.

Quran | The Purity of Faith 112:1-4

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) Master of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection). You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything). Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who go astray.

In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

Say: He is Allah the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.

Posted in Quran & Hadith | Leave a comment

Your love of it will cause you to enter Paradise.

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Harun Jihad Bilal

Imam Malik bin Anas recorded from `Ubayd bin Hunayn that he heard Abu Hurayrah saying, “I went out with the Prophet and he heard a man reciting `Say: He is Allah, the One.’ So the Messenger of Allah said,

“It is obligatory.”

I asked, `What is obligatory?’

He replied, “Paradise;” [is obligatory upon the one who says with conviction `Say: He is Allah, the One.’

At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa’i also recorded it by way of Malik, and At-Tirmidhi said, “Hasan Sahih Gharib. We do not know of it except as a narration of Malik.” The Hadith in which the Prophet said,

“Your love of it will cause you to enter Paradise.”

In another hadith Imam Ahmad recorded from Ubayy bin Ka`b that the idolaters said to the Prophet, “O Muhammad! Tell us the lineage of your Lord.” So Allah revealed;

SAY! He is Allah, The One [Ahad].

Allah The Eternal [As-Samad]

As-Samad is One Who does not give birth, nor was He born, because there is nothing that is born except that it will die, and there is nothing that dies except that it leaves behind inheritance, and indeed Allah does not die and He does not leave behind any inheritance.

Declaring that GOD begets not, nor is He begotten is such an evident principle for the Uniqueness of Allah and its mentioning here refutes all creeds that attribute sons or daughters to GOD. It primarily and categorically refutes the pagans attribution to Him of the angels as daughters and the Christians’ seeing Him as the Father of Jesus عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ , or their saying that Jesus عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ is the son of GOD; as well as claims of some that GOD came in a person called Fard Mohammad. That is Shirk – a negation of true belief in Allah. Allah has no need of help in any way. He is The Creator and Sustainer of all that exists.

Why? Is there a saviours day celebrated by some Muslims?

https://livingislam101.com/why-is-there-a-saviours-day-celebrated-by-some-muslims/

Your love of it will cause you to enter Paradise.
Posted in Hadith, Quran, Quran & Hadith | 2 Comments

PRAYER SCHEDULE | Detroit, Mi. 2020 / 2021

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Harun Jihad Bilal

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

I pray that Allah Most High send His Healing Blessings upon my family, America and the world. Bless us with good health wealth and prosperity. Console the hearts of those who have lost their loved ones. Provide ease for us all to Your Salvation of our souls as we all return to You, give us the means to earn Your blessings with the moral, physical and emotional strength to be upon Your guidance. And please Lord completely end the pandemic of Covid 19 إِنْ شَآَءَ الله .

FEBRUARY 2021 Prayer Schedule 

Posted in Quran & Hadith | Leave a comment

PRAYER Schedule | Detroit, Mi. 2020

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Harun Jihad Bilal

December

Fajr                  Sunrise            Dhuhr             Asr                   Maghrib          Isha

16 Wed

6:32 AM          07:56 AM        12:29 PM        02:44 PM        05:02 PM        06:26 PM

17 Thu

6:33 AM          07:56 AM        12:30 PM        02:45 PM        05:02 PM        06:27 PM

18 Fri

6:33 AM          07:57 AM        12:30 PM        02:45 PM        05:03 PM        06:27 PM

19 Sat

6:34 AM          07:57 AM        12:31 PM        02:46 PM        05:03 PM        06:28 PM

20 Sun

6:34 AM          07:58 AM        12:31 PM        02:46 PM        05:04 PM        06:28 PM

21 Mon

6:35 AM          07:59 AM        12:32 PM        02:47 PM        05:04 PM        06:29 PM

22 Tue

6:35 AM          07:59 AM        12:32 PM        02:47 PM        05:05 PM        06:29 PM

23 Wed

6:36 AM          07:59 AM        12:33 PM        02:48 PM        05:05 PM        06:30 PM

24 Thu

6:36 AM          08:00 AM        12:33 PM        02:48 PM        05:06 PM        06:30 PM

25 Fri

6:37 AM          08:00 AM        12:34 PM        02:49 PM        05:06 PM        06:31 PM

26 Sat

6:37 AM          08:01 AM        12:34 PM        02:50 PM        05:07 PM        06:32 PM

27 Sun

6:37 AM          08:01 AM        12:35 PM        02:50 PM        05:08 PM        06:32 PM

28 Mon

6:37 AM          08:01 AM        12:35 PM        02:51 PM        05:09 PM        06:33 PM

29 Tue

6:38 AM          08:01 AM        12:36 PM        02:52 PM        05:09 PM        06:34 PM

30 Wed

6:38 AM          08:01 AM        12:36 PM        02:52 PM        05:10 PM        06:35 PM

31 Thu

6:38 AM          08:02 AM        12:37 PM        02:53 PM        05:11 PM        06:35 PM

Fajr                  Sunrise            Dhuhr             Asr                   Maghrib          Isha

Posted in Quran & Hadith | Leave a comment

Black Mom Swarmed & Beaten by Philly Riot Police with Toddler in Car Demands Officers Be Fired

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Harun Jihad Bilal

A Black mother who was attacked by a horde of Philadelphia police officers is speaking out about the harrowing experience. Rickia Young was driving an SUV with her 2-year-old son and teenage nephew on October 27 as the city was engulfed in protest over the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. earlier that day. Officers descended on the vehicle, broke its windows, assaulted and arrested her and separated her from her child. Young’s arrest went viral due to a shocking video of the police swarming her vehicle, and after the National Fraternal Order of Police — the country’s largest police union — posted a photo of her 2-year-old on social media, falsely claiming he “was lost during the violent riots in Philadelphia, wandering around barefoot in an area that was experiencing complete lawlessness.” More than a month after the police attack, Rickia Young is demanding the officers involved be fired. “The police have not offered an explanation as to why they acted the way they did that night. They responded instead with a police investigation into Rickia,” says Kevin Mincey, Rickia Young’s attorney.

Image Credit: instagram/@breezy_thegent

Democracy Now

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/12/8/rickia_young_philadelphia_police_assault?fbclid=IwAR0yipEUQgXvtFRSiuOW39S35a70vyT8Jla7PPwSm8Y4pfo3m2x7TkcB_s4

Posted in In The News | Leave a comment

Bill that could help Black Farmers Reclaim Millions of Acres Is A Step in the Right Direction

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Harun Jihad Bilal
Posted in In The News | Leave a comment