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“Worship Allah, and avoid false deities!”

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Harun Jihad Bilal

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Belief: Pillar’s of Faith

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Harun Jihad Bilal

The Messenger (Muhammad) believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believes in Allah, His angels, His books, and His Messengers “We make no distinction (they say) between one and another of His Messengers.” And they say: “We hear and we obey; (We seek) Your Forgiveness, Our Lord, and to You is the end of all journey;.” Quran 2:285.
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Each of the believers believes that Allah is the One and Only and the Sustainer, there is no deity worthy of worship except Him and there is no Lord except Him.

The believers also believe in all the Prophets and Messengers of Allah, in the Books that were revealed from heaven to the Messengers and Prophets, who are indeed the servants of Allah.

Further, the believers do not differentiate between any of the Prophets, such as, believing in some of them and rejecting others. Rather, all the Prophets and Messengers of Allah are, to the believers, truthful, righteous, and they were each guided to the path of righteousness, even when some of them bring what abrogates the Law of some others by permission of Allah.

Later on, the Law of Muhammad, the Final Prophet and Messenger from Allah, abrogated all the laws of the Prophets before him. So the Last Hour will commence while Muhammad’s Law remains the only valid Law, and all the while a group of his Ummah will always be on the path of truth, apparent and dominant.

— Tafsir Ibn Kathir

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The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Harun Jihad Bilal

Of all the bills that made up the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was the most controversial. It required citizens to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves. It denied a fugitive’s right to a jury trial. (Cases would instead be handled by special commisioners — commisioners who would be paid $5 if an alleged fugitive were released and $10 if he or she were sent away with the claimant.) The act called for changes in filing for a claim, making the process easier for slaveowners. Also, according to the act, there would be more federal officials responsible for enforcing the law.

For slaves attempting to build lives in the North, the new law was disaster. Many left their homes and fled to Canada. During the next ten years, an estimated 20,000 blacks moved to the neighboring country. For Harriet Jacobs, a fugitive living in New York, passage of the law was “the beginning of a reign of terror to the colored population.” She stayed put, even after learning that slave catchers were hired to track her down. Anthony Burns, a fugitive living in Boston, was one of many who were captured and returned to slavery. Free blacks, too, were captured and sent to the South. With no legal right to plead their cases, they were completely defenseless.

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With Allah is The Judgment, The Command

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Harun Jihad Bilal

How can man hope to attain the purpose of his life, or obtain the Mercy of Allah for the sins of his life when he does not serve Allah exclusively? This person has no true understanding of his own true position before Allah and his role in this life; nor of the working of the Divine Will and Purpose.
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ذَٲلِكُم بِأَنَّهُ ۥۤ إِذَا دُعِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَحۡدَهُ ۥ ڪَفَرۡتُمۡۖ وَإِن يُشۡرَكۡ بِهِۦ تُؤۡمِنُواْۚ فَٱلۡحُكۡمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡعَلِىِّ ٱلۡكَبِيرِ

(The answer will be:) “This is because when Allah was invoked as the Only (object of worship), you did reject Faith, but when partners were joined to Him, you believed! The command is with Allah, Most High, Most Great!” Quran 40:13

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