A political party has announced it will be visiting Skegness to hold a protest and day of action against a Halal abattoir. The Lincolnshire Coastal Branch of the BNP will be at the Heath Road site on Saturday, March 16 from noon to voice its views and drum up support for the party.
Speaking about the protest, Robert Ashton, branch & group organiser, said: "We visited the abattoir back in January and we will be going on the Saturday [March 16] to hold a static protest. We will gather, say a few things and the BNP advertising truck will be going around the town."
The party say, the protest will form the second phase of its structured campaign and its 'Truth Truck' will be present on the day to portray the party's opposition to the ritual practice of Halal slaughter. "We've had positive feedback from our visit before and the protest is not designed to cause trouble, we are there for people to ask questions," added Robert.
As reported, the opening of the slaughter house, has roused mixed opinions in the town and a number of political parties, including Nick Griffin MEP, BNP leader, have spoken out against it.
We have previously noted this newspaper's readiness to give favourable publicity to the BNP's anti-halal campaign, despite it being a fascist organisation. Now we are informed that the paper is on first-name terms with the BNP's local organiser. You can only conclude that there is some editorial sympathy for far-right racists at the Skegness Standard.
The Mayor of Moscow says there are no plans to build a new mosque in the city, and says the "excessive" number of economic migrants was a "harmful thing".
"It has turned out that the praying Muslims are not at all Russian citizens and they are not Moscow residents. They are labor migrants. There are only 10 percent of Moscow residents among them and building mosques for everyone who wants it – I think this will be over the top," Sergey Sobyanin said in an interview with Moscow's Echo radio.
The top city official went on to say that "Muscovites now get irritated by people who speak a different language, have different manners, with aggressive behavior. This is not purely ethnic, but this is connected with some ethnic traits," Sobyanin said.
At the same time, the Moscow Mayor explained that there are no ethnic enclaves in the city and expressed the hope that such enclaves would never appear as closed districts like that usually have a very high crime rate.
For a Europe without fascism, racism and xenophobia
Unite Against Fascism national conference
Saturday 2 March, 11am to 5pm TUC Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
Unite Against Fascism's conference this Saturday (2nd March) will bring together a broad coalition of anti-racist and anti-fascist activists, faith communities, trade unions and political parties set out a strategy to defeat the rise of fascists and neo-Nazis in Britain and across Europe.
A key focus will be to deprive Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons of the European Parliament seats they won for the British National Party four years ago.
It will also assess the lessons of the last year's success in uniting communities in many towns and cities across the country to prevent the violent racists of the English Defence League from storming into multicultural neighbourhoods.
The conference will also hear from a number of speakers from Europe. Petros Constantinou from Greece will address the shocking breakthrough by the Nazi Golden Dawn party in that country and Marwan Mohammed from France will speak about opposition to the Front National, which came third in last year's presidential elections.
They will join a range of speakers – from TUC president Leslie Mercer, to former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, Farooq Murad of the Muslim Council of Britain, Peter Hain MP, Gerry Gable of the veteran antifascist magazine Searchlight and many others (see below).
"The Unite Against Fascism conference this year continues to face a very serious situation where the ideas that feed the support for fascist groups have not gone away and street-fighting group like the EDL are still very active. But at the same time we have welcome successes to build upon." says Sabby Dhalu, UAF joint secretary.
"The BNP have been driven back in the last few rounds of local elections, and the EDL met such a determined and united community response to its attempts to stir up hatred in multicultural areas like Tower Hamlets and Walthamstow that its support fell away. In Cambridge – its most recent attempt on 23rd February – only 26 people turned up to its 'national mobilisation', while the UAF united community response numbered 1500.
"But this success is down to the UAF's systematic campaign against the BNP, the EDL and all neo-Nazi groups. It is certainly not down to a diminishing threat or potential support base. In fact, reckless media scaremongering, ubiquitous anti-Muslim rhetoric and scapegoating at a time of economic hardship are on the increase.
"The potential for all that to spill over into fascist advances and violent racism remains worryingly present. The BNP took two seats in the last European elections four years ago and Griffin and Brons are still members of the European Parliament. We are determined to defeat them in the 2014 Euro-election and any efforts by the far right to break through elsewhere. Our campaigns in the North-west and Yorkshire & Humberside Euro regions are already underway."
Fellow UAF joint secretary Weyman Bennett adds: "You only have to look at Europe to see the urgency.
"What happens in Europe clearly affects us in Britain. Moreover there are direct attempts by prominent fascist figures from the continent to boost their co-thinkers here. Two years ago Geert Wilders of the Dutch extreme right Party for Freedom was here, last week the FN's Marine Le Pen was in Cambridge, the Hungarian Jobbik Party is reportedly looking to open an office here.
"The UAF organizes against all such attempts to import Euro-fascism to Britain, and is stepping up its solidarity with the European antifascist movement.
"Just as fascists and racists are seeking to coordinate across Europe, so are antifascists. We represent the majority in each country; but if the majority stays silent, a racist minority can quickly grow. At our conference on Saturday we will be exploring with European friends how to better co-ordinate and reinforce our efforts."
Full list of speakers
Ken Livingstone Former Mayor of London and Honorary President, UAF Diane Abbott MP Andy Slaughter MP Claude Moraes MEP Jeremy Corbyn MP Murad Qureshi London Assembly Member Leslie Mercer TUC President Christine Blower NUT General Secretary Chris Keates NASUWT General Secretary Hugh Lanning PCS Deputy General Secretary Linda Roy CWU National Equality officer Farooq Murad Muslim Council of Britain General Secretary Daniel Trilling Assistant Editor New Statesman / Author 'Bloody Nasty People: The rise of Britain's far right' Owen Jones Writer and journalist Symon Sentain Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust Chair Edie Friedman Director, Jewish Council for Racial Equality Azad Ali Head of Community Development, Engage Fr. Steven Saxby We are Waltham Forest Omar Ali President, Federation of Student Islamic Societies Petros Constantinou Greece anti-fascist campaign KEERFA national organiser Glyn Ford Unite Against Fascism European Officer Gerry Gable Editor, Searchlight Marwan Muhammed Collective Against Islamophobia (CCIF) Helen Shaw Co-Director, Inquest Omer El-Hamdoon President Muslim Association of Britain Ken Fero Film maker and Director, Migrant Media Myriam Francois-Cerrah Writer and journalist John Campbell Yorkshire UAF Chair Daud Abdullah British Muslim Initiative Denis Fernando Lesbian and Gay Coalition Against Racism Aaron Kiely NUS Black Students' Officer Sabby Dhalu Unite Against Fascism Joint Secretary Weyman Bennett Unite Against Fascism Joint Secretary
Hosted by: UAF, OSMC, PCS, NUT
Supported by: MCB, Engage, East London Mosque, Islamic Forum Europe, London Muslim Centre, BMI
Eid al-Adha honours the moment when God appeared to Ibrahim in a dream and asked him to sacrifice his son. As Ibrahim was about to sacrifice his son, as a sign of obedience, God stopped him and gave him a sheep as a sacrifice instead of killing his own son.
The Adha holiday begins on the last day of the Hajj (a pilgrimage that occurs from the 8th to 12th and last month of the Islamic calendar). Many people call Eid al-Adha the Feast of Sacrifice or the Greater Eid. It is prompt to mention that, In Islam, there are two Feasts (Eid holidays) observed by Muslims and Greater Eid is the longer one of these two as it lasts for four days. The other feast is called Eid al-Fitr or the Little Eid. This feast follows the final day of the holy month of Ramadan; the time for inner reflection, devotion to God, and self-control which are all reached through out the fasting process that occurs for the thirty days of Ramadan.
To commemorate the appearance of God to Ibrahim and later happenings, during Eid al-Adha, many Muslim families sacrifice a sheep and cook its meat. The meat is eaten with families and friends and shared with the poor people. The meaning of eating and sharing is for the hope that the sacrifice might be accepted by God. Muslim people, who want to take part in Eid al-Adha, but do not have enough money to buy a sheep and share it with others, can donate to charities that benefit the poor. During the holiday, many Muslims exchange meaningful gifts with each other.
Although this is a great religious celebration, there are certain rules about who should and who should not take part in this big commemoration service. According to traditional believers everyone, men, women and children should go to the mosque to perform Eid prayer. Travelers and menstruating women should not pray in the mosque, and those in bad health cannot eat meat. “Eid Mubarak” and “Eid Saeed” are the routine greetings used during the holiday to offer best wishes.
In 2013, Eid al-Adha is supposed to start and take place in the evening of October 14, and will continue till the evening of October 15. However, dates vary for different countries. The official date is going to be announced by scholars in Saudi Arabia. This is definitely one of the best four days in the Muslim world where everyone gets to enjoy doing good deeds and meeting with their family and friends. Eid al-Adha honours the moment when God appeared to Ibrahim in a dream and asked him to sacrifice his son. As Ibraham was about to sacrifice his son, as a sign of obedience, God stopped him and gave him a sheep as a sacrifice instead of killing his own son.
The Adha holiday begins on the last day of the Hajj (a pilgrimage that occurs from the 8th to 12th and last month of the Islamic calendar). Many people call Eid al-Adha the Feast of Sacrifice or the Greater Eid. It is prompt to mention that, In Islam, there are two Feasts (Eid holidays) observed by Muslims and Greater Eid is the longer one of these two as it lasts for four days. The other feast is called Eid al-Fitr or the Little Eid. This feast follows the final day of the holy month of Ramadan; the time for inner reflection, devotion to God, and self-control which are all reached through out the fasting process that occurs for the thirty days of Ramadan.
To commemorate the appearance of God to Ibrahim and later happenings, during Eid al-Adha, many Muslim families sacrifice a sheep and cook its meat. The meat is eaten with families and friends and shared with the poor people. The meaning of eating and sharing is for the hope that the sacrifice might be accepted by God. Muslim people, who want to take part in Eid al-Adha, but do not have enough money to buy a sheep and share it with others, can donate to charities that benefit the poor. During the holiday, many Muslims exchange meaningful gifts with each other.
Although this is a great religious celebration, there are certain rules about who should and who should not take part in this big commemoration service. According to traditional believers everyone, men, women and children should go to the mosque to perform Eid prayer. Travelers and menstruating women should not pray in the mosque, and those in bad health cannot eat meat. “Eid Mubarak” and “Eid Saeed” are the routine greetings used during the holiday to offer best wishes.
In 2013, Eid al-Adha is supposed to start and take place in the evening of October 14, and will continue till the evening of October 15. However, dates vary for different countries. The official date is going to be announced by scholars in Saudi Arabia. This is definitely one of the best four days in the Muslim world where everyone gets to enjoy doing good deeds and meeting with their family and friends.
طالعت بالأمس تقريرا صحفيا منشورا في الاصدار الحديث لفورين بوليسي الامريكية ذائعة الصيت. التقرير يحلل بشكل سياسي عام ما قد يأول الوضع السياسي في مصر خلال الشهور القادمة في العام 2013 ميلادية. سأحاول تقديم التحليل الخاص بخبراء اكبر مطبوعة سياسية في العالم مع سرد التحليل المخالف لهم قدر الامكان حتي نشاهد الصورة بشكل احترافي وبشكل اكثر دقة.
تبدأ فورين بوليسي تحليلها بأن الكرة الان ليست في قدم الولايات المتحدة ابدا كما يظن البعض فالولايات المتحدة فشلت في قراءة وتحليل الموقف السياسي الضخم في بداية اشتعال الثورة المصرية في يناير 2011 م وظلت تناور وتتردد في دعم الثورة الشعبية، وظلت علي دعمها لنظام مبارك وحكومته فترة في عمر الزمان قليلة ولكنها في عمر الثورات طويلة جدا. ومازال الشعب المصري يذكر ذلك جيدا ان الولايات المتحدة تنظر دائما لمصالحها فقط ولا يهمها بأي حال من الاحوال لما تتدعي دفاعها عنه من حقوق انسان ودعم للديموقراطية واستقلال القضاء وسيادة القانون ونشر الحرية والدفاع عن قيمتها في العالم العربي. كل هذا ديكور سخيف تزين به السياسة الخارجية للولايات المتحدة وجهها الذي تعمل به في المنطقة العربية.
والكرة ليست في ملعب احزاب المعارضة سواء المعارضة الحقيقية التي تتمثل حاليا في جبهة الانقاذ وتضم قيادات مثل الدكتور محمد البرادعي رئيس حزب الدستور والحاصل علي جائزة نوبل للسلام، والسياسي حمدين صباحي رئيس التيار الشعبي الذي تشكل من عدة احزاب يسارية وناصرية، وعمرو موسي الدبلوماسي السابق، والسيد البدوي رئيس حزب الوفد وغيرهم من قيادات الاحزاب والحركات الليبرالية واليسارية والاشتراكية. أو حتي المعارضة الكرتونية التي تصنعها دائما اي سلطة تريد احتكار السلطة مثل نظام مبارك ونظام الاخوان وتتمثل هذه المعارضة في احزاب مثل غد الثورة وحزب البناء والتنمية وغيرها.
وحتي المؤسسة العسكرية فلا الكرة في ملعبها الان ولا هي تنتظر دوافع خارجية كما يظن البعض حتي تتخذ قرارها بالتدخل مرة اخري في الشأن السياسي المصري وعزل الاخوان عن السلطة. البعض يتصور ان الجيش ينتظر ضوء اخضر من الخارجية الامريكية أو ينتظر ضغطا شعبيا من خلال المعارضة التي اختارت امس عدم المشاركة في الانتخابات البرلمانية القادمة ومقاطعتها. المؤسسة العسكرية لها مكتسبات ينبغي الحفاظ عليها وعدم تكرار الاخطاء الساذجة التي ارتكبها المجلس العسكري السابق والتي لوثت الجيش بدماء الشباب وأثرت جدا في صورة الجيش بالنسبة للناس في مصر خاصة جيل الشباب الصغير وهذا في منتهي الخطورة. ولذلك فالقرار بالتدخل هذه المرة سيكون عن دراسة جادة وتحليل صحيح للوضع، ولن يستطيع الجيش ان يترك البلاد تدخل في دوامة حرب اهلية ولكن في نفس الوقت لن يكون في حسبانه البقاء في السلطة فترة طويلة شريطة ضمان امتيازاته التي ورثها عن فترة الستون عاما التي حكمت فيها المؤسسة العسكرية منذ عام 52 وحتي قيام الثورة المصرية في يناير 2011م.
والخلاصة ان الموقف في منتهي الصعوبة والكرة الان في ملعب واحد فقط . الكرة في ملعب مؤسسة الرئاسة التي لم نري منها حتي الان الا قرارات لا ترقي ان تكون قرارات مسئولة واذا قررت الاستمرار علي نهجها فالثمن سيكون نهاية لفكرة ومشروع الاخوان السياسي حتي يقضي الله امرا. ولن اكون ظالما اذا قلت ان ما اراه حتي الان هو نهاية منتظرة لمشروع التمكين الذي يسير فيه الرئيس ومؤسسة الرئاسة ومكتب الارشاد للسيطرة علي مفاصل الدولة المصرية. وهذه النهاية ستكون كارثية وربما لا يكتفي الشعب المصري بعقاب جماعة الاخوان سياسيا وقانونيا فقط ، فهذا الشعب لو قرأت تاريخه جيدا تعرف انه ليس بالسهل في رد فعله ، اذا غضب!
Islam is the second largest religion around the world. It has over one billion followers. The Islamic world stretches mainly from North Africa to Southeast Asia, however, significant number of Muslims may be found in all other parts of the world. The number of individuals who are converting to Islam is also increasing on a daily basis because many people are beginning to understand the meaning of Islam. Islam isn’t exactly what is portrayed in the media or other sources. This is a peaceful religion that is practiced by billions of people worldwide.
In history, Islam is viewed most of the time as a religious tradition, which originated in the seventh century in Arabia. The prophet Muhammad was the person who started spreading the religious beliefs of Islam after he had received the divine revelation, which is recorded in the Quran, the holy book of Muslims. Nevertheless, it is crucial to know that Muslims do not view Islam as a new religion; they believe that Allah is the same God who spoke and sent messages to all the past prophets and messengers.
As already mentioned, Muslims focus on knowing Allah and doing all what is possible to satisfy Allah. All the concern of the believer is focused on the one God that is mentioned in Quran and controls the whole world and universe. The word Islam means submission. In other words, all Muslims are servants of God.
The God of Muslims, Allah, ordered work to be both communal, and individual. Therefore, communities and states in the Muslim world work to understand very well God’s will, and with their own example they wish to spread this knowledge to the rest of humanity. The idea is that every human being is invited to worship, adore and serve the one and only God.
In modern times, there are two main Muslim communities to be found, and they have developed into groups as a result of a debate that was caused because of Muhammad’s leadership succession. These two groups are known to be the Sunni people and the Shiaa communities. The majority of Muslims are Sunni, getting more than 75–90% of Muslims. The 2nd largest sector is Shiaa with about 10–20%. Probably the most populous Muslim-majority nation will be Indonesia property in order to 12. 7% on the earth’s Muslims followed by Pakistan (11. 0%), Bangladesh (9. 2%), and Egypt (4. 9%). Substantial minorities are within India, China, Paris, Ethiopia, Americas, Sydney and parts of The European union.
Along with the regards 1.8 billion of people or even 26% connected with world’s human population, Islam may be the second-largest and one of several fastest-growing beliefs on earth.
“Hiçbir kimse, el emeği ve helal kazancından daha hayırlı bir yemek yememiştir”.
Helal kelimesinin karşısında; “Allah’ın müsaade ettiği şey, Haram olmayan, Dinî bakımdan kullanılmasında, yenilip içilmesinde, dinlenmesi veya bakılmasında yahut dokunulmasında engel olmayan” yazıyor sözlükte.
Peki, dini bakımdan belirleniyor helal ve haram ama bunları belirleyen kim? Rabbimiz Kur’an-ı Kerim’de: “Hem dillerinizin yalanı vasfediyor olması sebebiyle: ‘Bu helâldir, şu da haramdır’ demeyin; çünkü Allah’a yalanı iftira ediyor olursunuz. Şüphesiz ki Allah’a yalan iftira edenler, kurtuluşa ermezler” buyuruyor. Yani, neyin helal neyin de haram olduğuna Rabbimiz karar veriyor.
Ayrıca Maide Suresi 87. Ayette ise Rabbimiz: “Ey iman edenler! Allah’ın size helâl kıldığı temiz şeyleri (kendinize) haram kılmayın ve haddi aşmayın! Şüphesiz ki Allah, haddi aşanları sevmez” buyuruyor, yani insana helal ve harama karar verme yetkisi bırakılmamış.
Bize düşen Rabbimizin bize helal kıldığı şeylerden hak dairede istifade etmektir. Şu da var, Allah’ın helal kıldığı bir şey, bir lokma ekmek mesela, bize helal yoldan da gelmeli, bunu çalarsak helal kılınmış bir rızka helal yoldan kavuşmamış oluruz.
Konu hassas, hep anlatıla gelmiştir İmam-ı Azam’ın babasının hikâyesi, biz de bahsedelim;
İmam-ı Azam hazretlerinin babası Numan Hazretleri, gençliğinde bir dere kenarında abdest alıyordu. Abdeste başlayacağı zaman dere sularına kapılıp gelen bir elma gördü. Elmayı, nereden geldiğini ve haram veya helal olup olmadığını düşünmeden bir defa ısırdı.
Hemen hata ettiğini ve mutlaka elmanın sahibini bulup helal ettirmesi lazım geldiğini düşündü; Sonra suyun geldiği tarafa doğru gitmeye başladı. Elma elinde olduğu halde araya araya elmanın düştüğü bahçeyi ve sahibini buldu.
Bahçenin sahibine meseleyi anlatıp elmayı yanlışlıkla ısırdığını ve hakkını helal etmesini istedi. Onun bu hareketi, elma sahibinin dikkatini çekmişti. “Hakkını helal edemeyeceğini, helal etmesi için bazı şartları olduğunu” söyledi. Numan Hazretleri “ne isterse yapacağını, yeter ki hakkını helal etmesini” isteyip şartının ne olduğunu sordu. Elma sahibi “Hakkını helal etmesi için, iki sene bahçesinde çalışması lazım geldiğini ve kendisine iki yıl hizmet etmesinin şart olduğunu” söyleyince, Numan hazretleri ” ahirette ceza çekmektense bu dünyada bir şahsa iki sene hizmet etmek daha iyidir” diye şartları kabul etti.
Elmanın sahibine iki sene hizmet etmiş ve adamın işinde canla-başla çalışmıştı. İki sene sonra, zamanın dolduğunu ve artık hakkını helal etmesini istediğini söyleyince, adam, “yine helal etmiyorum; benim bir kızım var, onunla evlenirsen ancak o zaman helal ederim” dedi.
Hazreti Numan:
“Olur” dedi. Yalnız, adam kızının elinin çolak, gözünün kör, ayağının topal, başının kel, kulağının sağır ve dilsiz olduğunu söyleyip iyi düşünmesini ve sonra pişman olmamasını söyledi. Hazreti Numan yine düşündü taşındı “ahirette ceza çekmekten iyidir” deyip kızla evlenmeyi de kabul etti.
Aslında adam hazreti Numan’a vermek için kızının büyümesini beklemişti. Düğün yapıldı nikâh kıyıldı, zifaf gecesi hazreti Numan’a gelinin olduğu odayı gösterdiler. Numan hazretleri içeriye girip içerde kendisine söylenen şekilde bir kızın bulunmadığını görünce bir yanlışlık olduğunu zannederek hemen dışarı fırladı ve durumu oradakilere anlattı. Çünkü içerde kayınpederin söylediğinin aksine her azası yerinde genç ve güzel bir kız kendisini karşılamıştı.
Kayınpederi bir yanlışlık olmadığını söyleyerek meseleyi şöyle anlattı: “Benim kızım kördür, yani daha harama bakmamıştır. Sağırdır, yani haram dinlememiştir. Topaldır; yani gayrı meşru yolda yürümemiştir. vs.” diye sayıp, “senin hanımın o içerde bekleyendir Allah mesut etsin” dedi.
Daha sonra seneler geçip bu evlilikten İmam-ı Azam dünyaya geldi. Annesi, İmam-ı Azamı hocaya okuması için teslim etmişti. Daha sonra İmam-ı Azam unvanına kavuşan, o zaman henüz üç yaşında bulunan Sabit, üç günde Kur’an-ı Kerimi hatmettiği zaman annesi “Ah oğlum baban o elmayı ısırmasa idi sen bir günde hatmedecektin” buyurdu.
Hikâye biraz uzundu ama konuyla ilgili hassasiyetimizi göstermesi açısından hayati önem sahibi. Helal olmayan bir ısırık elma içi 2 yıl çalışma ve üzerinde sahibin kör, topal, sağır! Kızı ile evlenmek.
Dinimiz, nasıl yatıp nasıl kalkacağımıza, nasıl yiyip-için nasıl hacet gidereceğimize, eve nasıl girip evden nasıl çıkacağımıza, ticareti nasıl yapacağımıza, fakirlere nasıl yardım edeceğimize yani kısacası hayatımızın her noktasına müdahil ve kuralları var.
İnsan icadı en basit oyunun bile kuralları var ve hakem kuraldışı hareketlere; faul çalar, biraz sert ise sarı kart verir, hatta kırmızı kart verir ve sizi oyundan atar. Rabbimizin ise merhameti ve rahmeti sonsuz, yeter ki onu tanıyıp onu bilelim ve istediği üzere bir yaşam sürüp, cennette onunla görüşmek mutluluğuna erişelim. Rabbimiz diyor ki; “(Ben) cinleri ve insanları, ancak bana ibadet etsinler diye yarattım!” (Zariyat Suresi 56. Ayet. Başka söze gerek var mı?
“Hiçbiriniz kendisi için istediğini Mümin kardeşi için istemedikçe gerçek iman etmiş olamaz”. (Buhârî, “İman”, 7; Müslim, “İman”, 71.)
Mümin: “Allah Teâlâ’nın tek olduğunu, hiç bir ortağı olamayacağını, O’nun dışında ibadete layık olan ve O’na denk olabilecek hiç bir ilâhın bulunmadığını, ibadetin yalnızca O’na yapılacağını kalben onaylayan ve görünür olarak açığa vuran kimsedir.
İman etmek: Peygamber Efendimiz İmanı şöyle tarif etti: “İman; Allah’a, meleklere, kitaplara, peygamberlere, ahiret gününe, (yani Kıyamete, Cennete, Cehenneme, hesaba, mizana), kadere, hayrın ve şerrin Allah’tan olduğuna, ölüme, öldükten sonra dirilmeye, inanmaktır. Allah’tan başka ilah olmadığına ve benim Onun kulu ve resulü olduğuma şahitlik etmektir” (Buhari, Müslim, Nesai)
Kur’an-ı Kerim’de Rabbimiz şöyle buyuruyor: “(Ey ehl-i kitap!) Yüzlerinizi (ibadet maksadıyla) doğu ve batı tarafına çevirmeniz iyilik (için yeterli) değildir; fakat iyilik o kimsenin (iyiliği)dir ki, (o kişi) Allah’a, ahiret gününe, meleklere, kitap(lar)a ve peygamberlere iman eder; ona (o elindeki mala) olan sevgisine rağmen malı akrabalara, yetimlere, yoksullara, yolda kalmışa, dilenenlere ve köleler uğrunda verir; namazı hakkıyla eda eder ve zekâtı verir. Çünkü (onlar) söz verdikleri zaman sözlerini yerine getirenler ve sıkıntı (fakirlik), hastalık ve savaşın şiddetli anında sabredenlerdir. İşte onlar, doğru olan kimselerdir. Takva sahibi olanlar da işte ancak onlardır. (Bakara Suresi, 177. Ayet)
“Onlar ki, gayba inanırlar, namazı hakkıyla eda ederler ve kendilerini rızıklandırdığımız şeylerden (Allah yolunda) sarf ederler. Yine onlar ki, sana indirilene (Kur’ân’a) ve senden önce indirilenlere (diğer kitaplara) inanırlar. Onlar, âhirete de katî olarak iman ederler”. (Bakara Suresi 3. Ve 4. Ayetler)
İman, kalpte; Allah sevgisi, boyun eğme, korkma, ümit etme; varlığı karşısında ürperme, tövbe etme, tevekkül, sığınma, güvenme ve buna benzer şekillerde tecelli eder. Dışa yansıyan yönü ise; Allah’ın şeraiti ile hükmetmek, O’na ve Resulüne tam anlamıyla itaat etmek, bunun yanında namazı kılıp, oruç tutmak, zekât vermek ve güç yetirebilenler için haccetmek ve farz kılınan diğer şeyleri yerine getirmektir.
Kardeş: “Aralarında çok değer verilen ortak bir bağ bulunanlardan her biri” olarak tanımlı sözlükte.
Yukarıdaki Hadis ile ilgili; Ebu’z-Zinâd b. Sirâc şöyle demiştir: “Hadisin zahiri, kişinin başkası ile eşit olmayı talep etmesini ifade etmektedir. Gerçekte ise bu, başkasını daha üstün tutmak demektir. Çünkü herkes başkasından daha üstün olmayı ister. Kişi bunun benzerini kardeşi için istediğinde, kardeşini kendisinden üstün tutmuş olur”.
Kadı Iyaz da bunu kabul etmiştir. Oysa bu tartışmalıdır. Çünkü kastedilen bu istekten uzak durmaktır. Hadisin amacı tevazuya teşvik etmek, başkasından daha üstün olmayı istememeye yönlendirmektir. Bu ise eşitliği gerektirir. Bu şu ayetten de anlaşılır: ” İşte âhiret yurdu! (Biz) onu yeryüzünde büyüklenmeyi ve fesadı istemeyenlere veririz. (Güzel) akıbet ise, takva sahiplerinindir”. (Kasas Suresi 83. Ayet) Bu durum ancak; kıskançlık, öfke, kin ve hileyi terk etmekle gerçekleşir. Bunların tümü yerilen özelliklerdir.
Kirmanı şöyle demiştir: “Kendisi için nefret ettiği kötülükten kardeşi için de nefret etmek de İmandandır.” Hadiste bu zikredilme mistir. Çünkü bir şeyi sevmek, zıddından nefret etmeyi gerektirir. Sevgi ile ilgili husus zikredildiğinden nefret zikre dememiştir.
