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		<title>use of  asthma pump does NOT render saum/fast/roza invalid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maulana munir</dc:creator>
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In   Q &#38; A on   radio,   in   newspapers,   etc   they   answer   the   query   as   to   whether   the   use   of   the   asthma   pump   by   a   fasting   person   renders   the   fast   invalid   in   the   affirmative,   that   is   that   the   use   [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=munir123.wordpress.com&blog=428459&post=356&subd=munir123&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>In   Q &amp; A on   radio,   in   newspapers,   etc   they   answer   the   query   as   to   whether   the   use   of   the   asthma   pump   by   a   fasting   person   renders   the   fast   invalid   in   the   affirmative,   that   is   that   the   use   of   the   asthma   pump   by   a   fasting   person   DOES   render   the   fast   invalid.   They   “use”   classical   fiqh   that   anything   that   enters   the   mouth   voluntarily  renders   the   fast   invalid.</p>
<p>In   my   opinion   using   an   asthma   pump   is   a   medical   necessity.   It   is  NOT   an   act   of   eating.   <strong>Hence</strong> its   use   does   NOT   invalidate   the   fast.</p>
<p>And   ALLAH   is  Rahmaan   and   Rahiim   and   Nabi  Muhammad   is   Rahiim</p>
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		<title>Shaykh  Ziiniy Dahlaan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maulana munir</dc:creator>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">Coming <span>   </span>shortly<span>   </span>a<span>   </span>thumbnail<span>   </span>sketch<span>   </span>of<span>    </span><strong><span style="color:red;">Shaykh<span>   </span>Ziiniy<span>   </span>Dahlaan</span></strong> (marhuum)</span><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:200%;letter-spacing:1pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;"><span>   </span>an<span>   </span>aalim<span>   </span>of<span>   </span>the<span>   </span>makkah<span>   </span>haram</span><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:200%;letter-spacing:1pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;"><span>   </span></span></p>
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		<title>books by women ulama?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">With reference to women mu’had’di’thaat like Kariimah al’Marwaziyyah and others mentioned by Siddique,  i (maulana munir hassan) note  that there is no mention whatsoever of scholarly works &#8211; commentaries on hadiith,   etc&#8230; - by these mu’had’di’thaat. Where is the “Fat’hul Baari” by a lady muhadditha.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">We   use   ibnu  Hajar,  Ayniy,  Nawawiy,  Qastalaniy,  Anwar Shah Kasmiiriy, Hashiyaat  of  Sindhi&#8230;..etc,   etc,   etc&#8230;  but   where   are   the   works   by   the   &#8220;many&#8221;   women   ulama? </span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">Some scholars list scores of teachers of Bukhaariy’s Sahiih, but not one commentary by a lady scholar. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">Reader, do you know of any commentary of Bukhaariy’s Sahiih in use by a lady scholar. </span></p>
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		<title>the  old  lady  begging  at  the robot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maulana munir</dc:creator>
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The   old   lady   begging   at   the   robot.   
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i   do   not   despise   you.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">The<span>  </span><span> </span>old<span>  </span><span> </span>lady<span>  </span><span> </span>begging<span>  </span><span> </span>at <span>  </span>the<span>  </span><span> </span>robot.<span>   </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">i<span>   </span>do<span>   </span>not<span>   </span>frown<span>   </span>at<span>   </span>you.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">The <span>  </span>road<span>   </span>you<span>   </span>walked<span>  </span>to<span>  </span>this<span>   </span>robot<span>  </span>(traffic<span>   </span>lights),<span>   </span>i<span>   </span>walked<span>   </span>a<span>   </span>road<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>it<span>   </span>too.<span>  </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">i<span>   </span>am<span>   </span>you<span>   </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">you<span>   </span>are<span>   </span>more<span>   </span>than<span>   </span>me.<span>   </span></span></p>
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Water (Maa&#8217;)   as   a   heuristic   device   for   understanding   the   quran
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black;line-height:150%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="EN-US"><strong><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;"><span style="color:#993366;">Water (Maa&#8217;)   as   a   heuristic   device   for   understanding   the   quran</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black;line-height:150%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="EN-US"><strong><span style="font-size:16pt;color:navy;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">A   deep   understanding   of   water,   rain,   water-cycles,   is   necessary   to   understand   the   quran.   This   understanding   unlocks   a   coded   quran.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;color:green;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">*  *  *</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">It   is   important   to   note   that   the   quran   describes   itself   as   water,   it   uses   the  verbs   in&#8217;za&#8217;la,   naz&#8217;za&#8217;la,   to   describe   the   falling   of   rain   <strong>and</strong>   the   descent   of   the   quran   onto   Nabi (S),   into   Nabi (S),   and   out   of   Nabi (S)   to   humanity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">It   is   therefore   imperative   to   understand   water,   rain&#8230;   and   their   meaning   to   the   first   community   and   other   communities   to   whom   the   quran   is   taken,   other   communities   who   show   an   interest   in   the   quran.  </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">The   Badwu (Bedouin)  who   search   (at   times   desperately)   for   pasturage -</span></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">What   does   rain   mean   to   him?   </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">What   is   his   state   when   he   looks   into   the   skies?</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">What   does   he   say   to   his   pregnant   wife?,   to   his   goats?,   to   his   camel?,   to   his   crying   children?</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">What   are   the   nutritional   and   medicinal   uses   of   water?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">1.   How   is   water-supply   contaminated?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">2.   Where   is   water-supply   contaminated?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">3.   WHO   poisons   water   and   WHY?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">What   geo-political,   imperial   agendas   do   1.,   2.    and   3.   serve?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span>Water <span>  </span>has<span>   </span>always<span>   </span>been<span>   </span>a<span>   </span>contested<span>   </span>necessity<span>   </span>(presently<span>   </span>in<span>   </span>South<span>   </span>Africa:<span>   </span>pre-paid<span>   </span>meters<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>water<span>   </span>cut-offs<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>privatization<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>unaffordable<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>protests-unrest<span>   </span>related<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>water…)<strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#000000;">Who <span>  </span>controls<span>   </span>water?<span>  </span>-</span><span><span style="color:#000000;">   </span><strong>Who<span>   </span>controls<span>   </span>literacy?</strong></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16pt;color:green;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="EN-US"><strong>*<span>   </span>*<span>   </span>*</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span><span style="color:#000000;">What <span>  </span>are<span>   </span>the<span>   </span>artifacts<span>   </span>of<span>   </span>water?<span>   </span>The <span>  </span>pail<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>the<span>   </span>rope<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>the<span>   </span>instruments<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>dig<span>   </span>for<span>   </span>water?</span><span><span style="color:#000000;">   </span><strong>-<span>   </span>What<span>   </span>are<span>   </span>the<span>   </span>artifacts<span>   </span>of<span>   </span>literacy?<span>   </span>The <span>  </span>qalam<span>   </span>(the<span>   </span>twig &#8211; pen)</strong></span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">,</span><span>   </span>the<span>   </span>bone/wood<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>write<span>   </span>upon?</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16pt;color:green;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="EN-US"><strong>*<span>   </span>*<span>   </span>*</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span><span style="color:#000000;">Just<span>   </span>as<span>   </span>in<span>   </span>water<span>   </span>the<span>   </span>right<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>drink<span>   </span>is<span>   </span>contested<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>many<span>   </span>times<span>   </span>various<span>   </span>parties<span>   </span>resort<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>force<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#000000;">   </span><strong>access<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>literacy</strong></span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">,</span><span>   </span>to<span>   </span>fora/forums<span>   </span>which<span>   </span>give<span>   </span>reach<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>audience<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">,</span><span>   </span>the<span>   </span>content<span>   </span>delivered…<span>   </span>are<span>   </span>all<span>   </span>contested<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">,</span><span>   </span>are<span>   </span>all <span>  </span>flashpoints<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16pt;color:green;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="EN-US"><strong>*<span>   </span>*<span>   </span>*</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span><span style="color:#000000;">Water <span>  </span>through<span>   </span>rivers<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>  </span>seas<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>lakes<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>oceans<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>together <span>  </span>with<span>   </span>winds<span>   </span>give<span>   </span>humans<span>   </span>mobility<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>reach<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>far<span>   </span>and<span>   </span>unknown<span>   </span>lands</span><span><span style="color:#000000;">   </span><strong>likewise<span>   </span>the<span>   </span>quran<span>   </span>with<span>   </span>its<span>   </span>inner<span>   </span>imperative<span>   </span>of<span>   </span>wanting<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>be<span>   </span>heard<span>   </span>propels<span>   </span>the<span>   </span>reader<span>   </span>to<span>   </span>engagement<span>   </span>with<span>   </span>diverse<span>   </span>and<span>   </span>sundry<span>   </span>others</strong></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>.</strong></span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#000000;"><span>  </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#000000;"><span>   </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><span><span style="color:#000000;">Water <span>  </span>brings<span>   </span>forth<span>   </span>forms<span>   </span>of<span>   </span>life<span>   </span>(plants<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>herbs<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>fruit<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>,</strong></span><span>   </span>vegetables…)<span>   </span>hidden<span>   </span>beneath<span>   </span>the<span>   </span>earth </span><span><span style="color:#000000;">  </span><strong>-<span>   </span>likewise<span>   </span>the<span>   </span>quran<span>   </span>activates<span>   </span>latent</strong></span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">,</span><span>   </span>inner<span>   </span>capacities<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">,</span><span>   </span>hopes<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">,</span><span>   </span>ambitions<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="EN-US"><span><span style="color:#000000;">   </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:16pt;color:green;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="EN-US">*<span>   </span>*<span>   </span>*</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:16pt;color:navy;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;letter-spacing:1pt;">A   deep   understanding   of   water,   rain,   water-cycles,   is   necessary   to   understand   the   quran.   This   understanding   unlocks   a   coded   quran.</span></strong></p>
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