Here Imam Anwar Al Awlaki has explained present Muslims trial and tribulation. Especially through the global contemporary situation of deception and economical meltdown and so forth.....through Quran and Hadith (Saying of Prophet Muhammed PBUH). They desire to extinguish God's Light with their mouths. But God refuses to do other than perfect His Light, even though the unbelievers detest it. It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the True Religion to exalt it over every other religion, even though the idolaters detest it. (Qur'an, 9:32-33) They desire to extinguish God's Light with their mouths, but God will perfect His Light, though the unbelievers hate it. It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religion, though the idolaters hate it. (Qur'an, 61:8-9) Imam Anwar Al Awlaki was born and raised in New Mexico, USA. He obtained BS in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University, MA in Education Leadership from San Diego State University and was/is currently doing a PhD in Human Resource Development at George Washington University. He is the author of a series of Audio lectures on the "Lives of the Prophets", covering the stories of the Prophets from Adam to Jesus (PBUT) of which over 20,000 copies have been published. The series is drawn from Imam Ibn Kathir's "Al-Bidayah wa An-Nihayah". Visit: http://www.sacredlearning.org/ to InshaAllah benefit through Shaykh Husain Abdul Sattar (University of Chicago Medical School graduate). At his website you can get his tafsir (commentary and explanation of the Qur'an) and hadith classes, as well as general talks he gives at probably mostly the Islamic Center of Chicago. Please inform others, InshaAllah, and get ajar! To read the tafseer (commentary and explanation of the Quran) by Mufti Muhammad Shafi'i (Mufti Taqi Uthmani's father), Ma'ariful Quran, visit: http://www.islamibayanaat.com/EMQ.htm (the link for Maariful Quran English tafsir) It is arguably the best tafsir in English. To read Tafsir ibn Kathir http://www.tafsir.com Free Islamic Answers Service http://qa.sunnipath.com/ Traditional Learning http://www.sunnipath.com/Academy/Onli... Sunnipath: Frequently Asked Questions http://www.sunnipath.com/about/faqs.aspx If you would like to study and become a scholar of Islam, please undergo traditional Islamic learning. See "University Islam & The Destruction of Islamic Learning": http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.as... Is Isnad (chain of transmission) a requirement for anyone who claims to be a scholar? http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.as... What is a "mutawatir" hadith? http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.as... Please inform others and get ajar, InshaAllah!
the instance quoted where the fields were burned and the muslims were told that they live on Ghanima (booty) was under difficult conditions, where the Umma was under direct attack and every man was needed to fight (the Bysentine empire). it does not mean that a muslim must only live on war-booty. clearly the christians mentioned already had fields to work on, while the muslims were soldiers who settled near by, which is consistent with muslim settlements/garrisons during campaigns.
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