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Ankara: Turkish authorities have announced that Bitcoin is not in accordance with the Islamic religion and has warned their citizens against buying the world’s most powerful cryptocurrency. The Directorate of Religious Affairs said “Cryptocurrency is widely used for nefarious and illegal activities, and is not sufficiently regulated, making it far more volatile than other currencies.” “Buying and selling virtual currencies is not compatible with religion at this time because of the fact that their valuation is open to speculation, they can be easily used in illegal activities like money laundering and they are not under the state’s audit and surveillance,” reported NewsWeek. According to the Turkish media, the religious body at a meeting last Friday took a decision on the digital currency. Despite the warnings from the government, citizens of Turkey have still invested in Bitcoin. It also acts as a platform for criminal to capitalize on the rise in the currencies value.

in the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful The general rule is that it is obligatory to have ablution when touching or reciting from the Quran. However, some scholars have made a concession if this would cause hardship and a person uses caution not to get any impurities or filth on the Quran. The great majority of scholars maintain that it is an obligation to have ablution (wudu) before touching or reciting from the Quran. The basis of this ruling is the statement of Allah Amighty: Verily, it is a noble Quran in a protected Book. None touch it but the purified. Surat al-Waqi’ah 56:77-79 Scholars derived from these verses that a Muslim should have ablution before touching the Quran. However, there is a disagreement of interpretation over whether this is referring to believers touching the Quran or to the angels touching the Preserved Tablet ( al-lawh al-mahfuzh ) on which is written the destiny of all things. Ibn Kathir reported: Ibn Abbas said concerning the ve

In March 2016, a homeless man named Marcus walked into a Cafe in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The man looked right into the eye of the 25-year-old cafe owner, Cesia Abigail, and asked for money. Though the lady felt an instant connection with the man who lived on the streets, she could not offer any money to Marcus. #3 Man Could Not Get Any Job After the homeless man asked her for financial assistance, Abigail responded, “Why don’t you have a job, you know nothing is given to me for free right?” Understanding what she was getting at, Marcus tried explaining his situation to Cesia that he wanted to get a job but due to his criminal past, getting hired had proved impossible for him and he had been forced to retreat to a life in the streets. #2 Cesia – The Owner Cesia is the owner of Abi’s Cafe in Minneapolis, Minnesota and had long fought to keep her cafe running which has not always been easy to manage. When Marcus approached her cafe that day, his story had a great

Questions: Weddings ? Why did the Prophet (peace be upon them) have many? This is the very common question asked by many people so we decided to answer it Answer: Assalamu Alaikum WA rahmatullahi WA Barakatuh Thank you for your question. Our responsibility is to constantly portray & follow the most effective example of the prophetic teachings. It’s always best to busy oneself with the positive instead of the negative. All Prophets (peace and blessings upon them) remain of ethics, high status & exemplary character, even though individuals spread hate against them. That being said, some of the answers the scholars have presented to your question, are listed below: Islam restricted the number to four. Islam introduced limits. Men of the time have been recorded to have many wives. In fact, most males of all faiths had many wives. Marrying many wives was a common custom during that era. This is why no Christian, atheist or idolater etc. living at now, ever objecte

I was overwhelmed and extremely emotional to think Allah gave me the patience to see this through. It wasn’t easy. Maariya from Luton, England has completed memorising the entire Qur’an. She started aged 5 when she memorised Surah Yasin in a charity challenge in order to raise money for Syria. Shortly after, she completed memorising the last Juzz of the Qur’an at a local madrassah. Her mother noticed that she was a fast-learner and wanted Maariya to become a hafidhah. To her dissapointment, there were no complete hifdh classes available so she decided to guide her daughter through her hifdh journey herself. She told IlmFeed that it wasn’t easy and required alot of patience from both herself and her daughter. They had to follow a strict timetable where Maariya would study 5 hours a day, a session before school where she would learn something new, a session after school where she would read what she had learnt and another session after dinner for revision. In order to

Questions: Salam alaykum.I committed Zina, now I am pregnant. The person I committed Zina with and my friends and family thinks it is better to have an abortion since the guy has refused to marry me. He is also an unbeliever. I know this is compounding my sins, but I don’t know what to do. I just hope Allah will forgive me. The man has said he will never take responsibilities if I have the child. I however intend to. Please advice me. Answer: As salamu alaykum dear sister, I am sorry to hear about the situation you are in. While I do not know your age, how many months you are pregnant or the financial circumstances, it is a hard decision nonetheless. All these would have been dependent upon my response, however, I will try to address this the best way I can based on what you have written. First, I am not an Islamic scholar, therefore I would refer you to our “Ask the Scholar” section of our website for questions about abortion, length of pregnancy, circumstances etc. With

RIYADH: Images of an Israeli Jew holding Hebrew Scriptures at Masjid-e-Nabwi sparked uproar on social media platforms. Ben Tzion, the Russian-born Israeli Jew on Monday posted photographs and videos on his social media accounts from the Mosque of the Prophet (PBUH), Islam’s second holiest site. The 31-year-old blogger entered the Grand Mosque of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and posed for photos and video with fellow-worshippers, reported BBC. “People of Saudi Arabia would stand with the Jewish nation side by side,” he wrote in a Facebook post with a photo of him performing the Saudi sword dance in a traditional ankle-length garment known as a “thobe”. “Peace in the Middle East with respect and love towards each other,” another post stated. Under Saudi law, non-Muslims are prohibited from entering Madina’s Nabawi Square. In an interview with Times of Israel, Tzion said visiting Muslim countries was “a hobby” and reiterated his “respect for other cul

Brisbane:  A jail is a punishment for a person committing crimes, but for Robbie it had turned out to be a place where he got Hidayah and accept Islam. Deep into the story, 5 years ago Robbie converted to Islam in jail while he had friendship with Imam Uzair – who runs Brisbane’s Holland Park Mosque. Unlike a typical muslim, Robbie’s external appearance shows his tattoos designs on his body and on shaven head. Robbie says that, one can find good practicing muslims in a mosque. On SBS’s The Mosque Next Door Program, Robbie said that ‘I’ve got criminal history, I’ve been locked up,’ but ‘I’m very blessed that I’ve got a job working with our community here, but if our community wasn’t open to me, where would I work?’ After leaving jail, he became a youth worker of Islamic council and founded a support program for muslims in jail. Along with Robbie, another man 21-year-old Jesse, who also converted to Islam behind bars and more recently changed his name to Jihad. He says that

Special arrangement Hadiya, the woman at the centre of a religious conversion case, on Saturday said that she was not forced to convert to Islam and that she wanted to be with her husband. She said that she “wanted justice”. Hadiya made the statements at Kochi airport while on her way to Delhi. She is travelling to the Capital to appear before the Supreme Court in the case on Monday, November 27. Her remarks come soon after her husband Shafin Jahan filed a complaint claiming some people were trying to convert her back to Hinduism. She is travelling by air instead of by train because of security concerns,  The News Minute  reported. “Though the decision was to take her to Delhi by train, we were asked by the government to arrange air travel as there were security concerns about the train journey,” one of her father Ashokan’s lawyers told the website. Ashokan has alleged that his daughter, whose name was Akhila before she converted, was forced to change her religion

Rampant molestation in trains is forcing women to risk their lives just to escape it. In a shocking incident, a woman along with her daughter jumped off a running train near Kanpur to escape molestation by a group of men. The mother-daughter duo sustained injuries and are being treated in a nearby hospital. The women were travelling from Howrah to Delhi. A group of men allegedly attempted to molest both the women at a time the train departed from Howrah station. BCCL/REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE A case has been registered in the regard and the matter is under investigation. A Kanpur GRP In-Charge told that the women engaged in a heated argument with the men following which, fearing molestation, they jumped off the train. With Inputs From ANI

Soldiers fight to defend their countries and the medals they are awarded are a way of thanking and appreciating them for their efforts. But wielding a gun and killing the enemy isn’t the only way to display one’s gallantry.  Sometimes a soldier’s capability transcends weaponry and he becomes a beacon of hope that fills his fellow soldiers with the courage to audaciously snatch victory from the hands of the enemy. One such soldier is Captain (retd) Abdul Nasir Hanfee, a Vir Chakra awardee who displayed exemplary courage, patience, persistence and presence of mind - the hallmark of any Indian Air Force (IAF) Officer - when the Indian Army had its back against the wall while fighting the Pakistanis on the frozen battlefield of Siachen Glacier in September 1987.  INDIATIMES The year 1987 had seen action in Siachen Glacier multiple times. One of the most memorable historic events was when Subedar Bana Singh captured the famous ‘Qaid Post’ by climbing 1500 ft with the hel

Sacred books of Hindus contain the history of universe. These books also contain foretelling of future events. According to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a spiritual leader of Hindus, these books predicted about the coming of a spiritual teacher called Mohammed from a foreign land. In Bhavishya Puran: Prati Sarg, PartIII:3, 3, 5, it is written ‘his name will be Mahamad’. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says, ‘in one of the Puranas in India, Bhavishya Puranas, it is also mentioned that paighambar Mahamad will be born in the Middle East and would cleanse the people of corruption and bad habits. He will bring a new wave of devotion. This is mentioned thousands of years ago in the Hindu texts, he said. Watch video:

Hyderabad: Only 4 pc out of the total number of beggars in Hyderabad are Muslims while the remaining 82 pc belong to SC, ST and other backward classes. According to a survey conducted in 2008 and then 2015, the number of beggars in Hyderabad is 11000 with a total earning of Rs 15 crore. According to the data issued by a rehabilitation centre these beggars earn Rs. 1000 daily. They normally spend a large part of their earning on food requirement and bad habits (smoking, drinking etc); while 50% goes towards the savings. The organization revealed that 82 pc of the beggars who beg at Dargahs, masajid, temples, church and other places of Hyderabad are non-Muslims while only 4 pc of them are Muslims and they don’t belong to the city either. Now that the government has put a begging ban on the city’s streets for two months, officials have been strictly enforcing the ban ahead of a visit by Ivanka Trump for an international conference. The beggars are being transported to shelte

Scotland : Police Scotland has announced that the  hijab  will become part of its official uniform as it aims to create a more diverse force. The force said they hope the move will “encourage women from Muslim communities, who may previously not have seen policing as a career option, to reconsider”. In the past, Muslim police officers in Scotland were allowed to wear the hijab, but only once it was approved by senior staff members. The Metropolitan Police introduced the hijab as an optional part of the force’s official uniform in 2001 as part of a similar drive to recruit a more diverse mix of officers. In a statement, chief constable Phil Gormley said: “I am delighted to make this announcement and welcome the support from both the Muslim community, and the wider community, as well as police officers and staff.  “Like many other employers, especially in the public sector, we are working towards ensuring our service is representative of the communities we serve. I hope th

Question :  M y problem is that I think I will be afraid of touching my wife on the first night of our wedding. I lived my whole life staying away from wrong doings like committing zina, rape, touching any unknown women, etc. I am ashamed to say, but having intercourse with my wife on the first night makes me have the feeling that I am committing zina.I also heard that one cannot arrange the marriage ceremony until he had intercourse with his wife.I want to fulfill the sunnah, but i don’t know how. It is most common here that spouse love starts after having intercourse. I know Allah has made husband - wife relationship in this way, but there might be some other way by which one could develop love and affection toward the opposite sex. Please help me.   Answer:  As-Salamu `Alaikum  Brother, Thank you for sending us your question. I first would like to tell you that it is not  haraam  or disliked to not have sexual intercourse on that same night that

We have something to show you, in case you are searching for the most beneficial food in the world. We recommend you to try dates. They contain a lot of healthy properties that are able to soothe many health problems, such as strokes, heart attacks, cholesterol and hypertension. In no time, they are going to build up the metabolism of the body, because they have great amounts of nutrients. Here are some of the main recommendations why they have to be included in your food menu and why they are so healthy. 8 HEALTHY EFFECTS OF DATES Dates are rich in iron Dates contain great amounts of iron, which is especially useful for those people who suffer from anemia, for children and for pregnant women. It is sufficient to consume 100 grams of dates per day, which mainly contain 0.9 mg of iron. It is about 11 % of the recommended daily intake of iron. The iron has also beneficial effects on the red blood cells and hemoglobin, mainly supporting the flow of oxygen through the blood