Welcome to Dr. Elzeiny
Islamic Studies Class
1. This is a site for translation of the
Holy Quran using easy English.
2. This is a site for Meaning of
Quran in Pictures.
3. Books about the Names of
Allah [Book 1] [Book 2] [Brief Meanings]
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Table of Contents
Lesson [2]: The Knowledge of Allah.
Lesson [3]: The Name of Allah Al-Wakeel (The One we
depend on) Part 1
Lesson [4]: The Name of Allah Al-Wakeel (The One we
depend on) Part II
Lesson [5]: Sweet and Sour Mercy
Lesson [6]: Believe in the Unseen World
Lesson [7]: Pillars of Faith - Believe in Allah.
Lesson [8]: Pillars of Faith - Believe in Angels.
Lesson [9]: Pillars of Faith - Believe in the Books, the
Prophets the Day of Judgment and the Qadar
Lesson [11]: Pillars of Islam Zakah, Fasting and Haj.
Lesson [13]: Reply to "Muslims are terrorists
and Islam is the religion of terror"
Lesson [14]: Reply to Islam Spread by the Sword
Lesson [15]: Reply to Sharia (Islamic Law) is too
Harsh
Lesson [16]: Reply to Sharia (Islamic Law) is too old
Lesson [17] Reply to Hijab Issues.
Lesson [19]: Reply to Islam Allows Men to have four
wives - Women cant be leaders.
Lesson [20]: Reply to Islam Allows Slavery
Lesson [21]: Reply to Islam is not an American Religion
and Mohamed is not an American Name
Lesson [24]: Scientific Miracles of the Holy Quran.
Lesson [25]: Why We are being Tested - The Wisdom
of Fitnah and Trials for The Believer.
Lesson [26]: Hadeeth of Intentions
Lesson [27]: Sunah and Bidaa (Innovations) - Legal and
Illegal Changes.
Lesson [28]: Enjoin Good and Forbid Evil - Speaking
Truth to Power
Lesson [29]: The Hadeeth Collections: Hadeeth of
Intentions Part I:
Lesson [30]: Doing Business with Allah
Lesson [31] Lessons from COVID-19 Crisis By Sheikh Dr.
Yasir Qadhi.
Lesson [32] The American Dream By Sheikh Dr. Yasir
Qadhi.
Lesson [35]: Modern Challenges Speech to the
Muslim Youth by Dr. Yasir Qadhi.
Lesson [36]: 7 Wisdoms of pain and suffering
Shaikh Dr. Yasir Qadhi
Lesson [37]: The Day of Judgment [1] (Lecture No.
1). By Shaikh Dr. Yasir Qadhi
Lesson [0] Preparations
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Lesson [1]: Our Enemies.
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Homework:
[Part I]: If you have
not done this already, send me an email to hw@zeiny.net telling
me about yourself. What you want me to know about you. It is very confidential.
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[Part II]: Listen
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answer the following questions thoroughly. Short answers are not accepted. You
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1. Why did Allah create in
General?
2.
Why did Allah create humans and Jinn kinds in particular?
3.
Why didnt he create just angels and trees that would cause no
corruption and blood shed?
4.
Who are our four enemies (evil motives)? Give examples.
5.
Why did Allah create the Shytan and his
other enemies?
6.
If there is no meanness, would kindness exist? Explain why?
7.
Can we have a free will if we dont have evil motives? Give an
example of a creation of Allah that has no evil motives at all. Are they being
tested?
8.
What are the tests of submission? Explain and give examples.
9.
Temptations are evil motives. Give five examples of evil
temptations.
10.
After the Shytan starts the temptations,
would he be able to make it grow? Explain.
11.
If no one can avoid the startup of temptations in his/her heart,
how can we fight temptations then?
12.
Mention the story of the son of Adam who committed monstrous act
due to the temptations of jealousy. What was his name and who was his victim?
13.
What are the good motives? Give couple of illustrative examples of
each.
14.
Why did people worship middle Gods? Explain how worshiping middle
Gods would cause you to be taking advantage of.
15.
When bad people are asked to give charity to the poor and needy,
they reply and say that we are not going to feed them. Allah is the one that
should feed them not us. How would you reply to this argument?
16.
If the engineers design a bad airplane and it fell down kill 400
passengers. Was it the responsibility of Allah to stop this tragedy? Why
doesnt Allah stop this from happening?
17.
Why does Allah allow evil, pain and suffering, such as Holocaust
and 911? Was it the responsibility of Allah to stop them from happening?
18.
Why does Allah let bad things happen to good people?
Board Notes:
Lesson [2]: The Knowledge of Allah.
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Allah knows
everything that happen and would happen in the future. Allah guides whom so
ever he wills and misguides whom so ever he wills. Allah seals the ears of the
bad guys so that they cant hear the truth. Allah blinds their eyes so that
they cant see the truth. Allah locked their hearts from understanding the
truth. Allah already wrote everything that will happen in a book.
1.
What
is the ridiculous understanding of these statements?
2.
How can I know your answer ahead of time without forcing you to
follow my answer? Explain using the metaphor of prediction and example of the
cows who fly on their own.
3.
What is the opposite of the statement "Allah guides whom so
ever he wants and misguides whomsoever he wants? Prove that this statement is true
by proving that the opposite is impossible.
4.
Can
good exist without evil? Explain why?
5.
Can
good deeds exist without bad deeds? Explain why?
6.
Why
doest the Shytan repent
knowing that he will be burning in hell without end?
7.
Is
it possible for us to have a free will if bad deeds dont exist?
8.
If
it is already written, then how come we have freedom of choice?
9.
He
already wrote our deeds. We have no choice. How come he is punishing the wrong
doers?
10.
Allah
doesnt want to guide me. It is not my fault. How do you reply to that
ridiculous argument?
11.
Why
did Allah create evil people knowing that they will end up in hell?
12.
Explain
how Allah is helping out the believers for choosing to believe in him and
submit to him. Give examples.
13.
Explain
how Allah would misguide the people who chose evil.
14.
The names of Allah (الأول)
means the first without start and the twin name of this name is (الآخر)
which means the last without end. Explain this in terms of time. Use the example
of the story board.
15.
Explain how Allah controls the time and he does not change or age
with time.
16.
Allah made the time able to age everything else. Explain the
previous statement and use that to explain how Allah contains time and
everything else is contained in time.
17.
Mention the story of Omer RA with the guy who was arguing that he
stole because it is the decree of Allah and it is not his fault. What was the
reply of Omer RA?
18.
Is our will superior to Allah's will? Mention the relevant Ayat from Surat Takweer [29:28-29] and from Surat Al-Insan.
Explain them.
19.
The knowledge of Allah is surrounding knowledge. What does that
mean?
20.
How many books Allah has? What are they and what is the difference
between them?
21.
Why did Allah prescribed 50 prayers initially knowing that it
would be five at the end?
22.
How do you increase your wealth and life?
23.
What is the story of the person who used to say O Allah I
disobeyed you so many times and you never punished me? Explain
24.
What was the story of the bird who stole meat?
25.
Believers are always thinking about their deeds and link them to
the events happening. How about the nonbelievers? Why did the Prophet saw said
that they are like camels?
26.
Describe the Knowledge of Allah using the metaphor of oceans and
trees? Use [Cave 18:109] and [Loqman 31: 27]
Board Notes:
Lesson [3]: The Name of Allah Al-Wakeel (The One we depend on) Part 1
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1. What is the meaning of
the name Al-Wakeel?
2. Explain the word
"Tawfik توفيق".
Who does control Tawfik?
3. Since we cannot expect
Allah to vacuum your carpet and wash your dishes, then how do you depend on
Allah in both of these tasks? What could go wrong?
4. How do you reply to the
one who says "If I do my part, then there is nothing left for Allah to
do".
5. Depending on Allah is
the job of the heart. Doing your part is the job of the brain and muscles.
Explain this sentence with examples.
6. If a person studies for
a test, why does he need to depend on Allah? What could go wrong?
7. In the case of a Muslim
student who did not study because he is claiming that he depends on Allah and
non-Muslim student who studied who doesnt know Allah. Who would pass the test
and why?
8. Is Tawfik granted only
for believers or for anyone? Explain why?
9. Is Tawfik granted only
for the ones who depend on Allah or for anyone? Explain why?
10. Explain the probability of failure?
11. Mention the story of tying the camel and how
did Prophet Mohamed comment on this?
12. How do you reply to the ones who say "I
tied the camel, what is left for Allah to do"?
13. How do I depend on Allah to heal my
sicknesses? What are the two extremes regarding this issue? Explain how is
Islam in the middle?
14. What did Omar Ibn Al-khatab
say regarding the people who stayed in the Masjid claiming that they depend on
Allah to bring them sustenance? Explain?
15. The engineer who built Titanic said
"Even God cannot sink it". What happened and how did Allah make him
fail?
16. Explain how was the arrogance of the captain
in terms of speed and life boat.
17 .Explain in details the plan of immigration
of the Prophet SAW from Macca to Medina.
a. Direction of travel.
b. Asmaa flock of sheep.
c. Food and water supplies.
d. Spying.
e. Sleep in bed.
f. Returning the trusted
things.
g. Hiding for the first few
days.
h. Routing.
i. Who was the companion of
the Prophet during his immigration?
j. Who was the woman of the
two belts? How did she get this name? What was her relationship to the Prophet
and Abo Bakr? What was her role during the Prophet
migration to Madina?
k. Who was the person who
was spying on the Arab Lords? How? What was his relationship to Abo Baker Al-Sidiq?
18. The plan of the Prophet saw failed three
time? Explain the three times and how did Allah save him?
19. About why Allah swt saved the Prophet saw three times:
a. What is the meaning of
the concept of being desperate? How is it related to this subject?
b. What was the first
miracle that Allah saved his Prophet with? What happened to the 40 guys that
were surrounding the house of the Prophet SAW? What did the Prophet do to them
before he leaves? Why?
c. What was the second
miracle that Allah saved his Prophet with?
d. Who was the guy that was
trying to capture the Prophet SAW for a prize? What was his name? And what was
the prize? The Prophet promised him something. What was it? Why did the Prophet
promise him? When did this promise become true, i.e. after what battle?
20. Failure to plan is a plan to fail. Explain
this statement and how is it related to the subject of how to depend on Allah?
Notes:
Notes from prior years
(1):
Lesson [4]: The Name of Allah Al-Wakeel (The One we depend on) Part II
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1. Explain the law of be
and its? Hint: (36:82)
2. Did Allah create and has
been governing the universe using the laws of be and its? Explain in details.
3. For anything to exist in
reality, it had to exist in the knowledge of Allah first. Why?
4. If Allah will excuse
anyone from using the laws of nature, who would be exempted?
5. Regarding the unseen
soldiers sent from Allah to save you.
a. Mention the three times
the Prophet SAW became desperate and what were the unseen soldiers sent from
Allah to save him?
b. When does Allah help you
with unseen soldiers? Are they available for anyone? How do you qualify for
them? (Hint Faith | desperate | this link).
6. About the incident of Israa and Mirag:
a. What was the destination
of each trip?
b. What were the means of
transportation of each trip?
c. Why did not Allah take
his Prophet SAW straight from Makkah to his final destination? Why did he stop by
in the middle at the Aqsa Masjid?
d. What are the three
sacred Masjids in Islam? List them in the order of importance.
7. In the
comparison between the immigration of the Prophet Mohamed SAW to Madina and his Israa trip:
a. What was the difference
between the Israa and the Higra?
b. Which trip was
dangerous?
c. In which trip the
Prophet SAW was in desperate need of miraculous transportation? Why?
d. Why did Allah make the
Prophet follow the laws of nature in his immigration to Madina
but in the Israa he gave him a miraculous mean of
transportation?
e. How is this related to
the topic of depending on Allah?
8. About the fruit basket Allah sent several times from
Jannah to Mariam in her worship place:
a. What was so special
about the fruit basket?
b. What did Allah ask
Mariam to do after she gave birth to Prophet Isa?
c. In comparison to her condition after labor,
which condition she was in more need of food?
d. Why did Allah ask Mariam
to use the means available to her after labor to get food? Why not a fruit
basket gift from Jannah?
e. How many people are
needed to shake a palm tree hard enough for the dates to fall?
f. How is this related to
the topic of depending on Allah?
9. Regarding the escape of
Prophet Musa and the children of Israel from Egypt:
a. What happened when the
children of Israel while escaping?
b. What was the response of
Prophet Musa to their cry?
c. What did Allah ask
Prophet Musa to do? What tool did he use to do the task?
d. Why did Allah require
him to use this tool to part the sea? Why not part the sea right away?
e. How is this related to
the topic of depending on Allah?
10. Does depending on
Allah (Tawakul) related to the future or the past? When
do we say In Shaa Allah and when do we say Mashaa Allah?
11. For
the following list of benefits gained from Tawakul, explain each one in details. You may use your own examples.
a. In the incident of
Prophet Mohamed SAW traveling using his donkey and there was a young youth
setting behind him. What did the Prophet SAW advised him regarding things that
would come to him and things that wouldnt come to him?
b. Dependence on Allah makes
a person fearless and worriless. How?
c. Spiritual Tawakul cant be on other than Allah? Explain.
d. A person missing the bus
that got in an accident. Who delayed that person?
e. Mention the story of the
guy who was laid off from his job. Was he happy and what happened to him?
f. Sometimes we ask Allah
for things that we desire so much but they are bad for us. Would Allah give
them to us? Comment.
12. When a calamity happens and we become sad.
a. Are we allowed to be
sad? Can we stop ourselves from being sad?
b. How to handle our
sadness the right way and the wrong way? Give example that explain your answer.
13. When something good happens and we become
happy.
a. Are we allowed to be
happy? Can we stop ourselves from being happy?
b. How to handle our
happiness the right way and the wrong way? Give example that explain your
answer.
14. When we worry about something and we become
worried.
a. Are we allowed to be
worried? Can we stop ourselves from being worried?
b. How to handle our worry
the right way and the wrong way? Give example that explain your answer.
Lesson [5]: Sweet and Sour Mercy
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1. In your own words,
mention the story of Prophet Moses (Mosa and the
Righteous slave of Allah. Hint use Quran 18:60-82
2. What are the two types
of knowledge? Explain.
3. What are the two types
of mercy?
4. In the first event,
which was damaging the boat, who was the one who made the decision? Which type
is this mercy?
5. In the second event,
which was killing the boy, who was the one who made the decision? Which type is
this mercy?
6. In the third event,
which was fixing the wall of a ruined house, who was the one who made the
decision? Which type is this mercy?
7. Explain how is that you
may pray for something, which is bad for you, or hate something, which is good
for you. Give few examples.
8. Mention few lessons that
you learned from the story.
9. When something bad
happens to you, are you allowed to feel sad and cry? You should change your
sadness to what?
10.When something good
happens to you, are you allowed to feel joy and happiness? You should change
your Happiness to what?
11.When you are
worried, you should change your worry to what?
Notes:
Lesson [6]: Believe in the Unseen World
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Possible life in higher dimensions
1. Use the metaphor of the
people who live in 2D to show that we are being seen and accessed from higher
dimensions. Can we see them? Can they see all of us? What would they see if you
place your finger in their 2D plane?
2. Do we see everything in
existence? Mention few examples of things that exit but we dont see them.
Mention the relevant joke about the smart kid and his atheist teacher.
Possible life in higher frequencies:
1. What is the frequency
our bodies and the solid objects around us?
2. Comparing the ones with
higher frequency with the ones they have lower frequency. Which one is more
powerful and why?
3. From what angels were created and from what Jinn were created?
4. It is believed that the
nature of Jinn is a body of energy. How can they make us see them? How can the
angels make us see them as well?
5. What is the theory of
relativity e=mc2 and how is it related to the story of the
throne of the Queen of Sheba?
6. Which creation would
have more frequency, the Jinn or the angels?
7. Is it possible that
higher frequencies creations occupy the same space we occupy as the same time?
Is it possible that they can reach our entire bodies?
8. If the Jinn make us to
see them by altering their frequency to the visible spectrum or convert their
energy into mass. What laws are they bound to, our laws of nature or their
laws?
About the importance of believing of the world
of unseen
1. What are the two worlds
that we have? To which one Allah, his angels and life after? What world
that we live in now? To which world belong the things that we can feel using
any of the five senses?
2. Mention the Ayah where
Allah praised the ones who believe in the Unseen. For what reason Allah praise
them?
3. From an Islamic
perspective, what is the difference between to know and to believe? Use the
metaphor of the furnace.
About the relationship between death and sleep
1. How would death open the
door to the unseen world? Mention the Ayah in the Quran that explains this.
2. What are the Ayat and Hadith that mention the relationship between death
and sleep?
3. Is lying more difficult
or saying the truth?
4. Lying takes a lot of
brain work and good memory. Mention the joke of the teacher who quizzed the
four students about the flat tire.
5. When the angels ask you
the three questions right after death, how come you can't lie and give the
correct answers?
6. Compare the punishment
in the grave with nightmares.
7. Compare the joy in the
grave with sweet dreams.
8. If you want to torture
someone in this life, which part (Body or Soul) you can apply the torture non? How about in the grave? How about in Hell fire?
9. Explain the metaphor of
the body and soul as compared to the car and the driver? Explain when is the
soul going to be alone and when is the soul is coupled with the body?
10. How can the soul control
the body? What is the interface between the body and the sould?
11. During the time where we
were in our mothers womb the universe to us was that tight place. After birth
the universe became very huge. How about the relationship between the seen
universe and the unseen universe?
Notes:
The electromagnetic spectrum is generally
divided into seven regions, in order of decreasing wavelength and increasing
energy and frequency: radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light,
ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays. (Image credit: Biro Emoke Shutterstock)
Radio waves
Radio waves are at the lowest range of the EM
spectrum, with frequencies of up to about 30 billion hertz, or 30 gigahertz
(GHz), and wavelengths greater than about 10 millimeters (0.4 inches). Radio is
used primarily for communications including voice, data and entertainment
media.
Microwaves
Microwaves fall in the range of the EM spectrum
between radio and IR. They have frequencies from about 3 GHz up to about 30
trillion hertz, or 30 terahertz (THz), and wavelengths of about 10 mm (0.4
inches) to 100 micrometers (μm), or 0.004
inches. Microwaves are used for high-bandwidth communications, radar and as a
heat source for microwave ovens and industrial applications.
Infrared
Infrared is in the range of the EM spectrum
between microwaves and visible light. IR has frequencies from about 30 THz up
to about 400 THz and wavelengths of about 100 μm
(0.004 inches) to 740 nanometers (nm), or 0.00003 inches. IR light is invisible
to human eyes, but we can feel it as heat if the intensity is sufficient.
Visible light
Visible light is found in the middle of the EM
spectrum, between IR and UV. It has frequencies of about 400 THz to 800 THz and
wavelengths of about 740 nm (0.00003 inches) to 380 nm (.000015 inches). More
generally, visible light is defined as the wavelengths that are visible to most
human eyes.
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet light is in the range of the EM spectrum
between visible light and X-rays. It has frequencies of about 8 Χ 1014 to
3 Χ 1016 Hz and wavelengths of about 380 nm (.000015 inches) to
about 10 nm (0.0000004 inches). UV light is a component of sunlight; however,
it is invisible to the human eye. It has numerous medical and industrial
applications, but it can damage living tissue.
X-rays are roughly classified
into two types: soft X-rays and hard X-rays. Soft X-rays comprise the range of
the EM spectrum between UV and gamma rays. Soft X-rays have frequencies of
about 3 Χ 1016 to about 1018 Hz and wavelengths
of about 10 nm (4 Χ 10−7 inches) to about 100 picometers (pm), or 4 Χ 10−8 inches.
Hard X-rays occupy the same region of the EM spectrum as gamma rays. The only
difference between them is their source: X-rays are produced by accelerating
electrons, while gamma rays are produced by atomic nuclei.
Gamma-rays
Gamma-rays are in the range of the spectrum
above soft X-rays. Gamma-rays have frequencies greater than about 1018 Hz
and wavelengths of less than 100 pm (4 Χ 10−9 inches).
Gamma radiation causes damage to living tissue, which makes it useful for
killing cancer cells when applied in carefully measured doses to small regions.
Uncontrolled exposure, though, is extremely dangerous to humans.
Lesson [7]: Pillars of Faith - Believe in Allah.
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1. Mention the Hadith where
Angel Gibriel came in a form of a man and asked him
questions? Mention only the part related to the pillar of faith.
2. Allah is One (Wahid) and
He is Unit (Ahad). What is the difference between
these two attributes of Allah?
3. Which Surah known to be
one third of the Quran? Why?
4. What did Allah provide
us with to see him with our brains?
Why having One God is
mercy to us?
1. Many Gods leads lead to
what according to Surat Al-Anbyaa (21:22)
2. Many Gods leads lead to
what according to Surat Al-Moemnon (23:91)
3. If we have many Gods,
which God we and the entire existence are required to submit to God A or God B?
4. The ultimate purpose of
all creation is to submit to which God?
5. What is the Name used in
the Arabic Bible to refer to God?
6. Logical argument about
the existence of God.
a. How many of the people
on earth deny the existence of God?
b. What is the meaning of
the statement God did not create man, man created God?
c. What is the watch maker
argument?
d. Explain the metaphor of
the ship that leaves India and reach New York. How is that metaphor related to
Allah, the sun and the moon?
e. Why we must have a big
boss?
f. When we see beautiful
painting of nature, how does this make us feel about the artist who drew the
picture and about Allah?
7. Denying the existence of
Allah, the creator, seems unreasonable. What caused the atheists to dont want
to admit the existence of the Creator?
a. Religions are wrong and
dont make sense. So,
...
b. Atheist who rejected religions
are essentially have rejected Christianity and then assuming that
...
c. Explain how is the
Christian religion was used as a slave mind management system? What was the
response of the smart slaves?
d. Explain how people deny
the existence of God when they see tragedies. Example the holocaust. What would
be their arguments?
e. Man (victims) says where
are you God. God replies
..
f. How do we reply to the
ones who said Shall we feed the ones whom Allah should have fed Yasin (36:47)?
h. Tell the joke about
selling parts of the paradise by the church in the old days.
8. Theory of evolution.
a. Are Muslim against the
entire theory of evolution? What is the part that we disagree with?
b. Why the racist people
draw monkeys to describe black people? How does this relate to the theory of
evolution?
c. Why theory of evolution
(Darwins theory) would justify the killing of the less developed humans
d. What is the Arian race?
Who promoted its superiority over all other races? Explain the disaster that
resulted from that.
e. People attempt to ignore
the presence of God. What is the name of the people who just ignore the
presence of Allah? Briefly describe the religion of Buddhism.
9. Explain logically why
the society that has faith would does more charity than the society that
doesnt have faith.
Notes:
If there is a watch,
then there is a maker. If there are sophisticated creations then there is an
extremely powerful maker.
Lesson [8]: Pillars of Faith - Believe in Angels.
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1. Why is it not
appropriate to Allah to do all tasks by himself? Give examples of tasks that it
is not appropriate for Him to do.
2. What is the Royal way of
getting something done?
3. Angels could be a body
of energy made of what? Can they take the form of humans? Did Gibril came to the Prophet in a form of a man? What was the
man look like?
4. In the Hadith of Pillars
of faith, the Hadith that we are studying now, who was talking to the Prophet?
Tell the story.
5. Angels dont ever
disobey Allah? Why?
6. Do angels go to hell or
heaven? Why?
7. Complete the following.
Death is similar to
., night mares or sweet dreams are similar to
.., the link between the body and the soul is
.. at the time of death.
8. Because of the coupling
between our bodies and souls, the body is limiting the soul. Explain this
statement in details.
9. What happen when we die,
are we going to be limited to the five senses? Are we going to be able to see
the world of unseen? Explain in details.
9. Complete: In order for
Jinn to be seen by us, they have to ............, and they will be controlled
by the laws of .................... applicable
to the form
..
10.What is the interface
between the body and the soul? How can the soul control the body? How can you
split them apart so that you don't feel the pain during surgery?
11.Mention the names
and the role of 11 angels. of different angels doing
different tasks.
12.Complete: The
wandering angels. Dont enter a house that has a
. Dont attend a lecture or
a talk where a woman is
. or a man who is not
..
13.What is the job of
the Guardian Angels? Do they do their job with both good and
bad guys or only good guys?
14.Regarding he angels
on the right and left, who is in charge of the other? Why?
15.The Jews accused
Prophet Soliman to be a witch. Why? Allah defended
him in one Ayah of the Quran. What is the Ayah and how did he defend him?
16.Who are the two
Angels that were converted to humans and sent to earth? Why did Allah do that
to them? What happened at the end?
17.Who taught black
magic? Is it Halal or Haram? The sorcerer Kafir? Why?
18.How does the
sorcerer please the Jinn? How is this communication
would make of the condition of the sorcerer?
19.Things are a matter
of perception. Explain this statement with details and provide examples.
Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_in_Islam
Muslims believe that
angels, or malaikah, were created before humans
with the purpose of following the orders of Allah and communicating with humans.
Muslims believe that angels, like all other creatures, were created by God. In
Islamic belief, angels communicate messages from Allah to humanity.
The Messenger has
believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the
believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and
His messengers, [saying], We make no distinctions between any of His
messengers. And they say, We hear and obey. [We seek] your forgiveness, our
Lord, and to You is the [final] destination. (Quran
2:285)
Muslims also believe
that angels are with them at all times. They have two angels, which sit on
either shoulder and are known as Al-Kiram and Al-Katibun. One of the angels records the good things the
person has done and the other records the bad things the person has done. Allah
will judge each person based on these deeds, deciding whether they are worth of
Paradise (Jannah or Hell (Jahannam).
1. https://youtu.be/IW1xr52Mk1I at 1:52:00
2. https://youtu.be/ODb7EO_Mjmk at 0:49:49
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Lesson [9]: Pillars of Faith - Believe in the Books, the Prophets the Day of Judgment and the Qadar
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Faith in Books and
Prophets:
1. How many Prophets and
how many messengers were sent by Allah?
2. What is the difference
between a Prophet and Messenger? Explain how that the messenger is sent to
non-believers but the Prophet is sent to believers. Explain in details.
3. Since no more Prophets
will be sent, Allah substituted the Prophet with what? Explain how and why?
4. Did each Prophet teach
the same faith about Allah? Why? Explain.
5. Each Messenger came with
different Sharia laws. Give three examples of differences between the Sharia
laws of the Messengers.
6. What are the similar
things between Sharia laws for each messenger?
7. Explain why the three
heavenly religions teach that the only acceptable religion and way of life is
their version of religion. What would happen if they dont teach that?
8. Who are the people of
the book? Explain do we consider them the best Non-Muslims.
9. Because Prophets are
teachers, what do they need to teach from?
10. What are the benefits of
having books (scriptures) while the Prophets are alive? What is the use of
these books after the Prophets die?
11. All books now have been
changed due to translations and manipulations except the Quran. Why did Allah
declare that he will be guard the Quran from being lost, manipulate it or
changed until the Day of Judgment?
12. Explain the telephone
game and how it affected the authenticity of previous scriptures?
Belief in the Day of
Judgment:
1. If there is no day of
judgment, then good guys and bad guys end up equal. Explain how they are the
same. Is it fair?
2. If there is no day of
judgment, then it will make no sense for us to fight our temptations and lower
desires. Explain why.
3. What would you say about
a judge who makes good guys equal to bad guys? How this is related to belief in
the Day of Judgment?
4. What are the three
spiritual motivations that will motivate someone wake up very early in the
morning and go to Fajr?
5. How many rounds we have?
The true winner is the one who wins which one of them? Explain.
6. Prove logically that the
society that has faith gives more charity than the society that doesnt have
faith.
7. Briefly describe what
will happen in the Day of Judgement?
Belief in the Qadar (fate):
1. Who has been writing our
books when we were children? What happens as you grow older?
2. Allah knows about what
we will be written in our books. How do you reconcile this with the fact that
we are writing our own books and that we have the freedom to write them?
3. What are the decisions
that have been made by Allah and we have no choice over? Can we question Allah,
reject or change any of these decisions?
4. What is the story of the
parents who accidently left their children to die in the garage due to carbon
dioxide coming out of their running car? What did they do after the accident to
be able to handle with the harsh reality?
5. In the grief management
classes, what is the first thing they teach? How is that related to the sixth
pillar of faith in Islam?
6. Why bad things may
happen to good people? Isnt it cruel to make good people suffer? Relate to the
story of Musa (AS) and the righteous slave, ruining the boat and killing the
boy.
7. Some people are born
with all the fame and wealth they need, while others are deprived? Are we born
to equal rights? Are we born to equal opportunities? Who controls the
distribution of wealth?
8. If our share of wealth,
health and whatnot, were pre- assigned. Then what is our role in obtaining
them? Explain and mention the story of the camel of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RAA)
Lesson [10]: Pillars of Islam After Faith, there is No Deity Except Allah and Mohamed is His Messenger Must be Established First Before any Thing else. Establishing prayers.
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1. What is the difference
between the 6 pillars of faith and the 5 pillars of worship? Which one must
come first?
2. Prophet Mohamed was the
most loved and respected by his people. He was Al-Amin (the most trust worth)
and then he became the most despised and the most liar who lies about God
himself. Why? What happened?
3. Why did the Arab lords
reject La Ilaha Ila
Allah and Mohamed is Rasol Allah?
4. How many years the ProphetSAW lived? How many years was he a
Prophet? How many years in Makkah? How many years in Al-Madina?
What was the purpose of the Makkah era and what was the purpose of Al-Madina period?
5. What is the difference
between the Ayat of the Quran that was revealed in
Makkah and the ones that was revealed in Al-Madina?
6. Using the metaphor of
building a foundation, which one comes first removal of the dirt or
establishment of foundation? How is this related to the topic?
7. Did La Ila Allah come first or the moral
values, or the rules of Halal and Haram? What did Aisha RA said about obeying
the rules of dos and don'ts? Were these rules come first or last? Why?
8. How many easier ways the
Prophet SAW could have used to establish Islam? Summarize all of
them. Explain how the intended objective of each way was achieved after
the establishment of {La Ilaha Ila Allah. Mohamed Rasool
Allah}.
9. What are the tests of
Islam (tests of submission)? Why are we being given these tests? Explain how
Ramadan is a test to us.
10.Using the metaphor
of the father who sent his son to study in a faraway college, relate to the
following:
· Concept of Salah? What is the phone number you
need to call on Allah?
· Concept of laws of nature? Who to thank for the
check? How is that relevant to the law of nature?
· Evolution? hint I have
no father or mother.
11.Describe the
remembrance of Allah curve with time to show the relationship between prayers
and the remembrance of Allah.
12.Focusing in the
prayer as a problem. In what case it would be forgiven and in what case it will
not?
13.What is the name of
the Shytan whose job is to make people unable to
focus during the prayer?
14.Mention he joke
about the guy who insisted that the Imam prayed Zuhur
two Raka instead four Raka?
Notes:
Lesson [11]: Pillars of Islam Zakah, Fasting and Haj.
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1. What do we mean by the
spiritual muscles? How is this related to Ramadan?
2. Why Ramadan is a
training camp? Mention four of the most important benefits of fasting Ramadan
(the ones mentioned in class).
3. What is the Hadith Qudsy and how is it different than regular Hadith or
Quran?
4. In the Hadith Qudsy, Allah said that all the worship of the children of
Adam to him except fasting it is to me and I am the one who would reward for
it. Explain the meaning of this Hadith.
5. If people convert their
cash money into other forms (like diamond for example) for the purpose of
evading Zakah. Would they be exempted from
this Zahah or what?
6. Mention the rules
of Zahat of cash, gold and other valuable
things.
7. Mention the rule
of Zakah for farming for both cases of
irrigation (by rain or by effort).
8. Mention the rules of
the Zahah for oil and other mines.
9. Regarding paying Zakah on jewelry, boats, cars and homes. In what
situation do we have to pay Zakah on them
and in what situation we dont have to pay Zakah on
them.
10.If you loan someone
money, do you have to pay Zakah on the
loan?
11.What are the
lifelong loans, such as mortgage, is it allowed to deduct the loan amount from
the Zakatable money?
12.In Surat Yasin 36:47, Allah mentioned that bad people
argue that they shouldnt feed the poor and needy because if Allah wants them
to be fed, then he should feed them himself. How do you reply to this argument?
13.Does Allah provide
the share of wealth of the poor people directly to them? Explain.
14.About the Hadith of
the Prophet MohamedSAW saying that I
swear in the Name of Allah that the charity doesnt decrease the wealth.
Explain how and use the example of someone having $1000 and donated $200 to
explain how this $200 charity did not decrease his wealth when compared to
someone that has $1000 and didnt donate anything. Explain how the money left
after donation ($800) is worth more than the original $1000.
15.How do you reply to
someone who says that the Haj trip is dangerous because it is so crowded? Hint.
Fill the blanks. People travel and go to crowded places for
......................................... Muslims travel to Haj for .........................
16.Click here to watch the video of Malcom X and
explain how Haj changed his views of racism?
17.Click here to watch the video about the Haj.
Briefly summarize the Haj rituals.
18.Does everyone
required to do Haj? Who are the exempted ones, if any?
19.How do you reply to someone
who says that how come that Allah would let the Masjids, his houses on earth,
burn and would let the people doing Haj to his house die?
Lesson [12]: Reply to "Quran Says: Kill them where ever you find them". Does the Quran Really Sanction Violence Against 'Unbelievers'?
Defending Islam against
Stereotypes.
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(Optional) See Dr. Yasir Qadhi lecture about the Reality of ISIS: Modern Muslim
Fundamentalism.
(Optional) See Dr. Yasir Qadhi lecture about Muslims Condemn Terrorism.
(Optional) See Dr. Yasir Qadhi lecture about American Foreign Policy and the Rise of
ISIS.
(Optional) See Reply of
the Muslim Scholars to the arguments raised by ISIS: Letter
in Arabic, Letter
in English and Letter in
Other Languages.
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1. Regarding the
expressions infidels and holy war. Do they exist in Islam? What were the
unbelievers called in . See Surat Al-Kafiron [109].
2. See Surat Al-Kafiron [109] gives a message of tolerance. How?
Explain?
3. Write Ayat Quran (2:190 to 192) that
include the statement "Kill them where ever you find them". Explain
the Ayat and then explain the deception of those who
quoted this part of Ayah to stereotype Islam.
4. What were the
instructions given by the Prophet saw to the armies before they left to battle?
5. Quran (5:5) Proves that Islam is very tolerant with other religions.
Explain in details.
6. If Muslim men can marry
non-Muslim women, then why Muslim women can't marry non-Muslim men?
7. Explain the rule in (Quran 60:8-9).
Show the tolerance in these Ayat.
8. Why 911 is considered to
be an evil act in Islam? Explain how the name of Islam was hijacked in 911?
9. Do radicals kill
non-Muslims only? Explain. Why do they kill Muslims?
10.Vigilantism is
prohibited in Islam. Explain why and relate to 911.
11.We and the people of
the book worship the same God Quran [29:46]. How do we reach to God and how do Christians
reach to God?
12.How do we Muslim
view trinity?
13.Do Muslims honor
Jesus? How is Jesus viewed in religions other than Islam and Christianity?
14.Bin Laden said, it
is either with us or you are a hypocrite. George W. Bush said, you are either
with us or with the terrorists. Do you agree with these statements? What is
your position from these statements?
Lesson [13]: Reply to "Muslims are terrorists and Islam is the religion of terror"
Defending Islam against
Stereotypes.
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The example of Hitler
1. How do you reply to the
ones who say Bin Laden shares the same religion as yours?
2. What religion was
Hitler? How many people did he killed?
3. Is it right to blame
Hitlers acts on his religion?
4. Do we need to tell the
Cristian people that Hitler doesnt represent Christianity or they already know
that?
5. Do we need to tell the
Cristian people that Bin Laden doesnt represent Islam or they already know
that?
The example of
Anti-Abortion Terror
1. What is the Christian
Army of God?
2. What was its motives?
3. How many kinds and
counts of violence it did?
4. Was the Christian Army
of God motivated by Christianity?
5. Is it okay to blame
Christianity for it? Why or why not?
The example of IRA
1. What is the IRA? What
was its religion?
2. What did it do to be
considered an Army of terror?
3. What was its motives?
4. How many kinds and
counts of violence it did?
5. Was the Christian Army
of God motivated by Christianity?
6. Is it okay to blame
Christianity for it? Why or why not?
The example of Timothy
McVeigh
1. Who is Timothy McVeigh?
What religion he was?
2. What did McVeigh do? How
many were his victims?
3. What was the motive
behind McVeigh acts?
4. Can we say that McVeigh
acts represent America? Why or Why not?
5. What was the end of
McVeigh?
The example of Ku Klux
Klan (KKK)
Use information from this link to answer the questions below
1. What is the KKK? What
was its religion?
2. What was its motives?
3. How many kinds and
counts of violence it did?
4. Was the KKK motivated by
Christianity?
5. Is it okay to blame
Christianity for it? Why or why not?
Other Arguments:
1. What is the point of
mentioning these examples?
2. All American citizens
were hurt once, but we American Muslims were hurt twice. Why? Explain.
3. When a Muslim commits a
crime, the media says a Muslim committed a crime. But when a Christian commit a
crime, the media mention the name of the criminal only and no mention of his
religion. Why and what have been the motives of the media for doing this?
4. Mention the joke about
the Muslim who saved a little girl from being killed by a dog.
5. Was the intent of 911
just to damage the building and kill people? What is the other reason, which
related to unity? Did the terrorist achieve these objectives?
6. Who was Saddam Husain?
Was it appropriate for the media to go to the Masjid inquire about Sadam Husain and Bin Laden? What is the right place to
inquire about them? Why?
7. Use math to prove that
the Al-Qaeda is an extreme radical exception? Would the exception prove the
rule to be true or false? Can you have an exception if you dont have a rule?
6. Do people who take Islam
seriously be considered radicals? Why?
7. Watch this video about
interview of the news to me and my family right after 911 and mention my
arguments and concerns, and if you agree or disagree.
8. Visit this site and write what do you think about
what is mentioned. Are all terrorists are Muslims?
9. Who are the ones who
carried the largest number of acts of terrorism in US?
10. What was the deadliest
act of terrorism within the United States prior to the September 11
attacks?
11. Summarize the arguments
by President Obama regarding Islam in this video clip.
12. How Hollywood is giving
Islam a bad name? See
this video.
13. In Islam, do we build
coalitions based on justice or religion? Do you prefer to have a bad Muslim
friend or a good non-Muslim friend?
Lesson [14]: Reply to Islam Spread by the Sword
Reply to stereotypes:
1. Islam is a religion that
spread with the sword.
2. Islam is a religion that
doesnt tolerate other religions.
3. In a Muslim state, you
have to either give up your religion or get killed.
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A. What made people say
that about Islam?
B. Summarize the
following replies to the Stereotypes that Islam spread by the sword (violence).
1. Muslims made the invaded county better than
it was.
2. When the British occupied Egypt, did they
make Cairo better than London? When the French occupied Algeria, did they make
Algeria better than Paris. When Gorge Bush occupied
Iraq, did he make Bagdad better than Washington or worse than Tijuana?
3. Indonesia.
4. The sword opens a land not a heart.
5. Did the Islamic law accommodate non-Muslim
minorities living in Muslim countries?
6. Non-Muslim worship places are preserved
intact.
7. Quran said that "No compulsion in
religion" Quran (2:256).
C. What is the
difference between liberation and occupation.
D. (optional) What is the story of the Coptic guy and the son of Amro Ibn
Al-As عمرو
بي العاص.
E. What is the
inquisition? What religion was the one who did the inquisition? where and when did it start? What was the purpose? How long
did it last? Did Muslims do any inquisition?
Notes:
Answers:
1) From the Quran: The following verses from the Quran forbid
imposing the religion on people. See Quran 2:256 [There is no compulsion in religion], 50:45 [Cant force them to believe] and 10:99 [Your Lord could have made all people on
earth believe. Who are you (Mohamed) to compel them against the will of God].
2) The sword opens a land
and doesnt open a heart. In other words, the sword was used to expand the
empire not to expand the religion.
3) In Islamic law (Sharia),
any declarations, consent, marriage, divorce, contractual agreement, decision,
testimony imposed by force is invalid.
4) Using force to compel
religion produces nothing but hypocrisy. The person who is under the threat of
the sword will not love or practice Islam nor will teach it to his/her
children.
5) Unlike the history of
Christianity that has 400 years of inquisition;
the history of Islam doesnt have any form of inquisition.
Ugly History: The
Spanish Inquisition - Kayla Wolf (5:41min YouTube Video)
What Punishment Was Like
During The Spanish Inquisition (11:13 min YouTube Video)
6) The person who loves and
practice Islam, as well as teach Islam to his children is not the one under the
threat of the sword.
7) The largest population
of Muslims in the entire world is Indonesia. Islam
came to it without any military interaction. It was because Muslim merchants
came in the country to do business.
8) The difference between
occupation and liberation is that occupation makes the invaded country worse
than it was while libration makes it better than it
was. Muslims made the invaded countries better than it was, even better than
their own home land. An example of this fact is Spain. Click here to see how Muslims made Spain better
than the homeland they came from, including Mecca and Madina.
9) Muslims protected the
worship places of other religions. See the pictures of 2000 year old churches
in Muslim courtiers that have been protected by Muslims during the Islamic rulings.
Very Old Churches in Egypt still exist and
respected to date.
Church of Nativity in Bethlehem where Jesus
was born still exist and respected to date in Palestine.
Crying Wall for Jews still exist and respected
to date in Palestine.
10) Muslim states had many minorities that have been living safely for
hundreds of years and their places of worship are protected by the
Islamic state.
11) The Islamic Law (Sharia)
has a well established law that protects the rights
of people of other faith that live in a Muslim state. The Christians and the
Jews are called the people of the book in the Islamic Law. In
addition, Other non Muslims
are called the people of Dhima in
the Islamic Law.
12) Islam allows a Muslim
man to have a wife who is Christian or Jewish Quran 5:5. This is the highest level of tolerance when
the most beloved person to your heart and the mother of your children is from a
different religion.
13) Islam allows Muslims to
have relationships with Non Muslims who are not
fighting against the religion of Islam Quran 60:8 & 9 [It basically says that God doesnt
mind if you have non Muslim Friends and loved one but
he doesnt want you to have relationships with enemies of the Religion]
14) The reason people
entered Islam after the Muslims used the sword to open the land was because
they saw the difference between the old government and the new government. They
have seen what Islam brought them and they liked it.
15) What Happens to the
Muslims who Denounce Islam Publicly.
Islam has a policy that says that if you dont
harm the religion, the religion will not harm you.
At the time of the Prophet, enemies of Islam
used to embrace Islam in the morning and then denounce it in the evening
announcing publicly that Islam is a bad religion. It was a tactic to drive
people away from Islam. The Quran mentions this fact Quran 3:72.
To stop people from doing this, the Prophet
order that the ones who embrace Islam and then denounce it publicly be given
three days chance to correct themselves publicly or get killed.
If people denounce Islam privately, nothing
happens to them.
During the three days all what the person has to
do is to declare publicly that he was wrong and then he/she will let go. It is
an easy way out.
This rule applies only in Muslim countries.
Lesson [15]: Reply to Sharia (Islamic Law) is too Harsh
Defending Islam against
Stereotypes
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1. There are two kinds of
laws regarding the source of the law. What are they?
2. Manmade laws made to be
biased towards few? Explain the favored people in Capitalism and Communism.
3. Why Sharia is not biased
to the favor of anyone?
4. When the name of the
Islamic Law (Sharia) is mentioned, people think about the law of punishment for
criminals, why? Isnt Sharia much more than that? Explain.
5. If we assume that what
was meant by Sharia is the law of punishment for criminals, then
a. Why they say that Sharia
is harsh. Mention the punishments of the examples given in class and you can
add your own as well.
b. Is Sharia really harsh
on criminals? Why?
c. Justice to the favor of
criminals (easy punishment) versus justice to the favor of victims (harsh
punishment). Explain how and why Sharia is kind to victims.
d. How does Sharia reduce
the total number of victims and criminals?
e. Explain the benefit from
a crime / cost of punishment ratio, i.e., the worth of a crime. Explain how
Islam keeps this ratio low? Give some numerical examples to explain the point
like the table below?
6. According to Surat
Al-Maeda (Maeda 5:44-45), the laws
of life for a life
etc. were mentioned in which book? What is the meaning of
this law?
7. What is the meaning of
the Ayat (Shura 42:39-43) and how is it related to the subject?
8. The Ayah in (Shura 42:40) talks about justice in punishment. It
says that the punishment is equal to the offense. Explain how? Hint: talk about
is equal means the same? If someone raped a victim, then would the punishment
be a reverse rape! ....
9. Is Sharia intended to
protect the public space or the private space?
10. Does Sharia allow spying on the people in
their private places? Mention the story of Umar and the drunk people.
11. Difference between the rich thieves and the
poor thieves in terms of how harsh the punishment in both cases?
12. When
did OmarRAA stop cutting the hands of
the poor thieves?
13. In the Islamic law, what is the value of a
bottle of Alchol?
14. Explain how the Sharia
allows the freedom of Halal but not the freedom of Haram.
15. What are the five objectives of Sharia?
Briefly explain each one with examples. Use this link.
Notes:
Worth of a crime =
(100% - Chances of getting away) Χ amount of stolen money
Five objectives of
Sharia
1. Protection of religion.
2. Protection of human life
3. Protection of intellect
4. Protection of progeny
5. Protection of wealth
Use
this link for explanation.
Lesson [16]: Reply to Sharia (Islamic Law) is too old
Defending Islam
against Stereotypes
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1. How old is the Islamic
Law (Sharia)
2. Is there any country
without laws?
3. If we reject the divine
laws, what is the remaining alternative?
4. Who is the only one that
can make fair laws and why? What happen when humans make laws?
5. What is the fixed part
of Sharia that does not change with time and place and what is the variable
part that changes with time and/or place?
6. Do the Ten Commandments
still apply till today? Do they change with time and place?
7. Explain the difference
between Hallal and Haram versus wise and unwise?
8. Does Sharia allow
freedom for Haram or corruption? What freedoms the Sharia provides?
9. If Sharia allows freedom
between Hallal alternatives, how do you select which
alternative to use?
10.Give an example how
the Capitalism laws change with time and place (Lake Tahoe for example).
Comment on that. Which value is controlling? Moral values control the economy
or the economy is controlling moral values in Capitalism?
11.Capitalism is based
on selfishness and greed. Give two examples.
12.Mention three haram
things in doing business?
13.What is the
difference between 13 years old pregnant girl in US vs Sharia country? Which
one is better and why?
14.What is Riba? Explain the equation of Riba
as the equation of Sharia. How are they different? How is the Sharia equation
being superior to Riba equation?
15.Do the five objectives of Sharia change
with time and place? Why?
Notes:
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Lesson [17] Reply to Hijab Issues.
Defending Islam against
Stereotypes
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1. What made people say that Islam has double standards when dealing
with men and women in Hijab issues?
2. What made people say
that Hijab is a form of oppression?
3. Is Hijab a Fard?
a. Write and explain the
three Ayat that that prove that Hijab is mandatory
not an option? The Ayat numbers are 24:31, 33:59 and
24:60.
b. Hijab is a Fard is proven by Ahadeeth. One
of them is the Hadeeth of Asma. What is the Hadeeth of Asama when the Prophet
SAW saw her without Hijab?
c. Hijab is also proven by
continuous practice since the days of the Prophet. Explain.
4. The Nature of women =
Feminine side (physical appearance) and professional side (talent).
a. Explain.
b. Which side is for
business and which side is for husband family life?
c. Can the Feminine part
(Physical appearance) be used for business?
5. Women and girls can be
spreading unethical temptations by physical appearance. Explain how?
6. The Shytan
uses the physical appearance to generate haram lust. Explain.
7. Why does Islam want to
hide the physical appearance? Explain.
8. Some commercials use the
body of the women to promote product.
a. They appeal to what
attributes of women to promote their products and ideas?
b. Arent they lust?
Explain.
c. Mention the story and the reply of the Muslim
women who was told that why would employers hire you instead of men who have
fewer excuses? What was her reply?
9. Because of physical
appearance, pretty women may be promoted over talented ones. Explain.
10.How do you reply to
the one who says that my talent is my look?
11.Women may be looked
at as lust objects.
a. Explain. How
b. What happens when a
teacher said that the beautiful secretary is part of the fixed cost of doing
business? What was the response of the female students?
c. A pretty woman reporter
gets an award. Her male coworkers wanted to put her down. What was the story?
d. An almost naked girl was
used for the commercial promoting buying certain kind of bulldozers. What is
the relationship between the body of the women and this construction machine?
What is the implied message?
12.What is the message
communicated in high school culture regarding the physical appearance?
13.There are five lines
of defense against adultery or fornication.
a. What are they?
b. Explain why each one of them is necessary?
c. Did Allah say dont
commit adultery or dont approach adultery. What is the difference
d. Is it possible to avoid
adultery if these lines of defense dont exist? Use the edge of the cliff
metaphor.
e. Is it permissible for a
man to be alone with a woman in a private place to teach her Quran? Mention the
Hadith of the Prophet regarding this.
14.The metaphor Why
buy the cow if you cant get the milk for free
a. What is the meaning of
this metaphor?
b. In a haram romance, who
is the loser? Explain why?
c. In a haram romance, who
is taking advantage of the other side, the boy or the girl?
d. Why the divorce causes
bankruptcy to men?
e. Why do men prefer to
have Haram romance over marriage?
15.An advertisement
against haram romance shows a boy and a girl having fun together. Then what
happens? Mention the rest of the advertisement. What is the message being sent?
16.When meeting with a
marriage prospect, is it necessary that you wear the full Hijab that you wear
outside? Why? Mention the Hadith of the Prophet to the ones who were getting
married.
Notes:
Lines of defense against adultery or fornication
are five:
Lesson [18]: Reply to Women are not Equal to Men - Islam allows girls to marry young - Islam does not allow boys and girls to date before marriage.
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Status of women before
Islam in Early Christianity
1. What is Misogyny?
2. Why did early
Christianity refer to marriage as the filth of marriage? Get the answer by
summarizing http://plainislam.blogspot.com/p/filth-of-marriage-devils-gateway.html
3. Is the bible Misogynic?
Get the answer by summarizing https://members.bib-arch.org/biblical-archaeology-review/43/2/7. Or Christianity,
Religion and Women: Misogyny in the Bible.
4. Why do the following
verses in the bible be considered as the source of misogyny? Genesis 3:6 to 8. See Sexist Bible Verses
5. Why do we Muslims
consider verse Genesis 3:9 to be a low image of Allah?
6. Read and comment
on why women need freedom from religion
Status of women before
Islam in the world
7. Why would pre-Islamic Arabs burry their baby daughters alive?
8. In the pre-Islamic Arabian society, could women inherit or get
inherited? Explain.
9. In the pre-Islamic Arabian society, could women own or be owned?
Explain.
10. In the old Indian Hindu society, what happens to the wife when her
husband dies?
Status of women in Islam
11. Islam views that the product of a woman is a human being but the
product of a man is much less value. Explain.
12. What
did Islam do to correct the status of women?
13. Why would Prophet Mohamed and Islam be considered revolutionary in women rights at
the time?
14. Was
Prophet Mohamed a feminist, like modern day feminists? Explain why.
15. Um Salama used to ask the Prophet Mohamed about women. Allah
would respond to her questions directly.
a. The good deeds for both
genders are equally appreciated [Omran 3:195], [Women 4:124] and [Bees 16:97].
b. Listing doers of good
deeds for both genders [Ahzab 33:35]
Equality versus Equity
16. Explain
the differences between Equity and Equality? http://sgba-resource.ca/en/concepts/equity/distinguish-between-equity-and-equality/activity-equity-or-equality/
17. Give
example of a case where equity is justice and another case where equality is
justice.
18. Why men and women not compete together in the Olympics?
19. Briefly summarize https://everydayfeminism.com/2014/09/equality-is-not-enough/
Islam allows girls to
marry when they are young
20. Difference between a pregnant teenager in US and Muslim country.
Which one is more descent?
21. The alternative does not have to be arranged marriage. Explain.
22. Comment on arranged marriage, independent marriage without any
regard to parents opinion and Islam
23. Would Islam allow a girl to be forced to marry a person without
her consent?
24. Why Islam does not allow boys and girls to date before marriage?
Is it moral?
25. Girls are taken advantage of. How?
26. Explain the meaning of why buy the cow if you can get the milk for
free.
27. In Muslim countries would a girl would give herself up to a guy
without marriage? Explain why not? Why would this make girls precious?
28. Why would a girl wear clothes showing her body when it is freezing
cold?
29. Islam wants to make sure that the brains fit together before
consummating the marriage. Explain the recommended stages of getting married in
Islam.
30. Consummating the marriage fast (fast Zawag)
is it wise? Why or why not?
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Lesson [19]: Reply to Islam Allows Men to have four wives - Women cant be leaders.
Reply to: Women cant be
leaders
Benazir
Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan.
Sheikh
Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh.
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1. What is justice? Is
equality always justice?
2. Are men and women being
identical? Are they equal?
3. In the Olympics, do men
and women compete together? Why.
4. Is polygamy allowed in
the bible? How many wives the bible say about Prophets Ibrahim, Yaqob, Dawod and Soliman?
5. What are the main
differences between polygamy allowed by Islam and polygamy allowed by other
traditions, such as the bible, the book of Mormon, ...etc.
a. The number is limited to ???
b. Men are not allowed to
marry the followings (women 4:22-23): ???
c. Justice between wives
must be enforced (Women 4:3). If you have
doubts of being just, then???.
d. What
happen to the one who is not fair when dealing with his wives?
6. What is serial polygamy?
How is it related to the subject?
7. Is it illegal to have
one wife and unlimited number of girl friends?
8. What if a man caught
with another woman that is not his wife, is it a crime?
9. What if a man caught
with another woman that is his 2nd wife, is it a crime?
10.Is it illegal for a
married man to have a relationship with another married woman?
11.Not allowing man to
have multiple wives make women lose their rights. Explain?
12.What are the reasons
when have multiple wives is necessary?
13.What is the story of
the single woman who converted to Islam in Canada and was lonely?
14.What is the norm
regarding having many wives? Whey?
15.Who is more likely
to survive, baby boys or baby girls? Why? Hint see this. Male Mortality
is ??% ??????? than female
mortality.
16.Wars take the lives
of which gender?
17.Why is it nice to
have a co-wife sometimes? What are the advantages of this?
18.What happen to the
one who is not fair when dealing with his wives?
19.What are the reasons
for which a woman cannot have multiple husbands?
20.What is the Cervix cancer and
how is it related to girls who have more than one boyfriend?
Women cant be leaders
21.Did the US ever have
a female president?
22.How would you reply
to the ones who say that Islam doesnt allow women to be leaders?
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Notes (3):
Lesson [20]: Reply to Islam Allows Slavery
Defending Islam against
Stereotypes.
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1. Introductory videos
· Islam and Slavery Condoned or
Condemned? (9 minutes) By Anne-Marie Ionescu
2. Other sources are:
· Slavery in Islam (11
minutes).
· Slavery in Islam Really
good, comprehensive and very intellectual by Professor Jonathan Brown (1 hour, 52 minutes).
· Documentary on How
Slavery Dominated America (1 hour, 22 minutes).
· Wikipedia article.
History of slavery in the Muslim world.
Homework:
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recording or watch the video recording of the class, and read the notes
and read this article
in Wikipedia about Islamic Views on Slavery. Then answer the following
questions thoroughly:
1. When Islam came, was
slavery already existing or did Islam introduce it to the society?
a. Is slavery allowed in
the Bible?
b. Were any the founding
fathers in the US were slave owners? Hint describe George Washingtons slave
women and slave children.
c. Is it reasonable to
compare the 6th century Arabia with the 21st century
America?
2. The Islamic slavery was
in no way comparable to the American slavery. Actually, the American slavery
cant be called slavery because
?
3. Islam upgraded the
status of slave-master relationship to be closer to employer-employee
relationship. How?
4. Islam has introduced a
tactic to reduce the number of slaves in a Muslim Society. What was this
tactic? Use the metaphor of water tank to explain the tactic.
a. Source of slavery is
only
. ???. Outs are
i. Killing by accident (Nisa 4:92)
ii.
???
iii.
???
iv.
???
v.
???
vi.
???
vii. ... ???
b. It led to the gradual
freeing of slaves. Freeing all slaves at once would create
..?.
5. All Muslim countries
paned slavery at
.???
6. What are the
possibilities in handling prisoners of war? Rank them in terms of best to
worst.
a. Free them, but they
would come back to
???
b. Slavery
c.
.???
d.
.???
e.
.???
7. No prisons in the past to handle prisoners of war. The slavery is
an alternative to prisons. What are the advantages of slavery over prison?
In prison, they are burden on the society, have
to be
.???, have to be
???. In Slavery they work for
the
???? and get exposed to
???.
8. Status pf women slaves
before Islam.
a. Women can be
.???.
Islam upgraded the status of slave women from being a slave-master relationship
closer to a man-wife relationship that slave women are treated like wives (A
concubines is a woman who
.?). Once it is pregnant her status upgrades
automatically
.. Most of the Sultans and leaders that ruled the Islamic world
were children of
???.
b. Islam encourages to get
the slave men and women
.???
9. Slave rights:
a. Access to court
b.
.?
c.
?.
d.
.?
e.
.?
f.
?
g. The Prophet saw said
about slaves Your slaves are your
.???. (Bukhari
#2545).
h. The problem is with
Muslims, not with
.???.
10. The
modern examples of handling prisoners of war are:
a. Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Compare slavery
in Islam to Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp Click here to learn
about Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp from Wikipedia.
b. The modern example of
Bosnia.
???. Systematic rape as an instrument of ethnic cleansing.
.???.
c. Rape camps happened in
1990s in the middle of Europe that brags about
.
d. Comparing 6th century
Arabia to 21st century America is not reasonable. Why?
11. The
old example of African Americans.
a. Kidnapped
b.
???
c.
.???
d.
???
e.
???
12. (Optional) was
Malcolm X? Why his last name is X? Briefly talk about his impact on civil
rights. Use this link to read more about
Malcolm X.
Notes (1):
Notes (2):
Notes (3):
Lesson [21]: Reply to Islam is not an American Religion and Mohamed is not an American Name
Defending Islam against
Stereotypes.
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· Introductory videos
a. The Secret History of Muslims in the U.S. https://youtu.be/dPYIdfYfEKM,
b. How the autobiography of
a Muslim slave is challenging an American narrative https://youtu.be/EBQelGvwkhE
1. What were the birth area of the three religions?
Is Islam the only religion imported from the middle east?
2. Mohamed is not a Christian name but it is
.
3. In case of differences between Muslim American and
racist Non-Muslim Americans, the Non-Muslims say go back to your country. How
do you reply to that?
· I am in
.
4. Immigrant Muslims accepted to be American
citizens (naturalized)
· When they were sworn
as US Citizens, they were
.. while being aware of it.
US born
. citizens
.
5. In a case of differences between main stream
Americans, they do not say to each other go back to your country. Why? Do they
respect each others opinion?
· They
.. go back to your country.
· They dont say that
because
.
· In fact, the true
Americans are the
..
6. Why love it or leave it is not American? What is
the American culture?
7. You are either with us or with the terrorists
(Bush). You are either with us or you are hypocrite (bin Laden). Reply to both
statements.
8. What is the difference between propaganda and
journalism (decent media).
9. The main stream American media insults the
intellectuals because
..
10. Natural differences between us
...
11. Allah judges us for what we choose to be not
what he chose for us. Explain.
12. Are we democratic or constitutional republic?
Explain the difference between both with examples.
13. What is the American personality? What is the
Islamic personality? Are they against each other or can coexist?
· Islamic personality is
.
· American personality
.
· They both can .. All over
the history, Christians lived fine in a Muslim land, and the other way around.
Muslim
men can marry
. Quran (5:5).
14. Explain how the American personality and the
Islamic personality can work together using the concept of pollution.
· Noise pollution
..
15. Immigrants are being tested but American born
were not tested. Explain this argument. This argument is a reply to what? You
may use the example of the free pens given in a medical conference.
16. We dont want Sharia. We want to ban Sharia
laws. Explain who said that and how do you reply to them.
17. If the law of the land prohibits Muslims from
praying, fasting, pay Zakah or go to Haj, what do
Muslims do then?
Notes (1):
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Lesson [22]: Reply to: Islam is not civilized religion. Muslims are not civilized people - [Part I] Analysis of the Worlds Modern Civilization The Book Out of Control Global Turmoil.
Are we Civilized todays?
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· Regarding the century of mega death:
1. Describe five of the
most amazing technology we have available to us today.
2. Describe why the
previous century was called the century of mega death. Briefly summarize the
number of people who were killed and the event that cause their death. How much
is the total?
3. How long communism lived
and how many lives it took?
4. What is the meaning of
total war? Who started and who continued doing it?
5. What is the meaning of
the technology of death?
6. What is the cause of
this mega death?
7. The weapons we have
today, how many times they can destroy the world?
8. Who controls the
technology of death?
9. Why did not the wars in
the past consume even a small fraction of what were killed in the past century?
10.Describe the
similarity between a person playing video games and a pilot bombing a city?
11.What is carpet
bombing?
· Regarding inequality of the distribution of
wealth and power
1. Describe the global
inequality? Compare the wealth of minority to the wealth of majority? Give
numbers.
2. Describe the local
inequality in the distribution of wealth in the U.S. Give numbers.
3. Describe the global
inequality in the distribution of wealth in the world. Give numbers.
4. What was the ratio of
the average income of a person in the poor world and the rich world in the
eighties and nineties? Is the ratio growing or declining? Use the data
published by the united nations human development
reports.
· Regarding Hollywood and the entertainment
industry
1. Describe how the
television affects the growing mind of the young kids in terms of values, what
is right and what is wrong.
2. Mention the data from
Nielsen Media Service regarding the hours spent watching television for
different kind of people.
3. Why is many of the
movies have lots of profanity, brutality, violence and vulgarity? What is the
motive behind this?
4. How much is the total
export hours of U.S. movies and media as compared to the rest of the world?
5. How many countries
imported the television series Dynasty and Dallas? How bad are they?
6. What are the American
movies teach people of other nations about the United States?
7. What are the problems
resulting from the characteristics of the current movies and series?
8. (Optional) Many poor
people feel miserable when they see the luxury of the rich. What makes this
factor worse today than the past?
· Your Judgment
In your opinion what do you think about the
current civilization? What do you think about the technology versus the
civilization? Can be civilized poor people with no technology? Can be
uncivilized rich people with marvelous technology?
Lesson [23]: Reply to: Islam Is Not Civilized Religion - Muslims Are Not Civilized People - [Part II] Criteria to Measure Civilization.
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following questions thoroughly. Short answers are not accepted.
The following is the
Islamic criteria to judge civilizations. In 600 words or more, talk about each
criterion and explaining why is it an important criterion and how does it
affect civilization.
1. Highest Value of the
society.
2. Source of Legislation.
3. Role of women.
4. Building Unit of the
Society.
5. Bases of Unity.
6. Inequalities.
· Your Judgment
In your opinion what do you think about the
current civilization?
Notes:
Last Years Notes:
Lesson [24]: Scientific Miracles of the Holy Quran.
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the book The Bible, The Quran and Science by Maurice Bucaille.
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for the Scientific Miracles of the Quran Web Site.
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presentation.
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1. Explain the Miracles of the mountain shape
and role. Write the English translation of all of the Ayat
that speaks about this and highlight the part that talks about the miracles of
the mountain's shape and role. The Ayat are (13:3,
15:19, 21:31, 27:61, 31:10, 41:10, 50:7, 27:77, 78:6-7)
2. Explain the barrier between the two seas and
the barrier between the river and sea. Write the English translation of the Ayat that speak about these miracles and
highlight the part of the Ayat that speaks about the
miracle. Quran (55:19-20, 25:53, 27:61)
3. Explain the positions of the star. After how
many minutes we see the position of the sun. Is it possible to see the actual
sun and stars now? Explain. Explain how is it possible that we can still see a
star that has expired or exploded millions of years ago? Mention the Ayah
that talks about the positions of the stars and highlight the specific part of
the Ayah that talks about the miracle Quran 56:75-76.
4. Explain the stages of the development of the
baby inside his mother's womb. Write the English translation of the Ayat and highlight the parts that talk about the miracle. Quran,
(23:12-14)
5. Explain the miracle about the formation of
Iron.
6. Explain the miracle about the darkness in the
deep oceans.
7. Explain the miracle about the relationship
between darkness and conception of babies. How many layers of darkness
are provided and what are they?
8. Explain the miracles about the light of the
sun and the light of the moon.\
Lesson [25]: Why We are being Tested - The Wisdom of Fitnah and Trials for The Believer.
· (Optional) Listen to this lecturer about
Fitnah by Sheikh Dr. Yasir Qadhi
· Video https://youtu.be/M-YIJpXQm5I 3
major tests in the Donya (world)
· Video https://youtu.be/RHdH8LwI1Vs Why
Allah is testing us
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in the blanks.
1. Linguistic Meaning of
the word Fitnah:
a.
..
b. The gold smith is called
.
2. Not only we want to be
tested, but we are looking for harder tests:
a. Dead people
., which is a harder test
b. People who dont have freedom
.. is a
harder test. With freedom comes
..
c. Poor people
.., which is a harder test.
d. Powerless people
.. With power comes
.. Power increases the
circle of
..
3. Reasons for Fitnahs (tests and trials)
a. [Ankabot 29:2-4]
..
b. We all know how to say
and read
.
c. Identification
.on the edge [Haj 22:11]
d. Allah doesnt like evil
but he likes
evil. Allah doesnt like Fasad [Baqara 2 :205]
..
e. People have different levels of faith
.. sort
them.
f. Source of
sins.
g. Raise the ranks
..
h. How do you if a fitnah is a relief or a curse?
..
i. Allah tests you because
he
.. voice praying to him for
...
j. The result of the Fitnah
will prove to the slave that he deserves
..en. No F grade without
..
k. Love of Allah. Prophets have the
.. Fitnahs,
followed by the
.., followed by the less
.,
The
best has . tests than the
.
4. Types of Fitnah
a. Testing us against
. [Forqan 25:20]
..
b. Tests on different levels
...
c. Tests for Muslims is in
.Rat race for the money. You will be
destroyed.
d. Test of money.
.. [Qasas 28:76-83]
e. Tests of the children of Israel are
..
f. Tests of submission
.
g. Social Media is a
., video games
...
h. Fitnah of being a
..
i. The test of
.. .things [Anbia 21:35]
..
j. Soliman and horses. [Sad 38:31-33]
k. The worst kind of Fitnah is the Fitnah of the
..,
i.e., the
... Happens at the end of time but it exists in a less serious
fashion at all times.
l. Fear, hunger, shortage
.. [Baqara 2:155-157]
..
5. Results of Fitnah:
a.
. heart.
b.
. stronger
c. The one who accepts the fitnah,
..
d. Reward to the
. ones. The reward level
is proportional to
.. level.
e. Waiting for the relief
with
..is the among the best
.
f. Increase the
. against
. Fitnah.
6. More facts about Fitnah:
a. The Prophet predicted that this
.. will
be
..
b. Hadith in Muslim. It is an obligation on every Prophet to worn his
followers from
... My Umah will be tested so much at
the
. and will be less tested in...
c. Never Ask Allah for
... Always pray for
...
d. Also, always pray for protection against
.. such
as the
.. of a loved one.
e. Dont test yourself and run away from
.the lion.
f. You might not be looking
for Fitnah, but it
.
g. Seek ways to prevent
Fitnah.
.. is a protection from Fitnah.
h. The Prophet SAW said
that worshiping Allah during the time of Fitnah is like
.. See the
.. suffering hardships around the world. Praying is very
difficult to them.
i. We should increase our
. of Allah (SWT). A fitnah is meant to make us
. During
times of fitnah, we should increase
., our
. prayers,
our
, our recitation of the
, and we should race with one another in doing
.
j. The Fitnah is even worse
than
.. [Baqara, 2:191], i.e., to cause Fitnah to someone to leave his
religion is worse
..
k. According to the hadith,
a time will come when a person will go to sleep as a
. and
wake up as a
. or wake up as a
. and
go to sleep as a
.. Why? The reason is that he will sell his own
.. for the price of this
..
Lesson [26]: Hadeeth of Intentions
· Click here to watch the video
recording of the class
OR Click here to listen to the audio recording of the class
· The following videos are recommended.
Hadith collections https://youtu.be/I0unMjJ7S0I
Hadith of
Intentions https://youtu.be/QnFB4o0F8xU
Story about intentions.
A man constructed his new house. https://youtu.be/VVbn381-_ak
Homework:
Listen to the audio
recording or watch the video recording of the class, read the notes, and answer
the following questions thoroughly. Short answers are not accepted.
1. Explain why the
intention's hadeeth is 1/3 of Islam that the other 2/3 are no good without.
2. Similarity of hearts:
How come Allah blamed the Jews who fought Prophet Mohamed SAW for the mistakes
of their predecessors? How is that fair?