Life's adventure~~

Assalamua'laikum n selamat sejahtera semua.:).

Ana harap semuanya sihat hari ini. Untuk yang tak sihat, makan ubat n rehat cukup-cukup ye.

Today's topic, spt dia atas. Pasti ramai yang pelik dengan tajuk kali ni. Sebenarnya ana terjumpa video di facebook dan ana cuba cari video-video lain di youtube. Rupanya mmg banyak yang seumpama dengannya.


Antara videonya, satu keluarga mencuri, seorang lelaki mencuri bersama rakan wanita, video-video peragut..... and the list goes on. Sebenarnya ana tahu yang perkara-perkara ni mmg terjadi dkt Malaysia, tp kali ni bila nampak video cctv yang jelas menunjukkan masa dan ketika kejadian berlaku, buat ana terfikir...... mengapa Allah cipta manusia.


Jika dilihat pada sejarah, dahulu sebelum datangnya tamadun dan agama pada manusia, mungkin perkara-perkara sebegini sering berlaku. Waktu itu, undang-undang dan hukum tiada. Tapi kini, walaupun semuanya ada, nampaknya manusia tanpa segan silu mengambil benda-benda yang bukan hak mereka.


Ana teringat perjuangan bangsa dahulu. Ketika kita dijajah, semua bersatu dan berusaha untuk Tanah Melayu merdeka. Ramai yang akan kata, penjajah kejam. Penjajah ambil hak orang lain. Penjajah bunuh orang sesuka hati. Tapi kita sekarang? Bukankah ramai orang kita yang ambil hak orang lain. Bukankah ramai orang kita sendiri yang bunuh orang lain sesuka hati. Kalau begitu, apa bezanya kita dengan penjajah? Ana boleh jamin ramai antara kita yang kini rasa tidak selamat duduk di negara sendiri. Jadi adakah kita sebenarnya sudah merdeka?


Setiap hari pasti ada kes-kes yang membuatkan ana rasa muak untuk membaca akhbar. Dan setiap kali itulah ana terfikir, apa yang membuatkan mereka ini sungguh terdesak sehingga berani melakukan jenayah sebegini. Mungkin inilah yang terjadi apabila manusia menghampiri akhir zaman. Walaupun teknologi semakin maju dan negara semakin membangun, manusia pula semakin hilang kewarasan dan pertimbangan.


sumber: petikan akhbar oleh Luqman Hakim Ab. Rahim. Hati ibu yang sedih melihat anaknya dibelasah selepas ditangkap melakukan jenayah ragut.


Hukum Allah

"Sesungguhnya balasan orang-orang yang memerangi Allah dan RasulNya serta melakukan bencana kerosakan di muka bumi (melakukan keganasan merampas dan membunuh orang di jalan ) ialah dengan balasan bunuh (kalau mereka membunuh sahaja dengan tidak merampas), atau dipalang (kalau mereka membunuh dan merampas), atau dipotong tangan dan kaki mereka dengan berselang (kalau mereka merampas sahaja, atau dibuang negeri (kalau mereka hanya mengganggu ketenteraman awam). Hukuman yang demikian itu adalah suatu kehinaan di dunia bagi mereka, dan di akhirat kelak mereka beroleh azab siksa yang amat besar."
(Surah Al-Ma'idah: 33)



Jadi mengapa manusia diturunkan ke bumi?

“Ingatlah ketika Tuhanmu berfirman kepada para Malaikat: "Sesungguhnya Aku hendak menjadikan seorang khalifah di muka bumi." Mereka berkata: "Mengapa Engkau hendak menjadikan (khalifah) di bumi itu orang yang akan membuat kerusakan padanya dan menumpahkan darah, padahal kami senantiasa bertasbih dengan memuji Engkau dan mensucikan Engkau?”Ketika ini Malaikat sendiri bertanya mengapa Allah ingin menciptakan manusia. Tetapi dengan mudah Allah menjawab, “Sesungguhnya Aku mengetahui apa yang tidak kamu ketahui.” dalam ayat yang sama.
(al-Baqarah ayat 30)


Peranan kita?

Ana berikan beberapa point yang ana rasa penting untuk kita semua lakukan (terutamanya peringatan untuk diri ana sendiri). Jika ingin menuding jari, mudah saja. Tetapi dalam kes ini, ana lebih suka suarakan perkara yang perlu kita semua lakukan sebagai salah satu usaha untuk menghadapi barah masyarakat ini.

1. Didiklah anak dengan ilmu agama yang mencukupi. Sebelum itu, para ibu bapa dan bakal-bakal ibu bapa perlulah ambil inisiatif untuk belajar cara-cara untuk mendidik anak. (peringatan untuk diri sendiri juga.)




2. Masyarakat perlu lebih peka dan bertanggungjawab. Mari sama-sama kita buang perkataan "biarlah" dari kamus hidup kita. Banyak yang boleh kita atasi jika kita berusaha dengan ikhlas dan sentiasa istiqamah.

Ignorance works a man more harm than a cancer in the body. -Ali ibn Abi Talib (r.a)-


3. Berilah peringatan dalam apa jua bentuk yang kita mampu. Jangan ingat ustaz dan ustazah sahaja yang boleh buat amar ma'ruf nahi munkar. Setiap manusia ada tanggungjawab yang sama. Moga-moga dengan memberi peringatan, Allah akan ampunkan dosa-dosa kita.

Hadis diriwayatkan oleh al-lmam Muslim.
Daripada Abu Sa'id al-Khudrie r.a. beliau berkata: Aku mendengar Rasulullah SAW bersabda:
Barangsiapa di kalangan kamu melihat suatu kemungkaran, maka hendaklah dia mengubahnya dengan tangannya. Sekiranya dia tidak mampu maka hendaklah dia mengubahnya dengan lidahnya. Sekiranya dia tidak mampu maka hendaklah dia mengubahnya dengan hatinya. Yang sedemikian itu adalah selemah-lemah iman.



4. Cari ilmu dan terus mencari. InsyaAllah jika kita berusaha untuk melengkapkan diri dengan ilmu-ilmu yang baik dan bermanfaat, kita dapat bantu sahabat-sahabat atau keluarga untuk sama-sama menuju kearah kebaikan.

Jika saudara-saudari ada pendapat lain, bolehlah utarakan di bahagian komen. :)


Adakah terlewat untuk bertaubat?



Dari La Tahdzan (Don't be SAD) - Chapter 40 (Bahagian Akhir): JGN BERSEDIH, TUHAN MAHA PENGAMPUN & MAHA PENERIMA TAUBAT "Dalam sebuah hadith sahih, Rasulullah bersabda: Allah Tabaaraka wa Ta’ala berfirman: "Wahai anak Adam, selama kalian mahu memohon dan mengharapkan (ampunanKu), tentu akan Aku ampuni semua dosa2 kalian dan Aku tidak peduli (meskipun dosa kalian banyak). Wahai anak Adam, sekalipun dosa2 kalian menupuk setinggi langit, kemudian kaliam memohon ampunanKu,tentu akan Aku ampuni dosa kalian dan tidak Aku pedulikan (meskipun dosa yg kalian kerjakan itu dosa besar). Wahai anak Adam, sekiranya kalian dtg kpdKu dgn dosa sepenuh isi bumi, kemudian kalian mati dgn tdk menyekutukanKu dgn apapun, Aku akan memberikan ampunan sepenuh isi bumi kpd kalian."


PS. My sister is getting married soon!!! congrats to her and her future husband. I wish that Allah will always bless you with the best and may you lead a wonderful married life. :)


Wassalam and have a great day everyone!

Assalamua'laikum and hi hi hi guys!!!!

Things have been crazy in the news lately about children who are being abused and even killed. Humans are scary. Much more than a wild beast sometimes. The family institution is crumbling bit by bit and in the end, we are left with a gruesome result. Isn't it funny. How some people want a children of their own so bad but couldn't have one. While some others have a child, but they failed to run the responsibilities as a mother or father. I read a case where the neighbors keep hearing the sound of a child crying in the middle of the night and thought that it is just a normal child having tantrum or maybe a nightmare. Little do they know that it is actually the sound of a child crying for help. Then there was a story of a neighbor who found his/her neighbor 2 children locked inside the house for days.
What is the value of a life now? People already care less about the elders. But now it has gone to another level where a child's life has so little value and meaning. I just want to say something here. A CHILD IS NOT A PUNCHING BAG!!!! If you can't take care of it, there are plenty of others who will take that child.



I'm so grateful that I was born in the family that I now still have. I can't imagine growing up being abused. Abuse can also be a chain of events. A person who have a history of being abused is more likely to abuse another, make it their spouse or their child. This is just my thought but I think that we must have more awareness on anger management, stress, and most importantly more information on childcare and family affairs. Knowing is the first step. Neighbors must be more interactive with each other. We are not living alone on earth. Knowing who to trust and who to get help from might be helpful in the long run. Even Rasulullah SAW said that we must love and be kind to our neighbors. Be more aware!!

An article by Stephanie Liew, written on November 2009 state that "The number of child abuse cases is on the rise from 2,279 reported in 2007 to 2,780 cases reported last year. Statistics provided by Social Welfare Department shows that up to 819 cases were reported for the first four months this year in which seven cases are reported daily. ". Let me state again, reported. So the unreported values may sum up to be....???

Here's the current statistics in malay mail released on November 2009.



"From the numbers made available to Malay Mail, girls make up the bulk of abused children (see accompanying story). Over 19 months till July, the department took in as many as 1,033 sexually abused girls. From these,
689 girls were sexually abused by a parent or guardian or a member of the extended family. Worse still, the remaining 344 were sexually abused — but their parents or guardians did nothing to stop it."


Abuse can be split into 3 main types which are :

* Physical abuse such as slapping, shaking, beating with fist or object, strangulation, burning, kicking and threats with a knife.
* Sexual abuse such as coerced sex through threats or intimidation or through physical force, forcing unwanted sexual acts, forcing sex in front of others and forcing sex with others.
* Psychological abuse which include isolation from others, verbal aggression, threats of violence and constant belittling and humiliation.



A report done by unicef presented three key findings:

1. There is a common link between domestic violence and child abuse. Among victims of child abuse, 40 per cent report domestic violence in the home.
2. Children’s physical, emotional and social development is threatened when they are exposed to violence. Amongst others, violence harms the development of a child’s brains and later in life puts them at a greater risk for substance abuse, juvenile pregnancy and criminal behaviour than those raised in homes without violence.
3. Children who grow up with violence in the home learn early about the use of violence in interpersonal relationships to dominate others.

Let us be more aware of this issue and make sure that we are well equip with the needed parenting skills and information before embracing our own child into the world.



Ps : Fyp presentation finished!!! Now preparing for my finals. And then I'll have 1 more sem to go. time fly by fast. Most of my frens will be finishing their studies this sem. A bit jealous looking at their excitement. Some have been planning for a gateway after study. But I won't feel bad for myself. Each of us have the choice to go at things at our own pace. In the end, we'll all still be reaching the same destination. So there's not reason to be sad. Anyway, i'm praying the best for them. Ganbatteyo!

I'm gonna be having a big event soon. Lolz. i won't tell it here. hahaha. but hopefully it'll go smoothly. I'm kind of excited for that as well. So i'm praying for Allah's help and blessings.

*These post are not to encourage people from doing it, its to create awareness that there's more to life than a few moments of downhills.


Part 1



Suicide?

Is it a serious case?
No? Well, for those who says no, these numbers might shock you.

• Suicide rates were higher in males (10.5) than in females (4.1). The exceptions are China, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador and Sri Lanka, where the female suicide rate was higher than the male.
  

• In the 90 countries (areas) studied, suicide was the fourth leading cause of death among young males and the third for young females.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are one million suicides each year, representing 1.4 per cent of the total global burden of disease.

• According to WHO suicide rates statistics, one person commits suicide every 40 seconds.

• In Malaysia, 13 Malaysians per 100,000 either committed or attempted to commit suicide annually, compared to just eight on the 1980s. (2006)
  

• Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek has said that in five to 10 years, suicides would be the country’s second biggest cause of death after cardiovascular disease. (2006)

sources : http://psychiatry-malaysia.org/article.php?aid=496
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1414751

image by : ER

Assalamua'laikum.

Nampaknye blog2 lain juga kini tgh hangat menyatakan tentang hal BOIKOT.


Saya akui, boikot bukan cara terbaik. Tetapi apa lagi cara lain untuk kita sebagai pelajar untuk tolong saudara-saudara di Palestine? Dikala kita disini tgh fikir dan cuba rasionalkan sama ada nak boikot ke taknak, mereka disana sedang dibom, diserang, bekalan harian disekat, macam-macam lagi. Jika ada cara lain untuk bantu mereka, sila beri cadangan.

Saya ingin utarakan beberapa pendapat untuk saudara dan saudari sekalian fikirkan.

1. Boikot membuatkan banyak orang hilang pekerjaan?
Ya, saya akui. jika kita boikot sesuatu barangan, atau company, akan ada yang hilang pekerjaan. Tetapi, perlu difikirkan dari sudut yang berbeza. Apabila sesuatu syarikat diboikot, masih ada syarikat lain yang memberikan alternatif untuk barangan yang sama.



Contohnya coca cola. Kini sudah banyak cola-cola yang dikeluarkan syarikat lain. Bila memboikot, bukannya pasaran untuk barangan tersebut akan terus hilang, tetapi pengguna akan beralih pada barangan yang lain. Apabila ini berlaku, syarikat2 tersebut akan mengambil pekerja2 bagi menampung permintaan. Bukankah ini akan menyelesaikan masalah tersebut?. Jika tiada alternatif untuk barangan tersebut, maka timbul peluang untuk menubuhkan satu syarikat baru yang mengeluarkan barangan yang sama. Inilah peluang untuk usahawan-usahawan negara untuk merebut peluang yang ada. Bukankah ini juga dapat menyelesaikan masalah pengangguran?

Lebih baik lagi, income negara akan bertambah dan kita dapat mengurangkan import barangan dari luar.


2. Boikot? banyak barang yang kita guna sekarang ni pon barang2 yang tersenarai. Nak buang ke?
Jangan buang. Jika barangan tersebut sudahpun kita beli, apa guna kita membuangnya sekarang? Bukannya jika kita buang barangan tersebut, wang kita akan dikembalikan. Jika dilihat dalam senarai, banyak lagi barangan lain yang boleh kita boikot.

Senarai yang saya rujuk adalah berdasarkan website : http://www.inminds.com/boycott-brands.html.

Contohnya kita suka coca cola, apa kata beralih pada cola keluarkan tempatan. (Contohnya di kampung belah ayah saya di Perak, ada Bota Cola keluaran tempatan. hehhe.. rasanya sama je pada saya.)


Contoh 2. Suka coklat? Sila pegi ke kedai or supermarket. Sila jalan ke bahagian coklat-coklat (mesti tau kan bahagian coklat tu kat mana. hehe) . Banyaknye coklat!!!!! (yang selain nestle? banyak lagi...cadbury, mars,hershey, yang tempatan punya pon ade. yang bentuk2 bola, bentuk duit, banyak rasanye.... nyum nyum...hehehe..tiba-tiba macam nak makan coklat pulak)

Untuk mereka yang merokok, mungkin ini salah satu masa untuk mula berhenti. Kerana rokok yang anda beli itu sebahagian profitnya diberikan kepada Israel. Merokok merbahaya pada kesihatan. Saya cuma nak ingatkan sebab saya sayang kawan-kawan saya. Jika ada yang masih tak tergerak atau terdetik untuk berhenti sekarang, silalah fikirkan kesihatan anda.


3. Kene boikot semua ke skarang????

Jika mampu, kenapa tidak? Tapi untuk kita yang baru mula untuk memboikot, jangan bersedih. Mulakan perlahan-lahan. Contohnya, kini saya sudah tak membeli coca cola. itu langkah pertama yang saya mulakan sejak 2 tahun lalu. Walaupun vanilla coke tu sedap...huhu..tapi setiap kali tengok, tahan nafsu untuk beli. Lepas tu last-last beli susu or jus.....sedap jugak. heheh.

Macam barang-barang berjenama, tak beli pon dari dl...sebab rasa macam tak mampu. Beli yang murah-murah sudah.


Meggie? Alamak, saye pon ade lagi 4 paket meggie kat depan. Tp takde la nak buang. Habiskan saja jika sudah dibeli. Tetapi, lepas ni kene la beralih pada yang lain. Jika balik rumah pon mesti ada stok meggie yang dibeli keluarga, tanak makan ke? makan je, tapi setiap kali balik, belikan mee segera jenama lain, cari yang sedap-sedap. Letak kat rumah.


Saya agak terkejut bila tgk National Geographic ada tersenarai. (Dalam hati : TIDAK!!!!) Mungkin saya masih akan tgk national geographic di TV,. Sebab selalunya channel-channel lain tak dapat menambat hati. Sungguh tak berilmiah. huhu. Mungkin boleh boikot majalahnya. Jangan beli majalah national geographic. Readers digest pon bagus juga. (tak tau readers digest ada dalam list boikot atau tidak)



Ada kereta? Guna ambi pur? ooo...patut la wangi... Tapi kalau guna yang lain tak wangi ke? Rasanye letak sabun sebiji dalam kereta pon boleh wangi. hehehe.

Jadi sekarang?
Jadi ape lagi? boikot la...huhu. Usahlah kita susahkan benda yang senang. Rasanya tak perlu nak fikir lebih lebih. Boikot bukan hanya usaha seorang saja, tetapi ianya akan berkesan apabila kita lakukan bersama-sama.


MARI KITA MULAKAN PERANG EKONOMI!!!!!!!

Saya yang masih kurang pengetahuan. Jika ada silap dan salah, harap diperbetul dan dimaafkan. Ini sekadar pendapat dan pandangan sahaja.

Assalamua'laikum and good day

Read the news lately? For those who haven't, please do so. Hopefully we can all throw away the feelings of ignorant to the world around us. The first step to make a better world for all is by knowing. As a malay proverb states, "Kalau tak kenal, maka tak cinta."

I'm writing this topic not only because I'm a Muslim, but I think that everyone who has compassion for human lives will feel that if innocent people is dead, and it is not stop, something is certainly wrong in this world



Palestine has been under constant conflict with Israel. Its sad to see that when Palestine was under attack, we cant do much to help. I envy the Palestinian for holding their ground and protecting their own homeland for so long. Under vague reasons, innocent people are killed. When this happen, most of the world keep a blind eye.

Some Jews opposes these attacks and many people demonstrated all over the world. But the question remains the same. When will it all stop?

Lets all pray and help in every way that we can to our brothers and sisters that is now under constant attack.

I think most of us know that a portion of money of some companies and products we use today goes to the Israeli funds. These funds are used for buying artilleries and equipments to attack Palestinian territory.



I found a website that you guys can refer.


1) http://www.inminds.com/boycott-faq.html - Boycott facts
2) http://www.inminds.com/boycott-israel.php
3) http://www.inminds.com/boycott-israel.php#companies - List of company
4) http://www.inminds.com/boycott-brands.html - List of brands


We cant do much. But lets do what we can. I'm not saying we have to stop buying all these products listed. Start with the things we can live without. There are many other brands that we can choose except for these.

In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.


Dear brother in humanity, thank you very much for having confidence in us, and we hope our efforts, which are purely for Allah's Sake, meet your expectations.

First of all, we would like to tell you that war is decreed in Islam in self defense. This indicates that aim behind war is to ward off aggression not to impose Islam as a religion. Referring to this, Allah Almighty says: “To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight), because they are wronged; and verily God is most powerful for their aid.” (Al-Hajj:39)

Turning to the main topic of the question concerning war ethics in Islam, we would like to develop the whole issue while dealing with the following main points:

1-Personal Behavior of the Troops:

In war, as it is in peace, the instructions of Islam are to be observed. Worship does not cease in war. Islamic jurisprudence maintains that whatever is prohibited during peace is also prohibited during war. War is no excuse to be lenient with misbehaving troops. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is reported to have said: “Beware of the prayer of the oppressed; for there is no barrier between it and Allah.” Here, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, differentiates between the oppressed believers and non-believers.

2-Whom to Fight:

Fighting should be directed only against fighting troops, and not to non- fighting personnel, and this is in compliance with the Qur’anic verse that reads: “ Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but begin not hostilities. Lo! Allah loveth not, aggressors.” (Al-Baqarah: 190)

In one of the battles, a woman was found killed, and this was denounced by the Prophet saying "She did not fight" This will be further detailed under the instructions given to the armies and their commanding chiefs by the Prophet and his Caliphs.

3-The Prophet's instructions to Commanding Chiefs:

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to instruct his commanding chiefs saying: “Fight in the cause of Allah. Fight those who deny Allah; Do not be embittered. Do not be treacherous. Do not mutilate. Do not kill children or those (people) in convents.”

4-Abu-Bakr's instructions to Usama's Campaign on Syria:

“Do not betray or be treacherous or vindictive. Do not mutilate. Do not kill the children, the aged or the women. Do not cut or bum palm trees or fruitful trees. Don’t slay a sheep, a cow or camel except for your food. And you will come across people who confined themselves to worship in hermitages, leave them alone to what they devoted themselves for.”

5-Abu-Bakr's Instructions to Yazid ibn-Abi Sufian:

“I give you ten commandments: don’t kill a woman or a child or an old person, and don’t cut trees or ruin dwellings or slay a sheep but for food. Don't burn palm trees or drown them. And don’t be spiteful or unjust.”

6-Maintaining Justice and Avoidance of Blind Retaliation:

None can be more illustrative in this respect than the words of the Qur’an. Allah Almighty says: “ O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly. Deal justly, that is nearer to your duty. Observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do.”
(Al-Maidah:8)

7-Medical and Nursing Services:

From the early days of Islam the sanctity of the medical profession was recognized. Christian and Jewish doctors were employed by the Islamic state since the days of the Umayyads, and some of them were even court and personal physicians to caliphs. Under the tolerant attitude of Islam, some of them got the chance to unfold their full scientific potential and thus contributed to the progress of medical knowledge.

Medical help was a right to all men in spite of religion or creed. That this was also extended to those amongst enemy. An example well known in the West is that of Saladin securing medical help to his opponent, Richard Lion Heart of England who was seriously ill during the Crusades. Saladin sent him his own doctor and personally supervised Richard's treatment until he became well.

In quoting this particular example, one dare say that such an attitude was quite different to the behavior characterizing the invading crusaders. When the crusaders entered Jerusalem on July 15th 1099, they slaughtered seventy thousand Muslims including women, children and old men. They broke children's skulls by knocking against the wall, threw babies from roof tops, roasted men over fire and cut up women's bellies to see if they had swallowed gold.

This description was given by Gibbon, a Christian writer, and commented on by Ludbig Who wondered how come after those horrible atrocities they prayed at the burial place of Christ for blessing and forgiveness (Draper/History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Vol. 2, p. 77).

We do not mention this in bitterness or prejudice for every honest Muslim or Christian well knows that Christianity is something and many deeds of the crusaders are something else.


For the first time in religious or sectarian history, Islam adopted an attitude of mercy and caring for the captured enemy. Unprecedented by previous legal systems, and long before the Geneva Convention, Islam set the rule that the captive is sheltered by his captivity and the wounded by his injury.

Previously, it was the custom for the captive to work for his food or get it through private means. The Qur’an made it a charity to feed the prisoners saying:

“Lo! the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of water of Kafur. A spring wherefrom the slaves of Allah drink, making it gush forth abundantly. Because they perform the vow and fear a day whereof the evil is wide spreading. And feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan and the prisoner, for love of Him. (Saying): We feed you, for the sake of Allah only. We wish for no reward nor thanks from you.” (Al-Insan: 5-9)

The Prophet instructed his Companions to be good to the captives. In one of his traditions, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered his Companions saying: “ You should be good to the captives.”

Abu Aziz-ibn Umair, one of the captives of Badr battle, recalls:

“Whenever I sat with my captors for lunch or dinner, they would offer me the bread and themselves the dates, in view of the Prophet's recommendation in our favor (in that desert situation bread was the more luxurious item of food than dates)

As soon as any of them held a piece of bread, he would offer it to me. "Feeling shy, I would give it back to one of them but he would immediately return it to me."

Another, Thumama ibn-Athal, was taken prisoner and brought to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: “Be good to him in his captivity.” When the Prophet went home he instructed to collect whatever food there, and ordered it sent to the prisoner.

When the Jewish tribe of Bani Qurayzah were captured, loads of dates were regularly carried to them, with the Prophet's instructions to shelter them from the summer sun and to provide them with water to drink.

From the legal point of view, Muslim opinion is unanimous on the prohibition of subjecting the captives to ill treatment by withholding food, drink or clothing.


9-The Fate of War Prisoners:

This was based upon the teaching of the Qur’an :

“Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could have punished them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He rendereth not their actions vain.”
(Muhammad:4)


According to Islamic law, the captive belongs to the state and not to his captor. The ruler has the ultimate option, as he sees fit, of granting freedom or doing that after taking a ransom.

Among those whom the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, granted freedom was a poet called Abu-Azza who said to the Prophet: “I have five daughters who have no one to support them, so give me away to them as a charity and I promise never to fight you or help your enemies.

Abul-As Ibn Al Rabiae was freed for a ransom, which the Prophet later returned back to him. Later, the man embraced Islam.

Umarna Ibn-Athal was set free upon his promise not to provide the enemy with food. This gentle treatment touched the man’s heart and was then converted to Islam saying to the Prophet: "There was a time when your face was the most hated face to me, and there comes a day when it is the most loved.”

Sometimes captives were exchanged for Muslim captives in enemy hands. An acceptable ransom that was quite often carried out was to teach ten Muslim children to read and write. It is noteworthy that modern international law allows for setting free a prisoner of war on equivalent lines.

Personnel were set free upon their word of honor not to fight again, and they should not be ordered by their governments to go to battle again. If they break their promise, they might be punishable by death if they are captured again.


10-Nonbelligerents

Islam never fought nations but fought only despotic authorities. Islamic war was one of liberation and not of compulsion. The freedom of the liberated people to decide their religion has already been mentioned, and it was to ensure this freedom that Muslims fought. It is interesting to mention that when Muslims fought the Romans in Egypt, the Egyptian Copts sided with and helped Muslims against the Romans who were Christians like them. This was because Christian Egypt was suffering religious oppression by the Christian Romans to compel them to adopt their religious beliefs.

One of the earliest actions of the Muslims in Egypt was the assurance of religious freedom and the reinstatement of Bejamin as Bishop of Alexandria after years of hiding from the Romans in the western desert.

But religious freedom was but one aspect that Islam gave. Whether Arab or Egyptian, Muslim or Christian, Islam built up that FELLOWSHIP that humanity aspires to, in equality and fraternity .The story is well known of the running contest held in Egypt and won by an Egyptian to the dismay of an Arab competitor who was the son of `Amru Ibn Al-`Aas, governor of Egypt. The Arab hit the boy saying 'how dare you outrun me and I am the son of the nobility." Upon which Umar, the caliph, ordered the three all the way to Madinah, and ordered the Egyptian to avenge by hitting the offending Arab, saying: "Hit him back. Hit the son of nobility." Addressing `Amru, he uttered his famous saying: “O `Amru, since when have you enslaved people while their mothers have born them free.”

10-International Law:

The process of active intervention to stop or remove aggression is a development that modem international law has recognized.

The second world war for example was sparked by Germany's invasion of Poland, and drew into the fighting countries that were not direct parties to the conflict. One of the fruits of war was the creation of the United Nations in order to settle disputes between nations by peaceful means or indeed if necessary by a collective military force. No one should argue therefore that Egypt and the Roman Empire for example should have been left alone to solve their mutual problems. In modem times the rest of the family of nations consider it a duty to do something about it. Fourteen centuries prior to the establishment of the League of Nations and later the United Nations, Islam decreed such responsibility.

The legal principle of intervention to solve dispute was offered by the Qur’anic saying:

“If two parties of believers fall into a quarrel, make ye peace between them: But if one of them transgresses beyond bounds against the other, then fight ye (all) against the one that transgresses until it complies with the command of God; but if it complies, then make peace between them with justice, and be fair: for God loves those who are fair.” (Al-Hujurat: 9)


11-Respect of Treaties and Agreements:

One of the major shortcomings of modern international politics is its meager regard to moral obligation. Time and again, treaties and agreements proved unworthy of the price of paper they had been written on. The most splendid produce of the human intellect in the field of international law might instantly vanish upon the call of greed or creed at this age that we wish to think has brought us to the epic of civilization.

And what is worse is that the most sophisticated achievements of scientific progress are often used as tools in the hands of Godless or God-disregarding policies: instead of being exploited 'in the cause of God.’

From the outset, Islam has emphatically prohibited treachery by taking the enemy by surprise attack. Recent examples of signing a pact or treaty with a nation as camouflage to hidden intent to attack it are quite contrary to Islam, as several quotations from the Qur’an reads:

“ O ye who believe! Fulfil your undertakings…”(Al-Maidah:1)

“Fulfill the convenant of God when you have entered into it, and break not your oaths after you have confirmed them; indeed you have made God your surety, for God knoweth an that you do.” (An-Nahl: 91)

If Muslims sense the treachery of any enemy with whom they had a treaty, they should declare to him the annulment of that treaty before embarking on war again.

“Thou fearest treachery from any group, throw back (their covenant) to them, (so as to be) on equal terms: for God loveth not the treacherous.” (Al-Anfal:85)

Although Muslims are bound to go to the help of their Muslim brethren who are religiously persecuted in the land of an enemy; they are not allowed to fulfill this duty if there is a treaty between the Muslim community and this enemy. Priority goes to honoring the treaty.

“But if they seek your aid in religion, it is your duty to help them, except against a people with whom you have a treaty of mutual alliance. And (remember) God seeth an that you do." (Al-Anfal:72)

Now, Can any law be more idealistic!?

And above all, this is not a nicety to be taken or left by the state. It is a binding religious dictate overruling emotion and prejudice: otherwise it would be a grave violation of Islam.”

The above quotation is excerpted with slight modifications from www.islamset.com


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May Allah guide you to the straight path, and guide you to that which pleases Him, Amen.

Assalamua'laikum

These pictures are taken from various sites. Some are those who are still in war, some are the survivors, and some are the soldiers....How I'm very thankful for being safe now.

Hope everyone else who sees this will also feel the same way and pray for those who are still in the middle of the war. May god make their life better as each day goes by.



Credits to all the sources.

Assalamua'laikum and hope everyone is having a great day.

I've heard about war almost everyday. And one of the reason I don't like watching the news is because of the topic that come out every single time the news is on. WAR!!!..... I might not feel it here, but I still think that no one should have gone through what they did in the midst of war.

I could never imagine how much it hurts for those people. Some even get used to the smell of corpse around them. It is so different here, where some people will even faint when seeing blood. Its not their choice to be in the middle of the war, but they are strong just to live each day knowing they might die the next minute or even the next second.

I've searched for the consequence of war on the net. Here are some of the numbers that might shock us.


source : Wikipedia

These figures include deaths of civilians from diseases, famine, atrocities etc. as well as deaths of soldiers in battle.

This is an incomplete list of wars.

• 60,000,000–72,000,000 - World War II (1939–1945)
• 36,000,000 - An Shi Rebellion (China, 755–763)
• 30,000,000–60,000,000 - Mongol Conquests (13th century)
• 25,000,000 - Manchu conquest of Ming China (1616–1662)
• 20,000,000–70,000,000 - World War I (1914–1918) note that the larger number includes Spanish flu deaths
• 20,000,000 - Taiping Rebellion (China, 1851–1864)
• 20,000,000 - Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
• 10,000,000 - Warring States Era (China, 475 BC–221 BC)
• 7,000,000 - 20,000,000 Conquests of Timur the Lame (1360-1405)
• 5,000,000–9,000,000 - Russian Civil War and Foreign Intervention (1917–1921)
• 5,000,000 - Conquests of Menelik II of Ethiopia (1882- 1898)
• 3,800,000 - 5,400,000 - Second Congo War (1998–2007)
• 3,500,000–6,000,000 - Napoleonic Wars (1804–1815)
• 3,000,000–11,500,000 - Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)
• 3,000,000–7,000,000 - Yellow Turban Rebellion (China, 184–205)
• 2,500,000–3,500,000 - Korean War (1950–1953)
• 2,300,000–3,800,000 - Vietnam War (entire war 1945–1975)
• 300,000–1,300,000 - First Indochina War (1945–1954)
• 100,000–300,000 - Vietnamese Civil War (1954–1960)
• 1,750,000–2,100,000 - American phase (1960–1973)
• 170,000 - Final phase (1973–1975)
• 175,000–1,150,000 - Secret War (1962–1975)
• 2,000,000–4,000,000 - French Wars of Religion (1562–1598)
• 2,000,000 – Shaka’s conquests (1816-1828)
• 2,000,000 - Mahmud of Ghazni's invasions of India (1000-1027)
• 300,000–3,000,000 - Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)
• 1,500,000–2,000,000 - Afghan Civil War (1979-)
• 1,000,000–1,500,000 Soviet intervention (1979–1989)
• 1,300,000–6,100,000 - Chinese Civil War (1928–1949) note that this figure excludes World War II casualties
• 300,000–3,100,000 before 1937
• 1,000,000–3,000,000 after World War II
• 1,000,000–2,000,000 - Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)
• 1,000,000 - Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)
• 1,000,000 - Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598)
• 1,000,000 - Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005)
• 1,000,000 - Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970)
• 618,000 - 970,000 - American Civil War (including 350,000 from disease) (1861–1865)
• 900,000–1,000,000 - Mozambique Civil War (1976–1993)
• 868,000 - 1,400,000- Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
• 800,000 - 1,000,000 - Rwandan Civil War (1990-1994)
• 800,000 - Congo Civil War (1991–1997)
• 600,000 to 1,300,000 - First Jewish-Roman War
• 580,000 - Bar Kokhba’s revolt (132–135CE)
• 570,000 - Eritrean War of Independence (1961-1991)
• 550,000 - Somali Civil War (1988- )
• 500,000 - 1,000,000 - Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)
• 500,000 - Angolan Civil War (1975–2002)
• 500,000 - Ugandan Civil War (1979–1986)
• 400,000–1,000,000 - War of the Triple Alliance in Paraguay (1864–1870)
• 400,000 - War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
• 371,000 - Continuation War (1941-1944)
• 350,000 - Great Northern War (1700-1721)
• 315,000 - 735,000 - Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639-1651) English campaign ~40,000, Scottish 73,000, Irish 200,000-620,000
• 300,000 - Russian-Circassian War (1763-1864)
  
• 300,000 - First Burundi Civil War (1972)
• 300,000 - Darfur conflict (2003-)
• 270,000–300,000 - Crimean War (1854–1856)
• 255,000-1,120,000 - Philippine-American War (1898-1913)
• 230,000–1,400,000 - Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)
• 220,000 - Liberian Civil War (1989 - )
• 217,000 - 1,124,303 - War on Terror (9/11/2001-Present)
• 200,000 - 1,000,000 - Albigensian Crusade (1208-1259)
• 200,000–800,000 - Warlord era in China (1917–1928)
• 200,000 - Second Punic War (BC218-BC204)
• 200,000 - Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2000)
• 200,000 - Algerian Civil War (1991- )
• 200,000 - Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996)
• 190,000 - Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)
• 180,000 - 300,000 - La Violencia (1948-1958)
• 170,000 - Greek War of Independence (1821-1829)
• 150,000 - Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)
• 150,000 - North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970)
• 150,000 - Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)
• 148,000-1,000,000 - Winter War (1939)
• 125,000 - Eritrean-Ethiopian War (1998–2000)
• 120,000 - 384,000 Great Turkish War (1683-1699)
• 120,000 - Bosnian War (1992–1995)
• 120,000 - Third Servile War (BC73-BC71)
• 117,000 - 500,000 - Revolt in the Vendée (1793-1796)
• 101,000 - 115,000 - Arab-Israeli conflict (1929- )
• 100,500 - Chaco War (1932–1935)
• 100,000 - 1,000,000 - War of the two brothers (1531–1532)
• 100,000 - 400,000 - Western New Guinea (1984 - )
• 100,000 - 200,000 - Indonesian invasion of East Timor (1975-1978)
• 100,000 - Persian Gulf War (1991)
• 100,000–1,000,000 - Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962)
• 100,000 - Thousand Days War (1899–1901)
• 100,000 - Peasants' War (1524-1525)
• 80,000 - Third Punic War (BC149-BC146)
• 75,000 - 200,000? - Conquests of Alexander the Great (BC336-BC323)
• 75,000 - El Salvador Civil War (1980–1992)
• 75,000 - Second Boer War (1898–1902)
• 70,000 - Boudica's uprising (AD60-AD61)
• 69,000 - Internal conflict in Peru (1980- )
• 60,000 - Sri Lanka/Tamil conflict (1983-)
• 60,000 - Nicaraguan Rebellion (1972-91)
• 55,000 - War of the Pacific (1879-1885)
• 50,000 - 200,000 - First Chechen War (1994–1996)
• 50,000 - 100,000 - Tajikistan Civil War (1992–1997)
• 50,000 - Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
• 45,000 - Greek Civil War (1945-1949)
• 41,00–100,000 - Kashmiri insurgency (1989- )
• 36,000 - Finnish Civil War (1918)
• 35,000 - 40,000 - War of the Pacific (1879–1884)
• 35,000 - 45,000 - Siege of Malta (1565)
• 30,000 - Turkey/PKK conflict (1984- )
• 30,000 - Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
• 25,000 - Second Chechen War (1999 - present)
• 23,384 - Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (December 1971)
• 23,000 - Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988-1994)
• 20,000 - 49,600 U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan (2001–2002)
• 15,000–20,000 - Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)
• 11,053 - Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
• 10,000 - Amadu's Jihad (1810-1818)
• 7,264–10,000 - Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (August-September 1965)
• 7,000–24,000 - American War of 1812 (1812-1815)
• 7,000 - Kosovo War (1996–1999) (disputed)
• 5,000 - Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)
• 4,588 - Sino-Indian War (1962)
• 4,000 - Waziristan War (2004-2006)
• 4,000 - Irish Civil War (1922-23)
• 3,000 - Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire (2002-2007)
• 2,899 - New Zealand Land Wars (1845-1872)
• 2,604–7,000 - Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (October 1947-December 1948)
• 2,000 - Football War (1969)
• 2,000 - Irish War of Independence (1919-21)
• 1,975–4,500+ - violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (2000 -)
• 1,547–2,173+ - 2006 Lebanon War
• 1,724 - War of Lapland (1945)
• 1,500 - Romanian Revolution (December 1989)
• 1,000 - Zapatista uprising in Chiapas (1994)
• 907 - Falklands War (1982)

I think now is a good time for everyone to say