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Expat Dependent Fees may be revoked, rethinks Saudi Finance Ministry

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Expat Dependent Fees may be revoked, rethinks Saudi Finance Ministry

By Ali al-Ghamdi
In a televised interview on Bloomberg TV, which was published by Al-Madinah daily, Economics and Planning Minister Muhammad Al-Tuwaijri said a constructive dialogue with the private sector had been initiated to discuss the current reforms. He noted that the government is open to reconsidering some of the dependents fees and taxes and that a study is being conducted for this purpose.

No decision has been made so far about this issue, according to Al-Tuwaijri, who also said that progress has been made regarding the privatization issue, which was put on hold for a while in the past. Four projects were introduced as privatization opportunities in the energy, water treatment and healthcare sectors. He said the privatization plan for the electricity sector has seen remarkable progress. The privatization program is one of the foundations bolstering the national economy as the program targets at least SR40 billion in two years.

The Week UK newspaper said that the National Industrial Development and Logistics Program, launched by the Kingdom, aims to reduce dependency on oil while the Bloomberg Agency said oil will contribute 68 percent to the GDP in 2019 and is expected to reach three trillion dollars.

DailyStar newspaper said the national industry development plan seeks to attract domestic and overseas investments, describing the program as ambitious and saying that it will strengthen the national economy and reduce oil dependency until 2030. The daily also talked about the agreements that were signed and announced in the presence of Crown Prince Muhammad when the program was launched. It said that the statements made by Khalid Al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, stressed the importance of injecting more investments in the industrial sector in order to link the energy, mining and services together, and highlighted the development being witnessed in the military industries.

The Economic Times focused on the many benefits and facilities offered by the Kingdom in order to attract investors. It said the program is in line with the Crown Prince’s vision, which he announced in 2016 and which aims to reduce oil dependency and support employment plans and non-oil exports.

Undoubtedly, the constructive dialogue with the private sector, which Al-Tuwaijri talked about, and the progress in privatization and everything the global press published about the industrial development and the interest of local and overseas investors indicates that a promising future awaits the Kingdom after the objectives of Vision 2030 are realized. The Kingdom will achieve what many countries lacking natural resources and depending on industries have achieved. These countries are today at the forefront of economic development despite their shortage of natural resources.

The statements made by the Economics and Development Minister regarding the government’s openness to reconsidering some of the taxes and fees on the dependents of expatriates should be hailed and welcomed despite the fact that no decision has yet been made. Several ministers, including finance and commerce, have confirmed that a study is being conducted. I hope that whoever is responsible for the study will think seriously and deeply about the negative impact of these fees and the massive damage that the private sector, particularly SMEs, has incurred because of them.

We should cast away negative stereotypes about expatriate workers and should remember that the giant projects, which the ministers have mentioned, will require workers. We all know that Saudi workers are not sufficient in number and that we will still need foreign labor. But fees on the dependents of expatriates will discourage foreign workers from coming to the Kingdom; those workers will only come if there are attractive benefits and incentives.

Anyone who accuses expatriate workers of stealing our jobs and taking advantage of our economy and transferring their money overseas should stop such accusations. Those workers come to our country based on employment contracts and have every right to transfer their money overseas to help their families and to save money for themselves when they return to their homes. — Saudi Gazette

Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi is a former Saudi diplomat who specializes in Southeast Asian affairs.

Dutch Politician who called Islam as “lie” and Quran as “poison” embraces Islam

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Dutch Politician who called Islam as “lie” and Quran as “poison” embraces Islam

A Dutch former far-right MP and right-hand man of anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has set tongues wagging in the Netherlands after revealing he has converted to Islam, news reports said Tuesday.

For years Joram van Klaveren fought a relentless campaign in the Lower House against Islam in the Netherlands as a lawmaker for Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV).

At the time, the “hard-liner pleaded for banning the burqa and minarets, saying ‘we don’t want any Islam, or at least as little as possible in the Netherlands’,” the daily tabloid Algemeen Dagblad (AD) said.

But the 40-year-old Van Klaveren said he had changed his mind halfway through writing an anti-Islam book, which he Tuesday told the respected NRC daily “became a refutation of objections non-Muslims have” against the religion.

“If everything I wrote up to that point is true, and I believe that, then I am a de facto Muslim,” he told the NRC.

Van Klaveren converted to Islam on October 26 last year, the NRC added in the interview piece ahead of the release of Van Klaveren’s book titled: “Apostate: From Christianity to Islam in the Time of Secular Terror.”

The former politician who grew up in an orthodox Protestant Christian environment said of his conversion that he “has been searching for a long time.”

“It feels a bit like a religious homecoming for me,” he told Dutch newspapers.

Van Klaveren could not be immediately reached for comment on Tuesday.

“His conversion has surprised both friend and enemy,” the AD newspaper said.

Van Klaveren split with Wilders in 2014 after the PVV leader’s controversial comments that year when asking supporters whether they wanted “fewer or more Moroccans in your city and the Netherlands.”

Wilders in 2016 was found guilty on discrimination charges. The sentence is currently being appealed.

Van Klaveren then went on to form his own far-right party called “For Netherlands” (VNL) but left politics after failing to win a single seat in the 2017 elections.

“If this really isn’t a PR stunt to promote his book, then it really is an extraordinary choice for somebody who had a lot to say about Islam,” his former VNL co-founder Jan Roos told the AD.

“But we have religious freedom in the Netherlands. He can worship whomever he wants,” Roos added.

Said Bouharrou, who serves on the Board of Moroccan Mosques in the Netherlands, praised Van Klaveren.
“It is great when somebody who has been so critical of Islam… realizes that it is not so bad or perverse,” he told the AD.

“It is brave that he’s prepared to do it in public,” Bouharrou said.

Around five percent of the Dutch population of 17 million people or some 850,000 are Muslim, according to the Dutch Central Statistics Bureau (CBS).

But despite Wilders’ objections, the religion is growing, with experts expecting that number to double by 2050.

The Netherlands also last year introduced a partial burqa ban from some public places such as schools and hospitals, ending years of discussions on the hot-button issue.

Van Klaveren is not the first high-profile PVV member to convert to Islam, and follows in the footsteps of Arnoud van Doorn, a former Hague-based PVV city councillor who switched in 2013. — Arab News

Maududi’s corrupt ideology in the name of Islam

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Maududi’s corrupt ideology in the name of Islam

By Umme Abdullah al-Hindi

Followers of Muslim Brotherhood movement and Jamat-e-Islami in India, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, and other nations, look at Moulana Maududi with high regards for his literature and the ideology that shaped a brand of “Political Islam”.

And people often ask me—“what’s wrong with Maududi’s book Khilafat-o-Mulookiyat?”

I read the book myself and I found it absolutely corrupt without even any scholar pointing out anything in it for me.

Maududi’s core agenda was—the purpose why Allaah created humans, and the religion and the Shareeah is purely to establish Caliphate system. The purpose of every creation was to establish the Caliphate and the rule of Allaah on the earth.

It sounds good. Isn’t it?

Firstly, as usual, Moulana Maududi wrote out of pure conjecture without providing any proofs for his hogwash. According to him, the purpose of creating mankind was to establish the Caliphate.

Let’s remember the words of Allaah the most High in this regard.

“And I (Allah) created not the jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone).” [Ref: Quran 51:56]

And the most clear verse of the Quran which destroys the conjecture of Moulana Maududi is—“Allah has promised those among you who believe, and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers) in the earth, as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the authority to practise their religion, that which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islam). And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they (believers) worship Me and do not associate anything (in worship) with Me. But whoever disbelieved after this, they are the Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).” [Ref: Quran 24:55]

So the above verse clearly states that Allaah will “grant” Khilafah/Caliphate to those who worship him and do righteous deeds. Khilafah is only secondary and conditional to Eeman or faith. And it is GRANTED by Allaah to those who EARN IT through worship. Not the other way round, that Muslims establish it through turmoil and bloodshed like Maududi believed and preached.

Secondly,  he not only attacked the Sahaba but his uncontrollable tongue didn’t even spare the Prophets who were Masoom (innocent) and free of blame as Allaah asserts this to us.

For example, he called Prophet Moosa (peace be upon him) a hasty, rash and impatient person who was foolish during the incident of Khidr.

And he called Prophet Yusuf (peace be upon him) an unjust ruler. So his tongue did not shy away from spewing venom against the Prophets, the Sahaba are another matter entirely as there are so many of them he reviled.

 And Allaah said about the Sahaba,  “And the first to embrace Islam of the Muhajirun (those who migrated from Makkah to Al-Madinah) and the Ansar (the citizens of Al-Madinah who helped and gave aid to the Muhajirun) and also those who followed them exactly (in Faith). Allah is well-pleased with them as they are well-pleased with Him. He has prepared for them Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever. That is the supreme success.”[Ref: Quran 9:100]

Allaah has declared for perpetuity that He is pleased by the Muhajireen and the Ansar and those who followed them upon goodness.

But Moulana Maududi finds faults with them. He considers himself above Allaah to revile the Sahabas and judge them through his speech and writings. He judged the Muhajir, the Dhun Nurain,  Uthman, regarding whom Allaah already said in the Quran that He is pleased with the Muhajiroon without exception. He reviled Abdurrahman ibn Awf, another Muhajir. And countless others.

If people think Moulana Maududi has the right to override the judgment of Allaah and His Messenger, then it’s a grave error. True Muslims with real Eeman don’t think that way and they love who Allaah and his Messenger loves and they hate who they hate.

Thirdly, he denied and rejected several Sahih Ahadith like the sayings of the Fitnah/trial of the Dajjal because of his false, invented principle that a hadith only follows logic. If the hadith is logical, it is true and if it is not logical and not comprehensible or impractical, then its false and to be rejected. This invented principle made him reject several important ahadith related to Dajjal and Aakhiruz-zamaan.

These are only three big mistakes of Aqeedah which I took directly from the book. He has other mistakes in the same book and several other mistakes in other books.

In truth, he was a power hungry communist Marxist like his Muslim brotherhood contemporaries and successors.

Lastly, those who say why Saudi Arabia bestowed the King Faisal award upon him, then the truth is that Saudi Arabia and Saudis trust and appreciate anyone who is known for contributing for Islam. They trust Muslims and bestow awards and charity and money like the sea upon Muslims who later backstab them and call their rulers Taghoot (false-god) and Kafir  (Visit) and bootlickers of the West.

And those people who think Saudi Arabian ruling family is a Taghoot anyway, then it shouldn’t matter for them who they award because even their awards are Taghoot and meaningless so the award given to Maududi is meaningless and worthless.

Umme Abdullah al-Hindi often writes on Islamic and Social issues.

HEALTH: Why you should always sit and drink water, explains Ayurveda

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HEALTH: Why you should always sit and drink water, explains Ayurveda

There is nothing like water to quench your thirst. It plays a key role in keeping you hydrated and just so you know, there are a lot many health problems and other related illnesses (and even weight issues) which can be solved if you just keep up with the intake of water on a regular basis. For ideal health, it is important that you have at least eight glasses of water every day.

We all have the habit of getting home and drinking water right away, often standing. Since we all believe that there is nothing wrong that water can do, we don’t give it a though how we are having it – standing or sitting. Well, wake up to the reality. When you have water standing up, you don’t get the required nutrition. Shocked? Water, if not consumed in the right manner, can be very bad for you and put you at risk of potential health problems.

According to Ayurveda, our bodies are designed in a way so that we get maximum benefits when we sit down and exercise our body. That is why, there is a reason why our elders have always told us to sit down and eat and do the same while we drink water!

However, Islamic scholars of the past explained it in more details. Ibn al-Qayyim said in the book Zaad Almaad, “drinking whilst standing has numerous negative effects, one of which is that it does not fully quench the thirst and does not settle in the stomach so that the liver can distribute the nutrients to other parts of the body. Rather it comes to the stomach with speed and force, and there is the fear that it will cause a chill or disturbance, and may pass quickly to the lower parts of the body without moving gradually. All of that is harmful to the drinker, but if he does it occasionally or in the case of need, it will not harm him.”

There is actually a right way to have water to detoxify the body and gain all the nutrients and minerals. It is important to remember that our body, though made up of 70% water, loses so much of it everyday, it is crucial to fill up on the quantity and hence, it matters that you consume it the RIGHT WAY. And no, it cannot be achieved when you stand up and drink! Wondering why? We tell you.

When you drink water standing up, the water which goes in passes through the system with a straight gush, not really reaching the organs where it is supposed to do the job. Hence, the impurities which are supposed to go out get deposited in the kidneys and the bladder. Wellness coach and fitness enthusiast Nikita Parmar also shared a post which highlighted some of the dangers of standing up and drinking water.

Standing up and drinking water makes the body out of sync with nature and triggers the nervous system, making it feel it is facing danger. The nutrients really go waste this way and your body is bound to face stress or any tension.

And worst, drinking water this way doesn’t actually quench your thirst. Since the water goes directly through, the requires nutrients and vitamins don’t reach the liver and digestive tract. This is because when you stand and drink water, it travels through the system really fast and you risk your lungs and heart functions. The oxygen levels also get disturbed this way.

This, in turn, can also put bones and joints at risk as the water gushes down the body. You can also experience joint pain, bone degeneration and weakness. Thus, the speed of chugging water down and how you drink it has an important role to play.

Hence, there is a very valid reason to sit down and gulp your water, the same way it is recommended that you sit down and have your meal. Our bodies are designed in a way that you get maximum health benefits when you sit down and keep your back erect. When you drink your water from a bottle or a glass sitting down, the nutrients reach the brain and boost its activity. It also aids better digestion this way and ensures that you don’t feel bloated after having water. Drinking water this way passes through the regular designed track and ensures all the benefits are achieved in the organs. Toxins go away, impurities are flushed out and your health improves overall!

Article extracted from TimesOfIndia.

BJP used me to win 2014 elections, accuses Anna Hazare while on hunger-strike

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BJP used me to win 2014 elections, accuses Anna Hazare while on hunger-strike

New Delhi – The famous anti-Corruption protestor and social activist Anna Hazare on Monday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for using him to win lower-house elections in 2014.

The 81-year-old Hazare while staging a hunger strike at his village Ralegan-Siddhi accused, “the BJP used me in 2014. Everybody knows that it was my agitation for Lokpal that catapulted BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to power. Now I have lost all regards for them.”

Hazare also added that Modi-led government is misleading the Indians and leading the country into autocracy.

“For how long will the lies continue? This government has let down the people of the country. The state government’s claims that 90 per cent of my demands has been conceded are also false,” he claimed.

Hazare expressed grief that those people who got benefitted through his protests in 2011 and 2014 have ignored him, and nothing has been implemented for the past five years.

“They keep saying that central and state government ministers will come and discuss the issues with me. What’s the use of coming here and meeting me when nothing is being done to appoint Lokpal? It only sends a wrong signal to people. I have asked them to clear their stance on Lokpal first,” said Hazare.

Hazare on the sixth day of his indefinite hunger strike and a day after he threatened to return his Padma Bhushan – India’s third highest civilian honour – if his demands were not fulfilled by the Centre.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray met Hazare and requested him to break the fast and requested him to work to “bury the BJP government” in 2019.

“BJP doesn’t care if he lives or dies. I told him not to risk his life for these useless people,” Thackeray said.

India to become “Pharmacy of the World” by 2020, says President of Pharmacy Council of India

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India to become “Pharmacy of the World” by 2020, says President of Pharmacy Council of India

by Khaled Shahbaaz

HBy 2020, India will be the pharmacy capital of the world exporting a major chunk of the world’s pharmacy needs. Indian pharmacy industry will be an estimated $55 billion business by 2020 with exports of over $19 billion,” said Indian Pharmaceutical Association president Dr. T. V. Narayana.

Addressing the inaugural session of two-day national conference SynchroPharma 2019 organized by the Sultan ul Uloom College of Pharmacy (SUCP) in Hyderabad, Prof. Narayana said: “Indian pharmacy industry has grown tremendously from its first pharmacy in Kolkata in 1901 to becoming a $33 billion business today with more than $17 billion in exports. “Indian Pharmacy industry ranks third at the global level after China and US if nutritional value and pharma were combined.”

“In terms of pharma alone, India ranks number one at the global level”. Today, India has a 30 percent share in the global pharmacy market, with Hyderabad contributing to more than 30% of the country’s pharmacy needs.

He said most pharmacy colleges focus on traditional skills and do not focus on problem solving and R&D activities, unlike in developed countries where students are exposed to more R&D in class rooms. India produces more than 60,000 pharmacy teachers, and more than 400,000 pharmacy students every year, he added.

Speaking at the national conference, Pharmacy Council of India president Prof. B. Suresh said “it is the era of super specialization and pharmacists must become super specialists to be able to bring changes to the health state of the society and the country.” He said “I dream to see pharmacists, one day, skilled in multiple disciplines, and be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the physician and prescribe medicines.”

“They must be able to develop revolutionary drugs that can change the landscape of India pharma industry and also the world.”

Pharmaceutical stalwarts including former presidents of Indian Pharmaceutical Association Dr. Rao Vadla Mudi and Dr. J.A.S.Giri, Dr. B. Suresh adorned the inaugural event.

Advising students, he said “the best way to predict the future is to plan for it”. Students must develop the capability “to strategize changes and develop new drugs at cost effective prices.”

Mobile phones and tablets are not the crystal ball to predict future. “Knowledge today is transcending all barriers of the light and speed.”

Prof. Suresh said “brains are more powerful than super computers, and 7 billion brains around the world are the biggest resource of power. Using the combined power of these 7 billion brains could solve the world’s problems in a blink.”

Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Prof. Venu Gopal Reddy said Artificial Intelligence systems will dominate the pharma industry in the near future, and only at the higher clinical level, human intervention will be required.” He said “the computational power available to us today, will help the pharma system to speed up drug design and development.”

“Innovation and creativity are the most important skills in the industry, and must be cultivated in the educational institutions only.” He advised students to become job creators instead of job-seekers by transforming ideas to prototypes and gradually transforming the prototype to products.

SUCP Principal Dr. Anupama Koneru, SUES Secretary Zafar Javeed, Vice Chairman Mohammed Waliullah, SUES Treasurer and SUCP Chairman Dr. Mir Akbar Ali Khan, Dr. Manohar Karvekar — Member Pharmacy Council of India, Mohammed Jaffar and others were also present on this occasion.

SUCP Professor Dr. V. Murali Balaram presented a vote of thanks.

Article first appeared on Saudi Gazette.

Kerala Police nabs two runaway RSS workers for throwing bombs on Police station

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Kerala Police nabs two runaway RSS workers for throwing bombs on Police station

Kerala – An RSS worker was arrested on Sunday in Kerala for hurling bombs at the Police Station during shutdown called by Hindutva outfits protesting against the entry of women into the Sabarimala Temple.

The district functionary of RSS, Praveen and his associate Sreejit were involved in throwing bombs on Nedumangad Police Station in January.

The two criminals were arrested then they were escaping from Thamapanoor Railway station.

Earlier, Police issued a public circular to help locate Praveen after CCTV footages showed him throwing around four bombs at the Police station during the clashes with the Communist Party of India.

Along with the public circular, a special investigation team was formed to track the Sangh operator.

The violence erupted when Supreme Court lifted ban on the entry of females into the shrine of the Hindu deity Ayyappa, where only males are ritually permitted to visit.

Since Ayyappa was born out of both the males – Shiva and Mohini (female avatar of Vishnu), visit of females to the temple is considered an abomination.

Ten Points about Mamata Banerjee’s fight to protect constitution as Cops and CBI clash

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Ten Points about Mamata Banerjee’s fight to protect constitution as Cops and CBI clash

Kolkata – Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee started an overnight protest to “save the constitution” after she found herself sandwiched between state police and CBI officials.

The Centeral Beureau of Investigation officials came to Kolkata to question its Police chief, Rajeev Kumar, pertaining to two Ponzi schemes.

Mamata accused center and Prime Minister Modi for igniting a political revenge, while BJP leaders have demanded President Rule in West Bengal.

Here are ten key points about the tirade:

1. Daring the BJP to impose President’s Rule in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee called it a “total constitutional breakdown”. “How dare you come to a police commissioner’s home without a warrant? Mr (Ajit) Doval is doing whatever PM wants him to do, he is the one giving all the instructions to CBI,” Ms Banerjee said, referring to the National Security Advisor.

2. “This is a Satyagraha and I’ll continue till the country is saved,” Ms Banerjee said. She spent the night at the designated spot for protests in central Kolkata, accompanied by city police chief Rajeev Kumar. Ms Banerjee skipped meals and remained awake the entire night as she sat on the makeshift dais. She will proceed to the assembly later this morning for the state budget. “We have full confidence in the judiciary, media and the people… If they want to impose President’s Rule, we are ready for it,” she said.


3. The CBI is expected to go to the Supreme Court today, accusing the West Bengal government of impeding a court-ordered probe into the chit fund scams, said the agency’s interim boss, M Nageswara Rao. The state government is also likely to appeal to the top court about the issue. The CBI officials are planning to meet West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi.

4. Rajeev Kumar – who headed a Special Investigation Team probing the Saradha and Rose Valley Ponzi scams of 2013 – was asked to help the investigation after several documents allegedly went missing. He has received several summons for questioning. This time, a section of media reported that he could be arrested for evading questioning and was “absconding”. The Kolkata Police said they would take action for the defamatory reports.

5. Senior Trinamool leader Derek O’Brien said on Sunday evening, 40 CBI officers turned up at the Park Street House of Rajeev Kumar. But they were refused entry by the police guards posted there and the team was taken to a local police station. Ms Banerjee and top police officers held an emergency meeting at Mr Kumar’s house.

6. Accusing the BJP of engineering the crisis, Ms Banerjee said the trouble flared up after her mega rally of 23 opposition parties in Kolkata last month. “The Kolkata Police Commissioner is among the best in the world. His integrity, bravery and honesty are unquestioned. He is working 24×7, and was on leave for only one day recently. When you spread lies, the lies will always remain lies,” she tweeted.

7. The chief minister also accused PM Modi of using unparliamentary language during his recent rallies in the state. The Prime Minister had claimed the West Bengal government was killing the aspirations of the middle class through “Triple T – Trinamool Tolabazi Tax”. ‘Tolabazi” roughly translates to an act of organised extortion.

8. The state’s BJP lawmaker Babul Supriyo tweeted: “President’s Rule should be imposed on West Bengal to control this ‘Rogue’ #TMchhi Govt under a corrupt CM MamtaBanerjee. This is a constitutional crisis ‘created’ by Mamta to shield her corrupt & tainted accomplices (sic)”.

9. The opposition has rallied around Ms Banerjee, with various leaders — including Arvind Kejriwal, Tejashwi Yadav, Lalu Yadav and HD Deve Gowda tweeting their outrage. Mr Kejriwal, Omar Abdullah and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi called up Mamata Banerjee and offered her full support. Several opposition leaders are likely to visit her today.

10. “Spoke with Mamata Di tonight and told her we stand shoulder to shoulder with her. The happenings in Bengal are a part of the unrelenting attack on India’s institutions by Mr Modi & the BJP. The entire opposition will stand together & defeat these fascist forces,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.

CLARIFICATION: Are Black Seeds cure for “all diseases”?

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CLARIFICATION: Are Black Seeds cure for “all diseases”?

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he heard the Prophet Mohammed peace be upon him say concerning the black seed: “In it there is healing for every disease, except as-saam.” Ibn Shihaab said: As-saam is death. 

Al-Bukhaari (5688) and Muslim (2215)

There are two scholarly views concerning the words “healing from every disease”. It was suggested that it is to be understood according to the general meaning, so it includes all diseases, or that it is general in wording but specific in meaning, so what is meant is some diseases.

It was said that the words “every disease” refer to every disease that could be treated with it, because it is beneficial in the case of cold diseases; as for hot diseases, it is not. 

Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him)

The words “From every disease” are general terms but what is meant by them is something specific, because there is no medicine made from plants that could be used to treat all diseases; rather what is meant is that it is healing for every disease that is caused by moisture.

Al-Khattaabi

According to physicians, honey is more likely to be a remedy for every disease than the black seed. Nevertheless, there are some diseases that if a person drinks honey, it will make matters worse. If what is meant by the description of honey as something “wherein is healing for men” [an-Nahl 16:69] is that it is healing for most diseases, then it is more appropriate to say that with regard to the black seed.

Abu Bakr ibn al-‘Arabi

The words “healing from every disease” are like the verse in which Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “Destroying everything by the Command of its Lord” [al-Ahqaaf 46:25]. That is, it (the storm or wind referred to in the previous verse) destroyed everything that could be destroyed, and the like.

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) in Zaad al-Ma‘aad (4/297) 

Shaykh Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Jamrah said: Some people commented on this hadith and made its general statements specific, referring it to the views of people who have medical experience, but the one who says that is obviously mistaken, because if we believe the physicians – whose knowledge is based on experience, the foundation of which is what is most likely to be right – then to believe the one who does not speak on the basis of his whims and desires is more appropriate [than believing the doctors].

al-Fath (10/145)

It may be that the general meaning is the intended meaning, that it may bring healing for all diseases, but that is on condition that it is put together with other ingredients, and there should be no haraam component. Rather the general meaning of the text must be what is intended, because the fact that an exception is mentioned indicates that it is general in application. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said it intending that general meaning; the evidence for that is the fact that he made an exception. Therefore we must accept that it is general in meaning.

Al-Karmaani in ‘Umdat al-Qaari (31/301) 

The fact that the general meaning is what was intended is obvious, because the wording indicates that. It is also indicated by the exception in the phrase “except as-saam (death).” If the general meaning had not been intended, there would have been no need to mention the exception. The fact that an exception is made for death indicates that for all other diseases, black seed may be useful as a remedy, but that is dependent upon there being no impediment and upon the conditions being met. 

Just taking appropriate means and measures does not necessarily lead to the expected results. If rain falls and seeds sprout, that is not sufficient for vegetation to grow; rather it is also essential that there be fecundating winds, by Allah’s leave, and it is essential that there be an absence of impediments. It is essential for all conditions to be met and all impediments to be absent, and all of that happens by the will and decree of Allah. A child is not born as the result of merely depositing semen in the vagina. How often that happens, but no child is born. Indeed it is essential that Allah should will to create the child, then the woman conceives, then the embryo begins to grow in the uterus, and all other conditions that are needed, and the impediments that must be absent, for the creation of a child.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) in Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (8/70)

Many people do not benefit from the means and measures, or from ruqya done by reciting Qur’an or other words, because the conditions are not met and the impediments are not absent. If every sick person could be healed by means of ruqya or medical treatment, no one would die. But it is Allah, may He be glorified, in Whose hand is control of healing. If He wills that, He makes the means thereof easily available, and if He does not will that, the means will be to no avail.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) in Majmoo‘ Fataawa Ibn Baaz (8/61) 

Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) stated that the way to treat disease using the black seed varies from one disease to another.

What is meant by this seed being a healing for every disease is that it should not be used on its own; rather it may be used on its own or with other ingredients. It may be used ground up or otherwise, and it may be eaten, drunk, used like snuff, applied as a poultice, and in other ways.

Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar in al-Fath (10/144)

The ways in which it is used vary according to what people of experience and knowledge suggest, or what modern medical research suggests, based on experience and on the properties of the black seed and its effect on disease. 

Al-Bukhaari (5687) narrated that Khaalid ibn Sa‘d said: We went out, and Ghaalib ibn Abjar was with us, and he fell sick. When we came to Madinah he was still sick. Ibn Abi ‘Ateeq visited him and said to us: You should use this little black seed: take five or seven of them and grind them, then mix it with olive oil and put drops in his nose, on this side, and on this side, for ‘Aa’ishah told me that she heard the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) say: “This black seed is a healing for every disease except as-saam.” I said: What is as-saam? He said: Death. 

Based on that, there is nothing wrong with stipulating that the black seed should be taken in a particular manner, according to the type of sickness, on condition that this method is proven to be beneficial, either from experience or on the basis of scientific research. 

As for stipulating that Soorat al-Ikhlaas should be recited three times, or that a particular du‘aa’ (supplication) should be recited, there is no basis for such stipulations. 

Extracted from Islamqa.

Iran produced 40 years of failure and broken promises after Khomeini returned from his hiding in 1979

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Iran produced 40 years of failure and broken promises after Khomeini returned from his hiding in 1979

Iran is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed shah, overturned 2,500 years of monarchical rule and brought hard-line Shiite clerics to power.

The anniversary starts every year on February 1 – the day Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979 returned from France after 14 years of hiding to become the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Across the country on Friday, sirens rang out from trains and boats and church bells chimed at 9:33 am. – the exact time Khomeini’s chartered Air France Boeing 747 touched down 40 years ago at Tehran’s International Mehrabad airport.

The 10-day anniversary festivities, known as the “Ten Days of Dawn,” end on February 11, the date Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s government collapsed.

While Iran is busy celebrating the return of Khomeini, United States has highlighted what it says are the “broken promises” of the Middle Eastern country’s leadership.

“When he returned to Iran in 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini made lots of promises to the Iranian people, including justice, freedom, and prosperity. 40 years later, Iran’s ruling regime has broken all those promises, and has produced only 40 years of failure,” the US State Department wrote on its official Twitter account.

Khomeini said that “injustices of the past will not continue,” according to the tweet. It quoted a report from the rights group Amnesty International as saying: “The staggering scale of arrests, imprisonment and flogging sentences reveal the extreme lengths the authorities have gone in order to suppress peaceful dissent.”

A following tweet said Khomeini promised freedom of expression and freedom of the press – but today Iran “has one of the most repressive media environments,” and the regime “detains dozens of journalists, throws them in prison and threatens their families,” and “blocks the internet and bars access to social media.”

In a third tweet, the State Department said that while Khomeini “promised material and spiritual prosperity to the Iranian people,” four decades later “Iran’s corrupt regime has destroyed the country’s economy, desecrated Iran’s noble heritage, and produced only 40 years of failure.”

The administration of President Donald Trump has been consistently hawkish on Iran and tries to counter what it considers Iran’s “destabilizing” influence in the region.

The two countries have not had diplomatic relations since 1980, and the president pulled the United States from an international agreement meant to check Iran’s nuclear weapon ambitions.

The Article is extracted from Al Arabiya English.

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