Netflix’s Farha and the importance of Muslim unity
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The disturbing reality of food waste and how Islamic teachings can help
An Islamic commentary of the Gospel of Mark – Part I
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Psychology of anger and Islamic teachings
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www.alhakam.org AL HAKAM | Friday 9 December 2022 | Issue CCXLVII Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre (ARC), 22 Deer Park Road, London, SW19 3TL, UK info@alhakam.org | ISSN 2754-7396
“Beloved Huzoor, how can we attain your love?”: Khuddam and atfal from Italy meet Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V On Sunday, 4 December 2022, 64 khuddam and atfal from Italy had the blessed opportunity to meet Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih Vaa in a virtual mulaqat. At the outset of the mulaqat, Huzooraa addressed Syed Aqeel Shah Sahib, Sadr Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya Italy and asked him where they were sitting. Sadr Sahib replied that they were seated in the Jamaat’s salat centre, located in San Pietro in Casale, Bologna. When Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa visited Italy in 2010, he delivered a Friday Sermon from this centre, named Baitul Tauheed, on 16 April 2010. This was the first time that the Friday Sermon was broadcast live from Italy. The mulaqat commenced with a recitation from the Holy Quran by Omer Amri Sahib, who recited Surah alMu’minun, chapter 23, verses 1-12. This was followed by its Italian translation, presented by Yamman Bin Shahid Sahib and its Urdu translation, presented by Timur Ahmad Sahib. Huzooraa then turned to Sadr Sahib once again and asked whether he was a murabbi, who had graduated from Jamia Ahmadiyya Germany and briefly asked about his family background. Huzooraa then asked him what the programme was. Sadr Sahib requested Huzoor’saa permission for khuddam and atfal to ask some questions. The first question was asked by a tifl named Sameer Ahmad, who asked when Huzooraa was going to visit Italy. Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa smiled and said, “Let’s see. Whenever Allah the Exalted takes me there!” The next question came from Timsil Ahmad, who wanted to know whether one could physically see angels. Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa replied, “Angels do not possess physical bodies. Whenever Allah the Exalted puts any good thoughts and intentions in your mind, he
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
Blessings of azan, the call to prayer
َ َ َ َ َََُْ َ ْ َ ّ ٰ َّ ّٰ ُ �ُ ��ﺎل ﻗﺎل َر َّ ُﺳﻮل ا��� ﺻﻠﻰ ا ﻗ،ﻋﻦ أ�ِ� ﻫﺮﻳﺮة ََ�ﻠ َ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َﺳﻠﻢ َّ َ َ ْ َ ُ ّ َ ُ ْ َ َّ َ َ ٌ ﺎن َو� َ ُ� ُﺣ َﺼ ُ اﻟﺸ ْﻴ َﻄ ِإذا أذن اﻟﻤﺆذِن أدﺑﺮ ﺎص Hazrat Abu Hurairahra narrates that the Allah’s Messengersa said: “When the muezzin calls to prayer, Satan runs back vehemently.” (Sahih Muslim, Kitab as-Salat, Hadith 389b)
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words
The greatness of travelling for the sake of God Almighty
does so through angels. Whenever you perform a good deed, you are prompted to do so by angels. Thus, angels cannot be observed [physically] like that. Of course, angels appear to prophets with revelation, as Hazrat Jibrailas descended upon the Holy Prophetsa as has been mentioned in the Holy Quran and upon other prophets. He would bring revelation and it is a different phenomenon that occurs with prophets. “As for other people, when someone appears to you in your dream and tells you something good, then that would be an angel. Or if pious thoughts come to your mind, then it means that Allah the Exalted has commanded you to do that through His angels.” Another question was asked by Basit Ahmad who was keen to know whether we would be able to hear Allah’s voice in the Hereafter like we hear people in this world. Huzooraa responded, “Yes, I hope so. If we are doing good deeds, then we can hear Allah’s voice.” While explaining the nature of that communication, Huzooraa further added, “It is all a metaphor. It is not necessary that you must hear Allah’s voice like you are
hearing [people’s voices] here, but there is a different type of atmosphere there. Allah knows better, how He will convey His message to us, and how He will talk to us in the Hereafter. Allah knows best. We don’t know.” The next question was asked by Naveedur-Rehman, who asked why we worshipped Allah and why He had created the world. Huzooraa answered by saying, “Allah the Exalted is the Master of the heavens and the earth. He does whatever He desires. “You feel free to take a sheet of paper, draw on it, make a boat or something else out of it or make a sketch of something on it. So, you do as you wish according to your faculties. “Allah is All-Powerful. He created the heavens and the earth in order to manifest His powers to the world. He then created the best of creations, namely humankind. He created you, so that you do good, pious deeds, put your intellect to use as well and then inform the world how Mighty Allah is. Although we humans are small creatures, he has given us so much intellect that we are able to perform huge tasks. We are able Continued on next page >>
As the Promised Messiahas began to write the book Masih Hindustan Mein (Jesus in India), in order to address the various demands of this book in terms of content, he deemed it appropriate to dispatch a few individuals from his community on a research expedition to Nasibain, whose task was to visit the relevant regions and look into the relics that are reported to exist there. He said the following in this context: “It is not an easy task to journey to faroff countries and foreign lands. Although it is true that travel has become more convenient in this day and age, who can know for certain whether they will return from the journey alive? It is not easy to leave behind small children, wives, other relatives and dear ones. These people are open-heartedly leaving behind their businesses and affairs unattended and in a state of danger to undertake this journey, which I believe is worthy of immense spiritual reward. Firstly, they will be worthy of a reward from God because they are setting out on this journey purely to manifest the greatness and Unity of God Almighty; secondly, they will receive a reward on account of the hardships and difficulties that they will have to bear during the course of this trip. Allah the Exalted does not waste a good deed performed by anyone: Continued on next page >>