Increase your Islamic knowledge II

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Did you know that prophet Ibrahim (AS) is the first person to be clothed in youwmul Qiyaama, because of the incident that happened when he was thrown in the fire by his ppl, they threw him in naked.

Did you know that prophet Musa (AS) will be exempted from prostration in youmul Qiyaamah because he already did it in this world when Allah (SW) addressed him in mount Sinai

Did you know that the Jews are the most obstinate ppl in this world. When prophet Musa (AS) saved them from the hardships of Pharoah, they asked for a shade in the desert when they were travelling, Allah (SW) bestowed upon them a cloud that would follow them wherever they go to shade them, then they asked for food, Alah (SW) bestowed upon them with Manna (Sweeter than honey) and Salwa (a roasted bird), then they asked for drinks, prophet Musa (AS) was ordained the power to split a stone which gushed water from twelve springs for each tribe, then they asked for clothing, they were ordered to hit acertain tree, a ready made clothing descended from it. Then they said (Lan nasbira calaa dhacaamin waaxidin" they wanted a different variety of foods that earth produces, that is when they were tld to strive and produce their own food.

Did you know that Qaaruun was the richest man on earth, the keys of his stores were carried by the strongest men of that time, and those keys were not even made with iron, they were made with skin and hide. He was asked by prophet Musa (AS) to pay zakat, he was so miserly that when he counted how much he will pay for Zakat, he concocted a plan to get out of it. He paid for a prostitute to accuse prophet Musa (AS) of having carnal knowledge with her,but when prophet Musa (AS) confronted the woman and swore her on Allah (SW), she told the truth that Qaaruun paid her to do so.

Did you know that the saxaabi Sacad Ibn Abi Waqqaas (RA) was a tiny man in build and some of the saxaabah laughed at him one day as he was climbing a tree and his legs were exposed (they were so skinny) the prophet (SAW) said, why are you laughing at him, in youwmul qiyaamaha, those legs will be heavier than Jabal Uxud in the meezaan

Did you know the ppl of Madina saw Cumar Ibn Al-Khataab (RA) running in the markets of Madina in the middle of the day with heat soaring over maybe 130o, when asked what happened, he said a camel paid by someone for the beitul maal broke loose and he is trying to retrieve it. They asked if they could help and he replied, I will be the one asked in youmul qiyaamah.

Did you know that Omar Ibn Al-Khataab's wife asked him to but Xalwa for her, he said he doesn't have money, she said she saved some from the family expenses, he took the money and put it in the beytul maal, saying that the Muslims have more right than her in that money.

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The Majority of muslims do not live in the middle East. The most populous muslim country is Indonesia, the 4th largest country in the world with 184 million muslims

There are more muslims in India than the combined population of Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine and the whole of the Arabian Peninsula.

The following English words are borrowed from Arabic: Algebra, Zero, Cotton, Sofa, Rice, Candy, Safron, Balcony. And even 'alchohol' derives from Arabic : al-kuhl meaning powder. These are just a few mentioned here.

The first treatise on smallpox and measles was written by Abu Bakr alrazi (c.864-925,known to Europe as Rhazes). (Due to this) Inoculation agianst smallpox became a common practise in muslim lands. Despite this , Scientific text book credit the invention of a smallpox vaccine to Edward Jenner.(1749-1823).

Early Oxbridge students studied books written by muslims on mathematics, medicine, chemistry, optics and astronomy.

Adelard of Bath (a city in the UK) was a leading scholar of the middle ages. what made him famous was translating the word of muslim scientists from Arabic to latin!

The 1860 city records of Cardiff (UK) show a masjid in operation in a converted building at 2 Glynrhondda St. Yemani sea men on their trips between Aden (in Yemen) and Cardiff founded this masjid.

The first purpose built masjid is claimed to be in Woking (South of England) with money provided by the ruler of Bhopal, in India (the Shah Jehan masjid was built in 1889).

The Islamic calender is based on the phases of the moon, with it being approximately 11 days shorter than the 365 days of the year in the Julien calender. Hence, the dates of our festivals move through the year.

The grand doors of our prophets (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) masjid in Medina weigh 2 and half tonnes each! Enormous quantities of "sag wood" was gathered from all over the world and shipped to the united kingdom to be dryed in computerised furnaces (the traditional drying process would have taken many years!). Even then , it took 5 months to dry the wood! the wood was then shipped to Barcelona (Spain), Where the main body of the doors where made. And finally the French even paid their little part, as the brass ornamentation was carried out in the city of Roi (France). Next time you visit the holy masjid, keep this entire in mind!

The Zam Zam well came into existance at the time of prophets Ibrahim and Ismail (alayhum salam). It then "dissapeared" for nearly 26 centuries (2600 years) due to the certain events and was rediscovered and dug by the grandfather of our beloved prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam). The location of the well was revealed to him in a dream.

It was only in 1932 the Kiswah (cloth of the Ka'bah) was wholly made by Saudis (citizens of Saudi Arabia).

The roof top of our prophet's (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) masjid in Madina is designed to be strong enough to carry addtional floors in the future.

The black stone (as it is known), Cannot really be described in full, because the parts we touch with our hands and "Kiss" , are eight small pieces, the biggest of which is the size of a date.

Adam (alayhis salam) was 30 Ziraa tall. Ziraa is a measurement and one Ziraa is approximately half a metre.