Tintin's Congo book

Tintin's Congo book moved out of children's section in race row

Thursday July 12, 2007
The Guardian

'Hideous racial prejudice' ... the Commission for Racial Equality's verdict on Tintin in the Congo.

The adventures of Tintin in the Congo will be moved from the children's shelves in Borders bookstores across the country and placed in the adult graphic novels section after the book was criticised for having allegedly racist content.

The book, which includes a scene where Tintin is made chief of an African village because he is a "good white man" and a black woman bowing to Tintin saying: "White man very great ... white mister is big juju man!" was highly offensive, a spokeswoman from the commission said.

"This book contains imagery and words of hideous racial prejudice, where the 'savage natives' look like monkeys and talk like imbeciles," she said.

There ain't no such thing as bad publicity , it's obvious !

Recently , Tintin in Congo was a controversial matter since it displayed the natives as extremely stupid , people who worshiped him and his dog as Gods. While I'm against that , ever since The Commission for Racial Equality called the book "Hideous racial prejudice" , believe it or not , Tintin In Congo sales raised by 3800 % and slipped into No 8 in Amazon.com's to books !

Series 6 - 786

Series.6
"786" - Does it stand for 'Bismillahi Rahmaani Raheem'?

786 is the numerical representation of "Bismillahirrahamaanirraheem" has no religious or Islaamic significance.

The numerals 786 or any other numerals in no way represent 'Bismillaah al-Rahmaan al-Raheem' or other Surahs of the noble Qur'ân and is not the Sunnah either.

CAN NUMBER 786 REPLACE THE HOLY NAME OF ALLAAH?

Allaah say in Qur'ân "Verily, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'ân in order that you may understand" (12:2).

We are instructed to recite the Qur'an as can be seen from the following verses: So RECITE as much of the Qur'ân as may be easy (for you),..." (73:20).

Now would one recite the Qur'an if it is reduced to numbers? As an example, we shall reduce the Surah Fatihah to numerical figures for the benefit of the reader.

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem............................................... 787
Al-humdolillaahir rubbuaalamin............................................... 632
Ar-Rahmaan-ur-Raheem....................................................... …618

So can we instead of reciting the whole Surah Fatiha in our Salaah, will it be sufficient to recite some numbers say 2130 for it!!!

This old game of numbers was practised by the ancient Egyptians, as did many other civilisations. Islaam came to ELIMINATE ALL such superstitions, mysteries and numerological mumbo-jumbo. However, Muslims are still enslaved to the number game, and think that 786 represents BISMILLAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM.

Even Final Messenger Muhammad (pbuh) in his letters to different heads of states and governments, used the noble words at the top. Therefore, whosoever uses 786 with the intention to obtain Allaah's blessings, is a misguided person and any attempt to justify it, is ignorance.

Islaam's foundation is laid on the belief in Tawheed (oneness of God). If we associate anyone with Allaah's exalted names orally or practically, we would be committing an unpardonable sin. Did the Final Messenger (pbuh) and his companions respect the noble Words less than we do?

Series 5 - 99 names of Allaah

Series.5
99 names of Allaah

The Names of Allaah mentioned in the Qur'aan and Sunnah number over one hundred, as several scholars have agreed.
Among these names are 99 that will lead to paradise, Insha' Allaah.

The fact that there are 99 Names leading to paradise is authenticated in the following hadith, although it does not list which Names those are:
• Hadith - Sahih Muslim and Bukhari 8:419, Narrated Abu Huraira : Allaah has ninety-nine Names, i.e., one hundred minus one, and whoever 'ahsaha' [enumerates them, believes in them, ponders their meanings, worships Allaah by them and supplicates with them, and acts by them according to one's belief in them] will enter Paradise; and Allaah is Witr ("Odd", i.e. He is one, and it is an odd number) and loves 'the Witr' (i.e., odd numbers).

However:
Allaah (subhanahu wa ta`ala)'s names are not limited to 99, which is a common misconception. There are a couple of evidences, one is the du`aa where one calls upon Allaah by the names He (subhanahu wa ta`ala) has kept to Himself (obviously not taking these names since Allaah has not revealed them to us);

Points to be noted in this topic:

 Memorize the Names/Attributes of Allaah, subhana watala
 Do dhikr (remembrance of Allaah)
 For example, say "ya" ("Oh") before any of the above Names of Allaah, swt, i.e. say "Ya-Rahman" or "Ya-Raheem (if for Forgiveness) ; similarly call Allaah wit the name corresponding to your need
 Do not use what is marketed as "dhikr beads" (Urdu: Tasbeeh)... use your right hand and count on the inside joints, as our hands will be our witness on the day of judgement
 Meanwhile, modern day Sufi's exploit this list by offering mystical, unsupported advice for the use of each Name (i.e. "say this 100 times in a row over a glass of water, blow on it, and you are guaranteed success..."). There is no evidence whatsoever for such practice

Series 4 - FORBIDDEN NAMES

Series.4
FORBIDDEN NAMES

Naming is an important aspect in our lives and today in our zeal to keep new names we have lost the Sunnah of keeping the names preferred by our Final Messenger

The names which Allaah likes are Abdullah and Abdur Rahman

Below are a list of forbidden names:

• Abd means a Slave and we can only be a slave of Allaah and of nobody else. Similarly Gulam is the Urdu / Persian translation of Abd meaning a slave, hence names such as: 'Abdun-Nabee (slave of the Final Messenger), 'Abdur-Rasool (slave of the Messenger) and 'Abdul - Muttalib - and whatever is like these names are HARAM
• Just the same in meaning are Gulam Muhammad,‘Ghulaamun-Nabee’ and Ghulaamur-Rasool’, OR Gulam Hussain, Gulam Ali, etc are HARAM
• Abu Hurayrah reported that the Final Messenger of Allaah said, "The name most detested by Allaah is 'Malik Al-Amlak' ('King of Kings.')"
• Giving names which are meant to show servitude to Allaah (SWT) but not known to be from Allaah's (SWT) perfect names - like 'Abdul-Mawjood, Abdul-Maqsood and 'Abdus-Sattar and hence cannot be called lawful
• Names of Surahs of the Quran such as: TaHa, Yaseen and other names of Surahs. "The saying of the common people that Yaseen and TaHa are from the names of the Final Messenger (SAW) is not correct, there is no 'Sahih' Hadith about it. Rather they are letters like 'Alif Lam Meem', 'Ha Meem', 'Alif Lam Raa' and the like."

NOW WHAT DO WE DO IF WE HAVE A HARAM NAME:

It is among the Sunnah of our Final Messenger to change detestable and haram names to good ones, as we will be called by our names on the DAY OF JUDGEMENT (Imagine would you want to be called by a haram name on that day?)

 He (SAW) also said to a man, "What is your name?" So he replied: "Hazn." (Roughness). So he (SAW) said: "Rather you are Sahl (Smooth)." (Reported by Al-Bukhari & Abu Dawud)
 ‘Barrah (Pious Woman) to Zaynab (Reported by Muslim)
 The names Abdul-Ka'bah and Abdul-Uzzah were changed upon accepting Islaam