SELECTED ISLAMIC CORRESPONDENCE: Correspondence from the Archive of Dr Umar Azam [May 1984 – May 2005]

 

MANCHESTER, UK

 

M a y   2005 

 

INTRODUCTION

I think that there was a need for a correspondence archive on my Website www.dr-umar-azam.com Several visitors informed me in e-mails that they did find the ‘Guestbook Archive’ section of the Site interesting. Whereas the ‘Guestbook Archive’ section is simply concerned with visitors’ reactions to the Site itself and my work on my Site, this section is more diverse, being concerned with topics as diverse as international politics, academic scholarship and marriage! My documented Islamic work has been ongoing from May 2004 to the present day [5 May 2005]. The selection in this paper has been chosen from within these years - if it is interesting, enjoyable or educational; a random and pragmatic approach such as this has meant that there is no chronological order. The items of correspondence are of varying length; obvious replies, or letters of origin, for reasons of economy of words, have been omitted. Correspondence both by British Royal Mail [the older letters] and by e-mail has been included. The selection was made from those pieces of correspondence near at hand, and not in the Archive of some University Library; there is a regret that even more interesting correspondence may have been selected if easily accessible but, having said that, this particular selection is no reserve or substitute, and is just as worthy of merit, if in the main fairly recent. At the risk of my work appearing garish, I have decided to use colour because this is what the majority of the visitors to my Site want [anyway, anyone who feels that the text is too bright may print out this work and read it on paper, rather than directly from the computer screen]!

 

CONTENTS 

 

E-MAIL NO   *   TOPIC

 

1.     FORCED OUT OF THE HOME FOR DECIDING TO CONVERT TO ISLAM.

2.     COMMENTS ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM

3.     A FINANCIAL MATTER

4.     WANTING TO SEND CHARITY

5.     CONGRATULATIONS FROM CHURAILS [LADY DEMONS]!

6.     FORNICATION

7.     EVIL DREAMS [NIGHTMARES]

8.     A BRIDEGROOM, LIONS AND SNAKES IN A DREAM

9.     ISLAMIC TAWEEZ [AMULETS]

10.   REQUEST FOR MATERIAL FROM WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM 

11.   TRANSLATING DREAMS IN ISLAM INTO INDONESIAN

12.   WHO EXACTLY WILL GO TO PARADISE?

13.   THE HOLY QURAN, AND A BOMB IN A BRIEFCASE IN A DREAM

14.   NAMING A CHILD

15.   PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM

16.   THE HOLY QURAN AND THE MOON IN A DREAM 

17.   STAYING ON THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

18.   ARTICLE ABOUT DR UMAR AZAM IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER

19.   PARENTS DISOWN SON FOR REVERTING TO ISLAM

20.   WANTING TO HEAR BEAUTIFU NAATS [ISLAMIC, DEVOTIONAL HYMNS] ON THE INTERNET

21.   ENLIGHTENING NON-MUSLIMS ABOUT ISLAM

22.   INJUSTICES TO THE PALESTINIANS

23.   FASTING AND THE NEED TO WAR A SCARF

24.   WHY IS FORNICATION NOT ALLOWED?

25.   THE NAME OF ALLAH IN ARABIC IN A DREAM

26.   READING QURANIC VERSES TO CELEBRATE A SEVENTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

27.   REQUIRING SPECIALIST ARABIC PUBLICATIONS

28.   BABEL-TRANSLATE FACILTY IN GERMAN ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM 

29.   REVERTING TO ISLAM

30.   MERIT OF THE PRAYER:  DAROOD TAJ 

31.   THE NEED TO REFRAIN FROM REVEALING NIGHTMARES

32.   BREAKING OFF AN ENGAGEMENT

33.   PRACTICISING MEDICINE

34.   COMMENTS ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM

35.   PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM

36.   NAMING A CHILD

37.   TEETH FALLING OUT IN A DREAM

38.   PATTERN OF THE AYATS [VERSES] OF THE HOLY QURAN

39.   LUCID DREAMING

40.   REQUEST FOR ISLAMIC BOOKS FROM GHANA

41.   MARKETING OF DREAMS IN ISLAM [NOW ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM ] 

42.   THE PROPHET IBRAHEEM [A.S.] WAS A MUSLIM, NOT A JEW

43.   THE HOLY KA'BA IN A DREAM

44.   CONTRIBUTION OF EARLY MUSLIMS TO SCIENCE, AND ISLAMIC MIRACLES.

45.   ARABIC TAWEEZ IN PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM

46.   SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT ON THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN

47.   COMPLIMENTS FROM A READER

48.   RELUCTANCE TO BETRAY PARENTS FOR THE SAKE OF LUST

49.   POSSIBLE INACCURACY IN THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS

50.   WANTING TALAQ [DIVORCE]

51.   PROBLEMS OF SENDING ISLAMIC BOOKS TO AFRICAN MUSLIM ORGANISATION

52.   REQUEST FOR ISLAMIC BOOKS FROM AFRICA

53.   THE FACE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] ON THE MOON IN A DREAM

54.   THINKING OF REVERTING TO ISLAM

55.   MARRYING AN AHMEDIYYA MAN

57.   CRUELTY TO THE PALESTINIANS

58.   THE HOLY QURAN, APPLES AND A GREENGROCER IN A DREAM

59.   INDEX ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM 

60.   REVERTING TO ISLAM IN THE PHILLIPINES

61.   PRAYERS IN ISLAM

62.   PRAYERS IN ISLAM

63.   A FAILED THESIS

64.   REGARDING THE PRAYER FOR A PALACE IN PARADISE

65.   THE POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF MUSLIMS TODAY

66.   REGARDING THE FATWA ON SALMAN RUSHDIE

67.   PRODUCING A HUMAN RIGHTS  MANUAL

68.   SPECIALIST FORUM FOR DISCUSSING PERSONAL DREAMS

69.   REPORTING FALSE DREAMS FOR DREAMS IN ISLAM

70.   JUMPING HIGHER THAN THE CLOUDS IN A DREAM

71 - 73    PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE

74.    MUSLIM LIFESTYLE IN UK/ARAB COUNTRY

75 - 80    DREAMS IN ISLAM

81 - 87     PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE

88 – 90    DR. AZAM’S INTERVIEWS ON BBC RADIO

91.    DREAMS IN ISLAM

92.    VISION OF PARADISE

93.     DREAMS IN ISLAM

94.    DONATION REQUEST FROM INDIAN MUSLIM WOMEN’S ORGANISATION

95.    OFFERING ARTICLE FOR WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM

96.    PROBLEMS OF MARRYING A HINDU GIRL

97.    PROBLEMS OF MARRYING AN AHMEDIYYA MAN

98 – 99     COMMENTS ON ISLAMIC TALK BY DR AZAM AT BURNLEY COLLEGE

100.   ERROR ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM

101.    A BOYFRIEND AT COLLEGE

102.    WANTING DOWNLOADS FROM WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM IN ZIP FORMAT

103.    KASHMIRI POLITICS

104.    PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE

105 – 106    HALAL INGREDIENTS IN FOODSTUFFS

107  - 108   CIRCULAR E-MAILS FOR PRAYERS IN ISLAM

109.            CIRCULAR REQUESTING ADEQUATE GUESTBOOK COMPLETION

110  - 120    PRAYERS IN ISLAM

121.       WANTING TO DO PH.D DEGREE IN ISLAMIC STUDIES

122.       WANTING ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE SEVEN HAIKELS IN PANJSURAH SHAREEF

127.      THE NEED TO KEEP GOOD DREAMS CONFIDENTIAL

128.       COMMENTS ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM

129.        A SWORD IN A DREAM

130.        COMMENTS ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM

131.         RUSHDIE’S SATANIC VERSES

132.         PALESTINE

133.        WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM USEFUL TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION

134.       DAROOD TAJ IN PANJSURAH SHAREEF

135.         DR AZAM THANKS MORRIS COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM FOR DIPLOMA

136– 137  CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING PUBLICATION OF VISION OF PARADISE

138.        HINDU-MUSLIM MARRIAGES             

[1]  FROM SANA, 17, STOKE-ON-TRENT, UK, TO DR AZAM IN 2003

SALAM, MUSLIM BROTHER.  JAZAK ALLAH KHAIR FOR YOUR WEB SITE ANDF MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU WITH HIS BLESSINGS FOR HAVING SUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION REGARDING ISLAM ON YOUR SITE.  I AM A NEW CONVERT TO ISLAM, QUITE A YOUNG ONE ACTUALLY.  I AM SEVENTEEN IN DECEMBER.  I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD POST ME AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE ON ISLAMIC TOPICS SUCH AS 'DREAMS' AND 'DUAS'.  I'VE LEFTHOME AND MY SITUATION IS AWFUL.  BUT I AM GRATEFUL TO ALLAH BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE IS SOMEONE WORSE IN A WORSE SITUATION THAN ME SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD. 

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO SANA IN 2003

MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU; HARDSHIPS ARE A TEST FROM ALLAH!  YOU'VE SEEN MY WEBSITE AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT ALL THE WORK CAN BE DOWNLOADED.  WOULD YOU LIKE OTHER BOOKLETS POSTED TO YOU BY ROYAL MAIL?  ALSO, PLEASE TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOURSELF. ALHAMDOLILLAH THAT YOU HAVE BECOME A BELIEVER.  BUT WHAT MADE YOU CONVERT?  WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO TO MAKE YOUR LIFE A SUCCESS DESPITE THESE OBSTACLES?  PLEASE REMEMBER THAT I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT YOU IF YOU COME ACROSS ANY DIFFICULTY OR PROBLEM REGARDING YOUR FAITH.

[2]  FROM ABDUL, 21, MANCHESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 16 MAY 2004

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM: DEAR RESPECTED DR SAHIB, MASHA’ALLAH, IT IS A WONDERFUL WEBSITE.  I’LL LEARN A LOT FROM YOUR WEBSITE.  IT’S GOT, MASHA’ALLAH, ALL THE TOPICS ANYONE CAN THINK OF.  I WISH I COULD MAKE A WEBSITE AS GOOD AS YOURS BUT I AM NOT VERY EDUCATED LIKE YOURSELF.  MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS TO MAKE IT A WONDERFUL WEBSITE.

REPLY FROM DR AZAM ON 18 MAY 2004

WA LAIKUM SALAM, ABDUL! I BELIEVE THAT MY EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE MUST ALWAYS BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE, IN THE SERVICE OF ISLAM!  WHEN I DO ZIKR [REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH], SOMETIMES I INTEND THAT EVERY ATOM OF MY BEING, MY EXISTENCE, IS IN THE SERVICE OF ALLAH MOST HIGH!  THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENT!  MAY ALLAH GIVE YOU GREAT SUCCESS IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT, AND MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU!  AMEEN!

[3]  FROM AWAIS, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, ON 15 SEPTEMBER 2003

DEAR SIR, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.  I AM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN GETTING A SUGGESTION ABOUT LOAN AND INTEREST MATTERS ACCORDING TO ISLAM.  MY FRIEND WANTS A LOAN FROM ME.  HE SAID HE WILL RETURN THE MONEY IN THREE YEARS.  HE IS TAKING THIS LOAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR FLATS ON HIS LAND FOR INVESTMENT.  HE SAID HE WILL REPAY ME AN EQUAL AMOUNT EACH MONTH OVER THREE YEARS.  APART FROM THIS MONTHLY REPAYMENT TO ME, HE IS ALSO OFFERING TO PAY PART OF THE RENT – WHEN HE STARTS GETTING THE RENT, ONCE THE FLATS ARE READY.  NOW IS THIS CONSIDERED AS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT OR IS IT CONSIDERED TO BE INTEREST?

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO AWAIS ON 16 SEPTEMBER 2003

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.  THE PART OF THE RENT WHICH YOUR FRIEND PROMISES TO GIVE YOU IS INVESTMENT, NOT INTEREST.  IF THE MONTHLY REPAYMENT HAD AN EXTRA AMOUNT ADDED TO IT [IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAYABLE OVER THREE YEARS EXCEEDS THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT IN ANY WAY], THAT WOULD BE INTEREST.  YOUR PORTION OF THE RENT PAYMENT RECEIVED IS PROFIT, NOT INTEREST.

[4]  FROM ZUBAYDAH, 35, DETROIT, USA ON 24 JULY 2003

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.  BLESS YOU, DR AZAM!  I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SITE.  MOST MUSLIMS DON’T TALK ABOUT DREAMS AS THEY THINK THEY ARE UNSCIENTIFIC.  I BELIEVE DREAMS ARE A LIVING LEGACY WHICH CONNECT ORDINARY PEOPLE TO ALLAH’S MERCY.  I HAVE BEEN A PART OF TABLIGH SINCE I WAS NINETEEN AND HAVE BEEN A MUSLIM ALL MY LIFE.  THIS IS A REALLY GREAT SITE ON ISLAM AND I HOPE THAT YOU GET 7,000,000 BLESSINGS FOR EACH SECOND THAT YOUR SITE IS ON THE WEB!  AMEEN.  I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE TO SEND CHARITY TO YOUR ORGANISATION SO YOU CAN PRAY FOR MY MOTHER WHO IS ILL.  IN THE ‘DREAMS OF REWARD IN PARADISE’ PAPER ON YOUR SITE YOU MENTION AN ADDRESS IN INDIA.  IS THERE ONE IN THE UK TOO WHERE I CAN SEND MY MONEY? 

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO ZUBAYDAH ON 24 JULY 2003

WA LAIKUM SALAM, ZUBAYDAH.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WONDERFUL, ENCOURAGING COMMENTS ON MY SITE.  IT IS THE VALUABLE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE SUCH AS YOU THAT IS SUCH A GREAT HELP TO ME IN MY INTENSIVE ISLAMIC WORK.  I REGRET TO HEAR OF YOUR MOTHER’S ILLNESS.  MY OWN PARENTS HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL MANY TIMES AND I KNOW WELL THE HEART-SINKING FEELING OF EXTREME STRESS AND WORRY THAT RESULTS.  THE ADDRESS I MENTIONED IN INDIA IS NOT MY ORGANISATION; IF FACT, I DO NOT HAVE AN ORGANISATION AS SUCH.  THOUGH I AM IN CONTACT WITH VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE COURSE OF MY WORK, I TEND TO WORK ON A SOLITARY BASIS. WHY DON’T YOU SEND THE MONEY TO INDIA WHERE IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED?  I WILL PRAY FOR YOUR MOTHER WITHOUT ANY FINANCIAL REIMBURSEMENT.  THE HOLY PEOPLE IN INDIA NEED FUNDS SO THAT THEY CAN FEED THE DESTITUTES, NEEDY ETC.

5]  FROM LADYCHURAILZ, 1 AUGUST 2003

CONGRATULATIONS.  [IN MY PAPER ‘DREAMS OF REWARD IN PARADISE’ –ON THIS SITE- I RELATE A DREAM IN WHICH I WAS GIVEN THE MESSAGE THAT IT IS BETTER TO SEE A HOURI [HEAVENLY MAIDEN] THAN A CHURAIL [LADY DEMON].  THIS MESSAGE IS A PRANK FROM SOME MUSLIM GIRLS PRETENDING TO BE CHURAILZ AND CONGRATULATING ME ON MY WEBSITE OR DREAMS!]

FROM DR AZAM TO LADYCHURAILZ ON 1 AUGUST 2003

THANK YOU FOR CONGRATULATING ME, LADYCHURAILZ!  HAVE YOU GOT ANY IN-DEPTH COMMENTS TO SUPPLY FOR MY WEBSITE? [THEY DID NOT REPLY, SO THEY MIGHT HAVE BECOME REALLY EVIL {THEIR TRUE NATURE!} AFTER READING MY RESPONSE!] 

[6]  FROM SONIA, 16, MANCHESTER, UK ON 14 MAY 2004 

I AM STUDYING MY ‘A’ LEVELS AT COLLEGE.  I DON’T WANT YOU TO THINK WRONG OF ME.   I HAVE MADE MANY MISTAKES BUT I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP.  I HAVE A BOYFRIEND WHOM I HAVE BEEN WITH FOR SOME TIME NOW.  I KNOW IT’S AGAINST ISLAM, BUT I REALLY LOVE HIM AND HOPE TO MARRY HIM SOON.  I AM TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE I HAVE ALSO BEEN HAVING DREAMS THAT MY DAD IS HOLDING A GUN TO MY HEAD BECAUSE OF SOMETHING I HAVE DONE, NOT ONCE, BUT A FEW TIMES NOW.  I BELIEVE THAT THERE MUST BE A STRONG LINK BETWEEN THESE DREAMS AND REALITY.  PLEASE CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR OPINION ON THIS AS IT WILL MEAN A LOT TO ME.  I SHALL WAIT FOR YOUR REPLY AND HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.  MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU.  KHUDA HAFIZ.

 

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO SONIA ON 15 MAY 2004 

 WA LAIKUM SALAM, SONIA.  I F I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE THE TYPE OF PERSON TO CHEAT IN EXAMS, YOU WOULD DENY IT AT ONCE!  YOU WOULD SAY THAT YOUR CHARACTER IS OF SUCH A HIGH AND HONEST STANDARD THAT IT WOULD NOT ALLOW YOU TO CHEAT!

 HOW, THEN CAN YOU CHEAT YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER?  BY HAVING A BOYFRIEND AND DOING THINGS WITH HIM, YOU BETRAY YOUR OWN PARENTS!  THEY TRUST YOU BUT YOU DO TERRIBLE THINGS OF WHICH THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE.  NOT TO MENTION THE ANGER OF ALLAH!  THIS IS WHY YOU ARE HAVING NIGHTMARES!

I HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU.  EITHER GET MARRIED TO YOUR ‘BOYFRIEND’ WITH YOUR PARENTS’ CONSENT [AND THERE SHOULD BE NO FURTHER PHYSICAL CONTACT UNTIL YOU TWO BECOME HUSBAND AND WIFE] OR WAIT FOR YOUR MARRIAGE UNTIL YOUR PARENTS ARRANGE IT.  YOU MUST REPENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR NOW.

[7]  FROM MOHAMMED OMAR ON 16 NOVEMBER 2003

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, MAULANA SAHIB!  I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT SOME DREAMS.  I GET THESE DREAMS WHERE I FEEL I’M ATTACKED BY JINNS.  I FEEL REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HEAVY, AND I CAN’T EVEN MOVE AND TRY TO ESCAPE!  PLEASE HELP ME!  WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?  CAN I RECITE SOMETHING BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP?  PLEASE REPLY BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!  

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO OMAR ON 17 NOVEMBER 2003

WA LAIKUM SALAM, OMAR.  READ THIS PRAYER TWENTY-ONE TIMES BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP:

[8]  FROM SHEBANA TO DR AZAM ON 3 DECEMBER 2003

I GENERALLY SEE MYSELF AS A BRIDEGROOM AND I SEE LIONS IN MY DREAMS AND SNAKES.

REPLY FROM DR AZAM T SHEBANA ON 4 DECEMBER 2004

YOU NEED TO GET THE BOOK ‘DREAMS AND INTERPRETATIONS’ BY IBN SIREEN.  FROM THE BOOK, A LION REPRESENTS ‘A POWERFUL AND STRONG ENEMY’ [p.48].  A SNAKE SYMBOLISES ‘A PERSON’S ARCH ENEMY.  THE GREATER THE SNAKE, THE GREATER THE ENEMY’ [p. 152].  MARRIAGE REPRESENTS ‘A CURE FROM ALL DISEASES AND AILMENTS’ [p. 170].

[9]  FROM SOMEONE ANONYMOUS [‘MR K’, HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL, UK] TO DR AZAM ON 3 MARCH 2004

BISMILLA HIRRAHMA NIRRAHEEM.  I READ MOST OF YOUR PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLET, AND MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU FOR IT.  BUT I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD THAT TAWEEZ IS NOT CONSIDERED GOOD BECAUSE IT ALONE IS NOT BENEFICIAL.  IS IT LIKE IN THE OLDEN DAYS WHEN PRIESTS USED TO SELL ‘CERTIFICATES TO PARADISE’.  YOU MUST READ THE QURAN AND HAVE FAITH IN ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY.  MERELY WEARING SOMETHING IS NOT GOING TO HELP YOU.  I AM NOT SURE OF THIS, THOUGH, SO COULD YOU PLEASE REPLY AS I AM CURIOUS [COULD YOU REFER TO SPECIFIC REFERENCES  TO THE QURAN OR OTHER HOLY TEXT?].  MAY ALLAH FORGIVE ALL MUSLIMS AND BELIEVERS.  PS. I’VE FILLED IN YOUR SURVEY FORM FOR ‘PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE’.  THE SCORE OUT OF 100 IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT ALLAH WILL GRANT YOU FOR YOUR BOOKLET, INSH’ALLAH.  ALHAMDOLILLAH!

REPLY FROM DR AZAM ON 4 MARCH 2004

TAWEEZ ARE COMPRISED OF VERSES FROM THE QURAN.  THE HOLY QURAN CANNOT BE A PARTNER TO ALLAH BECAUSE IT IS THE WORD OF ALLAH, SO THERE IS NO SHIRK.  THE HOLY QURAN DESCRIBES ITSELF AS ‘A MERCY AND HEALING TO THE BELIEVERS’.  WHICH SCHOOL ARE YOU AT, AND HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT MY WEBSITE? 

[10] FROM MUJTABA, CHICAGO, USA TO DR AZAM ON 26 FEBRUARY 2004

RESPECTED DR SAHIB, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA REHMAT ULLAH WA BARAKATUHU.  I FOUND YOUR BLESED SITE ON www.google.com AND YOU’VE POSTED EXCELLENT INFORMATION.  I STARTED A WEBSITE IN 1999 DEDICATED TO HAKEEM UL UMMAH MAULANA ASHRAF ALI SAHIB THANVI.  LATELY, www.thanvislam.cjb.net HAS BEEN VISITED BY MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.  I THANK ALLAH WHO LET ALL THESE BLESSED PEOPLE GLANCE AT MY SITE.  I WANT TO POST UP THE INFORMATION THAT YOUR SITE HAS AND LINK IT TO MY OWN SITE. 

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO MUJTABA ON 26 FEBRUARY 2004

WA LAIKUM SALAM, BR MUJTABA.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS ABOUT MY WEBSITE.  MANY, MANY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR OWN WEBSITE, AND I’M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT IT IS BEING SO WELL USED.  MY WEBSITE IS NOT A SITE THAT, IN ANY WAY, PROMOTES THANVI; ALL MY SOURCES ARE BASED ON THE HOLY QURAN AND AUTHENTIC HADITH.   HOWEVER, YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO POST UP THE INFORMATION THAT MY WEBSITE CONTAINS, AND LINK IT TO YOUR WEBSITE, AS LONG AS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT I HAVE GIVEN MY PERMISSION.  IN CASE OF ANY DOUBT, PLEASE PRINT OUT THIS E-MAIL OF MINE AS EVIDENCE OF HAVING CONTACTED ME.

[11]  FROM HADI SETYANO, 26, BANDUNG, INDONESIA TO DR AZAM ON 9 MAY 2004

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.  I REALLY LIKE READING AND LEARNING FROM THIS WEBSITE.  IT IS NEW TO ME.  I AM ACTUALLY INTENDING TO EXPLORE, AND STUDY, KNOWLEDGE OF DREAMS FROM AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE.  I HAVE PLANNED TO TRANSLATE YOUR STUDY DREAMS IN ISLAM IN INDONESIAN SO THAT I CAN DISTRIBUTE THIS EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE OF RELIGIOUS DREAMS, TO THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY, AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS, HERE IN INDONESIA.  I HOPE YOU CAN GIVE YOUR CONSENT AT hadi_st@yahoo.com WASSALAM

FROM DR AZAM TO HADI SETYANO ON 9 MAY 2004

WA LAIKUM SALAM, BR HADI.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON MY WEBSITE.  I THINK THAT YOUR IDEA TO TRANSLATE DREAMS IN ISLAM INTO INDONESIAN IS WONDERFUL.  YOU HAVE MY COMPLETE PERMISSION AND FULL BLESSINGS! [PLEASE PRINT OUT THIS E-MAIL AS EVIDENCE TO SHOW PRINTERS/PUBLISHERS etc. THAT YOU WILL NOT BE INFRINGING COPYRIGHT IF YOU ARRANGE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF DREAMS IN ISLAM IN THE INDONESIAN LANGUAGE.  I AM SURE THAT VERY MANY MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN INDONESIA CAN BENEFIT FROM SUCH A TRANSLATION!  I AM PLEASED TO LEARN THAT YOU ARE A STUDENT AT BANDUNG TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE; YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF THE TRANSLATION AND DISTRIBUTION YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE REQUIRED TECHNOLOGY!  PLEASE E-MAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, AND KEEP ME INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF THE TRANSLATION.

[12]  FROM HANNA, 14, LONDON, UK TO DR AZAM ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2003

HELLO.  MY NAME IS HANNA.  I AM FINDING YOUR WEBSITE VERY USEFUL.  THANK YOU.  BUT I CONFESS TO NOT ACTUALLY HAVING READ ALL THE MATERIAL ON YOUR WEBSITE.  I AM TAKING GCSE RELIGIOUS STUDIES AT SCHOOL BECAUSE OTHER RELIGIONS FASCINATE ME [I AM AGNOSTIC MYSELF].  I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU WERE IMPLYING THAT ALL NON-MUSLIMS GO TO HELL.  I WOULD HATE TO GET THE WRONG IMPRESSION, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK.  IS THIS WHAT YOU BELIEVE?  I HAVE A GREAT RESPECT FOR ALL RELIGIONS AND DON’T MEAN TO OFFEND YOU IN ANY WAY.  DO YOU THINK IF YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON ALL YOUR LIFE, BUT ARE AN ATHEIST, YOU WILL GO TO HELL?  ISN’T IT WHAT YOU DO RATHER THAN WHAT YOU THINK?  IF I WERE A BUDDHIST/CHRISTIAN/SIKH etc. AND LIVED A GOOD LIFE, WOULD I STILL BE PUNISHED FOR NOT BELIEVING IN ALLAH?  IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO ME ON THIS POINT, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL, AS I AM VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR REPLY.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO HANNA ON 3 OCTOBER 2003

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTION.  IN ISLAM, IT IS HELD THAT DISBELIEVERS, i.e. THOSE THAT DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD AND GOD’S MESSENGERS, INCLUDING THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] WILL DEFINITELY GO TO HELL.  HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE GOOD IN CHARACTER, THEN THEY WILL GET THE RECOMPENSE IN THIS WORLD, BUT NOT IN THE NEXT.  BUT BELIEVERS [MUSLIMS] ARE NOT ACTUALLY GUARANTEED PARADISE STRAIGHTAWAY.  UNLESS WE REPENT TO GOD, AND ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS, THERE WILL BE SEVERE PUNISHMENT IN HELL BEFORE ENTRY TO PARADISE.  YOU’RE WELCOME TO ASK ANYTHING ELSE YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND AT ANY TIME.

[13]  FROM LUBNA TO DR AZAM ON 8 NOVEMBER 2003

MASHA'ALLAH, I PRAY FIVE TIMES A DAY AND I ALSO RECITE THE QURAN EVERY DAY.I HAD A DREAM YESTERDAY.  IT WAS IN THE EARLY HOURS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.  COULD YOU PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME.  IN MY DREAM SOMEONE SENT ME A SPECIAL DELIVERY IN A BIG, BROWN ENVELOPE, ALONG WITH A BLACK BRIEFACE.  WHEN I OPENED THE ENVELOPE, THE FIRST FIVE SURAHS OF THE HOLY QURAN CAME OUT OF IT.  I WAS VERY HAPPY SINCE MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND SISTER ALREADY NEEDED THOSE FIVE SURAHS [WHICH I WAS GOING TO BUY FROM A SHOP].  I DECIDED TO GIVE THOSE SURAHS TO THEM; IN FACT I HAD BEEN SENT TWO COPIES OF THESE SURAHS IN THE SAME ENVELOPE.  BUT I WAS TOO FRIGHTENED TO OPEN THE BRIEFCASE.  SOMEHOW I KNEW THERE WAS AN ISLAMIC VIDEO IN IT.  BUT I ALSO GOT THE FEELING IT MIGHT BE A BOMB.  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 

FROM DR AZAM TO LUBNA ON 11 NOVEMBER 2003

SALAM, LUBNA.  READING THE VARIOUS SURAHS OF THE HOLY QURAN HAS INDIVIDUAL SIGNIFICANCE.  FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU DREAM OF READING THE SURAH FATIHA 'FULLY OR PARTIALLY, YOUR DUAS WILL ASSUREDLY BE ACCEPTED BY ALLAH, AND YOU WILL DERIVE SUCH BENEFIT THEREBY THAT IT WILL BRING YOU JOY AND HAPPINESS' [IBN SIREEN, p.173].  ALSO, 'LOOKING INTO THE HOLY QURAN AND RECITING IT DEPICTS ILM AND HIKMAT' [ie ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM].  IN GENERAL, RECITING THE HOLY QURAN SYMBOLISES TRUTH IN SPEECH AND CONDUCT.' [Ibid, p.51]  SO, CONGRATULATIONS, THIS DREAM IS CONVEYING THAT YOU WILL BE GIVEN RELIGIOUS ILLUMINATION BY SOMEONE FROM A DISTANCE [POST] AND THEN YOU WILL PASS ON THAT KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM TO YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER AND SISTER.  THE VIDEO AND BRIEFCASE REPRESENT KNOWLEDGE IN VARIOUS FORMS [AUDIO-VISUAL etc.].  WHEN YOU FEARED THAT THE BRIEFCASE MIGHT CONTAIN A BOMB, THAT COULD REFER TO THE POLITICAL STRUGGLES OF THE MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD TODAY: IN PALESTINE, KOSOVO, KASHMIR, IRAQ, CHECHNYA AND SO MANY OTHER PLACES. 

[14]  FROM ANONYMOUS MUSLIM LADY, USA TO DR AZAM IN SEPTEMBER 2003

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, DEAR BROTHER.  MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HOPING TO HAVE A FAMILY OF SEVEN CHILDREN IN THE FUTURE.  WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO CALL ONE OF THE BOYS [IF A SON IS BORN] ‘JACOB’ INSTEAD OF ‘YACUB’?

FROM DR AZAM TO MUSLIM LADY ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2003

WA LAIKUM SALAM, SISTER.  SORRY FOR THE DELAY – I GOT LOTS OF E-MAIL MESSAGES FROM BRITISH SCHOOLGIRLS WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADHAN FOR THEIR ASSIGNMENTS.  I’VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP THEM; STILL NOT FINISHED YET!  YES, IT WOULD BE INACCURATE TO REGISTER A SON’S NAME AS ‘JACOB’ INSTEAD OF ‘YACUB’ ON HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE.  IDENTITY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ISLAM.  ‘JACOB’ IS IDENTIFIED WITH CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM, BUT YOU CAN TELL THAT THE PERSON NAMED ‘YACUB’ WILL BE MUSLIM!  THERE SHOULD BE NO SENSE OF INFERIORITY IN ISLAM!  BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE – I HOPE YOU GET SEVEN BOYS [BUT SEVEN GIRLS WOULD BE WONDERFUL TOO!].

[15]  FROM NASEER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 2 APRIL 2003

 BISMILLA HIRRAHMA NIRRAHEEM. ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.  HOW ARE YOU?  I READ YOUR PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLET [NOW ON THIS SITE] IN THE MID-90’S AND, LAST NIGHT, ALLAH TA’LAH LED ME TO FIND YOUR WEBSITE ON THE NET, FOR WHICH I AM SO GRATEFUL, AS YOU HAVE ONCE MORE INSPIRED ME AS YOU DID ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.  I HAVE ONLY SEEN HALF OF YOUR SITE, OR LESS, AND IT IS SIMPLY OUTSTANDING, THOUGH THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE!  CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU CLASSIFY YOURSELF AS, i.e. AHLE-SUNNAT WAL JAMAAT, BREHLVI, DEOBANDI OR ANY OTHER, OR DO YOU NOT CLASS YOURSELF AT ALL?  ALSO, ARE YOU ATTACHED TO A SPIRITUAL ORDER, i.e. QADIRI, NAQSHBANDI OR ANY OTHER, OR ARE YOU NOT ATTACHED AT ALL?  I JUST WANT TO KNOW A BIT ABOUT YOU AS, AT THE MOMENT, I AM A BIT OF A FAN OF YOURS!  WASSALAM.

FROM DR AZAM TO NASEER ON 8 AUGUST 2003

WA LAIKUM SALAM, NASEER.  YOU E-MAILED ME ON 2 APRIL 2003.  PLEASE EXCUSE MY WRITING SO LATE, BUT A COMBINATION OF ILLNESS, VERY HARD WORK AND LAZINESS MEANT THAT I FORGOT ALL ABOUT YOUR COMMUNICATION.  I AM JUST A SUNNI MUSLIM, PLAIN AND SIMPLE, AND, OTHER THAN THAT, I DO NOT INTENTIONALLY LABEL MYSELF IN ANY SUB-CATEGORY.  MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH BLESS YOU FOR SAYING THAT, FIRST, MY PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE  BOOKLET IN THE MID-90’S ISPIRED YOU, AND NOW MY WEBSITE HAS DONE SO!  D’YOU KNOW, THAT PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE PROJECT, MASHA’ALLAH, TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS!  I THINK I RECEIVED MORE THAN 900 FAVOURABLE COMMENTS FROM READERS AND, EVEN TO THIS DAY, I AM RECEIVING THEM FOR THE INTERNET EDITION!  BEFORE THEY WERE MAINLY FROM THE NORTH-WEST, YORKSHIRE AND THE MIDLANDS AREAS OF THE UK BUT MANY ARE NOW FROM AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, PAKISTAN, USA, AFRICA AND EUROPE.

[16]  FROM NIDA TO DR AZAM ON 22 OCTOBER 2004

[This is a direct cut-and-paste of the original message]

salam, this is maria asking about my very first dream which i saw today night before sehri timings.....sir i saw that i m feeling sad b'coz i felt some pain on left side of my
chest[near 2 heart] all of a sudden i saw my two very nearest students[ i m a teacher by profession] said 2 me that plz miss come out n see what is out there in the terrace....... as i stepped out i saw 7 moons at the same time of different stages......i felt very happy 2 saw that thing n my pain was
also gone when i saw 7 moons at the same time......i was also telling my students that see these r 7 stages of moon Holy Quran has also 7 stages n today is the 7th of Ramzan.......n i was about 2 raise my hands for dua suddenly my eyes opened with the voice of azan........[tahajud's azan] i was
wearing white n green clothes..........[today it was 7th of ramzan n froday also]now plzzzzzzzz tell me about this dream than i'll be encouraged to write u more.............

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO NIDA ON 3 NOVEMBER 2004

WA LAIKUM SALAM, NIDA. I'M SORRY THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE 7 STAGES OF THE MOON IN IBN SIREEN'S BOOK.  HOWEVER, CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR DREAM SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT YOU WILL GET A GREAT DEAL OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE AND BECOME AN INTELLECTUAL [ALSO SYMBOLISED BY THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER IN THE DREAM AND IN THE COMPANY OF YOUR STUDENTS.]  THE MOON: GENERALLY THE MOON SYMBOLISES THE KING'S MINISTER OR ADVISER.  SOMETIMES IT SYMBOLISES A WOMAN OR A HANDSOME LAD.' [IBN SIREEN p. 53]  THE HOLY QURAN: ‘SEEING THE HOLY QURAN IN THE DREAM MEANS THAT THE PERSON WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM.  AND WRITING IT MEANS HE WILL ACQUIRE DEEN, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM AND MATERIAL WEALTH THROUGH WHICH HE WILL HELP OTHERS.' [IBN SIREEN, p. 168].  I RECOMMEND YOU TO TRY EVEN HARDER IN YOUR ACADEMIC INTERESTS!

[17] FROM ANWARUL AZIM, 18, OBERLIN COLLEGE, USA TO DR AZAM ON 17 OCTOBER 2003

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.  I HAVE JUST FOUND YOUR SITE AND I MUST SAY THAT IT HAS BECOME MY REFERENCE POINT FOR RELIGIOUS CONSOLEMENT AND THE NECESSARY RELIGIOUS SUPPORT FOR ME TO STAY ON THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.  I MUST STAY ON THE CORRECT PATH AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR OLD BANGLADESHI IN THE USA, FROM NEW YORK CITY, AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY, AT COLLEGE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.  BUT I KNOW I MUST NOT COMMIT ANY MAJOR SINS, AND EVEN TRY MY BEST TO OFFER SALAH FIVE TIMES A DAY.  I MUST SEEK REFUGE IN ALLAH TO GET THE STRENGTH TO DO GOOD, NOT EVIL.

FROM DR AZAM TO ANWARUL AZIM ON 17 OCTOBER 2003

WALAIKUM SALAM, ANWARUL.  IT IS NOT EASY FOR AN EIGHTEEN YEAR-OLD TO LIVE AWAY FROM ALL HIS RELATIVES IN A FARAWAY COUNTRY BUT YOU ARE COPING REALLY WELL!  YOUR PARENTS AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE RELYING ON YOU BEOMING HIGHLY-EDUCATED AND THE BEING IN PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT SO THAT YOU CAN ASSIST THE WHOLE FAMILY FINANCIALLY.  SURELY BY TURNING TO SIN AND EVIL YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO RUIN THEIR HOPES AND INVESTMENT IN YOUR FUTURE!  IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM, YOU CAN ALWAYS E-MAIL ME.  THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON MY SITE.

[18]  FROM DR RIZWAN MB. CH.B,  M.A., 30, MANCHESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 20 MAY 2004

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, DR UMAR.  MASHA’ALLAH, I’VE JUST HAD A LOOK AT YOUR WEBSITE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL THAT HAS GONE INTO IT!  I WAS ALSO VERY PROUD TO SEE THE ARTICLE ABOUT YOU, UNDER THE HEADING ‘DREAM DOCTOR’, IN ‘THE LEADER’ NEWSPAPER A FEW WEEKS AGO.  I HOPE THAT, INSHA’ALLAH, WE SHALL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTACT IN PERSON OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, VIA E-MAIL.  I WAS ACUTELY EMBARRASSED TO RUSH OFF SO SOON IN THE CAR WHEN WE LAST MET BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS LATE FOR A HOSPITAL APPOINTMENT!  I WAS TOUCHED BY YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT ME ON YOUR WEBSITE – I RECALL PAST TIMES FONDLY TOO AND I THINK WE MADE A GREAT ‘USTAAD-SHAAGIRDH’ [TEACHER-PUPIL] DOUBLE ACT, NO?  I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF MATERIAL INACCURACIES: I DID NINE GCSE’s, NOT TWELVE, AND FOUR A-LEVELS, NOT FIVE [I DIDN’T TAKE THE FIVE ON A WHIM FOR SOME SILLY REASON!].  INSHA’ALLAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU IN DUE COURSE, AND ONCE AGAIN I AM VERY PROUD OF THE SUCCESS YOU HAVE ACHIEVED IN PURSUING YOUR DREAMS.

FROM DR AZAM TO RIZWAN ON 21 MAY 2004

WA LAIKUM SALAM, DR ZIZWAN.  THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS ON MY SITE…YES, A GREAT DEAL OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THE SITE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.  I’M GLAD YOU SAW THE ARICLE ABOUT ME IN ‘THE LEADER’ NEWSPAPER; ACTUALLY, ANOTHER ARTICLE HAS ALSO APPEARED IN THE MAY 2004 ISSUE OF ‘ASIAN NEWS’ [SEE IF YOU CAN GET HOLD OF A COPY FROM SOMEWHERE!].  OF COURSE WE MADE A GREAT ‘USTAAD-SHAGIRDH’ DOUBLE ACT!  YOU HAVE BEEN MY MOST SUCCESSFUL-EVER PUPIL, GOING ON TO READ MEDICINE AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, SO I USE YOUR EXAMPLE TO INSPIRE OTHER, CURRENT, PUPILS – THE ‘MENTOR’ PRINCIPLE!  WE ARE BOTH VERY BUSY PEOPLE SO THAT’S WHY I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO MEET YOU OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS – AND, IN FACT, I FEEL GUILTY THAT I DIDN’T COME TO SEE YOUR NEW HOUSE ON KINGSWAY AFTER YOU INVITED ME [I DIDN’T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO COME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!].  BUT YOU’RE RIGHT!  WE SHOULD E-MAIL EACH OTHER AT THE VERY LEAST!  GIVE MY SALAM TO YOUR PARENTS.  MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU!  AMEEN! 
[19]  FROM SOHAEB, 26, KARACHI, PAKISTAN TO DR AZAM ON 22 JUNE 2004

SALAM.  I REALLY LIKE YOUR SITE.  I’M A NEW MUSLIM FROM ENGLAND BUT MY PARENTS HAVE LEFT ME JUST FOR ACCEPTING ISLAM.  I AM ALONE.  I WANT SINCERE FRIENDS WHO CAN TELL ME MORE ABOUT ISLAM AND HELP ME IN EVERY WAY.

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO SOHAEB ON 23 JUNE 2004

 WA LAIKUM SALAM.  THANK YOU FOR SIGNING MY GUESTBOOK.  I’M VERY SAD TO LEARN THAT YOUR PARENTS DISOWNED YOU FOR BECOMING A MUSLIM.  YOU CAN COUNT ME AS ONE OF YOUR SINCERE FRIENDS; WHENEVER YOU FEEL ALONE, OR HAVE A PROBLEM, FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT WITH ME!  MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU!  AMEEN!

[20]  FROM NASEEB, 13, MANCHESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 29 OCTOBER 2003

I WOULD LOVE TO DOWNLOAD BEAUTIFUL NAATS [RELIGIOUS SONGS] FROM THIS WEBSITE, SO PLEASE COULD YOU TRY FOR A BROTHER.

FROM DR AZAM TO NASEEB ON 29 OCTOBER 2004

A SITE OF NAATS ALREADY EXISTS.  PLEASE VISIT: 

www.naaterasool.tk  and also www.itsislam.net

[21]  FROM HINNA, 16, STOKE-ON-TRENT, UK TO DR AZAM ON 12 NOVEMBER 2003

SALAM, BROTHER.  I SAY THIS TO ALL THOSE WHO CREATE USEFUL WEBSITES ON ISLAM: YOU ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.  IT IS A QUICK AND EASY WAY OF SPREADING THE WORD OF GOD TO MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS ALIKE.  I AM DOING A PROJECT ON ISLAM, AND INDEED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER GOD EXISTS AT ALL [AGNOSTICISM], AND I FOUND MUCH ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT IS VERY USEFUL.  I AM A PRACTISING MUSLIM AND AM GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE BORN IN A FAMILY OF MUSLIMS.  I SOMETIMES WONDER THAT, HAD I BEEN BORN IN A KAFIR FAMILY, I MAY STILL HAVE BEEN IN IGNORANCE OF THE TRUTH.  I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A Q &A SECTION ON YOUR WEBSITE.  THERE ARE MANY MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS ALIKE WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE TRUTH OR WHO JUST NEED TO BE PUSHED A LITTLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.  IT IS EVERY MUSLIM’S DUTY TO SPREAD THE WORD OF ISLAM AND INSHA’ALLAH, ALLAH MOST HIGH WILL GIVE US ALL THE STRENGTH TO DO THIS.  MAY ALLAH PROTECT YOU AND GUIDE YOU BROTHER!

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO HINNA ON 14 NOVEMBER 2004

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON MY SITE AND I’M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU FOUND IT VERY USEFUL.  OF COURSE WE SHOULD THANK ALLAH MOST HIGH THAT WE ARE BORN AS MUSLIMS, AND THAT ALLAH HAS GUIDED US.  WE ARE BESET BY PROBLEMS BUT MUST ALWAYS STRIVE TO PLEASE ALLAH AND ATTAIN JANNAT [PARADISE].  A Q & A SECTION ON MY SITE IS NOT ESSENTIAL BECAUSE PEOPLE ALREADY ASK ME QUESTIONS THROUGH MY GUESTBOOK ANYWAY.  ALSO, MANY PROBLEMS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PASTING THEM ON A MESSAGE BOARD IS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE.  I HOPE TO COME ON TELEVISION IN THE FUTURE TO DISCUSS ISLAM TOPICS AND A Q & A SESSION ON TELEVISION WOULD BE MORE INTERESTING BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL BE FACE-TO-FACE IN THE STUDIO, AND THERE CAN BE A PHONE-IN FACILITY TOO.
[22]  FROM LORI, 28, CINCINNATI, USA TO DR AZAM ON 10 NOVEMBER 2003

MY NAME IS LORI AND I LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.  I REALLY ENJOYED READING THE ARTICLES ON YOUR WEBSITE.  IT IS GREAT TO READ THE THOUGHTS OF ONE WHO SHARES THE THOUGHTS OF MYSELF.  I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT YOU HAVE A SITE THAT SPEAKS THE TRUTH OF THE INJUSTICES BEING DONE TO THE PALESTINIANS.  I ONLY WISH THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL VISIT YOUR SITE AND READ THE CONTENTS WITH AN OPEN MIND.

 I HAVE MANY FRIENDS FROM PALESTINE AND HAVE CRIED MANY A NIGHT OVER THEIR STORIES.  I’LL NEVER FORGET THE NIGHT WHEN A FRIEND AND I WERE WATCHING A MOVIE.  IN A SCENE IN THE MOVIE, AN ELEPHANT WAS KILLED, AND OF COUSE I WAS UPSET.  I SAID TO MY FRIEND, ‘ISN’T THAT HORRIBLE?’  HIS REPLY WAS, ‘MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY DIE EVERY DAY!’  IT WAS A REALITY CHECK FOR ME.  IT MADE ME REALISE EXACTLY WHERE I WAS LIVING AND HOW I LIVE MYSELF.  I GREW UP IN THIS LAND WHERE NO-ONE WORRIES ABOUT ANYTHING, WHERE WE TAKE EVERYTHING FOR GRANTED.  I CAN NOT IMAGINE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GUNNED DOWN ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHERE THEIR HOMES ARE DESTROYED, AND CHILDREN ARE KILLED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.  MY HEART BLEEDS EVERY DAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE.  I WISH THERE WERE SOMETHING I COULD DO.  MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE TRAGIC SITUATION IN PALESTINE.

FROM DR AZAM TO LORI ON 12 NOVEMBER 2003

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, LORI, AND I CAN TELL FROM YOUR CORRESPONDENCE THAT YOU ARE A WARM-HEARTED, CARING PERSON.  UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT SAY THE SAME FOR THE JEWS IN THE HOLY LAND.  WITH THE SUPPORT OF AMERICA, THEY SEEM TO TAKE PLEASURE IN THE REPRESSION OF UNARMED PALESTINIANS.  I ALSO THINK THAT THE WAY THEY TREAT THE PALESTINIANS IS LITTLE DIFFERENT TO HOW THEY THEMSELVES WERE TREATED BY THE GERMAN NAZIS UP TO, AND DURING, THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

[23]  FROM KIRAN, 15, LUTON, UK TO DR AZAM ON 29 0CTOBER 2003

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT IF A WOMAN IS FASTING BUT DOES NOT HAVE HER HEAD SCARF IN FRONT OF A MAN STRANGER, IS HER FAST ACCEPTABLE?

FROM DR AZAM TO KIRAN ON 29 OCTOBER 2003

THAT’S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER!  IF THERE IS DOUBT, AND THERE IS IN THIS CASE [YOU ARE NOT SURE AND I’M NOT SURE] I’D SAY PLAY ON THE SAFE SIDE AND WEAR THE SCARF ESPECIALLY DURING THIS HOLY MONTH!

[24]  FROM IHTZAZ TO DR AZAM ON 2 JULY 2003

I NEED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION WHICH HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME AND KEPT ME THINKING.  IT’S SOMETHING I DON’T HAVE AN ANSWER TO.  WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS, ‘ARE WE [MUSLIMS] ALLOWED TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE?  IF NOT, THEN WHY NOT?  WHY IS IT WRONG TO BE IN LOVE BEFORE MARRIAGE?’  THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

FROM DR AZAM TO IHTZAZ ON 4 JULY 2003

NO, WE’RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A GIRL BEFORE MARRIAGE.  UNINTENTIONALLY FALLING IN LOVE IS NATURAL, BUT TO HAVE SEX, MARRIAGE IS ESSENTIAL.  FAILURE TO HEED THIS RULE WILL RESULT IN PUNISHMENT IN HELL [IT’S A MAJOR SIN].  MARRIAGE MAKES THE TWO BODIES ‘LAWFUL’ TO ONE ANOTHER THROUGH THE WORDS OF THE CREATOR, GOD MOST HIGH.  WITHOUT THE MARRIAGE SERMON, THE RELATIONSHIP IS DEVILISH.  PLEASE DO ASK ME AGAIN IF YOU NEED ME TO ELABORATE FURTHER [I DO’T WANT TO GIVE YOU A LECTURE AT THIS STAGE!].  THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME FOR HELP.

[25]  FROM SWEETROSEBUD TO DR AZAM ON 21 JULY 2003

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.  DEAR DR AZAM, WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOU DREAM OF THE NAME OF ALLAH IN ARABIC?

FROM DR AZAM TO SWEETROSEBUD ON 28 JULY 2003

WA LAIKUM SALAM.  ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO DIRECT ENTRY FOR YOUR QUESTION [‘SEEING THE NAME OF ALLAH IN ARABIC’] IN IBN SIREEN’S [R.A.] BOOK, THERE IS AN ENTRY FOR ‘TO SEE ALLAH IN SOMEONE’S HOUSE: THE OCCUPANTS OF SUCH A HOUSE WILL BE FAVOURED WITH PEACE, HAPPINESS AND ASSISTANCE’ [p. 143].

SO, CONGRATULATIONS!  YOUR PROBLEMS WILL, INSHA’ALLAH, COME TO AN END AND ALLAH WILL GIVE YOU, INSHA’ALLAH, THE GOOD OF THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER.  AMEEN!

[26]  FROM JAN LEYLAND TO DR AZAM ON 1 JULY 2003

I AM NOT SURE WHETHER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HELP ME, BUT THE REASON WHY I’M WRITING TO YOU IS TO ASK IF YOU KNOW OF ANY PHRASES OR VERSES IN ARABIC WHICH WILL BE APPROPRIATE FOR A PRIVATE CEREMONY.  MY HUSBAND AND I ARE CELEBRATING OUR SEVENTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.  TO MAKE IT SPECIAL WE HAVE ASKED SOMEONE TO READ SOMETHING OUT OF THE HOLY QURAN TO MAKE IT COMPLETE.  I CAN READ ARABIC BUT I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF WHAT I’M READING.  SO WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR, AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, IS THAT, ARE THERE ANY ROMANTIC VERSES OR SOMETHING THAT REFERS TO A COUPLE IN CELEBRATION OF LOVE THAT CAN BE READ OUT IN ARABIC?

REPLY FROM DR AZAM TO JAN LEYLAND ON 2 JULY 2003

DEAR JAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WRITING TO ME.  HAVE YOU SEEN THE ‘POETRY’ SECTION OF MY SITE www.dr-umar-azam.com YOU WILL FIND THERE A FEW BEAUTIFUL VERSES FROM THE HOLY QURAN RELATING TO ROMANTIC LOVE [REFERENCES TO THE HOLY QURAN HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, SO YOU CAN REFER BACK], AS WELL AS MY OWN ISLAMIC & LOVE POETRY.  IF YOU NEED MORE HELP EVEN AFTER THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  MANY, MANY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR SEVENTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.  MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH ALWAYS KEEP YOU BOTH CONTENT.  AMEEN!

[27]  FROM MUHAMMAD SALAM, 57, MARYLAND, USA TO DR AZAM ON 30 0CTOBER 2004

[This is a direct cut-and-paste of the original message]Ramadan Karim wa salaamu alaykum  Obviously you are well acquainted with the books of al-Buni & Jawahir al-Khamsa?  Can you provide a list of other such books and how to obtain them?  Also, your web pages that contain the Ta\'wiz are excellent but the problem is that the pictures are not clear.Would you kindly send them to me as attachments and make them larger so the are legible?  Also, this type of knowledge is very rare today and its difficult locating a true Master, what do you advise?  Wa salaam.

FROM DR AZAM TO MUHAMMAD SALAM ON 7 NOVEMBER 2004

WA LAIKUM SALAM.  THANKS FOR SIGNING MY GUESTBOOK.

 I'M AFRAID I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BOOKS YOU MENTION.  BUT I WOULD THINK THAT, TO PURCHASE THEM, YOU WOULD NEED TO WRITE TO, OR VISIT, THE SAUDI ARABIAN EMBASSY IN YOUR COUNTRY AND GET FROM THEM A LIST OF SPECIALIST PUBLISHERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.  YOU WOULD THEN CONTACT THESE PUBLISHERS DIRECTLY.  EVEN IF THE ARE NOT THEMSELVES THE PUBLISHERS OF THE BOOKS YOU MENTION, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHO IS.  THE TAWEEZ ON MY SITE HAVE BEEN SCANNED, SO I CANNOT ADJUST THEM.  THEY ARE THE ACTUAL SIZE AS IN THE BOOK, 'ROOHANI TAWEEZAAT', PUBLISHED BY SHABBIR BRS. OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN.  THESE SAME PUBLISHERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DIRECT YOU TO A 'TRUE MASTER'.  PLEASE CONTACT ME AGAIN IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION.

[28]  FROM CARMEN, GERMANY, TO DR AZAM ON 25 MAY 2003

ICH BIN ZWAR DEUTSCH ABER DIESE SEITE IST ECHT SUPER!  KANN ICH MEINE ENGLISCH KENNTNISSE AUF BESSERN!  ICH HOFFE IHR KONNT DAS VERSTEHEN WENN ICH IN DEUTSCH SCHREIBE.

FROM DR AZAM TO CARMEN ON 2 AUGUST 2003

[IN THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE, I AM INFORMING CARMEN THAT MY SITE CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN USING THE BABEL-FISH FACILITY]

DANKE FUR IHRE ANMERKUNG VON MAI 25 2003.  SIE FREUEN SICH, ZU ERFAHREN DASS MEIN AUFSTELLUNGSORT www.dr-umar-azam.com LASST JETZT DIE BABEL FISCHE SERVICE AUF DEM HOME PAGE UBERSETZEN.  KONNTEN SIE DAS MATERIAL AUF MEINEM AUFSTELLUNGSORT AUF DEUTSCH LESEN UND MEIN GUESTBOOK MIT IHREN AUSFUHRLICHEN ANMERKUNGEN DANN UNTERZEICHNEN?

[29]  FROM ABDUL REHMAN, 27, MUMBAI, INDIA TO DR AZAM ON 20 JULY 2003 

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.  DEAR, DR, I HAVE VISITED YOUR WEBSITE AND THINK THAT YOU HAVE DONE REALLY OUTSTANDING WORK.  IT’S ESPECIALLY VALUABLE FOR A NEWLY-REVERTED MUSLIM LIKE ME.  I REVERTED ONLY THREE MONTHS AGO.  I USED TO BE A CHRISTIAN.  I EMBRACED ISLAM ON THE 24 APRIL 2003.  DR, IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW OF MY JOURNEY TO ISLAM, THEN THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME AT rehmanabdul786@hotmail.com IT WILL BE MY PLEASURE TO INTERRACT WITH OTHERS.

FROM DR AZAM TO ABDUL REHMAN ON 28 JULY 2003

WA LAIKUM SALAM, BR ABDUL REHMAN.  MANY, MANY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CONVERSION!  YES, I WOULD OF COURSE LIKE TO FIND OUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR CONVERSION.  I AM THINKING OF COLLECTING NEW CASES OF REVERSION AND PUTTING THEM IN A SEPARATE SECTION OF MY SITE.  MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH GIVE YOU ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT!  AMEEN!

[30]  FROM NUMAAN TO DR AZAM ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2003

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.  I’VE READ YOUR DREAMS OF HONOURS AND FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING.  AT THE END OF THE PAPER YOU TALKED OF READING VARIOUS DUAS AND SURAHS OF THE HOLY QURAN:

 

9.  FROM PANSURAH SHAREEF, READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP:

 

SURAH YA SIN P.9/ SURAH AR-RAHMAN P.32/SURAH AL-FALAQ P.104/ SURAH AN-NAAS P.105/ SEVEN HAIKALS PP. 107-11/ SIX KEYS PP. 114-5/ DUA-E-AMN & DUA-E-WABA PP.116-7/ DUA GANJUL ARSH P.118/ DAROOD TAJ P.201

 

        REGARDING THE DAROOD TAJ, A FEW MONTHS AGO, ON THE INTERNET,  I READ FROM TWO SCHOLARS THAT WE SHOULD NOT READ THE DAROOD TAJ.  CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME IF WE SHOULD, OR SHOULD NOT, AND WHERE THIS PRAYER COMES FROM?  JAZAKALLAH KHAIR.

FROM DR AZAM TO NUMAAN ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2003