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[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 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!
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. 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:
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 WA LAIKUM SALAM, NUMAAN. ANY SCHOLAR WHO STOPS ANYONE FROM
BLESSING THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] IS A FRAUD, AND MISCHEVIOUS [MAYBE JEWS
POSING AS MUSLIM SCHOLARS; IT IS POSSIBLE ON THE INTERNET BECAUSE YOU DON’T SEE
PEOPLE FACE-TO-FACE IN MOST OF THE CASES!]. READING THE DAROOD
TAJ HAS TREMENDOUS REWARD, WHICH IS CONFIRMED IN HADITH AND, IN FACT, PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN ASKING ME TO TRY TO PUT THIS DUA DIRECTLY ON MY SITE, AS WELL AS
OTHERS LIKE DUA-E-GANJUL ARSH, BECAUSE OF THEIR TREMENDOUS VALUE. YOU
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHICH ‘SCHOLAR’ YOU LISTEN TO NOWADAYS. MY SITE HAS BEEN CHECKED BY MUSLIM
ORGANISATIONS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES, AND WON MORE THAN FIFTEEN AWARDS, SO IF YOU
ARE WONDERING WHETHER TO LISTEN TO ME OR ANYONE ELSE, YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO ME,
AS I’VE BEATEN MANY COMPETITORS, WHETHER THEY PROVIDE TRUE OR FALSE
INFORMATION! IF YOU NEED FURTHER HELP,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW. [31] FROM ANONYMOUS TO DR AZAM ON 7 AUGUST 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.
I ENCOUNTERED A TERRIBLE DREAM A WHILE AGO. I HAVE HAD MANY DREAMS IN MY LIFE WHICH I
HAVE MANAGED TO REMEMBER. I HAVE ALSO
HAD LOTS OF DREAMS AND THEN RESEARCHED THEM.
BUT I CANNOT FIND ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP ME WITH THIS TERRIBLE ONE THAT
I HAVE HAD. I KHANOW THAT YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO KEEP NIGHTMARES TO YOURSELF, BUT THERE WERE SOME RELIGIOUS ASPECTS
IN MY NASTY DREAM AND I NEED GUIDANCE. I
WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED AND SEE IF YOU CAN HELP. BUT IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU DON’T WISH TO KNOW,
THEN I WON’T MENTION IT. ALLAH KNOWS
BEST! FROM DR AZAM
TO ANONYMOUS ON 8 AUGUST 2003 WA LAIKUM SALAM.
I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUR NIGHTMARE WAS, BUT THE PROPHET
[PBUH] HAS SAID THAT ONE SHOULDN’T TELL A BAD DREAM TO ANYONE ELSE, BUT INSTEAD
HE/SHE SHOULD SEEK ALLAH’S REFUGE. IF YOU ARE
WORRIED, YOU SHOULD PRAY TO ALLAH AND TRY TO GET GUIDANCE FROM ALLAH MOST
HIGH! A GOOD DREAM WILL END YOUR WORRY
AND ALSO TELL YOU WHAT’S GOING ON. IF YOU READ MY ARTICLES PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE AND DREAMS OF REWARD IN PARADISE, THEY MAY HELP YOU! MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH BLESS YOU! [32] FROM HANAN TO DR AZAM ON 7 AUGUST 2003 SALAM, DR AZAM. I
WAS LOOKING THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE AND IT REALLY INTERESTED ME. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT MY DREAMS HAVE A
MEANING. I’M WONDERING IF YOU CAN HELP
ME INTERPRET TWO SIGNIFICANT DREAMS THAT I’VE HAD IN THE PAST. I JUST CAME OUT OF AN ENGAGEMENT ABOUT FOUR
MONTHS AGO AND SINCE THEN I KEEP DREAMING THAT WE RECONCILE. HOWEVER, IN ONE DREAM THAT STANDS OUT, I WAS
HUGGING MY EX-FIANCE IN THE DREAM, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR
AND I SAW THAT HIS FACE WAS A VERY UGLY FACE.
DOES THIS DREAM HAVE A MEANING OR IS THE SHAITAN TRYING TO CONFUSE ME?
BEFORE THIS SECOND DREAM, I READ THE DUA-E-ISTIKHARA AND THEN
WENT TO SLEEP. IN THIS DREAM [I HAD
THIS DREAM WHILE WE WERE STILL ENGAGED], I SAW MY FIANCE IN HIS OFFICE AND THERE
WAS A WOMAN NEXT TO HIM. SHE WAS VERY
BEAUTIFUL. I ASKED HIM WHO SHE WAS. HE REPLIED THAT SHE WAS A FRIEND IN WHOM HE
WAS ALSO VERY INTERESTED. I TOLD THE
GIRL TO LEAVE MY FIANCE’S OFFICE BUT MY FIANCE SHOUTED AT ME AND TOLD ME, NOT
THE GIRL, TO LEAVE THE OFFICE. I
REMEMBER FEELING ANGER AND SADNESS WHEN I WOKE UP. I FELT REALLY BAD. IS THIS DREAM RELATED TO THE ISTIKHARA I DID? FROM DR AZAM TO HANAN ON 8 AUGUST 2003 WA LAIKUM SALAM, HANAN. IN MY VIEW,
BOTH YOUR DREAMS ARE TELLING YOU THAT YOU DID THE RIGHT THING IN BREAKING OFF
YOUR ENGAGEMENT. ANY DREAM EXPERIENCED
AFTER THE ISTIKHARA DUA MUST BE CORRECT.
HE WILL BETRAY YOUR TRUST, SO HE IS NOT WORTHY OF BEING YOUR
HUSBAND! THIS DANGER OF BETRAYAL
OUTWEIGHS DREAMS THAT YOU WILL RECONCILE WITH HIM [THESE COULD BE DREAMS
RESULTING FROM WISHFUL THINKING; IE YOU WISH THINGS HAD WORKED OUT WITH
HIM]. I WOULD SAY, ‘FIND SOMEONE ELSE
BETTER!’ [33] FROM IMRAN,
24, RANCHI, INDIA TO DR AZAM ON 8 SEPTEMBER 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA RAHMATULLAHI WA BARAKATUHU. DEAR BROTHER, I SUDDENLY CAME TO KNOW OF YOUR
SITE. I HAVE NOT GONE ALL THROUGH
IT. I’VE ONLY READ YOUR ARTICLE ON
‘PALESTINE’. I REALLY FOUND YOUR ARTICLE
VERY CLOSE TO THE TRUTH. BY THE GRACE OF
ALLAH, I HAVE COMPLETED MY M.B. B.S. I
AM KEEN TO HELP IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY TO HELP OUR SUFFERING BROTHERS AND
SISTERS. I NEED YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND
GUIDANCE. FROM DR AZAM TO
IMRAN ON 9 AUGUST 2003 MANY, MANY CONGRATULATIONS ON ACHIEVING YOUR M.B.
B.S. MEDICAL QUALIFICATION. YES, I CAN GUIDE YOU: IT’S VERY
PAINFUL TO KNOW THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE GO BLIND NEEDLESSLY BECAUSE
OF CATARACTS. TO REMOVE CATARACTS COSTS
ABOUT £12 BUT THIS IS A SMALL FORTUNE FOR POOR PEOPLE IN MANY COUNTRIES OF THE
WORLD. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN START AN
ORGANISATION THAT GETS FUNDING FROM EG SAUDI ARABIA, THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI ETC.
AND THEN GIVES THE GIFT OF SIGHT TO THESE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE? [34] FROM ZARA, 19,
SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON TO DR AZAM ON 5
SEPTEMBER 2003 I AM VERY IMPRESSED BY YOUR CHOICE OF TOPICS ON YOUR
WEBSITE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS GET TO REALISE THE MORE SPIRITUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL
ASPECTS OF ISLAM. THE CONTENT OF YOUR
SITE IS VERY GOOD. THIS IS PROBABLY
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TARGETED THOSE SUBJECTS THAT YOU SEEM TO HAVE STUDIED AND
THEREFORE HAVE SOME LEVEL OF EXPERTISE IN. FROM DR AZAM TO ZARA ON 10 JUNE 2003 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT WHICH IS ONE OF THE
MOST ARTICULATE THAT I HAVE RECEIVED; THIS IS NOT SURPRISING AS YOU ARE A
STUDENT OF SOAS, A LONDON UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF SOME REPUTE! [35] FROM TANVEER,
29, WOLVERHAMPTON, UK TO DR AZAM ON 27 JULY 2003 SALAM, DR AZAM, I WONDER IF YOU REMEMBER ME. I WAS THE ONE WHO TYPED OUT YOUR WORK
‘PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE’ A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS WORKING AT THE SAHARA
CENTRE HERE IN WOLVERHAMPTON. FROM DR AZAM TO TANVEER ON 28 JULY 2003 WA LAIKUM SALAM, TANVEER.
YES, I STILL REMEMBER YOU, OF COURSE.
THE TYPING YOU DID HAS NOW BEEN SCANNED ON MY SITE WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM IT IS THE VERY
SAME ONE YOU DID FOR ME AT THE SAHARA CENTRE, WOLVERHAMPTON THREE YEARS
AGO! MANY PEOPLE HAVE USED IT ON MY SITE
AND, INSHA’ALLAH, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CALCULATE THE REWARD THAT ALLAH WILL
BESTOW UPON YOU FOR PROVIDING ME WITH AN ACCURATELY TYPED MASTER COPY WITHOUT
ANY CHARGES OF ANY KIND. [36] FROM AMINA TO DR AZAM ON 14 JULY 2003 DEAR BROTHER, I AM TRYING TO NAME MY NEWBORN SON. MY HUSBAND AND I REALLY LIKE THE ARABIC NAME
‘KADIN’. HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT SURE HOW IT
IS PRONOUNCED. IS THE ‘A’ PRONOUNCED AS
A LONG ‘A’ OR A SHORT ‘A’? FROM DR AZAM TO AMINA ON 15 JULY 2003 THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. I’M NOT AN EXPERT ON MUSLIM NAMES. CAN I SUGGEST THAT YOU HAVE A LOOK AT: www.muslim-names.co.uk FIRST LOOK AT
THE SITE. IF YOUR QUESTION IS NOT
ANSWERED BY THE LISTED NAMES, THEN PLEASE CONTACT THE SITE OWNERS WITH YOUR
QUESTION. MANY, MANY CONGRATULATIONS FROM
ME AND MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH BLESS YOU, YOUR HUSBAND AND NEWBORN BABY. [37] FROM SAYED FEROZ TO DR AZAM ON 22 DECEMBER 2003 SALAAMS, DOCTOR, YOUR SITE SEEMS TO BE AN INTERESTING
ONE. ALHAMDULILLAH, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS
WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A FELLOW MUSLIM AFTER I HAD ASKED HIM FOR THE INTERPRETATION
OF A DREAM. THE INFORMATION IS FOR A
SISTER IN ISLAM AND SHE ASKED ME TO GET IT INTERPRETED FOR HER. WITH HER PERMISSION, I AM COPYING THE DREAM
BIT OUT OF HER E-MAIL AND PASTING IT HERE: I CONSTANTLY HAVE THIS DREAM THAT I’M
RINSING MY MOUTH AND MY TEETH KEEP FALLING OUT---SMALL, TINY ONES---AND THEY
JUST KEEP FALLING---NOW I’VE HAD THIS SAME DREAM MORE THAN FIVE TIMES
ALREADY---NOT EVERY DAY OR EVERY WEEK---IT’S NOW AND AGAIN---AND IT BUGGED ME. YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED. FROM DR AZAM TO SAYED FEROZ ON 26 DECEMBER 2003 WA LAIKUM SALAM.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING MY HELP WITH THE DREAM INTERPRETATION. ACCORDING TO IBN SIREEN, ‘LOOSE TEETH’ MEAN
THAT ‘ONE OF THE DREAMER’S FAMILY MEMBERS WILL FALL ILL’ [p.63] ‘TEETH IN THE POCKET’: ‘POCKETING THE TEETH
OR WRAPPING THEM IN CLOTH OR KEEPING THEM IN THE HOUISE – ANY OF THESE IS A
HARBINGER OF A CHILD OR BROTHER OR A SISTER BEING BORN. IT MAY ALSO MEAN THE DREAMER’S DERIVING SOME
BENEFIT FROM ONE OF THESE RELATIVES [p. 93]. [38] FROM MASHUD HAQUE ON 25 APRIL 2004 DEAR DR UMAR AZAM, THERE ARE 114 SURAHS IN THE HOLY QURAN. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY AYATS THERE ARE IN EACH
SURAH AND WHAT THESE ADD UP TO? I HAVE
HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THERE ARE 6666 AYATS. HAVE YOU HEARD, OR SEEN, THIS NUMBER BEING
ATTRIBUTED TO THE HOLY QURAN? IF YOU
HAVE, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU CAN LET ME HAVE THE FULL REFERENCE – WHERE
HAVE YOU SEEN IT OR IN WHICH BOOK, WHAT PAGE?
WHEN WAS THE BOOK PUBLISHED AND WHAT IS NAME OF THE PUBLISHER? FROM DR AZAM
TO MASHUD HAQUE ON 26 APRIL 2004 DEAR
MASHUD HAQUE, PLEASE SEE THE GRAPH OF
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NAME OF ALLAH MOST HIGH IN ARABIC AND THE SURAHS
AND AYATS OF THE HOLY QURAN IN THE ASPECTS OF ISLAM SECTION OF MY WEBSITE www.dr-umar-azam.com [39] FROM ZAYNAB TO DR AZAM ON 31 MARCH 2004 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.
I’M WRITING TO ASK IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP ME FIND ANY ISLAMIC
INFORMATION REGARDING DREAM CONTROL, BY WHICH I MEAN WHEN A PERSON HAS A
DREAM AND THEN FROM WITHIN THE DREAM THEY ‘REALISE’ THAT THEY ARE
DREAMING. THEN, AS LONG AS THEY CAN KEEP
THIS REALISATION, THEY CAN CONTROL THE EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN THE DREAM. IT IS AS IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY AWAKE, ALTHOUGH
THEY ARE ABLE TO DO ‘DREAM THINGS’ SUCH AS FLYING. BY SEARCHING THE
INTERNET I HAVE FOUND SITES ON DREAM CONTROL, AND EVEN SOME EXPERIMENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN DONE ON INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MORE PRONE TO THESE LUCID DREAMS. HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT FOUND ANYTHING FROM AN
ISLAMIC POINT OF VIEW. FROM DR AZAM
TO ZAYNAB ON 1 APRIL 2004 WA LAIKUM SALAM, ZAYNAB.
I WOULD THINK THAT ISLAM DOES NOT ENCOURAGE LUCID DREAMING. BECAUSE IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF NORMAL DREAMING,
LUCID DREAMING –IN MY VIEW- IS A FORM OF ANXIETY NEUROSIS INSOFAR AS IT IS AN
ACTIVE SELECTION [SELECTED BY THE DREAMER] RATHER THAN A PASSIVE, ENTIRELY
NORMAL IMPOSITION BY ALLAH MOST HIGH.
I WOULD NOT THEREFORE RECOMMEND YOU TO PURSUE DREAMING FROM THIS ARTIFICIAL
ANGLE. IF YOU WISH TO DO EXTRAORDINARY, DELIGHTFUL
THINGS LIKE FLYING, POSSESSING WHATEVER YOU WISH ETC., THEN BE A RIGHTEOUS
PERSON AND WAIT FOR PARADISE, WHICH WILL BE AN ETERNAL, LUCID REALITY:
‘[AND IN PARADISE] WILL BE ALL THAT THEY ASK for AND ALL THAT THEY WISH’ [SURAH
YA SIN]. [40] FROM ABDUL KADIR ISHAK TO DR AZAM ON 24 JULY 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, DEAR BROTHER IN ISLAM. I HOPE THIS HUMBLE LETTER OF MINE FINDS YOU
IN GOOD HEALTH. I AM WRITING TO REQUEST
HOLY QURANS AND ISLAMIC BOOKS. I HOPE TO
HEAR FROM YOU SOON. ABDUL KADIR ISHAK,
PO BOX K J 653, KEJETIA-KUMASI, GHANA, WEST AFRICA. FROM DR AZAM
TO ABDUL KADIR ISHAK ON 29 JULY 2003 WA
LAIKUM SALA, BROTHER ABDUL KADIR ISHAK.
IT IS VERY KIND OF YOU TO ASK ME FOR HELP AND I’M PLEASED TO INFORM YOU
THAT I CAN REFER YOU TO AN IMPORTANT ORGANISATION. TO GET FREE COPIES OF THE HOLY QURAN
[TRANSLATED IN ALL LANGUAGES] AND FREE ISLAMIC BOOKS, PLEASE CONTACT: LOBNA
MOUSTAFA ELHAW, THE CONVEYING ISLAMIC MESSAGE SOCIETY, PO BOX 834, ALEXANDRIA,
EGYPT E-MAIL: cims@islamway.net [41] FROM AHMAD MUKHTAR, 70, HARPER COLLEGE, CHICAGO, USA TO DR AZAM ON
30 NOVEMBER 2003 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR BOOK DREAMS IN ISLAM. WRITE TO ME ABOUT ITS SUCCESS. AND SEND ME SOME FEEDBACK ON ITS MARKETING. FROM DR AZAM TO
AHMAD MUKHTAR ON 1 DECEMBER 2003 DREAMS
IN ISLAM WAS PUBLISHED ON 1 NOVEMBER 1992 BY DORRANCE PUBLISHING CO. INC. OF
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, USA. A
THOUSAND COPIES WERE PRINTED AND I HAD TO TAKE OUT AN INSTALMENT PLAN TO PAY
AROUND $15,000. IT DID NOT SELL WELL, AS
I WAS TOLD. MY CONTRACT WAS TERMINATED
JUST TWO YEARS LATER. BUT I DID SEE THE
BOOK BEING OPENLY MARKETED ON www.amazon.com ALSO, PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE UK
HAVE PURCHASED BRAND-NEW COPIES AS LATE AS THE YEAR 2000! WHENEVER I HAVE ASKED DORRANCE OR AMAZON OR
THE LIBRARIES THEMSELVES FOR AN EXPLANATION, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT NO FURTHER
COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED SINCE 1994! MY
FRIENDS BELIEVE THAT, ON THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE, I HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF MANY
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT THE VERY LEAST! [42] FROM ABDUL WAHAB, 20, MANCHESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 6
SEPTEMBER 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, BROTHER.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT YOUR WEBSITE IS GOOD AND MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU FOR
IT. BUT I NOTICED WHILE READING YOUR
ESSAY ON RUSHDIE THAT YOU SAID THAT RUSHDIE’S BOOK ‘SHOULD HAVE CAUSED PAIN TO
THE JEWS, FOR THE PROPHET IBRAHEEM [PBUH] WAS A JEW’. IN ISLAM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE PROPHET
IBRAHEEM [PBUH] WAS A MUSLIM, NOT A JEW.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU WROTE IT BY MISTAKE [ALLAH HOO ALIM]. FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE OFFENDED YOU IN ANY WAY
BUT IT’S EVERY MUSLIM’S DUTY TO POINT OUT IF ANOTHER MUSLIM IS WRONG. JAZAKALLAH KHAIRUN. FROM DR AZAM
TO ABDUL WAHAB ON 8 SEPTEMBER 2003 WA
LAIKUM SALA, ABDUL. THANK YOU FOR THE
POINT THAT YOU MAKE. THE PROPHET
IBRAHEEM [PBUH] WAS A JEW IN THE ‘FAMILY TREE’, LINEAGE, SENSE RATHER THAN THAT
OF ‘ROOHANI IMAN’! [43] FROM NADIA TO DR AZAM ON 28 JULY 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, DR AZAM. I SAW THE HOLY KA’BA IN A DREAM. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? FROM DR AZAM TO
NADIA ON 29 JULY 2003 I
HAVE THE BOOK DREAMS AND INTERPRETATIONS BY IBN SIREEN [R.A.] AT
HOME, AND HAVE SEARCHED FOR THE ENTRY: ‘VIEWING THE KA’BA’ FOR YOU: ‘THE MERE
VIEWING OF THE KA’BA IN ONE’S DREAM MEANS THAT THE OBSERVER OF THE DREAM WILL
ENJOY LASTING DIGNITY, EXALTEDNESS AND VICTORY.
FOR THE KA’BA IS AN OBJECT OF DESIRE FOR ALL WHO HAVE HOPE’. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, ALLAH MUST LIKE YOU –
YOU ARE A PIOUS AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON! [44] FROM SANA RAHIM TO DR AZAM
ON 28 FEBRUARY 2004 I AM A STUDENT AND I AM CURRENTLY DOING A PIECE OF
COURSEWORK ON ISLAM AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN SCIENCE. I WAS WONDERING IF
THERE WAS ANYTHING YOU COULD HELP ME WITH, ESPECIALLY THE TREES IN BONN. I HAVE ALREADY USED SOME OF YOUR WORK FROM
YOUR SITE AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THANK YOU. FROM DR AZAM TO
SANA RAHIM ON 1 MARCH 2003 IT’S
GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND THANKS VERY MUCH FOR SIGNING MY GUESTBOOK. IF YOU HAVE FOUND THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ISLAMIC
MIRACLES IN THE ‘ASPECTS OF ISLAM’ SECTION ON MY SITE VALUABLE, WHY DON’T YOU
ALSO HAVE A LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: www.geocities.com/islamimiracles/islamic_miracles1.htm
FOR YOUR COURSEWORK, YOUR TEACHERS PROBABLY EXPECT YOU TO
PRESENT INFORMATION SUCH AS THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE ARAB MUSLIMS WHO INVENTED
THE ARABIC NUMERALS [OBVIOUSLY!], THE FIGURE ‘0’ IN PARTICULAR BEING A
NEW INVENTION. THE EARLY ARABS WERE ALSO
PROMINENT IN THE FIELDS OF ‘MEDICINE’ AND ‘ASTRONOMY’. THE FOLLOWING TWO SITES WILL GIVE MORE
PARTICULARS: www.muslimworld.co.uk/hy/mechanism.htm
[45] FROM MOHAMMED, 27, VANCOUVER, CANADA TO DR AZAM ON 10
JULY 2004 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE INFORMATION PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE ON YOUR SITE.
BUT THERE WAS ONE PROBLEM: THE TAWEEZ FOR DIFFERENT REMEDIES THAT WERE
ON THE LATTER PAGES WERE ILLEGIBLE: THE ARABIC VERSES WERE TOO SMALL. PLEASE SEND ME A READABLE [BIGGER AND
CLEARER] COPY. THANK YOU. FROM DR AZAM
TO MOHAMMED ON 12 JULY 2004 THANK
YOU FOR YOUR POSITIVE COMMENTS ON PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE. THE TAWEEZ THAT I HAVE PUT ON ARE THE ACTUAL
SIZE FROM THE BOOK ROOHANI TAWEEZAT, PUBLISHED BY SHABBIR BROTHERS,
LAHORE, PAKISTAN. SO, PLEASE, EITHER: A]
BUY THIS BOOK FROM ANY MAJOR BOOKSHOP IN CANADA [IF IT ISN’T IN STOCK, IT CAN
BE IMPORTED]; THEN PHOTOCOPY AND ENLARGE THE TAWEEZ OR B] PRINT THE TAWEEZ
DIRECTLY FROM MY SITE AND THEN PHOTOCOPY AND ENLARGE THOSE THAT ARE
REQUIRED. [46] FROM VICTORIA, 16, COLCHESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 13
OCTOBER 2003 DEAR DR AZAM, OUR R.E. TEACHER GAVE US YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS BECAUSE WE ARE
DOING AN ASSIGNMENT ON THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN, AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO GIVE US HELPFUL INFORMATION. FROM DR AZAM TO VICTORIA ON 15
OCTOBER 2003 DEAR VICTORIA, IF
YOU WISH TO RECEIVE QUITE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT, I CAN REFER
YOU TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/pillars/fasting/tajuddin/fast_1.html YOU CAN ALSO
REQUEST THE FOLLOWING FREE BOOKLET: SAUM –
FASTING by Dr Jamal A. Badawi, Islamic
Dawah Centre International, Freepost MID21845, Ward End, Birmingham B8 1BR Tel. 0121 326 9598 E-mail: info@idci.co.uk Website: www.idci.co.uk [47] FROM SYED MUHAMMAD ALI, 42, KOHAT, PAKISTAN TO DR AZAM ON 11
NOVEMBER 2003 WE MUST PUT
CORE EFFORT TO UNITE THE NUSLIM UMMAH, SOMETHING THAT EVEN THE HOLY PROPHET
[PBUH] USED TO GET WORRIED ABOUT. SIR,
YOU ARE RENDERING GREAT SERVICES TO ISLAM.
KEEP IT UP. MAY GOD BLESS YOU
WITH MORE STRENGTH AND A LONG LIFE. THANKS AND ALLAH HAFIZ. FROM DR AZAM TO
SYED MUHAMMAD ALI ON 15 NOVEMBER 2004 THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VERY INSPIRING COMMENTS.
IT IS THE WONDERFUL, ENCOURAGING WORDS OF BROTHER AND SISTER MUSLIMS OF
NOBLE CHARACTER, LIKE YOURSELF, THAT HELP TO MOTIVATE ME AND GLADDEN MY
HEART. THIS RESULTS IN ALLAH MOST HIGH
ALLOWING ME TO MAKE EVEN MORE PROGRESS IN GOOD DEEDS FOR THE CAUSE OF OUR RELIGION. MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH BLESS YOU! [48] FROM NADIA, BIRMINGHAM, UK TO DR AZAM ON 20 JULY 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. IT’S BEEN A LONG
TIME SINCE I WROTE TO YOU AND I DON’T KNOW IF YOU STILL REMEMBER ME. YOU SENT ME YOUR BOOK DREAMS IN ISLAM
AND YOUR BOOKLET ‘PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE’ IN THE PAST. THE REASON FOR MY WRITING TO YOU IS THAT I AM
IN SO MUCH DISTRESS. I’M MADLY IN LOVE A
CERTAIN MAN BUT MY PARENTS WON’T LET ME MARRY HIM. THEY JUST WON’T LISTEN TO ME. I DON’T WANT TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND MY FAMILY VALUES AND HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THEM. I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANY MORE. I HOPE ALLAH SUBHANAHOO WA TA’LA FORGIVES ME
FOR MY SINS. PLEASE WILL YOU HELP
ME. CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME SORT OF TAWEEZ
OR SOMETHING. PLEASE HELP ME. FROM DR AZAM TO
NADIA ON 26 JULY 2003 I AM VERY SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR PROBLEMS. LIFE IS A SHORT JOURNEY. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF LIFE. DEATH CAN STRIKE AT ANY TIME. THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US NOT TO DO
ANY MAJOR SINS. IT IS NO USE DOING WHAT
YOU WANT WITHOUT THINKING OF THE RESULTS.
WHY REBEL AGAINST PARENTS, GET THEIR CURSES AND SUFFER HELL-FIRE FOR
MILLIONS OF YEARS? IF YOUR PARENTS ARE
HAPPY WITH YOU, ALLAH MOST HIGH IS HAPPY WITH YOU. I WOULDN’T MAKE MY FAMILY CROSS WITH ME FOR
ANYTHING! IF YOU NEED A TAWEEZ, LOG ONTO MY SITE WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM , CLICK ON PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE AND DOWNLOAD WHICHEVER TAWEEZ YOU REQUIRE. YOU CAN ALWAYS E-MAIL ME FOR HELP AT ANY TIME. [49] FROM RYM TO DR AZAM ON 28 NOVEMBER 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.
I TRULY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT YOU EXERTED IN CREATING YOUR WEBSITE. IT PLEASES ME TO SEE MUSLIMS LIKE YOU WHO
TRULY CARE TO LIVE THEIR LIFE FOR ISLAM.
HOWEVER, I NOTICED
THAT YOU HAVE GREATLY EMPHASISED THE NOTION OF ‘DREAMS’. TO BE HONEST, I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
THAT. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO SAY WHY AND YOU
ARE FREE TO TAKE WHAT I SAY INTO CONSIDERATION OR NOT, FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU
ALREADY KNOW, THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF DREAMS.
THERE ARE ONES THAT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF STRENUOUSLY THINKING OF A
CERTAIN ISSUE AND THUS THE PERSON DREAMT OF IT, BUT IT HAS NO SIGNIFICANT
MEANING. OTHERS ARE ACTUAL REVELATIONS
FROM ALLAH AND, WHEN INTERPRETED, REVEAL A TRUE MESSAGE. FOR SOME, IT IS DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN THESE TWO, SO INTERPRETATION SHOULD NOT BE ENCOURAGED. ONE CANNOT BE SURE IF THEIR DREAM IS FROM
ALLAH OR SATAN OR THE RESULT OF SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE.
NEVERTHELESS, LET US SAY THAT SOMEONE IS CERTAIN THAT THE DREAM IS FROM ALLAH
AND CARRIES WITH IT SIGNIFICANT MEANING.
THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] KNEW HOW TO ACCURATELY INTERPRET
DREAMS. NOWADAYS WE CANNOT BE SURE
WHETHER THE INTERPRETATIONS ARE ACCURATE OR NOT. LET US EXAMINE THE IDEA ITSELF OF INTERPRETING
DREAMS. THE BASIC IDEA OF INTERPRETATION
IS TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE DREAM INDICATES SOMETHING POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. IT IS A WAY TO QUENCH ONE’S DESIRE IN
SATISFYING THEIR CURIOUS MINDS WITH SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE. WE CAN HAVE PREDICTIONS OF THE FUTURE, BUT NO
MATTER WHAT WE CAN NEVER BE SURE BECAUSE ONLY ALLAH KNOWS. THUS, DREAM INTERPRETATION IS NOT ALWAYS
ACCURATE AND SHOULD NOT BE ENCOURAGED.
PERSONALLY, IF I HAVE A GOOD DREAM I SIMPLY THANK ALLAH AND PRAY FOR THE
BEST. IF I HAVE A BAD ONE I SIMPLY ASK
ALLAH TO PROTECT ME FROM ALL THAT IS EVIL. IN ADDITION, WHAT
WORRIES ME IS THAT INTERPRETING DREAMS NOWADAYS OBSESSES MANY MUSLIMS. AS SOON AS THEY HAVE A DREAM, THEY PLUBGE
INTO BOOKS THAT CLAIM TO INTERPRET THEIR DREAM AND EXPLAIN ANY SYMBOLISM. ONCE THEY GRASP A MEANING OF THEIR DREAM,
THEY EITHER BECOME WORRIED BECAUSE IT INDICATES SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN, OR
HAPPY IF IT IS A GOOD ONE. THEY LIVE
THEIR LIVES ACCORDING TO WHAT THEIR DREAMS PROMISE THEM. IT CERTAINLY REMINDS ME OF HOW PEOPLE BEHAVE
WHEN READING THEIR HOROSCOPE. AS YOU CAN SEE, I DON’T ENCOURAGE
INTERPRETING DREAMS FOR THE RESONS MENTIONED ABOVE. DEAR DR UMAR,
INSHA’ALLAH I HAVE MADE MYSELF CLEAR. I
USED TO BE INTERESTED IN DREAM INTERPRETATION BUT NOT ANY MORE. SOME INTERPRETATIONS ARE INVALID. ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE ACCEPT WHAT I HAVE SAID
WITH AN OPEN MIND. I’M AWARE THAT YOU
HAVE STUDIED ABOUT DREAMS AND TO HAVE SOMEBODY [ME!] OPPOSING THE INTERPRETATION
OF DREAMS COULD BE DISTURBING. I’M JUST
A HUMBLE SERVANT OF ALLAH DOING MY DUTY IN SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT I THINK IS NOT
SUITABLE. FROM DR AZAM TO
RYM ON 29 NOVEMBER 2003 WA
LAIKUM SALAM, RYM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
KIND COMMENTS ABOUT MY WEBSITE AND YOUR OPINIONS ON ‘DREAMS’. WITHOUT SOUNDING CRUEL, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHAT
YOU THINK OF DREAMS IS YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
I CANNOT TAKE WHAT YOU SAY SERIOUSLY; TO TAKE YOUR VIEWS SERIOUSLY, I
WOULD NEED TO KNOW OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, ACADEMIC RANK ETC. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE A PROFESSOR AT A
LEADING UNIVERSITY, MAKING YOUR REMARKS AFTER 20 YEARS OF STUDY, BACKING YOUR
REMARKS WITH EDUCATIONAL FACTS, I’D BE CONCERNED. BUT WHO ARE YOU? WHAT RESEARCH HAVE YOU DONE? FROM RYM TO DR
AZAM ON 29 NOVEMBER 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, DR AZAM. THANK YOU FOR REPLYING BUT I WAS A BIT
SURPRISED BY YOUR TONE OF WRITING. I DO
NOT CLAIM THAT I’M RIGHT, BUT I WANT TO QUESTION THINGS AND REACH THE
TRUTH. I DON’T HAVE A PH.D, I’M NOT A
PROFESSOR, BUT DOES THAT MEAN THAT MY VOICE SHOULDN’T BE HEARD? IS IT ONLY PROFESSORS WHO CAN THINK, ANALYZE
AND REACH CONCLUSIONS? I ONLY SPOKE
AFTER THINKING ABOUT THE ISSUE AND FROM OBSERVING THE PHENOMENON IN
SOCIETY. I’D BE MORE THAN GLAD TO HEAR
YOUR POINT OF VIEW. SO WHAT ARE THE
POINTS THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH FROM WHAT I MENTIONED IN MY PREVIOUS E-MAIL? WE
CANNOT TURN OUR BACK ON THE FACT THAT DREAM INTERPRETATION IS MISUSED AND
MISUNDERSTOOD BY MANY MUSLIMS NOWADAYS. OH, AND I
GUESS YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM. WELL,
I’M A NINETEEN YEAR-OLD FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENT MAJORING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND
LITERATURE, LIVING IN A MUSLIM, ARAB COUNTRY. BY THE WAY, I READ YOUR
ISLAMIC ARCHIVAL WORK PAPER AND, INSHA’ALLAH, I’LL TRY MY BEST TO START ON MY
OWN ISLAMIC ARCHIVE. THANKS FOR THE
IDEA. FROM DR AZAM TO
RYM ON 1 DECEMBER 2003 WA LAIKUM SALAM, RYM.
GLAD TO LEARN THAT YOU’RE ABOUT HALF MY AGE AND WERE MERELY EXPRESSING
AN OPINION. BEFORE WE CAN ENGAGE IN A
DISCUSSION ON THE POSSIBLE MISUNDERSTANDING OF DREAMS, YOU NEED TO READ [NOT
JUST SKIM OR SCAN WITH THE EYE] MY WORK DREAMS IN ISLAM ON MY SITE WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM I’M PLEASED TO LEARN THAT
YOU’RE HOPING TO BUILD UP YOUR OWN ISLAMIC ARCHIVE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
THE TALENT TO BUILD UP A VALUABLE ONE. [50] FROM MAZEEDA NAZIR, AUSTRALIA TO DR AZAM ON 29 OCTOBER
2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. MY HUSBAND IS A
HYPOCRITE AND HE WILL NOT GIVE ME TALAAQ. I HAVE NOT FOUND AN IMAM IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO
WILL GRANT KHUL, AS THEY ALL SAY THAT I SHOULD STAY WITH HIM. I AM NOT ABLE TO FUNCTION AS A MOTHER TO OUR
SON IF I REMAIN WITH HIM, AS HE IS VERY ABUSIVE TOWARDS BOTH OF US, AS WELL AS
MISINTERPRETING THINGS WHICH ARE IN THE QURAN AND HADITH. ARE THERE NOT SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR ME TO
HAVE MY KHUL IF MY HUSBAND HAS A HYPOCRITICAL APPROACH TO ISLAM? I CAN UNDERSTAND HIS TREATMENT TOWARDS ME
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IN A BACKGROUND WHERE MEN DO NOT
SHOW RESPECT TO ANY FEMALES, NOT EVEN TO THEIR OWN MOTHERS. BUT IT IS HURTING ME THAT MY HUSBAND HAS THIS
HORRIFIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS ISLAM, AND I DO NOT WANT OUR CHILD TO BE BROUGHT UP
TO BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHICHEVER PARTS OF THE
QURAN OR HADITH SERVE YOUR WORLDLY PURPOSE.
I HAVE EXPLAINED THIS TO SEVERAL IMAMS BUT THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH OUR
SON’S WELFARE IF HIS FATHER IS NOT AROUND. SHOULDN’T THEY BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
ISLAMIC ENVIRONMENT HE IS BEING BROUGHT UP IN?
PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS.
JAZAKALLAH. DISTRESSED SISTER. FROM DR AZAM TO MAZEEDA NAZIR ON 28 OCTOBER 2003 * I’M FULL OF SORROW TO HEAR OF YOUR MARITAL PROBLEMS BUT WE
ALL HAVE OUR SERIOUS PROBLEMS; THE WHOLE WORLD IS FULL OF PROBLEMS [AS WELL AS
HAPPINESS]. FOR EXAMPLE, I GET QUITE A
FEW E-MAILS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONVERTED TO ISLAM BUT THEN BEEN DISOWNED BY
THEIR FAMILIES; IN ONE CASE, THE GIRL WAS ONLY SIXTEEN YEARS OLD! ALLAH MOST HIGH GIVES US THESE PROBLEMS TO
TEST OUR PATIENCE AND FAITH. IF WE
SUCCEED, WE CANNOT IMAGINE THE EXTENT OF WONDERFUL REWARD THAT WE WILL RECEIVE
IN JANNAT, AND EVEN IN THIS WORLD! I
WOULD SAY THAT YOU SHOULD TRY BEING NICE TO YOUR HUSBAND; I’M NOT SAYING BE
WEAK. BE FIRM, BUT NICE. HE OUGHT TO CHANGE HIS APPROACH TOWARDS YOU.
[51] FROM admin@central-mosque.com
TO DR AZAM ON 5 OCTOBER 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. WE INITIATED AN ACTION TO SEND SOME BOOKS AND
ISLAMIC LITERATURE TO GHANA, WEST AFRICA AS A RESULT OF YOUR LETTER DATED 17
MARCH 2003, ADDRESSED TO ‘WORDS OF WISDOM’. A LARGE BORDER OF 3100 BOOKS
IS SITTING IN INDIA, WAITING TO BE SHIPPED.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE RUN INTO DIFFICULTY WITH THE ORGANISATION THAT YOU
REQUESTED. WE NEED A VALID ‘PHONE NUMBER TO CONFIRM THE LEGITIMACY OF
THIS ORGANISATION. I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU
THE WHOLE SITUATION BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME.
FOR THE SAKE OF BREVITY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON’T MIND: A] HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW
THEM? B] HOW DID THEY CONTACT YOU? C] DO YOU HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS TO VERIFY THEIR
AUTHENTICITY IN GHANA? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. FROM DR AZAM TO admin@central-mosque.com ON 6
OCTOBER 2004 WA LAIKUM
SALAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
E-MAIL. I’M VERY PLEASED TO LEARN THAT
THE ISLAMIC ORGANISATION IN AFRICA MAY BENEFIT FROM THE SHIPMENT OF 1300
BOOKS. I ASKED ‘WORDS OF WISDOM’ FOR
HELP BECAUSE I WAS RECEIVING REQUESTS FOR ISLAMIC LITERATURE FROM THE
ORGANISATION AND, IN FACT, I RECEIVED A LETTER BY AIR MAIL TOO! BECAUSE
THE REQUESTS CAME AROUND MARCH OF THIS YEAR, I’LL NEED TO SEARCH THROUGH MY
RECORDS AND GET THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE ORGANISATION CONCERNED AFTER
INFORMING THEM THAT I’VE HEARD FROM YOU.
I WAS CONTACTED AFTER THE STAFF SAW MY WEBSITE WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM I HAVE
TO SAY THAT, SINCE I’M BASED IN THE UK, I DO NOT KNOW THE ORGANISATION AS SUCH
AND HAVE NO CONNECTIONS TO VERIFY THEIR AUTHENTICITY. AS I UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION, ONE OF THE TWO
CORRESSPONDENTS IS AN USTAD IN ARABIC/ISLAMIC STUDIES, A TEACHER/TUTOR
IN CHARGE OF HIS OWN SMALL-SCALE ORGANISATION AND MY ESTIMATE IS THAT HE WOULD
REQUIRE ABOUT 100-200 BOOKS AT MOST.
BUT, IF YOU HAVE SO MANY BOOKS TO GIVE, THERE MUST BE MANY INFLUENTIAL
ORGANISATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH OF NIGERIA, WHO WOULD EFFECTIVELY
DISTRIBUTE THE ENORMOUS QUANTITY YOU MENTION! FROM admin@central-mosque.com
TO DR AZAM ON 6 OCTOBER 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, DR AZAM. I HAVE
RECEIVED A NEW ‘PHONE NUMBER FROM USTAZ QAASIM…TRIED IT MULTIPLE TIMES BUT THE
LINE IS VERY BAD. I HAVE ALSO FOUND THE COPY OF THE ENVELOPE AND OTHER
CORRESPONDENCE THAT YOU HAD SENT US.
JAZAKULLAH KHAIRUN.I WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER.
MEANWHILE, DO YOU KNOW THE OWNER OF ‘WORDS OF WISDOM’? FROM DR AZAM TO admin@central-mosque.com ON 7
OCTOBER 2003 WA LAIKUM SALAM, BROTHER. THANKS FOR YOUR
INFORMATION. I HOPE YOU GET CONNECTED ON
THE ‘PHONE TO THE USTAD IN GHANA AND TELL HIM PERSONALLY THAT THE
REQUESTED BOOKS WILL ARRIVE. I’M AFRAID I DON’T KNOW THE OWNER OF ‘WORDS
OF WISDOM’ BOOKSHOP. JAZAKALLAH KHAIR FOR YOUR EFFORTS. [52] FROM DR UMAR AZAM TO LOBNA MOUSTAFA
ELHAW, THE CONVEYING ISLAMIC MESSAGE SOCIETY, PO BOX 834, ALEXANDRIA,
EGYPT E-MAIL: cims@islamway.net ON 1 AUGUST 2003 SALAAM, LOBNA. TWO PEOPLE ASKED ME TO SEND THEM THE BOOKS
YOU ARE DISTRIBUTING FREE. THEY ARE: 1. USTAZ QASSIM
FAROUK, CENTRE FOR CALLING STUDIES, PO BOX AH 8832, AHENSAN KUMASI, GHANA, WEST
AFRICA kassim20033@hotmail.com 2. ABDUL KADIR
ISHAK, PO BOX KJ 653, GHANA, WEST AFRICA HAVE THEY CONTACTED YOU YET? MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH BLESS YOU MANIFOLD FOR
YOUR EXPENDITURE AND NOBLE INTENTION TO SUPPLY THE HOLY QURAN AND OTHER
RELIGIOUS BOOKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIGIOUS ENLIGHTENMENT. [53] FROM AMINA KAZI, DARWEN,
UK TO DR AZAM ON 9 OCTOBER 2003 DR AZAM, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. TRULY
YOUR WEBSITE IS BRILLIANT, ESPECIALLY THE 'ASPECTS
OF ISLAM' SECTION. I HAVE TWO DREAMS TO TELL
YOU. MY FIRST DREAM WAS A NIGHTMARE.........I HAD THE SECOND DREAM
AFTER ISHA SALAT. IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND EVER
SINCE. I DREAMT THAT I WAS LOOKING OUT OF MY WINDOW AND WHAT I COULD SEE
WAS A HUGE, ROUND, SHINING MOON. IN MY HEART, I FELT AN INTENSE
EXCITEMENT AS I LOOKED MORE CLOSELY AT THE MOON: I COULD SEE THE LEFT SIDE OF
THE HOLY PROPHET'S [PBUH] FACE AS
AN IMAGE ON THE MOON! I THEN RAN DOWNSTAIRS, SCREAMING IN EXCITEMENT,
'MUM, DAD, WAKE UP! QUICK! YOU'RE GOING TO MISS IT! OUR PROPHET'S
[PBUH] FACE IS ON THE MOON! HURRY OR YOU'LL MISS IT! IT'S EVEN
[MENTIONED] IN THE NEWSPAPERS!' WHEN I WOKE UP, I FELT EXTREMELY BLESSED,
AND I STILL WONDER AND RECALL THAT DREAM REGULARLY! FROM DR AZAM TO AMINA ON 9 OCTOBER 2003 REGARDING YOUR FIRST DREAM, THE HOLY PROPHET
[PBUH] HAS SAID THAT YOU MUSN'T TELL YOUR NIGHTMARES TO OTHERS, BUT MUST PRAY
TO ALLAH FOR REFUGE FROM EVIL [SEE MY BOOK 'DREAMS IN ISLAM' ON MY WEBSITE]. THE SECOND DREAM, MASHA'ALLAH, IS
WONDERFUL! THE DREAM IS, I THINK TELLING YOU THAT YOU WILL ACQUIRE
KNOWLEDGE OF ISLAM AND THEN GAIN EMINENCE OVER OTHERS.
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE A RIGHTEOUS PERSON AND, INSHA'ALLAH, YOUR
KISMET [DESTINY] WILL BE FAVOURABLE. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU! AMEEN! [54] FROM SARA CARUANA, MALTA,
TO DR AZAM ON 30 JULY 2003 MY PARENTS ARE FROM MALTA. WE
ARE NOT MUSLIMS. I MYSELF HAVE A VERY KEEN INTEREST IN THE RELIGION OF
ISLAM. WE HAVE LIVED IN A MUSLIM COMMUNITY ALL OUR LIVES, SO I HAVE A
GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THEM. YOUR SITE WAS QUITE USEFUL. I HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING DREAMS OF MY FUTURE. THEY CAN BE QUITE SCARY AT TIMES BUT I
THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING. I HAVE DREAMS ABOUT ISLAM AND
MOSQUES. I BELIEVE THEY ARE SIGNS OF MY INTEREST IN ISLAM. MAYBE I
AM HEADING TOWARDS THE RIGHT PATH? I HOPE SO. I AM VERY
BLESSED TO HAVE A MUSLIM SUCH AS YOURSELF WHO CAN EASILY BE CONTACTED ON THE
WEB AND WHO TEACHES ME WHAT HE KNOWS THROUGH THE WEBSITE. FROM DR AZAM TO SARA ON 30 JULY 2003 OF COURSE, I BELIEVE THAT, IF
YOU ARE HAVING THESE 'HOLY' DREAMS, IT IS, INSHA'ALLAH, A MESSAGE THAT YOU WILL
REVERT TO ISLAM. PLEASE SEE MY LETTER TO NON-MUSLIMS ON MY
WEBSITE. THOUSANDS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, OF NON-MUSLIMS ALL
OVERR THE WORLD REVERT TO ISLAM EVERY YEAR, SO DON'T FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AT THE
THOUGHT [PEOPLE OFTEN CONTACT ME TO ASK WHICH ISLAMIC NAME TO CHOOSE
ETC.]. YOUR DREAMS ARE SOMEWHAT SCARY BECAUSE, IF YOU ARE NOT GUIDED, THE ETERNAL ETERNITY
IN HELL IS DAUNTING. I'M VERY PLEASED TO LEARN THAT YOU FIND MY PRESENCE
ON THE WEB COMFORTING TO YOU AT THIS TIME. YOU CAN ALWAYS RELY ON ME FOR
ADVICE, GUIDANCE ETC. PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH. MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH
GUIDE YOU TO THE RIGHT PATH AND BLESS YOU! AMEEN! [55] FROM KUNWAL AHSON TO DR AZAM
ON 24 FEBRUARY 2004 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, SIR. I AM A 28
YEAR-OLD SUNNI MUSLIM GIRL AND DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH AN AHMADI MAN. WE ARE
BOTH DEEPLY IN LOVE AND WANT TO GET MARRIED. PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER THIS
MARRIAGE IS POSSIBLE, AS THERE ARE MANY FATWAS AGAINST AHMADDIS. BUT I HAVE
FOUND HIM, AND HIS FAMILY, VERY NICE AND RELIGIOUS OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS. HE HAS PERFORMED THE HAJJ, AND ALSO OFFERS NAMAZ AND DOES WHATEVER
ALLAH AND THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] HAVE COMMANDED. AHMADDIS STRONGLY
BELIEVE IN THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] , BUT THEY ALSO CONSIDER MIRZA GHULAM AHMED
AS A NABI [PROPHET], THEY SAY. THEY BELIEVE THAT MIRZA ONLY SPREAD WHAT
THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] SAID AND THAT MIRZA DIDN'T PREACH ANYTHING FROM
HIMSELF. ANYWAY, IT'S A DEBATEABLE ISSUE. I ONLY WANT TO ASK, IS
THERE ANY HOPE IN SAVING TWO LIVES? I HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE A PURE
MUSLIM. HE ALSO SAYS THAT I CAN STICK TO MY OWN SECT IF WE GET MARRIED,
AS THERE IS NO JABBER [COMPULSION]
FROM HIM AT ALL FOR ME TO CONVERT TO AHMADDI. SIR, I AM UNABLE TO
GET MARRIED TO ANYONE ELSE AS WE LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH. ALSO, MY FRIEND
GOT MARRIED WITH A SO-CALLED SUNNI MUSLIM MAN WHO LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES
AND, DO YOU KNOW, THAT MAN DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE PEHLA KALIMA, NOR DOES HE READ
THE HOLY QURAN [ASTAGHFIRULLAH]. I HAVE SEEN MANY CASES LIKE THIS OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE ONLY MUSLIM BY NAME, NOT THROUGH AMAL. BUT NOBODY IS AGAINST
MARRIAGES INVOLVING PEOPLE OF THIS KIND BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT UNDER ANY
FATWAS. BUT, IN OUR CASE, THE MAN IS A PURE MUSLIM BY AMAL, AS GOOD A
HUSBAND AS ONE COULD WISH TO HAVE, BUT THERE ARE FATWAS THAT CAN SEPARATE
US. WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE IS THAT? SIR, MY QUESTION CAN BE SO LONG
IF I GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS BUT I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO READ
IT ALL. ALSO, I EXPECT THAT YOU'LL HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION FROM WHAT
I'VE TOLD YOU SO FAR. SIR, PLEASE GIVE US SOME HOPE! I DON'T WANT
TO GO AGAINST ALLAH TALA'S ORDER, BUT I WISH THIS MARRIAGE COULD BE SOMEHOW
POSSIBLE! PLEASE HELP US, WE WILL ALWAYS PRAY FOR YOU! FROM
DR AZAM TO KUNWAL ON 25 FEBRUARY 2004 WA
LAIKUM SALAM, KUNWAL. IF I GIVE YOU THE WRONG ADVICE, I'LL GET IN TROUBLE
FROM ALLAH ALMIGHTY. THE TRUTH IS THAT THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] IS THE
FINAL PROPHET BUT AHMADIYYAS DO NOT BELIEVE THIS, EVEN IF THE SAY THEY
DO. THE MOST YOU CAN LIVE IN THIS WORLD IS A LITTLE OVER 100
YEARS. WOULD YOU EXCHANGE THE HAPPINESS OF A FEW YEARS ON EARTH WITH ALL
ETERNITY IN PARADISE? ALLAH MAY BE TESTING YOUR FAITH AND YOUR
RESOLVE. ASK THIS MAN TO BECOME A SUNNI AND THEN MARRY HIM. ANY
SUNNI WOMAN WHO MARRIES AN UNBELIEVER BECOMES AN UNBELIEVER. ANYWAY, IT'S
YOUR FAULT FOR GETTING SO CLOSE TO A MAN WHO IS NOT MARRIED TO YOU.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE IN THIS MESS. GET RID OF THIS MAN IF HE DOES NOT
CONVERT. THINK OF YOUR LIFE WITH HIM AS A MISTAKE AND LOOK FOR A PROPER
HUSBAND IN THE RELIGIOUS WAY [WITHOUT GETTING PHYSICALLY CLOSE]. THE
TRUTH DOES HURT, BUT IT IS BETTER FOR YOU, FOR YOUR FUTURE IN PARADISE; I HOPE
YOU CAN GET TO PARADISE, INSHA'ALLAH. FROM
KUNWAL TO DR AZAM ON 25 FEBRUARY 2004 ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, SIR. THANKS FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY. ALTHOUGH YOUR REPLY
IS NOT IN MY FAVOUR, THANKS ANYWAY. WELL, SIR, THE MAN SAYS THAT IF
ANYBODY CAN PROVE TO HIM THAT AHMADIYYAS ARE WRONG AND KAFIR, HE WILL CONVERT
TO SUNNI, AS HE WANTS TO SHOW HIS FACE TO ALLAH TALA. HE WANTS TO ASK
YOU, 'WHERE IS THE PROOF FROM THE HOLY QURAN AND THE HADITH THAT IF I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE PROPHET MUHAMMED
[PBUH] IS THE LAST PROPHET, THEN I AM NOT
A MUSLIM?' HE SAYS THAT WHAT MAKES A MUSLIM IS HAVING A FIRM FAITH IN THE
FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM ONLY. ALSO, I MYSELF AM RATHER CONFUSED:
IF THE IMAM MAHDI AND HAZRAT ISA [A.S.] HAVE YET TO COME, AND
THEY WILL BE PROPHETS, THEN HOW IS THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] THE LAST
PROPHET? ONCE I DID ISHTIKHARA ABOUT THIS MAN THAT I HOPE TO MARRY, AND
I HEARD A VOICE IN MY DREAM TELLING ME THAt, 'YI SHAKS FAIDEY KA MUSSALMAN
HAI' ['THIS MAN IS A BENEFICIAL MUSLIM']. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
MESSAGE MEANS 'BENEFICIAL MUSLIM'. ANYWAY, SIR, I'M WAITING FOR YOUR
REPLY AND SOME SOLID ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION. MAYBE YOUR ANSWER WILL LEAD
HIM TO THE CORRECT PATH. THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR TIME. FROM
DR AZAM TO KUNWAL ON 25 FEBRUARY 2004 IF
HE BELIEVES IN THE FINALITY OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] ONLY, THAT
MAKES HIM A SUNNI. WHY, THEN, IS HE AN AHMADIYYA? THE MAHDI WILL BE
THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] AND THE PROPHET ISA [A.S.] IS THE PROPHET WHO DID
NOT ACTUALLY DIE ON THE CROSS, SO THERE WILL BE NO NEW PROPHETS. THE
DUA-E-ISHTIKHARA IS USEFUL, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. AHMADIYYAS ARE
NOT MUSLIMS. I AM NOT A SPOILSPORT AND WISH YOU THE BEST IN LIFE, BUT I
STILL THINK THAT YOU HAVE TRAPPED YOURSELF BY GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THIS MAN
[WHICH DOESN'T FIT IN WITH YOUR PRAYING FIVE TIMES A DAY]. [56]
FROM DR AZAM TO IRAM ON 10 JUNE 2004 THANK YOU
FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. HERE ARE YOUR ANSWERS: 1.
NON-MUSLIMS WHO ARE THINKING OF CONVERTING TO ISLAM SHOULD READ: A
LETTER TO NON-MUSLIMS ON MY WEBSITE. 2.
TO SEE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PIG-MEAT AND DISEASE, SEE: http://members.lycos.co.uk/archives6782002/AUGUST/PORKISS 3.
WEAR ONLY ONE TAWEEZ FROM THE PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLET ON MY SITE WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM AT A
TIME. CUT OUT THE REQUIRED TAWEEZ AND PUT IT IN A LOCKET [AVAILABLE FROM
MAJOR ISLAMIC BOOKSHOPS] AROND YOUR NECK. 4.
I'M VERY SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR FAMILY AND CAREER PROBLEMS. FOR DUAS
TO READ IN DISTRESS, SEE MY WORK PRAYERS IN
ISLAM ON MY SITE. THERE ARE ALSO PRAYERS IN PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE. [57]
FROM IRAM TO DR AZAM ON 10 JUNE 2004 ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, SIR AND THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR REPLY. I KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND
DREAMS QUITE WELL, SO LET ME TELL YOU OF A DREAM I'VE HAD. I WAS NEAR MY
HOME AND SUDDENLY KAFIR PEOPLE STARTED TO KILL MUSLIMS. I AM PRETTY SURE
THE KAFIRS WERE JEWS BECAUSE I SAW THE ISRAELI FLAG. ONE KAFIR WAS AFTER
ME; HE WANTED TO KILL ME. I WAS SO SCARED THAT I WAS SEARCHING FOR
ANYWHERE TO HIDE. THEN THE KAFIR CAUGHT ME! HE HAD A GUN AND WAS GOING TO
SHOOT ME. I WAS SO SCARED THAT I BEGAN READING VERSES FROM THE HOLY
QURAN, SO THAT EVEN IF I DID DIE, I WOULD BE A MARTYR. THEN, MIRACULOULY,
THE KAFIR STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS GUN - IT WAS JAMMED AND WOULDN'T
WORK! AT THE END OF THE DREAM, I WAS STILL ALIVE AND STRUGGLING WITH THE
KAFIR. I CAN'T TELL IF THIS WAS A BAD DREAMS, AS I WAS READING VERSES
FROM THE HOLY QURAN IN IT. ON THE OTHER HAND, I CANNOT SAY THAT
IT WAS A GOOD DREAM BECAUSE I WAS SO SCARED IN IT. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST
TIME I'VE HADS THIS KIND OF DREAM: I'VE HAD ANOTHER THREE LIKE IT BEFORE!
PLEASE, SIR, TELL ME WHAT MY DREAM MEANS. FROM
DR AZAM TO IRAM ON 15 JUNE 2004 ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, IRAM. THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] HAS SAID: 'MUSLIMS ARE ALL ONE
BODY. IF A PART OF THAT BODY FEELS PAIN, THEN THE WHOLE BODY
SUFFERS.' THE ZIONIST CRUELTY TO THE PALESTINIANS IS WELL-KNOWN.
THE UNFORTUNATE PALESTINIAN CITIZENS HAVE SUFFERED HORRENDOUS PERSECUTION AT
THE HANDS OF THE WELL-ARMED JEWS [SEE MY ARTICLE PALESTINE ON MY SITE]. I CONGRATULATE YOU ON
BEING A RIGHTEOUS MUSLIM WHO HAS A COMPASSIONATE AND HONEST
CHARACTER. JUST PRAY THAT ALLAH MOST HIGH GIVES MUSLIMS THE STRENGTH AND
ABILITY TO OVERCOME THE KAFIRS. MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH BLESS YOU!
AMEEN! [58]
FROM DR AZAM TO REHMAT IN SEPTEMBER 2003 WA
LAIKUM SALAM, REHMET. I HAVE LOOKED IN BIN SIREEN'S [R.A.] BOOK AND THE
INTERRPRETATION OF YOUR DREAMS IS AS FOLLOWS: A]
LOOKING IN THE HOLY QURAN SYMBOLISES ILM/HIKMAT [ISLAMIC
KNOWLEDGE/WISDOM]. IN GENERAL RECITING THE HOLY QURAN SYMBOLISES
TRUTHFULNESS IN SPEECH AND CONDUCT. p.51 B]
APPLES SYMBOLISE A MAN'S TRADE, INCOME AND COURAGE. IF A PERSON SEES
HIMSELF AS ACQUIRING OR EATING AN APPLE, HE WILL GAIN WEALTH IN PROPORTION TO
ITS FRESHNESS AND TASTE; IF IT'S SWEET, THIS MEANS THE GAINING OF EXCELLENT
WEALTH; IF FRESH, WEALTH OF GOOD QUALITY [LAWFUL]; IF A GREAT QUANTITY OF
APPLES, THE DREAMER WILL ACQUIRE WEALTH IN ABUNDANCE. p.80 C]
A GREENGROCER IN A DREAM REPRESENTS A PERSON WHO FULLY UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE AND
THEIR REASONING. WHEN HE SPEAKS, HE SUPPORTS HIS SPEECH WITH GOOD
REASONING AND PROOF. HE POSSESSES A GOOD AND CLEAN HEART. p.166 CONGRATULATIONS,
THESE DREAMS ARE SAYING THAT YOUR UNCLE WAS A VERY GOOD MAN, AND THAT YOU
YOURSELF WILL GAIN RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE AND BECOME VERY RICH. MAY ALLAH
MOST HIGH BLESS YOU! AMEEN! FROM REHMET TO DR AZAM ON 19 SEPTEMBER
2003 I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE RIGHT
INTERPRETATION; MAY ALLAH INCREASE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO
CONTINUE CHARITY WORK AND INCREASE YOUR RANKS. AMEEN. MANY TIMES I PERSONALLY
KNOW THE MEANING OR INTERPRETATION OF MY DREAMS, BUT THE REASON FOR ASKING SOME
OTHER KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON IS TO MAKE IT ACTIVE, I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
AND I HAVE NO-ONE AROUND ME WHO CAN DO IT FOR ME, SO MY DREAMS COME TRUE! NOW
HERE IS ANOTHER DREAM. IN A BIG HALL OR MASJID, MANY OF US ARE PRAYING
NAMAZ/SALAH. WE ARE STANDING IN A QUEUE, NOT LIKE WE STAND FOR PRAYERS. I AM IN
THE FIRST QUEUE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, AND THE THIRD FROM THE BEGINNING. WHILE
PRAYING, THE FIRST PERSON WHO IS LEADING OUR PRAYERS JUST WALKED OUT QUIETLY
AND THE SECOND PERSON TAKES HIS PLACE AND I BECOME SECOND IN THE QUEUE. THEN,
AFTER A WHILE, THIS PERSON ALSO WALKS OUT QUIETLY; I THEREFORE BECOME THE FIRST
ONE TO LEAD THE PRAYERS. NOW I AM RECITING SURAH-E-FEEL, WHICH IS THE 105TH
SURAH OF THE QURAN. BUT I MAKE A MISTAKE AND THE PERSON WHO IS STANDING AT THE
FRONT OF MY LEFT-HAND SIDE QUEUE [HE IS WEARING WHITE CLOTHES, IS ABOUT SIX
FEET TALL AND HAS A BLACK BEARD] CORRECTS ME. IT HAPPENS THREE TIMES IN A ROW
[I.E. I MADE MISTAKES IN RECITING SURA-E-FEEL THREE TIMES, AND HE CORRECTED ME
THREE TIMES DURING THE PRAYERS]. PLEASE INTERPRET THIS DREAM AS EARLY AS YOU
CAN BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS HAS SOME SPIRITUAL MEANING. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY WITH HIS MERCY AND GUIDANCE. AMEEN. FROM
DR AZAM TO REHMET ON 23 SEPTEMBER 2003 ACCORDING
TO IBN SIREEN [p. 182], READING THE SURAH-E-FEEL MEANS THAT THE DREAMER ‘WILL
BE HELPED AGAINST THE ENEMY, AND ISLAM WILL BECOME VICTORIOUS AT HIS HANDS’.
THE INTERPRETATION FOR IMAAMAT IS, ‘LEADING A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN ONE’S DREAM
SUGGESTS THAT ONE WILL ASSUME LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDED THAT HE
FACES TOWARDS THE PROPER DIRECTION OF THE QIBLAH. SUCH A PERSON WILL TREAT HIS
FOLLOWERS WITH FAIRNESS, JUSTICE AND RECTITUDE. BUT IF HE DOES NOT FACE
THE QIBLAH, IT MEANS HE WILL EXPLOIT HIS SUBJECTS DURING HIS TEM OF OFFICE’ [p.
49]. [If people leave being head of the queue in your dream, I would think
that this means they will resign their position or retire. You will then become
a leader of your community. People correcting you as you read the Surah-e-Feel
suggests that you will be corrected in certain policies]. [59] DR AZAM TO HUMAIRA ON 23 MAY 2004 ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. 0N 29 DECEMBER 2003, YOU ASKED ME: 'HOW CAN I USE THE
INFORMATION ON YOUR WEBSITE WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
?' WELL, I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. SINCE THEN, AN INDEX HAS BEEN
MADE. PLEASE CLICK ON THE 'INDEX' LINK ON THE HOME PAGE AND ALL THE
CONTENTS WILL TELL YOU HOW TO USE THE INFORMATION. [60] FROM PASTOR LARRY GABATAN, BISLIG CITY CHURCH OF
CHRIST, THE PHILLIPINES, TO DR AZAM ON 11 NOVEMBER 2003 I NEED YOU HELP TO STUDY THE TRUE RELIGION BECAUSE I'M NOT
SATISFIED WITH THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. AT THIS TIME, I AM STRUGGLING WITH
MY FAITH BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF CHURCHES, ALL WITHOUT UNITY.
YES, I DO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND, IN
FACT, I HAVE MANY PASTORS UNDER MY LEADERSHIP. BUT MY HEART IS SEEKING
THE TRUTH BECAUSE I SAY THE GROUP OF MUSLIMS IN THE PHILLIPINES HAVE UNITY, AND
ARE NOT DIVIDED. IF YOU ACCEPT ME, I WILL REVERT TO THE ISLAMIC RELIGION,
PLEASE! HELP ME BY SENDING ME READING MATTER. THERE IS A BOOKLET
ENTITLED: ERRORS IN THE BIBLE,
WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE. CAN YOU SEND IT TO ME? I'LL BE
WAITING FOR YOUR RESSPONSE. FROM DR AZAM TO PASTOR GABATAN ON 14 NOVEMBER 2003 DEAR PASTOR LARRY, I BELIEVE THE ORGANISATION WHICH PRINTS
THE BOOKLET ABOUT THE ERRORS IN THE BIBLE IS: ISLAMIC DAWAH CENTRE
INTERNATIONAL [I.D.C.I] E-MAIL: info@idci.co.uk WEBSITE: www.idci.co.uk PLEASE CLICK ON 'BOOKS' LINK ON THE SITE FOR FURTHER
DETAILS, THEN E-MAIL I.D.C.I. TO ASK THEM IF THEY CAN SEND YOU THE REQUIRED
LITERATURE VIA E-MAIL IF POSSIBLE. ANOTHER UK ISLAMIC ORGANISATION ALSO DISTRIBUTES FREE
ISLAMIC LITERATURE: THE UNITED KINGDOM
ISLAMIC MISSION E-MAIL: ukimdawahcentre@yahoo.co.uk THEY WILL HAVE MANY IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS BUT I THINK THE
ONE YOU WILL DEFINTELY BE INTERESTED IN IS: THE QURAN'S
SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY REVERTS BRITISH, FRENCH AND THAI SCIENTISTS TO ISLAM. MAY ALLAH GUIDE YOU! I AM VERY HAPPY TO GET YOUR E-MAIL
FROM THE PHILLIPINES. I AM VERY PLEASED TO LEARN THAT YOU ARE THINKING OF
REVERTING TO ISLAM, AND SHALL HELP YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IF YOU NEED MY ASSISTANCE,
ADVICE ETC. PLEASE DO KEEP IN TOUCH. FROM LARRY GABATON TO DR AZAM ON 16 NOVEMBER 2003 FRIEND, WHAT CAN I DO IN ORDER TO JOIN THIS ISLAMIC
RELIGION, AS I'M VERY WILLING TO GO BACK INTO ISLAM; I BELIEVE MY REVERSION IS A
PATTERN RIGHT FROM THE TIME OF FATHER ABRAHAM [A.S.]. I HAVE SEEN THAT
THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IS UNITED, UNLIKE THE CHRISTIANS - THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF
CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS AT THIS TIME. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE MANY PASTORS UNDER
MY LEADERSHIP, I AM WILLING TO LEAVE THEM. IT IS BECAUSE I LIKE THE
ISLAMIC RELIGION. I PLAN TO STUDY THE ARABIC DIALECT AND HOPE THAT YOU
CAN HELP ME IN THE MATTER. MAY ALLAH GUIDE YOU AND BLESS YOU
ALWAYS. I AM VERY HAPPY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND MY SITUATION. I AM
BEING FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
BUT BECAUSE, AT THIS TIME, I DON'T LIKE THEM, AND THEY HAVE FOUND OUT
ABOUT MY INTENTION TO CONVERT TO THE ISLAMIC FAITH, MY CHURCH
ALLOWANCE FROM THEM IS LIKELY TO BE CUT OFF. THIS IS WHAT I WANT
ANYWAY. FROM DR AZAM TO LARRY GABATAN ON 19 NOVEMBER 2003 DEAR LARRY, I'M VERY SORRY TO HEAR OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH
HAVE RESULTED FROM YOUR DECISION TO REVERT TO IISLAM. PLEASE CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING MUSLIM ORGANISATION IN THE PHILLIPINES FOR HELP; I AM SURE THAT
YOU WILL BE GIVEN ALL THE SUPPORT WHICH YOU REQUIRE, EITHER BY THE STAFF OR THE
WIDER CONTACTS OF THE STAFF. [61] FROM DR AZAM TO DR RIZWAN MALIK ON 22 DECEMBER 2004 THANK YOU FOR SUPPLYING YOUR COMMENTS ON PRAYERS IN
ISLAM. MASHA'ALLAH, I'VE HAD 64 REQUESTS FOR THE E-BOOK IN 33 DAYS!
I'M TREATING THE DISTRIBUTION LIKE AN EXAM: SO NOW I HAVE 64% IN THE
EXAM! AT ONE TIME, I WAS STUCK FOR A DAY OR TWO ON, I THINK, 34%!
YOU NEVER KNOW, I MIGHT OVERSHOOT 100%, AND THEN MY NEXT TARGET MIGHT BE IN
CRICKETING TERMS: AS A BATSMAN I HAVE 100 RUNS, NOW I NEED TO GET 200! I
PLAYED SIMILAR PSYCHOLOGICAL TARGET GAMES TO GET COMMENTS ON MY WEBSITE AND
NOW, MASHA'ALLAH, IN NOW HAVE MORE THAN 1400 IN MY FILES [IS THAT
1400%!]. [IN HIS E-MAIL OF THE DAY BEFORE, DR MALIK HAD MAINLY
CRITICISED DR AZAM'S PRAYERS IN ISLAM, CITING TRIVIAL DETAILS SUCH AS
BRIGHT COLOURS ETC.] [62.] FROM HANIE A. BUD TO DR AZAM ON 10 JANUARY
2005 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM! I WRITE TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM
VERY INTERESTED IN RECEIVING YOUR E-BOOK ON PRAYERS. I AM A LECTURER AT
THE SOUTHERN CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES AND TRAINING, MIDANAO STATE
UNIVERSITY AT BONGAO, TAWI-TAWI, PHILLIPINES. I BELIEVE THE BOOK WILL BE
OF GREAT HELP TO ME IN MY WORK OF IMPARTING RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE TO MY
STUDENTS. [63] FROM AMBER DURRANI TO DR AZAM ON 9 JANUARY 2005 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, SIR. PLEASE PRAY FOR MY THESIS - I
HAVE FAILED IN MY THESIS OF 'MOSQUE COMPLEX'. ALTHOUGH I HAVE DEDICATED
MY THESIS IN THE WAY OF ALLAH [SWT], HOW IS IT POSSIBLE [THAT I HAVE
FAILED]? PLEASE PRAY FOR MY SUCCESS IN THE SUPPLY EXAM. FROM DR AZAM TO AMBER OM 9 JANUARY 2005 WA LAIKUM SALAM. DON'T WORRY, AMBER. FAILURE IS
ALWAYS A STEPPING STONE TO SUCCESS. WHATEVER HAPPENS, IT IS ALWAYS FOR
THE BEST, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS AT THE TIME. INSHA'ALLAH,
YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. [64 FROM RAWDAH TO DR AZAM ON THE WWW.4MUSLIMS. ORG FORUM ON 27 DECEMBER 2004 WHERE YOU FOUND THAT PRAYER FOR A PALACE IN PARADISE, I'LL
NEVER KNOW. IT IS A VERY INTERESTING DUA. MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU WITH
THE GOOD AKHI. FROM DR AZAM TO RAWDAH ON 28 DECEMBER 2004 WA LAIKUM SALAM. THE CREDIT GOES TO ROOHANI SHEIKH
BARKAT ALI [FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN] [MAY ALLAH BLESS HIS SOUL] FOR PUBLISHING
THIS PRAYER IN HIS BOOK WORDS OF WISDOM.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS ALSO DUE TO DR MUHAMMED IQBAL OF HUDDERSFIELD UNIVERSITY, UK
[ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DAR-UL-EHSAN
FOUNDATION] FOR PROMOTING THIS DUA AND THE WORK OF BARKAT ALI
SAHIB. I, DR UMAR AZAM, AM ONLY DISTRIBUTING THIS PRAYER! [65] FROM IFTEKHAR
HAI, PRESIDENT OF THE UMA INTERFAITH ALLIANCE, CALIFORNIA USA, AND
PROFESSOR OF ISLAM TO DR AZAM ON 21 FEBRUARY 2005 ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS E-BOOK. THE DUAS ARE
CLEAR AND IN ARABIC ALSO. THE ENGLISH MEANING IS ALSO A VALUABLE
AID. MY COLLEAGUES IN THE USA WONDER WHY A HINDU, BUDDHIST, SIKH,
CHRISTIAN AND JEW, WHO DO NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THESE KIND OF PRAYERS, ARE
ALL SO SUCCESSFUL. WHY ARE MUSLIMS AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY CIVILISATION? WHY ARE MORE WARS BEING INFLICTED ON MUSLIMS,
RESULTING IN EVEN MORE REFUGEES? WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOUR PRAYERS SOLVE
ALL OUR MODERN-DAY PROBLEMS OF ILLITERACY, BACK WARDNESS AND DISEASE? FROM DR AZAM TO PROFESSOR HAI ON 22 FEBRUARY 2005 WA LAIKUM SALAM. LET'S LOOK AT IT PHILOSOPHICALLY.
IF THIS DUNIYA IS TWO MINUTES LONG, THOSE TWO MINUTES MAY WELL GET UNPLEASANT
AT TIMES, BUT THE GREAT PRIZE IS PARADISE FOR ETERNITY [IT IS HARD TO
IMAGINE ETERNITY!]. SEE MY PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM [66] FROM NEWELL BLAIR, USA TO DR AZAM ON 8
NOVEMBER 2004 I CAME TO YOUR SITE BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT
IRAN'S FATWA ON SALMAN RUSHDIE AND I WAS REFERRED TO YOUR PAGE FROM
GOOGLE. I CANNOT STATE HOW STRONGLY I DISAGREE WITH THIS FATWA BOTH
INTELLECTUALLY AND MORALLY. FREE SPEECH IN THE FORMMOF LITERATURE IS
ESSENTIAL IN SOCIETY. EVEN WRONGFUL SPEECH. TRUTH CAN ONLY COME
FROM THE CLASH OF TWO OPPOSING SIDES, AND IF THE WORD OF THE QURAN IS THE
TRUTH, HOW CAN RUSHDIE'S NOVEL BE SO HARMFUL AS TO MERIT HIS
ASSASSINATION? ON TOP OF THAT, MUSLIMS HAVE NO RIGHT TO IMPOSE
THEIR CULTURAL BELIEFS UPON WHAT IS APPROPRIATE TO PUBLISH IN AN ENGLISH
COUNTRY. THEY CAN RESPOND IN TURN BY PUBLISHING THEIR OWN NOVELS IN
ENGLAND AND THEN LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE THE TRUTH FOR THEMSELVES. IF THE
PEOPLE CHOOSE THE DEVIL, THEN THEY DESERVE TO BE DAMNED. BUT BEING DENIED
THE OPTION OF CHOICE MEANS DENYING THEM THE OPTION OF CHOOSING THE PROPER
PATH. FROM DR AZAM TO NEWELL BLAIR ON 9 NOVEMBER 2004 THE FACT THAT YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT SALMAN RUSHDI'S RIGHT TO PUBLISH
AN OFFENSIVE BOOK AGAINST ISLAM IS OBVIOUS FROM THE FACT THAT DAVID BLUNKETT,
THE UK HOME SECRETARY, HAS RECENTLY PASSED A LAW WHEREBY IT IS AN OFFENCE TO
DISCRIMINATE ON THE GROUNDS OF RELIGION OR, INDEED, TO DEFAME ANY
RELIGION. HAD THIS LAW EXISTED PREVIOUSLY, RUSHDIE WOULD HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. THEN THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO NEED FOR
ARTICLES SUCH AS MINE WHICH EMPHASISE THE WRONG WHICH RUSHDIE HAS DONE [DON'T
FORGET THAT MY ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN FOURTEEN YEARS AGO!]. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR INTERST IN MY ESSAY. [67] FROM BAIBONN SANGID, CHAIRPERSON, YOUNG
MORO PROFESSIONALS NETWORK, INC. AND CONVENOR, MOROCARE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
THE PHILLIPINES TO DR AZAM ON 10 JANUARY 2005 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. GREAT TO SEE YOUR WEBSITE AND THE
NUMBER OF OTHER USEFUL SITES ON THE WEB. I AM INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING
BOOKS ON THE ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF HUMAN
RIGHTS. I AM CURRENTLY CRAFTING A MODULE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
TRAINING THAT WE HOPE TO CONDUCT FOR OUR BANGSAMORO BROTHERS AND MUSLIM REVERTS
BROTHERS WHO ARE FREQUENTLY THE OBJECT OR TARGET OF CORRUPT POLICE, MILITARY
AND OTHER LAW ENFORCERS IN THE PHILLIPINES. JUST LAST FRIDAY, 7 JANUARY, www.inq7net OR www.philstar.com16 MUSLIMS, MOSTLY DAWAH
WORKERS, WERE ARRESTED ON THE PRETEXT THAT THE SAID MEN AND WOMEN WERE OUT TO
PLOT TO BOMB THE BLACK NAZARENE PROCESSIONS IN QUIAPO. ALL THESE
ALLEGATIONS WERE FALSE, AND SOME OF THOSE ARRESTED WERE RELEASED THE NEXT DAY.
I WANTED TO DESIGN THE MODULE IN SUCH A WAY THAT ISLAM AND THE ROMAN CONCEPT OF
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE INTEGRATED. A MODULE OF SUCH A NATURE CAN BE USEFUL
TO BOTH DAWAH, LAY WORKERS OR EVEN PARALEGAL WORKERS. WILL THAT BE
POSSIBLE? IF SO, HOW MUCH WILL IT COST? I HOPE IT WON'T COST US
THAT MUCH, AS WE ARE NOT A BIG PRIVATE ORGANIZATION. FROM DR AZAM TO BAIBONN SANGID ON 13 JANUARY 2005 WA LAIKUM SALAM, BROTHER BAIBONN. I'M FED UP OF ALL
THIS KAFIR REPRESSION ALL OVER THE GLOBE. INSHA'ALLAH, WE WILL HAVE THE
STRENGTH TO OVERPOWER THE KAFIRS IN THE LONG TERM! I WISH THAT YOUR
PROPOSED MANUAL WILL BE A GREAT HELP AND INSPIRATION IN SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF
THE MUSLIMS IN THE PHILLIPINES. I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING ORGANISATION, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, FOR HELP WITH YOUR
PROPOSED MANUAL: ISLAMIC HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, PO BOX 598, WEMBLEY HA9
7XH UK TEL. [+44] 208 902 0888 FAX [+44] 208 902 0889 E-MAIL:
IHRC@DIAL-PIPEX.COM WEBSITE: www.ihrc.org MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU! AMEEN! [68] FROM SOBIA KHAN TO DR AZAM ON 22 JANUARY 2005 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. SIR, I HAD A DREAM WHICH I WOULD LIKE
YOU TO INTERPRET. I SAW MYSELF ON THE MAZAR OF PIYA HAJI ALI IN INDIA.
I SAW SOME WOMEN LYING ON THE BED NEAR THE GRAVE AND THESE WER THE WOMEN WHO
HAD BEEN CAUGHT BY THE JINNS. THEN ONE OF THE WOMEN GAVE ME A
DIARY. THE NOSE OF THIS WOMAN WAS LIKE THE TRUNK OF AN ELEPHANT.
WHILE GIVING ME THE DIARY, SHE ADVISED ME THAT IT WOULD HELP ME A LOT. I
GAVE THE DIARY TO MY TWIN SISTER AND SHE KEPT IT IN A CUPBOARD. AFTER
SOME TIME, MY OLDER SISTER BROUGHT IT OUT FOR ME. AS SOON AS I GOT THE
DIARY, I GOT BACK TO THE MAZAR AND NEAR THE GRAVE OF PIYA HAJI ALI. I SAW
A POND OF WATER AND BLEW A CANDLE [DIYA] IN IT. AND LILY FLOWERS
[BLOSSOMS OF PINK COLOUR] WERE ALSO THERE IN THE POND. FROM DR AZAM TO SOBIA ON 23 JANUARY 2005 WA LAIKUM SALAM, SOBIA. I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU TO
DIRECT ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ON YOUR DREAMS TO THE FOLLOWING SPECIALIST LINK: http://forums.gawaher.com/lofiversion/index.php/t5760.html [69] FROM
AHMAD KHAN TO DR AZAM ON 18 JANUARY 2005 DEAR BROTHER UMAR, THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] HAS SAID:
'THE WORST LIE IS THAT A PERSON CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN A DREAM WHICH, IN FACT, HE
HAS NOT SEEN.' [MUSLIM] WHILST LOOKING AT THE INTERNET I CAME ACROSS
YOUR WEBSITE, ALHAMDOLILLAH. I AM A FORMER PUPIL OF YOURS AND WISH TO APOLOGISE
FOR STATING THAT I HAD SEEN MANY ISLAMIC DREAMS WHEN, IN FACT, I HAD NOT SEEN
ANY. THIS WAS DUE TO MY SELFISHNESS IN NOT WANTING TO CONCENTRATE ON THE
SUBJECTS THAT YOU WERE TEACHING ME AT THE TIME [I.E., MATHS AND ENGLISH], AND
THE FACT THAT I WAS A DIRTY LITTLE LIAR. WHEN I CAME ACROSS THE ABOVE
HADITH, I DECIDED I SHOULD ADMIT MY LIES. I SINCERELY HOPE YOU FORGIVE
ME. JAZAKALLAH KHAIR. FROM DR AZAM TO AHMAD ON 23 JANUARY 2005 NEVER MIND, AHMAD. I'VE DONE QUITE A FEW RESEARCH
PAPERS ON GENUINE DREAMS [AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED ON MY SITE], SO THE POINT I
WAS MAKING IN DREAMS IN ISLAM [THAT DREAMS ARE MESSAGES FROM ALLAH MOST HIGH] HAS
BEEN FURTHER REINFORCED ELSEWHERE. GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU. KEEP IN
TOUCH. FROM AHMAD KHAN TO DR AZAM ON 23 JANUARY 2005 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, BROTHER. THANKS FOR YOUR
FORGIVENESS. MAY ALLAH [SWT] FORGIVE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE BEST IN THIS
LIFE AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IN THE NEXT, INSHA'ALLAH. [70] FROM MALIK, PAKISTAN, TO DR AZAM ON 12
JANUARY 2005 YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD SITE WITH LOTS OF USEFUL
INFORMATION. I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THE MEANINGS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF
DREAMS. I USED TO HAVE A DREAM IN WHICH I WAS JUMPING AND I'D KEEP ON
GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER TILL I WAS EVEN ABOVE THE CLOUDS, AND THEN I'D LAND IN
MY SCHOOL. FROM DR AZAM TO MALIK ON 13 JANUARY 2005 THANK YOU FOR LIKING MY SITE. YOUR DREAM COULD
MEAN DRAMATIC PROGRESS IN GAINING KNOWLEDGE OR PROGRESS IN A CAREER AS A RESULT
OF WHAT YOU LEARNT AT SCHOOL. IT COULD ALSO SIGNIFY PREVIOUS SUCCESS IN
SCHOOL. [71] *FROM HAFSAH HAFIZ MALIK, PETERBOROUGH TO DR AZAM ON 17 FEBRUARY 1996 [* SENT BY
ROYAL MAIL] ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA REHMETULLAH WA BARAKATUHU. ALL PRAISE IS FOR ALLAH, LORD
OF THE UNIVERSE. I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN I READ THIS ADVERT OF A 'FREE
ISLAMIC BOOKLET' IN THE DAILY JANG. I WOULD BE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SEND
ME THIS FREE BOOKLET. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING IT AND READING
IT. JAZAKALLAH KHAIR. [72] *FROM YUSAF ALI, SOUTHALL, MIDDLESEX, TO DR AZAM
ON 9 FEBRUARY 1996 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PRODUCING YOUR PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLET. IT WAS REALLY NEEDED IN THIS COUNTRY AND I
APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU. I AM VERY MUCH IN NEED OF
THIS BOOKLET. PLEASE SEND ME ONE OR TWO COPIES OF IT. PLEASE LET ME
KNOW IF THERE IS ANY CHARGE I.E. POSTAGE OR OTHERWISE; IF NEEDED, I WILL BE
HAPPY TO FORWARD IT. SURPRISED YOU HAVE NOT ASKED ANY EXPENSE FOR IT. [73] *FROM DR AZAM TO THE BANGLADESHI WOMEN'S
EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM ON 30 AUGUST 1997 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA REHMET ALLAH. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR REQUEST AND PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED THE PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE
BOOKLET. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO COPYRIGHT, SO YOUR ORGANISATION AND
ITS MEMBERS ARE FREE TO PHOTOCOPY ONE PAGE, OR INDEED THE ENTIRE BOOKLET IF
NECESSARY. I AM ALSO ENCLOSING SOME SHEETS ABOUT HARAM INGREDIENTS IN FOODSTUFFS. [74] *FROM SHERAZ AZIZ, HALIFAX TO DR AZAM ON 21
AUGUST 1997 DEAR BROTHER, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. I HOPE YOU ARE
WELL, IN FINE HEALTH AND ENJOYING THE SUMMER SUN. I AM WRITING TO YOU TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE. FOR MY RELIGIOUS STUDIES
COURSEWORK FOR MY 'A' LEVEL, I HAVE CHOSEN THE FOLLOWING TITLE TO INVESTIGATE: HOW DOES THE LIFE OF A MUSLIM
LIVING IN BRITAIN TODAY DIFFER FROM THE LIFE OF A MUSLIM IN SAUDI ARABIA [OR
ANY OTHE ISLAMIC COUNTRY - WHICHEVER IS EASIER!] PLEASE COULD YOU HELP ME WITH
THIS ASSIGNMENT AS YOU ARE A VALUABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION. I AM ALLOWED
TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I WILL, INSHA'ALLAH, ACKNOWLEDGE YOU IN MY
BIBLIOGRAPHY. ALSO, MY FRIENDS HAVE REQUESTED ME TO ASK YOU THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS: A] IS QAWWALI ALLOWED IN ISLAM? [WHAT THE LATE NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN
SANG ETC.] B] WHY DO THE NUMBERS 786/92 REPRESENT: 'IN THE NAME OF
ALLAH, THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE MOST KIND / MUHAMMED [PBUH] IS THE MESSENGER OF
ALLAH. *FROM DR AZAM TO SHERAZ ON 25 AUGUST 1997 DEAR SHERAZ, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA REHMET ALLAH.
THANKS FOR YOUR MOST RECENT LETTER. I AM NOT SURE IF QAWWALI IS ALLOWED
IN ISLAM - CERTAINLY, WORDS FROM THE HOLY QURAN MUST NOT BE SUNG TO MUSIC. I AM ALSO NOT SURE
HOW THE 786/92 REPRESENTS THE BISMILLAH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN ISLAMIC
VERSION OF NUMEROLOGY - THE SCIENCE OF NUMBERS. I THINK YOU SHOULD ASK BOTH
THESE QUESTIONS TO A MAULVI OR IMAM. HERE ARE MY TIPS FOR YOUR ESSAY QUESTION. I WILL
GIVE YOU THE MAIN POINTS AND YOU DEVELOP THEM YOURSELF IN THE ESSAY. HOW THE LIFE OF A MUSLIM LIVING IN
BRITAIN DIFFERS FROM A MUSLIM IN SAUDI ARABIA/OTHER MUSLIM COUNTRY BRITAIN......SAUDI ARABIA 1. WESTERN DRESS E.G. SUITS, TIES,
JEANS........NATIVE DRESS E.G. JUBAS 2. RACISM FROM INDIVIDUALS IN
SOCIETY......LITTLE RACISM 3. HAVE TO CHECK WHETHER FOOD
HALAL OR HARAM.....CAN EAT ALL FOOD BECAUSE HALAL 4. DISCRIMINATION BY CERTAIN
EMPLOYERS......NO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION 5. RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE IN MEDIA
E.G. THE SUN NEWSPAPER [E.G. SALMAN RUSHDIE MATTER].....MUSLIMS CONTROL THE
MEDIA, SO NO FRICTION 6. MUSLIMS QUITE POOR OVERALL
[POOR HOUSING, LOWLY EMPLOYMENT AS TAXI DRIVERS, WAITERS, MARKET
TRADER ETC.].......MUSLIMS IN VARIOUS SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUPS 7. FRICTION WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY
WHEN BUILDING MOSQUES AND EVEN COUNCILS E.G. MOSQUE IN OXFORD.....NO
FRICTION. MOSQUES GET AUTOMATIC PLANNING PERMISSION 8. DANGER OF MUSLIM CHILDREN NOT
FOLLOWING ISLAM, MARRYING KAFIRS, RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME ETC.....LESS DANGER 9. MORE CHANCE OF MUSLIM CHILDREN
TAKEN ABROAD FOR FORCED MARRIAGES.....LESS DANGER BECAUSE MARRIED IN NATIVE
COUNTRY 10. NO PUBLIC HOLIDAY ON EID OR IN
RAMADHAN.....PUBLIC HOLIDAYS COINCIDE WITH RELIGIOUS DATES 11. SOME MUSLIM WOMEN MORE
LONELY IN BRITAIN BECAUSE CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH AND NUCLEUR FAMILY......CAN
SPEAK NATIVE LANGUAGE AND EXTENDED FAMILY 12. BETTER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN
BRITAIN - SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES....INFERIOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES;
HAVE TO COME TO BRITAIN FOR ADVANCED STUDY 13. CAN GET RICHER QUICKER; STRONG
POUND.....WEAK CURRENCY 14. MUSLIMS IN TOUCH WITH OTHER
RACES AND INTERNATIONAL PEOPLES, SO NEW AND USEFUL EXPERIENCE.....NOT AS MANY
DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE 15. MUSLIM WOMEN CAN DRIVE
CARS.......WOMEN NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE I HOPE THESE POINTS ARE USEFUL TO YOU. SHERAZ AND THAT
YOU WILL THOROUGHLY DISCUSS THEM FOR A REALLY GOOD ASSIGNMENT. WISHING
YOU GREAT SUCCESS IN YOUR STUDIES. KEEP IN TOUCH! [75] *FROM TERESA SALAMIANCA MONROY, JEFE SELECION Y
ADQUISICIONES, BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA TO MR AZAM ON 7 FEBRUARY 1989
[INTERNATIONAL MAIL] MANIFESTAMOS NUESTROS AGRADECIMIENTOS POR EL ENVIO
DEL SIGUIENTE MATERIAL BIBLIOGRAFICO QUE COMO DONACION INGRESA A
ENRIQUECER NUESTRAS COLECCIONES: DREAMS IN ISLAM [1986]. EL GENEROSO APOYO DE LAS
ETIDADES CONTRIBUYE AL ENRIQUECIMIENTO CULTURAL DE NUESTROS
PUEBLOS. RECIBAN UN ATENTO SALUDO DE. [76] FROM
DR AZAM TO THE JEWISH NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, JERUSALEM 6 JANUARY
1988 DEAR
LIBRARIAN, HAVE YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF MY PUBLICATION DREAMS IN ISLAM
YET? I POSTED IT IN DECEMBER 1987 BUT I HAVE HAD NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM
YOU. FROM ROBERTA MARKUS, THE JEWISH NATIONAL AND
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY TO MR AZAM ON 18 JANUARY 1988 [TYPED 22 FEBRUARY 1988] YOUR LETTER WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY AND I
IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER. TO DATE, YOUR RESEARCH
PUBLICATION HAS NOT ARRIVED HERE: I CHECKED THE CORRESPONDENCE FILES, THE
CATALOGUE, AND WITH THE RELEVANT SUBJECT SPECIALIST. SINCE IT IS NOT IN
THE LEADT EXTRAORDINARY THAT SOMETHING DESPATCHED BY SEA MAIL MAY TAKE A VERY
LONG TIME TO REACH US, WE HOPE THAT EVENTUALLY IT WILL ARRIVE HERE! YOU MAY
BE ASSURED THAT IF AND WHEN YOUR DREAMS IN ISLAM IS RECEIVED HERE, YOU WILL BE SENT
A LETTER CONFIRMING ITS RECEIPT. IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR
SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR KIND THOUGHTFULNESS AND INTEREST IN THE JEWISH NATIONAL
AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. P.S. 22 FEBRUARY 1988 : DUE TO THE ABSENCE
OF OUR REGULAR TYPIST THERE HAS BEEN A DELAY IN SENDING YOU THIS LETTER.
YOUR SECOND LETTER [DATED 1.2.88] ARRIVED HERE ON FEBRUARY 9TH AND I REGRET TO
INFORM YOU THAT YOUR DREAMS IN ISLAM HAS STILL NOT REACHED US. FROM GAIL LEVIL [MRS.], HEAD OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN
DEPARTMENT, THE JEWISH NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY TO MR AZAM ON 5 JUNE
1988 IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO THANK YOU, ON BEHALF OF THE
JEWISH NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, FOR SENDING OUR LIBRARY YOUR PAPER
ENTITLED DREAMS IN ISLAM. THIS PAPER IS A MOST WELCOME ADDITION TO OUR
COLLECTIONS IN ISLAMIC STUDIES AND WILL CERTAINLY BE OF INTEREST TO SCHOLARS
AND STUDENTS IN THIS FIELD. [77] MEMORANDUM FROM JOHN CLARK, LECTURER IN
PSYCHOLOGY, THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER TO MR AZAM ON 26 JANUARY 1988 IN MY OPINION THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD GIVE USEFUL
ADVICE AS TO WHETHER THE RESEARCH PAPER DREAMS IN ISLAM COULD BE PUBLISHED
WOULD BE A PUBLISHER WHO SPECIALISES IN ISLAMIC BOOKS. THIS PAPER IS
WRITTEN SO COMPLETELY FROM AN ISLAMIC POINT-OF-VIEW THAT ONLY SUCH A PAPER
WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSESS IT. [78] FROM HASAN SOYAK, SUBE MUDURD, MATERYAL
DEGERLENDIRME VE SAGLAMA SUBESI, MILLI KUTUPHANE, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF
TURKEY, ANKARA TO MR AZAM ON 27 JANUARY 1988 KUTUPHANEMIZE BAGIS OLARAK GONDERMEK LUTFUNDA
BULUNDUGUNUZ ASAGIDAKI YAYINDAN TESEKKURLERIMIZI SUNARIZ: DREAMS IN ISLAM,
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, AUGUST 1986 [79] FROM T M FARMILOE, THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD,
LONDON, UK TO MR AZAM ON 13 OCTOBER 1988 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF 28 SEPTEMBER KINDLY
OFFERING US DREAMS IN ISLAM. REGRETFULLY, I CANNOT FORESEE A SUFFICIENTLY
LARGE SALE FOR THIS BOOK AND MUST, THEREFORE, DECLINE IT. I'M SORRY TO
HAVE TO DISAPPOINT YOU AND HOPE YOU WILL SUCCEED IN PLACING THE BOOK ELSEWHERE. [80] FROM THE LIBRARIAN, CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE TO MR AZAM ON 23 DECEMBER 1986 THE LIBRARIAN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING,
WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN SO GOOD AS TO PRESENT TO THE COLLEGE LIBRARY, AND AT THE
SAME TIME WISHES TO CONVEY TO YOU THE THANKS OF THE MASTER AND FELLOWS: DREAMS
IN ISLAM I HAVE PASSED THIS ON TO THE CHAPLAIN OF THE COLLEGE WHO, THOUGH
A MINISTER OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, HAS MADE A SPECIAL STUDY OF ISLAM. [81] FROM MISS SYMA JANJOOA, WEBLEY, MIDDLESEX TO DR
AZAM ON 1 FEBRUARY 1996 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. I AM A STUDENT DOING 'A'
LEVELS AT A SIXTH FORM IN WEMBLEY. RECENTLY, I READ YOUR
ARTICLE ABOUT THE BOOKLET ON ISLAM THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN [PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE] IN THE EASTERN EYE NEWSPAPER. I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF
YOU WOULD SEND ME A COPY OF THE BOOKLET. IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO
DISTRIBUTE ANY BOOKLETS IN MY LOCAL AREA I.E. AT THE MOSQUE ETC., PLEASE DO NOT
HESITATE TO SEND ME EXTRA COPIES OF THE BOOKLET. P.S. MY MOTHER CANNOT
READ ENGLISH, SO IF YOU HAVE GOT YOUR BOOK PUBLISHED IN URDU AS WELL, PLEASE
COULD YOU SEND HER A COPY AS WELL. [82] FROM MUBASHER HASSAN KHAN, MANCHESTER TO DR AZAM
ON 22 FEBRUARY 1996 FIRST OF ALL HAPPY EID MUBARAK TO YOU. I AM 14 YEARS
OLD. I HAVE READ YOUR ADVERT IN THE DAILY JANG NEWSPAPER. I WAS REALLY
IMPRESSED WHEN I READ YOUR POINTS-OF-VIEW ON ISLAM, AND I REALLY LIKE THE WAY
YOU ARE HELPING OTHER MUSLIM PEOPLE. I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN THE LITERATURE
THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN. I THINK YOU HAVE GOT A REALLY GOOD TITLE FOR YOUR
LITERATURE [PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE]. I WOULD BE REALLY RESPECTFUL
AND THANKFUL TO YOU IF YOU WILL SEND ME SOME OF YOUR LITERATURE. ALLAH
[GOD] WILL GIVE YOU SAWAB [REWARD] FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR OTHER PEOPLE. [83] FROM TASADDUQ HUSAIN GANDHI, BIRMINGHAM TO DR
AZAM ON 16 APRIL 1996 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA REHMET ULLAH WA BARAKATUHU. I AM INDEBTED TO THE
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER THE NATION, FROM LONDON, DATED 12 APRIL TO 18 APRIL FOR
A REPORT ABOUT YOU AND ABOUT YOUR BOOKLET IN ENGLISH, OF 40 PAGES, AVAILABLE
FREE. I WRITE TO YOU TO GET A COPY BECAUSE OF MY INTEREST. I SHALL
THEREFORE APPRECIATE YOUR FAVOUR IN SENDING ME ONE COPY OF THE SAME AT
THE ABOVE ADDRESS PLEASE. JAZAKALLAH. [84] FROM MISS SHAHEEN AKHTAR, BIRMINGHAM TO DR AZAM
ON 19 NOVEMBER 1997 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. FURTHER TO YOUR BOOKLET PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE WHICH YOU SENT TO MYSELF MANY
MONTHS AGO. THIS BOOKLET IS VERY INTERESTING AS IT REMINDS US MUSLIMS OF
WHO, AND HOW, WE SHOULD BE AS MUSLIMS. AS I HAVE GIVEN MY LAST COPY AWAY, I
WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD SEND ME THIS BOOKLET AGAIN, AS I WOULD LIKE TO
READ IT AGAIN TO REFRESH MY MEMORY. PLEASE COULD YOU ALSO SEND IT TO TWO
OF MY FRIENDS WHO MAY SIMILARLY FIND THIS BOOKLET TO BE OF INTEREST AT THE
FOLLOWING ADDRESSES: [DETAILS] THANK YOU SO MUCH. KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK. ALSO, YOUR BOOK 'DREAMS IN ISLAM' WHICH YOU SENT TO ME SOME MONTHS
AGO WAS INTERESTING AND I'VE BEEN PASSING IT ROUND MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
THANK YOU FOR THE BOOK, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [85] FROM AHMAD, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE TO DR AZAM ON
10 APRIL 1996 MY DEAR DOCTOR SAHIB, I ABELIEVE THAT I AM VERY LUCKY
TO SEE YOUR BOOKLET PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE. I HAVE READ IT SEVERAL
TIMES. CERTAINLY IT WILL BENEFIT MUSLIMS WHO WANT TO KNOW IMPORTANT AND
OUTSTANDING PRAYERS AND OTHER DETAILS OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY PROPHET
[PBUH]. MAY GOD BLESS YOU WITH A VERY GOOD AWARD. AMIN. MAY
GOD HELP YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO WRITE MORE SIMILAR BOOKLETS. [86] FROM MR MARTINS, SWANSEA TO DR AZAM ON 26
JANUARY 2001 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, BROTHER IN ISLAM, DR AZAM. THANK YOU
FOR SENDING ME THIS BRILLIANT PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE. ME AND MY FAMILY,
WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS WONDERFUL WORK YOU ARE DOING FOR ALL TRUE
MUSLIMS. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND WE WILL PRAY TO ALMIGHTY ALLAH FOR
YOUR EVERY SUCCESS IN ALL THAT YOU DO. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE EDUCATION FOR
TODAY'S MUSLIM CHILDREN. MAY ALLAH KEEP THE DOOR OF PARADISE OPEN FOR
YOU. YOUR WORK IS BRILLIANT. SIMPLY THE BEST. [87] FROM RAHIMA ISLAM TO DR AZAM ON 15 JANUARY 1996 I HAVE FOUND THIS BOOKLET [PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE] VERY HELPFUL IN BUILDING MY IMAN [FAITH]. THE BOOKLET
SOFTENED MY HEART AND MANY TIMES MADE ME CRY. IT CONTAINED MOST OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT I HAD TO ASK ABOUT ISLAM. AFTER READING IT, I HAVE BECOME
A REGULAR PRAYER AT MOSQUE. I PRAY TO ALLAH THAT ALLAH SHOWS MERCY ON THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED AND MADE THIS BOOKLET POSSIBLE AND BROUGHT IT TO OUR
ATTENTION. I WISH THAT THEY PUBLISH MORE AND MORE BOOKLETS, SO THAT THEY
CAN HELP MORE MUSLIM PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO BUILD THEIR FAITH. AS MY
FAITH GROWS, I WILL START TO WEAR HIJAB, INSHA'ALLAH [PLEASE PRAY FOR ME]. [88] FROM F.S. KHAN, BLACKBURN TO DR AZAM ON 9
JANUARY 1998 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. MY FAMILY LISTENED TO YOUR
PROGRAMME ON BBC GMR [GREATER MANCHESTER RADIO]. WE FOUND IT MOST
INTERESTING AS IT GAVE THE CHILDREN MORE ENLIGHTENMENT OF THEIR
RELIGION. THANK YOU. WE WOYULD BE VERY PLEASED TO RECEIVE A
COPY OF THE BOOK OR BOOKLET THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. [89] FROM N.A. CHOWDHARY, BURNLEY TO DR AZAM ON 16 APRIL 1996 DEAR DR AZAM, AFTER HEARING YOUR EXCELLENT INTERVIEW ON
THE LOCAL RADIO, I WAS DELIGHTED WITH THE INFORNMATION THAT I LEARNED FROM
THE PROGRAMME. PLEASE COULD YOYU SEND ME THE BOOK WHICH YOU WERE
DISCUSSING. MAY ALLAH [SUBHANA TALLAH] REWARD YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTIN THE
STRUGGLE FOR THE CAUSE OF ISLAM. THANK YOU. [90] FROM MISS S. AKHTER, ROCHDALE TO DR
AZAM ON 14 APRIL 1996 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. HAVING HEARD YOU ON THE
'ASIAN NETWORK' ON SAYURDAY 13 APRIL 1996, I WOULD LIKE TO READ YOUR BOOKLET
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORKS, BOTH
HERE AND IN THE HEREAFTER. AMEEN. [90] FROM MOHAMMED MIZAN-UR-RAHMAN,
BIRKENHEAD TO DR AZAM ON 13 APRIL 1996 DEAR DR AZAM, I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU WERE
REALLY GREAT ON BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE, AND I HOPE YOU GET INVITED AGAIN. I
WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY DREAM. ONCE I DREAMT THAT I WAS DYING AND
I WAS SAYING, 'THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH. MUHAMMED [PBUH] IS THE
MESSENGER OF ALLAH'. BUT I DIDN'T SAY IT IN ENGLISH - I SAID IT IN
ARABIC. PLEASE CAN YOU SEND ME ONE OF YOUR BOOKS BECAUSE I DREAM NEARLY
EVERY DAY. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU. [91] FROM KARAMO SONKO, INDONESIA, TO DR
AZAM ON 12 JUNE 2002 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA RAHMATULLAH. THAN YOU FOR
THE INFORMATION ON YOUR WEBSITE. I HAVE RECENTLY DOWNLOADED YOUR DREAMS
IN ISLAM AND I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING AND USEFUL. HOWEVER, MY WIFE
'CONFISCATED' IT FROM ME BEFORE I COULD FINISH PROPERLY, AND HAVE TO WAIT FOR A
WHILE FOR HER TO FINISH FIRST. I HAVE RECENTLY STARTED WRITING ON ISLAM,
MAINLY IN THE AREA OF PRAYERS/SUPPLICATIONS AND I AM ABOUT TO APPLY THE
FINISHING TOUCHES TO SOME OF MY WORKS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD BE
AVAILABLE IN DUE COURSE TO SEND THEM TO YOU FOR YOUR COMPETENT COMMENTS AND
SUGGESTIONS. MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. [92] FROM DR AZAM BAIG, PRINCIPAL, JAMIATUL UMMAH,
LONDON TO DR AZAM ON 11 FEBRUARY 200O ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA RAMATULLAHI WA BARAKATUH. DEAR
BROTHER UMAR AZAM, I HOPE THIS LETTER REACHES YOU IN THE BEST STATE OF
HEALTH AND IMAAN. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF 7
FEBRUARY, INFORMING US OF THE NEW PUBLICATION VISION OF PARADISE, COMPILED BY
YOUR BROTHER. MAY ALLAH REWARD HIM AND THE PUBLISHERS WITH AL-JANNAH FOR
THEIR GENEROSITY. AMEEN. AS THE BOOKS ARE DISTRIBUTED ON REQUEST,
WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SEND US A FEW COPIES. JAZAKALLAHU
KHAYRAN. [93] CIRCULAR FROM DR AZAM TO UK PUBLIC AND
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, 19 NOVEMBER 1996 DEAR LIBRARIAN, WILL YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW MANY TIMES
MY BOOK DREAMS IN ISLAM HAS BEEN ISSUED ON LOAN SINCE BEING CATALOGUED IN
1994. THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN PENNSYLVANIA, USA IN 1992 [ISBN 0208
59692**] [SAMPLE] REPLY FROM ROGER TEMPERO, LIBRARY SYSTEMS
SUPERVISOR, EDUCATION, LIBRARIES AND HERITAGE DEPT., CAMBRIDEGESHIRE COUNTY
COUNCIL TO DR AZAM ON 27 OCTOBER 1996 DEAR DR AZAM, I AM PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE
THREE COPIES OF YOUR BOOK DREAMS IN ISLAM IN STOCK AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
ISSUED A TOTAL OF 51 TIMES. [94]
DIRECT COPY AND PASTE:
[95] FROM DR EMIN ERGIN, BISMILLAHIR
RAHMANIR RAHEEM. ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. THE REASON FOR MY QUERY TO YOUR
ESTEEMED ORGANISATION IS TO OFFER ARTICLES TO YOUR SITE, WITHOUT
COMPENSATION. THE TOPICS OF THE ARTICLES THAT RAISE THE PEOPLE'S AWARENESS
OF THE WONDERS OF CREATION WITH ONE CRUCIAL GOAL: OPENING THE READERS' MINDS BY
PRESENTING THE SIGNS OF ALLAH'S EXISTENCE AND POWER TO THEM. THE MESSAGE IN THE
ARTICLES IS ADDED TO BY THE MANY COLOURFUL AND RELEVANT PHOTOGRAPHS, WHICH NOT
ONLY ENLIVEN THE PAGE BUT ARE ALSO GOOD TO PROVOKE THOUGHTS IN
THEMSELVES. THE SINCERE, PLAIN AND FLUENT STYLE EMPLOYED ENSURS THAT
EVERYONE OF EVERY AGE AND FROM EVERY SOCIAL GROUP CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND THE
ARTICLES, INSHA'ALLAH. IN ADDITION, IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE
WONDERFUL [MASHA'ALLAH] ISLAMIC DOCUMENTARY ARTICLES, IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY
PRESENT THEM IN YOUR SITE. THESE ARE HIGH QUALITY DOCUMENTARIES WHICH
EXAMINE THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH THE EYE OF A MUSLIM, AND WITH AESTHETIC
APPEAL. I WILL BE VERY PLEASED TO RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK TO THE ABOVE. LET
ME REMIND THAT THIS IS A FREE SERVICE; WE DO NOT ASK FOR ANY PAYMENT.
OUR ONLY MOTIVE IS TO SERVE ISLAM BY SHOWING PEOPLE THE BEAUTIES AND TRUTHS OF
FAITH. MAIN HEADINGS OF
DR ERGIN’S ARICLE: A] THE COMMON BELIEFS AND VALUES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
WITH MUSLIMS B] ACCORDING TO THE KORAN, MUSLIMS, JEWS AND CHRISTIANS SHOULD
LIVE IN FRIENDSHIP C] MONASTRIES, CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES SHOULD BE RESPECTED
D] THE COMMON ENEMIES OF FAITH – MATERIALISM, COMMUNISM, FASCISM, ANARCHISM,
RACISM AND SECULAR HUMANISM FROM DR AZAM TO DR ERGIN ON ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. I HAVE READ YOUR ARTICLE SAMPLE,
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK AND THE MUSLIMS AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SAMPLE POINTS [I
CAN FIND MANY MORE] THAT I WISH TO MAKE: 1. YOUR ARTICLE COULD BE INTERPRETED AS A COWARDLY
ATTEMPT TO APPEASE THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS AT THIS VOLATILE TIME OF
WORLD CONFLICT. 2. THE HOLY QURAN MAKES IT CLEAR THAT JEWS, ALONG
WITH POLYTHEISTS, ARE THE MOST BITTER ENEMIES OF THE BELIEVERS. 3.
THE 'PEOPLE OF THE BOOK' HAVE BEEN TRADITIONAL ENEMIES OF THE BELIEVERS E.G.
THE CRUSADES, THE SPANISH INQUISITION, [96] FROM FAIZALTO DR AZAM ON 20
MAY 2004 I LOVE A HIND GIRL, TO WHOM I’VE
ALREADY EXPLAINED WHAT ISLAM IS. ALLAH KNOWS HOW MUCH SHE UNDERSTOOD. LAST YEAR
[2003] ON THE DAY OF EID-UL-FITR, SHE PHONED ME IN THE MORNING AT ABOUT 3 A.M.,
TELLING ME THAT SHE WASN’T FEELING WELL. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE COULN’T MARRY ME
BECAUSE SHE WAS UNDER SO MUCH PRESSURE FROM HER PARENTS. SHE CUT OFF THE PHONE
CALL IN ANGER. I WAS VERY DEPRESSED AND DECIDED TP PERFORM THE TAHAJJUD NAMAZ.
BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK, I REALISED THAT IT WAS ALREADY TIME FOR THE
FAJR NAMAZ, SO I PROCEEDED TO THE MOSQUE. WHEN I RETURNED, I SLEPT FOR A WHILE
BEFORE THE NAMAZ OF EID-UL-FITR. I DREAMT THAT I WAS INSIDE THE MOSQUE OF OUR
TOWN WITH A GIRL. A PIOUS MAN WHOM I KNOW CALLED US TOWARDS HIM IN THE WUDHU
PLACE. THE MAN TOOK SOME WATER IN HIS HAND AND POURED IT OVER MY FOREHEAD AND
THEN HE TOLD ME TO GO, AND CALLED THE GIRL. WHILE I WAS WALKING INSIDE THE
MOSQUE, I FELT SOMETHING ROLLING INTO MY BELLY. IT STARTED COMING OUT AND GOT
STUCK IN MY THROAT. I COUGHED AND SPAT IT OUT IN THE WUDHU PLACE, AND THEN
GARGLED. THE STUFF WAS BIG, LIKE A 3-4 CM PIECE OF MEAT. WHEN I WOKE UP, I FELT
VERY HAPPY [[BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP, I HAD BEEN DEPRESSED]. MY HEART WAS FULL OF
JOY AND I HAD A VERY PLEASANT FEELING FOR THE GIRL. BUT EVEN UP TO NOW I AM
FACING DIFFICULTIES REGARDING HER PARENTS. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE
INTERPRETATION OF SUCH A DREAM. THE GIRL EVEN TOLD ME THAT SHE HEARD THE AZAN
[CALL TO PRAYER] AS CLEAR AS CRYSTAL IN HER DREAM AND ON ANOTHER DAY WE ARE
DRESSED IN WHITE, ON THE WAY TO HAJJ. PLEASE CLARIFY THESE DREAMS FOR ME. FROM DR AZAM TO FAIZAL ON 21
MAY 2004 WA LAIKUM SALAM. THE DREAMS SEEM TO
BE CLEAR: ALLAH MOST HIGH IS HAPPY WITH BOTH YOU AND YOUR BRIDE-TO-BE. NEVER
MIND IF HER PARENTS AREN’T HAPPY WITH HER; TELL HER TO REBEL AGAINST THEM,
CONVERT TO ISLAM AND THEN MARRY YOU. THEY CAN’T DRAG HER TO HELL WITH
THEMSELVES! LATER ON IN LIFE, SHE CAN ASK FOR THEIR FORGIVENESS. IF THEY
FORGIVE HER, FINE; IF NOT, NEVER MIND! HER LOYALTY TO HER CREATOR [ALLAH] IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN HER LOYALTY TO HER PARENTS. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU AND HER!
AMEEN! FROM FAIZAL TO DR AZAM ON 24 MAY 2004 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. THANKS FOR ANSWERING ME
SO SOON! MAY ALLAH ALWAYS SHOWER HIS MERCY ON YOU! REGARDING THE INTERPRETATION
OF MY DREAMS, I HAVE TO ADD THAT SHE IS NOT ACTUALLY IN CONTACT WITH ME NOW.
LAST WEEK I SENT A TEXT TO HER MOBILE AND SHE REPLIED THAT SHE DOESN’T LOVE ME
ANY MORE AND, IN FACT, SHOWS A KIND OF HATE TOWARD ME. T HAPPENED WAS THAT I
POSTED HER MY PICTURE [SHE HAD REQUESTED IT HERSELF] BUT HER FATHER GOT IT
BEFORE HER! HER FATHER TOLD HER THAT I HAD BAD INTENTIONS ON HER. AND I PRESUME
THAT HER PARENTS HAVE HAD BLACK MAGIC DONE ON HER SO THAT SHE HATES ME. BEFORE
THESE PROBLEMS STARTED BETWEEN US, SHE AGREED TO AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE ON TWO
OCCASIONS, JUST TO KEEP HER PARENTS HAPPY. BUT BOTH PROPOSALS CAME TO NOTHING
[SHE COULDN’T ADAPT TO HER FUTURE HUSBAND] BECAUSE SHE LOVES ME SO MUCH. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I HAVE READ THE
NAMAZ-E-ISTIKHARA AND I SAW GREEN AND WHITE COLOURS IN MY DREAMS. WHEN I AWOKE
IN THE MORNING, I HAD FEELINGS IN MY HEART OF CONTINUING TO WANT HER. I FEEL
THAT I SHOULD WAIT FOR HER. I JUST CAN’T THINK OF ANOTHER GIRL THE WAY I THINK
OF HER. FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART, I ALWAYS WISH HER TO PRACTISE ISLAM THE
WAY IT SHOULD BE PRACTISED. ACCORDING TO
YOU, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION MY DREAMS AND THOUGHTS, SHOULD I WAIT FOR HER?
AS FAR AS I KNOW, FOR A PERSON [AND A NON-MUSLIM TOO!] TO DREAM OF HEARING THE AZAAN [THE CALL TO PRAYER] AND GOING ON HAJJ IS
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT! THESE KINDS OF DREAMS COME ONLY FROM ALLAH! I
WILL WAIT FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND I HOPE YOU DON’T MIND ANSWERING ME. FOR A
LONG TIME I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP ME IN THIS CONTEXT. FROM DR AZAM TO FAIZAL ON 25 MAY 2004 WA LAIKUM SALAM, FAIZAL. YOU CAN’T WAIT ALL
YOUR LIFE FOR HER! INSHA’ALLAH, YOUR DREAMS MAY MEAN THAT SHE COULD BECOME
YOURS. SET YOURSELF A TIME LIMIT E.G. TWO YEARS. IF SHE STILL WANTS NOTHING TO
DO WITH YOU, THEN JUST THINK THAT THE HINDU JADOO WORKED! AFTER A FEW YEARS,
YOU MAY HAVE TO FORGET HER AND LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. [97] FROM SAIMA NAZIR TO DR AZAM ON 19
SEPTEMBER 2003 I AM A NINETEEN YEAR-OLD GIRL. I AM A
PAKISTANI AND A MUSLIM. I HAVE THREE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS, AND AM THE
YOUNGEST IN THE FAMILY. I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH AN AHMEDIYYA MAN. HE HAS
BEEN MY CLASS-FELLOW FOR THE LAST YEAR AND HE ALSO LOVES ME VERY MUCH. WE ARE
DOING BSC [HONS.] AND THE DURATION OF THIS DEGREE IS FOUR YEARS, SO THREE YEARS
ARE LEFT. HE IS SAYING THAT HE WANTS TO LEAVE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH WE
HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER, OUR MARRIAGE IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR
DIFFERENT RELIGIONS. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, I HAVE BEEN PREACHING THE
ISLAMIC RELIGION TO HIM, AND TELLING HIM THAT I WILL MARRY HIM IF HE ACCEPTS
THE MUSLIM FAITH BUT, IF HE DISBELIEVES IN THE MUSLIM CONCEPTS, THEN I WILL
REJECT HIM. THEN I HAD A DREAM. I DREAMT THAT I AM MARRIED TO ANOTHER MAN, WHOM
I CAN’T SEE IN THE DREAM. I SEE THAT MY SISTERS, AND THE SISTER OF MY HUSBAND,
ARE VERY HAPPY. BUT I AM REALLY SAD BECAUSE I WANT TO MARRY THE PERSON I LOVE
[THE AHMEDIYYA FELLOW-STUDENT]. IN THE WHOLE DREAM, I AM CONTINUOUSLY WEEPING.
ALSO, I CAN’T REMEMBER SOME OTHER PART OF THE DREAM. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT MY
DREAM MEANS, AND WHAT I CAN DO NOW. I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THIS MATTER. NOTE:
IF MY GIVEN INFORMATION IS INCOMPLETE, THEN PLEASE ASK ME AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. FROM DR AZAM TO SAIMA ON 20
SEPTEMBER 2003 WA LAIKUM SALAM, SAIMA. I THINK THIS
DREAM IS SAYING THAT YOU WILL MARRY ANOTHER MAN, BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS
LOOK AT THE PAST WITH REGRET AND WISH THAT YOU COULD HAVE MARRIED THE MAN WHOM
YOU LOVED, IF ONLY HE HAD NOT BEEN AN AHMEDIYYA [WHO ARE, IN FACT, NON-MUSLIM].
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT LOYALTY TO ALLAH SUPERCEDES LOYALTY TO ANOTHER PERSON. I MYSELF
COULD NOT MARRY THE GIRL I WANTED TO, MY UNIVERSITY CLASS-MATE, BECAUSE OF MY
PARENTS’ WISHES. BUT I GAVE A QURBANI [SACRIFICE] AND I BELIEVE THAT ALLAH MOST
HIGH WILL SURELY COMPENSATE ME IN THE NEXT WORLD – AND FOR ETERNITY! SO THE FEW
YEARS OF WORLDLY HAPPINESS THAT I HAVE FORSAKEN ARE NOTHING. I HOPE YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING; IN FACT, I AM SURE THAT YOU DO, FOR YOU ASKED HIM
TO LEAVE HIS AHMEDIYYA FAITH BUT HE REFUSED. IF HE CAN SACRIFICE YOU FOR HIS
WRONG FAITH, CAN’T YOU SACRIFICE HIM FOR YOUR CORRECT FAITH? I AM ALWAYS READY
TO SUPPORT YOU IN THIS MATTER. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU! AMEEN! [98] FROM NAZIA MAQSOOD,
EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF ISLAMIC SOCIETY, BURNLEY COLLEGE, TO DR AZAM ON 28 JUNE
1999 WITH REGARDS TO THE MEETING HELD ON
WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE, MY INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE THAT THE MEETING ACTUALLY WENT VERY
WELL. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A DELAY IN FINDING A SUITABLE ROOM
[WHICH WAS MAINLY THE FAULT OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY’S ORGANISATION OF THE
EVENT], I STILL FELT THAT THE PROGRAMME, ONCE STARTED, FINISHED QUITE WELL
IRRELEVANT OF SUCH A STUTTERING START.
MYSELF AND VARIOUS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY WERE VERY PLEASED WITH
THE OUTCOME OF THE PROGRAMME AND YOUR PERFORMANCE AT THE TALK. I FELT THAT YOU
TACKLED FIRED AT YOU [OR SHOULD I SAY FORCED UPON YOU] WITH ENTHUSIASM AND WITH
GREAT PATIENCE. HOWEVER, I DO FEEL THAT SOME OF THE GUESTS MAY HAVE BEEN
CONFUSED AS TO THE AREA OF ‘DREAMS’ YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT. I ALSO FELT THAT THE
MAJORITY OF GUESTS PRESENT ACTUALLY FELT THAT YOU WOULD INTERPRET THEIR DREAMS.
I DO REMEMBER YOU POINTING OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TALK THAT YOU WOULD NOT
BE INTERPRETING DREAMS, AND THAT YOU WOULD ONLY BE FOCUSING ON GOOD DREAMS
[ISLAMIC DREAMS]. PERHAPS AT A FUTURE TALK YOU COULD READY YOURSELF FOR PEOPLE’S
EXPECTATIONS AND MAYBE PREPARE SOME GENERAL FORMS OF INTERPRETATION FOR ANY
GUESTS THINKING THAT YOU COULD INTERPRET DREAMS [IF IT IS AT POSSIBLE, THAT
IS]. LISTENERS WOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PROVIDE RELEVANT AHADITH AND
QUOTATIONS FROM THE HOLY QURAN IN ORDER TO CLARIFY YOUR PERSONAL COMMENTS AND
FINDINGS, IN ORDER TO DEFINE AND CLARIFY POINTS WHICH MAY BE MISUNDERSTOOD.
GENERALLY, I FELT THAT THE MEETING WAS VERY GOOD AND AS FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE AS
A LECTURER, I FEEL THAT YOU FULFILLED OUR CRITERIA FOR BEING A GOOD LECTURER.
THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY FELT PRIVELEGED TO HAVE YOU ATTEND ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. MAY
ALLAH SUBHANHU WA TA’LA GRACE YOU WITH PEACE AND HAPPINESS FOR GIVING UP
YOUR TIME AND FOR ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT IN TOWARDS THE MEETING. THANK YOU
FOR HELPING ME, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, IN
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ‘DREAMS’ AND BRINGING IT TO
OUR ATTENTION. THE EXTRA COPY OF DREAMS IN ISLAM THAT YOU KINDLY GAVE TO US IS ACTUALLY
BEING READ BY ONE OF THE GUESTS WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING. ONCE MY
BROTHER-IN-ISLAM HAS FINISHED READING THIS COPY, I WILL THEN PASS THE COPY ON
TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO MAY THEN ALSO BENEFIT FROM IT. THANK YOU! [99] FROM NIZAM -UL NISA, BURNLEY
COLLEGE STUDENT, TO DR AZAM ON 1 JULY 1999 IN MY OPINION, THE TALK WAS GOOD BUT YOU
ONLY SPOKE ABOUT THE GOOD DREAMS THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE. SOME DREAMS ARE BAD AND
SCARY AND THEY CAN BE VIVIDLY REMEMBERED; WE YOUNGSTERS WONDER WHAT THEY MEAN
AND I ALSO THINK WE HARDLY HAVE THE GOOD DREAMS THAT YOU MENTIONED. ANYWAY, WE
DO NOT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO TELL IF THEY ARE GOOD DREAMS. IT IS VERY RARE THAT WE HAVE
ISLAMIC DREAMS. THE TALK WAS GOOD IN THAT IT MADE US THINK ABOUT THE NATURE OF
GOOD DREAMS AND WHAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE IN A GOOD DREAM. ANYWAY, I’VE HAD A
LOOK AT YOUR PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLET; IT IS VERY USEFUL AND HAS VERY GOOD
STUFF IN IT. IT GAVE ME MORE INFORMATION AND INCREASED MY [RELIGIOUS]
KNOWLEDGE. IT CHANGED MY WAY OF THINKING AND MADE ME AWARE OF THE RIGHTS AND
WRONGS OF ACTIONS. IT ENLIGHTENED ME TO JUDGE MY DREAMS. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED
IN MY DREAMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALWAYS COME TRUE. AND DREAMS ARE A 44TH
PART OF NABUWWAT [PROPHETHOOD].
IF THERE’S ANY PROBLEM OR SOMETHING GOOD OR BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN, I ALWAYS
GET INFORMED IN MY DREAMS. I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] IN
MY DREAM; PLEASE HELP ME AND TELL ME SOMETHING I COULD READ TO SEE THE PROPHET
[PBUH]. IN YOUR BOOKLET, YOU CAN ALSO INCLUDE STORIES OF THE SAHABA IKRAM
[THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET PBUH] AND THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] TO
GIVE US MORE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOVE THE SAHABA IKRAM HAD FOR THE PROPHET [PBUH].
THIS WOULD CREATE LOVE IN PEOPLE’S HEARTS FOR THE PROPHET [PBUH] , WHICH IS
ESSENTIAL TO BE A GOOD MUSLIM. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SENDING ME MORE OF THESE
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLETS
AND ANY OTHER BOOKS THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN. I AM CURRENTLY READING YOUR DREAMS
IN ISLAM, WHICH IS VERY GOOD. [100] FROM ROY BRYANT, PRESIDENT,
SEVENTWENTYFOUR INC.
[WWW.SEVENTWENTYFOUR.COM] TO DR AZAM ON 14 NOVEMBER 2003 THERE APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM ON THIS PAGE
OF YOUR SITE. ON PAGE http://www.dr.umar-azam.com/dreams_of_honours.htm
WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE http://www THE LINK TO http://www GIVES
THE EROR: DOMAIN NAME LOOKUP FAILED [MAY BE A TRANSIENT ERROR]. AS RECOMMENDED
BY THE ROBOT GUIDELINES, THIS E-MAIL IS TO EXPLAIN OUR ROBOT’S ACTIVITIES AND
TO LET YOU KNOW OF ONE OF THE BROKEN LINKS WE ENCOUNTERED. LINKWALKER DOES NOT
STORE OR PUBLISH THE CONTENT OF YOUR PAGES, BUT RATHER USES THE LINK
INFORMATION TO UPDATE OUR MAP OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB. ARE THESE REPORTS HELPFUL?
I’D LOVE SOME FEEDBACK. IF YOU PREFER NOT TO RECEIVE THESE OCCASIONAL ERROR
NOTICES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. FROM DR AZAM TO ROY BRYANT ON
15 NOVEMBER 2003 THANKS VERY MUCH FOR INFORMING ME OF
THE ERROR OF MY ‘DREAMS OF HONOURS’ PAGE ON MY SITE WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM I WILL ASK THE FIRM WHO
MAINTAIN MY SITE TO LOOK INTO IT; OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
ASCERTAIN THAT EVERYTHING ON THE SITE FUNCTIONS IN THE OPTIMUM WAY! YOUR REPORTS
ARE VERY HELPFUL AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL ME AT ANY TIME! [101] FROM NADIA, BLACKBURN TO DR AZAM
ON 7 JANUARY 1998 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR BOOKLET PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE AND THE TAWEEZ, WHICH WERE VERY HELPFUL.
DR UMAR AZAM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU SOMETHING: WHENEVER I DO SOMETHING WRONG,
I ALWAYS GET CAUGHT. I KNOW I MAY BE A SINNER BUT THERE ARE WORSE PEOPLE THAN
ME IN THIS WORLD. THE THING IS, WHENEVER I’M WITH MY BOYFRIEND, I ALWAYS GET
SEEN BY MY BROTHERS; I HAVE FOUR BROTHERS AND
NO SISTERS. I LOVE MY BOYFRIEND A LOT BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT GOING OUT
WITH SOMEONE IS WRONG. BUT OTHER GIRLS GO OUT WITH BOYS AND THEY DON’T
SEEM TO GET CAUGHT, SO WHY DO I? DR UMAR AZAM, CAN YOU WRITE ME SUCH A TAWEEZ
THAT I NEVER, EVER GET CAUGHT WITH HIM AND MY BROTHERS TRUST ME AND NEVER COME
CHECKING ON ME IN COLLEGE. THE THING IS, I’M NOT A BAD GIRL AND I HAVE NEVER
DONE ANYTHING WRONG UNTIL NOW, WHICH IS GOING OUT WITH MY BOYFRIEND. MY
BOYFRIEND DOES NOT SEEM TO LOVE ME AS MUCH AS I DO, BECAUSE I ALWAYS GET SEEN
BY MY BROTHERS, HE IS BACKING OUT ON ME. CAN YOU PLEASE WRITE ME SUCH A TAWEEZ
THAT HE LOVES ME AND MY BROTHERS TRUST ME. THE TAWEEZ YOU WROTE ON ‘LOVE’ – I’VE GOT THAT WITH
ME, AND THE ONE ‘FOR ANY NEED’, BUT I KEEP ON GETTING SUSSED. I HAVE LOVED
MY BOYFRIEND SINCE I WAS SIXTEEN; NOW I’M EIGHTEEN AND HAVE STARTED TO GO OUT
WITH HIM. HE FINISHED WITH ME TWO MONTHS AGO AND IT HAS BEEN THREE WEEKS SINCE
WE’VE BEEN TOGETHER. HE’S THE ONE I LOVE AND NEED: WITHOUT HIM MY LIFE’S NOTHING.
SO WHY DO I KEEP ON GETTING SUSSED? HE IS A VERY NICE PERSON AND HAS PROTECTED
ME ALL THE TIME. HE PRAYS NAMAZ ALL FIVE TIMES A DAY. CAN YOU PLEASE WRITE ME A
TAWEEZ OR TELL ME A SURAT TO READ. WHENEVER MY BOYFRIEND FINISHED WITH ME, I
USED TO PRAY TO GOD TO GET HIM BACK; NOW THAT I’VE GOT HIM BACK, MY BROTHERS
COME TO COLLEGE TO SEE WHAT I’M UP TO. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME – THERE’S A LOT
OF STRENGTH IN GOD’S PRAYERS. FROM DR AZAM TO NADIA ON 9 JANUARY
1998 WA LAIKUM SALAM. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LETTER AND I FEEL PLEASED TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH TRUST IN ME TO TELL
ME YOUR RATHER TRAGIC PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THIS LETTER, I’M GOING TO TALK
VERY HONESTLY TO YOU, FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART, SO THAT I CAN HELP YOU AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I AM VERY SURE THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO MY ADVICE BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THAT ALLAH MOST HIGH HAS GIVEN ME DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF PHILOSOPHY AND OUR
RELIGION. PLEASE DO NOT MIND WHATEVER I TELL YOU AND REALISE THAT I AM WRITING
THIS LETTER AS THE CLOSEST FRIEND AND HELPER, NOT AS AN ENEMY. WHEN I
READ YOUR LETTER, I WAS ASTONISHED. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SAID ARE
SO TERRIBLE THAT I MUST BLAME SOCIETY IN GENERAL, AND PERHAPS YOUR FAMILY, FOR
NOT GIVING YOU PROPER KNOWLEDGE. A FORNICATOR IS SOMEONE WHO HAS SEX WITH SOMEONE WITHOUT
BEING MARRIED TO HIM OR HER. FORNICATION IS THAT DREADFUL ACT. THE HOLY
PROPHET [PBUH] HAS SAID THAT AN EIGTH HELL HAS BEEN MADE FOR BAD MUSLIMS. WHY,
IN ISLAM, ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE
BOYFRIENDS OR GIRLFRIENDS? YOU SAY YOU ARE EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD. NOW, YOU WILL
NOT BE ALIVE IN ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS BECAUSE DEATH IS INEVITABLE [THE OLDEST
PERSON IN THE WORLD IS NOT MUCH MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD]. THE COMING OF DEATH
IS PROOF THAT YOU WILL BE JUDGED BY GOD. PUNISHMENTS AFTER DEATH ARE SEVERE. FOR
EXAMPLE, FOR KISSING YOUR BOYFRIEND ONCE, AND HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE ONCE,
YOU COULD BE BURNED IN HELL FOR 70, 000 YEARS! THE FIRE OF HELL IS FAR WORSE
THAN THE FIRE OF THIS WORLD. IMAGINE BEING BURNED ALIVE! I AM SURE THAT YOU
COULD NOT STAND THE TORMENT FOR A FEW SECONDS! SO IS IT WORTH IT? WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SUFFER FOR UNIMAGINEABLE PERIODS IN HELL FOR A FEW SNATCHED, GUILTY
MOMENTS OF PLEASURE ON EARTH? I DO NOT THINK YOU WOULD! SO WHY ARE YOU
SEEING A BOYFRIEND? IF YOUR OWN GIRL FRIENDS HAVE GOT BOYFRIENDS, YOU SHOULD BE
FEELING SORRY FOR THEM [LIKE I AM FEELING SORRY FOR YOU] AND TELLING THEM THAT
THEY ARE SINNING AND PUTTING THEMSELVES IN GREAT DANGER AFTER DEATH, NOT
COPYING THEM! I AM SURE THAT IT WOULD NOT
GIVE YOU PLEASURE TO KNOW THAT ALLAH WILL DEAL SEVERELY WITH SUCH
PEOPLE. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE LAWFULLY MARRIED, ALLAH WILL REWARD YOU
EACH TIME YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND GET TOGETHER! THERE WILL BE GREAT BLESSING IN
THE NEXT WORLD AND NO PUNISHMENT, NO MATTER WHAT YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND DO
WITH ONE ANOTHER [KISS, CUDDLE ETC.]. IF YOU CAN MERIT PARADISE, ALLAH WILL
GIVE YOU A PURE HUSBAND. EVERY
TIME HE AND YOU HAVE INTERCOURSE, IT WILL TAKE EIGHTY YEARS! IMAGINE THAT! COMPARE THAT TO YOUR FEW GUILTY
MOMENTS NOW! YOU SAY IN YOUR LETTER THAT YOUR ‘BOYFRIEND’ PRAYS FIVE TIMES A
DAY. WHAT NONSENSE TO PRAY ON ONE HAND AND HAVE A GIRLFRIEND ON THE OTHER! THAT
IS A HYPOCRITICAL THING TO DO! ALLAH COULD DEAL SEVERELY WITH HIM WHEN HE DIES
BECAUSE THAT IS LIKE MAKING FUN OF RELIGION! YOU ALSO SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
PRAYING TO GOD TO GET YOUR BOYFRIEND BACK! AND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF STRENGTH
IN GOD’S PRAYERS! ARE YOU IN YOUR RIGHT MIND, NADIA? THAT IS LIKE ME PRAYING TO
GOD AND ASKING HIM TO HELP ME MURDER SOMEONE! MURDER IS FORBIDDEN IN ISLAM, SO HOW CAN I ASK GOD TO HELP ME WITH
SIN? YOUR ‘PRAYER’ IS NOT REALLY A PRAYER AT ALL, SINCE YOU ARE ASKING FOR
EVIL! SO EACH TIME YOU ‘PRAY’, YOU ARE REALLY SINNING. YOU MIGHT AS WELL ASK
THE DEVIL! YOUR BROTHERS WHO CHECK ON YOU IN COLLEGE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMIES. THEY KNOW THAT WHAT YOU ARE
DOING IS WRONG AND, BECAUSE THEY LOVE YOU, THEY ARE TRYIING TO SAVE YOU FROM
THE BAD CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS. I AM SURE THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE
THEIR SISTER LABELLED AS A ‘SLAG’ AND HUMILIATED IN THIS WORLD, AND THEN
PUNISHED IN THE FIRE IN THE NEXT! I THINK THEY ARE GREAT BROTHERS AND,
OF COURSE, I WOULD DO THE SAME FOR ANY OF MY OWN SISTERS. IF KAFIR PEOPLE HAVE BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS, IT IS
BECAUSE THEY LACK FAITH. IF THEY GO TO HELL FOR ETERNITY, THAT WILL BE THE
WORSE FOR THEM. I THINK THEY ARE BEING FOOLISH BY ENJOYING THEMSELVES AS MUCH
AS THEY CAN WHILE THEY ARE ALIVE, FOR A RELATIVELY LITTLE WHILE, AND THEN
RISKING ETERNAL PUNISHMENT. AS A MUSLIM, YOU WOULD BE IDIOTIC TO DO THE SAME! WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW? IN OUR
RELIGION, WE CAN TALK TO MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN A PUBLIC PLACE [THE
COLLEGE CANTEEN, FOR EXAMPLE]. I USED TO MEET FELLOW STUDENT GIRLS WHEN I WAS
AT UNIVERSITY. BUT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MEET THEM PRIVATELY, TOUCH THEM OR DO
THINGS WITH THEM. SO I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO STAY FRIENDLY WITH THIS PERSON BUT WITHIN
LIMITS. BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS TEMPTED YOU ALREADY, THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
YOU WILL BEGIN TO FEEL SUICIDAL IF YOU CANNOT CONTINUE YOUR UNLAWFUL
RELATIONSHIP. DO NOT COMMIT SUICIDE. THOSE WHO DO SO WILL BE GUARANTEED
HELL. FOR EXAMPLE, IF ANYONE JUMPS OFF A CLIFF, THAT PERSON WILL BE IN THE FIRE
OF HELL AND JUMPING OFF OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND SUFFERING THE SAME PAIN FOR
EVER. IF ANYONE TAKES AN OVERDOSE, THEY WILL BE IN THE FIRE OF HELL, AND TAKING
THE AGONISING OVERDOSE OVER AND OVER AGAIN! ASK ALLAH MOST HIGH FOR FORGIVENESS
FROM YOUR HEART [THIS IS CALLED ‘REPENTENCE’] AND NEVER DO THE SAME
THING AGAIN. IF YOU REPENT, THEN SIN, REPENT AGAIN, THEN SIN AGAIN ETC., YOU
ARE MAKING FUN OF ALLAH, AND YOU WILL BE PUT INTO HELL. IF YOU REPENT AND NEVER
DO THE WRONG ACTION AGAIN, THERE IS A
GREAT CHANCE THAT YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN, PERHAPS BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T KNOW
PROPERLY THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT YOU WERE DOING. BUT I HAVE REALLY EDUCATED YOU
BY WRITING THIS LETTER AND, IF YOU CONTINUE IN YOUR BAD WAYS, YOU WILL HAVE NO
EXCUSE IN FRONT OF ALLAH. I FEAR FOR YOUR COLLEAGUE AS WELL, SO PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO SHOW HIM THIS LETTER [IN A PUBLIC PLACE!]. IF BOTH OF YOU DECIDE THAT
YOU ARE BOTH GOING TO CONTINUE IN YOUR BAD WAYS, THEN I’M AFRAID I CANNOT HELP
YOU AND YOU WILL DESERVE WHAT YOU GET. BUT I AM SURE YOU WILL PLACE A FAR
GREATER VALUE ON THE NEXT LIFE THAN THIS ONE [ACTUALLY, THIS LIFE IS ONLY
ARTIFICIAL AND PARADISE IS THE REAL WORLD – FULL OF MAGNIFICENT DELIGHTS].
REMEMBER THAT ALLAH MOST HIGH HAS PUT US ON THIS WORLD TO TEST WHETHER WE DO
GOOD THINGS OR EVIL THINGS AND THE HEROIC PERSON IS NOT THE ONE WHO SINS, BUT
THE ONE WHO CAN CONTROL HIMSELF OR HERSELF, AND DO GOOD THINGS TOO. I TOLD YOU
EARLIER IN THIS LETTER THAT I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU HONEST AND CARING ADVICE AND
I HAVE DONE SO. DON’T FORGET THAT I MYSELF WAS SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN AND EIGHTEEN
YEARS OLD AT ONE TIME, TOO [I AM NOW THIRTY-SIX] AND I DIDN’T, ALHAMDOLILLAH,
DO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. SO YOU CANNOT SAY TO ME THAT YOU ARE YOUNG OR THAT
TIMES HAVE CHANGED. THESE WOULD ALL BE EXCUSES. LIFE NEVER CHANGES BECAUSE YOU
LIFE YOUR LIFE AND HAVE TO DIE. THEN YOU HAVE A LIFE IN THE GRAVE AND CAN BE
PUNISHED IN THE GRAVE. THEN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT WILL COME AFTER THE DEAD RISE
UP FROM THE GRAVES, AND THEN ALLAH ALMIGHTY WILL JUDGE EACH PERSON. PARTS OF
YOUR BODY THEMSELVES WILL TELL ALLAH WHAT THEY USED TO DO! I PUT THE LOVE
TAWEEZ IN THE BOOKLET BECAUSE PURE LOVE DOES NOT INVOLVE SIN. IT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU LOVE A PERSON, BUT DO NOT EVEN TELL HIM OR HER! ALLAH HAS OFTEN MADE ME
FALL IN LOVE WITH MANY GIRLS, BUT I HAVE NOT TOLD THEM OR USED THAT AS AN
EXCUSE TO MAKE THEM INTO GIRLFRIENDS. THAT IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IF I DO GOOD
THINGS, I CAN HAVE THEM IN PARADISE ANYWAY, SINCE YOU CAN HAVE WHAT YOU WANT IN
JANNAT. SO I SHALL BE PATIENT AND WAIT. BY THE WAY, I AM MR X IN THE BOOK
DREAMS IN ISLAM. MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE SEEN MY WIVES IN JANNAT IN
THEIR HOLY DREAMS, SO I KNOW OUR ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY IS CORRECT. I HAVE PROOF.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALSO SEEN MY PALACES IN PARADISE [TO READ THE PRAYER FOR A
PLACE IN PARADISE, SEE PAGE 24 OF THE BOOKLET]. ON PAGE 36 ARE TWO OF MY OWN
DREAMS. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU! THANK GOD YOU WROTE TO ME AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
SHOW YOU THE RIGHT WAY. IF AT ANY TIME YOU NEED MY HELP, THE DOOR IS ALWAYS
OPEN! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WRITE! I SHALL ALWAYS HELP YOU AS IF YOU WERE MY OWN
SISTER. ALLAH HAFIZ FOR NOW. [102] FROM AISHA FOZIA TO DR AZAM
ON 11 SEPTEMBER 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. LET ME INTRODUCE
MYSELF. I AM A PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED LADY WORKING AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND
PAGE COMPOSER. I HAVE COMPOSED THE HOLY QURAN [TRANSLATED BY M. M. PIICKTHAL
AND A. H. ELIYASEE] IN ENGLISH. I HAVE ALSO COMPOSED THE HOLY QURAN TRANSLATED
BY M. ASAD. I HAVE ALSO APPLIOED DIACRITICAL MARKS FOR CORRECT ARABIC
PRONUNCIATION. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING MY WORK, I CAN SEND YOU A SAMPLE
FILE. NOW I HAVE STARTED A SMALL PUBLISHING COMPANY OF PRINTING ISLAMIC BOOKS
IN POCKET SIZE. I WANT TO PRINT SOME OF YOUR ARTICLES WRITTEN ON ISLAM, HERE IN
INDIA, WITH YOUR PERMISSION. I WANT YOU TO SEND ME THE FILES IN ZIP FORMAT. ALL
YOUR DOWNLOADS ARE AVAILABLE IN EXE FORMAT WHICH MAY CONTAIN A VIRUS, SOMETHING
WHICH I AM VERY MUCH AFRAID OF. ONE MORE THING, THERE IS A BOOK ENTITLED, DON’T
BE SAD. DO YOU KNOW WHO IS THE PUBLISHER OF THAT BOOK? WAITING FOR YOUR
FAVOURABLE RESPONSE. MY WEBSITE IS: http://www.geocities.com/islamikitabghar/ FROM DR AZAM TO AISHA ON 13 SEPTEMBER
2003 WA LAIKUM SALAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
SUGGESTION THAT THE DOWNLOADS ON MY SITE SHOULD BE IN ZIP OR WORD FORMAT. A
PRIVATE COMPANY MAINTAINS MY SITE. I’LL ASK THEM TO MAKE THE ZIP FACILITY
AVAILABLE. SORRY TO SAY, I HAVEN’T EVEN HEARD OF THE BOOK YOU MENTION – DON’T
BE SAD. SO I DEFINITELY DON’T KNOW WHO THE AUTHOR IS. I AM VERY SYMPATHETIC TO
YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR PHYSICAL HANDICAP. YES, I GRANT YOU PERMISSION TO PRINT AND
SELL MY WORKS, ANY OR ALL OF THEM, ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1.]
LET ME KNOW EVERY TIME YOU PRINT MY WORK: A] THE TITLE AND B] THE QUANTITY 2]
AT THE END OF EVERY CALENDAR MONTH, LET ME KNOW HOW MANY COPIES OF EACH BOOK
HAVE BEEN SOLD, LISTING PUBLIC BODIES, UNIVERSITIES, FOR EXAMPLE 3] WE MAY
REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT IN THE FUTURE. IT WILL, OF COURSE, BE PLEASING FOR ME
IF BROTHER OR SISTER MUSLIMS IN INDIA CAN BENEFIT FROM MY WORK AND IF CERTAIN
HINDUS CAN ABANDON POLYTHEISM AND BECOME BELIEVERS FROM AISHA TO DR AZAM ON 15 SEPTEMBER
2003 RESPECTED BROTHER UMAR AZAM, ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE RIGHTS TO PUBLISH YOUR ARTICLES.
JAZAKALLAH. WHAT I NEED NOW IS FOR YOU TO SEND ME THE FILES IN ZIP FORMAT OF
WORD DOCUMENT SO THAT I CAN GO THROUGH THE MATTER AND MAKE IT READY FOR
PUBLISHING PURPOSES. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ARTICLES APART FROM THOSE ON
‘DREAMS’, RELATED TO ISLAM, YOU CAN SEND THOSE ALSO TO ME. [103] FROM GRAHAM STRINGER MP
MANCHESTER BLACKLEY, HOUSE OF COMMONS, LONDON SW1 OAA TO DR AZAM ON 8 JUNE 1998 DEAR UMAR AZAM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LETTER OF 4 MARCH. I’M SORRY THAT YOU HAVE NOT HAD AN EARLIER REPLY. I HAVE
NOTED YOUR VIEWS ON KASHMIR. I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES BY THE
GOVERNMENT AIMED AT ENDING THE VIOLENCE AND THE SUFFERING AND IN FAVOUR OF A
JUST AND LASTING PEACE SETTLEMENT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WRITING TO ME. [104] FROM MRS ZUBADA BEGUM, LONDON
TO DR AZAM c. 1997 [TRANSLATED FROM THE URDU] MY DEAR DOCTOR, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. MAY ALLAH
GIVE YOU A LONG LIFE AND MAY YOU ALWAYS BE PROSPEROUS. I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE, FOR WHICH I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY GOD BLESS YOU, GUIDE
YOU AND LIGHTEN YOUR PATH; MAY GOD GIVE YOU BLESSINGS IN BOTH THIS WORLD AND THE
NEXT. THE PATH YOU HAVE CHOSEN, MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL THE WAY. I AM SORRY I
CANNOT WRITE IN ENGLISH. CAN YOU READ AND WRITE IN URDU? I AM NOT VERY
EDUCATED, THOUGH I CAN READ ABND WRITE A LITTLE IN URDU. I SUFFER FROM
DEPRESSION QUITE A LOT AND THAT’S WHY I TOOK A LONG TIME TO ANSWER YOUR LETTER.
I AM FREQUENTLY UPSET AND I WORRY A LOT. NEXT WEEK I AM GOING TO SEND YOU A
POSTAL ORDER FOR £10. PLEASE USE IT FOR YOUR GOOD WORK. INSHA’ALLAH, GOD
WILL REWARD YOU FOR THIS GOOD DEED. ZUBEDA WROTE A POEM IN URDU
IN HONOUR OF DR AZAM AND HIS WORK [!] AND A RATHER LOOSE ENGLISH TRANSLATION IS
PRESENTED BELOW: THE DEVOUT ONE
[ONE CLOSE TO GOD] DOES NOT SUCCUMB TO THE THROES OF MISFORTUNE; AND EVEN THE
STAR THAT BREAKS APART DOES NOT [WILLINGLY] FALL TO THE GROUND. THE RIVERS [OF EARTH] ARE DELIGHTED TO FALL INTO
THE OCEAN; BUT THE OCEAN
DOES NOT CARE TO FALL INTO ANY RIVER. [105] FROM DR AZAM TO GOLDEN WONDER
LTD., LEICS, ON 14 APRIL 1999 THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME THE ‘PRODUCTS
SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS’ LIST. I SHOWED THE INFORMATION TO THE SHOPKEEPER WHOM
I MENTIONED IN MY LAST LETTER. ALTHOUGH HE APPRECIATED YOUR LIST, HE WAS
SLIGHTLY CONFUSED: THE REASON FOR HIS UNCERTAINTY IS THE SENTENCE, ‘ALL
PRODUCTS SHOULD BE FREE OF ANY INGREDIENT DERIVED FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS
AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TESTED ON ANIMALS’. MR AYUB POINTED OUT THAT BOTH
‘CHEESY’ AND ‘PRAWN COCKTAIL’ WOTSITS, AND CHEESE AND ONION RINGOS
WERE NOT ON THE VEGETARIAN LIST [I MYSELF CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRAWN
COCKTAIL FLAVOUR MAY INVOLVE SOME DERIVATIVE FROM PRAWNS, ALTHOUGH NOT
NECESSARILY SO.]. WERE THEY NOT ON THE LIST BECAUSE OF THEIR INGREDIENTS OR
BECAUSE OF ANIMAL TESTING? ALTHOUGH MUSLIMS DO NOT AGREE WITH ANIMAL TESTING
WHICH INVOLVES CRUELTY, I WOULD ASSUME THAT, IN THE CASE OF YOUR FIRM, THE FLAVOURS
WOULD BE TRIED OUT ON THE ANIMALS! MUSLIMS COULD THEREFORE CONSUME SUCH
PRODUCTS, BUT NOT THOSE CONTAINING THE UNDESIRABLE INGREDIENTS. I WOULD BE
GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD CLARIFY THE SITUATION. [106] FROM MASOOD KHAWAJA, PRESIDENT,
THE HALAL FOOD AUTHORITY, THE MUSLIM PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN, LONDON
TO DR AZAM ON 13 APRIL 1999 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER
OF 9 APRIL WHICH ONLY REACHED ME TODAY. I AM DELIGHTED TO LEARN THAT, AS A GOOD
MUSLIM, YOU ARE ENTHUSIASTIC TO SHARE AND JOIN IN OUR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE
MUSLIMS WITH HALAL MEAT AND FOOD-STUFFS ACCORDING TO DEFINED SHARIAH RULES. IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO KNOW YOUR BACKGROUND, YOUR CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND THE
TYPE OF WORK YOU DO, SO THAT WE COULD ASSIGN YOU ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS TO SERVE
THE UMMAH AT LARGE. YOU MENTIONED THE FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY. THE HALAL FOOD
AUTHORITY HAS, EVER SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF PROFESSOR PHILIP JAMES’S REPORT
AND RELEASE OF DRAFT LEGISLATION, WORKED AND LIASED WITH THE MINISTER AND THE
DEPARTMENT CONCERNED ON BEHALF OF MUSLIMS TO HAVE ‘HALAL’ DEFINITION
INTERPOLATED IN THE STATUTE OF LAW. SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, PARTICULARLY
ON GENETICALLY-MODIFIED FOOD AND FOOD-LABELLING WILL, INSHA’ALLAH, BENEFIT THE
MUSLIM UMMAH. HOWEVER, THERE IS A LOT TO BE DONE. YOUR EXPERTISE WILL SURELY BE
OF AN ADVANTAGE AND SERVICE; PLEASE SEND A REJOINDER. [107] CIRCULAR FROM DR. AZAM TO INDIVIDUALS AND
ORGANISATIONS, MARCH 2005 Assalamu
Alaikum
I have compiled an e-book called 'Prayers in Islam'. The book has duas in genuine Arabic font, English translation
and transliteration, and is in full colour. To receive a free copy, sent as a Microsoft Word attachment, please
send an e-mail to: dr_umar_azam@yahoo.co.uk Once you
receive 'Prayers in Islam', you'll be able to print it out, save it in
your 'received' folder, and even send it to your friends and relatives as an
attachment too
[there is no copyright!]. Dr Umar* Apologies if you have already
requested, and received, PRAYERS IN ISLAM [108] CIRCULAR FROM DR. AZAM TO INDIVIDUALS AND
ORGANISATIONS, MARCH 2005 Assalamu Alaikum Thank
you for your request [REQ. NO. 3 5 0]. I''m sending you 'Prayers in
Islam' -which I have compiled with great effort- as an attachment.
[Please scroll right to the bottom to see all the work.] You should print
out this copy and then save my message in your 'received' folder. You are
then most welcome to send it to your family and friends as an attachment
with your own mail [after transferring the 'Prayers in Islam' to the 'drafts'
folder or the 'desktop' of your own computer]. Because there is
no copyright, this e-book can be put on Islamic websites. In the
meantime, please send me your comments on this work; here are a few points you
could consider: a] Is the
work easy to read b] How can the work be useful. c] How can it be improved? d] How can it be
promoted?
If you like,
please ask your friends & relatives to request a copy and leave the rest to
me! Dr Umar BA PhD FRSA
FRSSA Please see my
Site: www.dr-umar-azam.com and sign my Guest Book with your honest and valuable comments. NOTE:
One or two readers have told me that the Microsoft Word 'PRAYERS IN ISLAM' attachment which I
have sent at times opens in English only
and, at other times, opens in Arabic only.
If you experience this problem [in other words your computer browser won't fully display the attachment, then
please feel free to download the reserve copy of 'PRAYERS IN ISLAM' from my
Site www.dr-umar-azam.com [it is one section of the Site]. [109]
CIRCULAR FROM DR AZAM TO INDIVIDUALS NOT COMPLETING GUEST BOOK ADEQUATELY,
MARCH 2005 Assalamu
Alaikum, Please send in-depth comments on my Website www.dr-umar-azam.com These comments will be
considered when planning new work. Would you like me to send you a free copy
of my e-book PRAYERS IN ISLAM [which I am currently distributing]? [110]
TO SPEAKER PUBLICATIONS FROM DR AZAM, FEBRUARY 2005 Assalamu
Alaikum, Louisa Butt. I do want
you to write an article on it and am sending you one copy by electronic
mail. You can print it out if it is possible. But if you still want
me to send two copies on paper, I can manage this. Please tell me if the
e-mail copy is sufficient or whether you need the material by Royal Mail. [111] FROM JEANETTE MUGHAL, USA TO DR AZAM ON 4
JANUARY 2004 Asalamalaikum.
I got my download of your "Prayers in Islam". For reverts and
other Muslims who want to attain more knowledge, this is a good reference
for them. As an English teacher or major, I would make improvements on
your presentation. There are too many highlights and everything is
in ALL CAPS (unless you are doing this for those who are dyslexic, this format
is too overwhelming). Please don't take it personally. I am a
sister to you. I have been asked by one of our local masjids to format a
lecture series for them. I am attaching the flyer I recently sent or
handed out locally. Of course, we will start out on the life of the
Prophet (S), etc. I would appreciate any suggestions; and if possible,
invite you to come and make any presentations, Inshaallah. Please contact
Dr. Abdullah, if interested, Insha'Allah. Tawakaltu'Allah. FROM DR
AZAM TO JEANETTE ON 5 JANUARY 2005 THANKS
FOR INVITING ME. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY PLEASURE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION
BUT I AM IN THE UK FOR THE TIME BEING. I WOULD SUGGEST YOU USE MY
'PHILOSOPHY OF ISLAM' ON MY SITE WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM AND ANY OTHER MATRIAL ON THERE.
[112]
FROM FAITH TO DR AZAM ON 25 DECEMBER 2004 JazakAllah for sending PRAYERS IN
ISLAM. Yes, it's Masha'Allah good worK but avoid the use of so many colours. It
is easy to read but instead of using hightlight colors use some light colored
backgrounds. You can publish it in book form too and how about also making it
in acrobat reader format too! In our to promote,well for this reason you can
advertise and also send in some islamic groups. Isent this earlier in islam4all
and in a few other groups. But try to send it whereever it's possible.
JazakAllah [113]
FROM SANA WAHAB TO DR AZAM ON 26 DECEMBER 2004 Walaikum
Salam ! Thank you so much for giving me your valuable asset ! Indeed,
Mashallah .. beautiful work. I will surely pass it on to my friends and
family.. thank you once again!Jazakallah ! Best regards. [114]
FROM HUSAINALI DHARAMSI TO DR AZAM ON 15 JANUARY 2005 Assalamu
Alaikum. I need more time to study the material downloaded from your site
and the PRAYERS IN ISLAM which you sent me. It is all excellent work - real and
honest hard work and may Allah reward you for the same. Please keep it up as
there are lots of misguiding web sites . [115]
FROM ZULKIFLI NAZIM TO DR AZAM ON 27 JANUARY 2005 My
Dearest Brother Dr. Azam, Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmathullaahi Wa
Barakaathuhu.Your response has been quite fast. May Allah reward you and your
family for an excellent, useful and worthy job done. I have saved this in a
special folder of mine and Insha Allah I will try my best to send it to people
to whom it will be of real use. You have taken quite a lot of trouble and spent
quite a lot of time as well. "Every atom of good you do you will
receive your reward (Surah Zilzal). Please be in touch. Wassalaam. [116] FROM ASSAD BAHEER TO DR AZAM ON 4
APRIL 200R Aslaamu Alaikum. May Allah bless you
for your time and generosity. It is highly appreciated. Thank you very much for
a copy of prayer and your permission to put it in my up-coming web site.
Please, keep up the good work. Allah bless you and your family, Inshallah. Wasalama [117]
FROM AMEERA TO DR AZAM ON 4 APRIL 2005 Assalamu
Alaikum. JazakAllah for sendi.ng me a copy of your book and Insha'Allah it will
benefit us all. Jazakallah. [118] FROM FAYYAZ S. PATHAN, MUMBAI,
INDIA TO DR AZAM ON 6 APRIL 2005 I AM VERY MUCH DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT A
KEEN INTEREST IS TAKEN BY YOU MY BROTHER,TO ANSWER MY QUERIES. WHAT IS
ASTONISHING TO NOTE THAT IN OUR COUNTRY ULEMAS ARE INACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMON
MUSLIM MAN. SOME SHARE A PLATFORM ONLY WITH THE RICH AND THE FAMOUS, WHEREAS
SOME UNNECESSARILY CREATE CONTROVERSIES, GIVING A BAD NAME AND SHAPE TO THE
RELIGION. MAY ALLAH GIVE YOU A VERY LONG AGE AND ALWAYS KEEP YOU HAPPY, HALE
AND HEARTY, SO YOU CAN SERVE THE COMMUNITY. ALLAH HAFIZ. [119]
FROM DR AZAM TO ABDUL WAHID SAIT ON 7 APRIL 2005 ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, WAHID. THANKS FOR REQUESTING MY PRAYERS IN ISLAM [REQ NO 3 4 7]. TODAY I TRIED TO SEND YOU 'PRAYERS
IN ISLAM' ATTACHMENT, BUT YOUR MAILBOX IS TOO FULL FOR THE 543K OF
MATERIAL WHICH I SENT. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SEND THE PRAYERS AGAIN OR CAN
YOU PRINT OUT THE RELEVANT SECTION FROM MY WEBSITE WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM ? FROM ABDUL TO DR AZAM ON 7 APRIL 2005 JAZAKALLAH FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. I HAVE CLEARED OUT QUITE A BIT FROM MY
MAILBOX. PLEASE TRY TO SEND IT NOW. IN ADVANCE, JAZAKALLAH. [120]
FROM DR AZAM TO ZUBAIR ON 29 DECEMBER 2004 ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON MY WORK PRAYERS IN ISLAM, ZUBAIR. ONE SHOULD
BE CAUTIOUS WHEN INQUIRING OF THE SOURCES OF ISLAMIC PRAYERS, BUT NOT OVERLY
CAUTIOUS AS IN YOUR CASE – GLORIFYING ALLAH MOST HIGH ALWAYS CARRIES REWARD!
ALSO, THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] HAS ADVISED THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MIDDLE
PATH AND NOT GO TO EXTREMES. I’VE HAD 92 REQUESTS FOR PRAYERS IN ISLAM IN 41
DAYS! I’M DISTRIBUTING MY WORK THOROUGHLY, SO I’M NOT TOO BOTHERED IF YOU
DISTRIBUTE IT OR NOT. [121] FROM HAFIZ MUHAMMED IMRAN KHAN TO
DR AZAM ON 21 APRIL 2005 Asalamualikum Dear respecatble Dr. Sahib. I am sure you will be fine with the Mercy and
the Blessings of Allah Taala. I am Hafiz
Muhammad Imran Khan, from Lahore, Pakistan, and I am Imam in the mosque
here, Alhamdulilah, I have done Masters in 3 subjects, Arabic,
Islamic studies, and health and physical education. Sir, I want to do a Ph.D in Islamic Studies. I want that you
please guide me in this way, About the topic, and if you live in
Pakistan, than please also tell me. I
will be very thankful to you, And Allah Taala will give u the best jaza for
that . Wassalam. Hafiz Muhammad Imran Khan M.A. Arabic. M.A. Islamic studies. M.A. Physical Education. B.Ed.,
LLB. Islamic Sharia law. FROM DR AZAM TO HAFIZ IMRAN ON 21 APRIL 2005 WA LAIKUM SALAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING ME FOR
ADVICE; WILL YOU PLEASE DIRECT YOUR ENQUIRY TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE MUSLIM PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN.
PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING URL: http://muslimparliament.org.uk/education.htm [122] FROM ANONYMOUS TO DR AZAM ON 9 SEPTEMBER 1997 DEAR DR UMAR AZAM, I READ YOUR PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE, WHICH I FOUND
VERY INTERESTING AND HELPFUL. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER YOU COULD ANSWER
SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME. THE TAWEEZ FROM PANJSURAH
SHARIF, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF WEARING THEM? CAN YOU ALSO GET
TAWEEZ TO CORRECT SHORT SIGHT, PREVENT TOOTH DECAY AND GUM DISEASE AND CLEAR
DECAYED TEETH AND HEAL SWOLLEN GUMS? FINALLY, IS THERE ONE TO IMPROVE YOUR
MEMORY? IF THERE ARE SUCH TAWEEZ, PLEASE CAN YOU SEND THEM TO ME. ARE WOMEN
ALLOWED TO GO TO GRAVEYARDS TO VISIT RELATIVES' GRAVES? I READ IN AKHBAR-E-JEHAN THAT WOMEN SHOULDN'T GO,
AS IT'S AGAINST ISLAM. AND DO HORSES PULL DEAD BODIES? I WILL BE VERY GRATEFUL
IF YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. P.S. COULD YOU SEND ME A
PRICE LIST AND NAMES OF OTHER ISLAMIC BOOKS - THANKS. FROM DR AZAM TO ANJUM ON 15 SEPTEMBER
1997 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER. I WANT
PEOPLE TO BUY PANJSURAH SHAREEF, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE NOT WRITTEN WHAT REWARD
YOU GET. AN EXAMPLE OF SUCH REWARD IS THAT THE PERSON WHO READS THE DUAS WILL
ALWAYS BE BLESSED BY ALLAH ALMIGHTY, AND HE/SHE WILL GET SUCCESS IN THIS WORLD
AND THE NEXT. TO GET IMPORTANT TAWEEZ, GET PROPHETIC MEDICAL SCIENCES,
OR ROOHANI TAWEEZAT,PUBLISHED
BY SHABBIR BROTHERS, LAHORE. I SHOULD THINK THAT WOMEN ARE ALLOWED TO GO
TO GRAVEYARDS IF THEY DRESS SUITABLY AND OBSERVE THE HIJAB [BUT SOME SAY THAT WOMEN
SHOULD NOT GO BECAUSE SUCH VISITS COULD BE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBING]. [123] FROM DR AZAM TO THE LIBRARIAN,
MIDDLESBOROUGH CENTRAL LIBRARY, UK ON 31 DECEMBER 1998 DEAR LIBRARIAN, I HAVE NOT YET BEEN PAID
FOR DREAMS IN ISLAM, THE BOOK WHICH WAS SENT IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, NOR HAS
THE RECEIPT OF THE BOOK BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED, DESPITE TWO REMINDERS FROM ME - BY
POST AND BY TELEPHONE. THE BOOK WAS SENT TO REPLACE THE COPY WHICH WAS FOUND TO
BE MISSING FROM THE SHELVES OF MIDDLESBOROUGH CENTRAL LIBRARY. PLEASE FIND
BELOW THE INVOICE FOR THE REPLACEMENT COPY IN QUESTION: INVOICE: FROM: DR UMAR AZAM, PO BOX 39, MANCHESTER M16 8UA
TO: THE LIBRARIAN, MIDDLESBOROUGH CENTRAL LIBRARY, VICTORIA SQUARE.
1 [ONE] COPY OF DREAMS IN ISLAM BY DR UMAR AZAM, DORRANCE PUBLISHING CO. INC,
PENNSYLVANIA, USA, 1992 [ISBN 08059 32526], HARDBACK, NON-FICTION, 150 PAGES.
EIGHT POUNDS NINETY-FIVE PENCE ONLY [#8.95], POSTAGE FREE[SIGNED] ...................................................DR
UMAR AZAM [124] FROM DR AZAM TO THE
HEADTEACHER, WALTER ST PRIMARY SCOOL, BRIERFIELD, LANCS, UK ON 21 JANUARY 1999 DEAR STEPHANIE SMITH, I AM WRITING
TO THANK YOU VERY SINCERELY FOR SPECIALLY INVITING ME TO YOUR SCHOOL'S EID
ASSEMBLY NEXT WEEK. I WILL DO MY BEST TO ATTEND AND I HAVE 'PHONED TO CONFIRM
THIS, ALTHOUGH I DID MAKE MRS SHAKILA RASUL [YOUR MEMBER OF STAFF WHO READ MY PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLET] AWARE THAT I AM NOT IN THE BEST OF HEALTH NOWADAYS AND MAY
BECOME TOO ILL TO ATTEND. I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE MADE ME AWARE THAT MY
RESEARCH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ASSEMBLY; IT WILL GIVE ME GREAT PLEASURE TO
SEE MY WORK BEING USED IN THIS WAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN. TO
EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR YOUR AND MRS RASUL'S KIND THOUGHT, I AM PRESENTING
PHOTOCOPIED SHEETS OF THE ORIGINS AND MEANINGS OF MUSLIM NAMES; I HOPE THEY
WILL BE USEFUL IN YOUR EVERYDAY INTERACTION WITH PUPILS OF THES NAMES. [125]
FROM DR AZAM TO THE COLLEGE LIBRARIAN, BURNLEY COLLEGE, LANCS, UK ON 23
OCTOBER 1998 DEAR MRS MAUREEN SHARPLEY, IT WAS VERY PLEASING TO
MEET YOU AT THE COLLEGE LIBRARY YESTERDAY. I HAVE VISITED A NUMBER OF COLLEGES
IN THE NORTH-WEST, YORKSHIRE AND THE MIDLANDS, AND FEEL THAT THE STUDENTS AND
STAFF OF BURNLEY COLLEGE ARE, AS A RULE, FRIENDLIER AND MORE EASY-GOING
THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS AT OTHER COLLEGES. SUCH KINDNESS TO VISITORS CAN
ONLY PRESENT A POSITIVE IMAGE OF YOUR ESTABLISHMENT TO THESE
VISITORS! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ORDER FOR MY BOOK DREAMS IN ISLAM, WHICH
I LEFT WITH YOU YESTERDAY; THE INVOICE WHICH YOU REQUESTED IS ENCLOSED
HEREWITH. YOU MADE AN EXCELLENT POINT YESTERDAY - THAT THE BOOK IS USEFUL
BECAUSE IT CONTAINS NEW KNOWLEDGE, STUFF NOT PUBLISHED BEFORE. THAT IS
PRECISELY CORRECT AND EXPLAINS WHY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE BOOK HSAS BEEN
WELL-USED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
DEALING WITH ME IN THIS MATTER; I AWAIT OFFICIAL PAYMENT. YOU MAY BE SURE THAT,
AFTER MY VISIT YESTERDAY, I LEFT WITH A FAVOURABLE IMPRESSION OF
BURNLEY COLLEGE! [126] FROM MARIAM, LEICESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 12 APRIL 2005 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA REHMETULLAH WA BARAKATUHU. YOUR SITE IS
REALLY NICE AND MAY ALLAH GIVE YOU REWARD FOR YOUR GOOD DEEDS IN DOING THIS
WORK. I WANTED TO FIND OUT THE ENGLISH MEANING OF THE SEVEN HAIKELS FROM
PANJSURAH SHARIF, SO IF YOU HAVE GOT THE TRANSLATION, CAN YOU PLEASE E-MAIL IT
TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, BROTHER, AND I HOPE ALLAH TA’ALA IS PROUD
OF YOUR WORK. FROM DR AZAM TO MARIAM BHATTI ON 13 APRIL 2005 WA LAIKUM SALAM, MIRIAM. THANK YOU FOR SIGNING MY GUESTBOOK WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM WITH
YOUR WONDERFUL, ENCOURAGING COMMENTS. I'M AFRAID I DON'T HAVE THE
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE SEVEN HAIKALS.
IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO WRITE TO THE PUBLISHERS OF PANJSURA
SHAREEF AND SUGGEST TO THEM THE NEED TO
INCLUDE A TRANSLATION IN THE NEXT EDITION; PERHAPS YOU COULD FIND THE TIME TO
DO THIS YOURSELF. FROM MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF ARABIC, THE VERSES ARE SAYING
THINGS LIKE THE SOUL MUST WORSHIP ONLY ALLAH MOST HIGH, THE SUPREME; ONLY ALLAH
AND HIS PROPHET [PBUH] KNOW WHAT IS BEYOND THE SIDRAT-UL-MUNTAHA
[THE LOTE TREE] WHICH THE PROPHET [PBUH] WENT PAST ON THE MIRAJ
KI RAAT. CAN
YOU TELL YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS AT REGENT COLLEGE ABOUT MY WEBSITE?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
RECEIVE YOUR PERSONAL COPY OF MY E-BOOK 'PRAYERS IN ISLAM'? PLEASE REPLY
AND I'LL POST A MICROSOFT WORD ATTACHMENT DIRECT TO YOUR
MAILBOX [127] FROM ANYMOUS, USA TO DR AZAM ON
18 DECEMBER 2004 DEAR BROTHER, IN THE QURAN, THE FATHER
OF THE PROPHET YUSUF [A.S.] ADVISED HIM NOT TO TELL HIS DREAM TO HIS BROTHERS.
IT IS BETTER TO KEEP [RELIGIOUS] DREAMS INSIDE YOUR HEART, OR SHARE THEM ONLY
WITH PEOPLE YOU LOVE AND TRUST THE MOST. TRUE DREAMS ARE REVEALED FOR YOU AND
ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED TO ALL WEB READERS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU. [128] FROM ALHAJI
SHETIMA MOHAMMED, MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA TO DR AZAM ON 22 DECEMBER 2004 THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST
ISLAMIC SITES I’VE VISITED. IT MADE ME PROUD AND HAPPY TO BE A MUSLIM, WHICH IN
TURN MADE ME VERY GRATEFUL TO ALMIGHTY ALLAH, FOR HE HAS GUIDED ME AND BLESSED
ME BY CREATING ME ESPECIALLY AS A MUSLIM. MY ADVICE TO ALL THE MUSLIMS IN THE
WORLD IS THAT THEY SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF THEIR DUTIES TO ALLAH BY ABIDING BY THE
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF ISLAM. IT WILL BE A GREAT LOSS TO ANY MUSLIM TO END UP
IN THE HELL-FIRE AFTER THE BOUNTIES HE HAS BEEN BESTOWED WITH FOR BEING A
MUSLIM. YOUR LETTER TO NON-MUSLIMS ATTRACTED ME SO MUCH THAT I INVITED MY
NON-MUSLIM FRIENDS TO READ IT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PRINTING IT, DOWNLOADING IT
AND EVEN ADDING IT ONTO THEIR OWN WEBSITES. MAY THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH BLESS THIS
WORK OF YOURS WITH JANNAT-AL-FIRDAUS. [129] FROM
TAQWA, LOS ANGELES, USA TO DR AZAM ON 15 APRIL 2005 YOUR PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLET WAS REALLY GOOD. WHAT DOES A DREAM THAT YOU ARE HANDED A
SWORD MEAN? FROM DR AZAM TO
TAQWA ON 22 APRIL 2005 GENERALLY, A SWORD SYMBOLISES THE
WIELDING OF POWER. ‘RECEIVING AN UNSHEATHED SWORD AND LIFTING IT ABOVE THE HEAD
[BUT NOT STRIKING WITH IT]’ SYMBOLISES THAT THE DREAMER ‘WILL WIELD SUCH POWER
AS WILL MAKE HIM POPULAR, OR ELSE HE WILL FATHER A VERY BEAUTIFUL GIRL’. IBN
SIREEN, p. 127 ‘WIELDING AN UNSHEATHED
SWORD’ MEANS THAT ‘HE WILL SPEAK OUT FREELY AGAINST PEOPLE AND THEIR AFFAIRS’
Ibid. p.127 [130] FROM KHURAM HUSSAIN, RHODESWAY
SCHOOL, BRADFORD, UK TO DR AZAM ON 1 MAY 2004 THANK YOU. IT IS YOU WHO HAS OPENED
MY EYES AS TO HOW I SHOULD ACT TOWARDS MY FELLOW MUSLIM BROTHERS AND
NON-MUSLIMS ALIKE – BECAUSE OF YOUR WEB SITE, MOST OF MY SINFUL WAYS HAVE DIED
DOWN. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. [131] FROM YASIR TARABICHI, ITHACA, USA
TO DR AZAM ON 3 APRIL 2005 UPON READING YOUR RUSHDIE’S SATANIC
VERSES: AN ISLAMIC RESPONSE I FEAR THAT I FEEL MUCH IS LACKING. YOUR
‘RESPONSE’ IS NOT TRULY A ‘RESPONSE’ …BUT RATHER THE EXHIBITION OF YOUR AND ALL
MUSLIMS’ FRUSTRATIONS TOWARDS RUSHDIE’S BOOK [AND RIGHTFULLY SO]. WHAT WE
REALLY NEED IS A RESPONSE IN THE SENSE OF A REBUTTAL, AS I AM SURE THAT YOU
KNOW THAT MANY CHRISTIAN WEBSITES ANSWERING OUR RELIGION PROVIDE SEEMINGLY
CONCRETE VIEWS CONCERNING THE SATANIC VERSES. THEREFORE, WE MUST FIGHT
BACK WITH EVEN MORE LOGICAL CLAIMS INSTEAD OF CONDEMNING CERTAIN GROUPS AND
INDIVIDUALS WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF UNPROVEN CONSPIRACY THEORIES. JAZAKALLAH FOR
ALL YOUR EFFORT. [132] FROM ANONYMOUS TO DR AZAM ON 16
NOVEMBER 2004 I DIDN’T LOOK MUCH ON THIS SITE, BUT I
WAS INTERESTED IN YOUR ARTICLE ON PALESTINE AND WHAT YOU SAID AND DIDN’T
SAY ABOUT THE PALESTINIANS. PERHAPS THE ISRAELIS HAVE KILLED PEOPLE
UNNESCESSARILY [DID I SPELL THAT RIGHT?] BUT HOW MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE THE
PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS KILLED? HOW MANY LIVES HAVE THE BOMBINGS ON THE
SCHOOLBUSSES CLAIMED? HOW MANY, AND HOW MANY MORE? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE
ISRAELIS DO? YOU SAY A GENOCIDE, BUT IS THAT SO FAR FROM WHAT THE
PALESTINIANS ARE DOING TO THEM, WHAT THE INQUISITION TRIED TO DO, WHAT HITLER
AND THE NAZIS TRIED TO DO? YOU SAY WE RAIL ON ABOUT HITLER BUT, IF WE DO, WE
ONLY DO SO TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN, TO ENSURE THAT 65 MILLION
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES ARE NOT CLAIMED AGAIN. ALL THE ISRAELIS ARE TRYING TO DO IS
DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY, NOT TO MENTION THEIR LIVES. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN THEIR
PLACE? [133] FROM KHALID SAEED TO DR AZAM
ON 4 JANUARY 2005 JANAB DR UMAR AZAM SAHIB, ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. I HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL. I APOLOGISE FOR MY LATE REPLY; I WAS ON THE
ROAD MOST OF THE TIME AND DID NOT GET THE CHANCE TO GET BACK TO YOU SOONER.
SINCE I HAD PROMISED THAT I WOULD GIVE YOU MY COMMENTS, THEREFORE I DID VISIT
ALMOST ALL OF YOUR WEB SITE. MASHA’ALLAH, YOU HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON IT AND
IT HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND ADVICE PROVIDED FOR THE READER. I
LIVE IN THE USA AND WE ARE A MUCH NEWER MUSLIM COMMUNITY HERE THAN THE MUSLIM
COMMUNITY IN ENGLAND. WE ARE EXPERIENCING ISSUES RELATED TO THE FIRST, SECOND
AND NOW THIRD GENERATION PROBLEMS OF MUSLIMS GROWING UP IN THE WEST. EVEN
THOUGH ALL OF US NEED GUIDANCE AND KNOWLEDGE, YET I AM VERY HAPPY TO KNOW THAT
YOU STARTED THIS WEB SITE WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN MIND, AS YOU STATE: ALTHOUGH THIS SITE WAS ORIGINALLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE DISSEMINATION
OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF MUSLIMS, [AS WELL AS TO
THOSE WHO ARE OLDER], IT HAS BEEN OF INTEREST TO NON-MUSLIMS AS WELL AS MUSLIMS
SO FAR – AND THIS HAS BEEN AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT. WE NEED TO KEEP ON DEVELOPING
PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE PRACTICAL DAILY PROBLEMS FACING MUSLIM YOUTH AND
MUSLIM FAMILIES IN THIS CONSTANTLY-CHANGING WORLD. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU FOR ALL
YOUR EFFORTS. BEST REGARDS KHALID SAEED www.amuslimvoice.org
“Don’t pretend to be religious, be
religious from the heart. Only Allah knows how religious you are.” www.dr-umar-azam.com/islam_younger_generation.htm
[134] FROM NUMAAN KHAWAJA TO DR AZAM ON
5 NOVEMBER 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. I DON’T HAVE A
PANJSURAH SHAREEF. CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THE REFERENCE OF THE DAROOD TAJ.
JAZAKALLAH KHAIR. FROM DR AZAM TO NUMAAN ON 7 NOVEMBER
2003 WA LAIKUM SALAM, NUMAAN. YOU REALLY MUST
BUY A COPY OF PANJSURAH SHAREEF; IT IS ABSOLUTELY PACKED WITH AUTHENTIC, VERY
IMPORTANT, PRACTICAL ISLAMIC RITUALS AND RELIGIOUS INFORMATION! MAJOR ISLAMIC BOOKSHOPS STOCK IT, OR MUST BE
ABLE TO IMORT IT! IN COMPLIANCE WITH
YOUR REQUEST, I AM SENDING YOU THE HADITH PERTAINING TO THE BENEFITS OF THE
DAROOD TAJ: IN
ORDER TO STEAL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PROPHET [PBUH] IN A DREAM, ONE OUGHT
TO RECITE DAROOD TAJ ON ELEVEN FRIDAY NIGHTS CONSECUTIVELY AND THOSE, TOO, ON
THE ADVANCING STAGES OF THE MOON. THE PREREQUISITES OF THE RECITATION OF THE DAROOD ARE AS BELOW: 1. MAKE WUDHU 2.
PUT ON CLEAN, SCENTFUL CLOTHES 3. FACE THE QIBLA AND RECITE DAROOD TAJ 170 TIMES AND THEN GO TO BED. FOR THE
SANCTITY OF THE SOUL, ONE SHOULD RECITE DAROOD TAJ SEVEN TIMES AFTER THE FAJR
PRAYER AND THREE TIMES EACH AFTER BOTH THE ASR PRAYER AND THE ISHA PRAYER,
EVERY DAY. AND FOR OVERCOMING THE CRUEL RULERS AND THE ENEMIES, AND TO COME OUT
OF MISERY OR POVERTY, ONE SHOULD RECITE DAROOD TAJ FOR FORTY DAYS CONTINUOUSLY,
FORTY-ONE TIMES EACH DAY. ONE WHO WISHES TO TRANSFORM POVERTY TO ABUNDANCE,
HE/SHE MUST MAKE IT A ROUTINE TO REVISE DAROOD TAJ SEVEN TIMES EVERY DAY AFTER
THE FAJR PRAYER [135] FROM DR AZAM TO KEN ASHTON,
TUTOR, MORRIS COLLEGE OF JOUNALISM, WEYBRIDGE, SURREY ON 3 NOVEMBER 1998 DEAR KEN, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
TUTORING ME THROUGH THE FREELANCE JOURNALISM COURSE; I HAVE LEARNT A GREAT
DEAL. IN RECENT WEEKS, I HAVE FELT ELATED ON TWO OCCASIONS: FIRST, WHEN MY
DIPLOMA ARRIVED AND, THEN, WHEN I WAS SENT MY MEDIA PASS! IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT
I FEEL HAPPY; NORMALLY I AM WORKING VERY HARD AND AM UNDER STRESS! THE ROYAL
SOCIETY OF ARTS [R.S.A.] HAVE ASKED ME WHY I WISH TO APPLY FOR FELLOWSHIP AND I
HAVE GIVEN MY REASONS: THAT IT WILL BE PRESTIGIOUS, AND OF HELP TO ME IN MY CAREER AIMS – I MAY GO INTO FREELANCE JOURNALISM OR OTHER
MEDIA WORK IN THE FUTURE. I WILL BE GRATEFUL IF YOU SUPPLY THE R.S.A. WITH A
REFERENCE ON ME WHEN THEY WRITE TO YOU, CONFIRMING THAT YOU HAVE TUTORED
ME THROUGH THE BRITISH FREELANCE JOURNALISM COURSE AND THAT I HAVE BEEN AWARDED
A DIPLOMA BY THE MORRIS COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING IT!
WILL YOU PLEASE WRITE BACK TO ME TO CONFIRM THAT THE R.S.A. MAY APPROACH
YOU FOR A REFERENCE. ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR YOUR EXCELLENT GUIDANCE DURING THE
COURSE. BEST REGARDS. [136] FROM MALIK ABDUL ROUF, MANAGING
PARTNER, MALIK SIRAJUDDIN & SONS,
PUBLISHERS, LAHORE, PAKISTAN TO DR AZAM ON 8 DECEMBER 1997 THIS REFERS TO YOUR LETTER DATED 2
DECEMBER 1997, ALONG WITH THE MANUSCRIPT VISION OF PARADISE BY ZAHEER AZAM. WE
WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO PUBLISH A NEW BOOK AT
PRESENT. WE CAN PRINT AND SELF-PUBLISH THIS MANUSCRIPT FOR YOU. IF THE PROPOSAL
SUITS YOU, THEN PLEASE SEND US A DRAFT FOR 100/00 B/STG. FAVOURING M/S MALIK
SIRAJUDDIN & SONS. WE WILL PRINT 1000 COPIES AND DESPATCH THE SAME AT YOUR
ADDRESS. [137] FROM MALIK ABDUL ROUF, MANAGING
PARTNER, MALIK SIRAJUDDIN & SONS,
PUBLISHERS, LAHORE, PAKISTAN TO DR AZAM ON 15 JANUARY 1998 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER DATED 6
JANUARY 1998, INFORMING US OF SENDING US A DRAFT FOR POUNDS 100/00 B/STG FOR
PRINTING OF VISION OF PARADISE. THE REPLY IS PARA WISE FOR YOUR PERUASAL: 1. BOOKLET WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN 120 DAYS
AFTER RECEIPT OF POUNDS 100/00 B/STG 2]
1000 COPIES WILL BE SENT TO YOUR ADDRESS OR ON ADDRESSES WHICH YOU WOULD
INFORM 3] IF YOU WANT TO SELL THIS
BOOKLET, YOU WILL HAVE TO ADVERTISE AND SEND A CIRCULAR ABOUT THE BOOKLET TO
OUR CUSTOMERS THROUGH US 4] BINDING
WILL BE STICHED AND PAPERBACK 5] PROOFS
WILL BE SENT TO YOU FOR CORRECTION AND THE BOOKLET WILL BE COMPLETED AFTER THE
RECEIPT OF CORRECTED PROOFS FROM YOU. LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON. FROM DR AZAM TO MALIK SIRAJUDDIN &
SONS ON 29 JANUARY 1998 I HAVE PLEASURE IN SENDING YOU A BANK
DRAFTS FOR POUNDS 100/00 STG FOR THE PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT OF 1000 COPIES OF
VISION OF PARADISE, COMPILED BY ZAHEER AZAM. I NOW LEAVE THE PRODUCTION MATTERS
IN THE HANDS OF YOUR COMPANY AND PLEASE WRITE TO ME AT THE [ABOVE] PO BOX
ADDRESS WHENEVER REQUIRED. FROM MALIK ABDUL ROUF, MANAGING
PARTNER, MALIK SIRAJUDDIN & SONS,
PUBLISHERS, LAHORE, PAKISTAN TO DR AZAM ON 1 APRIL 1999 ALHAMDOLILLAH, THE VISION OF PARADISE
BOOKLET HAS BEEN PRINTED. A SPECIMEN COPY IS BEING AIR MAILED TO YOU FOR YOUR
PERUSAL. KINDLY ARRANGE TO SEND US ANOTHER DRAFT OF £50/00 B/STG AS DESPATCH
EXPENSES FOR SENDING THE PACKETS OF 1000 COPIES OF VISION OF PARADISE TO YOUR
GOODSELF. WE HAVE RECEIVED ONLY £100/00 B/STG FOR THE COST OF THE BOOKS. FROM DR AZAM TO MALIK SIRAJUDDIN &
SONS ON 14 APRIL 1999 I AM IN RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER DATED 1
APRIL 1999 AND A SPECIMEN COPY OF VISION OF PARADISE. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATE
TO YOU SEVERAL WAYS IN WHICH I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN MY DEALING WITH
YOU: 1] I PAID A BANK DRAFT OF £150 IN
1997, BUT YOU SAY YOU ONLY RECEIVED £100 AND THAT NOW YOU NEED ANOTHER £50! 2] YOU TOLD ME IN 1997 THAT THE BOOKLET
WOULD BE READY IN THE SUMMER OF 1998, BUT IT IS READY IN THE SUMMER OF
1999 3] THE BOOKLET WAS COMPILED IN
1997. THE DATE YOU HAVE PRINTED ON THE BOOKLET IS 1997. THAT MEANS THAT THE
BOOKLET IS NOW ALREADY TWO YEARS OUT OF DATE; IT IS NOW 1999. IF YOU WERE GOING
TO TAKE SO LONG, YOU SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THE DATE ON THE BOOKLET. 4] YOUR LAST CORRESPONDENCE TO ME WAS IN
1997. AT NO TIME IN 17 MONTHS HAVE YOU LET ME KNOW OF THE CHANGED SITUATION. I
HAVE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING. YOU SHOULD HAVE POSTED SEVERAL LETTERS TO ME,
EXPLAING WHY THERE WAS A DELAY. 5] ON
THE ‘PHONE YOU PROMISED ME TWO SPECIMEN COPIES BUT ONLY ONE HAS ARRIVED. I RESPECT ISLAM SO MUCH THAT I CAN DIE FOR MY
RELIGION. SENDING YOU AN EXTRA £50 IS A SACRIFICE I’M PREPARED TO MAKE FOR THE
SAKE OF HOLY MATERIAL – THE VISION OF PARADISE PUBLICATION. BUT THAT DOES NOT
MEAN THAT I AM HAPPY WITH YOUR ACTS. THE BOOKLET ITSELF IS WELL-DECORATED AND
PRINTED, THANK YOU. PRAISE BE TO ALLAH WITH WHOSE FAVOUR SUCCESS IS
ACCOMPLISHED. [138] LETTER FROM YASMIN MEHROZ,
PUBLISHED IN THE FRIDAY TIMES NEWPAPER,
PAKISTAN, APRIL 12-18, 2002 EDITION SIR, THE MASSACRE OF INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ALL IN THE NAME OF
RELIGION IS A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY HINDUS AND MUSLIMS
CANNOT LIVE IN PEACE. ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION IS TO HAVE INTER-RELIGION
MARRIAGES BETWEEN HINDUS AND MUSLIMS. THIS WAS PREVALENT DURING THE MUGHAL
PERIOD. I HAD AN ORTHODOX MUSLIM MOTHER AND A HIGH-CASTE HINDU FATHER. DESPITE
ENORMOUS OPPOSITION FROM THEIR FAMILIES, THEY GOT MARRIED AND THEIR BOND WAS SO
STRONG THAT MY FATHER NEVER REMARRIED AFTER MY MOTHER’S PREMATURE DEATH FROM
CANCER. WE CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT UP AS MUSLIMS AS PER MY MOTHER’S WISH AND MY
FATHER RESPECTED THIS WISH AFTER HER DEATH. I HAVE MARRIED INTO AN ORTHODOX BRAHMIN
FAMILY, THOUGH MY SIBLINGS MARRIED INTO MUSLIM FAMILIES. MY IN-LAWS ARE
WONDERFUL PEOPLE [THEIR ORIGIN IS FROM A VERY SMALL TOWN IN NORTH INDIA WHICH
IS NOTORIOUS FOR COMMUNITY RIOTS]. BOTH MY FAMILY AND IN-LAWS ARE ON GREAT
TERMS AND HAVE A VERY HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP; IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GUESS THAT THEY
ARE NOT OF THE SAME RELIGION. EVEN DURING MY PARENTS’ TIME WE ENJOYED
CELEBRATING HINDU FESTIVALS WITH MY FATHER’S FAMILY AND VICE-VERSA. I AM VERY
FORTUNATE IN THE FACT THAT NO RELIGION WAS EVER IMPOSED ON ME. AFTER MY
HUSBAND’S SUDDEN DEATH, I WAS VERY APPREHENSIVE ABOUT MY FUTURE AS I WAS LEFT
WITH A SMALL CHILD BUT DECIDED TO STAY WITH MY IN-LAWS RATHER THAN RETURNING TO
MY SIBLINGS – THEY HAD ACCEPTED ME COMPLETELY AND SUPPORTED ME FULLY. THANKS TO
THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT I AM RECOVERING FROM THE SHOCK OF MY HUSBAND’S DEATH. I
AM ALSO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY BROTHER WHO WAS ORTHODOX IN HIS
VIEWS BUT HAS CHANGED A LOT SINCE MY MARRIAGE TO A HINDU. IT IS SAD THAT WE
CANNOT HAVE MORE INSTANCES OF SUCH MARRIAGES, WHICH HELP BOND DIFFERENT
RELIGIONS TOGETHER. FROM DR AZAM TO THE FRIDAY TIMES ON 18
APRIL 2002 SIR, I WAS SHOCKED TO READ THE LETTER
BY YASMIN MEHROZ, OF NEW DELHI, REGARDING HINDU-MUSLIM MARRIAGES. OUR HOLY
QURAN MAKES TWO THINGS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR: 1. WHEN A MUSLIM FEMALE MARRIES A
NON-MUSLIM MALE, FROM THAT POINT ONWARDS SHE BECOMES APOSTATE, LIKE A
POLYTHEIST OR ADULTERESS [SURAH WOMEN] 2] A MUSLIM MALE MAY MARRY
CHRISTIAN OR JEWISH WOMEN WHO ARE GOD-FEARING AND OF GOOD CHARACTER. BUT EVEN A
MUSLIM MALE IS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A POLYTHEIST SPOUSE. SO, REGRETTABLY,
YSMIN MEHROZ, THOUGH SHE HAS A NAME WHICH SOUNDS MUSLIM, IS NOT A
MUSLIM ANY LONGER. WHATEVER THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY HINDU EXTREMISM IN GUJARAT
OR THE REST OF INDIA, MUSLIMS SHOULD BEWARE OF SHAMEFUL APPEASEMENT [AND THIS
APPEASEMENT SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT TAKE THE FORM OF MUSLIM WOMEN MARRYING
IDOLATORS]. ALLAH MOST HIGH WILL GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO FIGHT OUR ENEMIES AND
DEFEND OUR RELIGION. IN THE END, OUR FAITH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL PREVAIL. CONCLUSION IN CONCLUSION, I HOPE
THAT THIS SELECTION HAS BEEN INTERESTING FOR THE READER. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM MAY 194 – APRIL 2005 NUMBERS SOME 8000
DOCUMENTS. THE DOCUMENTED LETTERS WHICH I HAVE WRITTEN [1997 – 2005]
NUMBERS SOME 2000 DOCUMENTS [I ONLY BEGAN TO KEEP RECORDS OF MY OWN LETTERS
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO]. EVEN SO, A COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION OF CORRESPONDENCE
PAIRS [I.E. OUTGOING LETTER AND REPLY] COULD WELL NUMBER BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000
SUITABLE SAMPLES [COMPARED TO THE 100+ IN THIS PARTICULAR SELECTION]. SUCH A
COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT COULD WELL TAKE MONTHS OF VERY HARD WORK AND SUBSTANTIAL
TYPING/PHOTOCOPYING EXPENSE, BUT IT IS FEASIBLE IN THE FUTURE. WHAT IS
ALSO FEASIBLE IS A COLLECTION [DIRECT SCANNING AND/OR TYPED COPY] OF EVERY
SINGLE DOCUMENT IN MY ARCHIVE, THE EXPENSIVE FOR WHICH COULD WELL RUN INTO
HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF POUNDS.
FOR NOW, THIS PARTICULAR SELECTION HAS GIVEN ME THE TASTE FOR MORE
DEMANDING WORK OF A SIMILAR NATURE, WHICH MAY BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE FUTURE –
NEAR OR DISTANT FUTURE. INSHA’ALLAH, THE OUTCOME OF SUCH A PROJECT WILL BE
SUCCESSFUL. |
