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Ibn `Umar radhi Allaahu anhu said, “After `Umar was stabbed, I placed his head on my lap. He said, ‘Place my head on the ground.’ Thinking that that was simply restlessness on his part, I did not do as he asked. Then he said, ‘Place my cheek on the ground - may you have no mother! Woe upon me, and woe upon my mother, if Allaah `Azza wa Jall does not forgive me.’”

And when Umar ibn al-Khattaab radhi’Allaahu anhu was in the final moments of his life, al-Mughirah bin Shu’bah radhi Allaahu anhu said to him, “Congratulations to you for Paradise, O Leader of the Believers.” Though one should not say such statements to someone while he is healthy, it is recommended to do so when someone is dying, so as to help him have good thoughts about Allaah subhanahu wa ta’ala.

“O Ibn Umm al-Mughirah,” `Umar radhi Allaahu anhu said, “And what makes you know (that I will enter Paradise)? By the One Who has my soul in His Hand, if I possessed all that is in the east and in the west, I would have ransomed it all to be saved from the terror of the beginning [of Judgement Day (and that which happens during it in terms of accountability)].”

[Min Qasas as-Saaliheen]
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Subhan’Allaah… what have we prepared for that Day… may Allaah protect us from the punishment of the grave and hellfire, and Grant us Jannat al-Firdaus, ameeen.

On the authority of Abu Dharr radhiAllahu anhu who said that the Messenger of Allaah sallallaahu alaihi wasallam said,

“I can see what you do not see, and I can hear what you do not hear. Indeed the sky groans (the large number of Angels in the sky make it heavy so that it groans) and it has a right to do so. There is not an area equal to that of four fingers, except that an Angel is prostrating to Allaah therein. By Allaah! If you knew what I know you would laugh little and weep much, and you would not enjoy your wives in bed. But rather you would come out onto the hills, supplicating and praying fervently to Allaah.”

[Ahmad, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah: Hasan]

During his final illness, Ibn al-Munkadir began to cry. “Why are you crying?” he was asked. “By Allaah,” he said, “I am not crying for the sins I know I perpetrated, but instead because I fear that I did something I considered to be minor, when with Allaah (i.e. in His Judgment) it is a huge sin.”
[Min Qasas as-Saaliheen]

as-salaamu `alaikum wa Rahmatullaah, may Allaah accept our fasts, forgive our sins, hasten the release of our brothers and sisters, unite us under the banner of Tawheed, and grant us Jannat al-Firdaus, ameen.

Do you care enough to stand up for your brothers and sisters in Islaam, when you are being called upon for help? It’s time now to prove yourself.

When I received an email this morning, informing me of the recent events taken place in Dr. Ali al-Timimi’s life, I was ashamed at myself for having ignored his plight for far too long. Too engrossed in my own life to think of anything else, hopefully you’ll feel the same way after reading it…

Bismillah at the beginning of this email and at its end.

As you know, this last year has been a test for everyone involved in Ali’s case.

By the grace of Allah, Ali has been returned to the local Alexandria jail. But

it was not in the manner in which anyone expected. If fact there is a good

chance that his conviction will be overturned. But Ali needs your help.

After Ali’s comprehensive loss in court and abandonment by the previous support

committee, a few people offered to help.

Perhaps they decided to help when they heard that Ali was forced to wear the

same prison outfit for 6 months.

Or maybe it was because Ali had to wash that prison jump suit in the toilet. I

do not know how he prayed afterwards. I do not know of a Fiqh chapter on

“praying after you wash your clothes in the toilet”. Do you?

Allah did bless him when another prisoner secretly lent Ali a uniform while he

washed his sole outfit in the toilet. Well that only happened after a gang

member with tuberculosis C– the most virulent strain which currently has no

known cure– beat Ali.

O Allaah release our captured brothers, O Allaah release them, O Allaah, strengthen them, O Allaah make them steady on their faith, O Allaah make possible a means for them, O Allaah handle those who torture them

Perhaps the new group started to help because Ali has been transferred to 5

different prisons in the first 6 months so that his new attorney could not speak

with him.

Then again, it might have been because each prison illegally read Ali’s legal

correspondence so that they would know the strategy for the appeal.

We can probably count 100 different reasons why 1 or 2 people are helping now.

But Allah is more merciful than we were to Ali.

Experts in constitutional law and national security have started to come to

Ali’s defense. Though Ali’s case was confusing to many of us, it was clear to

legal experts: defending Ali is defending free speech… defending Ali means

trying to stop future oppression of Muslims specifically and Americans in

general.

They ask: “How can a man be convicted for life plus 70 years for something he

may or may not have said years before during a 20 minute dinner?”

You know that type of dinner. Many of you had the same type with Ali during the

80’s and 90’s. When you call a few brothers over and “break bread” together.

We’ve tried to explain what’s happening with Ali’s case on a new site. The old

site altimimi.org still works but has been neglected for too long.

The new site is freeAli.org and it’s not complete but it should help Ali’s

friends come to his defense… to speak up for Dr. Al-Timimi.

So why did I write you this email? We have a strong chance– and with Allah is

success– to have a new trial or an outright dismissal.

I mention some of the reasons on the new site: http://freeAli.org.

In brief, we’re very close to proving that the government intentionally lied to

the court and jury. And that usually means dismissal– and with Allah is

success.

So what caused this optimism? We found some old documents from the previous

lawyers and got some new legal power with which Allah blessed Ali.

But the old lawyers won’t give these documents to us unless we pay some of Ali’s

old bills. And the new lawyer needs to be paid.

We need to raise USD 150 000 (one hundred fifty thousand dollars) by Oct 23

which is at the end of Ramadhan 2006. That’s the day that Ali has to prove that

the government spied on him and then hid evidence that shows that Ali was

working with some of the Saudi scholars to avoid a “clash of civilization” and

not the mad-man they described to the jury.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah radhi’Allaahu anhu; The Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wasallam said, “Everyday angels come down from the heaven and one of them says, ‘O Allaah! Compensate every person who spends in Your Cause’ and the other angel says, ‘O Allaah! Destroy every miser.’”

So, I do not know if we will have another chance like this to help Ali. All I

can tell you is that the lawyers have told us:

“Rescue Ali now and you’re rescuing yourselves in the future”.

So, we have some of the greatest legal minds of our time working for nominal

fees. They’re treating Ali as indigent and are aghast that we all have abandoned

him. He was our friend, our teacher, our relative, and our student.

Perhaps we forgot that defending the callers to the Sunnah is like defending the

Sunnah itself.

Allah knows what’s in the hearts but I think that we can all testify before

Allah and mankind that the Prophet’s statement refers to Ali. Which statement?

The one that Ali taught us: “Allah mentions and the angels pray for the teacher

who teaches good to the people”.

So Allah has blessed us with an opportunity in these last days of Ramadhan to

rescue Ali today so that we rescue ourselves tomorrow.

Wassalam alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh wa maghfiratuh

O Allaah release our captured brothers, O Allaah release them, O Allaah, strengthen them, O Allaah make them steady on their faith, O Allaah make possible a means for them, O Allaah handle those who torture them

as-salaamu `alaikum,

a few days late, but a reminder nonetheless.

`A’ishah radhi’Allaahu anha reported that she asked Allaah’s Messenger sallallaahu `alaihi wasallam, “O Messenger of Allaah! If I knew which night is Laylat al-Qadr, what should I say during it?” And he instructed her to say:

“Allaahumma innaka `afuwwun tuhibbul `afwa fa`fu `annee

O Allaah! You are Forgiving, and You love forgiveness. So forgive me.”

[Recorded by Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and at-Tirmidhi. Verified to be authentic by Al-Albani]