My Dear Sister,
Know, my dear Muslim sister, that you are man's sister and half of humanity. You are
a mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, grand daughter or grand
mother. The Prophet said, what translated means, Women are,
indeed, men's partners. [Abu Dawood]. You are a member
of the great nation of Islam, the best nation ever produced
for mankind. No other nation on earth has more great men, leaders
and conquerors than this nation. It is the nation of guidance
and the straight religion, and it leads humanity to righteousness
and truth. It transforms people from worshippers of slaves to
worshippers of the Lord of slaves, from life's pressures to
the pleasures of the Life after, and from the injustice of other
religions to the justice of Islam.
Your ancestors, great women of Islam, were one of the main
reasons for this great nation to take this great place among
all nations. Allah, Who granted Islam to this nation, made a
high place for Muslim women, and decreed that they share in
the responsibilities of enjoining truth, forbidding evil and
raising the flag of Islam. He said, what translated means, The
believers, men and women, are loyalists of one another, they
enjoin righteousness and forbid evil, they offer their prayers
perfectly and give the Zakat, and obey Allah and His Messenger.
Allah will leave His Mercy on them. Surely Allah is All-Mighty,
All-Wise. [9:71]
Allah has given Muslim women what they can bare of orders and
duties. He is the God Who knows His creation, Should He
not know what He created? And He is the Most Kind, All-Aware
(of everything). [67:14].
My dear sister, you are called upon today to truly become an
active member of the Muslim nation, strive to establish victory
for Allah's Word, implement the Quran and help build the generation
of Iman.
What Do Your Enemies Want From You?
There are those who want to distract you from doing your duty.
They want to distract you from meeting your noble obligation,
that is, to defend the religion of Allah and raise His Word high.
Those enemies use many methods:
First: They distract you from what Allah created you
to perform of worship, belief and Da'wah (propagating Islam).
They use this worldly life as their bate: Jewelry stores, fashions
that originate in non-Muslim countries, new models all the time,
desires raised, hunger that can never be satisfied, pleasures
and competition for them and endless ways for joy. Allah did
not create us for this. Indulging in these matters is usually
accompanied by wasting time and money and igniting enmity and
competition between the rich and the poor.
Second: They ignite enmity between you and man. To
those sinners, you are a daughter that is put down, a humiliated
mother, an abused wife and an oppressed sister! Men are always
unjust, hypocrites, dictators, freedom- preventers and suppressers,
according to them. There is a fabricated war that those evil
ones are starting for no reason other than to direct you to
rebel against your father, be arrogant with your brother and
disobedient to your husband. They do not call for justice, mercy
and unity. They call for hatred, arrogance and destruction.
Third: They do not stop at their call for rebellion
against parents, brothers and husbands, rather, they plot against
Islam. They call upon you to rebel against the obligations of
Islam and the decrees of the All-Knowing King. Islam, to them,
is unjust and Islamic laws are imperfect and restrictive. They
call upon you, day and night, to rebel and insist on the disobedience
of this religion. They try to rid you of your religion. They
try to rid you of comfort and safety under generous parenthood,
happy marriage and good brotherly relations.
Those devils portray piety and honor as chains on freedom.
To them, Hijab does not cover the head, but also covers the
mind; prayer, fasting and Zakat are a waste of time and effort;
and obedience to husbands is slavery and a return to the stone
age. They distorted all facts and changed all truths, all to
serve their evil goals.
My Dear Sister,
The goals that your enemies and the enemies of your religion
are seeking to achieve are well known. They want you to be available
for them to fulfill their evil desires whenever they wish. They
want you to be a mistress that has no honor. They want you to
be found everywhere, on roads and in places of sin, without
honor, religion or manners. They seek for you only what they
want you to do.
The Western world has gone through this all.
Women of the West are the part of society that is facing injustice
and dishonor. They strive to please men who keep changing partners
and seek pleasures but with no responsibility and no consideration
of the evil consequences of their sinful actions.
O Muslim sister, read and know about those women who discarded
shyness and honor and followed their desires, what was the result
of their deeds? Was their end honorable and desirable, or was
it a shameful and hated end?
Advice For My Sister In Islam
Be proud of your religion and the religion of your ancestors.
Be a good example for your sons and daughters and sincere in your
belonging to this mighty nation.
Know that honor is an honor to
all wise people, and that adultery is dishonorable to all nations,
even if some called it freedom. Know that adultery is also done
with the eyes by seeing, with the ears by listening, and with
the mouth by kissing, as was mentioned in a Hadith related by
Imam Muslim.
Your happiness is in being an obedient and believing
daughter, a loyal and generous wife and a pious and merciful mother.
Know that prayer is the cornerstone of Islam. Fasting one day,
for the sake of Allah, takes your face seventy years away from
Hellfire, as the Hadith, related by Al-Bukhari and Muslim, states.
Charity is a major cause for gaining forgiveness and for repentance
to be accepted.
Those women who are showing parts of their bodies
to men, will not enter Paradise or smell its fragrance and are
cursed, as in the Hadith related by Imam Muslim.
Hijab is an honor
and protection for you. Hijab must be modest in color and not
exotic, wide and thick and not revealing, different from the dress
of non-Muslim women and men.
My Dear Sister,
These are words from the heart. These are words of good and
sincere advice.
Beware of the loyalists of Satan who want to
lead you astray.
Be a slave of Allah, righteous and decendent
of righteous women and know your role in building this great
nation.
Perform your duty and do not be a cause for destruction.
Be a maker of righteous generation that will lead mankind, again,
to what is right and proper, to the great religion of Islam.
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