An Exciting New Anime Show for Muslimahs!!
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Seeking Allah's Mercy
Qul HuwaAllahu Ahud!
whoaaa!!!okay then i'll go have a looooong sleep till september 2012
erm about birthdays change it to EID!!that's more muslim.......if you think it
erm about birthdays change it to EID!!that's more muslim
.......if you think it
Seeking Allah's Mercy
Qul HuwaAllahu Ahud!
I have a pic of Haneen mashaAllah! She's in hijab. I know it's not perfect, but I'll do better next time inshaAllah.
mashallah gr8 job ukhti
......may you have sucess in achiving your good intentions.ameen:tti_sister:
Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
I'm afraid I have to begin by saying this is one of the strangest and most confusing threads I have come across. And SubhanAllaah, I have no idea where to start.
The issue of tasweer (picture making /drawing) is one that is long drawn out and often complicated. Complicated why? Because it coincides with our desires, our thoughts on beauty and arts, and often because of the cultures in which we have grown up. I will say for myself that I have come across occasionally, and still at times do read the odd manga or so. I haven't watched anime in quite a while, but have previously had times when those were an obsession as well.
After coming across and being immersed in those sorts of things for a while, yes maybe a Muslim might think, "Why can't we do that as well?" The thing is, we are different. We should not ourselves, nor have our children enamored and addicted to cartoons, anime, manga, and whatever else have you. We should not have them using up all their time in trivial pursuits; yes occasionally it is fine with things which are allowed, but in things such as drawing animate objects which we know to be objectionable we should exercise caution and avoid.
Even if our desires go against it, because that is in part what it means to be a Muslim. In the time of the Sahabah, Alcohol and drinking was widespread ... yet when the command came prohibiting it, they stopped drinking. This does not mean it was easy, but as it came from Allaah they obeyed unconditionally. Furthermore, even to our times there are sculptors and painters who come to Islaam, and leave off making animated sculptures and pictures although their life may have been previously dedicated to it. As Mulsims, we sacrifice our desires for the sake of Allah, in trust and belief for a better outcome.
Because intrinsically that is what Allaah intends by His commands, the better outcome. Pictures of animated beings, statues, sculptors and all of the like were what prompted shirk in the past. And in these times we may think we're way ahead of that, that we would never commit such an act, but it is not true. Till this day certain Christians worship Isa 'alayhis salaam, idolize his image, place his so called figure on the cross, and in their homes wa 'iyyathubillah! Did Isa 'alayhi salaam ever command them to worship him? Did he ask them to draw images of him and hang them up, draw murals, create statues and stain-glass windows for him and his mother? SubhanAllaah he did not... yet this is what humans have brought it to by their own hands.
We are saved from this. The last messenger of Allaah 'alayhi salaatu was salaam, was remembered in words, by narrations, but never by image. We do not see his companions trying to depict him, nor each other to retain the memory of their glorious past. In the same way, we also should not do such things, and there is specific commands against it.
The strangest thing is, I believe this issue was discussed in the thread... and then promptly overlooked? Let us again bring them to mind:
And I wanted to take a bit of time out to also mention talent, as it was said:
Is there no evil in talent? I believe we could beg to differ. Say someone had a talent of manipulation. They can easily get people to trust and believe in them, and then use it for their own personal gain. It is their talent, but is it not wrong?
Or say for example and assassin, who has a talent for murder. Is this not evil? What of a thief, a magician, a seductress? The list could go on... and simply because they have these certain talents, the analogy given must mean that it would be correct to steal, murder, do magic and commit zina astagfirullah.
We know that is not the case at all. Humans have many abilities and that is undoubted, but just because we excel at something, does not mean that it is something which is good or correct. We have to place before ourselves the Qur'aan and the Sunnah, our standards of morality, character and correctness and then judge our actions, our "talents" and see if they are in that which is acceptable.
This isn't always easy, but for our striving and efforts Allaah will reward us inshaAllaah. We cannot look towards the actions of other people and then judge our own. People can do wrong all the time, and they do. People misrepresent Islaam all the time, and they do. But as Muslims we have to look at Islaam, and what Allaah says and what His Messenger says, then look to ourselves.
Wallahi this is first and foremost for myself, before I say it to anyone else, as I myself have many flaws and mistakes. There is so much still that we need to learn, so much we have to understand before we can walk forwards to our goals.
I pray that Allaah guide us and lead us to that which is correct and deter us far away from all that is not correct or earns His displeasure. Ameen!
Sister Sakeena I applaud your intentions to spread good. MashaAllaah it is a noble thing to want to spread something which will benefit the masses, but perhaps you could look further into the issue and find other means of expressing the talent that you assuredly do have. May Allaah bless you, increase you in knowledge and grant you the best in both worlds. =)
wasalam
I'm afraid I have to begin by saying this is one of the strangest and most confusing threads I have come across. And SubhanAllaah, I have no idea where to start.
The issue of tasweer (picture making /drawing) is one that is long drawn out and often complicated. Complicated why? Because it coincides with our desires, our thoughts on beauty and arts, and often because of the cultures in which we have grown up. I will say for myself that I have come across occasionally, and still at times do read the odd manga or so. I haven't watched anime in quite a while, but have previously had times when those were an obsession as well.
After coming across and being immersed in those sorts of things for a while, yes maybe a Muslim might think, "Why can't we do that as well?" The thing is, we are different. We should not ourselves, nor have our children enamored and addicted to cartoons, anime, manga, and whatever else have you. We should not have them using up all their time in trivial pursuits; yes occasionally it is fine with things which are allowed, but in things such as drawing animate objects which we know to be objectionable we should exercise caution and avoid.
Even if our desires go against it, because that is in part what it means to be a Muslim. In the time of the Sahabah, Alcohol and drinking was widespread ... yet when the command came prohibiting it, they stopped drinking. This does not mean it was easy, but as it came from Allaah they obeyed unconditionally. Furthermore, even to our times there are sculptors and painters who come to Islaam, and leave off making animated sculptures and pictures although their life may have been previously dedicated to it. As Mulsims, we sacrifice our desires for the sake of Allah, in trust and belief for a better outcome.
Because intrinsically that is what Allaah intends by His commands, the better outcome. Pictures of animated beings, statues, sculptors and all of the like were what prompted shirk in the past. And in these times we may think we're way ahead of that, that we would never commit such an act, but it is not true. Till this day certain Christians worship Isa 'alayhis salaam, idolize his image, place his so called figure on the cross, and in their homes wa 'iyyathubillah! Did Isa 'alayhi salaam ever command them to worship him? Did he ask them to draw images of him and hang them up, draw murals, create statues and stain-glass windows for him and his mother? SubhanAllaah he did not... yet this is what humans have brought it to by their own hands.
We are saved from this. The last messenger of Allaah 'alayhi salaatu was salaam, was remembered in words, by narrations, but never by image. We do not see his companions trying to depict him, nor each other to retain the memory of their glorious past. In the same way, we also should not do such things, and there is specific commands against it.
The strangest thing is, I believe this issue was discussed in the thread... and then promptly overlooked? Let us again bring them to mind:
And I wanted to take a bit of time out to also mention talent, as it was said:
Is there no evil in talent? I believe we could beg to differ. Say someone had a talent of manipulation. They can easily get people to trust and believe in them, and then use it for their own personal gain. It is their talent, but is it not wrong?
Or say for example and assassin, who has a talent for murder. Is this not evil? What of a thief, a magician, a seductress? The list could go on... and simply because they have these certain talents, the analogy given must mean that it would be correct to steal, murder, do magic and commit zina astagfirullah.
We know that is not the case at all. Humans have many abilities and that is undoubted, but just because we excel at something, does not mean that it is something which is good or correct. We have to place before ourselves the Qur'aan and the Sunnah, our standards of morality, character and correctness and then judge our actions, our "talents" and see if they are in that which is acceptable.
This isn't always easy, but for our striving and efforts Allaah will reward us inshaAllaah. We cannot look towards the actions of other people and then judge our own. People can do wrong all the time, and they do. People misrepresent Islaam all the time, and they do. But as Muslims we have to look at Islaam, and what Allaah says and what His Messenger says, then look to ourselves.
Wallahi this is first and foremost for myself, before I say it to anyone else, as I myself have many flaws and mistakes. There is so much still that we need to learn, so much we have to understand before we can walk forwards to our goals.
I pray that Allaah guide us and lead us to that which is correct and deter us far away from all that is not correct or earns His displeasure. Ameen!
Sister Sakeena I applaud your intentions to spread good. MashaAllaah it is a noble thing to want to spread something which will benefit the masses, but perhaps you could look further into the issue and find other means of expressing the talent that you assuredly do have. May Allaah bless you, increase you in knowledge and grant you the best in both worlds. =)
wasalam
assalamu alaykum
Hey sister Sakeena, thanks for all your contributions to the site. MashaAllah, you are certainly really talented.
I hope you do not mind with sister Samiha or anyone else's advice.
Genuinely, we want people to be united and happy here, and we are often stuck to put in a few words to have people stick to Islamic guidelines etc.
Do not feel bad or sad with any of this, just say Alhamdulillah. Even if you do not understand the reasons behind something, maybe later, you will.
Lets not forget, that are all brothers and sisters, who love each other for sake of Allah and want to be living under the Rainbow of Islam, all beautiful in its varying colours.. and the treasure at the end of the rainbow is Jannah. Yay.
Islam gives us freedom to express ourselves, yes. We also, must keep that inside the guidelines of Islam. I love art, I am very good at drawing and painting. But, its not good to draw faces, so I dont.... and Allah knows best.
There are many nice things we can spend our time doing, inshaAllah you will find those things, and we can help suggest them to you.
assalamu alaykum
Hey sister Sakeena, thanks for all your contributions to the site. MashaAllah, you are certainly really talented.
I hope you do not mind with sister Samiha or anyone else's advice.
Genuinely, we want people to be united and happy here, and we are often stuck to put in a few words to have people stick to Islamic guidelines etc.
Do not feel bad or sad with any of this, just say Alhamdulillah. Even if you do not understand the reasons behind something, maybe later, you will.
Lets not forget, that are all brothers and sisters, who love each other for sake of Allah and want to be living under the Rainbow of Islam, all beautiful in its varying colours.. and the treasure at the end of the rainbow is Jannah. Yay.
Islam gives us freedom to express ourselves, yes. We also, must keep that inside the guidelines of Islam. I love art, I am very good at drawing and painting. But, its not good to draw faces, so I dont.... and Allah knows best.
There are many nice things we can spend our time doing, inshaAllah you will find those things, and we can help suggest them to you.
assalamu alaykum
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