SYRIA, YOU ARE IN OUR DUAS

The whole month, we've been watching, reading and seeing the strife unfolding in Syria and Wallah I can't bear seeing another child massacred so ruthlessly. Syria needs her brothers and sisters in Islam to pray for her. The Muslim Ummah is one whole body; just as when one part of the body is in the pain the whole body suffers, we should feel the pain and the angst of our brothers and sisters in Syria. No one can put it so beautifully as our Beloved Nabi Muhammad (SAL) said: “The similitude of believers in regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling is that of one body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of sleeplessness and fever.” [Muslim]. It doesn't matter that they are split into different political states or that they belong to different Madhahibs/Fiqh, as long as the person is a Muslim; they are a part of your body.

The Syrian Revolution publicly begun on March 15th 2011, demanding freedom and human rights. 11 months later and the Syrian people persist on protesting strongly against the tyranny and brutality of the Syrian regime.

11 months later and the Syrian people have only become stronger and more determined to bring down this regime of tyranny, oppression and corruption.

11 months later and the Syrian people have lost 8000 beloved fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, daughters and sons – for speaking up against what’s wrong.

11 months later and children all over Syria have been robbed of their childhood, deprived of living a life that the kids in other countries enjoy.

535 of them have been killed, slaughtered mercilessly and massacred all for speaking up for their rights…

Another incalculable number of them have been tortured and imprisoned.

Since March 15th, at least 8064 people have been killed in Syria, amongst them 535 children and 250 women.

350,000 injured.
200,000 imprisoned.
Over 22,000 refugees.

And what did we do?

Bismillah Ar Rahman Ar Raheem

O Allah! The Compassionate, The Merciful

Ar Rahman Ar Raheem

Today and everyday

I ask You for Syria

O King, O the Holy One

Al Malik Al Quddus

I raise my hands

That You have given me

Begging Only You for Mercy

O The Source of Peace and the Guardian of Faith

Ya Salam Ya Mu'min

Please grant peace to

My Muslim brothers and sisters

In Syria

Please grant them strength to fight

And give them Your Protection

O Guardian O The Mighty One!

Ya Al Muhaymin Ya Aziz

Please take care of my Muslim brothers

And sisters in Syria

O Enforcer O Supreme One

Ya Al Jabbar Al Mutakabbir

I prostrate myself to You

Humbling myself to You

Please free Syria

O Lord, Our Creator, The Evolver

Al Khaliq Al Bari

Please do not let any more

Of my Muslim brothers and sisters

In Syria die, O Allah please!

O Fashioner, O my Lord

You are the Forgiver

Ya Musawwir Ya Gaffar

You are Our Creator

Please forgive the people of Syria

And please forgive us all

Ya Gaffar, I know I am covered in sins

Ya Rabb, please forgive me

And accept my Duas for my dear brothers and sisters in Syria

The Ummah of our beloved Prophet (Sall Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam)

Ya Al Qahhar Al Wahhab

The Subduer, The Bestower

Please bestow upon Syria

Your Great Mercy Ya Allah!

Ya Razzaq Ya Al Fattah

O The Provider, The Opener

Please open the gates of Victory

For the people in Syria

O Allah please also open the gates of Jannah

For my Muslim brothers and sisters who have died in Syria

O Allah please provide sustenance for Syria

Please provide for them everything they need

And take care of them-Ameen

Ya Alim Ya Qabid

O the All-Knowing, O The Seizer

O Allah You know everything

Nothing is hidden from You

Please destroy Bashar and his evil army

O Allah! Please do not let any blood be shed

From my brothers and sisters

O Allah I cannot even imagine

What they are going through!

Please help them Ya Malik Ya Rahim

Ya Al Basit Al khafid

O The Expander, The Abaser

Please make it easy

On the people of Syria

Ya Ar Rafi Al Muizz

O The Exalter, The Dignifier

Please Exalt honour to the Syrians

In the world, on the Day of Judgement

And the Hereafter Ya Rabb Al Alameen

Ya Mujill Ya As Sami

O Abaser, The All-Hearing One

Please humiliate Bashar & his evil army

Please listen to our Duas O Allah!

Ya Al-Basir Al Hakam

O All-Seeing One, Our Judge

Please grant justice to Syria

Please help Syria O Allah!

Ya Adl Ya Latif

The Just, The Subtle

Please grant Justice to Syria

And all Muslims in this world

O Allah! Please I ask You

I ask You Only for Justice

To please destroy the Oppressors

Ya Khabir Ya Halim

O The Aware, The Forbearing One

Please O Allah

You see everything and You know everything

We turn to You O Allah

For help please, O Allah!

Ya Al-Azim Ya Gafur

The Magnificent, The Forgiver

Please forgive this Ummah

Please O Allah

We cry to You

And Complain to You

For our helplessness

We are far away from Syria

But You are closer to them

Than their jugular veins

Please listen to this dua

And accept this from me

This is all I want today

Right now Ya Rabb!

My eyes are filled with tears

And I want Only You

To wipe it away from me

How you clear the clouds from darkness

After Rain

O Allah I have never heard such things

In my life

I cannot bear an inch of what is happening

To the people of Syria

How men has lacked mercy

And became harder than any stone

In the world

But You are the Lord of the Worlds

To You we thank, O The Appreciative One!

Ya Ash Shakur

Ya 'Ali, The Most High

Please hear our plight

Ya Kabir, Ya Hafiz

My Lord, Most Great

To You I humble my body, my soul

My heart in pain

Asking You to preserve the people of Syria

O Allah! Al Muqit, Al Hasib

The Nourisher, The Reckoner

Al Jalil Al Karim

The Glorious, The Munificent

To You I ask for Help

Please O Allah!

Ya Raqib Ya Al Mujib

The Vigilant, The Responder to Prayer

Please respond to my prayer

And send Your army full of angels

And believers to Syria O Allah!

Ya Wasi Ya Hakim

Only You are the Wise One, The Embracing One

Please embrace Syria with Your Love

And please don't let any harm or grief touch them

Ya Wadud Ya Majid

The Loving, The Majestic

Ya Wadud I love Syria for Your sake Only

Please Ya Majid it hurts me when I

Look through my Islamic books

And find the name of Syria written in there

May the blessed city be free

O Allah please love the people of Syria

I call out to You

With my love for You

With my love for my Muslim

Brothers and sisters

Who say La Ilaha Ill Allah

Muhammad Ar Rasulullah

(Sall Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam)

Please grant victory to Syria

Ya Al Baith, Al Shahid, Ya Haq, Ya Wakil

The Resurrector, The Witness, The Truth, The Ultimate Trustee

I invoke You please O Allah

Only You know what is going on in Syria

Only You know their every tear

Only You know what their hearts are going through

Please O Allah! They are oppressed, they are weak

They need You more than anything O Allah!

Ya Al Qawi, Ya Matin, Ya Wali, Ya Hamid

O The Strong One, The Firm One, The Protector, The Praiseworthy

Ya Hamid, All praise is Yours alone

Please grant Syria Your Ultimate Protection

Please help them O Allah! You are our Wali!

Ya Muhsi, Al Mubdi, Al Muid, Al Muhyi, Al Mumit

The Appraiser, The Originator, The Restorer, The Giver of Life, The Giver of Death

Everything is in Your Hands Ya Rabb

Please don't let them take away

Any of my brothers and sisters life in Syria!

Ya Al Haye, Al Qayyum, Al Wajid, Al Majid,

O The Eternal, The Self Existing, The Finder, The Splendid

Please destroy the Oppressors

And Save Syria from Oppression Ya Allah!

Ya Wahid, Ya Ahad, Ya Samad, Ya Qadir

O The One, The Unique, The Absolute, The Able

You are able to do all things

Please protect Syria and grant them relief O Allah!

Ya Muqtadir, Ya Muqaddam, Ya Muakkhir, Al Awal, Al Akhir

The Powerful, The Expeditor, The Delayer, The First, The Last

Yours is the Power alone

Please destroy the wrongdoers

Ya Zhahir, Ya Batin, Ya Wali, Ya Muta’ali

O The Manifest, Hidden, Supreme Governor, The Most Exalted

Please help Syria

Ya Al-Barr, At-Tawwab, Al-Muntaqim

The Source of All Good, The Acceptor of Repentance, The Avenger

Please forgive us all

O Allah, please avenge every Syrian death

And grant them Shahadah

Every day people in Syria are dying

People are losing their loved ones

And are being tortured and murdered

Please envelop Syria in Your Mercy

O Most Gracious Most High Lord!

Ya Al-Afu, Ar-Rauf, Al Malik ul Mulk

O The Pardoner, The Clement, The Master of Soverignty

Yours is the Soverignty, Yours is the Praise

No one forgives sins except You

Please forgive Syria and grant them victory!

Ya Jul-Jalali-Wal-Ikram, Ya Muqsit, Ya Jami’

The Lord of Majesty & Generosity, The Equitable, The Gatherer

I seek Only Your help

For my brothers and sisters in Syria

For I cannot do anything for them

But I have hope in You

Ya Ghani, Ya Mughni, Ya Mani’, Ya Dhaar

The Self Sufficient, The Enricher, The Preventor, The One who causes Loss

Please prevent any harm from coming

To the people of Syria

Ya Nafi’, Ya Nur, Ya Hadi, Ya Badi, Ya Baqi, Ya Warith, Ya Rashid, Ya Sabur

O The Propitious, The Light, The Guide, The Originator, The Everlasting, The Inheritor, The Righteous, The Patient

O Allah! I Invoke You with Your Great Special 99 Names and Attributes!

Please help the Masakeen, This Ummah, The People of Syria for I cannot help but cry for them. When I get even a small inch of tiny hurt, I can't help but think for the greatest of pains they have been suffering. I might have lost a few loved ones in life but they have lost many and watched them die in front of their own eyes. They have been the victims of massive oppression and crimes. They are oppressed. While the world waits and lets them die, I cannot for they are my brothers and sisters in faith. Their pain is mine as well. I thank You for everything You have given me but I cannot be happy if they are deprived of every happiness. I know You love them so much, I know You are testing them. In only You alone they put their trust in and I have hope in You that You will accept my Dua today that and You will take good care of my dear brothers and sisters in Syria.

Ameen thumma Ameen O Allah! Please Help! Please Please I beg You to help my dear brothers and sisters in Syria! Ya Rabb Al Alameen! O Lord of the Heavens and the Earth!! Allahu Akbar!!

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Abud-Darda' (Radhiallaho anha) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) saying, "Whenever a Muslim supplicates for his (Muslim) brother in his absence, the angels say: `May the same be for you too'.''

[Muslim]

Additionally, make sure you recite Qunut Nazilah that our Prophet prescribed when the Ummah is a facing difficult time.

*Note: We got this Dua from this site http://www.islamicexperiences.com/2012/03/special-dua-for-syria.html. JazakAllah ukthi/akhi for that beautiful Dua.

The stats mentioned were from this blog by a sister http://razanspeaks.wordpress.com/. JazakAlah khairan ya ukthi.

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WHY SHE REFUSES TO WEAR THE HIJAB

A follower on Niqab_lovers gave a very very interesting link that relates a dilemma Muslim women (particularly Non-Hijabis) are confronted with. It's just so perfect and true and I have to share it with all of you! It's a bit long, but trust me, you will never regret reading it! 

"I'm so tired."

"Tired of what?"

"Of all these people judging me."

"Who judged you?"

"Like that woman, every time I sit with her, she tells me to wear hijab."

"Oh, hijab and music! The mother of all topics!"

"Yeah! I listen to music without hijab…haha!"

"Maybe she was just giving you advice."

"I don't need her advice. I know my religion. Can`t she mind her own
business?"

"Maybe you misunderstood. She was just being nice."

"Keeping out of my business, that would be nice..."

"But it's her duty to encourage you do to good."

"Trust me. That was no encouragement. And what do you mean `good` ?"

"Well, wearing hijab, that would be a good thing to do."

"Says who?"

"It's in the Qur'an, isn't it?"

"Yes. She did quote me something."

"She said Surah Nur, and other places of the Qur'an."

"Yes, but it's not a big sin anyway. Helping people and praying is more
important."

"True. But big things start with small things."

"That's a good point, but what you wear is not important. What's important
is to have a good healthy heart."

"What you wear is not important?"

"That's what I said."

"Then why do you spend an hour every morning fixing up?"

"What do you mean?"

"You spend money on cosmetics, not to mention all the time you spend on
fixing your hair and low-carb dieting."

"So?"

"So, your appearance IS important."

"No. I said wearing hijab is not an important thing in religion."

"If it's not an important thing in religion, why is it mentioned in the Holy
Qur'an?"

"You know I can't follow all that's in Qur'an."

"You mean God tells you something to do, you disobey and then it's OK?"

"Yes. God is forgiving."

"God is forgiving to those who repent and do not repeat their mistakes."

"Says who?"

"Says the same book that tells you to cover."

"But I don't like hijab, it limits my freedom."

"But the lotions, lipsticks, mascara and other cosmetics set you free?!
What`s your definition of freedom anyway?"

"Freedom is in doing whatever you like to do."

"No. Freedom is in doing the right thing, not in doing whatever we wish to do."

"Look! I've seen so many people who don't wear hijab and are nice people, and so many who wear hijab and are bad people."

"So what? There are people who are nice to you but are alcoholic. Should we all be alcoholics? You made a stupid point."

"I don't want to be an extremist or a fanatic. I'm OK the way I am without hijab."

"Then you are a secular fanatic. An extremist in disobeying God."

"You don't get it, if I wear hijab, who would marry me?!"

"So all these people with hijab never get married?!"

"Okay! What if I get married and my husband doesn't like it? And wants me to remove it?"

"What if your husband wants you to go out with him on a bank robbery?!"

"That's irrelevant, bank robbery is a crime."

"Disobeying your Creator is not a crime?"

"But then who would hire me?"

"A company that respects people for who they are."

"Not after 9-11"

"Yes. After 9-11. Don't you know about Hanan who just got into med school?
And the other one, what was her name, the girl who always wore a white hijab…ummm…"

"Yasmeen?"

"Yes. Yasmeen. She just finished her MBA and is now interning for GE."

"Why do you reduce religion to a piece of cloth anyway?"

"Why do you reduce womanhood to high heals and lipstick colors?"

"You didn't answer my question."

"In fact, I did. Hijab is not just a piece of cloth. It is obeying God in a difficult environment. It is courage, faith in action, and true womanhood.
But your short sleeves, tight pants…"

"That's called `fashion`, you live in a cave or
something? First of all, hijab was founded by men who wanted to control
women."

"Really? I did not know men could control women by hijab."

"Yes. That's what it is."

"What about the women who fight their husbands to wear hijab? And women in France who are forced to remove their hijab by men? What do you say about that?"

"Well, that's different."

"What difference? The woman who asked you to wear hijab…she was a woman, right?"

"Right, but…"

"But fashions that are designed and promoted by male-dominated corporations, set you free? Men have no control on exposing women and using them as a commodity?! Give me a break!"

"Wait, let me finish, I was saying…"

"Saying what? You think that men control women by hijab?"

"Yes."

"Specifically how?"

"By telling women how and what to wear, dummy!"

"Doesn't TV, magazines and movies tell you what to wear, and how to be `attractive'?"

"Of course, it's fashion."

"Isn't that control? Pressuring you to wear what they want you to wear?"

[Silence]

"Not just controlling you, but also controlling the market."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, you are told to look skinny and anorexic like that woman on the cover of the magazine, by men who design those magazines and sell those products."

"I don't get it. What does hijab have to do with products."

"It has everything to do with that. Don't you see? Hijab is a threat to consumerism, women who spend billions of dollars to look skinny and live by standards of fashion designed by men…and then here is Islam, saying trash all that nonsense and focus on your soul, not on your looks, and do not worry what men think of your looks."

"Like I don't have to buy hijab? Isn't hijab a product?"

"Yes, it is. It is a product that sets you free from male-dominated consumerism."

"Stop lecturing me! I WILL NOT WEAR HIJAB! 
It is awkward, outdated, and totally not suitable for this society ... Moreover, I am only 20 and too young to wear hijab!"

"OK.. Say that to your Lord, when you face Him on Judgment Day."

"OK"

"OK. May Allah Guide you and all of us, ameen."

[Silence]

"Shut up and I don't want to hear more about hijab niqab schmijab Punjab!"

[Silence]

She stared at the mirror, tired of arguing with herself all this time.

Successful enough, she managed to shut the voices in her head, with her own opinions triumphant in victory on the matter, and a final modern decision accepted by the society - but rejected by the Faith:

"Yes!" - to short dresses, revealing clothes, make-up, eye liner?

"NO!"- to Hijab? Choose wisely dear sisters!

I'm sure all of you would have found this to be a wonderful eye opener and I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I did! I took this story from this site http://islamnewsroom.com/news-we-need/1855-she-refuses-hijab-why

May Allah bless all the Hijabis sisters and inspire non-Hijabis to wear the Hijab with love, respect and pride. Aameen!