Did you know......... some interesting facts

A zebra is white with black stripes.
All the planets in our solar systemrotate anticlockwise, except Venus.
It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.
Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees,
mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their
wings.
The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.
The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".
The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's
head are the rabbit and the parrot.
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the
speed of sound.
A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.
Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias !!
It is impossible to lick your elbow.( We know you gonna try this !!! )
A snail can sleep for 3 years. ( wow, lucky chap eh ? )
The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start
In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into
the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon
appeared blue around the world for almost two years.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the
letters in alphabetical order.
Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount
of copper in it. Absolutelypure gold is so soft that it can be molded
with the hands.
Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field aroundthe wire.
Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See
no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil ).

Tongue Twisters

it is a phrase orsentence which is hard to speakfast, usually because
of alliteration or a sequence of nearly similar sounds. It helps
develop speech skills & helps in speech therapy.
To get the full effect of a tonguetwister you should try to repeatit
several times, as quickly as possible, without stumbling or
mispronouncing.
TONGUE TWISTER POEMS ANIMATED TONGUE TWISTERS A TONGUE TWISTER GAME
Here are some cool English Tongue Twisters, have fun ! Repeat them a few times !
A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies
I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.
Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said "this butter's bitter! But a bit
of better butter will but make my butter better" So she bought some better
butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her butter better so 'twas
better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter! -
sent inby Nick ( warwickschool )
Black bug bit a big black bear. Butwhere is the big black bear that
the big black bug bit?
A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back.
If you understand, say"understand".
If you don't understand, say"don't understand".
But if you understand and say"don't understand".
How do I understand that you understand? Understand!
I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.
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"RED BLOOD BLUE BLOOD" sent by SANGEETHA GOPAL FUJAIRAH, U.A.E
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the
witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
if a sledering snail went down a slippery slide would a snail slederor
slide down the slide - By S.Walton
bubble bobble, bubble bobble, bubble bobble
These thousand tricky tongue twisters trip thrillingly off the tongue .
Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.
Lala Gope Gappungam Das. sent by
Vishal Jain..(Mumbai)

What is to be said in sujood al-shukr (prostration of gratitude)?

What is to be said in sujood al-shukr (prostration of gratitude)?
Praise be to Allaah.
There is no specific du'aa' narrated in the ahaadeethfor sujood
al-shukr, hence the scholars said that what is to be said in sujood
al-shukr is the same tasbeeh and du'aa' as are said when prostrating
in prayer. So one should say Subhaana Rabbiy al-A'laa (Glory be to my
Lord Most High), Allaahumma laka sajadtu wa bika aamantu wa laka
aslamtu, sajada wajhi lillahi khalaqahu wa sawwarahu wa shaqqa sam'ahu
wa basarahu, tabaaraka Allaah ahsan ul-khaaliqeen (O Allaah, unto You
I prostrate, in You I believe and to You I submit. My face has
prostrated to the One who created and formed it, and gave it hearing
andsight. Blessed be Allaah, the best of creators). Thenhe should make
du'aa' as he likes.
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: the description,
rulings and conditions of sujood al-shukr are the same as those for
sujood al-tilaawah (prostration required when reciting certain verses
of Qur'aan). (al-Mughni, 2/372). And he said concerning
sujoodal-tilaawah: he should sayin this prostration what he says in
the prostration during prayer. (al-Mughni,2/362).
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: "Sujood
al-shukr is done in response to a calamity that is averted or a
blessing which come to a person. It is like sujood al-tilaawah outside
prayer. Some of the scholars said that wudoo' and takbeer is required,
and some said that only the first takbeer is required. Then he should
fall down in prostration, and make du'aa' after saying "Subhaana
Rabbiy al-A'laa (Glory be to my Lord Most High)."
(Fataawa Islamiyyah, 1/205)
And Allaah knows best. May Allaah send blessings and peace upon our
Prophet Muhammad.

List of ahaadeeth aboutthe prostrations of recitation

What is the evidence for the prostrations of recitation in the Holy Qur'aan?.
Praise be to Allaah.
1. The sajdah (prostration) in al-A'raaf. The marfoo' hadeeth
fromAbu'l-Darda' is da'eef (weak); the mawqoof hadeeth from Ibn 'Umar
and Ibn 'Abbaas is saheeh and was narrated by 'Abd al-Razzaaq. The
scholars are unanimously agreed on the prostration in this soorah, as
it says in Tafseer Ibn Katheer.
2. The sajdah in al-Ra'd. The hadeeth is mawqoof from Ibn 'Umar
and Ibn 'Abbaas, saheeh in 'Abd al-Razzaaq.
3. The sajdah in al-Nahl.The hadeeth is mawqoof from 'Umar ibn
al-Khattaab, saheeh in al-Bukhaari. He prostratedwhen reciting this
soorah when he was delivering a khutbah to the people on the minbar,
but on the following Friday he did not prostrate, and said: "Whoever
prostrates has done right and whoever does not prostrate, there is no
sin on him." And (thehadeeth) is mawqoof from Ibn 'Umar and Ibn
'Abbaas, saheeh in 'Abd al-Razzaaq.
4. The sajdah in al-Isra'. The hadeeth is mawqoof from Ibn 'Umar
and Ibn 'Abbaas, saheeh in 'Abd al-Razzaaq.
5. The sajdah in Maryam. It is mawqoof from Ibn 'Umar and Ibn
'Abbaas in 'Abd al-Razzaaq, and Ibn Katheer narrated that there was
consensus concerning it.
6. The two sajdahs in al-Hajj. The hadeeth for the first
prostration is maqwoof from Ibn 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbaas, saheeh in 'Abd
al-Razzaaq. The hadeeth of the two sajdahs is marfoo' from 'Amr ibn
al-'Aas, with some weakness in it, but it has corroborating evidence
in the hadeeth of 'Uqbah ibn 'Aamir and Khaalid ibn Ma'daan; and it is
mawqoof from 'Umar,his son 'Abd-Allaah, Abu'l-Darda' and Abu Moosa
al-Ash'ari, saheeh. Ishaaq said: I have the people forseventy years
doing two prostrations in Soorat al-Hajj.
7. The sajdah in al-Furqaan. The hadeeth ismawqoof from Ibn 'Umar
and Ibn 'Abbaas, saheeh in 'Abd al-Razzaaq.
8. The sajdah in al-Naml. The hadeeth is mawqoof from Ibn 'Umar
and Ibn 'Abbaas, saheeh in 'Abd al-Razzaaq.
9. The sajdah in Alif-Laam-Meem tanzeel (al-Sajdah). The hadeeth
ismawqoof from Ibn 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbaas, saheeh in 'Abd al-Razzaaq.
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that on Fridays the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to recite in Fajr prayer
Alif-laam-meem tanzeel (al-Sajdah).Saheeh in al-Bukhaari. It says in
al-Fath: I have not seen in any report a clear statement that he
prostrated, except in Kitaab al-Sharee'ah wherethis was mentioned. He
said: In its isnaad are some who are subject to further scrutiny. And
he said: In al-Sagheer, al-Tabaraani quotes the hadeeth of 'Ali as
marfoo' and he said: But there is some weakness in its isnaad.
10. The sajdah in Saad. Its hadeeth is marfoo',
saheeh in al-Bukhaari.
11. The sajdah in Fussilat. Its hadeeth is
mawqoof fromIbn 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbaas, saheeh in 'Abd al-Razzaaq.
12. The sajdah in al-Najm. Its hadeeth is
marfoo', saheeh in al-Bukhaari.
13. The sajdah in al-Inshiqaaq. Its hadeeth is
marfoo', saheeh in Muslim.
14. The sajdah in al-'Alaq. Its hadeeth is
marfoo', saheeh in Muslim.
Note:
Al-Muwaffaq [Ibn Qudaamah] stated in al-Kaafi (1/206) that the verses
in which there is a prostration are confirmed by consensus except the
sajdahs of al-Mufassal [from Soorat Qaf to the end of the Qur'aan],
and the second sajdah in Soorat al-Hajj.

What should the personpraying behind an imam do if he recites a verse in which there is asajdah (prostration)?

What should I do if I recite a soorah in which there is a sajdah when
I am praying behind an imam?.
Praise be to Allaah.
You should not prostrate, because following the imam is obligatory and
the prostration of recitation is Sunnah. If a person is praying behind
an imam, it is not permissible for him to prostrate, and if he
prostrates deliberately although he knows that that is not
permissible, then his prayer becomes invalid.

Is it permissible to stick to tasbeeh and dhikr instead of sujood al tilaawah (prostration of recitation)?

Is it permissible to limit oneself to saying tasbeeh (Subhaan Allaah
wa'l-hamdu Lillaah wa laailaaha ill-Allaah wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata
illa Billaah - Glory be to Allah and praise be to Allah and there is
no God but Allah and there is no power and no strength except in
Allah) four timesinstead of doing the prostration of recitation?
Because it is said that if you come to a verse in which there is a
sajdah (prostration), instead of prostrating you can say the tasbeeh
mentioned above. Is there any basis or evidence for this?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The fuqaha' are agreed that the prostration of recitation is
prescribed, because of the verses and hadeeths that are narrated
concerning that. When the Muslim comes to a verse in which there is a
sajdah, it is prescribedfor him to prostrate, whether that is in
prayer or outside of prayer. Muslim narrated in his Saheeh (81) that
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When the son of
Adam recites a verse of prostration and prostrates, the Shaytaan
withdraws, weeping and saying: Woe unto him – according to the report
of Abu Kurayb: Woe unto me– the son of Adam was commanded to prostrate
and he prostrated, so Paradise will be his; I was commanded to
prostrate and I refused, so Hell is mine."
So it is essential for him toprostrate and it is not valid to recite
tasbeeh or any other dhikr instead ofthat; rather this is an
innovation which should be denounced.
It was narrated that 'Aa'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said:
The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said: "Whoever introduces into this matter of ours anything that is
not part of it will have it rejected." Agreed upon.
Al-Nawawi said:
This hadeeth represents an important principle of Islam, and it is an
example of the concise speech of the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him), for it clearly rejects every innovation and
fabrication. End quote.
And the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "you
must adhere to my Sunnah and the way of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.
Hold on to it and cling fast to it. And beware of newly-invented
matters, for every newly-invented matter is an innovation and every
innovation is a going astray." Narrated byAbu Dawood (4607) and
classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (mayAllah have mercy on him) was asked about some
of them saying, "We hear and obey, Your forgiveness Our Lord, and to
You is our destiny" when not doing the prostration for a verse of
prostration because one isnot in a state of purity or is unable to
prostrate.
He replied: There is no basis for that and it cannot take the place of
the prostration; rather that is makrooh to do that, because nothing
concerning that was narrated. End quote.
Al-Fataawa al-Fiqhiyyah al-Kubra, 1/194
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy onhim) was asked: When
weread the Book of Allah and we come to a sajdah, and we are in a
place other than the mosque or prayer room, such as the school and the
like, we say Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wahdahu laa shareeka lah,
lahu'l-mulk wa lahu'l-hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadeer (there is
nogod but Allaah alone, withno partner or associate. His is the
Dominion and toHim be praise, and He is able to do all things) four
times. Is that permissible or not? If it is not permissible, what
should we do?
He replied:
When the reader comes to a verse of prostration, if he is in a place
where he can prostrate, then it ismustahabb for him to prostrate, but
it is not obligatory according to the more correct opinion, because it
is proven that 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allah be pleased with him)
recited a verse of prostration when he was delivering the khutbah on a
Friday, and he came down (from the minbar) and prostrated, then he
recited it on the following Friday and did not prostrate, and he
said:Allah has not enjoined us to prostrate unless we want to. And
when he didnot prostrate, he did not say something instead of
prostrating, because that is an innovation. The evidence that is that
Zayd ibn Thaabit recited Soorat al-Najm in the presence ofthe Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and he did not prostrate,
and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did not
teach him to say anything instead of prostrating.

And Allaah knows best.

Ruling on eating chicken that was fed hormones or ground meat

Does the meat of chicken grown by giving steroids ishalal evenif it is slaughtered correctly?
Praise be to Allaah.
If the manufactured food or medicines did not contain anything harmful or impure (najis), there is nothing wrong with eating chickens to whom they were fed, if they havebeen slaughtered in the proper shar'i manner by a Muslim or a kitaabi (i.e., Jew or Christian).
But if the feed or medicine is harmful to man, and willmake him sick, for example, it is haraam to feed them to chickens and to eat those chickens, because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"and do not throw yourselves into destruction"
[al-Baqarah 2:195].
And the Prophet (blessingsand peace of Allah be uponhim) said: "There should be neither harming not reciprocating harm." Narrated by Ibn Maajah (2431) and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Irwa' al-Ghaleel (896).
If the feed is naajis (impure), such as meat from animals that died without being slaughteredproperly (maytah) or blood and so on, that may be put in the feed, then the matter is subject to further discussion.
Is most of the feed is madefrom those impure substances or from taahir (pure) things such as grains and the like?
If most of the feed is pure, it is permissible to eat it, and there is nothing wrong with that.
But if most of its feed is naajis (impure) -- this is what the scholars call "an animal that feeds on filth" -- it is not permissible to eat unless it has been detained and fed with taahir food that will make its meat good.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said in al-Sharh al-Mumti' (11/298):
The animal that feeds on filth is one whose food is mostly impure (najaasah).
There are two scholarly views concerning this: one view is that it is haraam because it has been nourished by impure matter that has an effect on its meat.
The other view is that it is halaal. This is based on theidea that impure things become pure when they undergo a transformation. They said: The impurity that it ate has been transformed into blood, flesh and the like that grows in the body, so it is taahir. End quote.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
The Prophet (blessings andpeace of Allah be upon him) forbade the milk of an animal that feeds on filth or impurity, but if the animal is detained until it becomes pure, then it is halaal according to Muslimconsensus, because before that the effect of the impurity could be seen in its milk, eggs and sweat, so it gave off a rotten and evil stench. Once that is removed, it becomes taahir (pure). If the ruling is established for a reason, it ceases to apply once that reason is no longer present.

And Allah knows best.