SELECTED
ISLAMIC
CORRESPONDENCE:
Correspondence
from the Archive
of Dr
Umar Azam
[May 1984 � May 2005]
MANCHESTER,
UK
M
a y
2005
INTRODUCTION
I
think that there was a need for a correspondence archive on my
Website www.dr-umar-azam.com
Several visitors informed me in e-mails that they did
find the �Guestbook Archive� section of the Site interesting.
Whereas the �Guestbook Archive� section is simply concerned
with visitors� reactions to the Site itself and my work on my
Site, this section is more diverse, being concerned
with topics as diverse as international politics, academic
scholarship and marriage! My documented Islamic work has been
ongoing from May 2004 to the present day
[5
May 2005].
The selection in this paper has been chosen from within these
years - if it is interesting, enjoyable or educational; a
random and pragmatic approach such as this has meant that
there is no chronological order. The items of correspondence
are of varying length; obvious replies, or letters of origin,
for reasons of economy of words, have been omitted.
Correspondence both by British Royal Mail [the older
letters] and by e-mail has been included. The selection
was made from those pieces of correspondence near at hand, and
not in the Archive of some University Library; there is a
regret that even more interesting correspondence may have been
selected if easily accessible but, having said that, this
particular selection is no reserve or substitute, and is just
as worthy of merit, if in the main fairly recent. At the risk
of my work appearing garish, I have decided to use
colour because this is what the majority of the
visitors to my Site want [anyway, anyone who feels that the
text is too bright may print out this work and read it on
paper, rather than directly from the computer
screen]!
CONTENTS
E-MAIL NO *
TOPIC
1.
FORCED OUT OF THE HOME FOR DECIDING TO CONVERT TO
ISLAM.
2.
COMMENTS ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
3.
A FINANCIAL MATTER
4.
WANTING TO SEND CHARITY
5.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM CHURAILS [LADY
DEMONS]!
6.
FORNICATION
7.
EVIL DREAMS [NIGHTMARES]
8.
A BRIDEGROOM, LIONS AND SNAKES IN A
DREAM
9.
ISLAMIC TAWEEZ [AMULETS]
10. REQUEST
FOR MATERIAL FROM WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
11.
TRANSLATING DREAMS IN
ISLAM INTO INDONESIAN
12.
WHO EXACTLY WILL GO TO PARADISE?
13.
THE HOLY
QURAN, AND A
BOMB IN A BRIEFCASE IN A DREAM
14.
NAMING A CHILD
15.
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
16.
THE HOLY
QURAN AND THE
MOON IN A DREAM
17.
STAYING ON THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
18.
ARTICLE ABOUT DR UMAR AZAM IN A LOCAL
NEWSPAPER
19.
PARENTS DISOWN SON FOR REVERTING TO ISLAM
20.
WANTING TO HEAR BEAUTIFU NAATS [ISLAMIC,
DEVOTIONAL HYMNS] ON THE INTERNET
21.
ENLIGHTENING NON-MUSLIMS ABOUT ISLAM
22.
INJUSTICES TO THE PALESTINIANS
23.
FASTING AND THE NEED TO WAR A SCARF
24.
WHY IS FORNICATION NOT
ALLOWED?
25.
THE NAME OF ALLAH IN
ARABIC IN A DREAM
26.
READING QURANIC VERSES TO CELEBRATE A SEVENTH WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
27.
REQUIRING SPECIALIST ARABIC PUBLICATIONS
28.
BABEL-TRANSLATE FACILTY
IN GERMAN ON http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
29.
REVERTING TO ISLAM
30.
MERIT OF THE PRAYER: DAROOD
TAJ
31.
THE NEED TO REFRAIN FROM REVEALING
NIGHTMARES
32.
BREAKING OFF AN ENGAGEMENT
33.
PRACTICISING MEDICINE
34.
COMMENTS ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
35.
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
36.
NAMING A CHILD
37.
TEETH FALLING
OUT IN A DREAM
38.
PATTERN OF THE AYATS
[VERSES] OF THE HOLY QURAN
39.
LUCID DREAMING
40.
REQUEST FOR ISLAMIC BOOKS FROM
GHANA
41.
MARKETING OF DREAMS IN
ISLAM [NOW ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
]
42.
THE PROPHET IBRAHEEM [A.S.] WAS A MUSLIM, NOT A
JEW
43.
THE HOLY
KA'BA IN A DREAM
44.
CONTRIBUTION OF EARLY MUSLIMS TO SCIENCE, AND ISLAMIC
MIRACLES.
45.
ARABIC TAWEEZ
IN PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
46.
SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT ON THE
HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN
47.
COMPLIMENTS FROM A READER
48.
RELUCTANCE TO BETRAY PARENTS FOR THE SAKE OF
LUST
49.
POSSIBLE INACCURACY IN THE INTERPRETATION OF
DREAMS
50.
WANTING TALAQ
[DIVORCE]
51. PROBLEMS
OF SENDING ISLAMIC BOOKS TO AFRICAN MUSLIM
ORGANISATION
52.
REQUEST FOR ISLAMIC BOOKS FROM AFRICA
53.
THE FACE OF THE PROPHET
MUHAMMED [PBUH] ON THE MOON IN A
DREAM
54.
THINKING OF REVERTING TO ISLAM
55.
MARRYING AN AHMEDIYYA
MAN
57.
CRUELTY TO THE PALESTINIANS
58.
THE HOLY
QURAN, APPLES AND A GREENGROCER IN A
DREAM
59.
INDEX
ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
60.
REVERTING TO ISLAM IN THE PHILLIPINES
61.
PRAYERS IN
ISLAM
62.
PRAYERS IN
ISLAM
63.
A FAILED THESIS
64. REGARDING
THE PRAYER FOR A
PALACE IN PARADISE
65.
THE POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF MUSLIMS TODAY
66.
REGARDING THE FATWA ON SALMAN
RUSHDIE
67.
PRODUCING A HUMAN
RIGHTS
MANUAL
68.
SPECIALIST FORUM FOR DISCUSSING PERSONAL
DREAMS
69.
REPORTING FALSE DREAMS FOR DREAMS IN
ISLAM
70.
JUMPING HIGHER THAN THE
CLOUDS IN A DREAM
71
- 73
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE
74. MUSLIM
LIFESTYLE IN UK/ARAB COUNTRY
75
- 80
DREAMS IN ISLAM
81
- 87
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE
88
� 90
DR. AZAM�S INTERVIEWS ON BBC RADIO
91. DREAMS
IN ISLAM
92. VISION OF
PARADISE
93.
DREAMS IN ISLAM
94. DONATION
REQUEST FROM INDIAN MUSLIM WOMEN�S
ORGANISATION
95. OFFERING
ARTICLE FOR http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
96. PROBLEMS
OF MARRYING A HINDU GIRL
97. PROBLEMS
OF MARRYING AN AHMEDIYYA MAN
98
� 99
COMMENTS ON ISLAMIC TALK BY DR AZAM AT BURNLEY
COLLEGE
100. ERROR ON http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
101. A
BOYFRIEND AT COLLEGE
102. WANTING
DOWNLOADS FROM http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
IN ZIP FORMAT
103. KASHMIRI
POLITICS
104.
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE
105
� 106
HALAL INGREDIENTS IN FOODSTUFFS
107 - 108 CIRCULAR E-MAILS
FOR PRAYERS IN ISLAM
109.
CIRCULAR REQUESTING ADEQUATE GUESTBOOK
COMPLETION
110 - 120 PRAYERS IN
ISLAM
121.
WANTING TO DO PH.D DEGREE IN ISLAMIC
STUDIES
122.
WANTING ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE SEVEN HAIKELS
IN PANJSURAH SHAREEF
127.
THE NEED TO KEEP GOOD DREAMS
CONFIDENTIAL
128.
COMMENTS ON http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
129.
A SWORD IN A DREAM
130.
COMMENTS ON http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
131.
RUSHDIE�S SATANIC VERSES
132.
PALESTINE
133.
http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
USEFUL TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION
134. DAROOD
TAJ IN PANJSURAH SHAREEF
135.
DR
AZAM
THANKS
MORRIS
COLLEGE
OF JOURNALISM FOR DIPLOMA
136�
137
CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING PUBLICATION OF VISION OF
PARADISE
138.
HINDU-MUSLIM MARRIAGES
[1] FROM
SANA, 17,
STOKE-ON-TRENT,
UK, TO DR AZAM
IN 2003
SALAM, MUSLIM
BROTHER. JAZAK ALLAH KHAIR FOR YOUR WEB SITE ANDF
MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU WITH HIS BLESSINGS FOR HAVING SUCH
VALUABLE INFORMATION REGARDING ISLAM ON YOUR SITE. I AM
A NEW CONVERT TO ISLAM, QUITE A YOUNG ONE ACTUALLY. I AM
SEVENTEEN IN DECEMBER. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD POST
ME AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE ON ISLAMIC TOPICS SUCH AS
'DREAMS' AND 'DUAS'. I'VE LEFTHOME AND MY
SITUATION IS AWFUL. BUT I AM GRATEFUL TO ALLAH BECAUSE
I'M SURE THERE IS SOMEONE WORSE IN A WORSE SITUATION THAN ME
SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD.
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM TO SANA
IN 2003
MAY ALLAH BLESS
YOU; HARDSHIPS ARE A TEST FROM ALLAH! YOU'VE SEEN MY
WEBSITE AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT ALL THE WORK CAN BE
DOWNLOADED. WOULD YOU LIKE OTHER BOOKLETS POSTED TO YOU
BY ROYAL MAIL? ALSO, PLEASE TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOURSELF.
ALHAMDOLILLAH THAT YOU HAVE BECOME A BELIEVER. BUT WHAT MADE YOU
CONVERT? WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO TO MAKE YOUR LIFE A
SUCCESS DESPITE THESE OBSTACLES? PLEASE
REMEMBER THAT I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE
TO SUPPORT YOU IF YOU COME ACROSS ANY DIFFICULTY OR PROBLEM
REGARDING YOUR FAITH.
[2]
FROM ABDUL, 21,
MANCHESTER,
UK
TO DR AZAM ON 16 MAY 2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM:
DEAR RESPECTED DR SAHIB, MASHA�ALLAH, IT IS A WONDERFUL
WEBSITE. I�LL
LEARN A LOT FROM YOUR WEBSITE. IT�S GOT, MASHA�ALLAH,
ALL THE TOPICS ANYONE CAN THINK OF. I WISH I COULD MAKE A
WEBSITE AS GOOD AS YOURS BUT I AM NOT VERY EDUCATED LIKE
YOURSELF. MAY
ALLAH REWARD YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS TO
MAKE IT A WONDERFUL WEBSITE.
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM ON 18
MAY 2004
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, ABDUL! I BELIEVE THAT MY EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE
MUST ALWAYS BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE, IN THE SERVICE
OF ISLAM! WHEN I
DO ZIKR [REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH], SOMETIMES I INTEND THAT
EVERY ATOM OF MY BEING, MY EXISTENCE, IS IN THE SERVICE OF
ALLAH MOST HIGH! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WONDERFUL
COMMENT! MAY
ALLAH GIVE YOU GREAT SUCCESS IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT, AND
MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU!
AMEEN!
[3] FROM AWAIS, OSMANIA
UNIVERSITY, ON 15 SEPTEMBER 2003
DEAR
SIR, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. I AM ASKING FOR YOUR
HELP IN GETTING A SUGGESTION ABOUT LOAN AND INTEREST MATTERS
ACCORDING TO ISLAM.
MY FRIEND WANTS A LOAN FROM ME. HE SAID HE WILL RETURN
THE MONEY IN THREE YEARS. HE IS TAKING THIS LOAN
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR FLATS ON HIS LAND FOR
INVESTMENT. HE
SAID HE WILL REPAY ME AN EQUAL AMOUNT EACH MONTH OVER THREE
YEARS. APART FROM
THIS MONTHLY REPAYMENT TO ME, HE IS ALSO OFFERING TO PAY PART
OF THE RENT � WHEN HE STARTS GETTING THE RENT, ONCE THE FLATS
ARE READY. NOW IS
THIS CONSIDERED AS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT OR IS IT CONSIDERED
TO BE INTEREST?
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM TO AWAIS ON 16 SEPTEMBER
2003
THANK
YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
THE PART OF THE RENT WHICH YOUR FRIEND PROMISES TO GIVE
YOU IS INVESTMENT, NOT INTEREST. IF THE MONTHLY
REPAYMENT HAD AN EXTRA AMOUNT ADDED TO IT [IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT
PAYABLE OVER THREE YEARS EXCEEDS THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT IN ANY
WAY], THAT WOULD BE INTEREST. YOUR PORTION OF THE
RENT PAYMENT RECEIVED IS PROFIT, NOT
INTEREST.
[4] FROM ZUBAYDAH, 35,
DETROIT, USA ON 24 JULY
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. BLESS YOU, DR
AZAM! I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR SITE.
MOST MUSLIMS DON�T TALK ABOUT DREAMS AS THEY THINK THEY
ARE UNSCIENTIFIC.
I BELIEVE DREAMS ARE A LIVING LEGACY WHICH CONNECT
ORDINARY PEOPLE TO ALLAH�S MERCY. I HAVE BEEN A PART OF
TABLIGH SINCE I WAS NINETEEN AND HAVE BEEN A MUSLIM ALL MY
LIFE. THIS IS A
REALLY GREAT SITE ON ISLAM AND I HOPE THAT YOU GET 7,000,000
BLESSINGS FOR EACH SECOND THAT YOUR SITE IS ON THE WEB! AMEEN. I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE
TO SEND CHARITY TO YOUR ORGANISATION SO YOU CAN PRAY FOR MY
MOTHER WHO IS ILL.
IN THE �DREAMS OF REWARD IN PARADISE� PAPER ON YOUR
SITE YOU MENTION AN ADDRESS IN INDIA. IS THERE ONE IN THE UK
TOO WHERE I CAN SEND MY MONEY?
REPLY FROM DR
AZAM TO ZUBAYDAH ON 24 JULY
2003
WA LAIKUM
SALAM,
ZUBAYDAH. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WONDERFUL, ENCOURAGING COMMENTS ON MY
SITE. IT IS THE
VALUABLE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE SUCH AS YOU THAT IS SUCH A GREAT
HELP TO ME IN MY INTENSIVE ISLAMIC WORK. I REGRET TO HEAR OF
YOUR MOTHER�S ILLNESS.
MY OWN PARENTS HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL MANY TIMES AND I
KNOW WELL THE HEART-SINKING FEELING OF EXTREME STRESS AND
WORRY THAT RESULTS.
THE ADDRESS I MENTIONED IN INDIA IS NOT MY
ORGANISATION; IF FACT, I DO NOT HAVE AN ORGANISATION AS
SUCH. THOUGH I AM
IN CONTACT WITH VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS IN THE COURSE OF MY WORK, I TEND TO WORK ON A
SOLITARY BASIS. WHY DON�T YOU SEND THE MONEY TO INDIA WHERE IT
IS DESPERATELY NEEDED?
I WILL PRAY FOR YOUR MOTHER WITHOUT ANY FINANCIAL
REIMBURSEMENT.
THE HOLY PEOPLE IN INDIA NEED FUNDS SO THAT THEY CAN
FEED THE DESTITUTES, NEEDY ETC.
5] FROM LADYCHURAILZ, 1
AUGUST 2003
CONGRATULATIONS. [IN MY PAPER
�DREAMS OF REWARD IN PARADISE� �ON THIS SITE- I
RELATE A DREAM IN WHICH I WAS GIVEN THE MESSAGE THAT IT IS
BETTER TO SEE A HOURI [HEAVENLY MAIDEN] THAN A CHURAIL [LADY
DEMON]. THIS
MESSAGE IS A PRANK FROM SOME MUSLIM GIRLS PRETENDING TO BE
CHURAILZ AND CONGRATULATING ME ON MY WEBSITE OR
DREAMS!]
FROM
DR AZAM TO LADYCHURAILZ ON 1 AUGUST
2003
THANK
YOU FOR CONGRATULATING ME, LADYCHURAILZ! HAVE YOU GOT ANY
IN-DEPTH COMMENTS TO SUPPLY FOR MY WEBSITE? [THEY DID NOT
REPLY, SO THEY MIGHT HAVE BECOME REALLY EVIL {THEIR TRUE
NATURE!} AFTER READING MY
RESPONSE!]
[6] FROM SONIA, 16,
MANCHESTER, UK ON 14 MAY 2004
I
AM STUDYING MY �A� LEVELS AT COLLEGE. I DON�T WANT YOU TO
THINK WRONG OF ME.
I HAVE MADE MANY MISTAKES BUT I REALLY NEED YOUR
HELP. I HAVE A
BOYFRIEND WHOM I HAVE BEEN WITH FOR SOME TIME NOW. I KNOW IT�S AGAINST
ISLAM, BUT I REALLY LOVE HIM AND HOPE TO MARRY HIM SOON. I AM TELLING YOU THIS
BECAUSE I HAVE ALSO BEEN HAVING DREAMS THAT MY DAD IS HOLDING
A GUN TO MY HEAD BECAUSE OF SOMETHING I HAVE DONE, NOT ONCE,
BUT A FEW TIMES NOW.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE MUST BE A STRONG LINK BETWEEN
THESE DREAMS AND REALITY. PLEASE CAN YOU GIVE ME
YOUR OPINION ON THIS AS IT WILL MEAN A LOT TO ME. I SHALL WAIT FOR YOUR
REPLY AND HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON. MAY ALLAH BLESS
YOU. KHUDA
HAFIZ.
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM TO SONIA ON 15 MAY 2004
WA LAIKUM SALAM,
SONIA. I F I TOLD
YOU THAT YOU WERE THE TYPE OF PERSON TO CHEAT IN EXAMS, YOU
WOULD DENY IT AT ONCE!
YOU WOULD SAY THAT YOUR CHARACTER IS OF SUCH A HIGH AND
HONEST STANDARD THAT IT WOULD NOT ALLOW YOU TO
CHEAT!
HOW, THEN CAN YOU CHEAT
YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER?
BY HAVING A BOYFRIEND AND DOING THINGS WITH HIM, YOU
BETRAY YOUR OWN PARENTS!
THEY TRUST YOU BUT YOU DO TERRIBLE THINGS OF WHICH THEY
HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE.
NOT TO MENTION THE ANGER OF ALLAH! THIS IS WHY YOU ARE
HAVING NIGHTMARES!
I
HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU. EITHER GET MARRIED TO
YOUR �BOYFRIEND� WITH YOUR PARENTS� CONSENT [AND THERE SHOULD
BE NO FURTHER PHYSICAL CONTACT UNTIL YOU TWO BECOME HUSBAND
AND WIFE] OR WAIT FOR YOUR MARRIAGE UNTIL YOUR PARENTS ARRANGE
IT. YOU MUST
REPENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR NOW.
[7] FROM MOHAMMED OMAR ON
16 NOVEMBER 2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM,
MAULANA SAHIB! I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT SOME DREAMS. I GET THESE DREAMS
WHERE I FEEL I�M ATTACKED BY JINNS. I FEEL REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY HEAVY, AND I CAN�T EVEN MOVE AND TRY TO ESCAPE! PLEASE HELP ME! WHY DOES THIS
HAPPEN? CAN I
RECITE SOMETHING BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP? PLEASE REPLY BACK TO
ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM TO
OMAR ON 17
NOVEMBER 2003
WA LAIKUM
SALAM, OMAR. READ
THIS PRAYER TWENTY-ONE TIMES BEFORE YOU GO TO
SLEEP:
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ALLAHUMMA
BARAKLI FIL MAUTI WA FEE MAA BA�DAL
MAUT
O
ALLAH!
BLESS ME WHEN I DIE AND BLESS ME IN THE LIFE
AFTER DEATH!
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INSHA�ALLAH,
YOUR PROBLEM SHALL GO AWAY!.
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[8] FROM SHEBANA TO DR
AZAM ON 3 DECEMBER 2003
I
GENERALLY SEE MYSELF AS A BRIDEGROOM AND I SEE LIONS IN MY
DREAMS AND SNAKES.
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM T SHEBANA ON 4 DECEMBER
2004
YOU NEED TO GET
THE BOOK �DREAMS AND INTERPRETATIONS� BY IBN SIREEN. FROM THE BOOK, A LION
REPRESENTS �A POWERFUL AND STRONG ENEMY� [p.48]. A SNAKE SYMBOLISES �A
PERSON�S ARCH ENEMY.
THE GREATER THE SNAKE, THE GREATER THE ENEMY� [p.
152]. MARRIAGE
REPRESENTS �A CURE FROM ALL DISEASES AND AILMENTS� [p.
170].
[9] FROM SOMEONE ANONYMOUS
[�MR K�, HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL, UK] TO DR AZAM ON 3 MARCH
2004
BISMILLA
HIRRAHMA NIRRAHEEM.
I READ MOST OF YOUR PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLET,
AND MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU FOR IT. BUT I WAS CURIOUS
BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD THAT TAWEEZ IS NOT CONSIDERED GOOD
BECAUSE IT ALONE IS NOT BENEFICIAL. IS IT LIKE IN THE
OLDEN DAYS WHEN PRIESTS USED TO SELL �CERTIFICATES TO
PARADISE�. YOU
MUST READ THE QURAN AND HAVE FAITH IN ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY. MERELY WEARING
SOMETHING IS NOT GOING TO HELP YOU. I AM NOT SURE OF THIS,
THOUGH, SO COULD YOU PLEASE REPLY AS I AM CURIOUS [COULD YOU
REFER TO SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO THE QURAN OR OTHER
HOLY TEXT?]. MAY
ALLAH FORGIVE ALL MUSLIMS AND BELIEVERS. PS. I�VE FILLED IN
YOUR SURVEY FORM FOR �PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE�. THE SCORE OUT OF 100
IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT ALLAH WILL GRANT YOU FOR YOUR
BOOKLET, INSH�ALLAH.
ALHAMDOLILLAH!
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM ON 4 MARCH
2004
TAWEEZ ARE
COMPRISED OF VERSES FROM THE QURAN. THE HOLY QURAN CANNOT
BE A PARTNER TO ALLAH BECAUSE IT IS THE WORD OF ALLAH,
SO THERE IS NO SHIRK.
THE HOLY QURAN DESCRIBES ITSELF AS �A MERCY AND HEALING
TO THE BELIEVERS�.
WHICH SCHOOL ARE YOU AT, AND HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT
MY WEBSITE?
[10]
FROM
MUJTABA, CHICAGO, USA TO DR AZAM ON 26 FEBRUARY
2004
RESPECTED
DR SAHIB, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA REHMAT ULLAH WA BARAKATUHU. I FOUND YOUR BLESED
SITE ON www.google.com AND YOU�VE
POSTED EXCELLENT INFORMATION. I STARTED A WEBSITE IN
1999 DEDICATED TO HAKEEM UL UMMAH MAULANA ASHRAF ALI SAHIB
THANVI. LATELY,
www.thanvislam.cjb.net HAS BEEN
VISITED BY MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. I THANK ALLAH WHO LET
ALL THESE BLESSED PEOPLE GLANCE AT MY SITE. I WANT TO POST UP THE
INFORMATION THAT YOUR SITE HAS AND LINK IT TO MY OWN
SITE.
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM TO MUJTABA ON 26 FEBRUARY
2004
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, BR MUJTABA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS ABOUT MY WEBSITE. MANY, MANY
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR OWN WEBSITE, AND I�M VERY PLEASED TO
HEAR THAT IT IS BEING SO WELL USED. MY WEBSITE IS
NOT A SITE THAT, IN ANY WAY, PROMOTES THANVI; ALL MY
SOURCES ARE BASED ON THE HOLY QURAN AND AUTHENTIC HADITH. HOWEVER, YOU ARE
MOST WELCOME TO POST UP THE INFORMATION THAT MY WEBSITE
CONTAINS, AND LINK IT TO YOUR WEBSITE, AS LONG AS YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT I HAVE GIVEN MY PERMISSION. IN CASE OF ANY DOUBT,
PLEASE PRINT OUT THIS E-MAIL OF MINE AS EVIDENCE OF HAVING
CONTACTED ME.
[11] FROM HADI SETYANO, 26,
BANDUNG, INDONESIA TO DR AZAM ON 9 MAY
2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. I REALLY
LIKE READING AND LEARNING FROM THIS WEBSITE. IT IS NEW TO ME. I AM ACTUALLY
INTENDING TO EXPLORE, AND STUDY, KNOWLEDGE OF DREAMS FROM AN
ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE.
I HAVE PLANNED TO TRANSLATE YOUR STUDY DREAMS IN ISLAM
IN INDONESIAN SO THAT I CAN DISTRIBUTE THIS EXCELLENT
KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE OF RELIGIOUS DREAMS, TO THE ISLAMIC
COMMUNITY, AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS, HERE IN INDONESIA. I HOPE YOU CAN GIVE
YOUR CONSENT AT [email protected]
WASSALAM
FROM
DR AZAM TO HADI SETYANO ON 9 MAY
2004
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, BR HADI.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON MY
WEBSITE. I THINK
THAT YOUR IDEA TO TRANSLATE DREAMS IN ISLAM INTO INDONESIAN IS
WONDERFUL. YOU
HAVE MY COMPLETE PERMISSION AND FULL BLESSINGS! [PLEASE PRINT
OUT THIS E-MAIL AS EVIDENCE TO SHOW PRINTERS/PUBLISHERS etc.
THAT YOU WILL NOT BE INFRINGING COPYRIGHT IF YOU ARRANGE FOR
THE PUBLICATION OF DREAMS IN ISLAM IN THE INDONESIAN
LANGUAGE. I AM
SURE THAT VERY MANY MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN INDONESIA
CAN BENEFIT FROM SUCH A TRANSLATION! I AM PLEASED TO LEARN
THAT YOU ARE A STUDENT AT BANDUNG TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE;
YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF THE TRANSLATION AND
DISTRIBUTION YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE REQUIRED
TECHNOLOGY! PLEASE E-MAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS, AND KEEP ME INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF THE
TRANSLATION.
[12] FROM HANNA, 14,
LONDON, UK TO DR AZAM ON 30 SEPTEMBER
2003
HELLO. MY NAME IS HANNA. I AM FINDING YOUR
WEBSITE VERY USEFUL.
THANK YOU.
BUT I CONFESS TO NOT ACTUALLY HAVING READ ALL
THE MATERIAL ON YOUR WEBSITE. I AM TAKING GCSE
RELIGIOUS STUDIES AT SCHOOL BECAUSE OTHER RELIGIONS FASCINATE
ME [I AM AGNOSTIC MYSELF]. I GOT THE IMPRESSION
THAT YOU WERE IMPLYING THAT ALL NON-MUSLIMS GO TO HELL. I WOULD HATE TO GET
THE WRONG IMPRESSION, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK. IS THIS WHAT YOU
BELIEVE? I HAVE A
GREAT RESPECT FOR ALL RELIGIONS AND DON�T MEAN TO OFFEND YOU
IN ANY WAY. DO
YOU THINK IF YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON ALL YOUR LIFE, BUT ARE AN
ATHEIST, YOU WILL GO TO HELL? ISN�T IT WHAT YOU DO
RATHER THAN WHAT YOU THINK? IF I WERE A
BUDDHIST/CHRISTIAN/SIKH etc. AND LIVED A GOOD LIFE, WOULD I
STILL BE PUNISHED FOR NOT BELIEVING IN ALLAH? IF YOU COULD GET BACK
TO ME ON THIS POINT, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL, AS I AM VERY
INTERESTED IN YOUR REPLY. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM TO HANNA ON 3 OCTOBER
2003
THANKS
VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTION. IN ISLAM, IT IS HELD
THAT DISBELIEVERS, i.e. THOSE THAT DON�T BELIEVE IN GOD AND
GOD�S MESSENGERS, INCLUDING THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] WILL
DEFINITELY GO TO HELL.
HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE GOOD IN CHARACTER, THEN THEY WILL
GET THE RECOMPENSE IN THIS WORLD, BUT NOT IN THE NEXT. BUT BELIEVERS
[MUSLIMS] ARE NOT ACTUALLY GUARANTEED PARADISE
STRAIGHTAWAY.
UNLESS WE REPENT TO GOD, AND ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS,
THERE WILL BE SEVERE PUNISHMENT IN HELL BEFORE ENTRY TO
PARADISE. YOU�RE
WELCOME TO ASK ANYTHING ELSE YOU DON�T UNDERSTAND AT ANY
TIME.
[13] FROM LUBNA TO DR AZAM
ON 8 NOVEMBER 2003
MASHA'ALLAH,
I PRAY FIVE TIMES A DAY AND I ALSO RECITE THE QURAN EVERY
DAY.I HAD A DREAM YESTERDAY. IT WAS IN THE EARLY HOURS
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. COULD YOU PLEASE
ENLIGHTEN ME. IN MY DREAM SOMEONE SENT ME A SPECIAL
DELIVERY IN A BIG, BROWN ENVELOPE, ALONG WITH A BLACK
BRIEFACE. WHEN I OPENED THE ENVELOPE, THE FIRST FIVE
SURAHS OF THE HOLY QURAN CAME OUT OF IT. I WAS VERY
HAPPY SINCE MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND SISTER ALREADY NEEDED THOSE
FIVE SURAHS [WHICH I WAS GOING TO BUY FROM A SHOP]. I
DECIDED TO GIVE THOSE SURAHS TO THEM; IN FACT I HAD BEEN SENT
TWO COPIES OF THESE SURAHS IN THE SAME ENVELOPE. BUT I
WAS TOO FRIGHTENED TO OPEN THE BRIEFCASE. SOMEHOW I KNEW
THERE WAS AN ISLAMIC VIDEO IN IT. BUT I ALSO GOT THE
FEELING IT MIGHT BE A BOMB. WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN?
FROM DR AZAM TO LUBNA ON 11
NOVEMBER 2003
SALAM,
LUBNA. READING THE VARIOUS SURAHS OF THE HOLY QURAN HAS
INDIVIDUAL SIGNIFICANCE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU DREAM OF
READING THE SURAH FATIHA 'FULLY OR PARTIALLY, YOUR DUAS WILL
ASSUREDLY BE ACCEPTED BY ALLAH, AND YOU WILL DERIVE SUCH
BENEFIT THEREBY THAT IT WILL BRING YOU JOY AND HAPPINESS' [IBN
SIREEN, p.173]. ALSO, 'LOOKING INTO THE HOLY QURAN AND
RECITING IT DEPICTS ILM AND HIKMAT' [ie ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE AND
WISDOM]. IN GENERAL, RECITING THE HOLY QURAN SYMBOLISES
TRUTH IN SPEECH AND CONDUCT.' [Ibid, p.51] SO,
CONGRATULATIONS, THIS DREAM IS CONVEYING THAT YOU WILL BE
GIVEN RELIGIOUS ILLUMINATION BY SOMEONE FROM A DISTANCE [POST]
AND THEN YOU WILL PASS ON THAT KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM TO YOUR
YOUNGER BROTHER AND SISTER. THE VIDEO AND BRIEFCASE
REPRESENT KNOWLEDGE IN VARIOUS FORMS [AUDIO-VISUAL
etc.]. WHEN YOU FEARED THAT THE BRIEFCASE MIGHT CONTAIN
A BOMB, THAT COULD REFER TO THE POLITICAL STRUGGLES OF THE
MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD TODAY: IN PALESTINE, KOSOVO, KASHMIR,
IRAQ, CHECHNYA AND SO MANY OTHER
PLACES.
[14] FROM ANONYMOUS MUSLIM
LADY, USA TO DR AZAM IN SEPTEMBER
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, DEAR BROTHER.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HOPING TO HAVE A FAMILY OF SEVEN
CHILDREN IN THE FUTURE.
WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO CALL ONE OF THE BOYS [IF A
SON IS BORN] �JACOB� INSTEAD OF �YACUB�?
FROM
DR AZAM TO MUSLIM LADY ON 27 SEPTEMBER
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, SISTER.
SORRY FOR THE DELAY � I GOT LOTS OF E-MAIL MESSAGES
FROM BRITISH SCHOOLGIRLS WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HOLY
MONTH OF RAMADHAN FOR THEIR ASSIGNMENTS. I�VE BEEN TRYING TO
HELP THEM; STILL NOT FINISHED YET! YES, IT WOULD BE
INACCURATE TO REGISTER A SON�S NAME AS �JACOB� INSTEAD OF
�YACUB� ON HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE. IDENTITY IS VERY
IMPORTANT IN ISLAM.
�JACOB� IS IDENTIFIED WITH CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM,
BUT YOU CAN TELL THAT THE PERSON NAMED �YACUB� WILL BE
MUSLIM! THERE
SHOULD BE NO SENSE OF INFERIORITY IN ISLAM! BEST OF LUCK IN THE
FUTURE � I HOPE YOU GET SEVEN BOYS [BUT SEVEN GIRLS WOULD
BE WONDERFUL TOO!].
[15] FROM NASEER, UK TO DR
AZAM ON 2 APRIL 2003
BISMILLA
HIRRAHMA NIRRAHEEM. ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. HOW ARE YOU? I READ YOUR PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLET [NOW ON THIS SITE] IN THE MID-90�S AND,
LAST NIGHT, ALLAH TA�LAH LED ME TO FIND YOUR WEBSITE ON THE
NET, FOR WHICH I AM SO GRATEFUL, AS YOU HAVE ONCE MORE
INSPIRED ME AS YOU DID ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. I HAVE ONLY SEEN HALF
OF YOUR SITE, OR LESS, AND IT IS SIMPLY OUTSTANDING, THOUGH
THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE! CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME
WHAT YOU CLASSIFY YOURSELF AS, i.e. AHLE-SUNNAT WAL JAMAAT,
BREHLVI, DEOBANDI OR ANY OTHER, OR DO YOU NOT CLASS YOURSELF
AT ALL? ALSO, ARE
YOU ATTACHED TO A SPIRITUAL ORDER, i.e. QADIRI, NAQSHBANDI OR
ANY OTHER, OR ARE YOU NOT ATTACHED AT ALL? I JUST WANT TO KNOW A
BIT ABOUT YOU AS, AT THE MOMENT, I AM A BIT OF A FAN OF
YOURS!
WASSALAM.
FROM
DR AZAM TO NASEER ON 8 AUGUST
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, NASEER.
YOU E-MAILED ME ON 2 APRIL 2003. PLEASE EXCUSE MY
WRITING SO LATE, BUT A COMBINATION OF ILLNESS, VERY HARD WORK
AND LAZINESS MEANT THAT I FORGOT ALL ABOUT YOUR
COMMUNICATION. I AM JUST A SUNNI MUSLIM, PLAIN AND
SIMPLE, AND, OTHER THAN THAT, I DO NOT INTENTIONALLY LABEL
MYSELF IN ANY SUB-CATEGORY. MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH
BLESS YOU FOR SAYING THAT, FIRST, MY PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE
BOOKLET IN THE MID-90�S ISPIRED YOU, AND NOW MY WEBSITE
HAS DONE SO! D�YOU KNOW, THAT PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE
PROJECT, MASHA�ALLAH, TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS! I THINK I RECEIVED
MORE THAN 900 FAVOURABLE COMMENTS FROM READERS AND, EVEN TO
THIS DAY, I AM RECEIVING THEM FOR THE INTERNET EDITION! BEFORE THEY WERE
MAINLY FROM THE NORTH-WEST, YORKSHIRE AND THE MIDLANDS AREAS
OF THE UK BUT MANY ARE NOW FROM AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA,
PAKISTAN, USA, AFRICA AND EUROPE.
[16] FROM NIDA TO DR AZAM
ON 22 OCTOBER 2004
[This
is a direct cut-and-paste of the original message]
salam,
this is maria asking about my very first dream which i saw
today night before sehri timings.....sir i saw that i m
feeling sad b'coz i felt some pain on left side of my
chest[near 2 heart] all of a sudden i saw my two very
nearest students[ i m a teacher by profession] said 2 me that
plz miss come out n see what is out there in the
terrace....... as i stepped out i saw 7 moons at the same time
of different stages......i felt very happy 2 saw that thing n
my pain was
also gone when i saw 7 moons at the same
time......i was also telling my students that see these r 7
stages of moon Holy Quran has also 7 stages n today is the 7th
of Ramzan.......n i was about 2 raise my hands for dua
suddenly my eyes opened with the voice of
azan........[tahajud's azan] i was
wearing white n green
clothes..........[today it was 7th of ramzan n froday also]now
plzzzzzzzz tell me about this dream than i'll be encouraged to
write u more.............
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM TO NIDA ON 3 NOVEMBER 2004
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, NIDA. I'M SORRY THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE 7
STAGES OF THE MOON IN IBN SIREEN'S BOOK. HOWEVER,
CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR DREAM SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT YOU
WILL GET A GREAT DEAL OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE AND BECOME
AN INTELLECTUAL [ALSO SYMBOLISED BY THE FACT THAT YOU ARE
A TEACHER IN THE DREAM AND IN THE COMPANY OF YOUR
STUDENTS.] THE MOON: GENERALLY THE MOON
SYMBOLISES THE KING'S MINISTER OR ADVISER. SOMETIMES IT
SYMBOLISES A WOMAN OR A HANDSOME LAD.' [IBN SIREEN p.
53] THE HOLY QURAN: �SEEING THE HOLY QURAN IN THE
DREAM MEANS THAT THE PERSON WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND
WISDOM. AND WRITING IT MEANS HE WILL ACQUIRE DEEN,
KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM AND MATERIAL WEALTH THROUGH WHICH HE WILL
HELP OTHERS.' [IBN SIREEN, p. 168]. I RECOMMEND YOU
TO TRY EVEN HARDER IN YOUR ACADEMIC
INTERESTS!
[17]
FROM ANWARUL AZIM, 18, OBERLIN COLLEGE, USA TO DR AZAM ON 17
OCTOBER 2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. I HAVE
JUST FOUND YOUR SITE AND I MUST SAY THAT IT HAS BECOME MY
REFERENCE POINT FOR RELIGIOUS CONSOLEMENT AND THE NECESSARY
RELIGIOUS SUPPORT FOR ME TO STAY ON THE PATH OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS. I
MUST
STAY
ON THE CORRECT PATH AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE AN
EIGHTEEN-YEAR OLD BANGLADESHI IN THE USA, FROM NEW YORK CITY,
AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY, AT COLLEGE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY. BUT I KNOW I MUST NOT
COMMIT ANY MAJOR SINS, AND EVEN TRY MY BEST TO OFFER SALAH
FIVE TIMES A DAY.
I MUST SEEK REFUGE IN ALLAH TO GET THE STRENGTH TO DO
GOOD, NOT EVIL.
FROM
DR AZAM TO ANWARUL AZIM ON 17 OCTOBER
2003
WALAIKUM
SALAM, ANWARUL.
IT IS NOT EASY FOR AN EIGHTEEN YEAR-OLD TO LIVE AWAY
FROM ALL HIS RELATIVES IN A FARAWAY COUNTRY BUT YOU ARE COPING
REALLY WELL! YOUR
PARENTS AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE RELYING ON YOU BEOMING
HIGHLY-EDUCATED AND THE BEING IN PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT SO
THAT YOU CAN ASSIST THE WHOLE FAMILY FINANCIALLY. SURELY BY TURNING TO
SIN AND EVIL YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO RUIN THEIR HOPES AND
INVESTMENT IN YOUR FUTURE! IF YOU HAVE ANY
PROBLEM, YOU CAN ALWAYS E-MAIL ME. THANKS FOR YOUR
COMMENTS ON MY SITE.
[18] FROM DR RIZWAN MB.
CH.B, M.A., 30,
MANCHESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 20 MAY
2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, DR UMAR.
MASHA�ALLAH, I�VE JUST HAD A LOOK AT YOUR WEBSITE FOR
THE FIRST TIME AND I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL
THAT HAS GONE INTO IT!
I WAS ALSO VERY PROUD TO SEE THE ARTICLE ABOUT YOU,
UNDER THE HEADING �DREAM DOCTOR�, IN �THE LEADER� NEWSPAPER A
FEW WEEKS AGO. I
HOPE THAT, INSHA�ALLAH, WE SHALL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTACT
IN PERSON OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, VIA E-MAIL. I WAS ACUTELY
EMBARRASSED TO RUSH OFF SO SOON IN THE CAR WHEN WE LAST MET
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS LATE FOR A HOSPITAL
APPOINTMENT! I WAS TOUCHED BY YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT ME ON
YOUR WEBSITE � I RECALL PAST TIMES FONDLY TOO AND I THINK WE
MADE A GREAT �USTAAD-SHAAGIRDH� [TEACHER-PUPIL] DOUBLE ACT,
NO? I WOULD LIKE
TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF MATERIAL INACCURACIES: I DID NINE
GCSE�s, NOT TWELVE, AND FOUR A-LEVELS, NOT FIVE [I DIDN�T TAKE
THE FIVE ON A WHIM FOR SOME SILLY REASON!]. INSHA�ALLAH,
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU IN DUE COURSE, AND ONCE
AGAIN I AM VERY PROUD OF THE SUCCESS YOU HAVE ACHIEVED IN
PURSUING YOUR DREAMS.
FROM
DR AZAM TO RIZWAN ON 21 MAY 2004
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, DR ZIZWAN.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS ON MY SITE�YES,
A GREAT DEAL OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THE SITE OVER THE LAST
THREE YEARS. I�M
GLAD YOU SAW THE ARICLE ABOUT ME IN �THE LEADER� NEWSPAPER;
ACTUALLY, ANOTHER ARTICLE HAS ALSO APPEARED IN THE MAY 2004
ISSUE OF �ASIAN NEWS� [SEE IF YOU CAN GET HOLD OF A COPY FROM
SOMEWHERE!]. OF COURSE WE MADE A GREAT �USTAAD-SHAGIRDH�
DOUBLE ACT! YOU
HAVE BEEN MY MOST SUCCESSFUL-EVER PUPIL, GOING ON TO READ
MEDICINE AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, SO I USE YOUR EXAMPLE TO
INSPIRE OTHER, CURRENT, PUPILS � THE �MENTOR� PRINCIPLE!
WE ARE BOTH VERY BUSY PEOPLE SO THAT�S WHY I HAVEN�T BEEN ABLE
TO MEET YOU OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS � AND, IN FACT, I FEEL
GUILTY THAT I DIDN�T COME TO SEE YOUR NEW HOUSE ON KINGSWAY
AFTER YOU INVITED ME [I DIDN�T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO
COME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!]. BUT YOU�RE RIGHT! WE SHOULD E-MAIL EACH
OTHER AT THE VERY LEAST!
GIVE MY SALAM TO YOUR PARENTS. MAY ALLAH BLESS
YOU! AMEEN!
[19] FROM SOHAEB, 26,
KARACHI, PAKISTAN TO DR AZAM ON 22 JUNE
2004
SALAM. I REALLY LIKE YOUR
SITE. I�M A NEW
MUSLIM FROM ENGLAND BUT MY PARENTS HAVE LEFT ME JUST FOR
ACCEPTING ISLAM.
I AM ALONE.
I WANT SINCERE FRIENDS WHO CAN TELL ME MORE ABOUT ISLAM
AND HELP ME IN EVERY WAY.
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM TO SOHAEB ON 23 JUNE 2004
WA LAIKUM SALAM. THANK YOU FOR SIGNING
MY GUESTBOOK. I�M
VERY SAD TO LEARN THAT YOUR PARENTS DISOWNED YOU FOR BECOMING
A MUSLIM. YOU CAN
COUNT ME AS ONE OF YOUR SINCERE FRIENDS; WHENEVER YOU FEEL
ALONE, OR HAVE A PROBLEM, FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT WITH ME! MAY ALLAH BLESS
YOU!
AMEEN!
[20] FROM NASEEB, 13,
MANCHESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 29 OCTOBER
2003
I
WOULD LOVE TO DOWNLOAD BEAUTIFUL NAATS [RELIGIOUS SONGS] FROM
THIS WEBSITE, SO PLEASE COULD YOU TRY FOR A
BROTHER.
FROM
DR AZAM TO NASEEB ON 29 OCTOBER
2004
A
SITE OF NAATS ALREADY EXISTS. PLEASE VISIT:
http://www.naaterasool.tk/ and also http://www.itsislam.net/
[21] FROM HINNA, 16,
STOKE-ON-TRENT, UK TO DR AZAM ON 12 NOVEMBER
2003
SALAM,
BROTHER. I SAY
THIS TO ALL THOSE WHO CREATE USEFUL WEBSITES ON ISLAM: YOU ARE
DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
IT IS A QUICK AND EASY WAY OF SPREADING THE WORD OF GOD
TO MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS ALIKE. I AM DOING A PROJECT
ON ISLAM, AND INDEED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER GOD EXISTS AT ALL
[AGNOSTICISM], AND I FOUND MUCH ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT IS VERY
USEFUL. I AM A
PRACTISING MUSLIM AND AM GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE
BORN IN A FAMILY OF MUSLIMS. I SOMETIMES WONDER
THAT, HAD I BEEN BORN IN A KAFIR FAMILY, I MAY STILL HAVE BEEN
IN IGNORANCE OF THE TRUTH. I THINK IT WOULD BE A
GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A Q &A SECTION ON YOUR WEBSITE. THERE ARE MANY MUSLIMS
AND NON-MUSLIMS ALIKE WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE TRUTH OR WHO
JUST NEED TO BE PUSHED A LITTLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT IS EVERY MUSLIM�S
DUTY TO SPREAD THE WORD OF ISLAM AND INSHA�ALLAH, ALLAH MOST
HIGH WILL GIVE US ALL THE STRENGTH TO DO THIS. MAY ALLAH PROTECT YOU
AND GUIDE YOU BROTHER!
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM TO HINNA ON 14 NOVEMBER
2004
THANK
YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON MY SITE AND I�M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU
FOUND IT VERY USEFUL.
OF COURSE WE SHOULD THANK ALLAH MOST HIGH THAT WE ARE
BORN AS MUSLIMS, AND THAT ALLAH HAS GUIDED US. WE ARE BESET BY
PROBLEMS BUT MUST ALWAYS STRIVE TO PLEASE ALLAH AND ATTAIN
JANNAT [PARADISE].
A Q & A SECTION ON MY SITE IS NOT ESSENTIAL
BECAUSE PEOPLE ALREADY ASK ME QUESTIONS THROUGH MY GUESTBOOK
ANYWAY. ALSO,
MANY PROBLEMS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PASTING THEM ON A MESSAGE
BOARD IS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE. I
HOPE TO COME ON TELEVISION IN THE FUTURE TO DISCUSS ISLAM
TOPICS AND A Q & A SESSION ON TELEVISION WOULD BE MORE
INTERESTING BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL BE FACE-TO-FACE IN THE
STUDIO, AND THERE CAN BE A PHONE-IN FACILITY
TOO.
[22]
FROM LORI, 28,
CINCINNATI, USA TO DR AZAM ON 10 NOVEMBER
2003
MY
NAME IS LORI AND I LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES. I REALLY ENJOYED
READING THE ARTICLES ON YOUR WEBSITE. IT IS GREAT TO READ
THE THOUGHTS OF ONE WHO SHARES THE THOUGHTS OF MYSELF. I WANT TO TELL YOU
THAT I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT YOU HAVE A SITE THAT SPEAKS THE
TRUTH OF THE INJUSTICES BEING DONE TO THE PALESTINIANS. I ONLY WISH THAT MORE
PEOPLE WILL VISIT YOUR SITE AND READ THE CONTENTS WITH AN OPEN
MIND.
I HAVE MANY FRIENDS
FROM PALESTINE AND HAVE CRIED MANY A NIGHT OVER THEIR
STORIES. I�LL
NEVER FORGET THE NIGHT WHEN A FRIEND AND I WERE WATCHING A
MOVIE. IN A SCENE
IN THE MOVIE, AN ELEPHANT WAS KILLED, AND OF COUSE I WAS
UPSET. I SAID TO
MY FRIEND, �ISN�T THAT HORRIBLE?� HIS REPLY WAS, �MY
FRIENDS AND FAMILY DIE EVERY DAY!� IT WAS A REALITY CHECK
FOR ME. IT MADE
ME REALISE EXACTLY WHERE I WAS LIVING AND HOW I LIVE
MYSELF. I GREW UP IN THIS LAND WHERE NO-ONE WORRIES
ABOUT ANYTHING, WHERE WE TAKE EVERYTHING FOR GRANTED. I CAN NOT IMAGINE WHAT
IT IS LIKE TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GUNNED DOWN ON
A REGULAR BASIS, WHERE THEIR HOMES ARE DESTROYED, AND CHILDREN
ARE KILLED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. MY HEART BLEEDS EVERY
DAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE. I WISH THERE WERE
SOMETHING I COULD DO.
MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE PEOPLE
AWARE OF THE TRAGIC SITUATION IN PALESTINE.
FROM
DR AZAM TO LORI ON 12 NOVEMBER 2003
THANK
YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, LORI, AND I CAN TELL FROM YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE THAT YOU ARE A WARM-HEARTED, CARING
PERSON.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT SAY THE SAME FOR THE JEWS IN
THE HOLY LAND.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF AMERICA, THEY SEEM TO TAKE PLEASURE
IN THE REPRESSION OF UNARMED PALESTINIANS. I ALSO THINK THAT THE
WAY THEY TREAT THE PALESTINIANS IS LITTLE DIFFERENT
TO HOW THEY
THEMSELVES WERE TREATED BY THE GERMAN NAZIS UP TO, AND DURING,
THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
[23] FROM KIRAN, 15, LUTON,
UK TO DR AZAM ON 29 0CTOBER 2003
I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT IF A WOMAN IS FASTING BUT DOES NOT
HAVE HER HEAD SCARF IN FRONT OF A MAN STRANGER, IS HER FAST
ACCEPTABLE?
FROM
DR AZAM TO KIRAN ON 29 OCTOBER
2003
THAT�S
A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER! IF THERE IS DOUBT, AND
THERE IS IN THIS CASE [YOU ARE NOT SURE AND I�M NOT SURE] I�D
SAY PLAY ON THE SAFE SIDE AND WEAR THE SCARF ESPECIALLY DURING
THIS HOLY MONTH!
[24] FROM IHTZAZ TO DR AZAM
ON 2 JULY 2003
I
NEED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION WHICH HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME AND
KEPT ME THINKING.
IT�S SOMETHING I DON�T HAVE AN ANSWER TO. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW
IS, �ARE WE [MUSLIMS] ALLOWED TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
OPPOSITE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE? IF NOT, THEN WHY
NOT? WHY IS IT
WRONG TO BE IN LOVE BEFORE MARRIAGE?� THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME.
FROM
DR AZAM TO IHTZAZ ON 4 JULY 2003
NO,
WE�RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A GIRL
BEFORE MARRIAGE.
UNINTENTIONALLY FALLING IN LOVE IS NATURAL, BUT TO HAVE
SEX, MARRIAGE IS ESSENTIAL. FAILURE TO HEED THIS
RULE WILL RESULT IN PUNISHMENT IN HELL [IT�S A MAJOR
SIN]. MARRIAGE
MAKES THE TWO BODIES �LAWFUL� TO ONE ANOTHER THROUGH THE WORDS
OF THE CREATOR, GOD MOST HIGH. WITHOUT THE MARRIAGE
SERMON, THE RELATIONSHIP IS DEVILISH. PLEASE DO ASK ME AGAIN
IF YOU NEED ME TO ELABORATE FURTHER [I DO�T WANT TO GIVE YOU A
LECTURE AT THIS STAGE!].
THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME FOR HELP.
[25] FROM SWEETROSEBUD TO
DR AZAM ON 21 JULY 2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. DEAR DR
AZAM, WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOU DREAM OF THE NAME OF ALLAH IN
ARABIC?
FROM
DR AZAM TO SWEETROSEBUD ON 28 JULY
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO DIRECT ENTRY FOR YOUR QUESTION
[�SEEING THE NAME OF ALLAH IN ARABIC�] IN IBN SIREEN�S [R.A.]
BOOK, THERE IS AN ENTRY FOR
�TO SEE
ALLAH
IN SOMEONE�S HOUSE: THE OCCUPANTS OF SUCH A HOUSE WILL BE
FAVOURED WITH PEACE, HAPPINESS AND ASSISTANCE� [p.
143].
SO,
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOUR PROBLEMS WILL, INSHA�ALLAH, COME TO AN END AND
ALLAH WILL GIVE YOU, INSHA�ALLAH, THE GOOD OF THIS WORLD AND
THE HEREAFTER.
AMEEN!
[26] FROM JAN LEYLAND TO DR
AZAM ON 1 JULY 2003
I
AM NOT SURE WHETHER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HELP ME, BUT THE
REASON WHY I�M WRITING TO YOU IS TO ASK IF YOU KNOW OF ANY
PHRASES OR VERSES IN ARABIC WHICH WILL BE APPROPRIATE FOR A
PRIVATE CEREMONY.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE CELEBRATING OUR SEVENTH WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
TO MAKE IT SPECIAL WE HAVE ASKED SOMEONE TO READ
SOMETHING OUT OF THE HOLY QURAN TO MAKE IT COMPLETE. I CAN READ ARABIC BUT
I DON�T UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF WHAT I�M READING. SO WHAT I�M LOOKING
FOR, AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, IS THAT, ARE THERE ANY
ROMANTIC VERSES OR SOMETHING THAT REFERS TO A COUPLE IN
CELEBRATION OF LOVE THAT CAN BE READ OUT IN
ARABIC?
REPLY
FROM DR AZAM TO JAN LEYLAND ON 2 JULY
2003
DEAR
JAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WRITING TO ME. HAVE YOU SEEN THE
�POETRY� SECTION OF MY SITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
YOU WILL FIND THERE A FEW BEAUTIFUL VERSES FROM THE HOLY QURAN
RELATING TO ROMANTIC LOVE [REFERENCES TO THE HOLY QURAN HAVE
BEEN PROVIDED, SO YOU CAN REFER BACK], AS WELL AS MY OWN
ISLAMIC & LOVE POETRY. IF YOU NEED MORE HELP
EVEN AFTER THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. MANY, MANY
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR SEVENTH WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY. MAY
ALLAH MOST HIGH ALWAYS KEEP YOU BOTH CONTENT.
AMEEN!
[27] FROM MUHAMMAD SALAM,
57, MARYLAND, USA TO DR AZAM ON 30 0CTOBER
2004
[This
is a direct cut-and-paste of the original
message]Ramadan
Karim wa salaamu alaykum
Obviously you are well acquainted with the books of
al-Buni & Jawahir al-Khamsa? Can you provide a list
of other such books and how to obtain them? Also, your web pages
that contain the Ta\'wiz are excellent but the problem is that
the pictures are not clear.Would you kindly send them to me as
attachments and make them larger so the are legible? Also, this type of
knowledge is very rare today and its difficult locating a true
Master, what do you advise? Wa
salaam.
FROM
DR AZAM TO MUHAMMAD SALAM ON 7 NOVEMBER
2004
WA
LAIKUM SALAM.
THANKS FOR SIGNING MY
GUESTBOOK.
I'M AFRAID
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BOOKS YOU MENTION. BUT I WOULD
THINK THAT, TO PURCHASE THEM, YOU WOULD NEED TO WRITE TO, OR
VISIT, THE SAUDI ARABIAN EMBASSY IN YOUR COUNTRY AND GET FROM
THEM A LIST OF SPECIALIST PUBLISHERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
YOU WOULD THEN CONTACT THESE PUBLISHERS DIRECTLY. EVEN
IF THE ARE NOT THEMSELVES THE PUBLISHERS OF THE BOOKS YOU
MENTION, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHO IS.
THE TAWEEZ ON MY SITE HAVE BEEN SCANNED, SO I CANNOT ADJUST
THEM. THEY ARE THE ACTUAL SIZE AS IN THE BOOK,
'ROOHANI
TAWEEZAAT', PUBLISHED
BY SHABBIR BRS. OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN. THESE SAME
PUBLISHERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DIRECT YOU TO A 'TRUE
MASTER'. PLEASE CONTACT ME AGAIN IF YOU NEED FURTHER
INFORMATION.
[28] FROM CARMEN, GERMANY,
TO DR AZAM ON 25 MAY 2003
ICH
BIN ZWAR DEUTSCH ABER DIESE SEITE IST ECHT SUPER! KANN ICH MEINE
ENGLISCH KENNTNISSE AUF BESSERN! ICH HOFFE IHR KONNT
DAS VERSTEHEN WENN ICH IN DEUTSCH
SCHREIBE.
FROM
DR AZAM TO CARMEN ON 2 AUGUST 2003
[IN
THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE, I AM INFORMING CARMEN THAT MY SITE CAN BE
TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN USING THE BABEL-FISH
FACILITY]
DANKE
FUR IHRE ANMERKUNG VON MAI 25 2003. SIE FREUEN SICH, ZU
ERFAHREN DASS MEIN AUFSTELLUNGSORT http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
LASST JETZT DIE BABEL FISCHE SERVICE AUF DEM HOME PAGE
UBERSETZEN.
KONNTEN SIE DAS MATERIAL AUF MEINEM AUFSTELLUNGSORT AUF
DEUTSCH LESEN UND MEIN GUESTBOOK MIT IHREN AUSFUHRLICHEN
ANMERKUNGEN DANN UNTERZEICHNEN?
[29] FROM ABDUL REHMAN, 27,
MUMBAI, INDIA TO DR AZAM ON 20 JULY 2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. DEAR,
DR, I HAVE VISITED YOUR WEBSITE AND THINK THAT YOU HAVE DONE
REALLY OUTSTANDING WORK.
IT�S ESPECIALLY VALUABLE FOR A NEWLY-REVERTED MUSLIM
LIKE ME. I
REVERTED ONLY THREE MONTHS AGO. I USED TO BE A
CHRISTIAN. I
EMBRACED ISLAM ON THE 24 APRIL 2003. DR, IF ANYONE WANTS TO
KNOW OF MY JOURNEY TO ISLAM, THEN THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL
ME AT [email protected]
IT WILL BE MY PLEASURE TO INTERRACT WITH
OTHERS.
FROM
DR AZAM TO ABDUL REHMAN ON 28 JULY
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, BR ABDUL REHMAN. MANY, MANY
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CONVERSION! YES, I WOULD OF COURSE
LIKE TO FIND OUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR CONVERSION. I AM THINKING OF
COLLECTING NEW CASES OF REVERSION AND PUTTING THEM IN A
SEPARATE SECTION OF MY SITE. MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH
GIVE YOU ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT!
AMEEN!
[30] FROM NUMAAN TO DR AZAM
ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. I�VE
READ YOUR DREAMS OF HONOURS AND FOUND IT VERY
INTERESTING. AT
THE END OF THE PAPER YOU TALKED OF READING VARIOUS DUAS AND
SURAHS OF THE HOLY QURAN:
- FROM PANSURAH
SHAREEF, READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE GOING TO
SLEEP:
SURAH
YA SIN P.9/ SURAH AR-RAHMAN P.32/SURAH AL-FALAQ P.104/ SURAH
AN-NAAS P.105/ SEVEN HAIKALS PP. 107-11/ SIX KEYS PP. 114-5/
DUA-E-AMN & DUA-E-WABA PP.116-7/ DUA GANJUL ARSH P.118/
DAROOD TAJ P.201
REGARDING
THE DAROOD TAJ, A FEW MONTHS AGO, ON THE INTERNET, I READ FROM TWO
SCHOLARS THAT WE SHOULD NOT READ THE DAROOD TAJ. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME
IF WE SHOULD, OR SHOULD NOT, AND WHERE THIS PRAYER COMES
FROM? JAZAKALLAH KHAIR.
FROM
DR AZAM TO NUMAAN ON 27 SEPTEMBER
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, NUMAAN. ANY SCHOLAR WHO STOPS ANYONE FROM
BLESSING THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] IS A FRAUD, AND
MISCHEVIOUS [MAYBE JEWS POSING AS MUSLIM SCHOLARS; IT IS
POSSIBLE ON THE INTERNET BECAUSE YOU DON�T SEE PEOPLE
FACE-TO-FACE IN MOST OF THE CASES!].
READING
THE DAROOD TAJ HAS TREMENDOUS REWARD, WHICH IS CONFIRMED IN
HADITH AND, IN FACT, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME TO TRY TO PUT
THIS DUA DIRECTLY ON MY SITE, AS WELL AS OTHERS LIKE
DUA-E-GANJUL ARSH, BECAUSE OF THEIR TREMENDOUS VALUE.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHICH �SCHOLAR� YOU LISTEN TO
NOWADAYS. MY SITE
HAS BEEN CHECKED BY MUSLIM ORGANISATIONS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES,
AND WON MORE THAN FIFTEEN AWARDS, SO IF YOU ARE WONDERING
WHETHER TO LISTEN TO ME OR ANYONE ELSE, YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO
ME, AS I�VE BEATEN MANY COMPETITORS, WHETHER THEY PROVIDE TRUE
OR FALSE INFORMATION!
IF YOU NEED FURTHER HELP, PLEASE LET ME
KNOW.
[31]
FROM ANONYMOUS TO DR AZAM ON 7 AUGUST
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. I
ENCOUNTERED A TERRIBLE DREAM A WHILE AGO. I HAVE HAD MANY DREAMS
IN MY LIFE WHICH I HAVE MANAGED TO REMEMBER. I HAVE ALSO HAD LOTS
OF DREAMS AND THEN RESEARCHED THEM. BUT I CANNOT FIND
ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP ME WITH THIS TERRIBLE ONE THAT I HAVE
HAD. I KHANOW
THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP NIGHTMARES TO YOURSELF, BUT
THERE WERE SOME RELIGIOUS ASPECTS IN MY NASTY DREAM AND I NEED
GUIDANCE. I WOULD
LIKE TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED AND SEE IF YOU CAN HELP. BUT IF YOU FEEL THAT
YOU DON�T WISH TO KNOW, THEN I WON�T MENTION IT. ALLAH KNOWS
BEST!
FROM
DR AZAM TO ANONYMOUS ON 8 AUGUST 2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM. I
WOULD HAVE LIKED TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUR NIGHTMARE WAS, BUT THE
PROPHET [PBUH] HAS SAID THAT ONE SHOULDN�T TELL A BAD DREAM TO
ANYONE ELSE, BUT INSTEAD HE/SHE SHOULD SEEK ALLAH�S
REFUGE. IF
YOU ARE WORRIED, YOU SHOULD PRAY TO ALLAH AND TRY TO GET
GUIDANCE FROM ALLAH MOST HIGH! A GOOD DREAM WILL END
YOUR WORRY AND ALSO TELL YOU WHAT�S GOING ON. IF YOU
READ MY ARTICLES PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE AND DREAMS OF REWARD
IN PARADISE, THEY MAY HELP YOU! MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH
BLESS YOU!
[32]
FROM HANAN TO DR AZAM ON 7 AUGUST
2003
SALAM,
DR AZAM. I WAS
LOOKING THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE AND IT REALLY INTERESTED ME. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED
THAT MY DREAMS HAVE A MEANING. I�M WONDERING IF YOU
CAN HELP ME INTERPRET TWO SIGNIFICANT DREAMS THAT I�VE HAD IN
THE PAST. I JUST
CAME OUT OF AN ENGAGEMENT ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO AND SINCE THEN
I KEEP DREAMING THAT WE RECONCILE. HOWEVER, IN ONE DREAM
THAT STANDS OUT, I WAS HUGGING MY EX-FIANCE IN THE DREAM, AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND I SAW THAT HIS FACE
WAS A VERY UGLY FACE.
DOES THIS DREAM HAVE A MEANING OR IS THE SHAITAN TRYING
TO CONFUSE ME? BEFORE THIS SECOND
DREAM, I READ THE DUA-E-ISTIKHARA AND THEN WENT TO
SLEEP. IN
THIS DREAM [I HAD THIS DREAM WHILE WE WERE STILL ENGAGED], I
SAW MY FIANCE IN HIS OFFICE AND THERE WAS A WOMAN NEXT TO
HIM. SHE WAS VERY
BEAUTIFUL. I
ASKED HIM WHO SHE WAS.
HE REPLIED THAT SHE WAS A FRIEND IN WHOM HE WAS ALSO
VERY INTERESTED.
I TOLD THE GIRL TO LEAVE MY FIANCE�S OFFICE BUT MY
FIANCE SHOUTED AT ME AND TOLD ME, NOT THE GIRL, TO LEAVE THE
OFFICE. I
REMEMBER FEELING ANGER AND SADNESS WHEN I WOKE UP. I FELT REALLY
BAD. IS THIS
DREAM RELATED TO THE ISTIKHARA I
DID?
FROM
DR AZAM TO HANAN ON 8 AUGUST
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, HANAN.
IN MY VIEW, BOTH YOUR DREAMS ARE TELLING YOU THAT YOU
DID THE RIGHT THING IN BREAKING OFF YOUR ENGAGEMENT. ANY DREAM EXPERIENCED
AFTER THE ISTIKHARA DUA MUST BE CORRECT. HE WILL BETRAY YOUR
TRUST, SO HE IS NOT WORTHY OF BEING YOUR HUSBAND! THIS DANGER OF
BETRAYAL OUTWEIGHS DREAMS THAT YOU WILL RECONCILE WITH HIM
[THESE COULD BE DREAMS RESULTING FROM WISHFUL THINKING; IE YOU
WISH THINGS HAD WORKED OUT WITH HIM]. I WOULD SAY, �FIND
SOMEONE ELSE BETTER!�
[33] FROM IMRAN, 24,
RANCHI, INDIA TO DR AZAM ON 8 SEPTEMBER
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM WA RAHMATULLAHI WA BARAKATUHU. DEAR BROTHER, I
SUDDENLY CAME TO KNOW OF YOUR SITE. I HAVE NOT GONE ALL
THROUGH IT. I�VE
ONLY READ YOUR ARTICLE ON �PALESTINE�. I REALLY FOUND YOUR
ARTICLE VERY CLOSE TO THE TRUTH. BY THE GRACE OF ALLAH,
I HAVE COMPLETED MY M.B. B.S. I AM KEEN TO HELP IN
EVERY POSSIBLE WAY TO HELP OUR SUFFERING BROTHERS AND
SISTERS. I NEED
YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND GUIDANCE.
FROM DR AZAM TO IMRAN ON 9
AUGUST 2003
MANY,
MANY CONGRATULATIONS ON ACHIEVING YOUR M.B. B.S. MEDICAL
QUALIFICATION.
YES, I CAN GUIDE YOU: IT�S VERY PAINFUL TO KNOW
THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE GO BLIND NEEDLESSLY BECAUSE
OF CATARACTS. TO
REMOVE CATARACTS COSTS ABOUT �12 BUT THIS IS A SMALL FORTUNE
FOR POOR PEOPLE IN MANY COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU
CAN START AN ORGANISATION THAT GETS FUNDING FROM EG SAUDI
ARABIA, THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI ETC. AND THEN GIVES THE GIFT OF
SIGHT TO THESE UNFORTUNATE
PEOPLE?
[34] FROM ZARA, 19, SCHOOL
OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON TO DR
AZAM ON 5 SEPTEMBER 2003
I
AM VERY IMPRESSED BY YOUR CHOICE OF TOPICS ON YOUR
WEBSITE. I THINK
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS GET TO REALISE
THE MORE SPIRITUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF ISLAM. THE CONTENT OF YOUR
SITE IS VERY GOOD.
THIS IS PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TARGETED THOSE
SUBJECTS THAT YOU SEEM TO HAVE STUDIED AND THEREFORE HAVE SOME
LEVEL OF EXPERTISE IN.
FROM
DR AZAM TO ZARA ON 10 JUNE 2003
THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST
ARTICULATE THAT I HAVE RECEIVED; THIS IS NOT SURPRISING AS YOU
ARE A STUDENT OF SOAS, A LONDON UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF SOME
REPUTE!
[35] FROM TANVEER, 29,
WOLVERHAMPTON, UK TO DR AZAM ON 27 JULY
2003
SALAM,
DR AZAM, I WONDER IF YOU REMEMBER ME. I WAS THE ONE WHO
TYPED OUT YOUR WORK �PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE� A FEW YEARS AGO
WHEN I WAS WORKING AT THE SAHARA CENTRE HERE IN WOLVERHAMPTON.
FROM
DR AZAM TO TANVEER ON 28 JULY 2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, TANVEER.
YES, I STILL REMEMBER YOU, OF COURSE. THE TYPING YOU DID HAS
NOW BEEN SCANNED ON MY SITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
IT IS THE VERY SAME ONE YOU DID FOR ME AT THE SAHARA CENTRE,
WOLVERHAMPTON THREE YEARS AGO! MANY PEOPLE HAVE USED
IT ON MY SITE AND, INSHA�ALLAH, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
CALCULATE THE REWARD THAT ALLAH WILL BESTOW UPON YOU FOR
PROVIDING ME WITH AN ACCURATELY TYPED MASTER COPY WITHOUT ANY
CHARGES OF ANY KIND.
[36]
FROM AMINA TO DR AZAM ON 14 JULY
2003
DEAR
BROTHER, I AM TRYING TO NAME MY NEWBORN SON. MY HUSBAND AND I
REALLY LIKE THE ARABIC NAME �KADIN�. HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT
SURE HOW IT IS PRONOUNCED. IS THE �A� PRONOUNCED
AS A LONG �A� OR A SHORT �A�?
FROM
DR AZAM TO AMINA ON 15 JULY 2003
THANK
YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
I�M NOT AN EXPERT ON MUSLIM NAMES. CAN I SUGGEST THAT YOU
HAVE A LOOK AT: http://www.muslim-names.co.uk/
FIRST LOOK AT THE SITE.
IF YOUR QUESTION IS NOT ANSWERED BY THE LISTED NAMES,
THEN PLEASE CONTACT THE SITE OWNERS WITH YOUR QUESTION. MANY, MANY
CONGRATULATIONS FROM ME AND MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH BLESS YOU,
YOUR HUSBAND AND NEWBORN BABY.
[37]
FROM SAYED FEROZ TO DR AZAM ON 22 DECEMBER
2003
SALAAMS,
DOCTOR, YOUR SITE SEEMS TO BE AN INTERESTING ONE. ALHAMDULILLAH, YOUR
E-MAIL ADDRESS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A FELLOW MUSLIM AFTER I HAD
ASKED HIM FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF A DREAM. THE INFORMATION IS FOR
A SISTER IN ISLAM AND SHE ASKED ME TO GET IT INTERPRETED FOR
HER. WITH HER
PERMISSION, I AM COPYING THE DREAM BIT OUT OF HER E-MAIL AND
PASTING IT HERE:
I
CONSTANTLY HAVE THIS DREAM THAT I�M RINSING MY MOUTH AND MY
TEETH KEEP FALLING OUT---SMALL, TINY ONES---AND THEY JUST KEEP
FALLING---NOW I�VE HAD THIS SAME DREAM MORE THAN FIVE TIMES
ALREADY---NOT EVERY DAY OR EVERY WEEK---IT�S NOW AND
AGAIN---AND IT BUGGED ME.
YOUR
HELP IN THIS MATTER WILL BE HIGHLY
APPRECIATED.
FROM
DR AZAM TO SAYED FEROZ ON 26 DECEMBER
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING MY HELP WITH THE DREAM
INTERPRETATION.
ACCORDING TO IBN SIREEN, �LOOSE TEETH� MEAN THAT �ONE
OF THE DREAMER�S FAMILY MEMBERS WILL FALL ILL� [p.63] �TEETH IN THE POCKET�:
�POCKETING THE TEETH OR WRAPPING THEM IN CLOTH OR KEEPING THEM
IN THE HOUISE � ANY OF THESE IS A HARBINGER OF A CHILD OR
BROTHER OR A SISTER BEING BORN. IT MAY ALSO MEAN THE
DREAMER�S DERIVING SOME BENEFIT FROM ONE OF THESE RELATIVES
[p. 93].
[38]
FROM MASHUD HAQUE ON 25 APRIL
2004
DEAR
DR UMAR AZAM, THERE ARE 114 SURAHS IN THE HOLY QURAN. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY
AYATS THERE ARE IN EACH SURAH AND WHAT THESE ADD UP TO? I HAVE HEARD SOME
PEOPLE SAY THAT THERE ARE 6666 AYATS. HAVE YOU HEARD, OR
SEEN, THIS NUMBER BEING ATTRIBUTED TO THE HOLY QURAN? IF YOU HAVE, I WOULD
BE GRATEFUL IF YOU CAN LET ME HAVE THE FULL REFERENCE � WHERE
HAVE YOU SEEN IT OR IN WHICH BOOK, WHAT PAGE? WHEN WAS THE BOOK
PUBLISHED AND WHAT IS NAME OF THE
PUBLISHER?
FROM
DR AZAM TO MASHUD HAQUE ON 26 APRIL
2004
DEAR MASHUD
HAQUE, PLEASE SEE
THE GRAPH OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NAME OF ALLAH MOST
HIGH IN ARABIC AND THE SURAHS AND AYATS OF THE HOLY QURAN IN
THE ASPECTS OF ISLAM SECTION OF MY WEBSITE
www.dr-umar-azam.com
[39]
FROM ZAYNAB TO DR AZAM ON 31 MARCH
2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. I�M
WRITING TO ASK IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP ME FIND ANY ISLAMIC
INFORMATION REGARDING DREAM CONTROL, BY WHICH I MEAN
WHEN A PERSON HAS A DREAM AND THEN FROM WITHIN THE DREAM THEY
�REALISE� THAT THEY ARE DREAMING. THEN, AS LONG AS THEY
CAN KEEP THIS REALISATION, THEY CAN CONTROL THE EVENTS THAT
OCCUR IN THE DREAM.
IT IS AS IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY AWAKE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE
ABLE TO DO �DREAM THINGS� SUCH AS FLYING. BY SEARCHING
THE INTERNET I HAVE FOUND SITES ON DREAM CONTROL, AND EVEN
SOME EXPERIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ON INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
MORE PRONE TO THESE LUCID DREAMS. HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT
FOUND ANYTHING FROM AN ISLAMIC POINT OF
VIEW.
FROM
DR AZAM TO ZAYNAB ON 1 APRIL
2004
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, ZAYNAB.
I WOULD THINK THAT ISLAM DOES NOT ENCOURAGE
LUCID DREAMING.
BECAUSE IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF NORMAL DREAMING,
LUCID DREAMING �IN MY VIEW- IS A FORM OF ANXIETY NEUROSIS
INSOFAR AS IT IS AN ACTIVE SELECTION [SELECTED BY THE DREAMER]
RATHER THAN A PASSIVE, ENTIRELY NORMAL IMPOSITION BY ALLAH
MOST HIGH. I
WOULD NOT THEREFORE RECOMMEND YOU TO PURSUE DREAMING FROM THIS
ARTIFICIAL ANGLE. IF
YOU WISH TO DO EXTRAORDINARY, DELIGHTFUL THINGS LIKE FLYING,
POSSESSING WHATEVER YOU WISH ETC., THEN BE A RIGHTEOUS PERSON
AND WAIT FOR PARADISE, WHICH WILL BE AN ETERNAL, LUCID
REALITY: �[AND IN PARADISE] WILL BE ALL THAT THEY ASK for
AND ALL THAT THEY WISH� [SURAH YA SIN].
[40]
FROM ABDUL KADIR ISHAK TO DR AZAM ON 24 JULY
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, DEAR BROTHER IN ISLAM. I HOPE THIS HUMBLE
LETTER OF MINE FINDS YOU IN GOOD HEALTH. I AM WRITING TO
REQUEST HOLY QURANS AND ISLAMIC BOOKS. I HOPE TO HEAR FROM
YOU SOON. ABDUL
KADIR ISHAK, PO BOX K J 653, KEJETIA-KUMASI, GHANA, WEST
AFRICA.
FROM
DR AZAM TO ABDUL KADIR ISHAK ON 29 JULY
2003
WA LAIKUM SALA,
BROTHER ABDUL KADIR ISHAK. IT IS VERY KIND OF YOU
TO ASK ME FOR HELP AND I�M PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT I CAN
REFER YOU TO AN IMPORTANT ORGANISATION. TO GET FREE COPIES OF
THE HOLY QURAN [TRANSLATED IN ALL LANGUAGES] AND FREE ISLAMIC
BOOKS, PLEASE CONTACT: LOBNA MOUSTAFA ELHAW, THE CONVEYING
ISLAMIC MESSAGE SOCIETY, PO BOX 834, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT E-MAIL:
[email protected]
[41]
FROM AHMAD MUKHTAR, 70, HARPER COLLEGE, CHICAGO, USA TO DR
AZAM ON 30 NOVEMBER 2003
I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR BOOK DREAMS IN ISLAM. WRITE TO ME ABOUT ITS
SUCCESS. AND SEND
ME SOME FEEDBACK ON ITS MARKETING.
FROM
DR AZAM TO AHMAD MUKHTAR ON 1 DECEMBER
2003
DREAMS IN ISLAM
WAS PUBLISHED ON 1 NOVEMBER 1992 BY DORRANCE PUBLISHING CO.
INC. OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, USA. A THOUSAND COPIES WERE
PRINTED AND I HAD TO TAKE OUT AN INSTALMENT PLAN TO PAY AROUND
$15,000. IT DID
NOT SELL WELL, AS I WAS TOLD. MY CONTRACT WAS
TERMINATED JUST TWO YEARS LATER. BUT I DID SEE THE BOOK
BEING OPENLY MARKETED ON www.amazon.com ALSO, PUBLIC
LIBRARIES IN THE UK HAVE PURCHASED BRAND-NEW COPIES AS LATE AS
THE YEAR 2000!
WHENEVER I HAVE ASKED DORRANCE OR AMAZON OR THE
LIBRARIES THEMSELVES FOR AN EXPLANATION, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT
NO FURTHER COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED SINCE 1994! MY FRIENDS BELIEVE
THAT, ON THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE, I HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF MANY
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT THE VERY
LEAST!
[42]
FROM ABDUL WAHAB, 20, MANCHESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 6 SEPTEMBER
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, BROTHER.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT YOUR WEBSITE IS GOOD AND MAY
ALLAH REWARD YOU FOR IT.
BUT I NOTICED WHILE READING YOUR ESSAY ON RUSHDIE THAT
YOU SAID THAT RUSHDIE�S BOOK �SHOULD HAVE CAUSED PAIN TO THE
JEWS, FOR THE PROPHET IBRAHEEM [PBUH] WAS A JEW�. IN ISLAM, WE BELIEVE
THAT THE PROPHET IBRAHEEM [PBUH] WAS A MUSLIM, NOT A JEW. I DON�T KNOW IF YOU
WROTE IT BY MISTAKE [ALLAH HOO ALIM]. FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE
OFFENDED YOU IN ANY WAY BUT IT�S EVERY MUSLIM�S DUTY TO POINT
OUT IF ANOTHER MUSLIM IS WRONG. JAZAKALLAH
KHAIRUN.
FROM
DR AZAM TO ABDUL WAHAB ON 8 SEPTEMBER
2003
WA LAIKUM SALA,
ABDUL. THANK YOU
FOR THE POINT THAT YOU MAKE. THE PROPHET IBRAHEEM
[PBUH] WAS A JEW IN THE �FAMILY TREE�, LINEAGE, SENSE RATHER
THAN THAT OF �ROOHANI IMAN�!
[43]
FROM NADIA TO DR AZAM ON 28 JULY 2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, DR AZAM.
I SAW THE HOLY KA�BA IN A DREAM. WHAT DOES IT
MEAN?
FROM
DR AZAM TO NADIA ON 29 JULY
2003
I HAVE THE BOOK
DREAMS AND INTERPRETATIONS BY IBN SIREEN [R.A.]
AT HOME, AND HAVE SEARCHED FOR THE ENTRY: �VIEWING THE KA�BA�
FOR YOU: �THE MERE VIEWING OF THE KA�BA IN ONE�S DREAM MEANS
THAT THE OBSERVER OF THE DREAM WILL ENJOY LASTING DIGNITY,
EXALTEDNESS AND VICTORY.
FOR THE KA�BA IS AN OBJECT OF DESIRE FOR ALL WHO HAVE
HOPE�. SO,
CONGRATULATIONS, ALLAH MUST LIKE YOU � YOU ARE A PIOUS AND
TRUSTWORTHY PERSON!
[44] FROM
SANA RAHIM TO DR AZAM ON 28 FEBRUARY
2004
I
AM A STUDENT AND I AM CURRENTLY DOING A PIECE OF COURSEWORK ON
ISLAM AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN SCIENCE. I WAS WONDERING
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING YOU COULD HELP ME WITH, ESPECIALLY THE
TREES IN BONN. I
HAVE ALREADY USED SOME OF YOUR WORK FROM YOUR SITE AND I WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THANK YOU.
FROM
DR AZAM TO SANA RAHIM ON 1 MARCH
2003
IT�S GREAT TO
HEAR FROM YOU AND THANKS VERY MUCH FOR SIGNING MY
GUESTBOOK. IF YOU
HAVE FOUND THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ISLAMIC MIRACLES IN THE �ASPECTS
OF ISLAM� SECTION ON MY SITE VALUABLE, WHY DON�T YOU ALSO HAVE
A LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
www.geocities.com/islamimiracles/islamic_miracles1.htm
FOR
YOUR COURSEWORK, YOUR TEACHERS PROBABLY EXPECT YOU TO PRESENT
INFORMATION SUCH AS THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE ARAB MUSLIMS WHO
INVENTED THE ARABIC NUMERALS [OBVIOUSLY!], THE FIGURE
�0� IN PARTICULAR BEING A NEW INVENTION. THE EARLY ARABS WERE
ALSO PROMINENT IN THE FIELDS OF �MEDICINE� AND
�ASTRONOMY�. THE
FOLLOWING TWO SITES WILL GIVE MORE
PARTICULARS:
http://www.ummah.org.uk/
www.muslimworld.co.uk/hy/mechanism.htm
[45]
FROM MOHAMMED, 27, VANCOUVER, CANADA TO DR AZAM ON 10 JULY
2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. THANK
YOU FOR PUTTING THE INFORMATION PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE ON YOUR SITE. BUT THERE WAS ONE
PROBLEM: THE TAWEEZ FOR DIFFERENT REMEDIES THAT WERE ON THE
LATTER PAGES WERE ILLEGIBLE: THE ARABIC VERSES WERE TOO
SMALL. PLEASE
SEND ME A READABLE [BIGGER AND CLEARER] COPY. THANK
YOU.
FROM
DR AZAM TO MOHAMMED ON 12 JULY
2004
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR POSITIVE COMMENTS ON PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE. THE TAWEEZ THAT I HAVE
PUT ON ARE THE ACTUAL SIZE FROM THE BOOK
ROOHANI
TAWEEZAT, PUBLISHED BY
SHABBIR BROTHERS, LAHORE, PAKISTAN. SO, PLEASE, EITHER: A]
BUY THIS BOOK FROM ANY MAJOR BOOKSHOP IN CANADA [IF IT ISN�T
IN STOCK, IT CAN BE IMPORTED]; THEN PHOTOCOPY AND ENLARGE THE
TAWEEZ OR B] PRINT THE TAWEEZ DIRECTLY FROM MY SITE AND THEN
PHOTOCOPY AND ENLARGE THOSE THAT ARE REQUIRED.
[46]
FROM VICTORIA, 16, COLCHESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 13 OCTOBER
2003
DEAR
DR AZAM, OUR R.E. TEACHER GAVE US YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS BECAUSE
WE ARE DOING AN ASSIGNMENT ON THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH OF
RAMADAN, AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US HELPFUL
INFORMATION.
FROM DR AZAM TO
VICTORIA ON 15 OCTOBER 2003
DEAR
VICTORIA, IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE QUITE DETAILED INFORMATION
FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT, I CAN REFER YOU TO THE FOLLOWING
WEBSITE:
www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/pillars/fasting/tajuddin/fast_1.html
YOU
CAN ALSO REQUEST THE FOLLOWING FREE
BOOKLET:
SAUM
� FASTING by Dr Jamal A. Badawi,
Islamic
Dawah Centre International, Freepost MID21845, Ward End,
Birmingham B8 1BR
Tel. 0121 326 9598
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
www.idci.co.uk
[47] FROM
SYED MUHAMMAD ALI, 42, KOHAT, PAKISTAN TO DR AZAM ON 11
NOVEMBER 2003
WE
MUST PUT CORE EFFORT TO UNITE THE NUSLIM UMMAH, SOMETHING THAT
EVEN THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] USED TO GET WORRIED ABOUT. SIR, YOU ARE RENDERING
GREAT SERVICES TO ISLAM.
KEEP IT UP.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU WITH MORE STRENGTH AND A LONG LIFE.
THANKS AND ALLAH HAFIZ.
FROM
DR AZAM TO SYED MUHAMMAD ALI ON 15 NOVEMBER
2004
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR VERY INSPIRING COMMENTS. IT IS THE WONDERFUL,
ENCOURAGING WORDS OF BROTHER AND SISTER MUSLIMS OF NOBLE
CHARACTER, LIKE YOURSELF, THAT HELP TO MOTIVATE ME AND GLADDEN
MY HEART. THIS
RESULTS IN ALLAH MOST HIGH ALLOWING ME TO MAKE EVEN MORE
PROGRESS IN GOOD DEEDS FOR THE CAUSE OF OUR RELIGION. MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH
BLESS YOU!
[48]
FROM NADIA, BIRMINGHAM, UK TO DR AZAM ON 20 JULY
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. IT�S
BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I WROTE TO YOU AND I DON�T KNOW IF YOU
STILL REMEMBER ME.
YOU SENT ME YOUR BOOK DREAMS IN ISLAM AND YOUR
BOOKLET �PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE� IN THE PAST. THE REASON FOR MY
WRITING TO YOU IS THAT I AM IN SO MUCH DISTRESS. I�M MADLY IN LOVE A
CERTAIN MAN BUT MY PARENTS WON�T LET ME MARRY HIM. THEY JUST WON�T LISTEN
TO ME. I DON�T
WANT TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND MY FAMILY
VALUES AND HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THEM. I JUST DON�T KNOW WHAT
TO DO ANY MORE. I
HOPE ALLAH SUBHANAHOO WA TA�LA FORGIVES ME FOR MY SINS. PLEASE WILL YOU HELP
ME. CAN YOU GIVE
ME SOME SORT OF TAWEEZ OR SOMETHING. PLEASE HELP
ME.
FROM
DR AZAM TO NADIA ON 26 JULY
2003
I
AM VERY SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR PROBLEMS. LIFE IS A SHORT
JOURNEY. THERE IS
NO GUARANTEE OF LIFE.
DEATH CAN STRIKE AT ANY TIME. THAT IS WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US NOT TO DO ANY MAJOR SINS. IT IS NO USE DOING
WHAT YOU WANT WITHOUT THINKING OF THE RESULTS. WHY REBEL AGAINST
PARENTS, GET THEIR CURSES AND SUFFER HELL-FIRE FOR MILLIONS OF
YEARS?
IF YOUR PARENTS ARE
HAPPY WITH YOU, ALLAH MOST HIGH IS HAPPY WITH YOU. I WOULDN�T MAKE MY
FAMILY CROSS WITH ME FOR ANYTHING! IF YOU NEED A TAWEEZ,
LOG ONTO MY SITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
, CLICK ON PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE AND DOWNLOAD
WHICHEVER TAWEEZ YOU REQUIRE. YOU CAN ALWAYS E-MAIL
ME FOR HELP AT ANY TIME.
[49]
FROM RYM TO DR AZAM ON 28 NOVEMBER
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. I TRULY
APPRECIATE THE EFFORT YOU EXERTED IN CREATING YOUR
WEBSITE. IT
PLEASES ME TO SEE MUSLIMS LIKE YOU WHO TRULY CARE TO LIVE
THEIR LIFE FOR ISLAM.
HOWEVER, I NOTICED THAT
YOU HAVE GREATLY EMPHASISED THE NOTION OF �DREAMS�. TO BE HONEST, I WAS
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO SAY WHY AND YOU ARE FREE TO TAKE
WHAT I SAY INTO CONSIDERATION OR NOT, FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU
ALREADY KNOW, THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF DREAMS. THERE ARE ONES THAT
OCCUR AS A RESULT OF STRENUOUSLY THINKING OF A CERTAIN ISSUE
AND THUS THE PERSON DREAMT OF IT, BUT IT HAS NO SIGNIFICANT
MEANING. OTHERS
ARE ACTUAL REVELATIONS FROM ALLAH AND, WHEN INTERPRETED,
REVEAL A TRUE MESSAGE.
FOR SOME, IT IS DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THESE
TWO, SO INTERPRETATION SHOULD NOT BE ENCOURAGED. ONE CANNOT BE SURE IF
THEIR DREAM IS FROM ALLAH OR SATAN OR THE RESULT OF SOME
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE. NEVERTHELESS, LET US SAY THAT
SOMEONE IS CERTAIN THAT THE DREAM IS FROM ALLAH AND CARRIES
WITH IT SIGNIFICANT MEANING. THE PROPHET MUHAMMED
[PBUH] KNEW HOW TO ACCURATELY INTERPRET DREAMS. NOWADAYS WE CANNOT BE
SURE WHETHER THE INTERPRETATIONS ARE ACCURATE OR NOT. LET US EXAMINE THE
IDEA ITSELF OF INTERPRETING DREAMS. THE BASIC IDEA OF
INTERPRETATION IS TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE DREAM INDICATES
SOMETHING POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. IT IS A WAY TO QUENCH
ONE�S DESIRE IN SATISFYING THEIR CURIOUS MINDS WITH SOME
KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE.
WE CAN HAVE PREDICTIONS OF THE FUTURE, BUT NO MATTER
WHAT WE CAN NEVER BE SURE BECAUSE ONLY ALLAH KNOWS. THUS, DREAM
INTERPRETATION IS NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE AND SHOULD NOT BE
ENCOURAGED.
PERSONALLY, IF I HAVE A GOOD DREAM I SIMPLY THANK ALLAH
AND PRAY FOR THE BEST.
IF I HAVE A BAD ONE I SIMPLY ASK ALLAH TO PROTECT ME
FROM ALL THAT IS EVIL.
IN ADDITION, WHAT
WORRIES ME IS THAT INTERPRETING DREAMS NOWADAYS OBSESSES MANY
MUSLIMS. AS SOON
AS THEY HAVE A DREAM, THEY PLUBGE INTO BOOKS THAT CLAIM TO
INTERPRET THEIR DREAM AND EXPLAIN ANY SYMBOLISM. ONCE THEY GRASP A
MEANING OF THEIR DREAM, THEY EITHER BECOME WORRIED BECAUSE IT
INDICATES SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN, OR HAPPY IF IT IS A GOOD
ONE. THEY LIVE
THEIR LIVES ACCORDING TO WHAT THEIR DREAMS PROMISE THEM. IT CERTAINLY REMINDS
ME OF HOW PEOPLE BEHAVE WHEN READING THEIR HOROSCOPE. AS
YOU CAN SEE, I DON�T ENCOURAGE INTERPRETING DREAMS FOR THE
RESONS MENTIONED ABOVE. DEAR DR UMAR, INSHA�ALLAH I HAVE
MADE MYSELF CLEAR.
I USED TO BE INTERESTED IN DREAM INTERPRETATION BUT NOT
ANY MORE. SOME
INTERPRETATIONS ARE INVALID. ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE
ACCEPT WHAT I HAVE SAID WITH AN OPEN MIND. I�M AWARE THAT YOU
HAVE STUDIED ABOUT DREAMS AND TO HAVE SOMEBODY [ME!] OPPOSING
THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS COULD BE DISTURBING. I�M JUST A HUMBLE
SERVANT OF ALLAH DOING MY DUTY IN SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT I THINK
IS NOT SUITABLE.
FROM
DR AZAM TO RYM ON 29 NOVEMBER
2003
WA LAIKUM
SALAM, RYM. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS ABOUT MY WEBSITE AND YOUR OPINIONS
ON �DREAMS�.
WITHOUT SOUNDING CRUEL, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHAT YOU
THINK OF DREAMS IS YOUR OWN BUSINESS. I CANNOT TAKE WHAT YOU
SAY SERIOUSLY; TO TAKE YOUR VIEWS SERIOUSLY, I WOULD NEED TO
KNOW OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, ACADEMIC RANK
ETC. FOR EXAMPLE,
IF YOU WERE A PROFESSOR AT A LEADING UNIVERSITY, MAKING YOUR
REMARKS AFTER 20 YEARS OF STUDY, BACKING YOUR REMARKS WITH
EDUCATIONAL FACTS, I�D BE CONCERNED. BUT WHO ARE YOU? WHAT RESEARCH HAVE YOU
DONE?
FROM
RYM TO DR AZAM ON 29 NOVEMBER
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, DR AZAM.
THANK YOU FOR REPLYING BUT I WAS A BIT SURPRISED BY
YOUR TONE OF WRITING.
I DO NOT CLAIM THAT I�M RIGHT, BUT I WANT TO QUESTION
THINGS AND REACH THE TRUTH. I DON�T HAVE A PH.D,
I�M NOT A PROFESSOR, BUT DOES THAT MEAN THAT MY VOICE
SHOULDN�T BE HEARD?
IS IT ONLY PROFESSORS WHO CAN THINK, ANALYZE AND REACH
CONCLUSIONS? I
ONLY SPOKE AFTER THINKING ABOUT THE ISSUE AND FROM OBSERVING
THE PHENOMENON IN SOCIETY. I�D BE MORE THAN GLAD
TO HEAR YOUR POINT OF VIEW. SO WHAT ARE THE POINTS
THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH FROM WHAT I MENTIONED IN MY PREVIOUS
E-MAIL? WE CANNOT TURN OUR BACK ON THE FACT THAT DREAM
INTERPRETATION IS MISUSED AND MISUNDERSTOOD BY MANY MUSLIMS
NOWADAYS. OH,
AND I GUESS YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM. WELL, I�M A NINETEEN
YEAR-OLD FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENT MAJORING IN ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, LIVING IN A MUSLIM, ARAB
COUNTRY. BY THE WAY, I READ YOUR ISLAMIC ARCHIVAL WORK
PAPER AND, INSHA�ALLAH, I�LL TRY MY BEST TO START ON MY OWN
ISLAMIC ARCHIVE.
THANKS FOR THE IDEA.
FROM
DR AZAM TO RYM ON 1 DECEMBER
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, RYM.
GLAD TO LEARN THAT YOU�RE ABOUT HALF MY AGE AND WERE
MERELY EXPRESSING AN OPINION. BEFORE WE CAN ENGAGE
IN A DISCUSSION ON THE POSSIBLE MISUNDERSTANDING OF DREAMS,
YOU NEED TO READ [NOT JUST SKIM OR SCAN WITH THE EYE]
MY WORK DREAMS IN ISLAM ON MY SITE
WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM I�M PLEASED
TO LEARN THAT YOU�RE HOPING TO BUILD UP YOUR OWN ISLAMIC
ARCHIVE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE TALENT TO BUILD UP A
VALUABLE ONE.
[50]
FROM MAZEEDA NAZIR, AUSTRALIA TO DR AZAM ON 29 OCTOBER
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. MY
HUSBAND IS A HYPOCRITE AND HE WILL NOT GIVE ME
TALAAQ. I
HAVE NOT FOUND AN IMAM IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WILL GRANT
KHUL, AS THEY ALL SAY THAT I SHOULD STAY WITH HIM. I AM NOT ABLE TO
FUNCTION AS A MOTHER TO OUR SON IF I REMAIN WITH HIM, AS HE IS
VERY ABUSIVE TOWARDS BOTH OF US, AS WELL AS MISINTERPRETING
THINGS WHICH ARE IN THE QURAN AND HADITH. ARE THERE NOT
SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR ME TO HAVE MY KHUL IF MY HUSBAND
HAS A HYPOCRITICAL APPROACH TO ISLAM? I CAN UNDERSTAND HIS
TREATMENT TOWARDS ME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN BROUGHT
UP IN A BACKGROUND WHERE MEN DO NOT SHOW RESPECT TO ANY
FEMALES, NOT EVEN TO THEIR OWN MOTHERS. BUT IT IS HURTING ME
THAT MY HUSBAND HAS THIS HORRIFIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS ISLAM, AND
I DO NOT WANT OUR CHILD TO BE BROUGHT UP TO BELIEVE THAT YOU
CAN PICK AND CHOOSE
WHICHEVER PARTS OF THE QURAN OR HADITH SERVE YOUR WORLDLY
PURPOSE. I HAVE
EXPLAINED THIS TO SEVERAL IMAMS BUT THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH
OUR SON�S WELFARE IF HIS FATHER IS NOT AROUND. SHOULDN�T THEY BE MORE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISLAMIC ENVIRONMENT HE IS BEING BROUGHT UP
IN? PLEASE LET ME
KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS.
JAZAKALLAH.
DISTRESSED SISTER.
FROM
DR AZAM TO MAZEEDA NAZIR ON 28 OCTOBER
2003
*
I�M
FULL OF SORROW TO HEAR OF YOUR MARITAL PROBLEMS BUT WE ALL
HAVE OUR SERIOUS PROBLEMS; THE WHOLE WORLD IS FULL OF PROBLEMS
[AS WELL AS HAPPINESS].
FOR EXAMPLE, I GET QUITE A FEW E-MAILS FROM PEOPLE WHO
HAVE CONVERTED TO ISLAM BUT THEN BEEN DISOWNED BY THEIR
FAMILIES; IN ONE CASE, THE GIRL WAS ONLY SIXTEEN YEARS
OLD! ALLAH MOST
HIGH GIVES US THESE PROBLEMS TO TEST OUR PATIENCE AND
FAITH. IF WE
SUCCEED, WE CANNOT IMAGINE THE EXTENT OF WONDERFUL REWARD THAT
WE WILL RECEIVE IN JANNAT, AND EVEN IN THIS WORLD! I WOULD SAY THAT YOU
SHOULD TRY BEING NICE TO YOUR HUSBAND; I�M NOT SAYING BE
WEAK. BE FIRM,
BUT NICE. HE
OUGHT TO CHANGE HIS APPROACH TOWARDS YOU.
- BECAUSE
OF THE TIME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE UK [+11
HOURS], AND MY PROMPT REPLY [!], I HAD ALREADY REPLIED TO
THIS E-MAIL BEFORE IT HAD ARRIVED!
[51]
FROM [email protected] TO
DR AZAM ON 5 OCTOBER 2003 ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. WE INITIATED AN ACTION
TO SEND SOME BOOKS AND ISLAMIC LITERATURE TO GHANA, WEST
AFRICA AS A RESULT OF YOUR LETTER DATED 17 MARCH 2003,
ADDRESSED TO �WORDS OF WISDOM�. A LARGE BORDER OF 3100
BOOKS IS SITTING IN INDIA, WAITING TO BE SHIPPED. HOWEVER, WE HAVE RUN
INTO DIFFICULTY WITH THE ORGANISATION THAT YOU
REQUESTED. WE NEED A VALID �PHONE NUMBER TO CONFIRM THE
LEGITIMACY OF THIS ORGANISATION. I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU
THE WHOLE SITUATION BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME. FOR THE SAKE OF
BREVITY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, IF
YOU DON�T MIND:
A]
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THEM? B] HOW DID THEY
CONTACT YOU? C]
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS TO VERIFY THEIR AUTHENTICITY IN
GHANA? THANKS
FOR YOUR TIME.
FROM
DR AZAM TO [email protected]
ON 6 OCTOBER 2004
WA LAIKUM SALAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR E-MAIL.
I�M VERY PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE ISLAMIC ORGANISATION
IN AFRICA MAY BENEFIT FROM THE SHIPMENT OF 1300 BOOKS. I ASKED �WORDS OF
WISDOM� FOR HELP BECAUSE I WAS RECEIVING REQUESTS FOR ISLAMIC
LITERATURE FROM THE ORGANISATION AND, IN FACT, I RECEIVED A
LETTER BY AIR MAIL TOO! BECAUSE
THE REQUESTS CAME AROUND MARCH OF THIS YEAR, I�LL NEED TO
SEARCH THROUGH MY RECORDS AND GET THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE
ORGANISATION CONCERNED AFTER INFORMING THEM THAT I�VE HEARD
FROM YOU. I WAS
CONTACTED AFTER THE STAFF SAW MY WEBSITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
I HAVE TO SAY THAT, SINCE I�M BASED IN THE UK, I DO NOT KNOW
THE ORGANISATION AS SUCH AND HAVE NO CONNECTIONS TO VERIFY
THEIR AUTHENTICITY.
AS I UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION, ONE OF THE TWO
CORRESSPONDENTS IS AN USTAD IN ARABIC/ISLAMIC STUDIES,
A TEACHER/TUTOR IN CHARGE OF HIS OWN SMALL-SCALE ORGANISATION
AND MY ESTIMATE IS THAT HE WOULD REQUIRE ABOUT 100-200 BOOKS
AT MOST. BUT, IF
YOU HAVE SO MANY BOOKS TO GIVE, THERE MUST BE MANY INFLUENTIAL
ORGANISATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH OF NIGERIA, WHO WOULD
EFFECTIVELY DISTRIBUTE THE ENORMOUS QUANTITY YOU
MENTION!
FROM
[email protected] TO
DR AZAM ON 6 OCTOBER 2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, DR AZAM.
I HAVE RECEIVED A NEW
�PHONE NUMBER FROM USTAZ QAASIM�TRIED IT MULTIPLE TIMES BUT
THE LINE IS VERY BAD. I HAVE ALSO FOUND THE COPY OF THE
ENVELOPE AND OTHER CORRESPONDENCE THAT YOU HAD SENT US. JAZAKULLAH KHAIRUN.I
WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER. MEANWHILE, DO
YOU KNOW THE OWNER OF �WORDS OF WISDOM�?
FROM
DR AZAM TO [email protected]
ON 7 OCTOBER 2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, BROTHER. THANKS FOR YOUR INFORMATION. I HOPE YOU GET
CONNECTED ON THE �PHONE TO THE USTAD IN GHANA AND TELL
HIM PERSONALLY THAT THE REQUESTED BOOKS WILL ARRIVE. I�M
AFRAID I DON�T KNOW THE OWNER OF �WORDS OF WISDOM�
BOOKSHOP. JAZAKALLAH KHAIR FOR YOUR
EFFORTS.
[52]
FROM DR UMAR AZAM TO LOBNA
MOUSTAFA ELHAW, THE CONVEYING ISLAMIC MESSAGE SOCIETY, PO BOX
834, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT E-MAIL: [email protected] ON 1
AUGUST 2003
SALAAM,
LOBNA. TWO PEOPLE ASKED ME TO SEND THEM THE BOOKS YOU ARE
DISTRIBUTING FREE.
THEY ARE:
1.
USTAZ
QASSIM FAROUK, CENTRE FOR CALLING STUDIES, PO BOX AH 8832,
AHENSAN KUMASI, GHANA, WEST AFRICA [email protected]
2.
ABDUL
KADIR ISHAK, PO BOX KJ 653, GHANA, WEST
AFRICA
HAVE
THEY CONTACTED YOU YET?
MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH BLESS YOU MANIFOLD FOR YOUR
EXPENDITURE AND NOBLE INTENTION TO SUPPLY THE HOLY QURAN AND
OTHER RELIGIOUS BOOKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIGIOUS
ENLIGHTENMENT.
[53]
FROM AMINA KAZI, DARWEN, UK TO DR AZAM ON 9 OCTOBER
2003
DR
AZAM, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. TRULY YOUR WEBSITE IS BRILLIANT,
ESPECIALLY THE 'ASPECTS
OF ISLAM'
SECTION.
I
HAVE TWO DREAMS TO TELL YOU. MY FIRST DREAM WAS A
NIGHTMARE.........I HAD THE SECOND DREAM AFTER ISHA
SALAT. IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND
EVER SINCE. I DREAMT THAT I WAS LOOKING OUT OF MY WINDOW
AND WHAT I COULD SEE WAS A HUGE, ROUND, SHINING MOON. IN
MY HEART, I FELT AN INTENSE EXCITEMENT AS I LOOKED MORE
CLOSELY AT THE MOON: I COULD SEE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOLY
PROPHET'S [PBUH] FACE
AS
AN IMAGE ON THE MOON! I THEN RAN DOWNSTAIRS, SCREAMING
IN EXCITEMENT, 'MUM, DAD, WAKE UP! QUICK! YOU'RE GOING
TO MISS IT! OUR PROPHET'S [PBUH] FACE IS ON THE
MOON! HURRY OR YOU'LL MISS IT! IT'S EVEN
[MENTIONED] IN THE NEWSPAPERS!' WHEN I WOKE UP, I FELT
EXTREMELY BLESSED, AND I STILL WONDER AND RECALL THAT DREAM
REGULARLY!
FROM
DR AZAM TO AMINA ON 9 OCTOBER 2003
REGARDING
YOUR FIRST DREAM, THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] HAS SAID THAT YOU
MUSN'T TELL YOUR NIGHTMARES TO OTHERS, BUT MUST PRAY TO ALLAH
FOR REFUGE FROM EVIL [SEE MY BOOK 'DREAMS IN ISLAM' ON MY
WEBSITE].
THE
SECOND DREAM, MASHA'ALLAH, IS WONDERFUL! THE DREAM IS, I
THINK TELLING YOU THAT YOU WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF ISLAM AND
THEN GAIN EMINENCE OVER OTHERS. CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU ARE A RIGHTEOUS PERSON AND, INSHA'ALLAH, YOUR KISMET
[DESTINY] WILL BE FAVOURABLE. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU!
AMEEN!
[54]
FROM SARA CARUANA, MALTA, TO DR AZAM ON 30 JULY
2003
MY
PARENTS ARE FROM MALTA. WE ARE NOT MUSLIMS. I
MYSELF HAVE A VERY KEEN INTEREST IN THE RELIGION OF
ISLAM. WE HAVE LIVED IN A MUSLIM COMMUNITY ALL OUR
LIVES, SO I HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THEM. YOUR SITE
WAS QUITE USEFUL. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING DREAMS OF MY
FUTURE. THEY CAN BE QUITE SCARY AT TIMES BUT I THINK
THEY ARE TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING. I HAVE DREAMS
ABOUT ISLAM AND MOSQUES. I BELIEVE THEY ARE SIGNS OF MY
INTEREST IN ISLAM. MAYBE I AM HEADING TOWARDS THE RIGHT
PATH? I HOPE SO. I AM VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A
MUSLIM SUCH AS YOURSELF WHO CAN EASILY BE CONTACTED ON THE WEB
AND WHO TEACHES ME WHAT HE KNOWS THROUGH THE
WEBSITE.
FROM
DR AZAM TO SARA ON 30 JULY 2003
OF
COURSE, I BELIEVE THAT, IF YOU ARE HAVING THESE 'HOLY' DREAMS,
IT IS, INSHA'ALLAH, A MESSAGE THAT YOU WILL REVERT TO
ISLAM. PLEASE SEE MY LETTER
TO NON-MUSLIMS
ON MY WEBSITE. THOUSANDS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS,
OF NON-MUSLIMS ALL OVERR THE WORLD REVERT TO ISLAM EVERY YEAR,
SO DON'T FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AT THE THOUGHT [PEOPLE OFTEN
CONTACT ME TO ASK WHICH ISLAMIC NAME TO CHOOSE ETC.].
YOUR DREAMS ARE SOMEWHAT SCARY BECAUSE, IF YOU ARE
NOT
GUIDED,
THE ETERNAL ETERNITY IN HELL IS DAUNTING. I'M VERY
PLEASED TO LEARN THAT YOU FIND MY PRESENCE ON THE WEB
COMFORTING TO YOU AT THIS TIME. YOU CAN ALWAYS RELY ON
ME FOR ADVICE, GUIDANCE ETC. PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH.
MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH GUIDE YOU TO THE RIGHT PATH AND BLESS
YOU! AMEEN!
[55]
FROM KUNWAL AHSON TO DR AZAM ON 24 FEBRUARY
2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, SIR. I AM A 28 YEAR-OLD SUNNI MUSLIM GIRL AND
DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH AN AHMADI MAN. WE ARE BOTH DEEPLY
IN LOVE AND WANT TO GET MARRIED. PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER
THIS MARRIAGE IS POSSIBLE, AS THERE ARE MANY FATWAS AGAINST
AHMADDIS. BUT I HAVE FOUND HIM, AND HIS FAMILY, VERY NICE AND
RELIGIOUS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. HE HAS PERFORMED THE
HAJJ, AND ALSO OFFERS NAMAZ AND DOES WHATEVER ALLAH AND THE
HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] HAVE COMMANDED. AHMADDIS STRONGLY
BELIEVE IN THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] , BUT THEY ALSO CONSIDER
MIRZA GHULAM AHMED AS A NABI [PROPHET], THEY SAY. THEY
BELIEVE THAT MIRZA ONLY SPREAD WHAT THE PROPHET MUHAMMED
[PBUH] SAID AND THAT MIRZA DIDN'T PREACH ANYTHING FROM
HIMSELF. ANYWAY, IT'S A DEBATEABLE ISSUE. I ONLY
WANT TO ASK, IS THERE ANY HOPE IN SAVING TWO LIVES? I
HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE A PURE MUSLIM. HE ALSO SAYS THAT I
CAN STICK TO MY OWN SECT IF WE GET MARRIED, AS THERE IS NO
JABBER
[COMPULSION]
FROM HIM AT ALL FOR ME TO CONVERT TO AHMADDI. SIR,
I AM UNABLE TO GET MARRIED TO ANYONE ELSE AS WE LOVE EACH
OTHER SO MUCH. ALSO, MY FRIEND GOT MARRIED WITH A
SO-CALLED SUNNI MUSLIM MAN WHO LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES AND,
DO YOU KNOW, THAT MAN DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE PEHLA KALIMA, NOR
DOES HE READ THE HOLY QURAN [ASTAGHFIRULLAH]. I HAVE
SEEN MANY CASES LIKE THIS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLY MUSLIM BY
NAME, NOT THROUGH AMAL. BUT NOBODY IS AGAINST MARRIAGES
INVOLVING PEOPLE OF THIS KIND BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT UNDER ANY
FATWAS. BUT, IN OUR CASE, THE MAN IS A PURE MUSLIM BY
AMAL, AS GOOD A HUSBAND AS ONE COULD WISH TO HAVE, BUT THERE
ARE FATWAS THAT CAN SEPARATE US. WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE IS
THAT? SIR, MY QUESTION CAN BE SO LONG IF I GIVE YOU ALL
THE DETAILS BUT I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO READ IT
ALL. ALSO, I EXPECT THAT YOU'LL HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE
SITUATION FROM WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU SO FAR. SIR, PLEASE
GIVE US SOME HOPE! I DON'T WANT TO GO AGAINST ALLAH
TALA'S ORDER, BUT I WISH THIS MARRIAGE COULD BE SOMEHOW
POSSIBLE! PLEASE HELP US, WE WILL ALWAYS PRAY FOR
YOU!
FROM DR AZAM
TO KUNWAL ON 25 FEBRUARY 2004
WA LAIKUM
SALAM, KUNWAL. IF I GIVE YOU THE WRONG ADVICE, I'LL GET
IN TROUBLE FROM ALLAH ALMIGHTY. THE TRUTH IS THAT THE
PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] IS THE FINAL PROPHET BUT AHMADIYYAS DO
NOT BELIEVE THIS, EVEN IF THE SAY THEY DO. THE MOST
YOU CAN LIVE IN THIS WORLD IS A LITTLE OVER 100 YEARS.
WOULD YOU EXCHANGE THE HAPPINESS OF A FEW YEARS ON EARTH WITH
ALL ETERNITY IN PARADISE? ALLAH MAY BE TESTING YOUR
FAITH AND YOUR RESOLVE. ASK THIS MAN TO BECOME A SUNNI
AND THEN MARRY HIM. ANY SUNNI WOMAN WHO MARRIES AN
UNBELIEVER BECOMES AN UNBELIEVER. ANYWAY, IT'S YOUR
FAULT FOR GETTING SO CLOSE TO A MAN WHO IS NOT MARRIED TO
YOU. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE IN THIS MESS. GET RID OF
THIS MAN IF HE DOES NOT CONVERT. THINK OF YOUR LIFE WITH
HIM AS A MISTAKE AND LOOK FOR A PROPER HUSBAND IN THE
RELIGIOUS WAY [WITHOUT GETTING PHYSICALLY CLOSE]. THE
TRUTH DOES HURT, BUT IT IS BETTER FOR YOU, FOR YOUR FUTURE IN
PARADISE; I HOPE YOU CAN GET TO PARADISE,
INSHA'ALLAH.
FROM KUNWAL TO
DR AZAM ON 25 FEBRUARY 2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, SIR. THANKS FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY.
ALTHOUGH YOUR REPLY IS NOT IN MY FAVOUR, THANKS ANYWAY.
WELL, SIR, THE MAN SAYS THAT IF ANYBODY CAN PROVE TO HIM THAT
AHMADIYYAS ARE WRONG AND KAFIR, HE WILL CONVERT TO SUNNI, AS
HE WANTS TO SHOW HIS FACE TO ALLAH TALA. HE WANTS TO ASK
YOU, 'WHERE IS THE PROOF FROM THE HOLY QURAN AND THE
HADITH THAT IF I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE
PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] IS THE LAST PROPHET, THEN I AM
NOT A
MUSLIM?' HE SAYS THAT WHAT MAKES A MUSLIM IS HAVING A
FIRM FAITH IN THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM ONLY. ALSO, I
MYSELF AM RATHER CONFUSED: IF THE IMAM MAHDI AND HAZRAT
ISA [A.S.] HAVE YET TO COME, AND THEY WILL BE PROPHETS,
THEN HOW IS THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] THE LAST
PROPHET? ONCE I DID ISHTIKHARA ABOUT THIS MAN THAT I
HOPE TO MARRY, AND I HEARD A VOICE IN MY DREAM TELLING ME
THAt, 'YI SHAKS FAIDEY KA MUSSALMAN HAI' ['THIS MAN IS A
BENEFICIAL MUSLIM']. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
MESSAGE MEANS 'BENEFICIAL MUSLIM'. ANYWAY, SIR, I'M
WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY AND SOME SOLID ANSWER TO HIS
QUESTION. MAYBE YOUR ANSWER WILL LEAD HIM TO THE CORRECT
PATH. THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR TIME.
FROM DR AZAM
TO KUNWAL ON 25 FEBRUARY 2004
IF
HE BELIEVES IN THE FINALITY OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMED
[PBUH] ONLY, THAT MAKES HIM A SUNNI. WHY, THEN, IS HE AN
AHMADIYYA? THE MAHDI WILL BE THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH]
AND THE PROPHET ISA [A.S.] IS THE PROPHET WHO DID NOT ACTUALLY
DIE ON THE CROSS, SO THERE WILL BE NO NEW
PROPHETS. THE DUA-E-ISHTIKHARA IS USEFUL, BUT YOU HAVE TO
BE CAREFUL. AHMADIYYAS ARE NOT MUSLIMS. I AM NOT A
SPOILSPORT AND WISH YOU THE BEST IN LIFE, BUT I STILL THINK
THAT YOU HAVE TRAPPED YOURSELF BY GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THIS
MAN [WHICH DOESN'T FIT IN WITH YOUR PRAYING FIVE TIMES A
DAY].
[56] FROM
DR AZAM TO IRAM ON 10 JUNE
2004
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS. HERE ARE YOUR
ANSWERS:
1.
NON-MUSLIMS WHO ARE THINKING OF CONVERTING TO ISLAM SHOULD
READ:
A LETTER TO
NON-MUSLIMS ON MY
WEBSITE.
2. TO SEE
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PIG-MEAT AND DISEASE,
SEE:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/archives6782002/AUGUST/PORKISS
3. WEAR
ONLY ONE TAWEEZ FROM THE PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE BOOKLET ON MY SITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
AT A TIME. CUT OUT THE REQUIRED TAWEEZ AND PUT IT
IN A LOCKET [AVAILABLE FROM MAJOR ISLAMIC BOOKSHOPS] AROND
YOUR NECK.
4. I'M VERY
SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR FAMILY AND CAREER
PROBLEMS.
FOR DUAS TO READ
IN DISTRESS, SEE MY WORK PRAYERS IN ISLAM ON MY
SITE. THERE ARE ALSO PRAYERS IN PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE.
[57]
FROM IRAM TO DR AZAM ON 10 JUNE 2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, SIR AND THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR REPLY. I KNOW
THAT YOU UNDERSTAND DREAMS QUITE WELL, SO LET ME TELL YOU OF A
DREAM I'VE HAD. I WAS NEAR MY HOME AND SUDDENLY KAFIR
PEOPLE STARTED TO KILL MUSLIMS. I AM PRETTY SURE THE
KAFIRS WERE JEWS BECAUSE I SAW THE ISRAELI FLAG. ONE
KAFIR WAS AFTER ME; HE WANTED TO KILL ME. I WAS SO
SCARED THAT I WAS SEARCHING FOR ANYWHERE TO HIDE. THEN
THE KAFIR CAUGHT ME! HE HAD A GUN AND WAS GOING TO SHOOT
ME. I WAS SO SCARED THAT I BEGAN READING VERSES FROM THE
HOLY QURAN, SO THAT EVEN IF I DID DIE, I WOULD BE A
MARTYR. THEN, MIRACULOULY, THE KAFIR STARTED HAVING
PROBLEMS WITH HIS GUN - IT WAS JAMMED AND WOULDN'T WORK!
AT THE END OF THE DREAM, I WAS STILL ALIVE AND STRUGGLING WITH
THE KAFIR. I CAN'T TELL IF THIS WAS A BAD DREAMS, AS I
WAS READING VERSES FROM THE HOLY QURAN IN IT. ON
THE OTHER HAND, I CANNOT SAY THAT IT WAS A GOOD DREAM
BECAUSE I WAS SO SCARED IN IT. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
I'VE HADS THIS KIND OF DREAM: I'VE HAD ANOTHER THREE LIKE IT
BEFORE! PLEASE, SIR, TELL ME WHAT MY DREAM
MEANS.
FROM DR AZAM
TO IRAM ON 15 JUNE 2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, IRAM. THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] HAS SAID:
'MUSLIMS ARE ALL ONE BODY. IF A PART OF THAT BODY FEELS
PAIN, THEN THE WHOLE BODY SUFFERS.' THE ZIONIST CRUELTY
TO THE PALESTINIANS IS WELL-KNOWN. THE UNFORTUNATE
PALESTINIAN CITIZENS HAVE SUFFERED HORRENDOUS PERSECUTION AT
THE HANDS OF THE WELL-ARMED JEWS [SEE MY ARTICLE PALESTINE ON MY
SITE]. I CONGRATULATE YOU ON BEING A RIGHTEOUS
MUSLIM WHO HAS A COMPASSIONATE AND HONEST CHARACTER.
JUST PRAY THAT ALLAH MOST HIGH GIVES MUSLIMS THE STRENGTH AND
ABILITY TO OVERCOME THE KAFIRS. MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH
BLESS YOU! AMEEN!
[58]
FROM DR AZAM TO REHMAT IN SEPTEMBER
2003
WA LAIKUM
SALAM, REHMET. I HAVE LOOKED IN BIN SIREEN'S [R.A.] BOOK
AND THE INTERRPRETATION OF YOUR DREAMS IS AS
FOLLOWS:
A]
LOOKING IN THE HOLY QURAN SYMBOLISES ILM/HIKMAT [ISLAMIC
KNOWLEDGE/WISDOM]. IN GENERAL RECITING THE HOLY QURAN
SYMBOLISES TRUTHFULNESS IN SPEECH AND CONDUCT.
p.51
B]
APPLES SYMBOLISE A MAN'S TRADE, INCOME AND COURAGE. IF A
PERSON SEES HIMSELF AS ACQUIRING OR EATING AN APPLE, HE WILL
GAIN WEALTH IN PROPORTION TO ITS FRESHNESS AND TASTE; IF IT'S
SWEET, THIS MEANS THE GAINING OF EXCELLENT WEALTH; IF FRESH,
WEALTH OF GOOD QUALITY [LAWFUL]; IF A GREAT QUANTITY OF
APPLES, THE DREAMER WILL ACQUIRE WEALTH IN ABUNDANCE.
p.80
C] A
GREENGROCER IN A DREAM REPRESENTS A PERSON WHO FULLY
UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE AND THEIR REASONING. WHEN HE SPEAKS,
HE SUPPORTS HIS SPEECH WITH GOOD REASONING AND PROOF. HE
POSSESSES A GOOD AND CLEAN HEART.
p.166
CONGRATULATIONS,
THESE DREAMS ARE SAYING THAT YOUR UNCLE WAS A VERY GOOD MAN,
AND THAT YOU YOURSELF WILL GAIN RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE AND BECOME
VERY RICH. MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH BLESS YOU! AMEEN!
FROM
REHMET TO DR AZAM ON 19 SEPTEMBER
2003
I
BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE RIGHT INTERPRETATION; MAY
ALLAH INCREASE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO
CONTINUE CHARITY WORK AND INCREASE YOUR RANKS. AMEEN. MANY
TIMES I PERSONALLY KNOW THE MEANING OR INTERPRETATION OF MY
DREAMS, BUT THE REASON FOR ASKING SOME OTHER KNOWLEDGEABLE
PERSON IS TO MAKE IT ACTIVE, I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. AND
I HAVE NO-ONE AROUND ME WHO CAN DO IT FOR ME, SO MY DREAMS
COME TRUE! NOW HERE IS ANOTHER DREAM. IN A BIG HALL OR MASJID,
MANY OF US ARE PRAYING NAMAZ/SALAH. WE ARE STANDING IN A
QUEUE, NOT LIKE WE STAND FOR PRAYERS. I AM IN THE FIRST QUEUE
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, AND THE THIRD FROM THE BEGINNING.
WHILE PRAYING, THE FIRST PERSON WHO IS LEADING OUR PRAYERS
JUST WALKED OUT QUIETLY AND THE SECOND PERSON TAKES HIS PLACE
AND I BECOME SECOND IN THE QUEUE. THEN, AFTER A WHILE, THIS
PERSON ALSO WALKS OUT QUIETLY; I THEREFORE BECOME THE FIRST
ONE TO LEAD THE PRAYERS. NOW I AM RECITING SURAH-E-FEEL, WHICH
IS THE 105TH SURAH OF THE QURAN. BUT I MAKE A
MISTAKE AND THE PERSON WHO IS STANDING AT THE FRONT OF MY
LEFT-HAND SIDE QUEUE [HE IS WEARING WHITE CLOTHES, IS ABOUT
SIX FEET TALL AND HAS A BLACK BEARD] CORRECTS ME. IT HAPPENS
THREE TIMES IN A ROW [I.E. I MADE MISTAKES IN RECITING
SURA-E-FEEL THREE TIMES, AND HE CORRECTED ME THREE TIMES
DURING THE PRAYERS]. PLEASE INTERPRET THIS DREAM AS EARLY AS
YOU CAN BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS HAS SOME SPIRITUAL MEANING. MAY
ALLAH BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WITH HIS MERCY AND GUIDANCE.
AMEEN.
FROM DR AZAM
TO REHMET ON 23 SEPTEMBER 2003
ACCORDING TO
IBN SIREEN [p. 182], READING THE SURAH-E-FEEL MEANS THAT THE
DREAMER �WILL BE HELPED AGAINST THE ENEMY, AND ISLAM WILL
BECOME VICTORIOUS AT HIS HANDS�. THE INTERPRETATION FOR
IMAAMAT IS, �LEADING A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN ONE�S DREAM SUGGESTS
THAT ONE WILL ASSUME LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDED
THAT HE FACES TOWARDS THE PROPER DIRECTION OF THE QIBLAH. SUCH
A PERSON WILL TREAT HIS FOLLOWERS WITH FAIRNESS, JUSTICE AND
RECTITUDE. BUT IF HE DOES NOT FACE THE QIBLAH, IT MEANS
HE WILL EXPLOIT HIS SUBJECTS DURING HIS TEM OF OFFICE� [p.
49]. [If people leave being head of the queue in your
dream, I would think that this means they will resign their
position or retire. You will then become a leader of your
community. People correcting you as you read the Surah-e-Feel
suggests that you will be corrected in certain policies].
[59] DR AZAM
TO HUMAIRA ON 23 MAY 2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. 0N 29 DECEMBER 2003, YOU ASKED ME: 'HOW CAN I
USE THE INFORMATION ON YOUR WEBSITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
?' WELL, I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. SINCE THEN, AN
INDEX HAS BEEN MADE. PLEASE CLICK ON THE 'INDEX'
LINK ON THE HOME PAGE AND ALL THE CONTENTS WILL TELL YOU HOW
TO USE THE INFORMATION.
[60] FROM
PASTOR LARRY GABATAN, BISLIG CITY CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE
PHILLIPINES, TO DR AZAM ON 11 NOVEMBER
2003
I NEED YOU
HELP TO STUDY THE TRUE RELIGION BECAUSE I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH
THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. AT THIS TIME, I AM STRUGGLING
WITH MY FAITH BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF CHURCHES, ALL
WITHOUT UNITY. YES, I DO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE
AMERICAN BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND, IN FACT, I HAVE MANY
PASTORS UNDER MY LEADERSHIP. BUT MY HEART IS SEEKING THE
TRUTH BECAUSE I SAY THE GROUP OF MUSLIMS IN THE PHILLIPINES
HAVE UNITY, AND ARE NOT DIVIDED. IF YOU ACCEPT ME, I
WILL REVERT TO THE ISLAMIC RELIGION, PLEASE! HELP ME BY
SENDING ME READING MATTER. THERE IS A BOOKLET ENTITLED:
ERRORS IN THE
BIBLE, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE. CAN
YOU SEND IT TO ME? I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR
RESSPONSE.
FROM DR AZAM
TO PASTOR GABATAN ON 14 NOVEMBER 2003
DEAR PASTOR
LARRY, I BELIEVE THE ORGANISATION WHICH PRINTS THE BOOKLET
ABOUT THE ERRORS IN THE BIBLE IS:
ISLAMIC
DAWAH CENTRE INTERNATIONAL [I.D.C.I]
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
WEBSITE:
www.idci.co.uk
PLEASE CLICK
ON 'BOOKS' LINK ON THE SITE FOR FURTHER DETAILS, THEN E-MAIL
I.D.C.I. TO ASK THEM IF THEY CAN SEND YOU THE REQUIRED
LITERATURE VIA E-MAIL IF POSSIBLE.
ANOTHER UK ISLAMIC ORGANISATION
ALSO DISTRIBUTES FREE ISLAMIC
LITERATURE:
THE
UNITED KINGDOM ISLAMIC MISSION
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
THEY WILL HAVE
MANY IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS BUT I THINK THE ONE YOU WILL
DEFINTELY BE INTERESTED IN IS:
THE
QURAN'S SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY REVERTS BRITISH, FRENCH AND THAI
SCIENTISTS TO ISLAM.
MAY ALLAH
GUIDE YOU! I AM VERY HAPPY TO GET YOUR E-MAIL FROM THE
PHILLIPINES. I AM VERY PLEASED TO LEARN THAT YOU ARE
THINKING OF REVERTING TO ISLAM, AND SHALL HELP YOU EVERY STEP
OF THE WAY IF YOU NEED MY ASSISTANCE, ADVICE ETC. PLEASE
DO KEEP IN TOUCH.
FROM LARRY
GABATON TO DR AZAM ON 16 NOVEMBER 2003
FRIEND, WHAT
CAN I DO IN ORDER TO JOIN THIS ISLAMIC RELIGION, AS I'M VERY
WILLING TO GO BACK INTO ISLAM; I BELIEVE MY REVERSION IS A
PATTERN RIGHT FROM THE TIME OF FATHER ABRAHAM [A.S.]. I
HAVE SEEN THAT THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IS UNITED, UNLIKE THE
CHRISTIANS - THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS AT
THIS TIME. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE MANY PASTORS UNDER MY
LEADERSHIP, I AM WILLING TO LEAVE THEM. IT IS BECAUSE I
LIKE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION. I PLAN TO STUDY THE ARABIC
DIALECT AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN HELP ME IN THE MATTER. MAY
ALLAH GUIDE YOU AND BLESS YOU ALWAYS. I AM VERY HAPPY
THAT YOU UNDERSTAND MY SITUATION. I AM BEING
FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
BUT BECAUSE, AT THIS TIME, I DON'T LIKE THEM, AND
THEY HAVE FOUND OUT ABOUT MY INTENTION TO CONVERT TO
THE ISLAMIC FAITH, MY CHURCH ALLOWANCE FROM THEM IS
LIKELY TO BE CUT OFF. THIS IS WHAT I WANT
ANYWAY.
FROM DR AZAM
TO LARRY GABATAN ON 19 NOVEMBER 2003
DEAR LARRY,
I'M VERY SORRY TO HEAR OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE RESULTED
FROM YOUR DECISION TO REVERT TO IISLAM. PLEASE CONTACT
THE FOLLOWING MUSLIM ORGANISATION IN THE PHILLIPINES FOR
HELP; I AM SURE THAT YOU WILL BE GIVEN ALL THE SUPPORT
WHICH YOU REQUIRE, EITHER BY THE STAFF OR THE WIDER CONTACTS
OF THE STAFF.
http://www.maranao.com
[61] FROM
DR AZAM TO DR RIZWAN MALIK ON 22 DECEMBER
2004
THANK YOU FOR
SUPPLYING YOUR COMMENTS ON PRAYERS IN ISLAM.
MASHA'ALLAH, I'VE HAD 64 REQUESTS FOR THE E-BOOK IN 33
DAYS! I'M TREATING THE DISTRIBUTION LIKE AN EXAM: SO NOW
I HAVE 64% IN THE EXAM! AT ONE TIME, I WAS STUCK FOR A
DAY OR TWO ON, I THINK, 34%! YOU NEVER KNOW, I MIGHT
OVERSHOOT 100%, AND THEN MY NEXT TARGET MIGHT BE IN CRICKETING
TERMS: AS A BATSMAN I HAVE 100 RUNS, NOW I NEED TO GET
200! I PLAYED SIMILAR PSYCHOLOGICAL TARGET GAMES TO GET
COMMENTS ON MY WEBSITE AND NOW, MASHA'ALLAH, IN NOW HAVE MORE
THAN 1400 IN MY FILES [IS THAT 1400%!].
[IN HIS E-MAIL
OF THE DAY BEFORE, DR MALIK HAD MAINLY CRITICISED DR AZAM'S
PRAYERS IN ISLAM, CITING TRIVIAL DETAILS SUCH AS BRIGHT
COLOURS ETC.]
[62.] FROM
HANIE A. BUD TO DR AZAM ON 10 JANUARY 2005
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM! I WRITE TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM VERY INTERESTED
IN RECEIVING YOUR E-BOOK ON PRAYERS. I AM A LECTURER AT
THE SOUTHERN CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES AND TRAINING,
MIDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY AT BONGAO, TAWI-TAWI,
PHILLIPINES. I BELIEVE THE BOOK WILL BE OF GREAT HELP TO
ME IN MY WORK OF IMPARTING RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE TO MY
STUDENTS.
[63] FROM
AMBER DURRANI TO DR AZAM ON 9 JANUARY 2005
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, SIR. PLEASE PRAY FOR MY THESIS - I HAVE FAILED
IN MY THESIS OF 'MOSQUE COMPLEX'. ALTHOUGH I HAVE
DEDICATED MY THESIS IN THE WAY OF ALLAH [SWT], HOW IS IT
POSSIBLE [THAT I HAVE FAILED]? PLEASE PRAY FOR MY
SUCCESS IN THE SUPPLY EXAM.
FROM DR AZAM TO
AMBER OM 9 JANUARY 2005
WA LAIKUM
SALAM. DON'T WORRY, AMBER. FAILURE IS ALWAYS A
STEPPING STONE TO SUCCESS. WHATEVER HAPPENS, IT IS
ALWAYS FOR THE BEST, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS AT
THE TIME. INSHA'ALLAH, YOU WILL BE
SUCCESSFUL.
[64 FROM
RAWDAH TO DR AZAM ON THE WWW.4MUSLIMS. ORG FORUM ON 27
DECEMBER 2004
WHERE YOU FOUND
THAT PRAYER FOR A PALACE IN PARADISE, I'LL NEVER KNOW.
IT IS A VERY INTERESTING DUA. MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU WITH
THE GOOD AKHI.
FROM DR AZAM
TO RAWDAH ON 28 DECEMBER 2004
WA LAIKUM
SALAM. THE CREDIT GOES TO ROOHANI SHEIKH BARKAT ALI
[FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN] [MAY ALLAH BLESS HIS SOUL] FOR
PUBLISHING THIS PRAYER IN HIS BOOK WORDS OF WISDOM.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS ALSO DUE TO DR MUHAMMED IQBAL OF
HUDDERSFIELD UNIVERSITY, UK [ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DAR-UL-EHSAN
FOUNDATION] FOR PROMOTING THIS DUA AND THE WORK OF
BARKAT ALI SAHIB. I, DR UMAR AZAM, AM ONLY DISTRIBUTING
THIS PRAYER!
[65]
FROM IFTEKHAR HAI, PRESIDENT OF THE UMA INTERFAITH
ALLIANCE, CALIFORNIA USA, AND PROFESSOR OF ISLAM TO
DR AZAM ON 21 FEBRUARY 2005
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS
E-BOOK. THE DUAS ARE CLEAR AND IN ARABIC ALSO. THE
ENGLISH MEANING IS ALSO A VALUABLE AID. MY COLLEAGUES IN
THE USA WONDER WHY A HINDU, BUDDHIST, SIKH, CHRISTIAN AND JEW,
WHO DO NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THESE KIND OF PRAYERS, ARE ALL
SO SUCCESSFUL. WHY ARE MUSLIMS AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CIVILISATION? WHY ARE MORE WARS
BEING INFLICTED ON MUSLIMS, RESULTING IN EVEN MORE
REFUGEES? WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOUR PRAYERS SOLVE ALL OUR
MODERN-DAY PROBLEMS OF ILLITERACY, BACK WARDNESS AND
DISEASE?
FROM DR AZAM TO
PROFESSOR HAI ON 22 FEBRUARY 2005
WA LAIKUM
SALAM. LET'S LOOK AT IT PHILOSOPHICALLY. IF THIS
DUNIYA IS TWO MINUTES LONG, THOSE TWO MINUTES MAY WELL GET
UNPLEASANT AT TIMES, BUT THE GREAT PRIZE IS PARADISE
FOR ETERNITY [IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE ETERNITY!]. SEE
MY PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE ON WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
[66]
FROM NEWELL BLAIR, USA TO DR AZAM ON 8 NOVEMBER
2004
I CAME TO YOUR
SITE BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT IRAN'S FATWA ON SALMAN
RUSHDIE AND I WAS REFERRED TO YOUR PAGE FROM GOOGLE. I
CANNOT STATE HOW STRONGLY I DISAGREE WITH THIS FATWA BOTH
INTELLECTUALLY AND MORALLY. FREE SPEECH IN THE FORMMOF
LITERATURE IS ESSENTIAL IN SOCIETY. EVEN WRONGFUL
SPEECH. TRUTH CAN ONLY COME FROM THE CLASH OF TWO
OPPOSING SIDES, AND IF THE WORD OF THE QURAN IS THE TRUTH, HOW
CAN RUSHDIE'S NOVEL BE SO HARMFUL AS TO MERIT HIS
ASSASSINATION? ON TOP OF THAT, MUSLIMS HAVE NO
RIGHT TO IMPOSE THEIR CULTURAL BELIEFS UPON WHAT IS
APPROPRIATE TO PUBLISH IN AN ENGLISH COUNTRY. THEY CAN
RESPOND IN TURN BY PUBLISHING THEIR OWN NOVELS IN ENGLAND AND
THEN LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE THE TRUTH FOR THEMSELVES. IF
THE PEOPLE CHOOSE THE DEVIL, THEN THEY DESERVE TO BE
DAMNED. BUT BEING DENIED THE OPTION OF CHOICE MEANS
DENYING THEM THE OPTION OF CHOOSING THE PROPER
PATH.
FROM DR AZAM
TO NEWELL BLAIR ON 9 NOVEMBER 2004
THE FACT THAT
YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT SALMAN RUSHDI'S RIGHT TO PUBLISH AN
OFFENSIVE BOOK AGAINST ISLAM IS OBVIOUS FROM THE FACT THAT
DAVID BLUNKETT, THE UK HOME SECRETARY, HAS RECENTLY PASSED A
LAW WHEREBY IT IS AN OFFENCE TO DISCRIMINATE ON THE GROUNDS OF
RELIGION OR, INDEED, TO DEFAME ANY RELIGION. HAD THIS
LAW EXISTED PREVIOUSLY, RUSHDIE WOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND
PUT ON TRIAL. THEN THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO NEED FOR
ARTICLES SUCH AS MINE WHICH EMPHASISE THE WRONG WHICH RUSHDIE
HAS DONE [DON'T FORGET THAT MY ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN
FOURTEEN YEARS AGO!]. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTERST IN MY
ESSAY.
[67] FROM
BAIBONN SANGID, CHAIRPERSON, YOUNG MORO PROFESSIONALS
NETWORK, INC. AND CONVENOR, MOROCARE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
THE PHILLIPINES TO DR AZAM ON 10 JANUARY
2005
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. GREAT TO SEE YOUR WEBSITE AND THE NUMBER OF
OTHER USEFUL SITES ON THE WEB. I AM INTERESTED IN
ACQUIRING BOOKS ON THE ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. I
AM CURRENTLY CRAFTING A MODULE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING THAT
WE HOPE TO CONDUCT FOR OUR BANGSAMORO BROTHERS AND MUSLIM
REVERTS BROTHERS WHO ARE FREQUENTLY THE OBJECT OR TARGET OF
CORRUPT POLICE, MILITARY AND OTHER LAW ENFORCERS IN THE
PHILLIPINES. JUST LAST FRIDAY, 7 JANUARY, http://www.inq7net/ OR http://www.philstar.com16/
MUSLIMS, MOSTLY DAWAH WORKERS, WERE ARRESTED ON THE PRETEXT
THAT THE SAID MEN AND WOMEN WERE OUT TO PLOT TO BOMB THE BLACK
NAZARENE PROCESSIONS IN QUIAPO. ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS
WERE FALSE, AND SOME OF THOSE ARRESTED WERE RELEASED THE NEXT
DAY. I WANTED TO DESIGN THE MODULE IN SUCH A WAY THAT
ISLAM AND THE ROMAN CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ARE
INTEGRATED. A MODULE OF SUCH A NATURE CAN BE USEFUL
TO BOTH DAWAH, LAY WORKERS OR EVEN PARALEGAL WORKERS.
WILL THAT BE POSSIBLE? IF SO, HOW MUCH WILL IT
COST? I HOPE IT WON'T COST US THAT MUCH, AS WE ARE NOT A
BIG PRIVATE ORGANIZATION.
FROM DR AZAM TO
BAIBONN SANGID ON 13 JANUARY 2005
WA LAIKUM
SALAM, BROTHER BAIBONN. I'M FED UP OF ALL THIS KAFIR
REPRESSION ALL OVER THE GLOBE. INSHA'ALLAH, WE WILL HAVE
THE STRENGTH TO OVERPOWER THE KAFIRS IN THE LONG TERM! I
WISH THAT YOUR PROPOSED MANUAL WILL BE A GREAT HELP AND
INSPIRATION IN SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE MUSLIMS IN THE
PHILLIPINES. I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
ORGANISATION, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, FOR HELP WITH
YOUR PROPOSED MANUAL:
ISLAMIC HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION, PO BOX 598, WEMBLEY HA9 7XH UK TEL.
[+44] 208 902 0888 FAX [+44] 208 902 0889 E-MAIL:
[email protected] WEBSITE:
www.ihrc.org
MAY ALLAH BLESS
YOU! AMEEN!
[68] FROM
SOBIA KHAN TO DR AZAM ON 22 JANUARY 2005
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. SIR, I HAD A DREAM WHICH I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
INTERPRET. I SAW MYSELF ON THE MAZAR OF PIYA HAJI ALI IN
INDIA. I SAW SOME WOMEN LYING ON THE BED NEAR THE GRAVE
AND THESE WER THE WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN CAUGHT BY THE
JINNS. THEN ONE OF THE WOMEN GAVE ME A DIARY. THE
NOSE OF THIS WOMAN WAS LIKE THE TRUNK OF AN ELEPHANT.
WHILE GIVING ME THE DIARY, SHE ADVISED ME THAT IT WOULD HELP
ME A LOT. I GAVE THE DIARY TO MY TWIN SISTER AND SHE
KEPT IT IN A CUPBOARD. AFTER SOME TIME, MY OLDER SISTER
BROUGHT IT OUT FOR ME. AS SOON AS I GOT THE DIARY, I GOT
BACK TO THE MAZAR AND NEAR THE GRAVE OF PIYA HAJI ALI. I
SAW A POND OF WATER AND BLEW A CANDLE [DIYA] IN IT. AND
LILY FLOWERS [BLOSSOMS OF PINK COLOUR] WERE ALSO THERE IN THE
POND.
FROM DR AZAM
TO SOBIA ON 23 JANUARY 2005
WA LAIKUM
SALAM, SOBIA. I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU TO DIRECT ALL YOUR
QUESTIONS ON YOUR DREAMS TO THE FOLLOWING SPECIALIST
LINK:
http://forums.gawaher.com/lofiversion/index.php/t5760.html
[69] FROM AHMAD KHAN TO DR
AZAM ON 18 JANUARY 2005
DEAR BROTHER
UMAR, THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] HAS SAID: 'THE WORST LIE IS THAT
A PERSON CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN A DREAM WHICH, IN FACT, HE HAS
NOT SEEN.' [MUSLIM] WHILST
LOOKING AT THE INTERNET I CAME ACROSS YOUR WEBSITE,
ALHAMDOLILLAH. I AM A
FORMER PUPIL OF YOURS AND WISH TO APOLOGISE FOR STATING THAT I
HAD SEEN MANY ISLAMIC DREAMS WHEN, IN FACT, I HAD NOT SEEN
ANY. THIS WAS DUE TO MY SELFISHNESS IN NOT WANTING TO
CONCENTRATE ON THE SUBJECTS THAT YOU WERE TEACHING ME AT THE
TIME [I.E., MATHS AND ENGLISH], AND THE FACT THAT I WAS A
DIRTY LITTLE LIAR. WHEN I CAME ACROSS THE ABOVE HADITH,
I DECIDED I SHOULD ADMIT MY LIES. I SINCERELY HOPE YOU
FORGIVE ME. JAZAKALLAH
KHAIR.
FROM DR AZAM
TO AHMAD ON 23 JANUARY 2005
NEVER MIND,
AHMAD. I'VE DONE QUITE A FEW RESEARCH PAPERS ON GENUINE
DREAMS [AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED ON MY SITE], SO THE POINT I
WAS MAKING IN DREAMS
IN
ISLAM [THAT DREAMS
ARE MESSAGES FROM ALLAH MOST HIGH] HAS BEEN FURTHER REINFORCED
ELSEWHERE. GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU. KEEP IN
TOUCH.
FROM AHMAD KHAN
TO DR AZAM ON 23 JANUARY 2005
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM,
BROTHER. THANKS FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. MAY ALLAH
[SWT] FORGIVE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE BEST IN THIS LIFE AND, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, IN THE NEXT, INSHA'ALLAH.
[70] FROM
MALIK, PAKISTAN, TO DR AZAM ON 12 JANUARY
2005
YOU HAVE A VERY
GOOD SITE WITH LOTS OF USEFUL INFORMATION. I WAS
SURPRISED TO LEARN THE MEANINGS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF
DREAMS. I USED TO HAVE A DREAM IN WHICH I WAS JUMPING
AND I'D KEEP ON GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER TILL I WAS EVEN ABOVE
THE CLOUDS, AND THEN I'D LAND IN MY
SCHOOL.
FROM DR AZAM TO
MALIK ON 13 JANUARY 2005
THANK YOU FOR
LIKING MY SITE. YOUR DREAM COULD MEAN DRAMATIC PROGRESS
IN GAINING KNOWLEDGE OR PROGRESS IN A CAREER AS A RESULT OF
WHAT YOU LEARNT AT SCHOOL. IT COULD ALSO SIGNIFY
PREVIOUS SUCCESS IN SCHOOL.
[71] *FROM HAFSAH
HAFIZ MALIK,
PETERBOROUGH TO DR
AZAM ON 17 FEBRUARY 1996 [* SENT BY ROYAL
MAIL]
ASSALAMU ALAIKUM
WA REHMETULLAH WA BARAKATUHU. ALL PRAISE
IS FOR ALLAH, LORD OF THE UNIVERSE. I WAS VERY HAPPY
WHEN I READ THIS ADVERT OF A 'FREE ISLAMIC BOOKLET' IN
THE DAILY
JANG. I WOULD BE
EXTREMELY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SEND ME THIS FREE
BOOKLET. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING IT AND
READING IT. JAZAKALLAH KHAIR.
[72] *FROM
YUSAF ALI, SOUTHALL, MIDDLESEX, TO DR AZAM ON 9 FEBRUARY
1996
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR PRODUCING YOUR PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE
BOOKLET. IT WAS REALLY NEEDED IN THIS COUNTRY AND I
APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU. I AM VERY
MUCH IN NEED OF THIS BOOKLET. PLEASE SEND ME ONE OR TWO
COPIES OF IT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANY CHARGE
I.E. POSTAGE OR OTHERWISE; IF NEEDED, I WILL BE HAPPY TO
FORWARD IT. SURPRISED YOU HAVE NOT ASKED ANY EXPENSE FOR
IT.
[73] *FROM
DR AZAM TO THE BANGLADESHI WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE CENTRE,
BIRMINGHAM ON 30 AUGUST 1997
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM WA REHMET ALLAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
REQUEST AND PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED THE PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE
BOOKLET. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS
NO
COPYRIGHT, SO
YOUR ORGANISATION AND ITS MEMBERS ARE FREE TO PHOTOCOPY ONE
PAGE, OR INDEED THE ENTIRE BOOKLET IF NECESSARY. I AM
ALSO ENCLOSING SOME SHEETS ABOUT HARAM
INGREDIENTS IN
FOODSTUFFS.
[74] *FROM
SHERAZ AZIZ, HALIFAX TO DR AZAM ON 21 AUGUST
1997
DEAR BROTHER,
ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. I HOPE YOU ARE WELL, IN FINE HEALTH AND
ENJOYING THE SUMMER SUN. I AM WRITING TO YOU TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF YOUR RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE. FOR MY RELIGIOUS
STUDIES COURSEWORK FOR MY 'A' LEVEL, I HAVE CHOSEN THE
FOLLOWING TITLE TO INVESTIGATE: HOW DOES THE
LIFE OF A MUSLIM LIVING IN BRITAIN TODAY DIFFER FROM THE LIFE
OF A MUSLIM IN SAUDI ARABIA [OR ANY OTHE ISLAMIC COUNTRY -
WHICHEVER IS EASIER!] PLEASE COULD
YOU HELP ME WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT AS YOU ARE A VALUABLE SOURCE
OF INFORMATION. I AM ALLOWED TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION
BECAUSE I WILL, INSHA'ALLAH, ACKNOWLEDGE YOU IN MY
BIBLIOGRAPHY. ALSO, MY FRIENDS HAVE REQUESTED ME TO ASK
YOU THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: A] IS QAWWALI ALLOWED IN ISLAM?
[WHAT THE LATE NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN SANG ETC.] B]
WHY DO THE NUMBERS 786/92 REPRESENT: 'IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,
THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE MOST KIND / MUHAMMED [PBUH] IS THE
MESSENGER OF ALLAH.
*FROM DR AZAM TO
SHERAZ ON 25 AUGUST 1997
DEAR SHERAZ,
ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WA REHMET ALLAH. THANKS FOR YOUR MOST
RECENT LETTER. I AM NOT SURE IF QAWWALI IS ALLOWED IN
ISLAM - CERTAINLY, WORDS FROM THE HOLY QURAN MUST
NOT BE SUNG TO
MUSIC. I AM ALSO NOT SURE HOW THE 786/92 REPRESENTS THE
BISMILLAH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN ISLAMIC VERSION OF
NUMEROLOGY - THE SCIENCE OF NUMBERS. I THINK YOU SHOULD
ASK BOTH THESE QUESTIONS TO A MAULVI
OR
IMAM. HERE ARE
MY TIPS FOR YOUR ESSAY QUESTION. I WILL GIVE YOU THE MAIN
POINTS AND YOU DEVELOP THEM YOURSELF IN THE
ESSAY.
HOW THE LIFE
OF A MUSLIM LIVING IN BRITAIN DIFFERS FROM A MUSLIM IN SAUDI
ARABIA/OTHER MUSLIM COUNTRY
BRITAIN......SAUDI
ARABIA
1. WESTERN
DRESS E.G. SUITS, TIES, JEANS........NATIVE DRESS E.G.
JUBAS
2. RACISM FROM
INDIVIDUALS IN SOCIETY......LITTLE RACISM
3. HAVE TO
CHECK WHETHER FOOD HALAL OR HARAM.....CAN EAT ALL FOOD BECAUSE
HALAL
4.
DISCRIMINATION BY CERTAIN EMPLOYERS......NO RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION
5. RELIGIOUS
PREJUDICE IN MEDIA E.G. THE SUN NEWSPAPER [E.G.
SALMAN RUSHDIE
MATTER].....MUSLIMS
CONTROL THE MEDIA, SO NO FRICTION
6. MUSLIMS
QUITE POOR OVERALL [POOR HOUSING, LOWLY EMPLOYMENT AS TAXI
DRIVERS, WAITERS, MARKET TRADER ETC.].......MUSLIMS IN
VARIOUS SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUPS
7. FRICTION
WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY WHEN BUILDING MOSQUES AND EVEN
COUNCILS E.G. MOSQUE IN OXFORD.....NO FRICTION.
MOSQUES GET AUTOMATIC PLANNING PERMISSION
8. DANGER OF
MUSLIM CHILDREN NOT FOLLOWING ISLAM, MARRYING KAFIRS, RUNNING
AWAY FROM HOME ETC.....LESS DANGER
9. MORE CHANCE
OF MUSLIM CHILDREN TAKEN ABROAD FOR FORCED MARRIAGES.....LESS
DANGER BECAUSE MARRIED IN NATIVE COUNTRY
10. NO PUBLIC
HOLIDAY ON EID OR IN RAMADHAN.....PUBLIC HOLIDAYS COINCIDE
WITH RELIGIOUS DATES
11. SOME
MUSLIM WOMEN MORE LONELY IN BRITAIN BECAUSE CANNOT SPEAK
ENGLISH AND NUCLEUR FAMILY......CAN SPEAK NATIVE LANGUAGE AND
EXTENDED FAMILY
12. BETTER
EDUCATION SYSTEM IN BRITAIN - SCHOOLS, COLLEGES,
UNIVERSITIES....INFERIOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; HAVE TO COME
TO BRITAIN FOR ADVANCED STUDY
13. CAN GET
RICHER QUICKER; STRONG POUND.....WEAK
CURRENCY
14. MUSLIMS IN
TOUCH WITH OTHER RACES AND INTERNATIONAL PEOPLES, SO NEW AND
USEFUL EXPERIENCE.....NOT AS MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF
PEOPLE
15. MUSLIM
WOMEN CAN DRIVE CARS.......WOMEN NOT ALLOWED TO
DRIVE
I HOPE THESE
POINTS ARE USEFUL TO YOU. SHERAZ AND THAT YOU WILL THOROUGHLY
DISCUSS THEM FOR A REALLY GOOD ASSIGNMENT. WISHING YOU
GREAT SUCCESS IN YOUR STUDIES. KEEP IN TOUCH!
[75] *FROM
TERESA SALAMIANCA MONROY, JEFE SELECION Y ADQUISICIONES,
BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA TO MR AZAM ON 7 FEBRUARY 1989
[INTERNATIONAL MAIL]
MANIFESTAMOS
NUESTROS AGRADECIMIENTOS POR EL ENVIO DEL SIGUIENTE MATERIAL
BIBLIOGRAFICO QUE COMO DONACION INGRESA A ENRIQUECER
NUESTRAS COLECCIONES: DREAMS IN
ISLAM [1986]. EL
GENEROSO APOYO DE LAS ETIDADES CONTRIBUYE AL ENRIQUECIMIENTO
CULTURAL DE NUESTROS PUEBLOS. RECIBAN UN ATENTO
SALUDO DE.
[76]
FROM DR AZAM TO THE JEWISH NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY,
JERUSALEM 6 JANUARY 1988
DEAR
LIBRARIAN, HAVE YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF MY PUBLICATION DREAMS
IN ISLAM YET? I POSTED IT IN DECEMBER 1987 BUT I HAVE
HAD NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM YOU.
FROM ROBERTA
MARKUS, THE JEWISH NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY TO MR AZAM
ON 18 JANUARY 1988 [TYPED 22 FEBRUARY
1988]
YOUR
LETTER WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY AND I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO
LOOK INTO THE MATTER. TO DATE, YOUR RESEARCH PUBLICATION
HAS NOT ARRIVED HERE: I CHECKED THE CORRESPONDENCE FILES, THE
CATALOGUE, AND WITH THE RELEVANT SUBJECT
SPECIALIST. SINCE IT IS NOT IN THE LEADT EXTRAORDINARY
THAT SOMETHING DESPATCHED BY SEA MAIL MAY TAKE A VERY LONG
TIME TO REACH US, WE HOPE THAT EVENTUALLY IT WILL ARRIVE
HERE! YOU MAY BE ASSURED THAT IF AND WHEN YOUR
DREAMS IN
ISLAM IS RECEIVED
HERE, YOU WILL BE SENT A LETTER CONFIRMING ITS RECEIPT.
IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR
YOUR KIND THOUGHTFULNESS AND INTEREST IN THE JEWISH NATIONAL
AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. P.S. 22 FEBRUARY 1988 :
DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF OUR REGULAR TYPIST THERE HAS BEEN A
DELAY IN SENDING YOU THIS LETTER. YOUR SECOND LETTER
[DATED 1.2.88] ARRIVED HERE ON FEBRUARY 9TH AND I REGRET TO
INFORM YOU THAT YOUR DREAMS IN
ISLAM HAS STILL NOT
REACHED US.
FROM GAIL LEVIL
[MRS.], HEAD OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN DEPARTMENT, THE JEWISH
NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY TO MR AZAM ON 5 JUNE
1988
IT GIVES ME GREAT
PLEASURE TO THANK YOU, ON BEHALF OF THE JEWISH NATIONAL AND
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, FOR SENDING OUR LIBRARY YOUR PAPER
ENTITLED DREAMS IN ISLAM. THIS PAPER IS A MOST WELCOME
ADDITION TO OUR COLLECTIONS IN ISLAMIC STUDIES AND WILL
CERTAINLY BE OF INTEREST TO SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS IN THIS
FIELD.
[77]
MEMORANDUM FROM JOHN CLARK, LECTURER IN PSYCHOLOGY, THE
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER TO MR AZAM ON 26 JANUARY
1988
IN MY OPINION THE
ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD GIVE USEFUL ADVICE AS TO WHETHER THE
RESEARCH PAPER DREAMS IN ISLAM COULD BE PUBLISHED WOULD BE A
PUBLISHER WHO SPECIALISES IN ISLAMIC BOOKS. THIS PAPER
IS WRITTEN SO COMPLETELY FROM AN ISLAMIC POINT-OF-VIEW THAT
ONLY SUCH A PAPER WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSESS
IT.
[78] FROM HASAN
SOYAK, SUBE MUDURD, MATERYAL DEGERLENDIRME VE SAGLAMA SUBESI,
MILLI KUTUPHANE, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF TURKEY, ANKARA TO MR
AZAM ON 27 JANUARY 1988
KUTUPHANEMIZE
BAGIS OLARAK GONDERMEK LUTFUNDA BULUNDUGUNUZ ASAGIDAKI
YAYINDAN TESEKKURLERIMIZI SUNARIZ: DREAMS IN ISLAM,
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, AUGUST 1986
[79] FROM T M
FARMILOE, THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD, LONDON, UK TO MR AZAM ON 13
OCTOBER 1988
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LETTER OF 28 SEPTEMBER KINDLY OFFERING US
DREAMS
IN
ISLAM.
REGRETFULLY, I CANNOT FORESEE A SUFFICIENTLY LARGE SALE FOR
THIS BOOK AND MUST, THEREFORE, DECLINE IT. I'M SORRY TO
HAVE TO DISAPPOINT YOU AND HOPE YOU WILL SUCCEED IN PLACING
THE BOOK ELSEWHERE.
[80] FROM
THE LIBRARIAN, CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE TO MR AZAM ON
23 DECEMBER 1986
THE LIBRARIAN
ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING, WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN SO
GOOD AS TO PRESENT TO THE COLLEGE LIBRARY, AND AT THE SAME
TIME WISHES TO CONVEY TO YOU THE THANKS OF THE MASTER AND
FELLOWS: DREAMS IN ISLAM I HAVE PASSED THIS ON TO THE
CHAPLAIN OF THE COLLEGE WHO, THOUGH A MINISTER OF THE CHURCH
OF ENGLAND, HAS MADE A SPECIAL STUDY OF
ISLAM.
[81] FROM MISS
SYMA JANJOOA, WEBLEY, MIDDLESEX TO DR AZAM ON 1 FEBRUARY
1996
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. I AM A
STUDENT DOING 'A' LEVELS AT A SIXTH FORM IN WEMBLEY.
RECENTLY, I READ YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT THE BOOKLET ON
ISLAM THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN [PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE]
IN THE EASTERN EYE NEWSPAPER. I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL
IF YOU WOULD SEND ME A COPY OF THE BOOKLET. IF YOU WOULD
LIKE ME TO DISTRIBUTE ANY BOOKLETS IN MY LOCAL AREA I.E. AT
THE MOSQUE ETC., PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO SEND ME EXTRA
COPIES OF THE BOOKLET. P.S. MY MOTHER CANNOT READ
ENGLISH, SO IF YOU HAVE GOT YOUR BOOK PUBLISHED IN URDU AS
WELL, PLEASE COULD YOU SEND HER A COPY AS
WELL.
[82] FROM
MUBASHER HASSAN KHAN, MANCHESTER TO DR AZAM ON 22 FEBRUARY
1996
FIRST OF ALL
HAPPY EID
MUBARAK TO YOU. I
AM 14 YEARS OLD. I HAVE READ YOUR ADVERT IN
THE DAILY
JANG
NEWSPAPER. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WHEN I READ YOUR
POINTS-OF-VIEW ON ISLAM, AND I REALLY LIKE THE WAY YOU ARE
HELPING OTHER MUSLIM PEOPLE. I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN THE
LITERATURE THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN. I THINK YOU HAVE GOT A
REALLY GOOD TITLE FOR YOUR LITERATURE
[PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE]. I WOULD BE
REALLY RESPECTFUL AND THANKFUL TO YOU IF YOU WILL SEND ME SOME
OF YOUR LITERATURE. ALLAH [GOD] WILL GIVE YOU
SAWAB [REWARD] FOR
WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
[83] FROM
TASADDUQ HUSAIN GANDHI, BIRMINGHAM TO DR AZAM ON 16 APRIL
1996
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM WA REHMET ULLAH WA
BARAKATUHU. I AM
INDEBTED TO THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER THE
NATION, FROM
LONDON, DATED 12 APRIL TO 18 APRIL FOR A REPORT ABOUT YOU
AND ABOUT YOUR BOOKLET IN ENGLISH, OF 40 PAGES, AVAILABLE
FREE. I WRITE TO YOU TO GET A COPY BECAUSE OF MY
INTEREST. I SHALL THEREFORE APPRECIATE YOUR FAVOUR IN
SENDING ME ONE COPY OF THE SAME AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS
PLEASE. JAZAKALLAH.
[84] FROM MISS
SHAHEEN AKHTAR, BIRMINGHAM TO DR AZAM ON 19 NOVEMBER
1997
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM.
FURTHER TO YOUR BOOKLET PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE WHICH YOU
SENT TO MYSELF MANY MONTHS AGO. THIS BOOKLET IS VERY
INTERESTING AS IT REMINDS US MUSLIMS OF WHO, AND HOW, WE
SHOULD BE AS MUSLIMS. AS I HAVE GIVEN MY LAST COPY AWAY, I
WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD SEND ME THIS BOOKLET AGAIN, AS I
WOULD LIKE TO READ IT AGAIN TO REFRESH MY MEMORY. PLEASE
COULD YOU ALSO SEND IT TO TWO OF MY FRIENDS WHO MAY SIMILARLY
FIND THIS BOOKLET TO BE OF INTEREST AT THE FOLLOWING
ADDRESSES: [DETAILS] THANK YOU SO MUCH. KEEP UP
THE GOOD WORK. ALSO, YOUR BOOK 'DREAMS IN ISLAM' WHICH
YOU SENT TO ME SOME MONTHS AGO WAS INTERESTING AND I'VE BEEN
PASSING IT ROUND MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. THANK YOU FOR
THE BOOK, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
[85] FROM
AHMAD, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE TO DR AZAM ON 10 APRIL
1996
MY DEAR DOCTOR
SAHIB, I ABELIEVE THAT I AM VERY LUCKY TO SEE YOUR BOOKLET
PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE. I HAVE
READ IT SEVERAL TIMES. CERTAINLY IT WILL BENEFIT MUSLIMS
WHO WANT TO KNOW IMPORTANT AND OUTSTANDING PRAYERS AND OTHER
DETAILS OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH]. MAY
GOD BLESS YOU WITH A VERY GOOD AWARD. AMIN. MAY
GOD HELP YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO WRITE MORE SIMILAR
BOOKLETS.
[86] FROM MR
MARTINS, SWANSEA TO DR AZAM ON 26 JANUARY
2001
ASSALAMU ALAIKUM,
BROTHER IN ISLAM, DR AZAM. THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME THIS
BRILLIANT PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE. ME AND MY FAMILY, WE
CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS WONDERFUL WORK YOU ARE DOING FOR ALL
TRUE MUSLIMS. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND WE WILL PRAY
TO ALMIGHTY ALLAH FOR YOUR EVERY SUCCESS IN ALL THAT YOU
DO. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE EDUCATION FOR TODAY'S MUSLIM
CHILDREN. MAY ALLAH KEEP THE DOOR OF PARADISE OPEN FOR
YOU. YOUR WORK IS BRILLIANT. SIMPLY THE
BEST.
[87] FROM
RAHIMA ISLAM TO DR AZAM ON 15 JANUARY
1996
I HAVE FOUND
THIS BOOKLET [PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE] VERY HELPFUL IN
BUILDING MY
IMAN [FAITH].
THE BOOKLET SOFTENED MY HEART AND MANY TIMES MADE ME
CRY. IT CONTAINED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD TO
ASK ABOUT ISLAM. AFTER READING IT, I HAVE BECOME A
REGULAR PRAYER AT MOSQUE. I PRAY TO ALLAH THAT ALLAH
SHOWS MERCY ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED AND MADE THIS
BOOKLET POSSIBLE AND BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION. I WISH
THAT THEY PUBLISH MORE AND MORE BOOKLETS, SO THAT THEY CAN
HELP MORE MUSLIM PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO BUILD THEIR
FAITH. AS MY FAITH GROWS, I WILL START TO WEAR HIJAB,
INSHA'ALLAH [PLEASE PRAY FOR ME].
[88] FROM F.S.
KHAN, BLACKBURN TO DR AZAM ON 9 JANUARY
1998
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. MY FAMILY LISTENED TO YOUR PROGRAMME ON
BBC GMR [GREATER MANCHESTER RADIO]. WE FOUND IT MOST
INTERESTING AS IT GAVE THE CHILDREN MORE ENLIGHTENMENT OF
THEIR RELIGION. THANK YOU. WE WOYULD BE VERY
PLEASED TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE BOOK OR BOOKLET THAT YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT.
[89] FROM N.A.
CHOWDHARY, BURNLEY TO DR AZAM ON 16 APRIL
1996
DEAR DR AZAM,
AFTER HEARING YOUR EXCELLENT INTERVIEW ON THE LOCAL RADIO, I
WAS DELIGHTED WITH THE INFORNMATION THAT I LEARNED FROM
THE PROGRAMME. PLEASE COULD YOYU SEND ME THE BOOK WHICH
YOU WERE DISCUSSING. MAY ALLAH [SUBHANA TALLAH] REWARD
YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTIN THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CAUSE OF
ISLAM. THANK YOU.
[90]
FROM MISS S. AKHTER, ROCHDALE TO DR AZAM ON 14 APRIL
1996
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. HAVING HEARD YOU ON THE 'ASIAN NETWORK' ON
SAYURDAY 13 APRIL 1996, I WOULD LIKE TO READ YOUR BOOKLET
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU FOR YOUR
GOOD WORKS, BOTH HERE AND IN THE HEREAFTER.
AMEEN.
[90]
FROM MOHAMMED MIZAN-UR-RAHMAN, BIRKENHEAD TO DR AZAM ON 13
APRIL 1996
DEAR DR AZAM, I
AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU WERE REALLY GREAT ON BBC
RADIO LANCASHIRE, AND I HOPE YOU GET INVITED AGAIN. I
WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY DREAM. ONCE I DREAMT
THAT I WAS DYING AND I WAS SAYING, 'THERE IS NO GOD BUT
ALLAH. MUHAMMED [PBUH] IS THE MESSENGER OF
ALLAH'. BUT I DIDN'T SAY IT IN ENGLISH - I SAID IT IN
ARABIC. PLEASE CAN YOU SEND ME ONE OF YOUR BOOKS BECAUSE
I DREAM NEARLY EVERY DAY. MAY ALLAH BLESS
YOU.
[91]
FROM KARAMO SONKO, INDONESIA, TO DR AZAM ON 12 JUNE
2002
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM WA RAHMATULLAH. THAN YOU FOR THE INFORMATION ON
YOUR WEBSITE. I HAVE RECENTLY DOWNLOADED YOUR DREAMS IN
ISLAM AND I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING AND USEFUL.
HOWEVER, MY WIFE 'CONFISCATED' IT FROM ME BEFORE I COULD
FINISH PROPERLY, AND HAVE TO WAIT FOR A WHILE FOR HER TO
FINISH FIRST. I HAVE RECENTLY STARTED WRITING ON ISLAM,
MAINLY IN THE AREA OF PRAYERS/SUPPLICATIONS AND I AM ABOUT TO
APPLY THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO SOME OF MY WORKS. PLEASE
LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN DUE COURSE TO SEND
THEM TO YOU FOR YOUR COMPETENT COMMENTS AND
SUGGESTIONS. MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU FOR YOUR
EFFORTS.
[92] FROM DR
AZAM BAIG, PRINCIPAL, JAMIATUL UMMAH, LONDON TO DR AZAM ON 11
FEBRUARY 200O
ASSALAMU ALAIKUM
WA RAMATULLAHI WA BARAKATUH. DEAR BROTHER UMAR
AZAM, I HOPE THIS LETTER REACHES YOU IN THE BEST STATE OF
HEALTH AND IMAAN. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LETTER OF 7 FEBRUARY, INFORMING US OF THE NEW PUBLICATION
VISION OF PARADISE, COMPILED BY YOUR BROTHER. MAY ALLAH
REWARD HIM AND THE PUBLISHERS WITH AL-JANNAH FOR THEIR
GENEROSITY. AMEEN. AS THE BOOKS ARE DISTRIBUTED ON
REQUEST, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SEND US A FEW
COPIES. JAZAKALLAHU KHAYRAN.
[93]
CIRCULAR FROM DR AZAM TO UK PUBLIC AND UNIVERSITY
LIBRARIES, 19 NOVEMBER 1996
DEAR LIBRARIAN,
WILL YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW MANY TIMES MY BOOK DREAMS IN ISLAM
HAS BEEN ISSUED ON LOAN SINCE BEING CATALOGUED IN 1994.
THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN PENNSYLVANIA, USA IN 1992 [ISBN 0208
59692**]
[SAMPLE] REPLY
FROM ROGER TEMPERO, LIBRARY SYSTEMS SUPERVISOR, EDUCATION,
LIBRARIES AND HERITAGE DEPT., CAMBRIDEGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
TO DR AZAM ON 27 OCTOBER 1996
DEAR DR AZAM,
I AM PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE THREE COPIES OF YOUR
BOOK DREAMS IN ISLAM IN STOCK AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ISSUED A
TOTAL OF 51 TIMES.
[94] DIRECT
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[95] FROM DR EMIN
ERGIN,
TURKEY TO DR AZAM ON
7 JANUARY
2004
BISMILLAHIR
RAHMANIR RAHEEM. ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. THE REASON
FOR MY QUERY TO YOUR ESTEEMED ORGANISATION IS TO OFFER
ARTICLES TO YOUR SITE, WITHOUT COMPENSATION. THE TOPICS
OF THE ARTICLES THAT RAISE THE PEOPLE'S AWARENESS OF THE
WONDERS OF CREATION WITH ONE CRUCIAL GOAL: OPENING THE
READERS' MINDS BY PRESENTING THE SIGNS OF ALLAH'S EXISTENCE
AND POWER TO THEM. THE MESSAGE IN THE ARTICLES IS ADDED TO BY
THE MANY COLOURFUL AND RELEVANT PHOTOGRAPHS, WHICH NOT ONLY
ENLIVEN THE PAGE BUT ARE ALSO GOOD TO PROVOKE THOUGHTS IN
THEMSELVES. THE SINCERE, PLAIN AND FLUENT STYLE EMPLOYED
ENSURS THAT EVERYONE OF EVERY AGE AND FROM EVERY SOCIAL GROUP
CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND THE ARTICLES, INSHA'ALLAH. IN
ADDITION, IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE WONDERFUL
[MASHA'ALLAH] ISLAMIC DOCUMENTARY ARTICLES, IN ORDER THAT YOU
MAY PRESENT THEM IN YOUR SITE. THESE ARE HIGH QUALITY
DOCUMENTARIES WHICH EXAMINE THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH THE EYE
OF A MUSLIM, AND WITH AESTHETIC APPEAL. I WILL BE VERY PLEASED
TO RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK TO THE ABOVE. LET ME REMIND THAT
THIS IS A FREE SERVICE; WE DO NOT ASK FOR ANY
PAYMENT. OUR ONLY MOTIVE IS TO SERVE ISLAM BY
SHOWING PEOPLE THE BEAUTIES AND TRUTHS OF
FAITH.
MAIN
HEADINGS OF DR ERGIN�S ARICLE: A] THE COMMON BELIEFS AND
VALUES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK WITH MUSLIMS B] ACCORDING TO
THE KORAN, MUSLIMS, JEWS AND CHRISTIANS SHOULD LIVE IN
FRIENDSHIP C] MONASTRIES, CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES SHOULD BE
RESPECTED D] THE COMMON ENEMIES OF FAITH � MATERIALISM,
COMMUNISM, FASCISM, ANARCHISM, RACISM AND SECULAR
HUMANISM
FROM DR AZAM
TO DR ERGIN ON 14 JANUARY
2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. I HAVE READ YOUR ARTICLE SAMPLE, PEOPLE OF THE
BOOK AND THE MUSLIMS AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SAMPLE POINTS
[I CAN FIND MANY MORE] THAT I WISH TO MAKE: 1. YOUR
ARTICLE COULD BE INTERPRETED AS A COWARDLY ATTEMPT TO
APPEASE THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS AT THIS VOLATILE TIME
OF WORLD CONFLICT. 2. THE HOLY QURAN MAKES IT CLEAR THAT
JEWS, ALONG WITH POLYTHEISTS, ARE THE MOST BITTER
ENEMIES OF THE BELIEVERS. 3. THE 'PEOPLE OF THE
BOOK' HAVE BEEN TRADITIONAL ENEMIES OF THE BELIEVERS
E.G. THE CRUSADES, THE SPANISH INQUISITION,
RUSSIA v
TURKEY ETC. 4. THE CHRISTIAN NOTION OF 'TRINITY' IS
ALMOST A FORM OF POLYTHEISM. YOUR
PAPER IS, IN A WAY, COMMENDABLE BECAUSE IT TRIES TO PROMOTE
PEACE AND GOODWILL. BUT, AS BELIEVERS, WE CANNOT FORM
ALLIANCES WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK UNLESS OUR FAITH DOES
NOT ENCOUNTER OBSTRUCTION; IF IT DOES, WAR MUST PRECEDE
PEACE. I SAY THIS AS A FAIRLY MODERATE MUSLIM. TO
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE IS NOT
AGGRESSION - IT IS A RIGHT! I AM SORRY THAT, FOR THE REASONS
GIVEN ABOVE, I AM UNABLE TO ACCEPT YOUR WORK FOR MY OWN
WEBSITE. YOU MAY, OF COURSE, SUBMIT IT TO OTHER SITES OR,
INDEED, SET UP YOUR OWN
WEBSITE!
[96]
FROM FAIZALTO DR AZAM ON 20 MAY
2004
I
LOVE A HIND GIRL, TO WHOM I�VE ALREADY EXPLAINED WHAT ISLAM
IS. ALLAH KNOWS HOW MUCH SHE UNDERSTOOD. LAST YEAR [2003] ON
THE DAY OF EID-UL-FITR, SHE PHONED ME IN THE MORNING AT ABOUT
3 A.M., TELLING ME THAT SHE WASN�T FEELING WELL. SHE TOLD ME
THAT SHE COULN�T MARRY ME BECAUSE SHE WAS UNDER SO MUCH
PRESSURE FROM HER PARENTS. SHE CUT OFF THE PHONE CALL IN
ANGER. I WAS VERY DEPRESSED AND DECIDED TP PERFORM THE
TAHAJJUD NAMAZ. BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK, I REALISED
THAT IT WAS ALREADY TIME FOR THE FAJR NAMAZ, SO I PROCEEDED TO
THE MOSQUE. WHEN I RETURNED, I SLEPT FOR A WHILE BEFORE THE
NAMAZ OF EID-UL-FITR. I DREAMT THAT I WAS INSIDE THE MOSQUE OF
OUR TOWN WITH A GIRL. A PIOUS MAN WHOM I KNOW CALLED US
TOWARDS HIM IN THE WUDHU PLACE. THE MAN TOOK SOME WATER IN HIS
HAND AND POURED IT OVER MY FOREHEAD AND THEN HE TOLD ME TO GO,
AND CALLED THE GIRL. WHILE I WAS WALKING INSIDE THE MOSQUE, I
FELT SOMETHING ROLLING INTO MY BELLY. IT STARTED COMING OUT
AND GOT STUCK IN MY THROAT. I COUGHED AND SPAT IT OUT IN THE
WUDHU PLACE, AND THEN GARGLED. THE STUFF WAS BIG, LIKE A 3-4
CM PIECE OF MEAT. WHEN I WOKE UP, I FELT VERY HAPPY [[BEFORE
GOING TO SLEEP, I HAD BEEN DEPRESSED]. MY HEART WAS FULL OF
JOY AND I HAD A VERY PLEASANT FEELING FOR THE GIRL. BUT EVEN
UP TO NOW I AM FACING DIFFICULTIES REGARDING HER PARENTS. CAN
YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE INTERPRETATION OF SUCH A DREAM. THE
GIRL EVEN TOLD ME THAT SHE HEARD THE AZAN [CALL TO PRAYER]
AS CLEAR AS CRYSTAL IN HER DREAM AND ON ANOTHER DAY WE ARE
DRESSED IN WHITE, ON THE WAY TO HAJJ. PLEASE CLARIFY THESE
DREAMS FOR ME.
FROM
DR AZAM TO FAIZAL ON 21 MAY 2004
WA
LAIKUM SALAM. THE DREAMS SEEM TO BE CLEAR: ALLAH MOST HIGH IS
HAPPY WITH BOTH YOU AND YOUR BRIDE-TO-BE. NEVER MIND IF HER
PARENTS AREN�T HAPPY WITH HER; TELL HER TO REBEL AGAINST THEM,
CONVERT TO ISLAM AND THEN MARRY YOU. THEY CAN�T DRAG HER TO
HELL WITH THEMSELVES! LATER ON IN LIFE, SHE CAN ASK FOR THEIR
FORGIVENESS. IF THEY FORGIVE HER, FINE; IF NOT, NEVER MIND!
HER LOYALTY TO HER CREATOR [ALLAH] IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HER
LOYALTY TO HER PARENTS. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU AND HER!
AMEEN!
FROM
FAIZAL TO DR AZAM ON 24 MAY 2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. THANKS FOR ANSWERING ME SO SOON! MAY ALLAH ALWAYS
SHOWER HIS MERCY ON YOU! REGARDING THE INTERPRETATION OF MY
DREAMS, I HAVE TO ADD THAT SHE IS NOT ACTUALLY IN CONTACT WITH
ME NOW. LAST WEEK I SENT A TEXT TO HER MOBILE AND SHE REPLIED
THAT SHE DOESN�T LOVE ME ANY MORE AND, IN FACT, SHOWS A KIND
OF HATE TOWARD ME. T HAPPENED WAS THAT I POSTED HER MY PICTURE
[SHE HAD REQUESTED IT HERSELF] BUT HER FATHER GOT IT BEFORE
HER! HER FATHER TOLD HER THAT I HAD BAD INTENTIONS ON HER. AND
I PRESUME THAT HER PARENTS HAVE HAD BLACK MAGIC DONE ON HER SO
THAT SHE HATES ME. BEFORE THESE PROBLEMS STARTED BETWEEN US,
SHE AGREED TO AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE ON TWO OCCASIONS, JUST TO
KEEP HER PARENTS HAPPY. BUT BOTH PROPOSALS CAME TO NOTHING
[SHE COULDN�T ADAPT TO HER FUTURE HUSBAND] BECAUSE SHE LOVES
ME SO MUCH. ON
SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I HAVE READ THE NAMAZ-E-ISTIKHARA AND I SAW
GREEN AND WHITE COLOURS IN MY DREAMS. WHEN I AWOKE IN THE
MORNING, I HAD FEELINGS IN MY HEART OF CONTINUING TO WANT HER.
I FEEL THAT I SHOULD WAIT FOR HER. I JUST CAN�T THINK OF
ANOTHER GIRL THE WAY I THINK OF HER. FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY
HEART, I ALWAYS WISH HER TO PRACTISE ISLAM THE WAY IT SHOULD
BE PRACTISED.
ACCORDING TO YOU, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION MY DREAMS
AND THOUGHTS, SHOULD I WAIT FOR HER? AS FAR AS I KNOW, FOR A
PERSON [AND A NON-MUSLIM TOO!] TO DREAM OF HEARING THE
AZAAN [THE
CALL TO PRAYER] AND GOING ON HAJJ IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!
THESE KINDS OF DREAMS COME ONLY FROM ALLAH! I WILL WAIT
FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND I HOPE YOU DON�T MIND ANSWERING ME.
FOR A LONG TIME I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP ME IN THIS
CONTEXT.
FROM
DR AZAM TO FAIZAL ON 25 MAY 2004
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, FAIZAL. YOU CAN�T WAIT ALL YOUR LIFE FOR HER!
INSHA�ALLAH, YOUR DREAMS MAY MEAN THAT SHE COULD BECOME YOURS.
SET YOURSELF A TIME LIMIT E.G. TWO YEARS. IF SHE STILL WANTS
NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, THEN JUST THINK THAT THE HINDU JADOO
WORKED! AFTER A FEW YEARS, YOU MAY HAVE TO FORGET HER
AND LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
[97]
FROM SAIMA NAZIR TO DR AZAM ON 19 SEPTEMBER
2003
I
AM A NINETEEN YEAR-OLD GIRL. I AM A PAKISTANI AND A MUSLIM. I
HAVE THREE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS, AND AM THE YOUNGEST IN
THE FAMILY. I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH AN AHMEDIYYA MAN. HE
HAS BEEN MY CLASS-FELLOW FOR THE LAST YEAR AND HE ALSO LOVES
ME VERY MUCH. WE ARE DOING BSC [HONS.] AND THE DURATION OF
THIS DEGREE IS FOUR YEARS, SO THREE YEARS ARE LEFT. HE IS
SAYING THAT HE WANTS TO LEAVE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH WE
HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER, OUR MARRIAGE IS
IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR DIFFERENT RELIGIONS. FOR THE LAST
THREE YEARS, I HAVE BEEN PREACHING THE ISLAMIC RELIGION TO
HIM, AND TELLING HIM THAT I WILL MARRY HIM IF HE ACCEPTS THE
MUSLIM FAITH BUT, IF HE DISBELIEVES IN THE MUSLIM CONCEPTS,
THEN I WILL REJECT HIM. THEN I HAD A DREAM. I DREAMT THAT I AM
MARRIED TO ANOTHER MAN, WHOM I CAN�T SEE IN THE DREAM. I SEE
THAT MY SISTERS, AND THE SISTER OF MY HUSBAND, ARE VERY HAPPY.
BUT I AM REALLY SAD BECAUSE I WANT TO MARRY THE PERSON I LOVE
[THE AHMEDIYYA FELLOW-STUDENT]. IN THE WHOLE DREAM, I AM
CONTINUOUSLY WEEPING. ALSO, I CAN�T REMEMBER SOME OTHER PART
OF THE DREAM. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT MY DREAM MEANS, AND WHAT I
CAN DO NOW. I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THIS MATTER. NOTE:
IF MY GIVEN INFORMATION IS INCOMPLETE, THEN PLEASE ASK ME AS
EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
FROM
DR AZAM TO SAIMA ON 20 SEPTEMBER
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, SAIMA. I THINK THIS DREAM IS SAYING THAT YOU
WILL MARRY ANOTHER MAN, BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS LOOK AT THE
PAST WITH REGRET AND WISH THAT YOU COULD HAVE MARRIED THE MAN
WHOM YOU LOVED, IF ONLY HE HAD NOT BEEN AN AHMEDIYYA [WHO ARE,
IN FACT, NON-MUSLIM]. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT LOYALTY TO ALLAH
SUPERCEDES LOYALTY TO ANOTHER PERSON. I MYSELF COULD NOT MARRY
THE GIRL I WANTED TO, MY UNIVERSITY CLASS-MATE, BECAUSE OF MY
PARENTS� WISHES. BUT I GAVE A QURBANI [SACRIFICE] AND I
BELIEVE THAT ALLAH MOST HIGH WILL SURELY COMPENSATE ME IN THE
NEXT WORLD � AND FOR ETERNITY! SO THE FEW YEARS OF WORLDLY
HAPPINESS THAT I HAVE FORSAKEN ARE NOTHING. I HOPE YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING; IN FACT, I AM SURE THAT YOU DO,
FOR YOU ASKED HIM TO LEAVE HIS AHMEDIYYA FAITH BUT HE REFUSED.
IF HE CAN SACRIFICE YOU FOR HIS WRONG FAITH, CAN�T YOU
SACRIFICE HIM FOR YOUR CORRECT FAITH? I AM ALWAYS READY TO
SUPPORT YOU IN THIS MATTER. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU!
AMEEN!
[98]
FROM NAZIA MAQSOOD, EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF ISLAMIC SOCIETY,
BURNLEY COLLEGE, TO DR AZAM ON 28 JUNE
1999
WITH
REGARDS TO THE MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE, MY INITIAL
THOUGHTS WERE THAT THE MEETING ACTUALLY WENT VERY WELL.
CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A DELAY IN FINDING A
SUITABLE ROOM [WHICH WAS MAINLY THE FAULT OF THE ISLAMIC
SOCIETY�S ORGANISATION OF THE EVENT], I STILL FELT THAT THE
PROGRAMME, ONCE STARTED, FINISHED QUITE WELL IRRELEVANT OF
SUCH A STUTTERING
START. MYSELF AND VARIOUS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY
WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE PROGRAMME AND YOUR
PERFORMANCE AT THE TALK. I FELT THAT YOU TACKLED FIRED AT YOU
[OR SHOULD I SAY FORCED UPON YOU] WITH ENTHUSIASM AND WITH
GREAT PATIENCE. HOWEVER, I DO FEEL THAT SOME OF THE GUESTS MAY
HAVE BEEN CONFUSED AS TO THE AREA OF �DREAMS� YOU WOULD TALK
ABOUT. I ALSO FELT THAT THE MAJORITY OF GUESTS PRESENT
ACTUALLY FELT THAT YOU WOULD INTERPRET THEIR DREAMS. I DO
REMEMBER YOU POINTING OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TALK THAT
YOU WOULD NOT BE INTERPRETING DREAMS, AND THAT YOU WOULD ONLY
BE FOCUSING ON GOOD DREAMS [ISLAMIC DREAMS]. PERHAPS AT A
FUTURE TALK YOU COULD READY YOURSELF FOR PEOPLE�S EXPECTATIONS
AND MAYBE PREPARE SOME GENERAL FORMS OF INTERPRETATION FOR ANY
GUESTS THINKING THAT YOU COULD INTERPRET DREAMS [IF IT IS AT
POSSIBLE, THAT IS]. LISTENERS WOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL IF YOU
COULD PROVIDE RELEVANT AHADITH AND QUOTATIONS FROM THE HOLY
QURAN IN ORDER TO CLARIFY YOUR PERSONAL COMMENTS AND FINDINGS,
IN ORDER TO DEFINE AND CLARIFY POINTS WHICH MAY BE
MISUNDERSTOOD. GENERALLY, I FELT THAT THE MEETING WAS VERY
GOOD AND AS FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE AS A LECTURER, I FEEL THAT
YOU FULFILLED OUR CRITERIA FOR BEING A GOOD LECTURER. THE
ISLAMIC SOCIETY FELT PRIVELEGED TO HAVE YOU ATTEND ONE OF OUR
MEETINGS. MAY ALLAH SUBHANHU WA TA�LA GRACE YOU WITH
PEACE AND HAPPINESS FOR GIVING UP YOUR TIME AND FOR ALL THE
EFFORT THAT YOU PUT IN TOWARDS THE MEETING. THANK YOU FOR
HELPING ME, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE PRESENT AT THE
MEETING, IN UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
�DREAMS� AND BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. THE EXTRA COPY OF
DREAMS IN ISLAM THAT YOU KINDLY
GAVE TO US IS ACTUALLY BEING READ BY ONE OF THE GUESTS WHO
ATTENDED THE MEETING. ONCE MY BROTHER-IN-ISLAM HAS FINISHED
READING THIS COPY, I WILL THEN PASS THE COPY ON TO SOMEBODY
ELSE WHO MAY THEN ALSO BENEFIT FROM IT. THANK
YOU!
[99]
FROM NIZAM -UL NISA, BURNLEY COLLEGE STUDENT, TO DR AZAM ON 1
JULY 1999
IN
MY OPINION, THE TALK WAS GOOD BUT YOU ONLY SPOKE ABOUT THE
GOOD DREAMS THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE. SOME DREAMS ARE BAD AND
SCARY AND THEY CAN BE VIVIDLY REMEMBERED; WE YOUNGSTERS WONDER
WHAT THEY MEAN AND I ALSO THINK WE HARDLY HAVE THE GOOD DREAMS
THAT YOU MENTIONED. ANYWAY, WE DO NOT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO
TELL IF THEY ARE
GOOD DREAMS. IT IS VERY RARE THAT WE HAVE ISLAMIC
DREAMS. THE TALK WAS GOOD IN THAT IT MADE US THINK ABOUT THE
NATURE OF GOOD DREAMS AND WHAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE IN A GOOD
DREAM. ANYWAY, I�VE HAD A LOOK AT YOUR PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE BOOKLET; IT IS VERY
USEFUL AND HAS VERY GOOD STUFF IN IT. IT GAVE ME MORE
INFORMATION AND INCREASED MY [RELIGIOUS] KNOWLEDGE. IT CHANGED
MY WAY OF THINKING AND MADE ME AWARE OF THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS
OF ACTIONS. IT ENLIGHTENED ME TO JUDGE MY DREAMS. I HAVE
ALWAYS BELIEVED IN MY DREAMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALWAYS COME
TRUE. AND DREAMS ARE A 44TH PART OF
NABUWWAT
[PROPHETHOOD]. IF THERE�S ANY PROBLEM OR SOMETHING
GOOD OR BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN, I ALWAYS GET INFORMED IN MY
DREAMS. I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] IN MY
DREAM; PLEASE HELP ME AND TELL ME SOMETHING I COULD READ TO
SEE THE PROPHET [PBUH]. IN YOUR BOOKLET, YOU CAN ALSO INCLUDE
STORIES OF THE SAHABA IKRAM [THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET
PBUH] AND THE
LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMED [PBUH] TO GIVE US MORE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE LOVE THE SAHABA IKRAM HAD FOR THE PROPHET [PBUH]. THIS
WOULD CREATE LOVE IN PEOPLE�S HEARTS FOR THE PROPHET [PBUH] ,
WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO BE A GOOD MUSLIM. I WOULD APPRECIATE
YOUR SENDING ME MORE OF THESE PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE
BOOKLETS AND
ANY OTHER BOOKS THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN. I AM CURRENTLY READING
YOUR DREAMS IN ISLAM, WHICH IS VERY
GOOD.
[100]
FROM ROY BRYANT, PRESIDENT, SEVENTWENTYFOUR INC.
[WWW.SEVENTWENTYFOUR.COM] TO DR AZAM ON 14 NOVEMBER
2003
THERE
APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM ON THIS PAGE OF YOUR SITE. ON PAGE http://www.dr.umar-azam.com/dreams_of_honours.htm
WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE http://www
THE LINK TO http://www
GIVES THE EROR: DOMAIN NAME LOOKUP FAILED [MAY BE A TRANSIENT
ERROR]. AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ROBOT GUIDELINES, THIS E-MAIL IS
TO EXPLAIN OUR ROBOT�S ACTIVITIES AND TO LET YOU KNOW OF ONE
OF THE BROKEN LINKS WE ENCOUNTERED. LINKWALKER DOES NOT STORE
OR PUBLISH THE CONTENT OF YOUR PAGES, BUT RATHER USES THE LINK
INFORMATION TO UPDATE OUR MAP OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB. ARE THESE
REPORTS HELPFUL? I�D LOVE SOME FEEDBACK. IF YOU PREFER NOT TO
RECEIVE THESE OCCASIONAL ERROR NOTICES, PLEASE LET ME
KNOW.
FROM
DR AZAM TO ROY BRYANT ON 15 NOVEMBER
2003
THANKS
VERY MUCH FOR INFORMING ME OF THE ERROR OF MY �DREAMS OF
HONOURS� PAGE ON MY SITE WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
I WILL ASK THE FIRM WHO MAINTAIN MY SITE TO LOOK INTO IT;
OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ASCERTAIN THAT
EVERYTHING ON THE SITE FUNCTIONS IN THE OPTIMUM WAY! YOUR
REPORTS ARE VERY HELPFUL AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL ME AT
ANY TIME!
[101]
FROM NADIA, BLACKBURN TO DR AZAM ON 7 JANUARY
1998
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR BOOKLET PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE AND THE TAWEEZ, WHICH WERE VERY HELPFUL. DR
UMAR AZAM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU SOMETHING: WHENEVER I DO
SOMETHING WRONG, I ALWAYS GET CAUGHT. I KNOW I MAY BE A SINNER
BUT THERE ARE WORSE PEOPLE THAN ME IN THIS WORLD. THE THING
IS, WHENEVER I�M WITH MY BOYFRIEND, I ALWAYS GET SEEN BY MY
BROTHERS; I HAVE FOUR BROTHERS AND NO SISTERS. I LOVE MY
BOYFRIEND A LOT BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT GOING OUT WITH SOMEONE IS
WRONG. BUT OTHER GIRLS GO OUT WITH BOYS AND THEY DON�T
SEEM TO GET CAUGHT, SO WHY DO I? DR UMAR AZAM, CAN YOU WRITE
ME SUCH A TAWEEZ THAT I NEVER, EVER GET CAUGHT WITH HIM AND MY
BROTHERS TRUST ME AND NEVER COME CHECKING ON ME IN COLLEGE.
THE THING IS, I�M NOT A BAD GIRL AND I HAVE NEVER DONE
ANYTHING WRONG UNTIL NOW, WHICH IS GOING OUT WITH MY
BOYFRIEND. MY BOYFRIEND DOES NOT SEEM TO LOVE ME AS MUCH AS I
DO, BECAUSE I ALWAYS GET SEEN BY MY BROTHERS, HE IS BACKING
OUT ON ME. CAN YOU PLEASE WRITE ME SUCH A TAWEEZ THAT HE LOVES
ME AND MY BROTHERS TRUST ME. THE TAWEEZ YOU WROTE ON
�LOVE�
�
I�VE GOT THAT WITH ME, AND THE ONE �FOR
ANY NEED�,
BUT I KEEP ON GETTING SUSSED. I HAVE LOVED MY BOYFRIEND SINCE
I WAS SIXTEEN; NOW I�M EIGHTEEN AND HAVE STARTED TO GO OUT
WITH HIM. HE FINISHED WITH ME TWO MONTHS AGO AND IT HAS BEEN
THREE WEEKS SINCE WE�VE BEEN TOGETHER. HE�S THE ONE I LOVE AND
NEED: WITHOUT HIM MY LIFE�S NOTHING. SO WHY DO I KEEP ON
GETTING SUSSED? HE IS A VERY NICE PERSON AND HAS PROTECTED ME
ALL THE TIME. HE PRAYS NAMAZ ALL FIVE TIMES A DAY. CAN YOU
PLEASE WRITE ME A TAWEEZ OR TELL ME A SURAT TO READ. WHENEVER
MY BOYFRIEND FINISHED WITH ME, I USED TO PRAY TO GOD TO GET
HIM BACK; NOW THAT I�VE GOT HIM BACK, MY BROTHERS COME TO
COLLEGE TO SEE WHAT I�M UP TO. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME �
THERE�S A LOT OF STRENGTH IN GOD�S
PRAYERS.
FROM
DR AZAM TO NADIA ON 9 JANUARY
1998
WA
LAIKUM SALAM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER AND I FEEL PLEASED TO KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE ENOUGH TRUST IN ME TO TELL ME YOUR RATHER TRAGIC PERSONAL
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THIS LETTER, I�M GOING TO TALK VERY HONESTLY
TO YOU, FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART, SO THAT I CAN HELP YOU AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I AM VERY SURE THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO MY
ADVICE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT ALLAH MOST HIGH HAS GIVEN ME
DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF PHILOSOPHY AND OUR RELIGION. PLEASE DO
NOT MIND WHATEVER I TELL YOU AND REALISE THAT I AM WRITING
THIS LETTER AS THE CLOSEST FRIEND AND HELPER, NOT AS AN
ENEMY. WHEN I READ YOUR LETTER, I WAS ASTONISHED. SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SAID ARE SO TERRIBLE THAT I MUST BLAME
SOCIETY IN GENERAL, AND PERHAPS YOUR FAMILY, FOR NOT GIVING
YOU PROPER KNOWLEDGE. A FORNICATOR IS SOMEONE WHO HAS SEX
WITH SOMEONE WITHOUT BEING MARRIED TO HIM OR HER.
FORNICATION IS THAT DREADFUL ACT. THE HOLY PROPHET
[PBUH] HAS SAID THAT AN EIGTH HELL HAS BEEN MADE FOR BAD
MUSLIMS. WHY, IN ISLAM,
ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE BOYFRIENDS OR GIRLFRIENDS?
YOU SAY YOU ARE EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD. NOW, YOU WILL NOT BE ALIVE
IN ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS BECAUSE DEATH IS INEVITABLE [THE
OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD IS NOT MUCH MORE THAN 100 YEARS
OLD]. THE COMING OF DEATH IS PROOF THAT YOU WILL BE JUDGED BY
GOD. PUNISHMENTS AFTER DEATH ARE SEVERE. FOR EXAMPLE, FOR
KISSING YOUR BOYFRIEND ONCE, AND HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
ONCE, YOU COULD BE BURNED IN HELL FOR 70, 000 YEARS! THE FIRE
OF HELL IS FAR WORSE THAN THE FIRE OF THIS WORLD. IMAGINE
BEING BURNED ALIVE! I AM SURE THAT YOU COULD NOT STAND THE
TORMENT FOR A FEW SECONDS! SO IS IT WORTH IT? WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SUFFER FOR UNIMAGINEABLE PERIODS IN HELL FOR A FEW
SNATCHED, GUILTY MOMENTS OF PLEASURE ON EARTH? I DO NOT THINK
YOU WOULD! SO WHY ARE YOU SEEING A BOYFRIEND? IF YOUR
OWN GIRL FRIENDS HAVE GOT BOYFRIENDS, YOU SHOULD BE FEELING
SORRY FOR THEM [LIKE I AM FEELING SORRY FOR YOU] AND TELLING
THEM THAT THEY ARE SINNING AND PUTTING THEMSELVES IN GREAT
DANGER AFTER DEATH, NOT COPYING THEM! I AM SURE THAT IT WOULD
NOT GIVE
YOU PLEASURE TO KNOW THAT ALLAH WILL DEAL SEVERELY WITH SUCH
PEOPLE. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE LAWFULLY MARRIED, ALLAH WILL
REWARD YOU EACH TIME YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND GET TOGETHER!
THERE WILL BE GREAT BLESSING IN THE NEXT WORLD AND NO
PUNISHMENT, NO MATTER WHAT YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND DO WITH
ONE ANOTHER [KISS, CUDDLE ETC.]. IF YOU CAN MERIT PARADISE,
ALLAH WILL GIVE YOU A PURE HUSBAND. EVERY
TIME HE AND YOU HAVE INTERCOURSE, IT WILL TAKE EIGHTY
YEARS!
IMAGINE THAT! COMPARE THAT TO YOUR FEW GUILTY MOMENTS
NOW! YOU SAY IN YOUR LETTER THAT YOUR �BOYFRIEND� PRAYS FIVE
TIMES A DAY. WHAT NONSENSE TO PRAY ON ONE HAND AND HAVE A
GIRLFRIEND ON THE OTHER! THAT IS A HYPOCRITICAL THING TO DO!
ALLAH COULD DEAL SEVERELY WITH HIM WHEN HE DIES BECAUSE THAT
IS LIKE MAKING FUN OF RELIGION! YOU ALSO SAY THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN PRAYING TO GOD TO GET YOUR BOYFRIEND BACK! AND THAT THERE
IS A LOT OF STRENGTH IN GOD�S PRAYERS! ARE YOU IN YOUR RIGHT
MIND, NADIA? THAT IS LIKE ME PRAYING TO GOD AND ASKING HIM TO
HELP ME MURDER SOMEONE! MURDER IS FORBIDDEN IN ISLAM, SO HOW CAN I
ASK GOD TO HELP ME WITH SIN? YOUR �PRAYER� IS NOT REALLY A
PRAYER AT ALL, SINCE YOU ARE ASKING FOR EVIL! SO EACH TIME YOU
�PRAY�, YOU ARE REALLY SINNING. YOU MIGHT AS WELL ASK THE
DEVIL! YOUR BROTHERS WHO CHECK ON YOU IN COLLEGE ARE
NOT YOUR
ENEMIES. THEY KNOW THAT WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS WRONG AND,
BECAUSE THEY LOVE YOU, THEY ARE TRYIING TO SAVE YOU FROM THE
BAD CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS. I AM SURE THAT THEY WOULD
NOT WANT TO SEE THEIR SISTER LABELLED AS A �SLAG� AND
HUMILIATED IN THIS WORLD, AND THEN PUNISHED IN THE FIRE
IN THE NEXT! I THINK THEY ARE GREAT BROTHERS AND, OF
COURSE, I WOULD DO THE SAME FOR ANY OF MY OWN SISTERS. IF
KAFIR
PEOPLE HAVE BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS, IT IS BECAUSE
THEY LACK FAITH. IF THEY GO TO HELL FOR ETERNITY, THAT WILL BE
THE WORSE FOR THEM. I THINK THEY ARE BEING FOOLISH BY ENJOYING
THEMSELVES AS MUCH AS THEY CAN WHILE THEY ARE ALIVE, FOR A
RELATIVELY LITTLE WHILE, AND THEN RISKING ETERNAL PUNISHMENT.
AS A MUSLIM, YOU WOULD BE IDIOTIC TO DO THE SAME! WHAT
CAN YOU DO NOW? IN OUR RELIGION, WE CAN TALK TO MEMBERS OF THE
OPPOSITE SEX IN A PUBLIC PLACE [THE COLLEGE CANTEEN, FOR
EXAMPLE]. I USED TO MEET FELLOW STUDENT GIRLS WHEN I WAS AT
UNIVERSITY. BUT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MEET THEM PRIVATELY,
TOUCH THEM OR DO THINGS WITH THEM. SO I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO
STAY FRIENDLY WITH THIS PERSON BUT WITHIN LIMITS.
BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS TEMPTED YOU ALREADY, THERE IS A CHANCE
THAT YOU WILL BEGIN TO FEEL SUICIDAL IF YOU CANNOT CONTINUE
YOUR UNLAWFUL RELATIONSHIP. DO NOT COMMIT SUICIDE. THOSE WHO
DO SO WILL BE GUARANTEED HELL. FOR EXAMPLE, IF ANYONE
JUMPS OFF A CLIFF, THAT PERSON WILL BE IN THE FIRE OF HELL AND
JUMPING OFF OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND SUFFERING THE SAME PAIN
FOR EVER. IF ANYONE TAKES AN OVERDOSE, THEY WILL BE IN THE
FIRE OF HELL, AND TAKING THE AGONISING OVERDOSE OVER AND OVER
AGAIN! ASK ALLAH MOST HIGH FOR FORGIVENESS FROM YOUR
HEART [THIS IS CALLED �REPENTENCE�] AND NEVER DO THE SAME
THING AGAIN. IF YOU REPENT, THEN SIN, REPENT AGAIN, THEN SIN
AGAIN ETC., YOU ARE MAKING FUN OF ALLAH, AND YOU WILL BE PUT
INTO HELL. IF YOU REPENT AND NEVER DO THE WRONG ACTION AGAIN,
THERE IS A GREAT CHANCE THAT YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN, PERHAPS
BECAUSE YOU DIDN�T KNOW PROPERLY THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT YOU
WERE DOING. BUT I HAVE REALLY EDUCATED YOU BY WRITING THIS
LETTER AND, IF YOU CONTINUE IN YOUR BAD WAYS, YOU WILL HAVE NO
EXCUSE IN FRONT OF ALLAH. I FEAR FOR YOUR COLLEAGUE AS WELL,
SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHOW HIM THIS LETTER [IN A PUBLIC
PLACE!]. IF BOTH OF YOU DECIDE THAT YOU ARE BOTH GOING TO
CONTINUE IN YOUR BAD WAYS, THEN I�M AFRAID I CANNOT HELP YOU
AND YOU WILL DESERVE WHAT YOU GET. BUT I AM SURE YOU WILL
PLACE A FAR GREATER VALUE ON THE NEXT LIFE THAN THIS ONE
[ACTUALLY, THIS LIFE IS ONLY ARTIFICIAL AND PARADISE IS THE
REAL WORLD � FULL OF MAGNIFICENT DELIGHTS]. REMEMBER THAT
ALLAH MOST HIGH HAS PUT US ON THIS WORLD TO TEST WHETHER WE DO
GOOD THINGS OR EVIL THINGS AND THE HEROIC PERSON IS NOT THE
ONE WHO SINS, BUT THE ONE WHO CAN CONTROL HIMSELF OR HERSELF,
AND DO GOOD THINGS TOO. I TOLD YOU EARLIER IN THIS LETTER THAT
I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU HONEST AND CARING ADVICE AND I HAVE
DONE SO. DON�T FORGET THAT I MYSELF WAS SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN AND
EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD AT ONE TIME, TOO [I AM NOW THIRTY-SIX] AND
I DIDN�T, ALHAMDOLILLAH, DO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. SO YOU
CANNOT SAY TO ME THAT YOU ARE YOUNG OR THAT TIMES HAVE
CHANGED. THESE WOULD ALL BE EXCUSES. LIFE NEVER CHANGES
BECAUSE YOU LIFE YOUR LIFE AND HAVE TO DIE. THEN YOU HAVE A
LIFE IN THE GRAVE AND CAN BE PUNISHED IN THE GRAVE. THEN THE
DAY OF JUDGEMENT WILL COME AFTER THE DEAD RISE UP FROM THE
GRAVES, AND THEN ALLAH ALMIGHTY WILL JUDGE EACH PERSON. PARTS
OF YOUR BODY THEMSELVES WILL TELL ALLAH WHAT THEY USED TO DO!
I PUT THE LOVE TAWEEZ IN THE BOOKLET BECAUSE PURE LOVE DOES
NOT INVOLVE SIN. IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOVE A PERSON, BUT DO NOT
EVEN TELL HIM OR HER! ALLAH HAS OFTEN MADE ME FALL IN LOVE
WITH MANY GIRLS, BUT I HAVE NOT TOLD THEM OR USED THAT AS AN
EXCUSE TO MAKE THEM INTO GIRLFRIENDS. THAT IS BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT IF I DO GOOD THINGS, I CAN HAVE THEM IN PARADISE ANYWAY,
SINCE YOU CAN HAVE WHAT YOU WANT IN JANNAT. SO I SHALL BE
PATIENT AND WAIT. BY THE WAY, I AM MR X IN THE BOOK DREAMS IN
ISLAM. MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE SEEN MY WIVES IN
JANNAT IN THEIR HOLY DREAMS, SO I KNOW OUR ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY
IS CORRECT. I HAVE PROOF. MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALSO SEEN MY
PALACES IN PARADISE [TO READ THE PRAYER FOR A PLACE IN
PARADISE, SEE PAGE 24 OF THE BOOKLET]. ON PAGE 36 ARE TWO OF
MY OWN DREAMS. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU! THANK GOD YOU WROTE TO ME
AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW YOU THE RIGHT WAY. IF AT ANY TIME
YOU NEED MY HELP, THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
WRITE! I SHALL ALWAYS HELP YOU AS IF YOU WERE MY OWN SISTER.
ALLAH HAFIZ FOR NOW.
[102]
FROM AISHA FOZIA TO DR AZAM ON 11 SEPTEMBER
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF. I AM A PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED LADY WORKING AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND PAGE
COMPOSER. I HAVE COMPOSED THE HOLY QURAN [TRANSLATED BY M. M.
PIICKTHAL AND A. H. ELIYASEE] IN ENGLISH. I HAVE ALSO COMPOSED
THE HOLY QURAN TRANSLATED BY M. ASAD. I HAVE ALSO APPLIOED
DIACRITICAL MARKS FOR CORRECT ARABIC PRONUNCIATION. IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN SEEING MY WORK, I CAN SEND YOU A SAMPLE FILE.
NOW I HAVE STARTED A SMALL PUBLISHING COMPANY OF PRINTING
ISLAMIC BOOKS IN POCKET SIZE. I WANT TO PRINT SOME OF YOUR
ARTICLES WRITTEN ON ISLAM, HERE IN INDIA, WITH YOUR
PERMISSION. I WANT YOU TO SEND ME THE FILES IN ZIP FORMAT. ALL
YOUR DOWNLOADS ARE AVAILABLE IN EXE FORMAT WHICH MAY CONTAIN A
VIRUS, SOMETHING WHICH I AM VERY MUCH AFRAID OF. ONE MORE
THING, THERE IS A BOOK ENTITLED, DON�T BE SAD. DO YOU KNOW WHO
IS THE PUBLISHER OF THAT BOOK? WAITING FOR YOUR FAVOURABLE
RESPONSE. MY WEBSITE IS: http://www.geocities.com/islamikitabghar/
FROM
DR AZAM TO AISHA ON 13 SEPTEMBER
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUGGESTION THAT THE
DOWNLOADS ON MY SITE SHOULD BE IN ZIP OR WORD FORMAT. A
PRIVATE COMPANY MAINTAINS MY SITE. I�LL ASK THEM TO MAKE THE
ZIP FACILITY AVAILABLE. SORRY TO SAY, I HAVEN�T EVEN HEARD OF
THE BOOK YOU MENTION � DON�T BE SAD. SO I DEFINITELY DON�T
KNOW WHO THE AUTHOR IS. I AM VERY SYMPATHETIC TO YOU BECAUSE
OF YOUR PHYSICAL HANDICAP. YES, I GRANT YOU PERMISSION TO
PRINT AND SELL MY WORKS, ANY OR ALL OF THEM, ACCORDING TO THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1.] LET ME KNOW EVERY TIME YOU PRINT MY
WORK: A] THE TITLE AND B] THE QUANTITY 2] AT THE END OF EVERY
CALENDAR MONTH, LET ME KNOW HOW MANY COPIES OF EACH BOOK HAVE
BEEN SOLD, LISTING PUBLIC BODIES, UNIVERSITIES, FOR EXAMPLE 3]
WE MAY REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT IN THE FUTURE. IT WILL, OF
COURSE, BE PLEASING FOR ME IF BROTHER OR SISTER MUSLIMS IN
INDIA CAN BENEFIT FROM MY WORK AND IF CERTAIN HINDUS CAN
ABANDON POLYTHEISM AND BECOME
BELIEVERS
FROM
AISHA TO DR AZAM ON 15 SEPTEMBER
2003
RESPECTED
BROTHER UMAR AZAM, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
GIVING ME THE RIGHTS TO PUBLISH YOUR ARTICLES. JAZAKALLAH.
WHAT I NEED NOW IS FOR YOU TO SEND ME THE FILES IN ZIP FORMAT
OF WORD DOCUMENT SO THAT I CAN GO THROUGH THE MATTER AND MAKE
IT READY FOR PUBLISHING PURPOSES. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
ARTICLES APART FROM THOSE ON �DREAMS�, RELATED TO ISLAM, YOU
CAN SEND THOSE ALSO TO ME.
[103]
FROM GRAHAM STRINGER MP MANCHESTER BLACKLEY, HOUSE OF COMMONS,
LONDON SW1 OAA TO DR AZAM ON 8 JUNE
1998
DEAR
UMAR AZAM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF 4 MARCH. I�M SORRY
THAT YOU HAVE NOT HAD AN EARLIER REPLY. I HAVE NOTED YOUR
VIEWS ON KASHMIR. I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES BY
THE GOVERNMENT AIMED AT ENDING THE VIOLENCE AND THE SUFFERING
AND IN FAVOUR OF A JUST AND LASTING PEACE SETTLEMENT. THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR WRITING TO ME.
[104]
FROM MRS ZUBADA BEGUM, LONDON TO DR AZAM c. 1997 [TRANSLATED
FROM THE URDU]
MY
DEAR DOCTOR, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. MAY ALLAH GIVE YOU A LONG LIFE
AND MAY YOU ALWAYS BE PROSPEROUS. I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE, FOR WHICH I THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MAY GOD BLESS YOU, GUIDE YOU AND LIGHTEN YOUR PATH; MAY
GOD GIVE YOU BLESSINGS IN BOTH THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT. THE
PATH YOU HAVE CHOSEN, MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL THE WAY. I AM
SORRY I CANNOT WRITE IN ENGLISH. CAN YOU READ AND WRITE IN
URDU? I AM NOT VERY EDUCATED, THOUGH I CAN READ ABND WRITE A
LITTLE IN URDU. I SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION QUITE A LOT AND
THAT�S WHY I TOOK A LONG TIME TO ANSWER YOUR LETTER. I AM
FREQUENTLY UPSET AND I WORRY A LOT. NEXT WEEK I AM GOING TO
SEND YOU A POSTAL ORDER FOR �10. PLEASE USE IT FOR YOUR GOOD
WORK. INSHA�ALLAH, GOD WILL REWARD YOU FOR THIS GOOD
DEED.
ZUBEDA
WROTE A POEM IN URDU IN HONOUR OF DR AZAM AND HIS WORK [!] AND
A RATHER LOOSE ENGLISH TRANSLATION IS PRESENTED
BELOW:
THE
DEVOUT ONE [ONE CLOSE TO GOD] DOES NOT SUCCUMB TO THE THROES
OF MISFORTUNE;
AND
EVEN THE STAR THAT BREAKS APART DOES NOT [WILLINGLY] FALL TO
THE GROUND.
THE RIVERS [OF EARTH] ARE
DELIGHTED TO FALL INTO THE OCEAN;
BUT
THE OCEAN DOES NOT CARE TO FALL INTO ANY
RIVER.
[105]
FROM DR AZAM TO GOLDEN WONDER LTD., LEICS, ON 14 APRIL
1999
THANK
YOU FOR SENDING ME THE �PRODUCTS SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS�
LIST. I SHOWED THE INFORMATION TO THE SHOPKEEPER WHOM I
MENTIONED IN MY LAST LETTER. ALTHOUGH HE APPRECIATED YOUR
LIST, HE WAS SLIGHTLY CONFUSED: THE REASON FOR HIS UNCERTAINTY
IS THE SENTENCE, �ALL PRODUCTS SHOULD BE FREE OF ANY
INGREDIENT DERIVED FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS AND SHOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN TESTED ON ANIMALS�. MR AYUB POINTED OUT THAT
BOTH �CHEESY� AND �PRAWN COCKTAIL� WOTSITS, AND CHEESE
AND ONION RINGOS WERE NOT ON THE VEGETARIAN LIST [I
MYSELF CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRAWN COCKTAIL FLAVOUR MAY
INVOLVE SOME DERIVATIVE FROM PRAWNS, ALTHOUGH NOT NECESSARILY
SO.]. WERE THEY NOT ON THE LIST BECAUSE OF THEIR INGREDIENTS
OR BECAUSE OF ANIMAL TESTING? ALTHOUGH MUSLIMS DO NOT AGREE
WITH ANIMAL TESTING WHICH INVOLVES CRUELTY, I WOULD ASSUME
THAT, IN THE CASE OF YOUR FIRM, THE FLAVOURS WOULD BE
TRIED OUT ON THE ANIMALS! MUSLIMS COULD THEREFORE CONSUME SUCH
PRODUCTS, BUT NOT THOSE CONTAINING THE UNDESIRABLE
INGREDIENTS. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD CLARIFY THE
SITUATION.
[106]
FROM MASOOD KHAWAJA, PRESIDENT, THE HALAL FOOD
AUTHORITY, THE MUSLIM PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN, LONDON
TO DR AZAM ON 13 APRIL 1999
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF 9 APRIL WHICH ONLY
REACHED ME TODAY. I AM DELIGHTED TO LEARN THAT, AS A GOOD
MUSLIM, YOU ARE ENTHUSIASTIC TO SHARE AND JOIN IN OUR EFFORTS
TO PROVIDE MUSLIMS WITH HALAL MEAT AND FOOD-STUFFS ACCORDING
TO DEFINED SHARIAH RULES. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO KNOW
YOUR BACKGROUND, YOUR CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND THE TYPE OF WORK
YOU DO, SO THAT WE COULD ASSIGN YOU ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS TO
SERVE THE UMMAH AT LARGE. YOU MENTIONED THE FOOD STANDARDS
AGENCY. THE HALAL FOOD AUTHORITY HAS, EVER SINCE THE
PUBLICATION OF PROFESSOR PHILIP JAMES�S REPORT AND RELEASE OF
DRAFT LEGISLATION, WORKED AND LIASED WITH THE MINISTER AND THE
DEPARTMENT CONCERNED ON BEHALF OF MUSLIMS TO HAVE �HALAL�
DEFINITION INTERPOLATED IN THE STATUTE OF LAW. SOME OF OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS, PARTICULARLY ON GENETICALLY-MODIFIED FOOD AND
FOOD-LABELLING WILL, INSHA�ALLAH, BENEFIT THE MUSLIM UMMAH.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A LOT TO BE DONE. YOUR EXPERTISE WILL SURELY
BE OF AN ADVANTAGE AND SERVICE; PLEASE SEND A
REJOINDER.
[107]
CIRCULAR FROM DR. AZAM
TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS, MARCH
2005
Assalamu
Alaikum
FIRST
OF ALL, PLEASE PRAY FOR THE
SOULOF
MY RECENTLY DEPARTED [21 MARCH 2005] MOTHER! JAZAKALLAH
KHAIR!
I have
compiled an e-book called 'Prayers in
Islam'. The
book has duas in genuine
Arabic font, English translation and
transliteration, and is in full colour. To receive a free
copy, sent as a Microsoft
Word attachment, please send an e-mail
to: [email protected]
Once you
receive 'Prayers in Islam', you'll be able to print it
out, save it in your 'received' folder, and even send it
to your friends and relatives as an attachment too [there
is no
copyright!]. Dr
Umar* Apologies if you
have already requested, and received, PRAYERS IN
ISLAM
[108] CIRCULAR FROM DR.
AZAM TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS, MARCH
2005
Assalamu
AlaikumFIRST
OF ALL, PLEASE PRAY FOR THE
SOULOF
MY RECENTLY DEPARTED [21 MARCH 2005] MOTHER! JAZAKALLAH
KHAIR!
Thank you for
your request [REQ. NO. 3
5 0].
I''m
sending you 'Prayers in Islam' -which I have compiled
with great effort- as an attachment. [Please scroll
right to the bottom to see all the work.] You should
print out this copy and then save my message in your
'received' folder. You are then most welcome to send it
to your family and friends as an attachment with your own
mail [after transferring the 'Prayers in Islam' to the
'drafts' folder or the 'desktop' of your own
computer]. Because
there is no copyright, this e-book can be put on Islamic
websites.
In the meantime, please send me your comments on this work;
here are a few points you could
consider: a] Is
the work easy to read b] How can the work be useful. c] How
can it be improved?
d]
How can it be promoted?
If you like,
please ask your friends & relatives to request a copy and
leave the rest to me!
Dr
Umar BA PhD FRSA FRSSA
Please
see my Site: www.dr-umar-azam.com and sign my Guest Book with
your
honest and valuable comments.
NOTE:
One or two readers have told me that the Microsoft Word
'PRAYERS IN ISLAM' attachment which I have sent at times opens
in English only and, at other
times, opens in Arabic only. If you
experience this problem [in other words your computer browser
won't fully display the
attachment, then please feel free to download the reserve copy
of 'PRAYERS IN ISLAM' from my Site www.dr-umar-azam.com [it is one section of the
Site].
[109] CIRCULAR
FROM DR AZAM TO INDIVIDUALS NOT COMPLETING GUEST BOOK
ADEQUATELY, MARCH 2005
Assalamu
Alaikum, Please send in-depth comments on my Website
www.dr-umar-azam.com These
comments will be considered when planning new work. Would you
like me to send you a free copy of my e-book PRAYERS IN
ISLAM [which I am currently
distributing]?
[110] TO
SPEAKER PUBLICATIONS FROM DR AZAM, FEBRUARY
2005
Assalamu
Alaikum, Louisa Butt. I do want you to write an
article on it and am sending you one copy by electronic
mail. You can print it out if it is possible. But
if you still want me to send two copies on paper, I can manage
this. Please tell me if the e-mail copy is sufficient or
whether you need the material by Royal
Mail.
[111]
FROM
JEANETTE MUGHAL,
USA TO DR AZAM ON 4 JANUARY 2004
Asalamalaikum.
I got my download of your "Prayers in Islam". For
reverts and other Muslims who want to attain more knowledge,
this is a good reference for them. As an English
teacher or major, I would make improvements on your
presentation. There are too many highlights and
everything is in ALL CAPS (unless you are doing this for those
who are dyslexic, this format is too overwhelming).
Please don't take it personally. I am a sister to you. I
have been asked by one of our local masjids to format a
lecture series for them. I am attaching the flyer I
recently sent or handed out locally. Of course, we will
start out on the life of the Prophet (S), etc. I would
appreciate any suggestions; and if possible, invite you to
come and make any presentations, Inshaallah. Please
contact Dr. Abdullah, if interested, Insha'Allah.
Tawakaltu'Allah.
FROM DR AZAM TO
JEANETTE ON 5 JANUARY 2005
THANKS FOR
INVITING ME. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY PLEASURE TO MAKE A
PRESENTATION BUT I AM IN THE UK FOR THE TIME BEING. I
WOULD SUGGEST YOU USE MY 'PHILOSOPHY OF ISLAM' ON MY SITE
WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM AND ANY OTHER
MATRIAL ON THERE.
[112] FROM FAITH
TO DR AZAM ON 25 DECEMBER 2004
JazakAllah for
sending PRAYERS IN ISLAM. Yes, it's Masha'Allah good worK but
avoid the use of so many colours. It is easy to read but
instead of using hightlight colors use some light colored
backgrounds. You can publish it in book form too and how about
also making it in acrobat reader format too! In our to
promote,well for this reason you can advertise and also send
in some islamic groups. Isent this earlier in islam4all and in
a few other groups. But try to send it whereever it's
possible. JazakAllah
[113] FROM
SANA WAHAB TO DR AZAM ON 26 DECEMBER
2004
Walaikum Salam
! Thank you so much for giving me your valuable
asset ! Indeed, Mashallah .. beautiful work. I will
surely pass it on to my friends and family.. thank you once
again!Jazakallah ! Best regards.
[114] FROM
HUSAINALI DHARAMSI TO DR AZAM ON 15 JANUARY
2005
Assalamu
Alaikum. I need more time to study the material
downloaded from your site and the PRAYERS IN ISLAM which you
sent me. It is all excellent work - real and honest hard work
and may Allah reward you for the same. Please keep it up as
there are lots of misguiding web sites .
[115] FROM
ZULKIFLI NAZIM TO DR AZAM ON 27 JANUARY
2005
My Dearest
Brother Dr. Azam, Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmathullaahi Wa
Barakaathuhu.Your response has been quite fast. May Allah
reward you and your family for an excellent, useful and worthy
job done. I have saved this in a special folder of mine and
Insha Allah I will try my best to send it to people to whom it
will be of real use. You have taken quite a lot of trouble and
spent quite a lot of time as well. "Every atom of good
you do you will receive your reward (Surah Zilzal). Please be
in touch. Wassalaam.
[116]
FROM ASSAD BAHEER TO DR AZAM ON 4 APRIL
200R
Aslaamu
Alaikum. May Allah bless you for your time and
generosity. It is highly appreciated. Thank you very much for
a copy of prayer and your permission to put it in my up-coming
web site. Please, keep up the good work. Allah bless you and
your family,
Inshallah.
Wasalama
[117] FROM
AMEERA TO DR AZAM ON 4 APRIL 2005
Assalamu
Alaikum. JazakAllah for sendi.ng me a copy of your book and
Insha'Allah it will benefit us all.
Jazakallah.
[118]
FROM FAYYAZ S. PATHAN, MUMBAI, INDIA TO DR AZAM ON 6 APRIL
2005
I
AM VERY MUCH DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT A KEEN INTEREST IS TAKEN BY
YOU MY BROTHER,TO ANSWER MY QUERIES. WHAT IS ASTONISHING TO
NOTE THAT IN OUR COUNTRY ULEMAS ARE INACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMON
MUSLIM MAN. SOME SHARE A PLATFORM ONLY WITH THE RICH AND THE
FAMOUS, WHEREAS SOME UNNECESSARILY CREATE CONTROVERSIES,
GIVING A BAD NAME AND SHAPE TO THE RELIGION. MAY ALLAH GIVE
YOU A VERY LONG AGE AND ALWAYS KEEP YOU HAPPY, HALE AND
HEARTY, SO YOU CAN SERVE THE COMMUNITY. ALLAH
HAFIZ.
[119] FROM DR
AZAM TO ABDUL WAHID SAIT ON 7 APRIL
2005
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM, WAHID. THANKS
FOR REQUESTING MY PRAYERS IN ISLAM
[REQ NO 3 4 7]. TODAY I TRIED
TO SEND YOU 'PRAYERS IN ISLAM' ATTACHMENT, BUT YOUR
MAILBOX IS TOO FULL FOR THE 543K OF MATERIAL WHICH I
SENT. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SEND THE PRAYERS AGAIN OR CAN
YOU PRINT OUT THE RELEVANT SECTION FROM MY WEBSITE
WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM
?
FROM
ABDUL TO DR AZAM ON 7 APRIL 2005
JAZAKALLAH
FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. I HAVE CLEARED OUT QUITE A BIT
FROM MY MAILBOX. PLEASE TRY TO SEND IT NOW. IN ADVANCE,
JAZAKALLAH.
[120] FROM DR
AZAM TO ZUBAIR ON 29 DECEMBER
2004
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON MY WORK PRAYERS IN
ISLAM, ZUBAIR. ONE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WHEN INQUIRING OF
THE SOURCES OF ISLAMIC PRAYERS, BUT NOT OVERLY CAUTIOUS
AS IN YOUR CASE � GLORIFYING ALLAH MOST HIGH ALWAYS CARRIES
REWARD! ALSO, THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] HAS ADVISED THAT WE
SHOULD ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MIDDLE PATH AND NOT GO TO EXTREMES.
I�VE HAD 92 REQUESTS FOR PRAYERS IN ISLAM IN 41 DAYS! I�M
DISTRIBUTING MY WORK THOROUGHLY, SO I�M NOT TOO BOTHERED IF
YOU DISTRIBUTE IT OR NOT.
[121]
FROM HAFIZ MUHAMMED IMRAN KHAN TO DR AZAM ON 21 APRIL
2005
Asalamualikum
Dear respecatble Dr. Sahib. I am sure you will be
fine with the Mercy and the Blessings of Allah Taala. I am Hafiz Muhammad
Imran Khan, from Lahore, Pakistan, and I am Imam in the mosque
here,
Alhamdulilah,
I have done Masters in 3 subjects, Arabic, Islamic
studies, and health and physical education. Sir, I want to do a
Ph.D in Islamic
Studies. I want that you please guide me in this
way, About the topic, and if you live in Pakistan, than please
also tell me. I
will be very thankful to you, And Allah Taala will give u the
best jaza for that .
Wassalam.
Hafiz Muhammad
Imran Khan M.A. Arabic. M.A. Islamic studies. M.A. Physical
Education. B.Ed., LLB.
Islamic Sharia
law.
FROM
DR AZAM TO HAFIZ IMRAN ON 21 APRIL
2005
WA
LAIKUM SALAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING ME FOR ADVICE;
WILL YOU PLEASE DIRECT YOUR ENQUIRY TO THE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF
THE MUSLIM PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN. PLEASE USE THE
FOLLOWING URL:
http://muslimparliament.org.uk/education.htm
[122]
FROM ANONYMOUS TO DR AZAM ON 9 SEPTEMBER
1997
DEAR
DR UMAR AZAM, I READ YOUR PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE, WHICH I FOUND VERY INTERESTING AND
HELPFUL. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER YOU COULD ANSWER SOME
QUESTIONS FOR ME. THE TAWEEZ FROM PANJSURAH SHARIF, WHAT
ARE THE BENEFITS OF WEARING THEM? CAN YOU ALSO GET TAWEEZ TO
CORRECT SHORT SIGHT, PREVENT TOOTH DECAY AND GUM DISEASE AND
CLEAR DECAYED TEETH AND HEAL SWOLLEN GUMS? FINALLY, IS THERE
ONE TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY? IF THERE ARE SUCH TAWEEZ, PLEASE
CAN YOU SEND THEM TO ME. ARE WOMEN ALLOWED TO GO TO GRAVEYARDS
TO VISIT RELATIVES' GRAVES? I READ IN AKHBAR-E-JEHAN THAT
WOMEN SHOULDN'T GO, AS IT'S AGAINST ISLAM. AND DO HORSES PULL
DEAD BODIES? I WILL BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU ANSWER THESE
QUESTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. P.S. COULD YOU SEND ME A PRICE
LIST AND NAMES OF OTHER ISLAMIC BOOKS -
THANKS.
FROM
DR AZAM TO ANJUM ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1997
THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LETTER. I WANT PEOPLE TO BUY PANJSURAH SHAREEF,
WHICH IS WHY I HAVE NOT WRITTEN WHAT REWARD YOU GET. AN
EXAMPLE OF SUCH REWARD IS THAT THE PERSON WHO READS THE DUAS
WILL ALWAYS BE BLESSED BY ALLAH ALMIGHTY, AND HE/SHE WILL GET
SUCCESS IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT. TO GET IMPORTANT
TAWEEZ, GET PROPHETIC
MEDICAL SCIENCES, OR ROOHANI
TAWEEZAT,PUBLISHED BY SHABBIR
BROTHERS, LAHORE. I SHOULD THINK THAT WOMEN ARE ALLOWED
TO GO TO GRAVEYARDS IF THEY DRESS SUITABLY AND OBSERVE THE
HIJAB
[BUT SOME SAY THAT WOMEN SHOULD NOT GO BECAUSE SUCH VISITS
COULD BE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBING].
[123]
FROM DR AZAM TO THE LIBRARIAN, MIDDLESBOROUGH CENTRAL LIBRARY,
UK ON 31 DECEMBER 1998
DEAR
LIBRARIAN, I HAVE NOT YET BEEN PAID FOR DREAMS IN ISLAM, THE
BOOK WHICH WAS SENT IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, NOR HAS THE
RECEIPT OF THE BOOK BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED, DESPITE TWO REMINDERS
FROM ME - BY POST AND BY TELEPHONE. THE BOOK WAS SENT TO
REPLACE THE COPY WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE MISSING FROM THE
SHELVES OF MIDDLESBOROUGH CENTRAL LIBRARY. PLEASE FIND BELOW
THE INVOICE FOR THE REPLACEMENT COPY IN
QUESTION:
INVOICE:
FROM: DR UMAR AZAM, PO BOX 39, MANCHESTER M16
8UA
TO: THE LIBRARIAN, MIDDLESBOROUGH CENTRAL LIBRARY, VICTORIA
SQUARE.
1 [ONE] COPY OF DREAMS IN ISLAM BY DR UMAR AZAM, DORRANCE
PUBLISHING CO. INC, PENNSYLVANIA, USA, 1992 [ISBN 08059
32526], HARDBACK, NON-FICTION, 150 PAGES.
EIGHT POUNDS NINETY-FIVE PENCE ONLY [#8.95], POSTAGE
FREE[SIGNED]
...................................................DR UMAR
AZAM
[124]
FROM DR AZAM TO THE HEADTEACHER, WALTER ST PRIMARY SCOOL,
BRIERFIELD, LANCS, UK ON 21 JANUARY
1999
DEAR
STEPHANIE SMITH, I AM WRITING TO THANK YOU VERY SINCERELY FOR
SPECIALLY INVITING ME TO YOUR SCHOOL'S EID ASSEMBLY NEXT WEEK.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO ATTEND AND I HAVE 'PHONED TO CONFIRM
THIS, ALTHOUGH I DID MAKE MRS SHAKILA RASUL [YOUR MEMBER OF
STAFF WHO READ MY PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE
BOOKLET] AWARE THAT I AM NOT IN THE BEST OF HEALTH NOWADAYS
AND MAY BECOME TOO ILL TO ATTEND. I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE
MADE ME AWARE THAT MY RESEARCH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS
ASSEMBLY; IT WILL GIVE ME GREAT PLEASURE TO SEE MY WORK BEING
USED IN THIS WAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN. TO
EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR YOUR AND MRS RASUL'S KIND THOUGHT, I
AM PRESENTING PHOTOCOPIED SHEETS OF THE ORIGINS AND MEANINGS
OF MUSLIM NAMES; I HOPE THEY WILL BE USEFUL IN YOUR
EVERYDAY INTERACTION WITH PUPILS OF THES
NAMES.
[125] FROM DR
AZAM TO THE COLLEGE LIBRARIAN, BURNLEY COLLEGE, LANCS, UK
ON 23 OCTOBER 1998
DEAR MRS
MAUREEN SHARPLEY, IT WAS VERY PLEASING TO MEET YOU AT THE
COLLEGE LIBRARY YESTERDAY. I HAVE VISITED A NUMBER OF COLLEGES
IN THE NORTH-WEST, YORKSHIRE AND THE MIDLANDS, AND FEEL THAT
THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF BURNLEY COLLEGE ARE, AS A RULE,
FRIENDLIER AND MORE EASY-GOING THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS AT
OTHER COLLEGES. SUCH KINDNESS TO VISITORS CAN ONLY
PRESENT A POSITIVE IMAGE OF
YOUR ESTABLISHMENT TO THESE VISITORS! THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ORDER FOR MY BOOK DREAMS IN ISLAM, WHICH I
LEFT WITH YOU YESTERDAY; THE INVOICE WHICH YOU REQUESTED IS
ENCLOSED HEREWITH. YOU MADE AN EXCELLENT POINT YESTERDAY -
THAT THE BOOK IS USEFUL BECAUSE IT CONTAINS NEW KNOWLEDGE,
STUFF NOT PUBLISHED BEFORE. THAT IS PRECISELY CORRECT AND
EXPLAINS WHY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE BOOK HSAS BEEN WELL-USED
IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR DEALING WITH ME IN THIS MATTER; I AWAIT OFFICIAL PAYMENT.
YOU MAY BE SURE THAT, AFTER MY VISIT YESTERDAY, I LEFT
WITH A FAVOURABLE IMPRESSION OF BURNLEY
COLLEGE!
[126]
FROM MARIAM, LEICESTER, UK TO DR AZAM ON 12 APRIL
2005
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM WA REHMETULLAH WA BARAKATUHU. YOUR SITE IS REALLY NICE
AND MAY ALLAH GIVE YOU REWARD FOR YOUR GOOD DEEDS IN DOING
THIS WORK. I WANTED TO FIND OUT THE ENGLISH MEANING OF THE
SEVEN HAIKELS FROM PANJSURAH SHARIF, SO IF YOU HAVE GOT THE
TRANSLATION, CAN YOU PLEASE E-MAIL IT TO ME AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, BROTHER, AND I HOPE ALLAH TA�ALA IS PROUD
OF YOUR WORK.
FROM
DR AZAM TO MARIAM BHATTI ON 13 APRIL
2005
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, MIRIAM.
THANK YOU FOR SIGNING MY GUESTBOOK
WWW.DR-UMAR-AZAM.COM WITH
YOUR WONDERFUL, ENCOURAGING COMMENTS. I'M AFRAID I DON'T HAVE
THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE
SEVEN
HAIKALS.
IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO WRITE TO THE PUBLISHERS OF
PANJSURA
SHAREEF
AND SUGGEST TO THEM THE NEED TO INCLUDE A TRANSLATION IN
THE NEXT EDITION; PERHAPS YOU COULD FIND THE TIME TO DO THIS
YOURSELF. FROM MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF ARABIC, THE VERSES ARE
SAYING THINGS LIKE THE SOUL MUST WORSHIP ONLY ALLAH MOST HIGH,
THE SUPREME; ONLY ALLAH AND HIS PROPHET [PBUH] KNOW WHAT IS
BEYOND THE SIDRAT-UL-MUNTAHA
[THE LOTE TREE] WHICH THE PROPHET [PBUH] WENT PAST ON THE
MIRAJ
KI RAAT.
CAN YOU TELL
YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS AT REGENT COLLEGE ABOUT MY
WEBSITE? WOULD YOU
LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR PERSONAL COPY OF MY E-BOOK 'PRAYERS IN
ISLAM'? PLEASE REPLY AND I'LL POST A
MICROSOFT
WORD ATTACHMENT
DIRECT TO YOUR MAILBOX
[127]
FROM ANYMOUS, USA TO DR AZAM ON 18 DECEMBER
2004
DEAR
BROTHER, IN THE QURAN, THE FATHER OF THE PROPHET YUSUF [A.S.]
ADVISED HIM NOT TO TELL HIS DREAM TO HIS BROTHERS. IT IS
BETTER TO KEEP [RELIGIOUS] DREAMS INSIDE YOUR HEART, OR SHARE
THEM ONLY WITH PEOPLE YOU LOVE AND TRUST THE MOST. TRUE DREAMS
ARE REVEALED FOR YOU AND ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED TO
ALL WEB READERS. MAY GOD BLESS
YOU.
[128]
FROM ALHAJI SHETIMA MOHAMMED, MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA TO DR AZAM ON
22 DECEMBER 2004
THIS
IS ONE OF THE BEST ISLAMIC SITES I�VE VISITED. IT MADE ME
PROUD AND HAPPY TO BE A MUSLIM, WHICH IN TURN MADE ME VERY
GRATEFUL TO ALMIGHTY ALLAH, FOR HE HAS GUIDED ME AND BLESSED
ME BY CREATING ME ESPECIALLY AS A MUSLIM. MY ADVICE TO ALL THE
MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD IS THAT THEY SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF THEIR
DUTIES TO ALLAH BY ABIDING BY THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF
ISLAM. IT WILL BE A GREAT LOSS TO ANY MUSLIM TO END UP IN THE
HELL-FIRE AFTER THE BOUNTIES HE HAS BEEN BESTOWED WITH FOR
BEING A MUSLIM. YOUR LETTER TO NON-MUSLIMS ATTRACTED ME SO
MUCH THAT I INVITED MY NON-MUSLIM FRIENDS TO READ IT AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF PRINTING IT, DOWNLOADING IT AND EVEN ADDING IT
ONTO THEIR OWN WEBSITES. MAY THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH BLESS THIS
WORK OF YOURS WITH
JANNAT-AL-FIRDAUS.
[129]
FROM TAQWA, LOS ANGELES, USA TO DR AZAM ON 15 APRIL
2005
YOUR
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ADVICE BOOKLET WAS REALLY GOOD. WHAT DOES A
DREAM THAT YOU ARE HANDED A SWORD
MEAN?
FROM
DR AZAM TO TAQWA ON 22 APRIL
2005
GENERALLY,
A SWORD SYMBOLISES THE WIELDING OF POWER. �RECEIVING AN
UNSHEATHED SWORD AND LIFTING IT ABOVE THE HEAD [BUT NOT
STRIKING WITH IT]� SYMBOLISES THAT THE DREAMER �WILL WIELD
SUCH POWER AS WILL MAKE HIM POPULAR, OR ELSE HE WILL FATHER A
VERY BEAUTIFUL GIRL�. IBN SIREEN, p. 127 �WIELDING AN
UNSHEATHED SWORD� MEANS THAT �HE WILL SPEAK OUT FREELY AGAINST
PEOPLE AND THEIR AFFAIRS� Ibid.
p.127
[130]
FROM KHURAM HUSSAIN, RHODESWAY SCHOOL, BRADFORD, UK TO DR AZAM
ON 1 MAY 2004
THANK
YOU. IT IS YOU WHO HAS OPENED MY EYES AS TO HOW I SHOULD ACT
TOWARDS MY FELLOW MUSLIM BROTHERS AND NON-MUSLIMS ALIKE �
BECAUSE OF YOUR WEB SITE, MOST OF MY SINFUL WAYS HAVE DIED
DOWN. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
[131]
FROM YASIR TARABICHI, ITHACA, USA TO DR AZAM ON 3 APRIL
2005
UPON
READING YOUR RUSHDIE�S SATANIC VERSES: AN ISLAMIC
RESPONSE I FEAR THAT I FEEL MUCH IS LACKING. YOUR
�RESPONSE� IS NOT TRULY A �RESPONSE� �BUT RATHER THE
EXHIBITION OF YOUR AND ALL MUSLIMS� FRUSTRATIONS TOWARDS
RUSHDIE�S BOOK [AND RIGHTFULLY SO]. WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS A
RESPONSE IN THE SENSE OF A REBUTTAL, AS I AM SURE THAT YOU
KNOW THAT MANY CHRISTIAN WEBSITES ANSWERING OUR RELIGION
PROVIDE SEEMINGLY CONCRETE VIEWS CONCERNING THE SATANIC
VERSES. THEREFORE, WE MUST FIGHT BACK WITH EVEN MORE
LOGICAL CLAIMS INSTEAD OF CONDEMNING CERTAIN GROUPS AND
INDIVIDUALS WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF UNPROVEN CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
JAZAKALLAH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORT.
[132]
FROM ANONYMOUS TO DR AZAM ON 16 NOVEMBER
2004
I
DIDN�T LOOK MUCH ON THIS SITE, BUT I WAS INTERESTED IN YOUR
ARTICLE ON PALESTINE AND WHAT YOU SAID AND DIDN�T SAY
ABOUT THE PALESTINIANS. PERHAPS THE ISRAELIS HAVE KILLED
PEOPLE UNNESCESSARILY [DID I SPELL THAT RIGHT?] BUT HOW MANY
INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE THE PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS KILLED? HOW
MANY LIVES HAVE THE BOMBINGS ON THE SCHOOLBUSSES CLAIMED? HOW
MANY, AND HOW MANY MORE? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE ISRAELIS DO?
YOU SAY A GENOCIDE, BUT IS THAT SO FAR FROM WHAT THE
PALESTINIANS ARE DOING TO THEM, WHAT THE INQUISITION TRIED TO
DO, WHAT HITLER AND THE NAZIS TRIED TO DO? YOU SAY WE RAIL ON
ABOUT HITLER BUT, IF WE DO, WE ONLY DO SO TO MAKE SURE IT
DOESN�T HAPPEN AGAIN, TO ENSURE THAT 65 MILLION CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES ARE NOT CLAIMED AGAIN. ALL THE ISRAELIS ARE TRYING
TO DO IS DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY, NOT TO MENTION THEIR LIVES.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN THEIR PLACE?
[133]
FROM KHALID SAEED TO DR AZAM ON 4 JANUARY
2005
JANAB
DR UMAR AZAM SAHIB, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. I HOPE YOU ARE DOING
WELL. I APOLOGISE FOR MY LATE REPLY; I WAS ON THE ROAD MOST OF
THE TIME AND DID NOT GET THE CHANCE TO GET BACK TO YOU SOONER.
SINCE I HAD PROMISED THAT I WOULD GIVE YOU MY COMMENTS,
THEREFORE I DID VISIT ALMOST ALL OF YOUR WEB SITE.
MASHA�ALLAH, YOU HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON IT AND IT HAS A
WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND ADVICE PROVIDED FOR THE
READER. I LIVE IN THE USA AND WE ARE A MUCH NEWER MUSLIM
COMMUNITY HERE THAN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN ENGLAND. WE ARE
EXPERIENCING ISSUES RELATED TO THE FIRST, SECOND AND NOW THIRD
GENERATION PROBLEMS OF MUSLIMS GROWING UP IN THE WEST. EVEN
THOUGH ALL OF US NEED GUIDANCE AND KNOWLEDGE, YET I AM VERY
HAPPY TO KNOW THAT YOU STARTED THIS WEB SITE WITH THE YOUNGER
GENERATION IN MIND, AS YOU STATE: ALTHOUGH
THIS SITE WAS ORIGINALLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE DISSEMINATION
OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF MUSLIMS,
[AS WELL AS TO THOSE WHO ARE OLDER], IT HAS BEEN OF INTEREST
TO NON-MUSLIMS AS WELL AS MUSLIMS SO FAR � AND THIS HAS BEEN
AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT.
WE NEED TO KEEP ON
DEVELOPING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE PRACTICAL DAILY
PROBLEMS FACING MUSLIM YOUTH AND MUSLIM FAMILIES IN THIS
CONSTANTLY-CHANGING WORLD. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU FOR ALL YOUR
EFFORTS. BEST REGARDS KHALID SAEED www.amuslimvoice.org
�Don�t
pretend to be religious, be religious from the heart. Only
Allah knows how religious you are.� www.dr-umar-azam.com/islam_younger_generation.htm
[134]
FROM NUMAAN KHAWAJA TO DR AZAM ON 5 NOVEMBER
2003
ASSALAMU
ALAIKUM. I DON�T HAVE A PANJSURAH SHAREEF. CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE
ME THE REFERENCE OF THE DAROOD TAJ. JAZAKALLAH
KHAIR.
FROM
DR AZAM TO NUMAAN ON 7 NOVEMBER
2003
WA
LAIKUM SALAM, NUMAAN. YOU REALLY MUST BUY A COPY OF PANJSURAH
SHAREEF; IT IS ABSOLUTELY PACKED WITH AUTHENTIC, VERY
IMPORTANT, PRACTICAL ISLAMIC RITUALS AND RELIGIOUS
INFORMATION!
MAJOR ISLAMIC BOOKSHOPS STOCK IT, OR MUST BE ABLE TO
IMORT IT! IN
COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR REQUEST, I AM SENDING YOU THE HADITH
PERTAINING TO THE BENEFITS OF THE DAROOD
TAJ:
IN
ORDER TO STEAL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PROPHET [PBUH] IN A
DREAM, ONE OUGHT TO RECITE DAROOD TAJ ON ELEVEN FRIDAY NIGHTS
CONSECUTIVELY AND THOSE, TOO, ON THE ADVANCING STAGES OF THE
MOON. THE PREREQUISITES OF THE RECITATION OF THE DAROOD ARE AS
BELOW: 1. MAKE WUDHU 2. PUT ON CLEAN, SCENTFUL CLOTHES 3. FACE
THE QIBLA AND RECITE DAROOD TAJ 170 TIMES AND THEN GO
TO BED. FOR THE SANCTITY OF THE SOUL, ONE SHOULD RECITE DAROOD
TAJ SEVEN TIMES AFTER THE FAJR PRAYER AND THREE TIMES EACH
AFTER BOTH THE ASR PRAYER AND THE ISHA PRAYER, EVERY DAY. AND
FOR OVERCOMING THE CRUEL RULERS AND THE ENEMIES, AND TO COME
OUT OF MISERY OR POVERTY, ONE SHOULD RECITE DAROOD TAJ FOR
FORTY DAYS CONTINUOUSLY, FORTY-ONE TIMES EACH DAY. ONE WHO
WISHES TO TRANSFORM POVERTY TO ABUNDANCE, HE/SHE MUST MAKE IT
A ROUTINE TO REVISE DAROOD TAJ SEVEN TIMES EVERY DAY AFTER THE
FAJR PRAYER
[135]
FROM DR AZAM TO KEN ASHTON, TUTOR, MORRIS COLLEGE OF
JOUNALISM, WEYBRIDGE, SURREY ON 3 NOVEMBER
1998
DEAR
KEN, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR TUTORING ME THROUGH THE FREELANCE
JOURNALISM COURSE; I HAVE LEARNT A GREAT DEAL. IN RECENT
WEEKS, I HAVE FELT ELATED ON TWO OCCASIONS: FIRST, WHEN MY
DIPLOMA ARRIVED AND, THEN, WHEN I WAS SENT MY MEDIA PASS! IT
IS NOT OFTEN THAT I FEEL HAPPY; NORMALLY I AM WORKING VERY
HARD AND AM UNDER STRESS! THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS [R.S.A.]
HAVE ASKED ME WHY I WISH TO APPLY FOR FELLOWSHIP AND I HAVE
GIVEN MY REASONS: THAT IT WILL BE PRESTIGIOUS, AND OF HELP TO
ME IN MY CAREER
AIMS � I MAY GO
INTO FREELANCE JOURNALISM OR OTHER MEDIA WORK IN THE FUTURE. I
WILL BE GRATEFUL IF YOU SUPPLY THE R.S.A. WITH A REFERENCE ON
ME WHEN THEY WRITE TO YOU, CONFIRMING THAT YOU HAVE
TUTORED ME THROUGH THE BRITISH FREELANCE JOURNALISM COURSE AND
THAT I HAVE BEEN AWARDED A DIPLOMA BY THE MORRIS COLLEGE OF
JOURNALISM AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING IT! WILL YOU PLEASE
WRITE BACK TO ME TO CONFIRM THAT THE R.S.A. MAY
APPROACH YOU FOR A REFERENCE. ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR YOUR
EXCELLENT GUIDANCE DURING THE COURSE. BEST
REGARDS.
[136]
FROM MALIK ABDUL ROUF, MANAGING PARTNER, MALIK SIRAJUDDIN &
SONS, PUBLISHERS, LAHORE, PAKISTAN TO DR AZAM ON 8 DECEMBER
1997
THIS
REFERS TO YOUR LETTER DATED 2 DECEMBER 1997, ALONG WITH THE
MANUSCRIPT VISION OF PARADISE BY ZAHEER AZAM. WE WOULD LIKE TO
INFORM YOU THAT WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO PUBLISH A NEW BOOK
AT PRESENT. WE CAN PRINT AND SELF-PUBLISH THIS MANUSCRIPT FOR
YOU. IF THE PROPOSAL SUITS YOU, THEN PLEASE SEND US A DRAFT
FOR 100/00 B/STG. FAVOURING M/S MALIK SIRAJUDDIN & SONS.
WE WILL PRINT 1000 COPIES AND DESPATCH THE SAME AT YOUR
ADDRESS.
[137]
FROM MALIK ABDUL ROUF, MANAGING PARTNER, MALIK SIRAJUDDIN &
SONS, PUBLISHERS, LAHORE, PAKISTAN TO DR AZAM ON 15 JANUARY
1998
WE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER DATED 6 JANUARY 1998, INFORMING US
OF SENDING US A DRAFT FOR POUNDS 100/00 B/STG FOR PRINTING OF
VISION OF PARADISE. THE REPLY IS PARA WISE FOR YOUR
PERUASAL: 1.
BOOKLET WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN 120 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF
POUNDS 100/00 B/STG 2] 1000 COPIES
WILL BE SENT TO YOUR ADDRESS OR ON ADDRESSES WHICH YOU WOULD
INFORM 3]
IF YOU WANT TO SELL THIS BOOKLET, YOU WILL HAVE TO ADVERTISE
AND SEND A CIRCULAR ABOUT THE BOOKLET TO OUR CUSTOMERS THROUGH
US 4]
BINDING WILL BE STICHED AND PAPERBACK 5] PROOFS WILL
BE SENT TO YOU FOR CORRECTION AND THE BOOKLET WILL BE
COMPLETED AFTER THE RECEIPT OF CORRECTED PROOFS FROM YOU.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
SOON.
FROM
DR AZAM TO MALIK SIRAJUDDIN & SONS ON 29 JANUARY
1998
I
HAVE PLEASURE IN SENDING YOU A BANK DRAFTS FOR POUNDS 100/00
STG FOR THE PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT OF 1000 COPIES OF VISION
OF PARADISE, COMPILED BY ZAHEER AZAM. I NOW LEAVE THE
PRODUCTION MATTERS IN THE HANDS OF YOUR COMPANY AND PLEASE
WRITE TO ME AT THE [ABOVE] PO BOX ADDRESS WHENEVER
REQUIRED.
FROM
MALIK ABDUL ROUF, MANAGING PARTNER, MALIK SIRAJUDDIN &
SONS, PUBLISHERS, LAHORE, PAKISTAN TO DR AZAM ON 1 APRIL
1999
ALHAMDOLILLAH,
THE VISION OF PARADISE BOOKLET HAS BEEN PRINTED. A SPECIMEN
COPY IS BEING AIR MAILED TO YOU FOR YOUR PERUSAL. KINDLY
ARRANGE TO SEND US ANOTHER DRAFT OF �50/00 B/STG AS DESPATCH
EXPENSES FOR SENDING THE PACKETS OF 1000 COPIES OF VISION OF
PARADISE TO YOUR GOODSELF. WE HAVE RECEIVED ONLY �100/00 B/STG
FOR THE COST OF THE BOOKS.
FROM
DR AZAM TO MALIK SIRAJUDDIN & SONS ON 14 APRIL
1999
I
AM IN RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER DATED 1 APRIL 1999 AND A SPECIMEN
COPY OF VISION OF PARADISE. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU
SEVERAL WAYS IN WHICH I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN MY DEALING
WITH YOU:
1] I PAID A BANK DRAFT OF �150 IN 1997, BUT YOU SAY YOU
ONLY RECEIVED �100 AND THAT NOW YOU NEED ANOTHER �50! 2] YOU TOLD ME
IN 1997 THAT THE BOOKLET WOULD BE READY IN THE SUMMER OF 1998,
BUT IT IS READY IN THE SUMMER OF 1999 3] THE BOOKLET
WAS COMPILED IN 1997. THE DATE YOU HAVE PRINTED ON THE BOOKLET
IS 1997. THAT MEANS THAT THE BOOKLET IS NOW ALREADY TWO YEARS
OUT OF DATE; IT IS NOW 1999. IF YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE SO
LONG, YOU SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THE DATE ON THE BOOKLET. 4] YOUR LAST
CORRESPONDENCE TO ME WAS IN 1997. AT NO TIME IN 17 MONTHS HAVE
YOU LET ME KNOW OF THE CHANGED SITUATION. I HAVE BEEN WAITING
AND WAITING. YOU SHOULD HAVE POSTED SEVERAL LETTERS TO ME,
EXPLAING WHY THERE WAS A DELAY. 5] ON THE �PHONE
YOU PROMISED ME TWO SPECIMEN COPIES BUT ONLY ONE HAS
ARRIVED. I
RESPECT ISLAM SO MUCH THAT I CAN DIE FOR MY RELIGION. SENDING
YOU AN EXTRA �50 IS A SACRIFICE I�M PREPARED TO MAKE FOR THE
SAKE OF HOLY MATERIAL � THE VISION OF PARADISE PUBLICATION.
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I AM HAPPY WITH YOUR ACTS. THE
BOOKLET ITSELF IS WELL-DECORATED AND PRINTED, THANK YOU.
PRAISE BE TO ALLAH WITH WHOSE FAVOUR SUCCESS IS
ACCOMPLISHED.
[138]
LETTER FROM YASMIN MEHROZ, PUBLISHED IN THE FRIDAY TIMES
NEWPAPER,
PAKISTAN, APRIL 12-18, 2002
EDITION
SIR,
THE MASSACRE OF INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ALL IN THE
NAME OF RELIGION IS A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY. I CANNOT
UNDERSTAND WHY HINDUS AND MUSLIMS CANNOT LIVE IN PEACE. ONE
POSSIBLE SOLUTION IS TO HAVE INTER-RELIGION MARRIAGES
BETWEEN HINDUS AND MUSLIMS. THIS WAS PREVALENT DURING THE
MUGHAL PERIOD. I HAD AN ORTHODOX MUSLIM MOTHER AND A
HIGH-CASTE HINDU FATHER. DESPITE ENORMOUS OPPOSITION FROM
THEIR FAMILIES, THEY GOT MARRIED AND THEIR BOND WAS SO STRONG
THAT MY FATHER NEVER REMARRIED AFTER MY MOTHER�S PREMATURE
DEATH FROM CANCER. WE CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT UP AS MUSLIMS AS
PER MY MOTHER�S WISH AND MY FATHER RESPECTED THIS WISH AFTER
HER DEATH. I HAVE MARRIED INTO AN ORTHODOX BRAHMIN FAMILY,
THOUGH MY SIBLINGS MARRIED INTO MUSLIM FAMILIES. MY IN-LAWS
ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE [THEIR ORIGIN IS FROM A VERY SMALL TOWN
IN NORTH INDIA WHICH IS NOTORIOUS FOR COMMUNITY RIOTS]. BOTH
MY FAMILY AND IN-LAWS ARE ON GREAT TERMS AND HAVE A VERY
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP; IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GUESS THAT THEY ARE
NOT OF THE SAME RELIGION. EVEN DURING MY PARENTS� TIME WE
ENJOYED CELEBRATING HINDU FESTIVALS WITH MY FATHER�S FAMILY
AND VICE-VERSA. I AM VERY FORTUNATE IN THE FACT THAT NO
RELIGION WAS EVER IMPOSED ON ME. AFTER MY HUSBAND�S SUDDEN
DEATH, I WAS VERY APPREHENSIVE ABOUT MY FUTURE AS I WAS LEFT
WITH A SMALL CHILD BUT DECIDED TO STAY WITH MY IN-LAWS RATHER
THAN RETURNING TO MY SIBLINGS � THEY HAD ACCEPTED ME
COMPLETELY AND SUPPORTED ME FULLY. THANKS TO THEIR LOVE AND
SUPPORT I AM RECOVERING FROM THE SHOCK OF MY HUSBAND�S DEATH.
I AM ALSO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY BROTHER WHO WAS
ORTHODOX IN HIS VIEWS BUT HAS CHANGED A LOT SINCE MY MARRIAGE
TO A HINDU. IT IS SAD THAT WE CANNOT HAVE MORE INSTANCES OF
SUCH MARRIAGES, WHICH HELP BOND DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
TOGETHER.
FROM
DR AZAM TO THE FRIDAY TIMES ON 18 APRIL
2002
SIR,
I WAS SHOCKED TO READ THE LETTER BY YASMIN MEHROZ, OF NEW
DELHI, REGARDING HINDU-MUSLIM MARRIAGES. OUR HOLY QURAN MAKES
TWO THINGS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR: 1. WHEN A MUSLIM FEMALE MARRIES A
NON-MUSLIM MALE, FROM THAT POINT ONWARDS SHE BECOMES APOSTATE,
LIKE A POLYTHEIST OR ADULTERESS [SURAH WOMEN] 2] A MUSLIM MALE
MAY MARRY CHRISTIAN OR JEWISH WOMEN WHO ARE GOD-FEARING
AND OF GOOD CHARACTER. BUT EVEN A MUSLIM MALE IS NOT
ALLOWED TO HAVE A POLYTHEIST SPOUSE. SO, REGRETTABLY, YSMIN
MEHROZ, THOUGH SHE HAS A NAME WHICH SOUNDS MUSLIM, IS
NOT A MUSLIM ANY LONGER. WHATEVER THE PROBLEMS CAUSED
BY HINDU EXTREMISM IN GUJARAT OR THE REST OF INDIA, MUSLIMS
SHOULD BEWARE OF SHAMEFUL APPEASEMENT [AND THIS APPEASEMENT
SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT TAKE THE FORM OF MUSLIM WOMEN
MARRYING IDOLATORS]. ALLAH MOST HIGH WILL GIVE US THE STRENGTH
TO FIGHT OUR ENEMIES AND DEFEND OUR RELIGION. IN THE END, OUR
FAITH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL
PREVAIL.
CONCLUSION
IN
CONCLUSION, I HOPE THAT THIS SELECTION HAS BEEN INTERESTING
FOR THE READER. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
FROM MAY 194 � APRIL 2005 NUMBERS SOME 8000 DOCUMENTS. THE
DOCUMENTED LETTERS WHICH I HAVE WRITTEN [1997 � 2005]
NUMBERS SOME 2000 DOCUMENTS [I ONLY BEGAN TO KEEP RECORDS OF
MY OWN LETTERS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO]. EVEN SO, A
COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION OF CORRESPONDENCE PAIRS [I.E. OUTGOING
LETTER AND REPLY] COULD WELL NUMBER BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000
SUITABLE SAMPLES [COMPARED TO THE 100+ IN THIS PARTICULAR
SELECTION]. SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT COULD WELL TAKE
MONTHS OF VERY HARD WORK AND SUBSTANTIAL TYPING/PHOTOCOPYING
EXPENSE, BUT IT IS FEASIBLE IN THE FUTURE. WHAT IS ALSO
FEASIBLE IS A COLLECTION [DIRECT SCANNING AND/OR TYPED COPY]
OF EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENT IN MY ARCHIVE, THE EXPENSIVE
FOR WHICH COULD WELL RUN INTO HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF
POUNDS. FOR NOW,
THIS PARTICULAR SELECTION HAS GIVEN ME THE TASTE FOR MORE
DEMANDING WORK OF A SIMILAR NATURE, WHICH MAY BE UNDERTAKEN IN
THE FUTURE � NEAR OR DISTANT FUTURE. INSHA�ALLAH, THE OUTCOME
OF SUCH A PROJECT WILL BE
SUCCESSFUL.