PAGANISM IN CHRISTIANITY-1
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CROSS, SACRIFICE & TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Mat. 16:24 Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
CROSS, A SIGN FOR FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST
Mark 8:34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
CROSS, HEEDING THE CALL OF OUR LORD
Luke 9:23 And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
CROSS, HEEDING THE CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP
Luke 14:27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
CROSS, THE REMINDER OF WHO IS THE KING IN OUR LIVES
John 19:19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."
CROSS, A REMINDER OF THOSE WAITING ON OUR LORD WHILE YEARNING FOR A LOVE GREATER THAN A MOTHER’S LOVE
John 19:25-26 but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"
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>>>LET'S ANALYSE SOME σταυρῷ:::
> MATTHEW 16:24
16:24 Τότε "To-the-one-which-also" [ὁ] "the-one" Ἰησοῦς "an-Iesous" εἶπεν "it-had-said" τοῖς "unto-the-ones" μαθηταῖς "unto-learners" αὐτοῦ "of-it," Εἴ "If" τις "a-one" θέλει "it-determineth" ὀπίσω "aback-unto-which" μου "of-me" ἐλθεῖν, "to-have-had-came," ἀπαρνησάσθω "it-should-have-denied-off-unto" ἑαυτὸν "to-self" καὶ "and" ἀράτω "it-should-have-lifted" τὸν "to-the-one" σταυρὸν "to-a-stake" αὐτοῦ "of-it" καὶ "and" ἀκολουθείτω "it-should-path-along-unto" μοι. "unto-me."
Τότε [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ Εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι.
To-the-one-which-also the-one an-Iesous it-had-said unto-the-ones unto-learners of-it, If a-one it-determineth aback-unto-which of-me to-have-had-came, it-should-have-denied-off-unto to-self and it-should-have-lifted to-the-one to-a-stake of-it and it-should-path-along-unto unto-me.
> MARK
8:34 Καὶ "And" προσκαλεσάμενος "having-called-toward-unto" τὸν "to-the-one" ὄχλον "to-a-crowd" σὺν "together" τοῖς "unto-the-ones" μαθηταῖς "unto-learners" αὐτοῦ "of-it" εἶπεν "it-had-said" αὐτοῖς "unto-them," Εἴ "If" τις "a-one" θέλει "it-determineth" ὀπίσω "aback-unto-which" μου "of-me" ἐλθεῖν, "to-have-had-came" ἀπαρνησάσθω "it-should-have-denied-off-unto" ἑαυτὸν "to-self" καὶ "and" ἀράτω "it-should-have-lifted" τὸν "to-the-one" σταυρὸν "to-a-stake" αὐτοῦ "of-it" καὶ "and" ἀκολουθείτω "it-should-path-along-unto" μοι. "unto-me."
Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν ὄχλον σὺν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι.
And having-called-toward-unto to-the-one to-a-crowd together unto-the-ones unto-learners of-it it-had-said unto-them, If a-one it-determineth aback-unto-which of-me to-have-had-came it-should-have-denied-off-unto to-self and it-should-have-lifted to-the-one to-a-stake of-it and it-should-path-along-unto unto-me.
> LUKE
9:23 Ἔλεγεν "It-was-forthing" δὲ "moreover" πρὸς "toward" πάντας "to-all," Εἴ "If" τις "a-one" θέλει "it-determineth" ὀπίσω "aback-unto-which" μου "of-me" ἔρχεσθαι, "to-come," ἀρνησάσθω "it-should-have-denied-unto" ἑαυτὸν "to-self" καὶ "and" ἀράτω "it-should-have-lifted" τὸν "to-the-one" σταυρὸν "to-a-stake" αὐτοῦ "of-it" καθ' "down" ἡμέραν, "to-a-day," καὶ "and" ἀκολουθείτω "it-should-path-along-unto" μοι. "unto-me."
Ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς πάντας Εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἔρχεσθαι, ἀρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καθ' ἡμέραν, καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι.
It-was-forthing moreover toward to-all, If a-one it-determineth aback-unto-which of-me to-come, it-should-have-denied-unto to-self and it-should-have-lifted to-the-one to-a-stake of-it down to-a-day, and it-should-path-along-unto unto-me.
14:27 ὅστις "Which-a-one" οὐ "not" βαστάζει "it-carrieth-to" τὸν "to-the-one" σταυρὸν "to-a-stake" ἑαυτοῦ "of-self" καὶ "and" ἔρχεται "it-cometh" ὀπίσω "aback-unto-which" μου, "of-me," οὐ "not" δύναται "it-ableth" εἶναί "to-be" μου "of-me" μαθητής. "a-learner."
ὅστις οὐ βαστάζει τὸν σταυρὸν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἔρχεται ὀπίσω μου, οὐ δύναται εἶναί μου μαθητής.
Which-a-one not it-carrieth-to to-the-one to-a-stake of-self and it-cometh aback-unto-which of-me, not it-ableth to-be of-me a-learner.
> JOHN
19:19 ἔγραψεν "It-scribed" δὲ "moreover" καὶ "and" τίτλον "to-a-title," ὁ "the-one" Πειλᾶτος "a-Peilatos," καὶ "and" ἔθηκεν "it-placed" ἐπὶ "upon" τοῦ "of-the-one" σταυροῦ: "of-a-stake;" ἦν "it-was" δὲ "moreover" γεγραμμένον "having-had-come-to-be-scribed," ΙΗΣΟΥΣ "An-Iesous" Ο "the-one" ΝΑΖΩΡΑΙΟΣ "Nazora-belonged" Ο "the-one" ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ "a-ruler-of" ΤΩΝ "of-the-ones" ΙΟΥΔΑΙΩΝ. "of-Iouda-belonged."
ἔγραψεν δὲ καὶ τίτλον ὁ Πειλᾶτος καὶ ἔθηκεν ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ: ἦν δὲ γεγραμμένον ΙΗΣΟΥΣ Ο ΝΑΖΩΡΑΙΟΣ Ο ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΙΟΥΔΑΙΩΝ.
It-scribed moreover and to-a-title, the-one a-Peilatos, and it-placed upon of-the-one of-a-stake; it-was moreover having-had-come-to-be-scribed, An-Iesous the-one Nazora-belonged the-one a-ruler-of of-the-ones of-Iouda-belonged.
19:25
ἱστήκεισαν δὲ παρὰ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ, Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ καὶ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή.
they-had-come-to-have-had-stood moreover beside unto-the-one unto-a-stake of-the-one of-an-Iesous, the-one a-mother of-it, and the-one brethrened of-the-one of-a-mother of-it, a-Maria the-one of-the-one of-a-Klopas, and a-Maria the-one a-Magdalene.
19:25 ἱστήκεισαν "they-had-come-to-have-had-stood" δὲ "moreover" παρὰ "beside" τῷ "unto-the-one" σταυρῷ "unto-a-stake" τοῦ "of-the-one" Ἰησοῦ "of-an-Iesous," ἡ "the-one" μήτηρ "a-mother" αὐτοῦ "of-it," καὶ "and" ἡ "the-one" ἀδελφὴ "brethrened" τῆς "of-the-one" μητρὸς "of-a-mother" αὐτοῦ, "of-it," Μαρία "a-Maria" ἡ "the-one" τοῦ "of-the-one" Κλωπᾶ "of-a-Klopas," καὶ "and" Μαρία "a-Maria" ἡ "the-one" Μαγδαληνή. "a-Magdalene."
Ἰησοῦς οὖν ἰδὼν τὴν μητέρα καὶ τὸν μαθητὴν παρεστῶτα ὃν ἠγάπα λέγει τῇ μητρί Γύναι, ἴδε ὁ υἱός σου:
An-Iesous accordingly having-had-seen to-the-one to-a-mother and to-the-one to-a-learner to-having-had-come-to-stand-beside to-which it-was-excessing-off-unto it-fortheth unto-the-one unto-a-mother, Woman, thou-should-have-had-seen, the-one a-son of-thee;
19:26 Ἰησοῦς "An-Iesous" οὖν "accordingly" ἰδὼν "having-had-seen" τὴν "to-the-one" μητέρα "to-a-mother" καὶ "and" τὸν "to-the-one" μαθητὴν "to-a-learner" παρεστῶτα "to-having-had-come-to-stand-beside" ὃν "to-which" ἠγάπα "it-was-excessing-off-unto" λέγει "it-fortheth" τῇ "unto-the-one" μητρί "unto-a-mother," Γύναι, "Woman," ἴδε "thou-should-have-had-seen," ὁ "the-one" υἱός "a-son" σου: "of-thee;"
>>>ORIGIN & MEANING OF σταυρῷ ::
The word stauros comes from the verb ἵστημι (histēmi: "straighten up", stand"), which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *stā-, *stha, stao, "stem", "shoot" (the same root from which come the German Stern, or Stamm, the English "stand", the Spanish word estaca, the Italian stare, of similar meanings).
In Homeric and classical Greek, until the early 4th century BC, stauros meant an upright stake, pole, or piece of paling, "on which anything might be hung, or which might be used in impaling [fencing in] a piece of ground."
In the literature of that time it never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle, but always one piece alone.
>>>SOURCES:
^ "Proto-Indo-European root *stā-". myetymology.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
^ (Italian) "Stare". etimo.it. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
^ Pierre Chantraine (1996). "ἵστημι histēmi". Strong's Complete Dictionary of the Biblical Words. Nahville, Atlanta, London, Vancouver: Klincksiek. p. G2476.
^ Pierre Chantraine (1968). "Σταυρός". Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque. 4 (Ρ-Υ). Paris: Klincksiek. pp. 1044–1045.
^ a b Liddell and Scott: σταυρός
^ "The Cross and the Crucifixion" appendix, The Companion Bible (1922)
^ The Imperial Bible-Dictionary, Edited by P. Fairbairn (London, 1874), Vol. I, p. 376.
^ The Companion Bible. (1922) Appendix 162.
>>>SCHOLAR RESEARCHERS:
1) p819. E.W.Bullinger states:
"Used here[cross] for the stauros on which Jesus was crucified. Both words[stauros, xylon]disagree with the modern idea of a cross, with which we have become familiarized by pictures. The stauros was simply an upright pale or stake to which the Romans nailed those who were thus said to be crucified. Stauroo[the verb], merely to drive stakes. It never means two pieces of wood joining each other at any angle. Even the Latin word crux means a mere stake."
to match with the idea of crucifixion many has added as a later version of dictionary "stauros STANDer: cross, an upright stake or pole, without any crosspiece, now, popularly, cross..."
2) "If Jesus had been executed, mythically or historically,
it would NOT have been with outstretched arms on a
cruciform structure. Cutner reports that scholars
have been aware of the error but have been unable to
resist the TRADITIONAL MISTRANSLATION.
In the 18th century - some Anglican bishops recommended
eliminating the cross symbol altogether, but they were ignored.
There is no cross in early Christian art before the middle of the
5th century."
- Jesus: God, Man, or Myth (The Truth Seeker, 1950)
>>>BIBLICAL DICTIONARY:
1) "The New Testament word 'cross'
is an incorrect translation of the Greek
word stauros. The word "stauros" referred
to any upright wooden stake firmly fixed
in the ground. A stauros could serve
a variety of purposes as, for example, a pole in
a picket fence. The word stauros also represented
a pointed stake used for impalement of human beings.
This was an ancient form of punishment used to
publicly display the bodies of executed criminals."
-The New International Dictionary
of New Testament Theology
2) In classical Greek, 'stawros' denotes the same thing
that it does in the common Greek of the Christian Scriptures -
primarily an upright stake or pole with no crossbar.
'stauros': "Literally an upright stake, pale, or pole...
As an instrument of execution."
-The Jnterpreter's Dictionary of the Bible
3) "The Greek..... 'stauros', properly signified a stake,
an upright pole, or piece of paling,
on which anything might be hung,
or which might be used in impaling [fencing in]
a piece of ground....
Even amongst the Romans the crux
(from which our cross is derived)
appears to have been originally an upright pole,
and this always remained the more prominent part."
-The Imperial Bible Dictionary.
>>>THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH:
1) "Another...tradition of the Church
which our fathers have inherited,
was the adoption of the words 'cross' and 'crucify'.
These words are nowhere to be found
in the Greek of the New Testament." (Koster, p. 29).
-Koster, C.J. Come Out of Her My People.
Johannesburg, RSA:
Institute for Scripture Research, 1998.
2) "It was not until Christianity began to be PAGANIZED
that the cross came to be thought of as a Christian symbol."
- Babylon Mystery Religion; Ralph Woodrow (pg 50)
3) "It is not a little misleading
upon the part of our teachers
to translate the word 'stauros' as 'cross' -
when rendering the Greek documents
of the Church into our native tongue...
that was... not the primary meaning
of the word in the days of the Apostles."
-The Non-Christian Cross,
by J. D. Parsons (London, 1896)
Pp. 23, 24
4) "A tradition of the Church which our fathers
have inherited, was the adoption of the words
"cross" and "crucify." These words are nowhere
to be found in the Greek of the New Testament.
These words are mistranslations,
a "later rendering,"
of the Greek words stauros and stauroo."
-The New International Dictionary
of New Testament Theology
>>> CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS::
1) "It may come as a shock to know
that there is no word such as 'cross'
in the Greek of the New Testament.
The word translated 'cross'
is always the Greek word [stau·ros']
meaning a 'stake' or 'upright pale.'
The cross was NOT originally a Christian symbol;
it is derived from Egypt and Constantine."
-Dual Heritage-The Bible and the British Museum
2) "There is not a single sentence in any of
the numerous writings forming the New Testament,
which, in the original Greek,
bears even indirect evidence
to the effect that the stauros used
in the case of Jesus was other than
an ordinary stauros;
much less to the effect that it consisted,
not of one piece of timber,
but of two pieces nailed together
in the form of a cross."
- The Non-Christian Cross;
John Denham Parsons
3) "Another...tradition of the Church
which our fathers have inherited,
was the adoption of the words 'cross' and 'crucify'.
These words are nowhere to be found
in the Greek of the New Testament." (Koster, p. 29).
-Koster, C.J. Come Out of Her My People. Johannesburg, RSA:
Institute for Scripture Research, 1998.
>>> EVERY SINGLE EVIDENCE HERE, IS TAKEN FROM BIBLE, DICTIONARY OF BIBLE, BIBLICAL SCHOLARS, BIBLICAL RESEARCHERS, CHRISTIAN SOURCES.
--THERE R SOME BLINDS WHO LOVE CROOKEDING THE TRUTH & PROPAGATING LIES. THEY MAY CREATE FALSE EVIDENCE BUT TRUTH SHALL REVAIL;
>>'CROSS'- SOMETHING THAT MEANT NOTHING TO--
--jesus pbuh
--his disciples
--early christians
--any early scholar b4 pope hadrian
MEANS EVERYTHING FOR THEM NOW.
=NOW INNOVATIONS IN RELIGION HAS TAKEN GREATER PLACE RATHER THAN THE ACTUAL TEACHINGS.
>>> THE TRUTH ABOUT CROSS::
#---The church did not adopt the cross until about the 6th century (New Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 475).
#---The word 'cross' was later substituted for the word 'stake' in the rewriting of the Christian text (Crosses In Tradition, W.W.Seymour N.Y. 1898).
#---Christian archives record that the general use of the crucifix became ratified at the Sixth Ecumenical Council in 680 (Canon 82).
#---The council decreed that 'the figure of a man fastened to a cross be now adopted'.
This new church logo was later confirmed by Pope Hadrian I (772-795).
##== Early Biblical texts claim that Christ was crucified by a stake, not cross:
It is not likely that Jesus actually hung on a cross at all but instead hung on a tree, stake, or pole. The original gospels written in Greek used the word "stauros" to refer to the structure used for execution. This word means a vertical pole with no crossbar. Jesus may have been hung on a tree (Acts 5:30) (1 Peter 2:24)
##== GOD HATES::
Deuteronomy 21:23 states that a person hung on a tree was cursed by God.
PLZ DONT TELL ME,GOD HATES GOD!!
##== EARLY CHRISTIANS NEVER USED CROSS::
Although a stake called a stauros (the Greek term used in the earliest Bible writings but where English versions incorrectly translate it to "cross") got used to execute criminals, there exists not a shred of evidence that a Biblical stauros describes a cross or even a T-shape.
There occurs no cross in early Christian art before the middle of the 5th century, where it (probably) appears on a coin in a painting. The first clear crucifix appears in the late 7th century. Early Christians usually depicted their religion with a fish symbol (ichthus), dove, or bread of the Eucharist, but never Christ on a cross (or on a stick).
##== FATHERS CONDEMED CROSS::
the church fathers before 6th century never used cross.Since it pre-dates Christianity and has pagan beginnings, at least one church father of the 3rd century CE condemned its use.
##= = WHAT 'THE CROSS' ACTUALLY IS::
the Roman God Bacchus, the Wine God, who was equivalent to Dionysus of the Greeks, was depicted on a cross, in the same pose as Christ would be later on (when the Church would adopt the Cross). It is known that such depictions of pagan Gods in the early Greco-Roman world completely determined how Christ was presented.
The Chi-Rho emblem, considered the first Christian Cross, was also a pre-Christian symbol: the original Chi-ro signified good fortune.
IF THIS IS THAT 'CROSS' U CALL IT EVERYTHING NOW, U REALLY NEED TO CHECK UR BELIEF, UR ORIGIN OF BELIEF, UR PRIESTS & THEIR INTEGRITY & ALSO HOW MUCH TRUTHFUL & ACCEPTABLE R THEY ACCORDING TO THE ROOT TEACHINGS. PLZ DONT FORGET::
> MATTHEW 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
>>>CROSS-CHECK UR INNOVATIONS, THEIR PAGAN ORIGIN & UR PRACTICES.
=THE LORD WILL NOT GIVE U A SECOND CHANCE AFTER UR DEATH.
=CROSS-CHECK UR FAITH & RETURN TO THE LORD, OUR GOD, ONE GOD. THE LORD WHO IS ONE & ONLY,ABSOLUTE & ETERNAL, HE BEGETS NOT,NEITHER IS HE BEGOTTEN; THERE IS NOTHING UNTO HIS LIKENESS.
![Photo: Ibn 'Abbas said, "There are 360 joints and each of them owes sadaqa every single day. Every good word is sadaqa. A man's helping his brother is sadaqa. A drink of water which he gives is sadaqa. Removing something harmful from the road is sadaqa."
[Al Bukhari]
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَظُنُّهُ رَفَعَهُ، شَكَّ لَيْثٌ، قَالَ: فِي ابْنِ آدَمَ سِتُّونَ وَثَلاَثُمِئَةِ سُلاَمَى، أَوْ عَظْمٍ، أَوْ مَفْصِلٍ، عَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ صَدَقَةٌ، كُلُّ كَلِمَةٍ طَيْبَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ، وَعَوْنُ الرَّجُلِ أَخَاهُ صَدَقَةٌ، وَالشَّرْبَةُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ يَسْقِيهَا صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِمَاطَةُ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ.
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![Photo: “Allah enjoins you concerning your children” [Al-Nis'a, 11]
Ibn Kathir, rahimahu Allah, said:
Some of the clever ones have derived from this verse that He, Ta’ala, is more merciful upon His creation than a parent upon his child, as it is He who enjoined parents to concern for their children knowing that He is more merciful to them than they are.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_soN6VAZHBAoRksRGERfMjKGwzIuJ-pXeUWF6eqKtVn5awbykpdRvXx5prfaHQWpXF9dm7nXeXNBjGLI-LCC43XJyFEMoJF4rWbgLAG78v_zxKWgXU26-UBLzw8U-_nurZ58t8pVI5SxA8N-mMKCKscZWFZDz5VohufbaGXkHfS9v9RA44h40bgfZE3YNvW=s0-d)
![Photo: Allah the Almighty says:
{And (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him» recite to them (the
Jews) the story of the two sons of Adam (Habil and Qabil) in truth;
when each offered a sacrifice (to Allah), it was accepted from the one but not from the other. The latter said to the former: "I will surely kill you." The former said: "Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqun (the pious)." "If you do stretch your hand against me to kill me, I shall never stretch my hand against you to kill you: for I fear Allah, the Lord of the `Alamin (mankind, jinn, and all that exists)."
"Verily, I intend to let you draw my sin on yourself as well as yours,
then you will be one of the dwellers of the Fire; and that is the
recompense of the Zalimin (polytheists and wrong-doers);" So the Nafs (self) of the other (latter one) encouraged him and made fair-seeming to him the murder of his brother; he murdered him and became one of the losers; Then Allah sent a crow who scratched the ground to show him to hide the dead body of his brother; He (the murderer) said: "Woe to me! Am I not even able to be as this crow and to hide the dead body of my brother?" Then he became one of those who regretted}. (Al--Ma'idah, 27-31)
Narrated As-Sadiy on the authority of Abu Malik and Abu Salih after Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him) and on the authority of Ibn Mas`ud and other Companions that Adam (Peace be upon him) used to get the male brought by one birth married to the female brought by the other. Hence, it was supposed that Abel would get married to Cain's sister who was better and more beautiful
than anyone else. At the same time, Cain wanted to keep her for himself. Adam (Peace be upon him) ordered him to allow' Abel to marry her, but he totally refused. Then, Adam (Peace be upon him) ordered both (Abel and Cain) to offer a sacrifice to Allah Almighty. Meanwhile, Adam set forth towards Mecca to perform Pilgrimage. Just before leaving, Adam tried to entrust (the affairs of) his
children to the heavens, the earth and finally to the mountains, but all declined to shoulder the (heavy) trust. Thereupon, Cain accepted the trust and after Adam went away they (Abel and Cain) offered their sacrifices to Allah. Abel offered a fat she-goat, while Cain offered a bundle of bad plants. Later, a fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice offered by Abel and left
untouched that of Cain. Cain became livid with rage and said to his brother: I will kill you so as not to marry my sister, Abel said: {Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqun (the pious)}.
'Abdullah Ibn `Amr (May Allah be pleased with both of them) said: By Allah! The murdered (Abel) was stronger (than the murderer, Cain), but he refused to stretch his hand against his brother to kill him due to his piety and God-fearing.
Abu Ja`far Al-Baqir mentioned that Adam (Peace be upon him) was present there when they offered their sacrifices. After Abel's sacrifice was accepted, Cain said to his father, Adam: "It was accepted only from him because you invoked Allah for his sake." And, he secretly intended something against his brother. One
day, Abel was late and Adam sent Cain to look for him. The two brothers met and Cain said: "Your sacrifice was accepted and mine was not." Abel said:
"{Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqun (the
pious)}." Cain got angry and hit his brother with an iron rod and Abel fell dead at once.
It was said: Cain killed Abel by throwing a rock at his head while he was asleep. It was also said: Cain choked Abel violently and bit him to death as beasts do. However, Abel's saying when Cain threatened to kill him: {If you do stretch your hand against me to kill me, I shall never stretch my hand against you to kill you: for I fear Allah, the Lord of the" Alamin (mankind, jinn, and all that exists)} (Al-Ma'idah, 28) indicated his good morals and ethics, his fear from Allah, and perfect piety that he may harm his brother, in contrast with the odious deed intended by his brother, Cain. For this, Abu Bakrah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) as saying: "'When two Muslims confront each other and the one amongst them attacks his brother with a weapon, both of them get into Hell-
Fire.' He (Ahnaf, one of the sub-narrators) said: 'I said, or it was said: Messenger of Allah! It may be the case of one who kills, but what about the slain (why he would be put in Hell-Fire)?' Thereupon, he (Peace be upon him) said: 'He also intended to kill his companion. "
Allah the Almighty says: {Verily, I intend to let you draw my sin (on
yourself) as well as yours, then you will be one of the denizens of the Fire; and that is the recompense of the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)}. (Al-Ma'idah, 29) i.e. I do not intend to fight against you though I am myself far stronger and tougher than you are, but you will {draw my sin on yourself as well as yours}, i.e. you will bear the sin of murdering me along with your previous sins.
1.Narrated Imam Ahmed, Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi on the authority of Sa'd Ibn Abu Waqqas his statement upon the ordeal of `Uthman Ibn `Affan that reads: I testify that Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: "There will be soon a period of turmoil in which the one who sits will be better than one who stands
and the one who stands will be better than one who walks and the one who walks will be better than one who runs." Someone said: 'Allah's Messenger! What is your opinion if someone entered my home and stretched his hand to kill me?'
Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: 'Be just like the son of Adam (Abel). "Narrated by Ibn Mardwiyah after Hudhaifah Ibn Al- Yaman in another wording as saying: "Be just like the best of Adam's two sons."
Imam Ahmed transmitted after Mu`awiyah and Waki` their saying: We were told by Al- A ` mash on the authority of `Abdullah Ibn Murrah after Masruq after`Abdullah Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) as saying: The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, "None (no human being) is killed or murdered (unjustly), but a part of responsibility for the crime is laid on the first son of
Adam who invented the tradition of killing (murdering on earth). " (Ahmed's Musnad) However, there is a cave, called the "Blood Cave", in a mountain located to the northern part of Syria. It is thought to be the scene of the crime where Cain killed his brother Abel. The people living there came to know this through the
People of the Book (Christians and Jews) and only Allah Almighty knows the validity or realness of this. .Al-Hafiz Ibn `Asakir mentioned in the biography of Ahmed Ibn Katheer that "He (Ahmed) saw in a dream Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him), Abu Bakr, `Umar and Abel. Ahmed came to know from Abel -who
took an oath of that- it was his own blood (that was spilt there (in that very cave)). Abel said that he had asked Allah Almighty to make the invocations and supplications offered in that place acceptable. Allah accepted his own invocations and His Messenger, Muhammad (Peace be upon him) believed in that and said: I
(Allah's Messenger), Abu Bakr and `Umar used to visit that place every Thursday. "However, it is to be stated that this narration represents only a vision. Even if it were true, no religious ruling can ever be based on such a thing; and Allah knows best!
Allah Almighty says: {Then, Allah sent a crow who scratched the
ground to show him how to hide the dead body of his brother. He (the murderer) said: "Woe to me! Am I not even able to be as this crow and to hide the dead body of my brother? "Then he became one of those who regretted}. (Al-Ma'idah, 31) Some interpreters said: "After Cain had killed
1 As for the Prophetic Hadith that was transmitted by some other narrators that reads: "The killer will bear all sins of the slain", no one even knows its degree of validity: whether it be Authentic, Good, or even Weak.
It cannot be found in any of the Prophetic Hadith Compilation.
his brother, he carried him on his back for a full year (not knowing what to do with his brother's corpse!)." Others said: He carried him on his back for one hundred years till Allah Almighty sent two crows who fought against one another. One of them was killed. The murderer scratched the ground to hide the body of the dead crow. Seeing him doing that, Cain said: Woe to me! Am I not
even able to do as this crow and to hide the dead body of my brother? Then, he buried the body of his dead brother and covered it with earth.
Historians said: Adam became very sick at heart and felt great sorrow for his
dead son, Abel. Mujahid said: Cain was brought punishment very soon afterwards. On the same day he killed his brother, Abel, his foot was tied up to his thighbone and his face was forcibly directed up to the sun disk. His face used to go where the sun goes as a way of punishment and penalty in return for what
he had done to his own brother. Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: "There is no sin more recurring punishment (very rapidly) in the present life, along with what awaits for its doer in the Hereafter, than transgression and severing the ties of relationship. " Imam Abu J a' far mentioned in his Tarikh "History" on the authority of some people who had said: Eve gave birth to forty children through twenty births. Ibn Ishaq viewed the same and he mentioned their names in detail. However, nothing is sure of their names or numbers. Only Allah knows best and no one
else can know their exact number! Others said: there were one hundred and twenty births, in each one a male and a female were born. The first among them were Cain and his sister Qalimah, and the last ones were `Abdul Mughith and his sister Ummul Mughith. Then, humans increased in number and spread into the
earth. Allah Almighty says: {O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)], and from them both He created many men and women; and fear Allah through Whom you demand (your mutual rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship).
Surely, Allah is Ever an All-Watcher over you}. (An-Nisa', 1)
Historians said: Adam did not die till he saw from among his progeny and offspring four hundred thousand persons (400.000). Only Allah knows best!
Allah, the Almighty says: {It is He Who has created you from a single person (Adam), and (then) He has created from him his wife [Hawwa' (Eve)], in order that he might enjoy the pleasure of living with her. When he had sexual relation with her, she became pregnant and she carried it about lightly. Then when it became heavy, they both invoked Allah, their Lord (saying): "If You give us a Salih (good in every aspect) child, we shall indeed be among the grateful." But when He gave them a Salih (good in every aspect) child, they ascribed partners to Him (Allah) in that which He has given to them. High be Allah, Exalted above all that they ascribe as partners to Him}. (Al-A'raf, 189, 190) Adam was mentioned first to draw the attention of the reader of the Qur'an, then whom was mentioned second was the whole race of mankind. This is done by
way of mentioning the whole race of mankind after mentioning the forefather thereof; Allah the Almighty says: {And indeed We created man (Adam) out of an extract of clay (water and earth). Thereafter We made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge and lodged it) in a safe lodging (Womb of the woman)}. (Al-Mu'minun, 12, 13); and in: {And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and We have made such lamps (as) missiles to drive away the Shayatin (devils)}. (Al-Mulk, 5) Where it is wellknown
that the "lamps as missiles" are not the same as lamps of adornment, but He turned from a single category or person to the whole race.
Adam (Peace be upon him) was. the father of mankind. He was created by the Hand of Allah Who breathed out of His Soul into him, Who made the Angels prostrate themselves before him, Who taught him names of everything, and Who made him dwell in His spacious Paradise. Narrated Ibn Hibban in his Sahih on the authority of Abu Dharr his saying: "I said, 0 Allah's Messenger! How many were the Prophets of Allah?' He (Peace be upon him) said: 'One hundred twenty -four thousands.' I said: 'O Allah's Messenger! How many were the Messengers among them?' He (Peace be upon him) said: 'Three hundred and thirteen, a great number!' I said: 'O Allah's Messenger! Who was the first among them? 'He (Peace be upon him) said: 'Adam.' I said: 'O Allah's Messenger! Was he a
Prophet sent with a Message?' He (Peace be upon him) said: 'Yes, Allah the Almighty created him with His Hand, then, breathed into him out of His Soul, then, He fashioned him (in a very proper manner). "In the Night Journey Hadith that can be found in the two Sahihs -Al-Bukhari and Muslim -Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said: "So the gate was opened and we went over the nearest heaven and there we saw a man sitting with some people on his right and some on his left. When he looked towards his
right, he laughed and when he looked towards his left he wept. Then he said, 'Welcome! 0 pious Prophet and pious son!' I asked Gabriel: 'Who is he?' He replied: 'He is Adam and the people on his right and left are the souls of his offspring. Those on his right are the people of Paradise and those on his left are the people of Hell and when he looks towards his right he laughs and when he
looks towards his left he weeps. " (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Regarding the Prophetic Hadith that reads: "Then, I passed by Yusuf (Joseph) and I found him to be granted half of beauty."Some scholars explained that it means that he was given half of the beauty Adam was granted. Indeed, this is very suitable and convincing! That Allah, the Almighty created Adam, fashioned him by His Hand and breathed into him out of His Soul, for all these
Allah the Almighty must have created the best of all things.
It was narrated on the authority of `Abdullah Ibn 'Umar and' Abdullah Ibn 'Amr that: When Allah the Almighty created Paradise, the Angels said: "'Our Lord! Make this for us for You created for mankind the present world in which they eat and drink.' Allah the Almighty said: 'By My Glory and Loftiness! I will not equalize between the pious from among those whom I created with My Hand, and those whom When I said "Be ", they were!" It was narrated in the two Sahihs -Bukhari and Muslim that Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious created Adam in His own image with His length of sixty cubits, and
as He created him He told him to greet that group, and that was a party of angels sitting there, and listen to the response that they give him, for it would form his greeting and that of his offspring. Adam then addressed them: Peace be upon you! They (the angels) said: May there be peace upon you and the Mercy of Allah, and they made an addition of "Mercy of Allah ". So he who would get
into Paradise would get in the form of Adam, his length being sixty cubits, then the people who followed him continued to diminish in size up to this day. "(Al-Bukhari and Muslim)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vQXRNm0nuDhEYNYivQmB0dyYHWEjUYmHU3PrOUkCcfICBQTvf6c_u9-U8DSr1_d1AfZAMCHyJuLiCesGNRKXEsOjkwRKWfsn6jUv-C6CM8Zd1U69NszZA06GbY8hN7XaICVZtmuBMcvKDjOLWxqNUYBWodtrM_R608u9TqubXRLI4YruKNIVDPcvyfiQ=s0-d)
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Allah's Messenger (Salla Allahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said,
“There are no TWO Muslims who meet and SHAKE
HANDS with one another, but they will be FORGIVEN
before they part.”
[RECORDED IN SUNAN ABU DAWOOD 5212 ]
Anas (R) narrated,
“When companions of Prophet (S) used to meet each
other they shake hand and when they return from
journey they used to embrace each other.”
[AUTHENTICATED SAHEEH BY ALBANI IN SILSILAH AL
AHAADEETH AS-SAHEEHAH 2647 ]
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A great text had drew my attention in God’s book be he blessed and exalted….
A great text had drew my attention in God’s book be he blessed and exalted which confirms on the importance of expenditure and charity with a little amount of money to poor, and god confirms in this noble text that who expend his money for the sake of god will not be afraid or sad, so he will be happy, god be he blessed and exalted says: (The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah, is as the likeness of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He wills. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knower.(261) Those who spend their wealth in the Cause of Allah, and do not follow up their gifts with reminders of their generosity or with injury, their reward is with their Lord. On them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. (262)) verses 261-262(ALBAKARA).
There are many verses that links between charity and human happiness in the world and in the hereafter, but a recent research had been issued and published by magazine of sciences confirm on this Quranic reality!!! This scientific news was published on the website of the BBC that the researchers had found a relation between expenditure and happiness, so I would like to transfer the exact text from the website with a comment with a verse or Hadith on each part of it:
“Canadian researches says that earning huge amounts of money don’t bring happiness to human, but expending money on the others makes human happy. a team of researchers in British Colombia university says that expending any amount of money on others even a five dollars makes psyche happy.
They confirm that the expenditure is essential even with a little amount, isn’t the same with what our prophet confirmed when he said: (avoid the fire even with half a date)!! Also it was confirmed by Quran as god be he exalted said:( Let the rich man spend according to his means; and the man whose resources are restricted, let him spend according to what Allah has given him. Allah puts no burden on any person beyond what He has given him. Allah will grant after hardship, ease. ) Verse 7 (ALTALAAK).
Also it was stated in the published research in the magazine of sciences that employees who spent part of their earned incentives were happier than others who didn’t do the same. Researchers had made studies on 630 person as they asked them to estimate their happiness, their annul income and details about their monthly expenditures which includes paying bills, what they buy for themselves and gifts for others. Head of the team professor Elizabeth Dan says" we wanted to examine our theory that the importance of how people spend their money is equally to how they earn that money” also she says regardless the earned income people who spent money on others were more happier than who spent it on themselves.
That is the results of their researches, and that what god told us when he link between expending and getting rid of fear and sadness which is earning the happiness:( Those who spend their wealth (in Allah’s Cause) by night and day, in secret and in public, they shall have their reward with their Lord. On them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.) Verse 274(ALBAKARA) and says:( Is there any reward for good other than good?) Verse 60(ALRAHMAN).
After that the team started to evaluate degree of happiness of 16 workers in an organization in Boston before and after receiving incentives (between $3000 and $8000). From the results it seemed that it wasn’t important amount of incentive but the important was how people spent that incentive. As those who spent or donate with a big portion of their incentive on others said they got benefits more than people who spent their incentive on their needs.
This result made us believes that when people spend money, they will not lose and money will not be decreased but it increases!! Wasn’t that confirmed by our prophet peace be upon him when he said:( spent money in charity doesn’t decrease)? So whatever you spend form that money it will not decrease but it increases as this spending gives a feeling of happiness which allow people to think correctly to get money in a better way.
So, god undertakes to double the spent money, god says: (Who is he that will lend to Allah a goodly loan so that He may multiply it to him many times? And it is Allah that decreases or increases (your provisions), and unto Him you shall return) verse 245(ALBAKARA). We read about Bill Gates the richest man in the world that he decided to donate with a big portion of his wealth which is about tens of billions because he felt that it is essential to do this to feel with happiness !!!
In another experiment researchers gave each person of a group of 46 persons 5$ or 20$ and they asked them to spend it by the evening of the same day at five o’clock, and they asked half of participants to spend the money on themselves and the others to spend it on other people.
People who spent money on others said they feel happy more than people who spent the money on themselves, regardless the value of money they spent. Dan says: this study gives an initial indication that the way people spend their money has the same importance as how much they earn.
Here we remember our prophet peace be upon him when Aisha gave a sheep as an alms but she kept the shoulder to the prophet because he like to eat it, so she said: the sheep was gone but the shoulder was remained, so he said: don’t say that but say shoulder was gone and rest of the sheep was remained !!as he likes to spend more than to keep, and this is one of the secrets of happiness that discovered by scientists.
Today researchers confirm that one of earning money reasons is to spend part of it on those who need it. Which means that spending is a reason of Livelihood reasons and that was confirmed in the Quran in the linking between spending and generous Livelihood, god be he exalted says:( Who perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) and spend out of that we have provided them. (3) It is they who are the believers in truth. For them are grades of dignity with their Lord, and Forgiveness and a generous provision (Paradise). (4)) verse 3, 4(ALANFAL).
Professor Elizabeth says:” spending money on others could be an efficient way to achieve happiness more than spending money on the person himself”. And Doctor George Feldman the Psychology Specialist in the new Buckingham University says:” donating for charity works makes you feels better because you are in a group. Also it makes people looks at you as if you prefer others on yourself. So if I gave you anything it will reduce the probability of attacking me by you and increase the probability of treating me well by you."
They put an abbreviated advice in says: “don’t hoard money” here we remember the Divine warning:( O you who believe! Verily, there are many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) monks who devour the wealth of mankind in falsehood, and hinder (them) from the Way of Allah (i.e. Allah’s religion of Islamic Monotheism). And those who hoard up gold and silver [Al-Kanz: the money, the Zakât of which has not been paid] and spend them not in the Way of Allah, announce unto them a painful torment.(34) On the Day when that (Al-Kanz: money, gold and silver the Zakât of which has not been paid) will be heated in the Fire of Hell and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, (and it will be said unto them): "This is the treasure which you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what you used to hoard." (35))Verses 34, 35 (ALTAWBA).
God imposed (Zakât), because he wants us to be happy, and he warned us to not to hoard money by non spending in welfare and science fields, and may be the best kind of spending is to spend on correcting the west perspective about Islam, through spending on the Quranic researches that aim to show the grandeur of Islam and our prophet peace be upon him, and look at this marvelous verse: (Say: "Truly, my Lord enlarges the provision for whom He wills of His slaves, and (also) restricts (it) for him, and whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allah’s Cause), He will replace it. And He is the Best of providers.”) Verse 39 (SABAA).
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