Dear brothers and sisters, April 29, 2009;
Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmathullahi Wa Bharakhathuhu.
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The words "tumbler compelled" appear in 1 hadith(s) in Bukhari translation.
(1) Narrated Humran: (the slave of 'Uthman) I saw 'Uthman bin 'Affan asking for a
tumbler of water (and when it was brought) he poured water over his hands and washed them thrice and then put his right hand in the water container and rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out. then he washed his face and forearms up to the elbows thrice, passed his wet hands over his head and washed his feet up to the ankles thrice. Then he said, "Allah's Apostle said 'If anyone Performs ablution like that of mine and offers a two-rak'at prayer during which he does not think of anything else (not related to the present prayer) then his past sins will be forgiven.' " After performing the ablution 'Uthman said, "I am going to tell you a
Hadith which I would not have told you, had I not been
compelled by a certain Holy Verse (the sub narrator 'Urwa said: This verse is: "Verily, those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance which we have sent down...)" (2:159). I heard the Prophet saying, 'If a man performs ablution perfectly and then offers the compulsory congregational prayer, Allah will forgive his sins committed between that (prayer) and the (next) prayer till he offers it.
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From the above we find that a Believer who offers all compulsory congregational prayers after performing ablution is free of sin. In what follows we discuss one health benefit of ablution.
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Issue date: 4/29/09 Page 3 of 3
Of the about 65 cases of swine flu reported domestically, all have been mild or the patients have recovered, according to the CDC.
Jolliff and Moskwinski listed the precautions offered by the CDC to prevent the spread of the disease, including regular hand washing, avoiding touching the nose and mouth, and being careful while coughing or sneezing.
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The CDC recommends avoiding touching the nose and the mouth after hand washing. By this we understand that the virus might live on the surface of the nose and mouth and thus the clean hand gets contaminated by touching them. From the recommendation to wash hands regularly we infer that water washes away the swine flu virus. Further we infer that the swine flu virus does not survive under wet conditions. Otherwise the virus might infect through the water and CDC would not recommend washing. In advanced countries it is recommended that one uses soap while washing the hands. As water itself is a purifier, we disregard this additional recommendation. What the CDC recommends is more than accomplished while performing ablution as we wash the face as well removing the virus that might be sticking to these parts of the body.
Thus one additional benefit of offering all congregational prayers with ablution is protection from swine flu, Inshah Allah.
Is the swine flu a natural development?
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Consider the Institute of Public Policy Research’s Commission of National Security for the Twenty-First Century: one of its reports speculated that the threat from pandemic diseases such as SARS and avian flu is growing all the time, and because of inadequate preparation ‘a serious disease outbreak or bio-terrorism incident in the next 18 months could tip the global economy from serious recession into global depression’. In line with Hollywood fantasy plotlines, the report invited us to imagine the possibility of a terrorist purchasing ‘genes for use in the engineering of an existing and dangerous pathogen into a more virulent strain.'
Alongside fears about the ‘weaponisation’ of viruses, the internet is awash with rumours about the conspiracy responsible for the current outbreak of swine flu. ‘I find it odd that this recent outbreak of swine flu first appeared in Mexico about the time President Obama was visiting there’, writes one blogger, before asking: ‘Does anyone else find that suspicious?’ And far too many people are replying: ‘Yes.’ Far-right conspiracy theorists describe swine flu as the ‘latest bioterrorism attack by the New World Order’.
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Is the current outbreak the work of the out-of-power supporters of PNAC?
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Mexican agriculture officials also said yesterday that inspectors found no sign of swine flu among pigs around the suspected farm. However, the farm's manager told the AP that no one from the government inspected his facility for swine flu.
With the epidemic
hurting its profits, the pork industry has asked health officials to rename the disease. However, the
World Health Organization is sticking with the "swine flu" designation because the virus is the type that affects pigs, Bloomberg
reports.
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It is not necessary to check the farm. If the pigs in the farm are indeed infected, the virus would naturally infect pigs outside the farm too before infecting humans living miles away. As the nearby pigs have not suffered the swine flu, we feel that the virus has not come from the pig farm, that is, the virus is not naturally evolved. Then where did the virus come from?
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Jan 14, 2004 (CIDRAP News) – One of the worst fears of infectious disease experts is that the H5N1 avian influenza virus now circulating in parts of Asia will combine with a human-adapted flu virus to create a deadly new flu virus that could spread around the world.
That could happen, scientists predict, if someone who is already infected with an ordinary flu virus contracts the avian virus at the same time. The avian virus has already caused at least 48 confirmed human illness cases in Asia, of which 35 have been fatal. The virus has shown little ability to spread from person to person, but the fear is that a hybrid could combine the killing power of the avian virus with the transmissibility of human flu viruses.
Now, rather than waiting to see if nature spawns such a hybrid, US scientists are planning to try to breed one themselves—in the name of preparedness.
...The other method is reverse genetics—assembling a new virus with sets of genes from the H5N1 and H3N2 viruses. Reverse genetics has already been used to create H5N1 candidate vaccines in several laboratories, according to Daigle. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said recently it would soon launch a clinical trial of one of those vaccines.
...Any viable viruses that emerge from these processes will be seeded into animals that are considered good models for testing how flu viruses behave in humans, according to Daigle. The aim will be to observe whether the animals get sick and whether infected animals can infect others.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been "pleading" for laboratories to do this research, because it could provide some evidence to back up the agency's warnings about the risk of a flu pandemic, according to the CP report.
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It is one thing to plan while it is another to carry out the plan. In view of the pig being the animal of choice for organ supply in the absence of human organs, we believe pig might be one of the animal models. If so, mixing some genes of the pig would give higher chances of infection.
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The 2004 CIDRAP News report addressed the obvious risks of manufacturing viruses in labs that, if released, could potentially spark a pandemic. However, the CDC's Daigle assured the Minnesota research group the virus melding would be done in a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory. "We recognize that there is concern by some over this type of work. This concern may be heightened by reports of recent lab exposures in other lab facilities," he told CIDRAP. "But CDC has an incredible record in lab safety and is taking very strict precautions."
Five years later, we must ask more questions. Were those safety measures enough? Was the CDC creating or testing any of these virus mixes in or near Mexico?
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Remember the anthrax scare? The anthrax was possibly released by a disgruntled scientist in US during a regime that was war friendly. The Obama regime is not expected to be war friendly and thus the next best to releasing the virus inside US is to release the virus in Mexico. This is a possibility that needs to be looked into. In conclusion, we feel that the swine flu is man-made. Allah Subhana Wa Taala knows best.
In what follows we indicate the need for Dua to avoid swine flu.
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The swine flu, Moskwinski said, is contagious a day before symptoms are displayed and up to seven days afterward. Symptoms show up 48 to 72 hours after being in contact with someone who has the swine flu, she said.
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As the infected person does not know about the infection at least for one day such person might pass on the swine flu to others without knowledge. Thus Allah Subhana Wa Taala alone knows whether we run the risk of swine flu while interacting with another person and thus we do need to appeal to Him through Dua.
Ya Allah! Induce us to offer all congregational prayers in congregation and protect us from all diseases including swine flu. Aameen, Aameen, Ya Rabbil Aalameen.
Your brother,
Mohideen Ibramsha
Was Salaam