Ghanian Abdullah's dream to go to Hajj comes true . Allah calls to hajj whom he wills. Al-Hassan Abdullah, a poor Ghanaian villager whose story went viral on Turkish social media .A turkey news channel was recording a video with their drone and eventually this drone fell in front of this old man's house.The journalist ran to get the drone back and saw it in the old man's  hand . He innocently  asked the Turkish film crew flying a drone with a camera in his village in Ghana if they had "a bigger one of this that would take him to [Saudi Arabia]" where millions of Muslims go every year for the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage. As his story went viral on social media, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu intervened and helped arrange a hajj journey for Abdullah, who is impoverished. He arrived in Istanbul from Accra on Friday and ...
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Why is the first "10 days of Dhul Hijja "the Best Days of Islamic year Allaah has preferred the first 10 days of dhul hijja over all the other days of the year.This is evident from the following Hadeeths. Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him and his father) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allaah than these ten days." The people asked, "Not even jihaad for the sake of Allaah?" He said, "Not even jihaad for the sake of Allaah, except in the case of a man who went out to fight giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing." (Reported by al-Bukhaari, 2/457). Also (Reported by al-Daarimi, 1/357; its isnaad is hasan as stated in al-Irwaa’, 3/398). Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning)"That they might witness things that ...
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The city of Long Beach, California, will pay $85,000 to settle a 2016 lawsuit filed by a Muslim woman after an officer forcibly removed kirsty Powell's hijab, or headscarf, when she was in police custody. The incident started when Kirsty Powell and her husband were pulled over by police for driving a "low rider" car, according to the lawsuit. Powell was the passenger, but was arrested after police found a warrant under her name for a shoplifting incident.Powell's husband requested a female officer handle the arrest, according to the suit, but the arresting officers denied the request and told Powell she had to remove her hijab. Powell spent the night in prison without her headscarf. It was returned when her husband posted her bond.The lawsuit states Powell was "forced to appear in a publicly available booking photo without her religious headwear." Adding," As a result of the foregoing deprivations of ...
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