Love and compassion

The prophet’s mercy to animals, Even the bird found a place in his heart
The prophet’s heart would be shaken to its very foundations if he saw a distressed bird that lost its babies. A wounded animal, a hungry animal, a sick animal , insects burnt, water being polluted moved his heart, too, and stirred his compassion, yet on his shoulder he onus of imparting God’s message to the whole of the world. How great is such a prophet!
How miraculous is this prophet!
He is the message of heavens to the earth, the message of mercy, the exemplary to be followed. God says in the Holy Quran what means; “you have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent exemplar for him who hopes in Allah and the latter day and remembers Allah much. (21)
Prophet Muhammad called not to kill even a frog and he said, “Its croaking is tasbeeh (praising God)." Always with this litany was capped his words" Those who are not merciful will not find mercy( on the part of God)."
Such is his mercy that inspired his followers such as Um’ar ibn Al-Kahtab to the extent that he, too, was so worried if an animal was stumbled in the far east or west and feared that he would be held responsible for it before his Lord; he says" I fear that If an animal is stumbled in the far east or west that I will be held accountable before my Lord on the Day of Judgment."
This is Mohammed, who rebuked the tyrannies of his times including emperors, notwithstanding he would be moved for a bird that lost its babies.
It is narrated that someone took two chicks of a bird (hamra), which came in panic searching for its chicks. Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him and his house) then asked, “Who has distressed it by taking its chicks?" Then he asked them to return the chicks.
Perhaps people lavish animals with their care because of their beauty unmindful of their being entities created by God, The case is different in Islam. The following Hadith lays credence to this fact. It is narrated that the prophet once passed by a burned out anthill. When the Prophet saw it he asked, “Who has burned it?" When he was informed of who had done it, he said, “Only the Lord of Fire has the right to punish with fire." Is there any beauty in ants?!
His mercy was not only confined to caring about animals but it goes even more, Seeing a hungry animal would move his heart so much to the extent that he would go to its owner rebuking him for not feeding his animal.
Once the Prophet passed by a camel that was so emaciated its back was one with its abdomen. Upon that, the Prophet said, “Fear Allah with regard to livestock. Ride them in a fitting way and eat them when they are in good condition."
In his heart, everything has a portion, the distressed among people would go to him to ease their hearts even the distressed animals would do the same thing. He once entered the garden of man from the Ansar (Muslims of Madinah) and there was a camel. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his house) saw the camel it froze and its eyes started watering. Then the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his house) came to it and rubbed its ears so it calmed down. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his house) said, “Who is the owner of this camel? Whose camel is this?" A young man from the Ansar told him (peace and blessings be upon him and his house),“O Messenger of Allah, it belongs to me.” Then he told him (peace and blessings be upon him and his house), “Do you not fear Allah with regard to this beast which Allah has let you own? It complained to me that you starve it and tire it by overworking it and using it beyond its capacity."

qibla change in islam
There are more than 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, and each time they pray, they turn their faces in one direction, towards Mecca. The Islamic term for this direction is qibla. When a Muslim prepares to pray, no matter where he is, he turns towards the qibla, the direction of the Kaba. The Kaba is a small cube shaped building in the courtyard of the mosque known as Masjid Al Haram, in the city of Mecca, in the country of Saudi Arabia.
“For every nation there is a direction to which they face (in their prayers). So hasten towards all that is good. Wheresoever you may be, God will bring you together (on the Day of Resurrection). Truly, God is Able to do all things. And from wheresoever you start forth (for prayers), turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid-al-Haram (at Mecca), that is indeed the truth from your Lord. And God is not unaware of what you do." (Quran 2:148-149)
Muslims do not worship the Kaba, or its contents, it is simply a focal point. Muslims worship One God, the Most Merciful, and the Most Wise. God decreed that when Muslims pray they all face one direction. It is a sign of unity that encapsulates the unity embedded in the religion of Islam.
The Arabic word for prayer is salah and it demotes a connection between the believer and God; when all believers face the same direction it adds an extra dimension to the connection. The prayer connects the believers to God and the qibla connects the believers to one another. It has been said that if one could observe all the Muslims at prayer we would be able to see lines of worshippers bowing and prostrating like the petals of a flower opening and closing in unison.
The qibla was not always oriented towards Mecca. The first Muslims prayed towards the al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Around sixteen months after Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to the city of Medina, the qibla was changed to the Kaba. According to accounts by Prophet Muhammad’s companions, the change happened very suddenly. During the noon prayer, Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, received a revelation from God instructing him to, “Turn your face towards the Masjid al Haram”.
“Thus, we have made you real believers in Islamic Monotheism, true followers of Prophet Muhammad and his legal ways, a just nation, witnesses over mankind and the Messenger a witness over you. And We made the Qibla (prayer direction towards Jerusalem) which you used to face, only to test those who followed the Messenger from those who would turn on their heels (i.e. disobey the Messenger). Indeed, it was great (heavy) except for those whom God guided. And God would never make your prayers to be lost (i.e. your prayers offered towards Jerusalem). Truly, God is full of kindness, the Most Merciful towards humankind."
“Verily! We have seen the turning of your (Muhammad) face towards the heaven. Surely, We shall turn you to a Qibla (prayer direction) that shall please you, so turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid- al-Haram (at Mecca). And wheresoever you people are, turn your faces (in prayer) in that direction…" (Quran 2:143-144)
Changing the direction of prayer establishes Mecca as the fixed central point for worship. It establishes a common sense or purpose.
Throughout the centuries, mathematicians and astronomers have established correct ways to determine the qibla (direction) from any point on the earth’s surface. There are two precise moments each year when the sun is directly above the Kaba, thus the direction of shadows in any sunlit place will point away from the qibla. There are also two moments per year when the sun is directly over the exact opposite position of the Kaba, thus pointing towards the qibla.
It is important the Muslims make every effort to face the right direction when praying; however, slight deviations do not invalidate a person’s prayer. Prophet Muhammad said, “What is between the east and the west is qibla".[1] Nowadays it is easy to locate the qibla. It is a simple matter to look at a map and draw a line between your location and the city of Mecca. Compasses and computer programs that locate the qibla are readily available and most mosques throughout the world have a niche in the wall to indicate the qibla.
Islam is a religion of unity. Muslims are united by their belief in One God. They are one brotherhood united in the language and ritual of prayer and united by the direction of their worship. The qibla is not only about degrees of latitude or longitude it is about unity. It is about humankind united in the worship of the One God, Creator, and Sustainer of the universe.
Change Of Qibla From Jerusalem To Kaaba By Nouman Ali

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The prophet was so emphatic on feeding animals; feeding animals or helping them to drink may remit your sins regardless of what great they are. Planting a tree that a wild bird may eat from will surely bring you may rewards. Starving an animal to death will be mete out with hell. There are many Hadiths in this regard, it should be noted here that the prophet is not expressing his personal opinion, his words are minute understanding of God’s word to him- The Holy Quran.
The Prophet said, “If any Muslim plants any plant and a human being or an animal eats of it, he will be rewarded as if he had given that much in charity." – (Al-Bukhari)
The prophet, in order to urge people to feed helpless animals, says" there was a Jewish whore, who used to commit adultery, took it as craft. It happened that she passed by a well and, as she was thirsty, she came down to the well to quench her thirst. When she ascended to the brim of the well, she found a dog out of breath from the blunt of thirst.
“It must have been suffering exactly like me" she thought.
She took off her shoes and went down to the well and filled it with water and stretched her hand and quenched the dog’s thirst. When this whore died, she was let into heaven and her long series of sins were remitted because of just quenching the dog’s thirst.

Another story that the prophet narrated is a blood-curdling story for those who prevent animals from food; the prophet says" a woman entered the hell because she imprisoned a cat, she neither fed it nor did she set it free to eat."
Burdening animals with that they could not bear also would move his heart, it should be noted that the prophet’s words concerning animals or whatever are not mere pieces of advice, the prophet’s words are rules and legislations that man should stand accountable for here in this life and the hereafter if he violates these rules.
It happened that he saw some people sitting on animals so he commented, “Keep them safe and sound when riding them and when leaving them, don’t use them as chairs for your side talks in the streets and markets. A ridden animal might be better than its rider and might remember and mention God more than its rider does."

I have always found this most bizarre.

There are more than 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, and each time they pray, they turn their faces in one direction, towards Mecca. The Islamic term for this direction is qibla. When a Muslim prepares to pray, no matter where he is, he turns towards the qibla, the direction of the Kaba.
Getting all bent out of shape over the direction you point when praying to the God of Time and Creation, Life and Love seems down right insane. Or are they praying to their idol image of Muhammad? Either way, if not insane, than at the intellectual/spiritual level of a toddler. :ahhh: GOD is greater than self-imposed and quite contrived obsessive compulsive behavior. Oh and the repetition of praises to God - gag me with spoon. {Christian pop music is another example of un-goddly and empty headed praise obsession.} God does not need our praise, God would be quite happy if we just showed a little more appreciation for the wonders of Her Earth, the one she blessed us with. You know, the biosphere that made our society possible and that provides all that sustains us and that "God-fearing people" like you are dedicated to destroying as fast as possible. Any True God of Light and Time, Creation and Love is so so much bigger than our, your, petty human imagination, foibles and hubris. You are fantasizing to yourselves - even your holy books warn people of that, but do you pay attention? Abrahamic religions are human made! For good reasons perhaps. But still human made, and human limited. Don't come around here waving it around as though it represents any real Earthly Truth, it is poetry, political spiritual art - a human creation that does not reflect the real physical world we've come to understand.

Four posts.
Eleven YouTube links of dubious origin and questionable content.
Pretty near two thousand words of cut’n paste.
Are you trying to say anything about our current world and lives,
or are you just notching-up extra-credit-points with Allah for posting this stuff?
Or are you a recruiter making a living?

The prophet’s mercy to animals, Even the bird found a place in his heart
Apparently you're into scripture and listening to what others tell you to believe. I myself, due to blessed providence, come from a milieu that embraces life with joy and curiosity and a deep desire to understand it to the best of my abilities. These were a teenagers boast once, now I'm 62 and standing tall having lived and prospered by living My Life, according to My moral and ethical standards and rules of behavior. As a child I was taught Seek and It Shall Be Revealed, and so it has been. I speak to you on the authority of my own life of devotion, study, action and experiences, I don't need to cut and paste someone else ideas, so I find this effort a bit disingenuous. I’m curious, have you been able to distill all you’ve read or listened to into any original conclusions or thoughts of your own? Or is repeating other’s words the best you can do? What about Love and Compassion? What about Self Interest? What about Enlightened self-interest? What about eating and the cycles of life and death? What does it tell you about Love and Compassion and the struggle to survive?

What have we done to the world?
Look what we’ve done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son?
What about flowering fields?
Is there a time?
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine?
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war?
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying earth, these weeping shores?
Ah, ooh
Ah, ooh

The prophet prohibits blood animals sports
Blood animal sports was a long entrenched habit at the time of the prophet, and even is still ongoing, this was opposed by the prophet and even made prohibited. It was reported that Prophet Muhammad prohibited the killing of a bird for the sake of pleasure and not for a specific beneficial need, the Prophet said, “Anyone who would kill a bird, this bird would come on Doomsday and say, “God, this person killed me for pleasure and not for benefit." He prohibited taking any animal or any living creature as a target for shooting.
The Prophet (PBUH) said; “Do not clip the forelock of a horse, for decency is attached to their forelock, for it protects it; nor their tail, for it is fly-flap." (Narrated by Utba bin Farqad abu abd)
In this respect as Ibn Umar said; “I heard the Messenger of Allah, , say, whoever mutilates a living creature and then does not repent, Allah will mutilate him on the Day of Judgment"
Jabir told that God’s Messenger forbade the striking the face or branding on the face of any animal. He said when an ass, which had been branded on his face, had passed by: “God curse the one who branded it." (Narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah)

Islam is the second most widely practiced religion in France after Roman Catholicism by many faithful. With a total estimated 5 to 10 percent of the national population, France has the largest number of Muslims in Western Europe. [1] [2] The majority of Muslims in France belong to the Sunni community. [3]
Islam is the religion that is in perfect harmony with human nature and that preached by all prophets since the dawn of humanity. Other religions today, such as Christianity and Judaism,
original teachings were either altered or lost and what remains today of these religions is a mixture of truths and lies.
Islam
The only religion that has been preserved
Prophets of Islam is the only true religion, which manages all areas of human life, including the religious, moral considerations, the harmonious development of society and the personal development of individuals, and it is the duty of every human being to study this religion to ensure its veracity and to practice it and make it a lifestyle.
The truth about Islam.
Why they demonize Islam?
Why the media took Islam and Muslims targeted?
It is Islam that scares them, Islam is spreading

  • No alcohol
  • No discotheques
  • No pornography
  • No prostitution
  • No rape
  • No homosexuality, …
    There will be all these things to.
    Previously they were against communism and now they are against Islam.
    - YouTube
    - YouTube

Koto this is a forum for discussion, not for posting the same material without dialogue on other opinions on relevant threads. Further non responsive posting may lead to banning. Thanks.

Let me follow up on this.

Koto this is a forum for discussion, not for posting the same material without dialogue on other opinions on relevant threads. Further non responsive posting may lead to banning. Thanks.
I’m curious, have you been able to distill all you’ve read or listened to into any original conclusions or thoughts of your own? Or is repeating other’s words the best you can do? What about Love and Compassion? What about Self Interest? What about Enlightened self-interest? What about eating and the cycles of life and death? What does it tell you about Love and Compassion and the struggle to survive?

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