Man Murdered in Dundas, Not News Worthy.

"Hamilton police have identified the man who was killed after being run over Thursday night in Dundas. Mark Hermz, 26, of Hamilton died after a woman drove a vehicle over him at the corner of Old Guelph Road and Patterson Road in the Pleasant View area around 7 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The homicide unit was originally called in to help with the investigation, but is no longer involved. Regional coroner Dr. Jack Stanborough called the case “complex” and added the “cause and manner of death” are still under investigation by police and his office. No charges have been laid and the collision reconstruction unit continues to investigate. "

I first heard about this story in a small little blurb in The Hamilton Spectator, it was hardly newsworthy apparently because I guess the lives of men really mean nothing these days. I am appalled more and more these days when people (generally women, and generally feminists) try to make the claim that men are the perpetrators of most violent crimes. There have been so many cases such as these in the past and many to come in the future of WOMEN committing violent crimes. I attribute the smaller number in reports to the fact that society expects men to be “strong” and to “handle themselves”. Men are seen to be weak and less worthy, or emasculated by societal standards if a woman has gained an upper hand over them in any way shape or form.

Therefore, men are much less likely to report abuse, let alone domestic abuse.

It has come to my attention, through mutual friends, that this woman was actually -very- violent and abusive to her partner, she had a history of abusing him on a repeated basis. Even after she had –murdered- him, his plight was barely worth a little blurb in a local newspaper.

And yet, had this been a man, who abused, and murdered his partner, I assure you this would have made international news. Feminists would get up on their soap boxes and start hollering to the skies about the inadequate justice system and equality for all- oh wait I mean “equality”, for just women.

Why is this young man, murdered before life could really have begun, any less newsworthy than a battered woman? Can anyone really honestly answer this for me?

Rest in peace Mark.  

Anyone with information about the fatal collision is asked to contact Detective Constable Hendrik Vandercraats at 905-546-4755.

18 ANSWERS OF THE HOLY PROPHET

Salaam Alaikum Warahmatullah, Wabarakatuhu, 

A traveller once came to the mosque to see the prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). After greeting the prophet, he was asked where he came from. The traveller replied that he came from very far just to get a few questions answered.

Following is the dialogue between the traveller and the prophet.

Traveller: I do not want adha’b (punishments) to be written in my account.

Prophet: Behave well with your parents

Traveller: I want to be known amongst people as an intelligent person.

Prophet: Fear Allah always.

Traveller: I want to be counted amongst Allah's favourites.

Prophet: Recite Qur’an every morning and evening.

Traveller: I want my heart to always be enlightened.

Prophet: Never forget death.

Traveller: I never want to be away from Allah's blessing.

Prophet: Always treat fellow creatures well.

Traveller: I never want to be harmed by my enemies.

Prophet: Always have faith in only Allah.

Traveller: I never want to be humiliated.

Prophet: Be careful of your actions.

Traveller: I wish to live long.

Prophet: Always do good towards blood Relations

Traveller: I want my sustenance to increase.

Prophet: Always be in wudhu (ablution).

Traveller: I wish to stay free of adha’b in the grave.

Prophet: Always wear pure clothes.

Traveller: I never want to be burned in hell.

Prophet: Control your eyes and tongue.

Traveller: How do I get my sins forgiven?

Prophet: Always ask forgiveness from Allah with a lot of humility.

Traveller: I want people to respect me always.

Prophet: Never extend your hands of need at people.

Traveller: I want to always be honoured.

Prophet: Never humiliate or put down anyone.

Traveller: I don't want to be squeezed by in the grave.

Prophet: Recite suratul Mulik (The Dominion) often.

Traveller: I want my wealth to increase.

Prophet: Recite suratul Waaqiah (The Inevitable) every night.

Traveller: I want to be safe and at peace on Day of Judgment.

Prophet: Do zikr (Praises) of Allah from dusk to night.

Traveller: I want to be in full attention and concentration during prayers.

Prophet: Always do wudhoo with concentration and attention.

Kindly do forward to all Muhmeen and Muhmeenat! 

Once a man was walking and he read this written on a wall: 

Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem 
Qul Huw-Allahu Ahad 
Allah-us-Samad 
Lam yalid wal lam yulad 
Wa lam yakul lahu kufuwan ahad 

So he sat and read it, while he was reading it a man was watching him and came to him and said 'Do you know that you have got at least 470 hasanat. (Blessings) just for reading this! The person who wrote this on the wall also got 470 hasanat; even I got 470 hasana's just for writing this mail; even you got (who is reading this mail) 470 hasanat. So press forward and let more people get 470 hassanat. Don't forget, each time someone reads this mail and gets hasanat so do you. 

When there is only a single star left in the sky. 
At that very moment, the path of forgiveness will close. 
The writing in the Qur’an will vanish. 
The sun will lower itself with the earth. 

Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) said, 'Who ever delivers this news to someone else I will on the Day of Judgment make for him a place in Jannat.' 

Please pass this to every Muslim you know. 

Ma’as’salaam.

Great Idea!

Okay so I was watching this awesome video (Click Here) the other day. And to be honest I was feeling guilty about my conduct as a Muslim lately. It was really eye opening. The woman in the video discusses about how the foundation of your martial relationships should be Allah. And although this is how it started out for me and my soulmate, school and time, and problems became factors and driving us away from that standard.

So we discussed a few options of remembering Allah, together. Now this is a little difficult for us because we are not in the same country right now. But we decided there were some other options that we could use. Some ideas that were thrown out there included:

1. Learning dua with eachother
2. Learning Quran verses together
3. Fasting on either Monday's or Friday's “together” to support eachother etc.

We decided that learning some Quran would be a benifical thing to do. So the plan is for us to learn on word, and it's meaning, every single day. Easy enough right? Then in each week we would have learned approx one verse. Simple. Since we are both not completely native to Arabic it is just enough of a challenge but not too hard.

I just thought this might be a nice idea for couples who are struggling with each other. If you guys would like to try it with your spouse, or even a friend there are two sites that show the Quran, word for word. This site shows the word and when you click on it, the site will recite the word for you. The second site shows the word grammatically, and how it is broken down in this fashion. This is effective and really helpful for anyone learning Quran.

If you would like to learn dua instead I found a nice pdf file that may help as well. 

JazakAllah khair and May Allah make us successful InshaAllah!