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Most Muslims have good intentions but lack the knowledge of the basics of their religion when they forward email chains. While some of the emails can be classified as mistakes or stupidity, some are really dangerous. One such email chain: Azan “Round The Clock”. This starts (in multi-colors) with

Please read complete so you know the facts of Azaan
A reminder! This is something we tend to ignore on a daily basis.

The Holy Prophet Mohammad (SalallaAllahu Alehi Wasallam) said, stop doing everything during the Azan even reading the Quran, (and repeat the Azaan with the Moazzin.) {My comment: There are authentic hadeeths like “Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah’s Apostle said, “Whenever you hear the Adhan, say what the Mu’adh-dhin is saying” Saheeh Bukhari 1.585} The person who talks during the Azaan will not be able to say the Kalma-e-shahadat on his/her death bed. {My question: Wait a minute, which Imaam has recorded this Hadeeth?} Plz try to pass thi message to more muslims as u can afford.

And towards the end, it says

Allah said: “If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you.”

This is the dangerous area. There is no reference to where this is recorded. This statement is not in Quran. But, one brother found out that a similar statement attributed to Jesus.  A Christian email chain contains

Jesus said, “If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father” Not ashamed pass this [I'm not going to give the link. And there are reasons for that]

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Another widely circulated email [This made my eyes wet (Must Read till end)] is also a copy from Christian email chain. The original Christian version starts with

Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at their church, the Pastor and his 11-year-old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel tracts. This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside as well as pouring down rain.

The Muslims converted that to

Every Friday afternoon, after the Jumma prayers, the  Imam and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out “PATH TO PARADISE” and other  Islamic literature. This particular and fortunate Friday afternoon, as the time came for the Imam and his son to go to the streets with  their booklets, it was very cold outside, as well as pouring rain.

I am wondering why do the Muslims need to get stories and quotes from Christians. Aren’t Quran, Hadeeth and authentic biography of Companions and their students and Imams enough for us? or are they too tough or boring to read?

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The strength of Islam is in the fact that its original sources (Quran & Sunnah) and their meanings are well protected. That is why the enemies of Islam have come up with fake Quran (books, websites) and fabricated hadeeths. (Now, our own brothers are spreading fake Quanic verses via email chains, like the above)

This is also the reason why the Imaams not only recorded authentic hadeeths, but also elaborately wrote about the chain of narrators, and weak & fabricated hadeeths. If truth and false mixes, then the end product isn’t clearly the truth.

Conveying the truth is compulsory on every Muslim – irrespective of the result. The result may be fame (you become famous), criticism (which prophet wasn’t criticised?) or persecution. That doesn’t matter, as long as one conveys the truth for the sake of Allaah alone

Anytime you see “Allah said” or “Prophet said”, look for references to Quran or Hadeeth. If you don’t see references PLEASE RETURN THE EMAIL AND SEEK PROOF and most importantly, DO NOT FORWARD

Warning: “Whoever attributes to me something that I did not say, let him reserve his seat in the Hellfire”  [Saheeh Al-Bukhari]. Prophet stated that warning on a number of occasions, as those words have been recorded from the Prophet by over fifty Companions [Sulaimaan al-Tabaraani, Turuq Hadeeth Man Kadhaba Alayya Mutamadan]

Anas ibn Maalik also said, “If I did not fear that I may make a mistake, I would narrate to you some of the things I heard from the Messenger of God.  However, I heard him say, ‘Whoever falsely attributes something to my authority shall take his own seat in the Hell-fire.’” [This narration was recorded by al-Daarimi]

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Summary (from another brother):

1. Reference to the various Hadith mentioned must be placed, or else it shouldn’t be circulated.
2. This worldly phenomenon is not something specific to Adhaan… Salah too is the same… probably some non-Muslim practises are the same too.
3. The plants, stones and trees do the Dhikr of Allah all the time, but we do not understand that.
4. Reference to what Allah said (at the end) must be given. This is unbelievable – lying against Allah.