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Assalam-u-alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

I was going through the site 'islamic-awareness's 'islamic coins' section and noticed some important facts about the star-crescent emblem. For brothers and sisters who don't know about this, I hope it will be helpful Insh'Allah.

This emblem existed in the pre-islamic ages, specially during the sassanian empre it was widely used. When the Muslims conquered persia, sassanian empire ended but their coin containing the symbol and the face of sassanian emperor Yazdgrid three, WHO WAS A ZOROASTRIAN. Here is te coin's picture taken from
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Coins/drachm30.html.



Notice the crescent and star symbol at the top of the emperor's head. The coin existed the same even after muslim conquest, though the governors inserted Allah's Holy Name in the coin. See the picture of the coin during the reign of the fifth caliph Muawiya ibn Abu Sufian (R).



Look carefully. Do you see the writing-Bism Allah (In the Name of God) in the right lower corner? But the crescent-star symbol and the pagan emperor's portrait are right in their places!

So a question rises here. How can Muawiya (R), a close companion of the Prophet SAW, allow this coin with a pagan symbol and someone's portrait which is strictly prohibited??

Personally I don't hate Muawiya (R) 'cause I'M NOT A SHIA OR A KHARIZI. In fact I don't like to criticize any of the Prophet's SAW companions. But I do admit he made some mistakes as he was also a human like others (we don't worship the sahabas as the trinitians worship the disciples). And so by the term 'KHULAFA-E-RASHIDIN' (Rightly guided caliphs) I and most people understand Abu bakr, Umar. Usman and Ali (R).

And while critisizing a close companion of the Prophet SAW, we must judge things logically and rationally. Muawiyah R couldn't change the coin in a blink of an eye even if he wanted to. Read the foloowing from http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Coins/  and notice the bold writings.

After the Muslims defeated the armies of Byzantine and Sassanian empires, there came the need to administer the conquered territories. The early Muslim from Arabia did not have a sophisticated system like that of the two defeated empires. So, the best recourse for them was to maintain the existing administrative systems just like other conquerers before and after them did.  However, the early Muslims inherited two different administrative systems from the conquered two empires. Hence they had to maintain two parallel administrative systems one in the east and another in the west, which differed in their languages, culture, monetary systems and controls. The Muslims maintained these parallel systems for over 50 years until the reforms of the Umayyad caliph al-Malik.

Before the reforms of al-Malik, the Muslims used the existing MONETARY SYSTEMS of their Sassanian and the Byzantine predecessors. There is a
debate concerning the earliest coinage and their dating. Some argue that Muslims started striking coinage almost immediately as they did in the former Sassanian domain. Other argue that the Muslims did not strike coins in the former Byzantine realms until the reign of al-Malik. However, the middle ground appears to be more appropriate as the the coinage of the era before the advent of al-Malik was very complex. At some point in time, both in the east and in the west, the Islamic empire started to make its presence known via the coins that circulated in their domains. Initially, the changes were very MINOR with the addition of short phrases in Arabic and/or the addition of hijra dates. These lasted until a complete reform of the administrative system by al-Malik who united it in Arabic and changed the coinage drastically to what we essentially call as ISLAMIC COINS.

It is not easy to suddenly change the coinage system of a vast empire, almost impossible.

But still, whoever inserted Allah's name in the coin could at least give the Name a place in the top AS I REALLY REALLY DON'T APPRECIATE/SUPPORT KEEPING A PAGAN SYMBOL ON THE TOP AND A PORTRAIT OF A ZOROASTRIAN EMPEROR IN THE MIDDLE WHILE THROWING OFF ALLAH'S NAME IN THE LOWER CORNER.

The coin of Abd al-Malik ibn AbdAllah, zubayrid governor of Bishapur, also had the name of the Prophet, (which is the earliest occurance of the name Muhammad in a dated Muslim text), but still in the lower left corner!! See yourselves.



And brothers I think this is how the pagan emblem started to enter Islam slowly. Later the Turks adopted this symbol from the persians and finally it became a worldwide emblem for Islam.

Well in this case, thanks to Muawiya's (R) son Yazid (only for this reason, not for his other works!) as he removed Allah's name from the gathering of pagan marks! (ie the crescent-star symbol and the portrait) At least he didn't mix Allah's name with those things! This is his coin:



Finaly, umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan completely removed the coin with the pagan symbol and started a new and truly ISLAMIC COIN. May Allah bless him for this work. See his dinar (gold coin) and dirham (silver coin).





May Allah bless the muslim ummah and save us from shirk, kufr and bidat.

And Allah knows best...
Tahmeed

Main source: http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Coins/

Assalamu alaikum brother Osama,

Do you have any detail article on 'Islam in the Bible' on the main site? I am having troubles finding it. Please help.

The thing is I just read this verse and am very excited.

[Jeremiah28:9] As for the Prophet who prophesies of Shalom (!), when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the Prophet will be kbown as whom the Lord has truly sent!

This verse doesn't only prove that Islam is the religion of all prophets (to understand this, read the preious verse) but also proves that Muhammad PBUH was a true prophet!

The clever translators always tranlate the word Shalom as 'peace'. So it's very hard to notice this amazing thing!

Glory to Allah and His true religion

Tahmeed

Assalamu alaikum brother Osama,

The NT and even the gospel of Barnabas (ch. 2) says that Mary took Joseph as her husband.

But we know that the Jews called her an aduteress. Even the Talmud says that.

If Joseph was really Mary's husband, they wouldn't make such a nasty claim. They would simply take Jesus as the son of Joseph.

Please reply soon.

Your brother,
Tahmeed

Assalamu alaikum dear brother Tarek and Uzair,

JajakAllahu dear bro Tarek for those informations about that Tagut (Atatuk).

And may Allah bless you for your understanding dear brother Uzair.

I also thought that we can use 'La ilaha illAllah......' or the picture I showed, 'Allah, rasul, muhammad' as our emblem instead of that pagan mark. I guess that won't be any sin (Allah knows best).

But have you thought about the results of using those writtings or the seal as an emblem? The christians love burning things to dishonor Islam. Every christian and bloody 'Islam-hating infidel' will burn at least one emblem each day. But we are not like those ******* as we respect the people of the Books. Does any of us want to see the sacred name of Allah SWT and the name of  His beloved prophet SAW burning?

Actually there is very little need of an emblem. But we can use the emblems you or I have shown only in special cases and not very often.

May Allah bless you and all the muslims in this world,
Tahmeed

Assalamu alaikum,

So we are studying demonology here? Has anyone played or seen the game 'Devil May Cry'?

In this game, the hero dante is a half demon. In the story, his father sparda was a powerful demon who ruled the human world in harmony. Both of them are good characters.

So see, the word 'demon' doesn't always have to mean 'bad' or 'evil'!

(NOTE: I am not advestising for any video game here! I have never played that game and I have given up playing video games. I am just using the example here. So don't take it seriously!)

If you use the word 'demon' (for jinns) in that sense, (i.e. demons don't always have to be evil) and then use the word 'devil' to mean evil jinns or evil demons, I think there is no problem!

Salam,
Tahmeed

Christian asked me.

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Why would Gabriel ask Muhammad to read when he was illiterate? Angel Knows everything. This proves that it was not an angel but it was a demon.

How should I answer this?

Assalamu alaikum dear brothers,

I find this thing very interesting!

Gabriel said, 'read'.

The prophet said, 'I can't read.'

So why then Gabriel again said, 'Read'?

If it was a demon, then a demon should be cleverer than an angel !!

I think he wasn't actually telling the prophet to read, but was repeating the first word of the verse 96:1, 'Iqra', from which the name 'Quran' comes.

Sometimes the infidels' logics stinks.

And another important thing. Saying that angels know everything is evident shirk. Even humans have higher status than angels, that's why the angels were told to bow down to Adam. But u will see in the bible how they worship angels, for example see gen 19:1-2.

May Allah bless the muslim ummah,
Tahmeed

Assalamu alaikum dear Bro Osama,

I read your article about the kaaba. It's very good mashAllah. But Bro, I think I didn't saw this verse in the article. I just read it and I hope it will be useful inshAllah.

Ezra 10:1

No while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping and bowing down BEFORE THE HOUSE OF GOD..........

Allah Hafiz,
Tahmeed

Assalamu alaikum bro Osama,

Recently I've been thinking about the symbol used for Islam (A crescent moon and a 5 pointed star) and I realized something.

Look at the past and present mythologies. The greek goddess of moon and hunting, Artemis, who was known as Diana in roman mythology; both are drawn with crescents on their heads. The hindu god shiva has a crescent on his head. Even the pagan arabian god hubal had a crescent on his head. So see, satan has his ways !

The mark they use for Islam, was invented neither by the prophet pbuh nor by any of his companions may ALLAH be pleased with them. So who gave the foul inventor of this symbol the right to make up an emblem for Allah's religion??

Aisha (R) reported, Rasulullah pbuj said, "He who innovates things in our affairs which is invalid, they are to be rejected." (Muslim, Kitab al Aqdiyya, chapter 6)

Narrated Ibn Sariyah...

........He (the prophet) then said, "I enjoin u to fear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for those of u who live after me will see great disagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of the rightly guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error." (Abu Dawud pdf, hafith no. 4590)

Actually this symbol was invented in Turkey. Many bidats came from that place.

I guess u know about red cross and red crescent.  The organization's emblem was at first a red cross. Then the Turkeys brought the red crescent emblem for 'muslim use'. Read this:

The Red Cross flag is the colour-switched version of the Flag of Switzerland. In 1906, to put an end to the argument of Turkey that the flag took its roots from Christianity, it was decided to promote officially the idea that the Red Cross flag had been formed by reversing the federal colours of Switzerland, although no clear evidence of this origin had ever been found. [13]

THE RED CRESCENT

The Red Crescent emblem was first used by ICRC volunteers during the armed conflict between the Ottoman Empire and Russia (1877–1878). The symbol was officially adopted in 1929, and so far 33 Islamic states have recognized it.

(from http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement)

(And read in wikipedia that israel wanted a 'red david's star' too but was rejected )

So the crescent is an alternative for the cross, huh? The christians have a nice emblem, why shouldn't we have one too?

And then satan thought, "Well, I can't take them back to paganism, but surely I can resurrect the pagan symbol I have been using for thousand years!"

(I am not mocking the red cross organisation here, I am just talking about why the emblem changed)

Almost every mosque has now this emblem. And what hurts me the most is that they included this symbol on the prophet's grave.

I wont say that this symbol is shirk, but it surely is evident bidat. Why would we need an emblem anyway? Just because the enemies of Allah have emblems of their own doesnt mean we should have one too. "We are muslims"- that's enough for us to represent ourselves.

And the idea of having an emblem is not the only thing muslims adopted from other religions. Things like rosary beads (known as Tasbi), pendants with Allah's name, birthday, armlets; are also adopted things, which the Prophet didnt use or perform..and so bidat.

Another fitna with this symbol is that the infidels use it to support their claim that muslims worship a moon god. NAUZUBILLAH.

Bro Osama do u have any artcles about this emblem? I think I saw one about the pendant with Allah's name.

Please reply soon and beware of bidats !!
Tahmeed