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Question :

Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum.

Living in the US as a Muslim, I see a lot of Muslim communities from different countries who congregate in their own "borders." There is a masjid for every nationality (Indonesian, Egyptian, Sudanese, etc.). Shouldn't we just have masjids for all, not further dividing ourselves along these nationalistic or ethnic lines? What positive steps can we take toward this?

Jazakum Allahu khayran.

Question :

Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum.

How can God place humans in Hell knowing that they would have done sin since He has foreknowledge of what they do?

Jazakum Allahu khayran.

I want to share my experience when I had problem with Grub error. It was in one of my company PC server. The PC use as Database mirror and fortunatelly for me the PC it self dont have direct impact to the other systems. Here are some actions when I am trying to fix the problem.

If we have create one execution file, for example  in /usr/local/bin/mirror . Can we put this file as init script file and always run while startup and everytime our linux system will check it ??? Off course we can use cron to make it a routine execution file, but I will use other way.

Here are my experience when I am trying to have an init script :

First chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mirror :

[email protected]:$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mirror

[email protected]:$ sudo vi /etc/init.d/mirror

#! /bin/sh

/usr/local/bin/mirror >/dev/null 2>&1 &

One of my friend told me he not received email from his relatives since 2 days ago. He guess maybe there was an error in our mail server.

So, I use my gmail account and send an email to one of my company mail account. Gmail can't send email, here the report :

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification


Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:


   


Technical details of permanent failure:

PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 14): 554 Service unavailable; Client host [209.85.132.245] blocked using relays.ordb.org; ordb.org was shut down on December 18, 2006. Please remove from your mailserver.

Question :

Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum.

Is it forbidden to trim your nails or cut your hair in the first 10 days of Dhul-Hijjah? Please answer based on the Hanafi Madhhab.

Jazakum Allahu khayran.

Answer (Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shah) :

Question :

Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum.

In Australia, most members of the Muslim community are purchasing cars and homes through commercial bank loans and mortgages. This is justified in two ways: First, one has no option in a Western country that does not have Islamic banking - and hence you need to borrow to be able to acquire a car and a home. Second, the prohibited interest refers to excessive interest over and above an acceptable rate (usurious rate). Interest at or below the average is acceptable.