Ali al-Timimi donations

[KashifN]

Alhumdulillah, we are now able to make online donations again to support our brother and teacher Sh. Ali al-Timimi.

Initial estimates are that $600,000 needs to be raised between now and Spring 2007, so we all need to dig deep into our pockets to ensure that we hit our target. That figure might seem huge now, but with Allah's Help we can make it small.

If you want to donate a large sum of money but can't do so in one go... no problem! We've set up the payment system so that you can make donations in monthly installments with an option of sending from $10 a month to a $100 a month.

So please visit the following page to make a donation:
http://www.islamicmail.eu/aliT/donateAliT.html

How else can you help?

If you have your own blog or website why not host the Paypal button? All you need to do is to embed the HTML in the file below into your blog template or webpage and it will allow visitors to your blog/site to simply click on the button and be forwarded to the appropriate donation page. The HTML is http://www.islamicmail.eu/aliT/paypal.txt


Let your friends and family know that they too can donate by forwarding them this news.

If you have any questions about making online donations please don't hesitate to get in touch with us at: donateuk AT freeali.org

[KashifN]

Sending cash in the post is risky for obvious reasons.

You can just go to your local branch of HSBC fill in the deposit form with the account details supplied below and deposit the money.

Account name: Islamic Mail
Account Number: 01418904
Sort Code: 40-02-34

Kashif
Wa Salaam

[Abdullah al-Shishani]

assalamu aleykum,

can you tell what is this money for?

jzk

[KashifN]

assalaamu alaikum

Its for the legal costs of his case and for his upkeep while in prison.

[Abu_Zahid]

Assalamualaikum,

Is there any news on how much money has been raised so far? And any other progress on the Shaykh's case? May Allah hasten his release.

I couldn't find much on the website, doesn't seem to have been updated for a long while.

Would really appreciate some information.
JazaakAllah khairan

[Brother_Mujahid]

I wanted to bump this up. In this month of Ramadan I wish to encourage the Muslim brothers and sisters to remember our imprisoned brother Shaykh `Ali al-Timimi (http://freeali.org/Home.html) (faka ullah `asra). Here is brother Umar Lee (http://umarlee.com/) speaking about al-Timimi:

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[Abu_Zahid]

What is happening with Shaykh Ali at Tamimi?
The website hasn't been updated since January! It is quite frustrating.

What is the latest with his case?
Do they still require money? How much?
How is he?

Does anyone know???

[Umm Ahmed]

I've just received the following.

we received the following message today from shaykh Ali at-Tamimi's wife:

Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu

There is going to be a hearing on my husband's behalf on November 20, 2007.
Please ask everybody to pray as this hearing is very critical.

May Allah reward you all.

-- Ziyana



So I remind everyone and ask everyone to pray for our Shaykh in this critical time. A beautiful sister always reminded us of this hadith:

The Messenger of Allah Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã said, “The supplication of a Muslim for his brother in his absence will certainly be answered. Everytime he makes a supplication for good for his brother, the angel appointed for this particular task says: `Ameen! May it be for you, too’.” [Muslim].

Then I remind you with the following words about our obligations to our brothers and sisters who are being humiliated and oppressed at the hands of the crusaders, first from our Prophet, and then from our salaf.

In the Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet Muhammad said, “A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He does not wrong him, forsake him or despise him.”


Imam Nawawi commented on this hadith in Sharh Muslim (16/120) saying, “the scholars said, “forsaking him is leaving him when he is in need and despising him means, if he asks for help to remove an evil in his life, he must help him if he can and if he does not have a legitimate excuse not to”.


Ibn Rajab said in Jami Al-Ulum Wal Hukum, p. 333, “by this, a believer forsaking his brother, it means that the believer is commanded to help his brother as the Prophet said, “help your brother, whether he is the oppressed or the oppressor”. He was asked, “O Messenger of Allah, help the oppressed but how do I help the oppressor?” He said, “by preventing him from oppressing. This is how you help him”. Narrated by Anas.



Abu Dawud mentions the hadith narrated by Abu Talha Al-Ansari and Jabir Bin Abdullah, that the Prophet Muhammad said, “No man forsakes a Muslim when his rights are being violated or his honour is being belittled except that Allah will forsake him at a place in which he would love to have His help. And no man helps a Muslim at a time when his honour is being belittled or his rights violated except that Allah will help him at a place in which he loves to have His help”.



Ahmed reported that Abu Umamah Bin Sahl narrated from his father that the Prophet (SAW) said, “He in whose presence a Muslim is humiliated and who does not help him, being able to help him, God will humiliate him before all creatures on the Day of Judgment”.



There are many other obligations we have towards the prisoners that the scholars are agreed upon, such as the obligation to use all our wealth in pursuit of their freedom. So what is wrong with us that we don't even use the greatest weapon - the weapon more powerful than any nuclear, chemical, or biological weapon - a sincere supplication to Allah, in the last third of the night dedicated to our brothers?


Please make Du'a for shaykh Ali, and the other Mashaayikh imprisoned everywhere, and our the lions of Islam imprisoned everywhere from Brooklyn to Guantanamo.