Jews Have No Legitimate Claim to Al-Buraq/Wailing Wall (Barf Alert

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[swarthyguy]

Fatwa Question Details

Name Ali - Egypt Title Jews Have No Legitimate Claim to Al-Buraq Wall

Question As-Salamu Alaikum. Is the wall at Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Burâq Wall, or the “Wailing Wall”?

Date 8/Apr/2002

Mufti Islam Online Fatwa Editing Desk

Answer

Wa `Alaykum As-Salam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All thanks and praise are due to Allah and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear questioner, we would like to express our deep thanks and overwhelming sense of gratitude to you for this great confidence you place in us and implore Almighty Allah to enable us meet these expectations and fulfill our task towards the whole Muslim Ummah.

As regards your question, we’d like, first of all, to make it clear to you that Al-Buraq Wall is a part of the western wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The wall was captured by Israel along with the rest of Arab East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war. Israel then annexed that part of the city in a move not recognized internationally.

Jewish worshippers pray at the wall, which they revere as part of a biblical temple. It forms part of a raised esplanade that Jews call Temple Mount and regard as their holiest site.

The compound is known as Al-Haram Ash-Sharif (Sacred Sanctuary) and contains the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site.

Moving to your question, we’d like to quote the following statement of Dr. Nasr Farid Wasil, the former Mufti of Egypt, in his response to a similar question:

“Al-Buraq Wall is part of Al-Aqsa Mosque and it is an Islamic endowment. Hence, it is not permissible in Shari`ah for any non-Islamic quarter to claim or possess it. The wall would remain part and parcel of Islamic heritage and endowment forever. Therefore, it’s incumbent upon Muslims all over the world and the media to stop referring to the wall as the Wailing Wall. That term is not religiously acceptable. The wall should be called Al-Buraq Wall.

Moreover, there could be no recognition of Israeli control over the wall. The de facto ownership by Israeli authorities is an act of occupation that does not give them any legal power nor does it entitle them to make any legal claim to the wall".

Shedding more light on the issue, we’d like to assert that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrima Sabry also rejected the idea of calling the wall “Wailing Wall”, as clear in his following fatwa:

“Al-Buraq Wall is part of Al-Aqsa's western wall and the whole walls of Al-Aqsa are Islamic endowments. Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, had honored and blessed the place by tying Al-Buraq (the Prophet's mount) to the wall, during his Night Journey and Ascension to the Heaven (Al-‘Isra' Wal Mi'raj).

Hence Al-Buraq Wall belongs to Muslims alone in the four corners of the earth and will remain so till Judgment Day. We neither admit nor acknowledge that Jews possess it (Al-Buraq Wall) and, also we stress that there is no stone there dating back to Hebrew history. Israeli sovereignty over Al-Buraq Wall is due to its occupation. Hence, it is impermissible for any non-Islamic part to restore or possess it.

Calling 'Al-Buraq wall' wailing wall is improper and it bears indications against belief. Hence, all Muslims and mass media should abide by the Islamic term, “Al-Buraq Wall” and drop the false calling.”

Refuting the Jewish Claim to the Wall, Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the prominent Muslim scholar, states the following:

“The Jews claim to Al-Buraq Wall dates back only to recent times. The longest reign of the Jews lasted for 434 years. Their reign in Palestine dates back to the times of Kings Saul, David and Solomon. Solomon’s sons split after his decease: Jude headed for Jerusalem while the state of Israel was established in Shakim, that is Naples. The Jewish state in Naples lasted for 298 years and the former for 434. This is the longest period that the Jews reigned. So those who claim that they have a long history in Israel are liars. That history lasted for only 434 years.

The Arabs, on the other hand, have been present in Palestine since the days of the Jebusites and the Canaanites, that is 30 centuries before the birth of Christ. Their history under the umbrella of Islam lasted for more than 14 centuries or even longer. Before the advent of Islam, there had been no Jews in Palestine because since 70 AC. there had been no trace of Jews or Israelis in Palestine.

Muslims have not established their state on the debris of any Jewish monument. With the aid of their advanced scientific, technical or engineering equipment, they have been searching for anything as little as a trace of the assumed temple of Solomon for more than 30 years, yet to no avail. Where could this so-called Solomon’s temple possibly be?”

Allah Almighty knows best.

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[spqrzilla9]

More islamic anti-semitism.

[swarthyguy]

More like antieverythingism

[Alouette]

The Wall of Paradise

There raged at one time a frightful epidemic among the Mahomedans in Palestine, whilst nearly all the Jews were spared. This circumstance excited such envy and hatred among the former, that they resolved to kill all the Jews; but they [the Jews] were secretly informed of this design. But what could these unprotected people do to stay the fury of the inhuman monsters? They therefore sought safety in the all-powerful material, which is so potent from sunrise to sunset—money. They promised the Kadi a considerable sum if he would frustrate the evil design. He ordered the Jews to remain quiet and without fear, and he would promise to grant their request. The succeeding day he preached a sermon to the people, telling them that he had been grieved a considerable time, and wondered why only the pious Mussulmans were so terribly visited, whilst the unbelievers were spared. But the preceding night Mahomet had appeared to him in a dream, and comforted him by saying, “Take courage, thou faithful believer! know that for these several years past, the wall of Paradise needeth repairing; but this year it fell down altogether. In order to rebuild it quickly, the labour of many believers is needed; this, therefore, has caused the great mortality among the faithful. It is therefore clear that the unbelievers must be spared, for they cannot be permitted to enter paradise.” When the Mahomedans had heard this joyful news from the mouth of their holy preacher, they were rejoiced, and wished even to die, and they desisted from their purpose of laying hands on the Jews, because they were not worthy to die in the general mortality, as perhaps, through the crowd of the deceased hurrying onward, some of the unbelievers might by accident attain to the dignity of being admitted among the labourers on the Paradise wall.

From: Jews and Muslims in Ottoman Palestine

[Cable225]

Reverting to Islam and confused because I want to keep my boyfriend and our baby
Proposing to a Lady Who Neglects Salah (Prayer)

I bet these two articles are enlightening.

[swarthyguy]

So's this::: That's OK by the clerics: (from islamonline.net As-Salaamu`alykum wa rahmatul Allahi wa barakaatuh.I want to ask a rather sensitive question I feel embarrassed to say it verbally in front of Sheikhs and scholars. I hope that you will not be fed up to answer it; I hope your heart would open to clarify and elucidate it. The question is: Is it permissible for man, when having sex with his wife, to move his tongue over her vulva, or that she fellate his penis? Is it lawful for the wife to excite herself by moving her hands over her sensitive parts to stimulate herself sexually while the husband is having intercourse, so that both of them would fulfil his or her sexual gratification. And what are the practices one is allowed to do when engaging in sexual intercourse with his wife? I hope I will receive an answer to these questions. I voice my great thanks in advance. Sheikh `Ali Jum`ah, professor of the principles of Islamic jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, answers: Allah, Exalted and Glorified be He, says: "Your women are a tilth for you (to cultivate) go to your tilth as ye will, and send (good deeds) before you for your souls." (Al-Baqarah: 223) According to the interpretation of the Qur'an, the kiss is a prelude practice of copulation, and there is the Hadith that goes: "Let there be a "messenger" between you and your wife, and the messenger in copulation is a kiss." It is lawful for the couples to practice any measures that will make them get sexual pleasure, however, they must avoid anal sex, because it is Haraam (unlawful). But concerning what is mentioned in the question like oral sex, it is lawful; the righteous ancestors practiced most of these forms of sexual gratification. The Muslim husband should try to satisfy his sexual desires from his wife to prevent him from committing adultery or gazing at women. He should know that sex is just a lust that should be satisfied through legal means, and not an urgent need such as eating and drinking as the wanton West think. Allah Almighty knows best. **end of fatwa response --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Cable225]

Well that's more than I wanted to know.

What was that, Penthouse Forum for the Mosque?

[swarthyguy]

www.islamonline.net for your reading pleasure....

[LA-Lawyer]

Why is it that the muslims have to lay claim to other religion's holiest sites?? Are they that jealous?

The muslims want to build a mosque in the square directly in front of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, the largest Basilica in all of the middle east. Why? Because, they say [lie], some third cousin of mohamed died in the vicinity.

The muslims lay claim to the Temple Mount, despite that the Jews have been worshipping there for several millenium prior to the advent of islam.

Today I heard that the muslims who stormed the Church of the Nativity, perhaps the #1 holiest site of Roman and Orthodox Catholics, and turned the birthplace of Christ into a firebase and hideout from which to launch more attacks, now demand that one of their 'martyrs', some SoB terrorist killed by the IDF, be buried IN THE CHURCH ITSELF! No doubt they'll next demand that a mosque be built on the site.

[swarthyguy]

The muslims lay claim to the Temple Mount, despite that the Jews have been worshipping there for several millenium prior to the advent of islam he he he he

[swarthyguy]

Having a 'martyr' there probably sanctifies the site so now it HAS to be turned into a mosque.

[aruanan]

Jews Have No Legitimate Claim to Al-Buraq/Wailing Wall (Barf Alert)

Aside from the fact that the Jews built the temple the remains of which are the Wailing Wall (which also includes some Roman ruins), the West Bank (ancient Judea and Samaria) was part of the newly created Israel in the partition in 1948 which gave 90% of Palestine to the non-Jews and 10% to the Jews. Shortly after the partition the surrounding Arab countries attacked Israel and Jordan annexed the West Bank. The West Bank was regained by its rightful owners when Jordan lost it in 1967 due to the fortunes of war.

[swarthyguy]

or after the jordanians lost it after being part of an attack on israel.

[Freetus]

Muslims have not established their state on the debris of any Jewish monument. With the aid of their advanced scientific, technical or engineering equipment, they have been searching for anything as little as a trace of the assumed temple of Solomon for more than 30 years, yet to no avail. Where could this so-called Solomon’s temple possibly be?

[swarthyguy]

All imported, if any.

[swarthyguy]

Didn't mean to laugh at you by those 'he he's; the statements are so absurd. NExt they'll be claiming StoneHenge!

[qwert]

So let me see if I understand this nut correctly:
Jews build a Temple on the Mount. Arabs conquer the area and the Temple, kicking out the Jews. The Mufti of Jerusalem now claims the Jews have no right to the Wailing wall because the Arabs conquered the area...

Fast foreword 1000 years: Arabs attack the Jews, The Jews open a can of whoop ass and gain the West Bank. Arabs still claim to own the West Bank

Maybe the Arabs should take the advice of The Mufti of Jerusalem, using his logic the Arabs no longer own the West Bank

What am I missing ? This nutcase cannot have it both ways. Either the Jews own the West bank because they kicked the Arabs out or the Arabs own the Wailing wall because they kicked the Jews out... Which will it be Muffy ?

Islamic logic always confuses me