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Sister Maryam: Teacher, Traveller; Tutoring Services - English, Math, Islamic Studies; Worked with Kids/ students from the ages 4 to 18 - in elementary school, hischool and madrasah tutoring;
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Qurbani/ Sacrifice of Hajj

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Clear Quran Translation: 99. He said, “I am going towards my Lord, and He will guide me.” 100. “My Lord, give me one of the righteous.” 101. So We gave him good news of a clement boy. 102. Then, when he was old enough to accompany him, he said, “O My son, I see in a dream that I am sacrificing you; see what you think.” He said, “O my Father, do as you are commanded; you will find me, God willing, one of the steadfast.” 103. Then, when they had submitted, and he put his forehead down. 104. We called out to him, “O Abraham! 105. You have fulfilled the vision.” Thus We reward the doers of good. 106. This was certainly an evident test. 107. And We redeemed him with a great sacrifice. 108. And We left with him for later generations. 109. Peace be upon Abraham. 110. Thus We reward the doers of good. 111. He was one of Our believing servants. 112. And We gave him good news of Isaac, a prophet, one of the righteous. 113. And We blessed him, and Isaac. But among their descendants are some who are righteous, and some who are clearly unjust to themselves. Surah Saffat 37:99-113; #Hajj #Qurbani; #Islam; #Ibrahim/ Abraham; #Quran Kareem;

Neither their meat nor blood reaches Allah. Rather, it is your piety that reaches Him. This is how He has subjected them to you so that you may proclaim the greatness of Allah for what He has guided you to, and give good news to the good-doers. – Surah Hajj 22:37

Islam, Library, Religion

Wealth is from Allah(swa)

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The Test of Wealth

(41:49) Man wearies not of praying for good,65 but when evil visits him, he despairs and gives up all hope.

65. “For good”: For prosperity, abundance of provisions, good health, well-being of children, etc. And man here does not imply every human being for it also includes the prophet and the righteous people, who are free from this weakness as is being mentioned below. But here it implies the mean and shallow person who starts imploring God humbly when touched by harm and is beside himself with joy when he receives the good things of life as most human beings are involved in this weakness, it has been called a weakness of man.

وَلَـئِنۡ اَذَقۡنٰهُ رَحۡمَةً مِّنَّا مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتۡهُ لَيَقُوۡلَنَّ هٰذَا لِىۡ ۙ وَمَاۤ اَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةً  ۙ وَّلَـئِنۡ رُّجِعۡتُ اِلٰى رَبِّىۡۤ اِنَّ لِىۡ عِنۡدَهٗ لَـلۡحُسۡنٰى​ ۚ فَلَـنُنَـبِّـئَنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا بِمَا عَمِلُوۡا وَلَـنُذِيۡقَنَّهُمۡ مِّنۡ عَذَابٍ غَلِيۡظٍ‏ 

(41:50) And if We bestow Our Mercy upon him after hardship, he will surely say: “This is what I truly deserve,66 and I do not believe that the Hour (of Resurrection) will ever come to pass; and if I am returned to my Lord, there too I shall enjoy the best.” Surely We shall fully apprise the unbelievers of what they have done, and We shall certainly make them taste a severe chastisement.

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, there were three among the children of Israel whom Allah Almighty intended to test: a leper, a bald man, and a blind man. He sent an angel to them and he came to the leper, saying: What would you love most? The leper said: I want a beautiful color and beautiful skin, for people have shunned me. The angel wiped over him and it had gone away, then he was given a beautiful color and beautiful skin. The angel said: Which property would you love most? The man said: Camels. Thus, he was given a pregnant camel. The angel said: May Allah bless you in it. The angel came to the bald man, saying: What would you love most? The bald man said: Beautiful hair and to be rid of this, for people have shunned me. The angel wiped over him and it had gone away, then he was given beautiful hair. The angel said: Which property would you love most? The man said: Cows. Thus, he was given a pregnant cow. The angel said: May Allah bless you in it. The angel came to the blind man, saying: What would you love most? The blind man said: For Allah to return my sight so I can see people. The angel wiped over him, then Allah returned his sight. The angel said: Which property would you love most? The man said: Sheep. Thus, he was given a pregnant sheep. The animals had grown and given birth such that one man had a valley of camels, another had a valley of cows, and another had a valley of sheep. Then, the angel came to the former leper while disguised in the shape and appearance of a leper, saying: I am a poor man, bereft of my livelihood while on a journey, none can take care of my needs today but Allah and then you, so I ask by the One who gave you beautiful color and beautiful skin and a wealth of camels to help me reach my destination! The man said: I have many duties. The angel said to him: It is as if I recognize you, were you not a leper shunned by people, in poverty, but Allah gave this to you? The man said: I have inherited it from my forefathers. The angel said: If you are lying, then may Allah return you to what you were before! The angel came to the former bald man in a similar appearance, saying the same as he had said to the leper and the man responded the same way. The angel said: If you are lying, then may Allah return you to what you were before! The angel came to the blind man in a similar form, saying: I am a poor man and wayfarer, bereft of my livelihood while on a journey, none can take care of my needs today but Allah and then you, so I ask by the One who returned your sight and gave you sheep to help me reach my destination! The man said: I was once a blind man and Allah returned my sight, I was poor and He enriched me, so take whatever you wish for, by Allah, I will not dispute you today in whatever you take for Allah’s sake. The angel said: Keep your property, for I was only sent to test you and Allah is pleased with you but angry with your two companions.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3464, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2964

Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim

Islam, Religion

Dua/ Prayer when Afraid

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Dua/ Prayer when Afraid

Laa ilaaha illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, yuhyee wa yumeetu, wa Huwa hayyun laa yamootu, biyadihil-khayru, wa Huwa alaa kulli shayin Qadeer.

There is no Lord except Allah. He is One and has no partners. His is the Kingdom and for Him are all praises. He gives life and gives death. He is eternal and everlasting In His control is goodness, and He has power over everything.

At-Tirmidhi 5:291, Al-Hakim 1:538

Biology/Health

The Pill and Cancer Risk

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The Pill and breast cancer risk

Women who use the birth control pill may have a small increased risk of breast cancer. The risk is smaller for women who used the birth control pill after their first full-term pregnancy.

The pill and cervical cancer risk

The risk appears to be greater for developing early stage cervical cancer than it is for more advanced forms of the disease.

The pill and liver cancer risk

Women who took birth control pills for more than 5 years before doses and formulas changed may have a slightly higher risk of developing liver cancer.

https://cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/reduce-your-risk/understand-hormones/all-about-the-birth-control-pill#:~:text=Women%20who%20use%20the%20birth%20control%20pill%20may%20have%20a,their%20first%20full%2Dterm%20pregnancy.&text=The%20risk%20appears%20to%20be,advanced%20forms%20of%20the%20disease.

Biology/Health, Geography, History, Law

HISTORICAL – DNA EVIDENCE OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE

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  • HISTORIC DNA EVIDENCE OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE
  • “Scientists have long suspected that Native Americans are closely related to the peoples of Siberia and especially those of the Altai, which is a tiny region in Central Russia. The Altai people are believed to have migrated from Siberia across Chukotka and Alaska, and their descendants South to Tierra del Fuega in South America. The DNA evidence now Indicates that Native American ancestors initially reached America from Siberia at most 23,000 years ago, and later differentiating into today’s distinct groups.
  • Now, after more than a century of speculation, an international group of geneticists using DNA evidence has proven that the Aztecs, Incas, Iroquois are closely related to the peoples of Altai, in the Siberian region that borders China and Mongolia. Altai is a key area because according to Dr. Theodore Schurr, from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, people have been moving in and out of that area for thousands of years.
  • WHERE IS THE ALTAI REGION? (MAP)
  • HUMAN MIGRATION MAP, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, April 2018
  • In 2015 the Russian geneticist, Oleg Balanovsky, finnaly confirmed the theory. In addition, Sr. Balanovsky’s studies also proved that some Native Americans have kinship with the Indigenous populations of Australia. Research by Valery Illyinsky at the RAS Institute of General Genetics confirms the theory that the Altal people are closely related to the Native American an tribes (see HE Yu 2020)
  • Paleo Native Americans from Siberia would most likely have crossed into the Americas across Beringia when a Land Bridge was present. Paleo Siberians are closely related to Indigenous Americans, as well as to the East and SouthEast Asian groups, with whom they share a common origin from an ancestral East Asian source population in Mainland Southeast Asia. However, the occasional ancient contacts in America by people from other world geographic areas, such as japan, Middle East and Africa do not seem to have affected the genomes of the present day Native Americans significantly (See ethnic 1).
  • Additional analyses of genetic markers has also been used to link groups of indigenous peoples.  Studies focused on markers on the Y chromosome, which is always inherited by sons from their fathers.  Haplogroup Q is a unique mutation shared among most indigenous peoples of the Americas.  Studies have found that 93.8% of Siberia’s Ket people and 66.4% of Siberia’s Selkup people possess the mutation. The principal-component analysis suggests a close genetic relatedness between some northern Native Americans (the Chipewyan [Ojibwe] and the Cheyenne) and certain populations of central/southern Siberia (particularly the Kets, Yakuts, Selkups, and Altaians), at the resolution of major Y-chromosome haplogroups.  This pattern agrees with the distribution of mtDNA haplogroup X, which is found in North America, is absent from eastern Siberia, but is present in the Altaians of southern central Siberia. 

University of California, Riverside

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Creation – Islamic Quotes

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surah Anbiyyah- The Prophets Verses 30-33 – “Do the disbelievers not realize that the heavens and earth were ˹once˺ one mass then We split them apart? And We created from water every living thing. Will they not then believe? And We have placed firm mountains upon the earth so it does not shake with them, and made in it broad pathways so they may find their way. And He is the One Who created the day and the night, the sun and the moon—each travelling in an orbit.”

Abdullah b. ‘Amr b. al-‘As reported:

I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Allah ordained the measures (of quality) of the creation fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, as His Throne was upon water. – Allah/ God AllMighty is above the Creation / the 7 Heavens and the earth – tbe Pen( of destinies) wrote everything before creation;