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| Nazia |
| 10/03/01 at 21:27:13 |
| slm, Have any of you ever heard of Muslims praying to "be with the angels"?? shady. Wassalam, Nazia ----------------------- from: www.cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Mohamed Atta, the suspected leader of the September 11 hijackings in the United States, left behind a will that said he wanted to be buried "next to good Muslims" and that he wanted one-third of his money "donated to the poor and needy." The will, obtained by German magazine Der Spiegel and translated into English and confirmed to CNN by investigative sources, was found in a bag at Logan Airport that never made into American Airlines Flight 11. "Those who will sit beside my body must remember Allah, God and pray for me to be with the angels," the will says. "I don't want pregnant women or a person who is not clean to come and say goodbye to me because I don't approve of it." It adds: "I don't want women to go to my funeral or later to my grave." Law enforcement sources have said Atta piloted flight 11, the first jet to strike on September 11. It slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Ninety-two people were aboard the plane. The sources have said Atta is believed to have been the ringleader of the attacks in the United States and that he had at least $100,000 from Pakistan wired to him in the last year. Atta's will, written in 1996, shows he had planned for years to die in the name of Islam. "I only want to be buried next to good Muslims, my face should be directed east toward Mecca," the will says. "A third of my money would be donated to the poor and needy. My books, I will give to one of the mosques." |
| Re: the "will" |
| jannah |
| 10/03/01 at 21:31:04 |
| duh like what does this say about anything? "I only want to be buried next to good Muslims, my face should be directed east toward Mecca," the will says. "A third of my money would be donated to the poor and needy. My books, I will give to one of the mosques." sounds like everyones will??? and more charitable than most... and for God's sake.. why would he leave his will in a bag which was supposed to be on the plane which he supposedly was going to obliterate in a suicide mission??? sheesh kabobs... |
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| M.F. |
| 10/04/01 at 04:09:41 |
| I read on CNN that he said he didn't want PREGNANT woment or anyone unclean to come to his grave (in addition to what he said about regular women not coming to his funeral or grave). Does that make any sense to anyone who's a Muslim? |
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| jannah |
| 10/04/01 at 12:42:24 |
| I don't know why he mentioned pregnant, but the media's gone crazy about his anti-women thing 'not allowing women to his grave' in his will. But I can see why someone would say that, we know that a man is responsible for what happens at his funeral, if his women relatives come and do unislamic things he is responsible. That is why some scholars in history have wanted to prevent this problem altogether and not allow women to the graves at all. However, there is also evidence to show that women visited and went to cemetaries at the time of the prophet saw and it is allowed as long as they do not do any unislamic things. |
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