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| WWTBAM1423: Question 1 & Answers |
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| jannah |
| 03/15/02 at 01:57:36 |
| [center][img]http://www.jannah.org/board/wwtbam.jpg[/img][/center] [color=darkgreen] 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) <--------------Audience 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) :-X <---------------- Regis ::) ::) ::) ::) <-------------- Contestants [center] [slm] and welcome to WHO WANTS TO BE A MU'MIN 1423 !!!!!!!!! Here is your first question contestants. It's an easy one just to get all the contestants warmed up... Y'all ready.............. OK LETS PLAY.........WWTBAM!!!! [/color] [color=purple] What is the brother of death? (or sister if you prefer :-))[/color] You have until MIDNIGHT.March.22.EST to submit your final answer or request for a lifeline. Have a [] on Regis and May Allah be with you .......................................[/center] |
| 05/09/02 at 22:37:47 |
| admin |
| COMMENTARY ON Q1 |
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| jannah |
| 03/24/02 at 23:50:32 |
| [slm] Well ladies and gentlemen... the results are in!! :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X Ma'Shallah Who Wants to be a Mu'min 1423!!! is our largest game so far.... with 30+ contestants from all over the Muslim world playing the game!!! The first question has brought 29 correct answers!!!! (question must have been too easy huh :)) Bro_Atheek wins the prize for most confusing answer: "The brother of death is the brother of the husband or The sister death is the sister of the wife" ummmmmmmmm who was married to who??? but alas.. read his answer... he's got hadith to back it up... M.F and Asim also posted this answer.... Regis agonized over this a bit.. but I think that credit should be given.. because the question WAS pretty abstract and it DOES answer the question and it IS from islamic sources so all three get a :) more awards... se7en wins the prize for the weirdest answer: "it iz za sleeb" ---umm fobbbb. imran the first to answer has also the briefest answer: "sleep" -- good job brother! Ayla_A has a nicely written answer and finally the prize for the BEST WWTBAM Q#1 ANSWER goes to............................ SisterHania who wrote a lovely little essay complete with references as follows;) [color=purple] Quote: What is the brother of death? The Brother of death is sleep. Dr. Arther J. Allison, of Oxford University proved that death occurs when Allah withdraws the Soul from the human body. Sleep and death are one single process, when one goes into a deep sleep something goes out of the body, but that something does not return upon death. His finding are confirmed by the Quran Surah 39:42 (Al-Zumar) which says: It is Allah that takes the souls (of man) at death; And those that die not (He takes) during their sleep. Those on whom He Has passed the decree Of death, He keeps back (from returning to life); But the rest, He sends (To their bodies) For a term appointed. What this is saying, is that when we go into a deep sleep, the soul exits the body and returns upon awakening. In death the soul does not return. In poetic imagery it is said, Sleep is the (twin)-brother of death. [/color] Congratulations all participants... and even if you didn't get this question right... no need to worry their are 6 questions left!!!!!!!!! and if you can get all of those and someone misses more later one you'll be a contender still!!! So good luck and see you next time on ................. W W T B A M 1 4 2 3 :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X |
| 03/25/02 at 00:13:14 |
| jannah |
| THE ANSWERS |
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| jannah |
| 03/25/02 at 00:11:47 |
| imran sleep -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Hanifah Asalamualaikum - My answer - The sister of Death is sleep. Wassalaam -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Marcie Regis, The brother of death is sleep. Al hamdu lillah I tuned in -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- noera Salaams, "Sleep is the brother of death. " Wasalaam, Noera -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ayla_A This is fun!!! [slm]Sister Jannah Here is my answer for the first question It is God who takes the souls (of man) at death and those who die not ( He takes) during their sleep. Those on whom He has passed the decree of death, He keeps back (from returning to life); but the rest, He sends back to their bodies for a term appointed. What this is saying, is that when we go into a deep sleep, the soul exits the body and returns upon awakening. In death the soul does not return. In poetic imagery it is said, Sleep is the twin-brother of death. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- khushoo The brother of death is sleep ....and that's my final answer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- se7en it iz za sleeb. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SisterHania Quote: What is the brother of death? The Brother of death is sleep. Dr. Arther J. Allison, of Oxford University proved that death occurs when Allah withdraws the Soul from the human body. Sleep and death are one single process, when one goes into a deep sleep something goes out of the body, but that something does not return upon death. His finding are confirmed by the Quran Surah 39:42 (Al-Zumar) which says: It is Allah that takes the souls (of man) at death; And those that die not (He takes) during their sleep. Those on whom He Has passed the decree Of death, He keeps back (from returning to life); But the rest, He sends (To their bodies) For a term appointed. What this is saying, is that when we go into a deep sleep, the soul exits the body and returns upon awakening. In death the soul does not return. In poetic imagery it is said, Sleep is the (twin)-brother of death. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BroHanif What is the brother of death? (or sister if you prefer Sleep. By the way I tried to send the post to regis but it came up with the: regis could not be messaged. The usernames are either invalid, or they have you on their ignore list. How come the member names are not alphabetical. ? salaams Hanif -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- salik Please include me in the contest. [slm] I have taken the plunge, please include in the contest. My answer for the first question is Sleep. Be in this world as if you are a traveller, a passerby, with your clothes and shoes full of dust. Sometimes you sit under the shade of a tree, sometimes you walk in the desert. Be always a passerby, for this is not home. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Maliha The sister of death is Sleep Maliha -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Aabidah The brother of death is sleep. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- shadow493 answering the first question (correctly this time... see i didnt reply to the post) the sister of death (ive never heard it as brother) is when you're asleep adami -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Abu_Atheek The brother or sister of death is the brother of the husband or the sister of the wife. Abu_Atheek (ex-Haniff with 2f's) 19 Mar 2002 10.27am subhanakallahhumma wa bihamdika ash-hadu al-laa ilaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atoobu ilaik. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Abu_Hamza Quote: What is the brother of death? Sleep. Wassalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Abu_Atheek [slm]Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Quote: ummm what exactly is the answer? and is this your final answer? What came to my mind as I read the question was the Hadith in which our beloved Prophet <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/saw.gif> spoke about the dangers of the in-laws intermingling in close quarters; for example, the sister of a man's wife staying in close proxmity to him all by themselves or the wife staying closer to the huusband's brother in a seculded area which will prompt them to indulge in prohibited practices. The in-laws are referred to as death. Here is a version of the Hadith from Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 62, Number 159: Narrated 'Uqba bin 'Amir: Allah's Apostle said, "Beware of entering upon the ladies." A man from the Ansar said, "Allah's Apostle! What about Al-Hamu the in-laws of the wife (the brothers of her husband or his nephews etc.)?" The Prophet replied: The in-laws of the wife are death itself. So, my answer to the question is: The brother of death is the brother of the husband or The sister death is the sister of the wife I do not know if your question relates to something else <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/cheesy.gif> At the moment, what I have given is the only answer I can think of with my very limited knowledge. If I come across any other before the closing date, I will forward it to you, Insha Allah. Abu_Atheek (ex-Haniff with 2f's) 20 Mar 2002 2.40pm subhanakallahhumma wa bihamdika ash-hadu al-laa ilaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atoobu ilaik. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Barr Assalamu'alaikum Final answer, inshaALlah: >> Sleep ZZzzzZZZzzzZZZzzZZZzzZZZzz <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/kiss.gif> << Take care, ukhti wassalam -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BUSHRA [slm] ANSWER: What is the brother or sister of death? SLEEP. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dil-Shaad how you doing? inshaAllah your doing well and your dad is doing well! alhamdulillah, i was really glad to find out that he's doing better and that no surgery is needed! yaay! anywho, here's my answer...this is the first time i'm participating in this contest, i'm actually very excited! heheh what is death's brother? my answer is sleep and yes, that is my final answer Regis <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/wink.gif> so yeah, i don't know if that's the right answer, but it's all good <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/kiss.gif> okee dokee, take care of yourself Allah Hafiz! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Noor [slm] I pray that your father and rest of the family are doing well. Answer to question no. 1: Sleep wassalamu alaikum <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/kiss.gif> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Taalibatul_ilm [slm] Sleep is called the brother of death by many philosophers. I couldn't find Islamic sources that called it the "brother" of death, but it is called the "lesser death" or compared to death in:39:42 Is this late? I can't figure out if it is midnight the beginning of Friday or the end of Friday. Sorry. L'?r( l'?? ??T,N'?? ?l'D(? ??E;? l'? A(T,c'a( c'?C(?r(N'o" ??a(?a(??? ??r(??? ??a(?c'? ??O"???E; A(?r( ?l'a( A(E(N'?? ?C(?N'?? Indeed this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward. Al-Isra' 9 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Sara [slm]Jannah Here is my final answer: Sleep is the brother of death. -Hadith of the Prophet <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/saw.gif> . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- bhaloo [slm] Sleep is the brother of death. FINAL ANSWER! That's a pretty interesting family. <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/wink.gif> I heard a saying but not sure of its authenticity, so i will just mention the saying and not mention who it was attributed to. "Sleep is the brother of death. The dying man sees himself in his true character, and so knows whether or not he is, by repentance, freed from his ruling passion of life. In like manner, he will see himself during his slumbers, still following in the path of his passions" Wasalaam, Arshad http://get.to/islam -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BrKhalid Asalaamu Alaikum <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/brother.gif> I'm going to say sleep -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- momineqbal [slm], Sleep is the brother of death. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- M.F. Assalamu alaikum Al hamdu lillah I'm really happy your dad's doing ok. Here's my answer to the mumin question: The brother (or sister) in law -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- talib_ilm Assalam Alaikum, The answer to the brother or sister of death I think is Sleep! Could you please tell me if my answer is wrong this way I can try again. Ma Salam Kareem -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Road2Jannah i hope got it right. well i think the answer is sleep. al nawm akhou almout. but i want to know where can i find this at after u give the correct answer!1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Asim Well, I don't know, my mind is not working these days <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/sad.gif> When is the deadline, you already posting the current scores!! Hmm, okay I thought about the advice the prophet <http://www.jannah.org/board/images/saw.gif> gave about brother-in-laws (sister-in-laws) saying that they are like death. But shouldn't the question for that be "who is the brother of death?" I dunno. Alright, this is my final answer. What is the Brother of death: husband's brother alone with his wife. Here is the Hadith that mentions this: Book 026, Number 5400: (Sahih Muslim) 'Uqba b. Amir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Beware of getting, into the houses and meeting women (in seclusion). A person from the Ansir said: Allah's Messenger, what about husband's brother, whereupon he said: Husband's brother is like death. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- UmmWafi I know I am late. It was really and trully unavoidable. Just wanna answer though I know my answer won't be tabulated even if I was right (not that I will get it right). The brother to death is sleep. Some Sufis hold that maxim so true that they would refrain from sleeping for days at end. The lack of sleep helps to alse "deaden" your nafs which the Sufis think is an important part of their suluk. Wallahualam bissawab. |
| Re: WWTBAM: QUESTION #1 |
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| Abu_Hamza |
| 03/25/02 at 13:45:17 |
| [slm] I must protest here at the answers given by Br. Asim and Br. Abu Atheek, because they are both *wrong* :P If we do follow the logic that they are carrying, then the answer *should* be "the brother of the brother-in-law" (or alternatively, "the sister of the sister-in-law). The in-laws themselves are described as "death" in the hadith. You asked not for who "death" was, but who the *brother* (or sister) of death was. So that would be the brother (or sister) of the husband's brother (or wife's sister). What's interesting is when there is only one in-law! In that case, the brother of death for the wife is her own husband :o (and similarly, the sister of death for the husband is her own wife). I'm telling you man, this whole logic is weird for this question. So, I repeat, Asim and Abu Atheek should have a zero at this point. I'm sure others will agree, right?? ;) Wassalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah |
| 03/25/02 at 13:47:25 |
| Abu_Hamza |
| Re: WWTBAM: QUESTION #1 |
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| Asim |
| 03/25/02 at 18:09:31 |
| Assalaamu alaikum, Hey! We are supposed to obey those in authority :) Regis gave very good explanations for accepting our answers: the question WAS pretty abstract and it DOES answer the question and it IS from islamic sources. Just read the answers that were given... sayings of some philosophers, used in poetry, sufis tradition... umm, personally I keep far away from these sources. Remember the universal refutation of (non-Islmic) philosophy: That is what YOU say. Well, I can be a philosopher as well and say, unconciousness is the brother of death, sleep is the isotope of death, or a multitude of such variations. Regarding your point that our reasoning is illogical, have you heard the titles: well of death, hall of fame, prison of death, etc. Similarly, brother of death can be considered as a title of a person. To reduce ambiguity the question should have been phrased as: What is the twin-brother to death? BTW Abu Hamza where have you been ? Haven't seen a post from you for a while... and when you did come out of hiding, you post a protest, tsk, tsk... :) Wasalaam. |
| Vah vah, kiya jawab doctor-saab |
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| bhaloo |
| 03/25/02 at 22:16:50 |
| [slm] What a response Asim. It was so impressive I put it on the front page of my web page (in the blogger). I don't think Abu Hamza will mind too much. ;) |
| Re: WWTBAM: QUESTION #1 |
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| Asim |
| 03/25/02 at 23:17:57 |
| Assalaamu alaikum, Haha Arshad, that is hilarious, 'dissed PHD style' :D Well, I hope Abu Hamza doens't mind. This is all in good fun and spirit of Madina Madness :) Wasalaam. |
| Dissin Asim |
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| UmmWafi |
| 03/26/02 at 11:40:36 |
| Are vah vah vah...huh in trying to justify your answer u dissed mine. Whaddya mean u personally stay away from THESE sources ? Are u lumping the Sufi traditions with poetry and philosophy ? Jawab doctor saab. *mumbles about knotting others in unknotting oneself..sheeshhh* Peace...a toast to Madina Madness. Let the battle begin :-/ |
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