Tuesday, January 19, 2010

THE QUESTION?



1.WHY LIFE IS UNFAIR?
Why is that life is so unfair? Why is it that things don't always go the way you planned, or ever? You think that you've got everything, the perfect spouse ...and marriage, the greatest children, job and then one thing after another constantly goes wrong. Every time you turn around something is always holding you back from accomplishing your dreams. Of course the major factor is always money. You want to take risks to try to get ahead but it seems like whatever they are there is always some drawback. You try to make money on your own terms and that blows up in your face. Your bills are getting behind, your kids need to be fed and clothed, your perfect little marriage you thought you had is starting to get rocky, that job has become just a paycheck, you feel alone almost always and you want to cry all the time. You can't go around burdening everyone else with your problems because 80% of human is dealing with the same shit.



If you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth your pretty much screwed! Are you that ignorant to not appreciate that you get everything you want and don't need and the majority of other kids will never have or even imagine having because their parents had to work for everything they had and taught them the value of a RM? Do you not ring up hundreds of people a week who are paying for their groceries with a credit card or are digging real far in the bottom of their purse claiming that they want to get rid of some change and pay only in change? Do you not take other peoples situations into consideration when you are acting like a three year old because you have one little responsibility and don't understand why?

Why are the people in this world so cruel? Will it ever change? Will we all ever accomplish our life dreams? Will there ever be a day that goes by that we're not worrying which bill we gotta pay next or when our paycheck will hit thebank? Will there ever be a day when those snot nosed spoiled rich kids don't get it all?

What do you do when nothing is going your way? Do you ask, "Why me?" or do you look for what your life is trying to tell you? How you choose to respond to the difficult things that happen to you can mean the difference between a life of anger…or joy.



Monday, January 4, 2010

killing is a sin


"Nor should one take a life except for its being subject to the Divine Law". "O you who believe! You are ordained to pursue the case of a murderer and punish the criminal according to law. (It means that it should not be taken as a personal case between the murderer and the relatives of the murdered; it should be considered a crime against the society or the system which should take it into its own hands. As regards its punishment, the principles of justice and equity must be kept in mind, so that there should be no difference between big or small. The real issue is that of justice, according to which every human life is equally valued (the individual human beings are equal) For example: if the murderer is a free man, the same free man shall get punishment; and if the murderer is a slave, the same slave shall be punished; if she is a woman, her being a woman cannot save her: she must get punishment.

The crime of murder can be of two kinds: (i) willful murder, or (ii) murder by mistake. The punishment for willful murder is death (not blood-money or compensation) or anything less than the maximum punishment ; in any case the punishment should not exceed the extent of crime.

But if the murder is not by intent or premeditated, but the result of a mistake (inadvertent), the punishment shall be blood-money (compensation) according to . If the heir of the person slain willfully wants to give a remission in the amount settled, he can do so. In such a case it is necessary for the guilty to abide by what has been settled and make payment in a commendable manner. (In the fixing of the punishment for an inadvertent murder) your Sustainer has given a relief, so that your capabilities may continue to flourish. But if anybody commits excess after the settlement of the case, he shall receive grievous punishment.


As it has been said before, premeditated murder and inadvertent or unintentional murder are two separate cases. For murder without intent it is said: "Never should a believer kill a believer, except when by mistake: if one (so) kills a believer, it is ordained that he should free a believing slave and pay compensation to the family of the deceased, unless they forgive it as an act of grace. If the deceased belonged to a people at war with you and he was a believer, the freeing of a believing slave (is enough). If he belonged to a people with whom you have a treaty of mutual alliance, compensation should be paid to his family, along with freeing a believing slave. For those who find this beyond their means, it is prescribed for them that they should fast for two months running; this shall be considered sufficient cause for forgiveness by the Divine Law,


And for willful murder it is said: "If one kills a believer with intent, punishment for this unjust killing is death , but after death, he shall also go to hell to abide therein (for ever) and the wrath and curse shall be upon him and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him; he shall be deprived of the rights of citizenship* and shall be given severe punishment**.

Thus it is clear that blood money is allowed only in an unintentional murder, not in willful murder, punishment for willful (premeditated) murder is death. It is apparent from the above that even in willful murder punishment less than capital is allowed. For example if one kills somebody, on being suddenly enraged by the sudden attack on his honour, one can be given some other punishment less than the capital punishment.The word "Lanat" (curse) means to 'deprive somebody'. Legally it means to deprive of rights which were available to him as a human.


If anybody acts wrongfully in ignorance but regrets afterwards, if you think that if forgiven he shall mend himself, forgive him.