Rasulullah SAW and his cat Mueeza

We have heard remarkeable stories about the beautiful akhlaq of Prophet Muhammad SAW. He was kind to everyone; his wives, his family, his companions, strangers and even the kafeer (unbelievers). But do you know that Rasulullah SAW was kind to animals too?

Rasulullah SAW had a cat named Mueeza which he was very fond of. Everytime Prophet Muhammad SAW entertained guests at his home, he would bring Mueeza along and put Mueeza at his lap. Rasulullah SAW liked to see Mueeza purr when it hears the adzan (call for prayers). Allah's Apostle reminded us to be kind to cats and treat them like how we would treat our family member.

Once, Rasulullah was about to take his jubah when he saw Mueeza sleeping on it. Rasulullah then cut the arm portion which Mueeza was sleeping on in order not to wake his favourite cat. Masha Allah! Such a charming akhlaq. Whenever Prophet Muhammad SAW returns home, Mueeza would run to him as a gesture of being playful. In turn, the prophet would cuddle Mueeza. Rasulullah stressed that cats are not filthy. Plus, he even allowed taking the ablution from water of which a cat has drank from it.

Abu Qatadah mentioned that Prophet Muhammad SAW said "Cats are not profane. They love to play in houses (tame animal)" [HR At-Tirmidzi, An-Nasa’i, Abu Dawud, and Ibnu Majah].

In another narration by Ali bin Al-Hassan, one day Anas and Rasulullah went to Baththan, a district in Medina for a trip. Rasulullah said to Anas "O Anas, pour me some water into the bowl for me to take my ablutions". Anas poured the water and when Rasulullah was just about to take his ablutions, a cat came and drank from the bowl. Rasulullah saw the cat and stopped taking his ablutions. When the cat left, Rasulullah continued his ablutions. Anas asked him about the incident and he said "Cats are among the ornaments of a house. It is not filthy nor profane"

The punishment for torturing a cat is very serious. In a hadith by Bukhari, it was told that a lady who never fed her cats, or even lets them to find food on their own will be punished severely and the punishment to her as said by Rasulullah SAW was the Hell fire.

A few researches were conducted on cats of various ages, skin position and body parts such as tails and paws. Bacteria were placed on the said parts of the cats. A few samples of the cats' saliva were aso taken from their mouth and tongue. After the researches, it was concluded that:

1) The samples taken from the skins contained no bacteria

2) The samples taken from the mouth and tongue contained only 20% of bacterias (which showed that cats can fight the viruses spread on them)

3) The bacteria found in the sample are common bacteria such as enterobacter, streptococcus and thapylococcus. The quantity is small and these are common bacteria found in human. No harmful bacteria were found.

Reviews from doctors specialising in microorganisms such as Dr George Maqshud, head of laboratorium in Baitharah Veterinary mentioned that a cat's salive seldom contains germs. If the saliva contains germs, it just shows that the cat is sick or will fall sick.

So there you go. Keeping a cat is not harmful to you and praised by syarak. Plus, it is a sunnah which we seldom heard of, getting rewarded for keeping cats. Another good news for cat lovers out there! Alhamdulillah.

Source : http://islamicwellness.com/rasulullah-saw-and-his-cat-mueeza/

Relative clause

A relative clause is a kind of subordinate clause that contains an element whose interpretation is provided by an antecedent on which the subordinate clause is grammatically dependent; that is, there is an anaphoric relation between the relativized element in the relative clause, and the antecedent on which it depends.

Typically, a relative clause modifie a noun or noun phrase, and uses some grammatical device to indicate that one of the arguments within the relative clause has the same referent as that noun or noun phrase. For example, in the sentence I met a man who wasn't there, the subordinate clause who wasn't there is a relative clause, since it modifies the noun man, and uses the pronoun who to indicate that the same "man" is referred to within the subordinate clause (in this case, as its subject)..

In many European languages, relative clauses are introduced by a special class of pronouns called relative pronoun; such as who in the example just given. In other languages, relative clauses may be marked in different ways: they may be introduced by a special class of conjunctions called relativizers; the main verb of the relative clause may appear in a special morphological variant; or a relative clause may be indicated by word order alone. In some languages, more than one of these mechanisms may be possible.

Restrictive and non-restrictive

Bound relative clauses may or may not be restrictive. A restrictive, or defining, relative clause modifies the meaning of its head word (restricts its possible referent), whereas a non-restrictive (non-defining) relative clause merely provides supplementary information. 

For example:

The man who lives in this house has not been seen for days. This (who lives in this house) is a restrictive relative clause, modifying the meaning of man, and essential to the sentence (if the clause were omitted, it would no longer be known which man is being referred to).

The mayor, who lives in this house, has not been seen for days. This is a non-restrictive relative clause, since it provides supplementary information about the mayor, but is not essential to the sentence – if the clause were omitted, it would still be known which mayor is meant.

In speaking it is natural to make slight pauses around non-restrictive clauses, and in English this is shown in writing by commas (as in the examples). However many languages do not distinguish the two types of relative clause in this way. Another difference in English is that only restrictive relative clauses may be introduced with that or use the "zero" relative pronoun.

In colloquial speech, a non-restrictive relative clause may have a whole sentence as its antecedent rather than a specific noun phrase; 

for example:

The cat was allowed on the bed, which annoyed the dog.

Here, the context of the sentence (presumably) indicates that which refers not to the bed or the cat but to the entire proposition expressed in the main clause, namely the circumstance that the cat was allowed on the bed. Such constructions are discouraged in formal usage and in texts written for nonnative speakers because of the potential for ambiguity in parsing; a construction more accepted in formal usage would be The cat's being [or having been] allowed on the bed annoyed the dog.

Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_clause

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Exercise 37 Relative Clause

1.  The last record which produced by this company became a gold record.
2.  Checking accounts that require a minimum balance are very common now.
3.  The professor whom you spoke yesterday is not here today
4.  John whose grades are the highest in the school has received a scholarship
5.  Felipe bought a camera which has three lenses
6.  Frank is the man who we are going to nominate for the office of treasure.
7.  The doctor is with a patient whose leg was broken in an accident
8.  Jane is the woman who is going to china next year
9.  Janet wants a typewriter that self-corrects
10.The books which i found last week contains some useful information
11.Mr. Bryant whose team has lost the game looks very sad.
12.James wrote an article which indicated that he disliked the president
13.The director of the program who graduated from Harvard University is planning retire next year
14.This is the book that i have been looking for all year
15.William whose brother is a lawyer wants to become judge.


Exercise 38 Relative clause reduction

1.  George is the man chosen to represent the committee at the convention
2.  All the money accepted has already been released
3.  The papers on the table belong to patricia
4.  The man brought to the police station confessed to the crime
5.  The girl drinking coffee is mary allen
6.  John's wife a professor has written a several papers on this subject
7.  The man talking to the policeman is my uncle
8.  The book on the top shelf is the one that i need
9.  The number of students counted is quite high
10.Leo evans a doctor eat in the restaurant every day


Exercise 39 Subjunctive

1.  The teacher demanded that the student leave the room
2.  correct
3.  It was very important that we delayed discussion
4.  correct
5.  correct
6.  correct
7.  I advise that you take the prerequisites before registering for this course
8.  His father prefers him to attend a different university
9.  correct
10.She urged that we find another alternatif