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The sign of NIKE (tick) or a word NIKE printed on T-Shits & Caps. Should muslims avoid purchasing & wearing the types of Stuffs. As if listen from many people that "It is Shirk" & it means I obey any other GOD (than Allah) (Nauzubillah) Please provide me brief answer & the history of Nike (if it is Truth).

Praise be to Allaah.

This well known registered trademark, Nike, which may be the most well known of sporting brands in the world, bears the name of the Greek goddess of victory. The founders of this company who chose this name were Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman. They chose this name as a symbol of good luck and hope of victory for sportsmen who wore this brand and propagate the symbol of this god.

This is something well known that is stated in encyclopaedias. See Wikipedia.org on the internet. In an article on this topic in the well-known al-Mawrid dictionary it says:

Nike was the god of victory among the ancient Greeks, who was usually presented in the form of a winged maiden, carrying a crown in one hand and a palm branch in the other. End quote.

Al-Mawrid Qamoos Ingleezi ‘Arabi (p. 613)

We find the same information in a book called al-Mu’taqadaat al-Deeniyyah ‘inda al-Shu’oob, ed. by Geoffrey Barrinder, which was published in Arabic in Silsilat ‘Aalam al-Ma’rifah, no. 173, p. 409.

Thus it is clear that it is not permissible for the Muslim to wear this symbol or to imitate those who wear it. The Muslim believes in the Oneness of Allaah (Tawheed) and believes that victory, help and strength come from Him alone. Wearing this symbol is contrary to his belief and faith. If he has no option but to buy the products of this company, then at least he should erase their symbol and name so that it is not on his chest, foot or neck. Thus his religious commitment will be safe as will his belief (‘aqeedah).

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

With regard to images, such as images which appear on clothes for adults and children, they are the same: it is not permissible for a person to wear anything with pictures on it, or to dress his children, boys and girls alike, in anything that has pictures on it.

With regard to words written on garments, such as “I am a Christian” on a sweater, or “I am a Jew” or “Christian” or “sexual fluid” or “the gushing water of man” or writing the symbol for Venus, which is a symbol for immoral actions, and also writing “the ancient Greek god of love” or “alcoholic drink” or the name of a man and woman, or “Christmas” – all of these are unacceptable.

What matters is that we are a Muslim people, and what we must do is boycott these clothes. We should also write to the Ministry of Trade, reminding them to fear Allaah, and tell them: You must be very careful about such things that are imported to our market.

Subhan Allaah, a Muslim boy or girl with the words “I am a Christian” or “I am a Jew” written on their clothes! Don’t we understand? Are we sheep? Subhaan Allaah, we should be one ummah. If the people in charge are heedless of this and are unaware of it, we should write to them and point it out and send examples of these clothes. That has to do with those who are in charge. As for the rest of us, we should advise them and explain this matter to them. If we do that we will have discharged our duty, and they will be responsible before Allaah.

“The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail,

89. Except him who brings to Allaah a clean heart [clean from Shirk (polytheism) and Nifaaq (hypocrisy)]”

[al-Shu’ara’ 26:88-89]

Woe to them, for they have betrayed the trust and fallen short in taking care of their flock, so the ummah will be their opponents on the Day of Resurrection.

As for us, what we must do is boycott these things, and not spend our money on that which is bad for us, because at the very least a boy may start accept accepting these words that say that he is a Jew or a Christian, when we know that the Jews and Christians have been our enemies since ancient times.

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Awliyaa’ (friends, protectors, helpers), they are but Awliyaa’ of each other. And if any amongst you takes them (as Awliyaa’), then surely, he is one of them. Verily, Allaah guides not those people who are the Zaalimoon (polytheists and wrongdoers and unjust).

52. And you see those in whose hearts there is a disease (of hypocrisy), they hurry to their friendship, saying: ‘We fear lest some misfortune of a disaster may befall us’”

[al-Maa’idah 5:51-52]

i.e., we are afraid that some misfortune may befall us, but if we make friends with them, they will be with us. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Perhaps Allaah may bring a victory or a decision according to His Will. Then they will become regretful for what they have been keeping as a secret in themselves”

[al-Maa’idah 5:42]
What we must do is boycott these things completely, and if we see that a shopkeeper is selling them, we should advise him and tell him to fear Allaah, and draw his attention to it, because some shopkeepers do not know English and do not know what the writing says. But we should tell them. Allaah is sufficient against those who wrote it and deceived the people with it.
Even the names of singers and soccer (football) stars and others who are not Muslim – all of that is not permissible, because it will lead to the Muslim venerating these people, who are kaafirs.
With regard to images (pictures), we have stated that they are haraam on sweaters, shirts and pants. End quote.
Liqa’ al-Baab il-Maftooh (4/question no. 14)
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to machaak: non sense!!!! and no maria isnt a name for christians only, we believe in maria so no its not for them. as for the ‘shut uup’ go take ur craziness to someone who cares hunny, so calm down and take it easy. as for ur silly cause, ill tell u something, that why arent we allowed as muslims to celebrate christmas with christians? even if we dont believe that Issa(3alayhi salam) isnt ALLAH, and not those crap words about son and third and been killed etc… bla bla bla , but even that we do believe in what islam teach us, which is truth, about ALLAH one GOD, we arent allowed as muslims(if u are really) to celebrate christmas, why? bcz celebrating it with them means that we accept that, and believe it no matter how much we say that we dont. So HUNNY, words arent enough, ur acts proove if u believe or not. so be polit and stop insulting so we can respect u. stop protecting ur nikes, at least if u dont wanna leave nikes clothes… just admit that its true.
to M: yes u are a good muslim thats why be polit.
to Rania rayonnante: thank u for giving proove. jazaki LLAH 5ayran sister.
to EVERYBODY : look at what rania rayonnante put in the link than talk.
secondly, ill say something thats its very strange, when ppl insulted our prophet(3alayhi salat wa salam) in hollande and denemark we started talking about boycotting there food and products but when it comes to ‘nike’(something u lie about urself and say oh thats not in our intention so u make fun(lol..) and insult(shut up by machaak) so if u wanna lie to urself its ok but dont lie to us, keep ur comments and jokes to urselves. understood?!!!!!!!!!!!!

again its up to ALLAH to judge, i didnt even wrote this article, but i agree with it, bcz i fear ALLAH after all maybe ull do it someday.
btw we did said to boycott products from israelis (and i agree with it) but cant boycott wearing something about another lie about a god that they lie and talk about. what kind of muslims u are ppl?

I have Toshiba A205-S4777 laptop (core 2 duo processor, 2 GB RAM, finger print reader, in-built webcam, wi-fi).

It has Vista pre-installed. I am planning to switch to WIndows XP for various reasons. I use my laptop at home to surf internet and work on website/software development using various open source/free tools available. Basically I am working on a start-up of my own.

I am wondering if I shall go for XP Home or Pro. My main concerns, which I found from various posts on net, are –
1. Instability i.e. frequent crashes of Home edition.
2. Microsoft decision to not support Home edition after 2 years of release of Vista.
3. Can I create a recovery disc (CD/DVD) in XP home/pro, similar to what we can do in Vista?
4. XP Pro comes with spreadsheets and powerpoint, while Home edition doesn’t.

Don’t know if the above point are true. Which feature s of XP Pro I may miss presently or in future, considering the kind of work I am doing?

And lastly, what is your suggestion?

Thanks.

I read in an Air and Space magazine in 1996 or 1997 can’t remember now that there are 4 unsolved Commercial Airline crashes at time of magazines printing here in the United States. The ones I remember that the article said were unsolved were Pennsylvania 1994 and Colorado Springs 1993 but don’t remember the other 2.

And does anyone know how many World Wide remain unsolved and were I can find the information on both figures.

I have a gas card that uses a 2nd party payment processor for electronic payments on-line. When you sign up to view your bill on-line, they do something automatically that most other credit card companies and billers give you as an explicit option. That is most billers ASK you if you want to receive your bill payment notices by email vs. regular mail.

This gas card company however just ASSUMES this is what you choose if you so much as ATTEMPT to see the details of your bill on-line. In other words, they won’t let you see on-line what’s happening with your charges unless you let them stop sending you paper bills. But they don’t even ask you. They ASSUME it and tell you it is posted somewhere as one of their policies, but they never tell you, "For the privilege of viewing your bill on-line over our precious website, you now agree to never again receive a paper bill from us in the mail. You MUST now accept only e-bills by email so we don’t have to spend our money on paper, ink, and postage to service your account."

Is this illegal? Or is it just slimy and cheap?

I looked at my bill on-line once and didn’t realize in their fine print that this now freed them from having to send me a paper bill in the mail. Then they changed their payment terms and shortened the due date by a week and proceeded to charge me a late payment when I didn’t see their e-bill to an old email account I hardly use.

Wouldn’t you be a little upset by this? Who can I talk to in government or consumer credit for some assistance to try to stop this kind of chicanery by electronic billers and credit card companies?

ok can someone give me some information? where can i get them, makes and models?

A At home with a printer B To specialist Co via the internet or c Bring to local shop. Printing at home has been said to be expensive due to cost of paper

Does everyone charge their own rate or is their a standard average to charge.

My mom noticed a dent on the back of her car and she filed a claim with her insurance company because she has full coverage and they want her to pick one shop where she wants to get it fixed so that they can issue her a check with the shops name on it. The last time she got in an accident her other insurance company just sent her the check and let her choose the shop. Is it right for them to print the shops name on the check and make her choose a shop?

I am looking for a supplier for the pre-cut removal Mylar labels that are used on golf clubs. Also I would like suggestions for the correct printer and ink.

i live in california i want to get in commercial print modeling what do i need to get first like a agent or go and take professional pictures? also im new and dont have a resume how do i start in making one??