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Aslam o alikum,

Jazak Allah for sending such a informative e-mails. I use to forward these emails to my other friends also. This is to inform you that, since i use to send these hadith almost on daily basis to my other friends, therefore few fays back i was unable to recieve these emails from your side, therefore in order to continue sending emails to my friends, i use to search one hadith (authentic) and use to forward them on the same format in which you use to send these hadiths. Now i feel its unethical and come under the case of palagarism. however i do not use to mention my name or your name in any of the email, since this is for the sake of Allah. Please permit me to follow your format for sending hadith, since i already send almost 20 hadith related to ramadan, alhamdulilah, from the begining of this month. Reply Asslam o Alaikum

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Copyright or right to copy our emails

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Your Statement: …..Please permit me to follow your format for sending hadith, since i already send almost 20 hadith related to ramadan, alhamdulilah, from the begining of this month.

Respected brother in Islam, our one and only aim and mission in operating this humble website is to propagate the Truth of Islam to all who are willing to listen to good caution from the Quran and the Sunnah. We have absolutely no copyright issues, and if in your opinion something we have written on our humble website helps you in presenting the Truth of Islam to our brethren in humanity, you are at complete liberty to copy/paste as many articles as you wish and please.

Allah is our witness brother, we neither seek any fame, nor recognition, nor any material benefit whatsoever for our humble efforts….our only hope and prayer is that our Lord Most Gracious Most Merciful accepts our weak and humble efforts in His Cause, forgives us our shortcomings, and bestows upon us the ‘tawfeeq’ to continue this modest work until the day when our souls are inevitably recalled unto His Majestic Presence.

Respected brother, not only do we not have any issues whatsoever with you copying/pasting our format or our articles from our humble website to your web-community, if ever there is anything we can do to assist you to further the Cause of Islam, we would be honored if you could write to us.

May Allah Subhanah accept yours and our humble efforts in His Cause, forgive us our shortcomings, and save you, us and all the believers from the torment of the Hell Fire. Ameen.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan