By Khalid Baig POSTED: 19 SHA’BAN 1423, 26 OCTOBER 2002 We observe Ramadan every year. Do we also listen to it? Ramadan is the most important month of our calendar. It is a tremendous gift from Allah in so many ways. In our current state of being down and out, it can uplift us, empower us, and turn around our situation individually and collectively. It is the spring season for the garden of Islam when dry grass can come back to life and flowers bloom. But these benefits are not promised for lifeless and thoughtless rituals......

Read More

1. KEEPING APPOINTMENTS, DELAYS AND CANCELLATION In the first verse of Surat Al-Mai’da, Allah called upon the believers ‘O’ you the Believers, fulfill your promises.’ In Surat Maryam Allah also praised Prophet Ismail may peace be upon him ‘He was true to his promise. He was a Messenger and a Prophet.’ To keep an appointment is vital to our lives, since time is the most precious commodity, once wasted it could not be replaced. If you made an appointment, whether to a friend, colleague or for business you should do your utmost......

Read More

By Muhammad Fathi Did the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) say anything about saving our planet? Did he promote any ideas or practices relevant to the world’s growing concern about the future of the earth and its resources? Below is a collection of the Prophet’s Ahadith Plant a tree even if it is your last deed: 1. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “If the Hour (the day of Resurrection) is about to be established and one of......

Read More

From Aboo Hurairah radiyallaahu anhu who said that I heard Allah’s Messenger, sallallahu ?alaihi wa sallam, say: “There are seven whom Allaah will shade in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His shade. A just ruler; a youth who grew up in the worship of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic; a man whose heart is attached to the mosques, two men who love each other for Allaah’s sake, meeting for that and parting upon that; a man who is called by a woman of beauty and position,......

Read More

Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ?alayhi wa sallam, said, what translated means, “A sign of one’s excellence in his Islam, is ignoring what does not concern him.” Related by Ahmad, Malik & At-Tirmithi The Status of this Hadith Ibn Rajab said, “This Hadith is a basic and an important source of good behavior in Islam.” Mohammad ibn Zayd, a great scholar of the Maliki Mathhab, said, “Four Hadiths comprise a perfect code of conduct. One of them is, ‘Whoever believes in Allah......

Read More

BATHING * SALAT AL-JANAZAH * BURIAL * TA`ZIYAH * INHERITANCE & ESTATES * ISAL AL-THAWAB * WILLS &TESTAMENTS Source: http://daruliftaa.net/~dar60/index.php/articles/burial BEFORE DEATH The person on his deathbed should be turned to his right side facing the Qiblah. It is also permissible to lie him on his back and to raise his head slightly to face the Qiblah. The words of Shahadah should be proclaimed near him for him to hear and thus indirectly prompt him to proclaim it too. This is called Talqin. However, he should not be instructed and compelled to recite it. It is Mustahab (desirable) for the......

Read More

By Shaykh Mawlānā Muhammad Saleem Dhorat hafizahullāh Muharram, the first month of the Islāmic calendar, is one of the four sacred months mentioned in the Glorious Qur’ān: Lo! The number of the months with Allāh is twelve months by Allāh’s Ordinance in the day that He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred: that is the right religion. So wrong not yourselves in them…(9:36) The specification of these four sacred months is stated in a hadīth narrated by Abū Bakrahradhiyallāhu ‘anhu that Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam said, “Verily......

Read More

by Shaykh Asif Husain Farooqi of England Allah’s Nabi(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) has intimated that each ummati of his is beautiful. But this beauty is not due to colour or any such thing; rather the beauty of an ummati is from his (or her) akhlaq (character). Allah Ta’ala has said that a person’s akhlaq is a tremendous thing. Today I am at fault – I was late and I apologize for it. Your prayer has been delayed by 15 minutes and my conscience is reproaching me. I ask your forgiveness since apologising is......

Read More

The month of Zul-Hijjah is indeed a month of tremendous virtues and blessings. The First Ten Days of this month are especially significant and are among the most magnificent days in the Islamic calendar. It is reported from Ibn Abbaas(radhiyallahu anhu) that Rasulullah(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said: ” There is no day wherein any good action is more beloved to Allah Ta’ala than these ten days (the first ten days of Zul Hijjah)”. The Sahaabah (radhiyallahu anhum) enquired: ” Not even Jihaad in the path of Allah ? “(i.e. are actions performed in......

Read More

We leave the blessed month of Ramadan, its beautiful days and its fragrant nights. We leave the month of the Qur’an, taqwa, patience, jihad, mercy, forgiveness and freedom from hellfire… Have we fulfilled the requirements of taqwa and graduated from the Ramadan school with the diploma of the god-fearing? Have we fought our souls and desires and defeated them, or have we been overtaken by our customs and blind imitations? Have we performed our actions in a way that fulfills the conditions for receiving mercy, forgiveness and release from the Fire? Many......

Read More