The Eye that Rules the Heart

Our two eyes weigh less than 30 grams each, yet are made up of more than 200 million working parts, and serve a function that around half of the brain is dedicated to. According to the Discover Eye Foundation,...

Equality Amongst Wives

If a person has more than one wife it is wajib upon him to treat each one equally. Whatever he gives to one wife, the other wife also has the right to claim something equal to that in value....
The Shar i ‘ah has taken great precautions in ensuring that nikah with an incompatible person or a person of a lower social standing does not take place. In other words, do not perform the nikah of a girl...
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man came to the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) and said; “I am hard pressed by hunger.” He (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) sent a word to one of his wives who...
The emigration of Prophet Muhammad (saw) to Madina had turned the enemies from Makkah more hostile and they constantly kept on thinking how they could overthrow him, and put an end to Islam. The Makkans and their allies started to bring...

Misgoded reading continued

Click here for previous session     The name “Christ” is derived from the Greek christos, which was subsequently Latinized to “Christ.” The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament defines christos as “Christ, Messiah, Anointed One.”60 A second opinion is as follows: “The word Messiah (sometimes Messias, following the Hellenized transcription) represents the Hebrew mashiah, or mashuah ‘anointed,’ from the verb mashah ‘anoint.’ It is exactly rendered by the Greek christos ‘anointed.’” In plain English, if people read the Old Testament in ancient Hebrew they will read mashiah, mashuah, and mashah. Read it in ancient Greek, and the above three...

At-Tauhid reading continued

Click here for previous session     The created one could not be an object of worship   Allah the Almighty said: "Do they attribute as partners to Allah those who created nothing but they themselves are created? No help can they give them,...

Persons with whom Nikkah is Haram

Persons with whom Nikkah is Haram   1. Marriage with one's children, grand-children, great grand-children, etc. is not permissible. Nor is marriage with one's parents, grand-parents, maternal grand-parents, etc. permissible. 2. Marriage with one's brothers, uncles and nephews is not permissible. According...

10 Facts About Nikkah (Marriage)

10 Facts About Nikkah (Marriage)   1. Nikah is a great bounty from Allah Ta'ala. The affairs of this world and the hereafter are put in order through marriage. There is a lot of wisdom and many benefits in marriage. A...
There have been a number of brave and self-sacrificing officers and strong and powerful champions in the army of Islam but the bravery of Hamzah bin Abdul Muttalib is recorded in the pages of history and in fact constitutes...

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