Month: September 2020

What is true beauty? - الجمال الحقيقي It is said: في الحياة ، إبحث عن قلب جميل ، ولكن لا تبحث عن وجه جميل . الأشياء الجميلة ليست بالضرورة جيدة ، ولكن الأشياء الجيدة هي دائما جميلة “IN LIFE, SEARCH FOR A BE...

If I warn others against a sin, while I myself commit that particular sin - am I a hypocrite (منافق)? No ... This is a mind-trick the devil plays on people to silence them. All humans are sinners, but we still have to keep encouraging good and dis...

Belittling Children -يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ ‏ There was a little boy who had a little sparrow. This little sparrow died, so the Prophet wanted to cheer the little boy up and said: يَا أَ...

The Image of Islam - صورة الإسلام 1- Ibn Sa'd narrates with an authentic chain: عَنْ أُمِّ كَبْشَةَ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ قُضَاعَةَ أَنَّهَا اسْتَأْذَنَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تَغْزُوَ مَعَهُ ، فَقَالَ : لَا فَقَالَتْ : يَا رَس...

Migration - هجرة A companion by the name of Fudayk became Muslim but his tribe did not. He remained living with his people and some people criticised him for this. He came to the Prophet and said:...

The Prophet said: خرج نبي من الأنبياء يستسقي ، فإذا هو بنملة رافعة بعض قوائمها إلى السماء ، فقال : ارجعوا فقد استجيب لكم من أجل شأن النملة "A Prophet of the previous nations had come out to pray for rain. ...

The Prophet said: أَنَّ نَمْلَةً قَرَصَتْ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ فَأَمَرَ بِقَرْيَةِ النَّمْلِ فَأُحْرِقَتْ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ قَدْ قَرَصَتْكَ نَمْلَةٌ أَهْلَكْتَ أُمَّةً مِنَ الأُمَمِ تُسَبِّحُ ...

In defence of music - someone argued: لو كان الغناء حرام لما سمى النبي ابنته أم كلثوم “If singing was Haram, why would the Prophet name his daughter Oum Kalsoum?!” -------------------- Oum Kalsoum was a famous Egyptian singer who died in 1975 - b...

علم وَلدكَ القُرآن وَالقُرآن سَيعلِّمهُ كُل شَيء "Teach your child the Qur'an; The Qur'an will then teach him everything."...

Imam Shafi'iee was asked: قيل للشافعي : مالك تدمن إمساك العصا ، ولست بضعيف ؟ فقال : لأذكر أني مسافر يعني في الدنيا "Why do you always carry a walking-stick - while you're not weak?" He sai...