Year: 2020

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...

The Prophet of Mercy - نبي الرحمة Ali Ibn Abi Talib says that it was inscribed at the edge of the Prophet’s SWORD: لما ضممتُ إليّ سلاح رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ، وجدتُ في قائم سيف رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رق...

Part of good manners (حسن الخلق) is not to boast about your lineage or judge others by their lineage and family status. The Persian Poet Sa'di Shirazi says: هنر بنمای اگر داری نـه گـوهـر گـل از خار است و ابراهیم از آزر "DISPLAY YOUR VIRTUES IF YOU ...

15 Islamic Texts praising Trade/Business/Wealth - فضل التجارة ------------------------------------ 1- The Prophet said: التَّاجِرُ الصَّدُوقُ الأَمِينُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ "The truthful, trustworthy MERCHANT is with ...