Luis Lopez battled nerves as he walked to the front of the crowded prayer hall in Union City with his son. Together, they repeated word-for-word in Arabic the Shahadah, the profession of faith required to convert to Islam. “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah,” they declared at the…
When the people asked the Prophet about the cure and the method to clean the qalb, he said, “Frequent remembrance of death and recitation of the Quran.”[Bayhaqi] The Prophet (peace be upon him) has said that hearts get rusted in the same way that iron rusts when it is wet. He further stated that when…
Here are some of the things we need to do to properly prepare for our death and for what comes beyond. By Valea If we’ve been on a long train journey and are now nearing our destination, what do we do? We start getting ready for our arrival. So, we may have a wash, brush…
If we reflect on just one amazing phenomenon of desalination, an astounding sign of God, we can be wonderstruck at God’s miracles, which are scattered all across the universe! By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was a well-known English literary critic, theologian, philosopher and poet. One of his poems is titled ‘The Rime…
By Sheima Salam Sumer Many people only focus on the fear of God, when we should balance fear with hope in God’s mercy and goodness. God encourages us to think positively about Him. In a hadith Qudsi He says: “I am as my servant thinks of Me”¦” (Bukhari, Muslim). Here are nine reasons to have…
The Prophet (peace be upon him) spoke in very clear terms about misplaced suspicion, giving clear orders to refrain from it. Suspicion can ruin relations between people, particularly when it is based on flimsy evidence, or hearsay. The Prophet (peace be upon him) spoke in very clear terms about misplaced suspicion, giving clear orders to…
In his famous saying, the Holy Prophet (Pbuh) says that the best of you in Islam are those who are most excellent in character. By Amin Valliani As long as we are alive in this physical world, our mind is like an open road for all kind of thought traffic. Thoughts usually pass through the…
By Zakir Zulfi This is a real incident, which I personally experienced. In a mosque in Bhopal after the zohr prayer, a man stood up in order to make an announcement. He wanted to express his condition to the congregation. However, overwhelmed by hesitation and a sense of shame, he was unable to speak. All…
Abu Hurayrah reports that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: ‘The worst of my community are those who talk too much, resorting to pedantry and insolence; while the best of my people are those who have the best manners’. [Ahmad] People should be precise and limit themselves to making their meaning clear without unnecessarily…
It is in fact a part of Islamic teachings that one needs to be mindful, cautious and responsible in using God’s bounties. By Amin Valliani Allah has blessed humanity with innumerable bounties and water is perhaps the topmost amongst all of these. He has made all creatures out of water as He mentions in the…
