How many parents ever discuss the issue of the macro-purpose of life with their children? By Yoginder S. Sikand From the moment we get up in the morning till we go to sleep at night, everything we do, we do with a certain purpose in mind. We get out of bed even if we’d rather…
A man once requested from the Prophet the use of a camel. The Prophet replied, “I can loan you a camel’s baby.” “What use to me is a camel’s baby?” queried the man. Laughing, the Prophet quipped, “Isn’t every camel the baby of another?” (Recorded in Abu Dawud) “Fear Allah wherever you are; if you…
Anas says: “I entered the Prophet’s (Pbuh) room when he was reclining on a couch whose material was weaved with a string. Under his head was a pillow made of hide. Umar came in and tears sprang to his eyes. The Prophet asked him what he was crying for. Umar said: “What I am crying for…
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful The Prophet’s wife, Aisha, says of him: “God’s messenger was never offered a choice between two alternatives over matters of this world without choosing the easier one, unless the easier choice be sinful. In that case, he kept furthest away from it. God’s messenger never sought revenge…
What more damage can parents do than to spiritually cripple their child so badly that it ruins its life in this world and in the life after death, too? By Yoginder S. Sikand A good way to define good parenting is that it is the art of seeking to help fulfill all the essential needs…
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) encouraged us to be cheerful in many hadiths. He (pbuh) taught us to be happy and to spread happiness to others: 1. Abdullah bin Harith reported, “I have never seen a man who smiled as much as the Messenger of God ” (Recorded in Tirmithi # 2641) 2. “A smile is…
On the ninth day of the Prophet’s (Pbuh) Hajj, the pilgrims proceeded to the Plain of Arafat to stand on the Mount of Mercy. There they stood and prayed to Allah for His mercy. Hajj is one of the five tenets of Islam and every Muslim having the means, and healthy enough to travel, must…
Abu Qatadah reported that the Messenger (Pbuh) said: “Fasting the Day of ‘Arafah expiates the sins of two years: past one and coming one.] Hazrath Aisha reported that the Messenger (Pbuh) said: “There is no day on which Allah frees people from the fire as He does on the Day of Arafah”. [Muslim, an-Nasaa’ee, Ibn Maajah]
A healthy human being is someone who enjoys good health at all three levels of our being”physical, mental and spiritual. By Yoginder S. Sikand Who are we really”the real ‘I’? Is the real ‘I’ the body? Or the mind? Or a combination of both? Some people think that is just what we are”body and…
It is reported by Abu Saeed Al-Khudri: “The Prophet came and sat on the pulpit. He said: ‘A certain servant of God was given a choice that he would get whatever he wished of the luxuries and comforts of this world or he would take what was with God”. The Prophet attained his status of…
