Category Archives: Life of Prophets
Faithful Friends
Source : SuhaibWebb | By Sabeen Mansoori
A cursory reading of any translation of the Quran leaves one wondering why Allah (swt) repeats the stories of the Prophets so many times. It is related that Prophet Musa `alayhi sallatu wa sallam(may Allah send His peace and blessings on him) throws down his staff which swallows up the snakes of the magicians, and a few chapters later the same episode is related again. Similarly, we read about Shaytan’s flagrant disobedience several times in the Quran. This dry textual reading of the Quran is an injustice to this miraculous book. It must be approached not as a two dimensional script, but as a 3D world which embraces Read more ...
The Freedom of Responsibility
Yusuf `alayhi sallatu wa sallam (may Allah send his peace and blessings on him) faced many difficulties in life; over a period of decades he was thrown into a well by his brothers as a young boy, sold into slavery, seduced by a beautiful and powerful woman in his youth and then thrown into jail for refusing adultery. In the first two trials he had no choice, but in the last he chose to not commit adultery and was punished for it. Allah describes what follows in these verses:
“And women in the city said, ‘The wife of al-’Azeez is seeking to seduce her slave boy; he has impassioned her with love. Indeed, we see her [to be] in clear error.’” Read more ...
Lost city under Rub al-Khali (Empty Quarter)
Source: http://saudilife.net/ | By - Faraz Omar
SAND and only sand for thousands of kilometers extending over four nations, Rub al-Khali or the Empty Quarter is the world’s largest sand desert. Uninhabited one may think but the Bedu tribes have survived on the edge since before recorded time.
Sand dunes reach as high as 250 meters, while billions of glittering stars light up its night sky – a feat hikers and campers, locals and expats, don’t like to miss. Formidable conditions – extremely high temperature and dry as a bone – have kept travelers and settlers far away.
To say this place was once luscious green, with lakes and ponds and Read more ...
Reaching the Messenger of Allah ?
Source : SuhaibWebb | By : Fawzia Syed
I walked faster and faster, hundreds of women pushing me forward. Women all around me cried in love and in pain. They pushed forth with a fervor that emanated from their hearts and took hold of their bodies. I continued to move forward. My heart raced; I don’t know why. I might have been nervous. I might have been anxious. All I knew was that my heart felt as if it would beat right out of my body. My tongue fervently repeated, “Allahumma salli ‘alaa sayiddina Muhammad…” It was almost a year ago and this was my first visit: I was going to be in the presence of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon Read more ...
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) : A Humble servant of Allah
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) : A Humble servant of Allah
The prophet Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) was also a very humble person. He (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) lived humbly all his life and never boasted of his social or political position either before or after his successes in Madinah. Once, on a journey, a few of the companions decided to slaughter a goat for a meal. They divided the work among themselves; one was to slaughter it, another to remove its skin, yet another to do the cooking. Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said that he would collect the wood for cooking. His companions said that they would do his work as well. He Read more ...
Friday Khutbah : The Battle of Uhud: Victory – Not Defeat
Friday Khutbah : The Battle of Uhud: Victory - Not Defeat
- by Imam Al-Madinah Al-Munawarrah ‘Abdul Muhsin Ibn Muhammad al-Qasim
from the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, on Rabee'uth-Thaanee 1, 1422 (June 23, 2001)
The Transcript:
All praise is due to Allah. May peace and blessings be upon His prophet Muhammad.
Fellow Muslims! Fear Allah as He should be feared for the fear of Allah increases one in blessings and removes calamities.
The Almighty Allah sent our prophet Muhammad to mankind after a break in the series of messengers at a time when the world was immersed in a deep darkness of ignorance. The Prophet and his companions started spreading Read more ...
The Story of Ibrahim’s Sacrifice
The Story of Ibrahim's Sacrifice
Brothers and Sisters, all of us know the story of Ibrahim's sacrifice and we say that it was a test by Allah (ta'ala). But do we really understand what Ibrahim went through ? Do we appreciate what it was like to be Ibrahim ? Can we grasp in thought what happened ? Why is it that we regard Ibrahim as the father of faith ? What was it that he achieved ?
Ibrahim (alaihi as-salam) is distinguished in the Quran with the title of khalil-ul-Allah (the intimate friend of Allah). In surah al-Nisa, Allah says :
"For Allah did take Ibrahim for (an intimate) friend " (Surah Al Nisa' 4:125)
He is also described in surah al-Nahl as Read more ...
The Story of Ibrahim – (alaihi as-salam)
The Story of Ibrahim - (alaihi as-salam)
- Taken from Islamic Newsletter 'As-Sunnah' Issue no: 10, Compiled by Sister Shawana A. Aziz
The story of Ibrahim (alaihi as-salam) is greatly associated with Hajj because the origin of Hajj is old as the Ka'ba, which was built by Ibrahim (alaihi as-salam) and his son, Ismail (alaihi as-salam). Every act of Hajj reminds us of the noble family of Ibrahim (alaihi as-salam) since every act of Hajj refers back to the righteous actions and struggle of either Ibrahim (alaihias-salam), his wife Hajrah or his son Ismail (alaihi as-salam). The history of this family teaches spiritual lessons of complete devotion to Allah Read more ...
The Callers to Allah : Nuh and Ibrahim, `alayhim as salam
The Callers to Allah : Nuh and Ibrahim, `alayhim as salam
- by Salih ibn Ghanim al-Sadlan
Excerpted from "The Callers to Allah", Huda, Safar 1420
Nuh (Noah) `alayhis salam
The name of the Prophet Nuh `alayhis salam has been mentioed in the Quran forty-five times. Let us recall some of the ayat and surahs that mention his name; then we will follow up with a recollection of selections from the history of his guidance in his call to Allah. Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala says (what means):
"And indeed We sent Nuh to his people, and he stayed among them a thousand years less fifty years, and the deluge overtook them while they were wrong-doers." (Al-`Ankabut 29:14)
Allah Read more ...
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) : “Those nearest to me are the pious,…”
People feel envy for many reasons, including over those things that they see others possess, which they really covet. Envy, or ‘hasad’ as it is called in the Quran, is a disease of the heart that manifests itself in the form of many an ugly behavior and word. Sometimes, the envy results in the person who is being envied to even undergo serious harm.
However, this post is not about envy, or rather, not about the destructive envy that we should all avoid feeling because of the blessings that we see another possess. This post is rather about how Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) showed his love and concern for some of his companions. Loving Read more ...
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