THE SUPERIORITY OF LAILAT-UL-QADR (THE NIGHT OF DECREE) Allah, the Exalted, says: “Verily, We have sent it (this Qur’an) down in the Night of Al-Qadr (Decree). And what will make you know what the Night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is? The Night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months …

(The story of Ka’b ibn Malik (radi Allahu ‘anhu) He made a mistake, the repentance from which, turned out to be a major test of his faith.  Ka’b was the son of Malik, a great poet of the tribe of Khazraj of adinah, composer of heroic poems during the wars …

Zakat literally means ‘growth’ or ‘increase’ and according to some ‘purity’. The tax has been named Zakat with respect to the first meaning of the word because its payment increases prosperity in this world and enhences religious merit (sawab) in the next and with respect to the second meaning because …