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The virtue of this night established from Ahadith is that from the very beginning of the night Allah Ta’ ala turns with special mercy and attention towards the creation and forgives those who repent and seeks forgiveness. Every Muslim should therefore value this night. Turn towards Allah Ta’ ala with sincere regret and shame over sins committed and make a promise never to return to sin again and seek forgiveness from Allah Ta’ala. Seek forgiveness for oneself and all Muslims, living and deceased. Have firm hope and resolution in the heart that Allah Ta’ ala will surely show mercy and forgiveness.  Read more... (1765 words, estimated 7:04 mins reading time)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ (1)

[95:1] I swear by the Fig and the Olive,

وَطُورِ سِينِينَ (2)

[95:2] and by Tūr, the mount of Sinai,

وَهَذَا الْبَلَدِ الأَمِينِ (3)

[95:3] and by this peaceful city,

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ (4)

[95:4] We have created man in the best composition,

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِينَ (5)

[95:5] then We turned him into the lowest of the low,

إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ (6)  Read more... (141 words, estimated 34 secs reading time)

Every person who is a Mu’min at heart accepts that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam said:

‘EVERY SPORT OF THE MU’MIN IS BAATIL…”

And, every Mu’min understands the meaning of the Qur’aanic aayat:

“Verily, the life of this world is only play and amusement, while the abode of the Aakhirah is best for those who have intelligence. What, do you not understand?”  Read more... (2031 words, estimated 8:07 mins reading time)

By Mufti Taqi Usmani

Sha’ban is one of the meritorious months for which we find some particular instructions in the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam. It is reported in the authentic ahadith that Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, used to fast most of the month in Sha’ban. These fasts were not obligatory on him but Sha’ban is the month immediately preceding the month of Ramadan. Therefore, some preparatory measures are suggested by Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam. Some of these are given below:  Read more... (2880 words, estimated 11:31 mins reading time)

Rajab is the seventh month in the Islamic lunar calendar. This month was regarded as one of the sacred months (Al-Ashhur-al-hurum) in which battles were prohibited in the days of the Holy Prophet Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam. It is also a prelude to the month of Ramadan, because Ramadan follows it after the intervening month of Sha’ban. Therefore, when the Holy Prophet Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam sighted the moon of Rajab, he used to pray to Allah in the following words:

“O Allah, make the months of Rajab and Sha’ban blessed for us, and let us reach the month of Ramadan (i.e. prolong our life up to Ramadan, so that we may benefit from its merits and blessings).”  Read more... (1569 words, estimated 6:17 mins reading time)

My dear friends! The subject of today’s lecture is the perfectness of a biography. No life can serve as a model unless it shows perfectness in all aspects, even if it were based on historically sound and reliable sources. No life can be adjudged perfect and free of all shortcomings unless all its details are available to us. Looking at the life of the Prophet of Islam (Peace be upon him) from this perspective, we find that every significant moment of his life from birth to death was known to the people of his time, and since then has been preserved in the history of the world. There has not been a single span of time from his whole life that remained unknown to his people.  Read more... (6445 words, estimated 25:47 mins reading time)

Let us now consider the life of the Prophet of Islam (Peace be upon him) in the light of the four criteria set forth in our pervious talk.The first one is “historicity”. In this regard, the whole world agrees and marvels at the way the followers of Islam have meticulously preserved not only the record of their Prophet’s life but also everything even remotely concerned with his noble personality. There have been narrators and biographers who devoted their life in collecting, recording, classifying and narrating the Prophets sayings, his deeds and everything related to his life. These biographers include his own worthy companions who were his direct disciples, and then those who learnt from them, and then the generation coming immediately after them. In addition, the collectors of the holy Prophet’s sayings and his traditions and his biographers include persons up to 4th century since the Prophet’s migration to Madinah. When all this heritage was collected, written and arranged, the personal information about each narrator was also recorded which included such important features as the narrator’s name and family background, his life history, his moral and ethical conduct, etc. The number of these biographical notes is nearly one hundred thousand. This collection is known as Asma-ur-Rijal.  Read more... (8589 words, estimated 34:21 mins reading time)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ (1)

[97:1] We have sent it (the Qur‘ān) down in the Night of Qadr.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ (2)

[97:2] And what may let you know what the Night of Qadr is?

لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ (3)

[97:3] The Night of Qadr is much better than one thousand months.

تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أَمْرٍ (4)  Read more... (116 words, estimated 28 secs reading time)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

لَمْ يَكُنْ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَهُمْ الْبَيِّنَةُ (1)

[98:1] Those who disbelieved from among the People of the Book and the polytheists were not (expected) to desist (from their wrong beliefs) unless there comes to them a clear proof,

رَسُولٌ مِنْ اللَّهِ يَتْلُوا صُحُفاً مُطَهَّرَةً (2)

[98:2] a messenger from Allah who recites the purified scrolls

فِيهَا كُتُبٌ قَيِّمَةٌ (3)

[98:3] containing (right and) straight writings.  Read more... (319 words, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)