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Today young Muslims, both boys and girls participate in these celebrations. These celebrations are popularised at homes, colleges, universities, offices through TV, radio, dramas, musical shows, films  and dirty literature and so the lustful desires in these young Muslims are not only inflamed but they are also taught new modes of shamelessness. Also becoming common are restaurants promoting Valentine’s Day dinners, hotels offering balls, and stores advertising flowers, chocolates, and other gifts. It is a pity that the male-female relation is given a very shameless image in all this ‘love’ fever.  Read more... (329 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

Valentine’s Day dates back to the Roman idol worshippers. Legends contend that it has its origin in honouring the Roman idols. Like most Christian festivals, the Valentine’s Day too has its roots in the Roman polytheism.  In ancient Rome, there used to be a festival for the young men and women. The Roman girls would write love letters and put them in a vase. Then the Roman bachelors would draw out the letters at random and select the girl whose letter had been drawn. Thereafter, these couples used to have courtships, meeting each other before marriage to develop understanding. However, when Christians came to Rome, they sought to Christianise everything prevalent at the time. So instead of putting an end to this pagan festival, they replaced it with Valentine’s day.  Read more... (309 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

The Prophet (pbuh) said,

“Allah most high says: he who is hostile to a friend (Waliyy) of Mine, I declare war against”

“Do not revile my companions, for by Him in Whose Hand is my soul, were one of you to spend gold equal to mount Uhud, you would not attain the reward of the handful of one of them or even half of it.” (Bukhari and Muslim)

(Because what they spent benefited Islam more)  Read more... (827 words, estimated 3:18 mins reading time)

This includes overbearing the weak, the male slave, the female slave, the wife and the beast. Allah, the Almighty ordered us to deal in kindness towards these varieties. He said,

{Serve Allah and join not any partners with Him, and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbors who are of kin, neighbors who are strangers, the companion by your side, the way-fairer( ye meet) and what your right hands possess: for Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious} (An-Nisa’: 36)

Concerning Allah’s saying,

{Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him}  Read more... (2801 words, estimated 11:12 mins reading time)

Allah Most High says,

{Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.} (Al-Qamar: 49)

In his Tafsir, Ibn Al-Jawzi highlighted two views concerning the occasion of revelation of this verse. The first view is reported by Muslim on the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the disbelievers of Mecca came to dispute with the Messenger of Allah concerning the Destiny, then the verse was revealed to refute their claims. Abu Umamah, however, is of the opinion that this verse was revealed concerning the so-called fatalism. The second view is that the bishop of Najran came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said, “O Muhammed! you claim that sins are predetermined by Allah, but this is a wrong attitude.”  Read more... (1125 words, estimated 4:30 mins reading time)

In the sight of Allah Ta’ala, salaat has a very great distinction. No other act of ibaadah is dearer to Allah than salaat. Allah Ta’ala has made five times salaat compulsory on His servants. There is a great reward in offering salaat and a great sin in omitting it.  Read more... (540 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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

قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ (1)

[109:1] Say, “O disbelievers,

لا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ (2)

[109:2] I do not worship that which you worship,

وَلا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ (3)

[109:3] nor do you worship the One whom I worship.

وَلا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَا عَبَدتُّمْ (4)

[109:4] And neither I am going to worship that which you have worshipped,

وَلا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ (5)  Read more... (105 words, estimated 25 secs reading time)

We praise Him, and we ask His blessings on His noble Prophet.

The second term used by the Holy Quran in respect of the prophets is the’ ittiba’, i.e. to follow:

Say, if you love Allah, follow mc and Allah will love you and forgive you your sins (3:31)

Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Evangile… (7:157)

Believe, then, in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him so that you may be on the right path. (7:157)  Read more... (999 words, estimated 3:60 mins reading time)