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Hadrat Mu’az -bin- Jabal (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that the Messenger of ALLAH recommended ten things to me saying:

(1) Do not associate anything with ALLAH even if you are put to death;

(2) Do not be disobedient to your parents, even if they command you to quit your family and property;

(3) Do not deliberately neglect to observe a compulsorily prescribed Salaah, for one who deliberately neglects a comulsorily prescribed Salaah, will have ALLAH’s protection removed from him;

(4) Do not drink wine, it is the root cause of all evils (so it has been called mother of all evils);  Read more... (234 words, estimated 56 secs reading time)

Abu Hurairah (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated: The Messenger of ALLAH said: ISLAM is that you worship ALLAH alone, attribute no partners to Him, perform Salaah regularly, pay Zakat, fast during the month of Ramadhan, perform Hajj, enjoin people to do good and forbid evil, say AssalamoAlaikum to your family members when you enter your home. One who does not do any of these things then he follows Islam deficiently and one who abandons all these things, he has turned his back on Islam. [Hakam, Tarju man-us-Sunnah]  Read more... (359 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

Hadrat Aishah (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anha) narrated that till the death of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) his family members did not get a full meal of even barley bread for two successive days. [Shama’il-e-Tirmizi]

It may be that they could have taken dates to their satisfaction but they did not get enough bread on two successive days. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) has often taken wheaten bread: [Khasail-e-Nabawi]

SahI-ibn-Sa’d (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) on being asked by someone as to whether the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) has over taken bread prepared from superfine flour, replied that superfine flour was unknown during his lifetime. [Bukhari, Shamail e- Tirmizi]  Read more... (167 words, estimated 40 secs reading time)

However, this distribution is an order of the Shariah. The necessity of having our matters absolutely clear also requires that the estate should be speedily distributed. Ignoring this basic order also becomes a means of serious conflict. As time passes, the other heirs constantly remember their right in the estate which they have not received as yet. They are grieved by this. Also as time passes the value of the estate differs greatly compared to the time of the death of the father. Hence, since nothing was clarified, the matter now becomes complicated. To amicably resolve the complications becomes a difficult matter. As a result the matter finally results in disputes, quarrels, and fights. (Often one particular member of the family takes it upon himself to handle the winding up process. He alone knows what he is doing. Sometimes months and years drag along and the other heirs are not even informed of what is happening. This creates much suspicion and ill-feeling which later explodes into severe conflicts and disputes. It is therefore necessary that all the heirs should sit down together as soon as possible and mutually decide as to how the winding-up process should be handled. All the heirs should then be regularly informed as to what progress has been made)  Read more... (390 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) was
scrupulous in maintaining a treatment of justice and equity towards his wives
without making any discrimination among them. But so far as love is concerned,
he used to say: “O Allaahl All things over which I have control, I have divided
equally among them. But do Thou not condemn me for that which is beyond my
sway.” (By the former were meant social obligations and by the latter love and
attachment).

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) resorted to
divorce also but withdrew it. He also exercised El’a (Vow for separation from a
wife for a certain period) so far as his wives were concerned.  Read more... (840 words, estimated 3:22 mins reading time)

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) used to
sleep on a leather mattress stuffed with the bark of date-palm, or on ordinary
mat, or on a piece of canvas or leather or sometimes on a bedstead plaited with
rush strings. At home he sometimes sat resting on a pillow. [Zad-ul-Ma’ad]

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) liked the
canvas on which he rested to be folded only once and during sleep, the sound of
his breathing was quite noticeable.  Read more... (307 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) had made it
a point not to enter his house all of a sudden and disturb the peace of mind of
his family members. He would rather come in such a way that they knew about it
in advance. First of all he would salute and inquire about something or the
other. Quite often he would ask whether there was something to eat. Equally
often he remained silent till whatever was available was placed before him. It
has also been reported that on entering his house he would recite the following
supplication:  Read more... (439 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

1. If a person mixes
   his halâl wealth with harâm money, zakât will have to be given on
   the total amount.

2. If a person passes
   away without paying the zakât which was wajib on him, zakât will not be
   taken from his wealth. But if he makes a bequest that his zakât must be paid
   from his wealth, then this zakât will be taken from one third of his wealth
   irrespective of whether this one third will be sufficient for the payment of his
   zakât or not. If his inheritors agree to give from the balance of his wealth
   (i.e. more than the one third), it will be permissible to take from this balance
   according to the amount that the inheritors specify.

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