Read Islamic Books

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)

Ibn Hazrat Abbaas R.A. reports that Rasulullah Sal’am said: ‘The Hajarul Aswad descended from paradise, having been white in color than milk. The sins of the sons of Men caused it to become Black’.

This hadith tell us that because men touched it with sinful hands, the effect of their sins caused blackness to come on the stone. Here one should take careful not; if a stone became black through a touch, what will be the position of those hearts of such people living in continuous sin? According to one hadith; “When a man commits a sin, a black mark comes on his heart. If he repents, it is removed; when he sins again, another black mark forms. And so it continues until the whole heart becomes black,” The Qur’aan speaks about this in the following verse: ‘but no means.” “By on their hearts is a stain of the (ill) which they do”.  Read more... (243 words, estimated 58 secs reading time)

Who should be competent to interpret and explain the Quran and Sunnah (Prophetic traditions) and to deduce various injunctions for problems arising in new circumstances? What are the conditions and requirements necessary for this job? We find the answers to these questions in an authentic Tradition reported by Hadhrat Ali in which he said:

“I said, “O messenger of Allah! If we are confronted with a problem which has not been described in the Qur’an and Prophetic traditions, with no injunctions in favor or against it, what am I to do in such a situation?” He said: “Take advice of the jurists and faithful worshippers and do not employ your individual opinion”.  Read more... (458 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)