The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: “كل عمل ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد” Which means: “If anyone innovates in our Religion a matter which does not belong to it, then it is rejected.” Hence, the deeds are not accepted unless it agrees with the rules of the Religion. One can not know the matters that agree or do not agree…
Prohibited Games Among the sins of the hand is playing the many unlawful games. Among them are: dice, cards, and the like. These games are prohibited because they rely on guessing, not on thinking and calculating. These prohibited games result in fights among people and other evil things. Throwing Dice: The die is also called nardashir as it was made…
In the Arabic language, the word istawaa (استوى ) has fifteen (15) different meanings, among which are to sit, subjugate, protect, conquer, and preserve. Based on what is mentioned in al-Qur’an, it is obvious that it is blasphemous (kufur) to apply the meaning “to sit” to Allah. Whatever sits has a body and God is not a body. God does…
Break of War Umm Salamah said: We stayed safely protected in Abyssinia enjoying good neighbors in a good country. After sometime a person came out opposing anNajaashiyy and seeking the kingship. We never experienced such sever sadness like that sadness we experienced then. We were afraid that this person who is claiming kingship overrides anNajaashiyy and throwaway our status granted…
AnNajaashiyy Embracing Islam After the Qurayshis left the session `Amru bnil `Aass said: I am going back tomorrow to uproot them. – He went back and said to anNajaashiyy: Those people say appalling saying about `Eesaa. Send to them and ask them. – AnNajaashiyy then asked the companions. – Ja`far said: We say what our Prophet conveyed. `Eesaa is Allah’s…
Jarir, the son of Abdullah, said: “We pledged in the presence of the Prophet to perform the obligatory prayers, to pay the due Zakat, and to advise and support every Muslim. Related by Bukariyy and Muslim. To follow the advice of our dear Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam is a very beneficial and helpful matter. An example of this is…
Abu Bakr was three years younger than the Prophet. From early years, Abu Bakr was known for good and upright nature. He was honest and truthful. He came of a noble family. These things won him respect among the people. The Prophet said: “No one has been a better companion to me than Abu Bakr”. All his life he stood…
Omar Ibn Al-Khattab was man of noble attributes; he was a man of truth and dignity. Many other great historical events which Muslims of today are proud to claim as part of their heritage took place during his caliphate. Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him praised him in many of his ahadith. In one of them the Prophet said to…
From the route of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah accept his deeds, who said: the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, said: <<A way for the person to excel in Islam is not to interfere in the matters which do not concern one.>> This is a hasan Hadith, narrated by at-Tirmidhiyy and others with the same terminology. الحديث الثاني عشر…
Beware of theories which say human beings descended from apes or that Adam was a primitive caveman. Adam was the first man and the first human to receive the revelation of Prophethood. Prophet Adam taught the first people how to live and how to worship Allah correctly. He was an honoured and a blessed creation of Allah, and he was…