The Need to Avoid the World Of Unbelievers
THE NEED TO AVOID THE WORLD OF UNBELIEVERS ghayri l-maghdūbi ‘alayhim (1:7) [He] wills that we do not resemble those who are astray, those who...
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Being the Community of Allah’s Messenger Comes at a Price
Esteemed sisters and brothers. Endless praise be to Allah, the Most High. May our Lord allow us all to be of those who praise Him...
USWAT’UL-HASANAH The Quintessential Example
Among entire creation, it is only human beings who have been given the honor of taking a share from all the Divine Names of Allah,...
THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The first and last link in the chain of prophets, Muhammad Mustafa (pbuh), the Light of Being, a mercy to all worlds, was struck down...
THE TENTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
Adiy’s father was the illustrious Hatim Tai, a man from the Tayy tribe whose generosity had become legendary. Adiy, much like his father, was a...
THE NINTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The Sword of Language The Blessed Prophet (pbuh) sent a small cavalry unit under the leadership of Uyaynah (r.a) to the Banu Tamim tribe, for...
THE EIGHTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The Passing Away of Zaynab, the Daughter of the Blessed Prophet (pbuh) Zaynab (r.ha) never really recovered from the injury she received, when she was...
THE SEVENTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
Inviting Kings to Islam Following the Treaty of Hudaybiyah, the Blessed Prophet (pbuh), a rasul sent to entire humankind, began inviting all lands within reach,...
THE SIXTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
In line with a dream he saw, the Blessed Prophet (pbuh) invited the Believers to a journey to Kaabah for pilgrimage.[1] With a total of one-thousand-four-hundred[2] Companions...
THE FIFTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
Salman Farisi’s Acceptance of Islam and His Being Granted Freedom Salman Farisi, or the Persian, (r.a), formerly a slave of a Medinan Jew, recounts to...
THE FOURTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The Blessed Prophet (pbuh) used to send teachers to neighboring tribes for the purpose of communicating and teaching Islam. Some of these teachers, however, became...
THE SECOND YEAR OF HEGIRA
The change of qibla was indeed a significant event. The invalidation of the previous qibla, which the Divine command entailed, was a matter suitable to cause a stir...
THE FIRST YEAR OF HEGIRA
Seven hundred years before, Tubba’ Abu Karib, one of the kings of Yemen, had come to Medina, known then as Yathrib. Finding out from Jewish scholars of...
On Society and Rulers
Allah Almighty provided His creatures with a great societal order of life appropriate to the traits of them all. Our Lord wished humans, whom He...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS Ali (r.a) 656-661
Hadrat Ali (r.a) has the privilege of being born in the precincts of the Ka`ba.[1] His family was very crowded, so from the age of...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS `Uthman (r.a) 644-656
Hadrat `Uthman (r.a), the third of the four caliphs, was a Companion who both served the Prophet and was his son-in-law twice over. He continued...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS `Umar (r.a) 634-644
Hadrat `Umar (r.a), was an exemplary Muslim in all his dealings, and he staunchly followed the glorious way of the Messenger of Allah. Before embracing...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS Abu Bakr (r.a) 632-634
Abu Bakr (r.a), who became the first caliph after the Prophet, associated himself fully with the Prophet by having great love for him and by...
THE FOURTH YEAR OF PROPHETHOOD
Declare What You Have Been Commanded! Warn Your Nearest Relations! After the three year period of secrecy, in the fourth year of prophethood, the Almighty...
THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF PROPHETHOOD: THE CALL IN SECRET
The First Revelation and the Interval Having completed the six-month preparation toward perfecting his spiritual development so that he was now ready to receive Divine...
THE YEARS OF YOUTH
A Development under Divine Protection The young Muhammad (pbuh) was protected by the Almighty from the evil habits of his society and times. He spent...
THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF THE BLESSED PROPHET
We cannot think of time and space for Allah (SWT), who transcends all dimensions.[1] Existent in pre-eternity, His existence comes from Himself without need for...
Knowing the Life of the Prophet
There are many different elements in forming one’s education and character. Since human beings form their personalities as well as language, religion and moral qualities...