Category: Asceticism and Heart Softening

A Description of Hellfire (part 5 of 5)


God will blacken the faces of the people of Hell:

{On the Day (some) faces will turn white and (some) faces will turn black. As for those whose faces turn black. (to them it will be said), 'Did you reject faith after your belief? Then taste the punishment for what you ...

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Satan Hinders the Slave from Acting

Dr. `Umar Al-Ashqar
Chapter: From the Ways of Satan in Leading Humans Astray
The World of the Jinn and Devils
© 1998 al-Basheer Publications and Translations



Concerning this point, Satan has many ways and means. ...

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Understanding Our Love for Allah & for His Messenger

Understanding Our Love for Allah & for His Messenger

Abd al-Rahmân al-Barrâk

All praise is due to Allah.
Allah says: {Say (O Muhammad): If you do love Allah, follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins} [Sûrah Imrân: 31].

This verse affirms the believer's love for Allah as ...
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The danger of hypocrisy


What is hypocrisy and how dangerous is it for the Muslims?

Praise be to Allaah.

Hypocrisy is a serious sickness and a great crime. It means making an outward display of Islam whilst inwardly concealing kufr. Hypocrisy is more dangerous than kufr (disbelief) and the punishment for it is more ...

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A Description of Hellfire (part 1 of 5)

An Introduction

Islam teaches that Hell is a real place prepared by God for those who do not believe in Him, rebel against His laws, and reject His messengers. Hell is an actual place, not a mere state of mind or a spiritual entity. The horrors, pain, anguish, and punishment are all real, but ...

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A Description of Hellfire (part 4 of 5)

The Horrors of Hell I

The intensity of the fire of Hell will be such that people will be willing to give up their dearest possessions to escape it:

{Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the (whole) capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of ...

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From Shaytan's Deceptions

From Shaytan's Deceptions: Giving Pleasing Names to Forbidden Things

Dr. `Umar Al-Ashqar


Among the deceptions of Satan is that he names the evil actions with names that are very pleasing to the human to entice him to take part in them. In this way, he dupes the human and makes a forgery of ...

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Asking Forgiveness

 

Al-Istighfaar (Asking Forgiveness)

Sheikh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullaah
Majmoo al-Fataawaa 10/88-90


The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, said: «The master of invocations for forgiveness is that the servant says: O' my 'ilâh You are my Lord, there is no 'ilâh ...
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Punishments for neglecting jihad for the sake of Allaah


Is there a specific punishment that is deserved by those who neglect jihad for the sake of Allaah?

Praise be to Allaah.

The command to wage jihad for the sake of Allaah, and the warning against neglecting jihad, appear in many verses of the Qur'aan and ahaadeeth.

If the Muslims neglect ...

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Benefits of believers' trials

Q: Why does Allaah burden the believers who do many acts of worship with sickness and other trials, when the sinners are enjoying all the good things in life?

A: Praise be to Allaah.

This question may be asked in two ways, either as an objection or as a quest for understanding. If it is asked ...

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A Description of Hellfire (part 3 of 5)

Its Food and Drink


The intense heat, food, and drink of the people of Hell is described in Islamic religious sources.

Its Heat

God says:

{And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left? (They will be) in scorching fire and scalding water and a shade of black smoke, ...

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Real Happiness and Inner Peace

Real happiness and peace can be found in submitting to the commands of the Creator and the Sustainer of this world. God has said in the Quran:

{Truly, in remembering God do hearts find rest.} [Quran 13:28]

{أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ...

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