What Shape is the Earth ?
Today we can look at a globe and know that the earth is somewhat like a ball, a sphere. The Qur'an makes certain statements that led Muslim scientists to understand long before their European counterparts that the earth is spherical. When Europe was in the dark ages thinking that the earth was ... Continue Reading
What Prayer means to me?
Five times a day I retreat from
life, pause and renew my intention for living. It's not just kids
and work, fun and problems. There's more, much more
.....
Lying just beneath the surface of our everyday thoughts. If we dare to peer within, we'll find it, the home of peace; of truth ; an acute ...
Continue ReadingFreemasonry and ruling on joining the Masons
Q: What is
Freemasonry, and what is the ruling on it in Islam?, What is the
ruling on joining the Masons?.
A:
Praise be to Allaah.
Freemasonry is a secret political society whose goal is to put an
end to all religions and good morals, and to replace them with
man-made laws and non-religious ...
The Return of Jesus (part 2 of 5)
Description: The prophecies and portents in
Islam of the descent of Jesus in the Quran and the prophetic
narrations.
By Jeremy Boulter (© 2006
IslamReligion.com) - Published on 12 Jun 2006 - Last modified on 01
Apr 2008
Christians believe that Jesus is alive today, and many
denominations ...
Drugs and the Shariah
Brothers and sisters, the Shariah guides to every good deed and
forbids every evil deed.
Hashish
Hashish is a kind of drugs; it
is produced from the hemp. Hashish is forbidden in Islam; Imam Az-Zahaby in his book, Al-Kabaer (the
grave sins), says: "Hashish, which is made of hemp leaf, ...
Ali, son of Abu Talib (part 1 of 2)
Ali was born in ...
Abu Bakr, the Truthful (part 2 of 3)
Prophet Muhammad, may God shower him with praises, and his close companion Abu Bakr were less then three years apart in age. Both were born into the same Arab tribe, Quraish, but were from different clans. Most of Prophet ...
Continue ReadingGreat Ramadan ideas for children
In this blessed month of Ramadan I will try my best to use my
time wisely. Even if I am little, I will try hard to fast at least
some of the day & do other good things.
1.
Sleep little - eat little …I
will not try to let the day pass faster by sleeping it away, and I
will not eat so much at ...
He hears the call to prayer but he does not respond
Q: What is the ruling on one who hears
the adhaan and even the iqaamah and the prayer itself, but does not
come to pray? What is the ruling on one who prays Jumu'ah (Friday
prayer) only?
A: Praise be to Allaah.
If a person hears the call to prayer but does not respond, his
prayer (elsewhere ...
The Pleasures of Paradise (part 1 of 2)
The reality of Paradise is something which people will never be able to understand until they actually enter it, but God has shown us glimpses of it in the Quran. He has described it as a place essentially different to the life of this world, both in the very nature and purpose of life, as well ...
Continue Readingslaughtering for someone other than Allaah!!
Is every slaughter that is not done for the sake of Allaah regarded as shirk? Please give details, may Allaah reward you.
A: Praise be to Allaah.
Slaughter may sometimes be a sacrifice, done to glorify and venerate ...
From Shaytan's Deceptions
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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