The Kaba[1] is the sacred House of God situated in the middle of the Holy mosque in the city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. The black cube shaped box is familiar to people of all faiths due to the images that come out of Saudi Arabia every year at pilgrimage time. Usually when people see these ...

Shyness is of two types:

1. What consists of character and disposition and cannot be acquired. Shyness is the behavior Allah granted the servant. The Prophet sallallahu alayhe was salaam said " Shyness brings about nothing but good." It prohibits a person from committing despicable actions ...

Here are some notes on the subject that were prepared from a book by Shaikh Mashoor Hasan Salmaan.

1. Praying in tight clothes so that they press over the private parts ('awrah)

Praying in tight fitting clothes is deemed Makrooh according to the Sharee'ah. It also harms the body and ...

Azdah bint al-Harith ibn Kaldah
 

The people of Maysan (a valley of many small towns between Basra and Wasit in Iraq) had collected an army against the Muslims. Mughirah bin Shu'bah took the Muslim army and went out to wait for them at Al-Murghab (a river) but the enemy did not appear ...

'Abdullah ash-Shimemeri

"But those who have faith and work righteousness, they are companions of the Garden, abiding in it eternally." [Al-Qur'an 2:82]

"There, no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shay they [ever] be evicted." [Al-Qur'an 15:48]

"They will not taste death therein, ...

Praise is due to Allah the Almighty, peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Prophet Muhammad, his Family, his Companions and whosoever follows him. It is great to find an easier way to obtain rewards and to multiply our good deeds in this life before death. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and ...