INTRODUCTION This is the second article of the series. In the first article, we demonstrated and discussed the accounts that were wrongly attributed to the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) regarding the issue of the post-fornication or post-adultery marriage. We also discussed therein…
Parents and children in Islam are bound together by mutual obligations and reciprocal arrangements. Hence Islam builds a family in which prevails mutual respect and care. Allah Says, “…No mother should be harmed through her child, and no father through…
Ibadism (al-Ibāḍiyya) attracts the interest of more and more scholars because of its rich history as a moderate branch and independent Islamic School within the Muslim community. The origins of Ibadism go back to the first half of the Hijra.…
I once wondered, how much of what we do and think is based on perceptions rather than reality? In fact, how much of what we have “learned” from parents and society is based on knowledge or solid experience? Those…
The Creator who created both man and the universe has definitely a large number of attributes and qualities. Among these are: Unity: The unity of the system of the universe with its vast dimensions and delicate combinations, and its operation…
Allah gifted Muhammad (SAW) with the Israa and Miraaj. Al-Israa is when he went from Makah to Baitil-Maqdis and back in one night, and Al-Miraaj is when he climbed to the seventh firmament and back. Al-Israa is mentioned in Chapter…
One of his miracles was the splitting of the moon into two. This happened when the pagans of Makkah wanted Muhammad to show them the signs of his prophetic powers. Here Allah made the moon split in two; each piece…
Before Muhammad (SAW) became a Prophet, he used to get very upset seeing his people lost in sins and he did not know the way to guide them on the right track. He thus took to the mountains near Makah,…
When Muhammad (SAW) reached the age of thirty, heavy rains came down in Makah and the walls of Kaaba fell and it was destroyed. The Quraishy wanted to rebuild and renovate it, thus all the chiefs of the different clans…
Muhammad (SAW) was first suckled by his mother for few days, and then suckled by Thuwaiba L-Aslamiya. It was a habit among the Arabs to give their children to the Bedouin women to be suckled and brought up in the…