• Before Muhammad’s Prophethood, darkness lay heavier and thicker on one land th...
• Before Muhammad’s Prophethood, darkness lay heavier and thicker on one land th...
Did Jesus Have Brothers or Sisters? The pregnancy of Mary, the greatest examp...
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Prophets are the spiritual teachers of humanity. As the people selected by God t...
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The relationship between Christianity and Islam throughout history has been ofte...
‘O Mary! God gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name is the Messiah ...
Question: All of the Prophets sought refuge in God’s might and power in the face...
A man came running from the farthest end of the city and said: ‘O my people! Fol...
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He was one of the first eight persons to accept Islam and one of the ten assured...
In spite of his noble standing among the Quraysh, Abu Talib, an uncle of the Pro...
A Companion of The Prophet:Sa'id ibn Zayd Zayd the son of ‘Amr stood away fro...
In the preface to his book The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in...
To some, happiness may be physical love and intimacy; to Caesar, it was fame and...
POLYGAMY Q: In this time of sexual permissiveness and sexual scandals within ...
Before going into the life experiences of our Prophet, we have chronologically l...
After Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him, his son Ismail, peace be upon him, liv...
The date was 20 April 571. Around 50 days had passed after the incident with the...
It was the custom in Mecca to send children to wet nurses in the villages so tha...
For a while, the most beloved servant of Allah lived with his mother. Amina was ...
The death of Amina and the orphaned state of our beloved Prophet had grieved Abd...
Then it was time to leave, both uncle and nephew took their leave and joined the...
He had reached the age of twenty five. One day his uncle Abu Talib took him to o...
Khadija had already been married twice and she had by now closed all doors to su...
Another ten years passed and the Pride of Humankind had reached the age of thirt...
The first building on earth, the Ka’ba, built to inspire inner peace, was now ca...
The two lights that met on Mount Nur had left one another having promised to mee...
There was someone else in Mecca who would be happy to hear this news. Khadija ra...
Three long years had passed and the circle of faith could grow only so much. Man...
Meanwhile the pilgrimage season had arrived, and there was a new commotion among...
The Quraysh was increasingly acting in a very sinister way; apart from the Messe...
They had tried everything till that day and yet had had no success. It was clear...
The polytheists came when Muslims prayed and always mocked them, always harassed...
There was a new development every moment in Mecca; on the one hand the verses Tr...
One day the Messenger of Allah had come to the Ka’ba and was circumambulating th...
It was a Wednesday evening. The Messenger of Allah had raised his hands for pray...
Five years had passed since the coming of the first revelation. It was the month...
The troubles that the Muslims faced grew with each passing day and at last the n...
Meanwhile Najashi had called his clergy near him and had made them lay basic tex...
The day our Prophet delivered his Farewell Sermon, the third verse of Surah al-M...
It was the ninth year of Emigration. The verse, “Pilgrimage to the House of Alla...
After a long separation, the Messenger of Allah was back in Medina once again. I...
It was the 13th of the month of Ramadan and had fallen on a Friday. The army of ...
It was the month of Shaban, in the eighth year after the Emigration. Twenty-two ...
It was the seventh year after the Emigration. The time had come for the believer...
After the Peace Treaty of Hudaybiya, a kind of tranquility had fallen over the Q...
With the Peace Treaty of Hudaybiya, a new period had begun for the Muslims. Spea...
Though neither side had any intention to fight, it seemed as though the roads we...
It was the sixth year after the Emigration. The Messenger of Allah and his Compa...
The persistent waiting of the non-believers continued on. After seeing the Archa...
The Muslim army consisted of a total of three thousand people. With their backs ...
The Messenger of Allah had become aware of these latest developments beforehand....
It was the fifth year after the Emigration. The enemies of Islam could in no way...
After the battle of Uhud, in the fourth year after the Emigration, the Muslims l...
The thought of still not being able to take the revenge of Badr and not being ab...
Meanwhile in Mecca, the Quraysh were doing everything they can to put the Messen...
The morning of the battle had come at last. Seven hundred Muslims were standing ...
Three years had passed after the Emigration. The Quraysh, unable to forget the g...
First, the fact that both Hamza and Umar had become a Muslim meant two great def...
After the victory of the Muslims at Badr, the Meccan nonbelievers had grown even...
The Muslims had endured many hardships and suffering in the fifteen-year period ...
After the Emigration, for a period of sixteen months, our Prophet and the Muslim...
With the brotherhood that Allah’s Messenger established in Medina, the believers...
Although this period of inhumane treatment and the boycott had ended, there was ...
The religion of Islam was now being taught to believers of all ages in the mosqu...
Only three days had passed since the death of Abu Talib. The Messenger of Allah ...
Because there was no masjid, or mosque, in Medina, in the beginning, congregatio...
Despite the extraordinary efforts of the Messenger of Allah and his Companions, ...
It had been five months since our Prophet had arrived in Medina. The Messenger o...
Although Taif had not given the expected result, with Addas and the jinn enterin...
The blessed group had continued on with their journey and had finally reached th...
10 years had passed since the meeting in Hira. The calendars were showing the 24...
Now was not the time to stop. The Messenger of Allah had turned his face away fr...
Thanks to the last Aqaba allegiance, Medina had become a safe haven for the Musl...
It was the pilgrimage season once again, and as ritually expected, there was a f...
Meanwhile, the Truthful Gabriel had come and brought the permission for hijra. T...
The science of Hadith deals with Prophet Muhammad's life, especially his words a...
Sunna literally means "a conduct and a good or evil path to be followed." This i...
The Sunna is divided into three categories: verbal, practical, and based on appr...
The Sunna is the main source of our religious life. It is promoted and encourage...
The way of the Prophet is the way of God. As the Sunna is the way of the Prophet...
The Sunna has two main functions. First, it enjoins and prohibits, lays down the...
The Sunna was memorized, recorded, and carefully preserved so that it could be p...
The Companions obeyed the Messenger in everything. They were so imbued with love...
The Qur'an declares: It is not for any believer, man or woman, when God...
Islam is distinguished from unbelief by its firm rooting in truthfulness. True M...
Although the literal narration is better and always preferable, narration of mea...
The Companions strove to verify the Tradition's meaning. None of them lied, for ...
There were several ways to tell whether a Tradition had been fabricated or not. ...
Some examples of fabricated Traditions are the following: • Abu Hanifa is per...
Some Orientalists and their Muslim followers try to cast doubt on the Sunna's au...
The first written compilations of Traditions were made during 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-...
The Companions constitute the first pure and blessed channel through which the Q...
Relation to Messengership. Prophethood is greater than sainthood, and Messenger...
In many of the places where the Qur'an praises the Companions, it also mentions ...
It is difficult for us to understand Prophet Muhammad fully. As we tend to compa...
In society, each person has a window—status—through which he or she looks out to...
The Messenger is the most polished mirror in which God's Names and Attributes ar...
Mildness is another dimension of his character. He was a bright mirror in which ...
The beginning of existence was an act of mercy and compassion without which the ...
The Messenger always prayed to God before any action. When we look through the b...
The Messenger appointed promising and competent Muslims to the work they could d...
The Messenger knew his people more than they knew themselves. Like Abu Dharr, 'A...
Leaders gain the love and trust of their people and are followed by them in prop...
The emigration to Madina marks a turning point for Prophet Muhammad and for Isla...
The Messenger's wisdom was demonstrated when he consulted his Companions. This p...
The Messenger was a man of action. He never hesitated about putting his plans or...
Racism is one of our age's severest problems. Everyone has heard of how black Af...
Prophet Muhammad had all the necessary leadership qualities for success in every...
Islam is the religion chosen by Allah for humanity’s individual and collective w...
Jihad has the literal meaning of exerting our best and greatest effort to achiev...
With the arrival of The Messenger in Madina, the struggle between Islam and unbe...
As Muslim power solidified in Madina, the Quraysh began to worry about a possibl...
A significant point concerning the Messenger is that he was the most eminent com...
Prophet Muhammad personifies the roles of perfect father and husband. He was so ...
Consider the following verse: It is He who has sent among the unlettered a Me...
He was an extraordinary husband, a perfect father, and a unique grandfather. He ...
As is explicit in the abovementioned verse, the Messenger's method of education ...
According to this hadith, if you love Prophet Muhammad you will be on his path, ...
The Messenger represented and expressed what he wanted to teach through his acti...
Some critics of Islam, either because they do not know the reasons for these mar...
A real educator must have several virtues, among them the following: First: G...
Due to misconceptions and secular tendencies, especially in the West in recent c...
Every period of human history characterized by associating partners with God, wh...
Prophet Muhammad was brought up in God's sight and care. His father 'Abd Allah d...
A Companion once asked God's Messenger to talk about himself. The Messenger rema...
More emphatically and frequently than any other Prophet, Prophet Jesus gave good...
Owing to the numerous predictions of his coming, eve-ryone was waiting for Proph...
Truthfulness is the cornerstone of Prophethood. No lies or deceit, whether expli...
The second attribute of Prophethood is amana, an Arabic word meaning trustworthi...
The third attribute of Prophethood is communication of Islamic truths, otherwise...
Intellect is another important attribute of Prophethood. In this context, it has...
Infallibility is a necessary attribute of the Prophets. The original Arabic word...
All Muslim theologians agree that Prophets have no bodily or mental defects. As ...
Although every Prophet was intelligent and endowed with a comprehensive understa...
Prophets were completely trustworthy and asked no wage for their services. This ...
Another indispensable characteristic is sincerity, which in this context means "...
Another attribute of Prophets is calling people to the way of God with wisdom an...
The cornerstone of the Prophetic mission was to preach Divine Unity. All Prophet...
Today, our greatest problem is that many people do not recognize Prophet Muhamma...
God declared in the Qur'an: I have not created jinn and humanity except to serve...
Another purpose for sending Prophets is to reveal Divine Commandments (i.e., the...
Prophets were sent to serve as examples who must be followed consciously. After ...
At a time when some people lived in monasteries and others drowned in luxury, Pr...
Prophets also were sent so that people cannot plead ignorance in the Hereafter. ...
Hannah, the grandmother of Jesus , The mother of Mary, The wife of Aaron, The...
God creates every community of beings with a purpose and a guide or a leader. It...
TRUTHFULNESS AS AN ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTE OF PROPHETHOOD) Truthfulness is the co...
TRUSTWORTHINESS - AS AN ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTE OF PROPHETHOOD The second attribu...
INFALLIBILITY - AS AN ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTE OF PROPHETHOOD Infallibility is a n...
Prophet Muhammad’s life before his Prophethood foretold his Prophethood. Conside...
• If a man’s universally admired accomplishments, wealth, and fame do not change...
Truthfulness is the cornerstone of Prophethood. No lies or deceit, whether expli...
The second attribute of Prophethood is amana, an Arabic word meaning trustworthi...
Infallibility is a necessary attribute of the Prophets. The original Arabic word...