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Assalam alaykum, According to Sidi Ibn Arabi, may Allah be Merciful to him, Paradise has 8 doors which relate to the number of the human organs: the eye, the ear, the tongue, the hand, the stomach, the genitlas, the leg and the heart. Therefore, those who use their organs according to the Law of All...

Ayat 2 of Surat Ikhlas of the Holy Qur'an (112:2), reads: ALLAHU SAMAD. If Allah is Samad, then we are the SAMADIYYA of Allah. This SAMADIYYA of Allah refers to 2 aspects:-- 1) His absolute Independence from all things and 2) The absolute Dependence of all things on Him. Thus, when you lift up that ...

Assalam alaykum, The other day, I saw a reminder by Imam Ibn al-Jawzi, may Allah be Merciful to him, and I thought I should share it with you. He was advising us to "Know that days are but hours, and hours are but breaths, and every soul is a container, hence let not any breath pass without any bene...

Assalam alaykum, In Ayat 69 of Surat Ankabuti of the Holy Qur'an (29:69), Allah, Azza Wa Jallah, says:-- "AS FOR THOSE WHO STRIVE IN US, WE SHALL GUIDE THEM TO OUR PATHS." Explaining this Noble Ayat, Imam Ibn al-Qayyim [see his Fawa'id and Zadil-Ma'ad] said that "the most compulsory form of Jihad (a...

Salaam to you all, In Ayat 16 of Surat Sajdah of the Holy Qur'an (32:16), Allah, Azza Wa Jallah, says:-- "THEIR SIDES FORSAKE THEIR BEDS.".. Thus Allah has legislated Qiyamul-Layl year-round and made it a sign of the Righteous. Whoever has the strength to pray the Tahajjud, he should do so in the la...

Assalam alaykum, Literally, Jihad refers to struggling or striving... to work for something with determination. From Islamic perspective, Jihad means all endeavors designed to cultivate Islam inwardly and outwardly in a free atmosphere. It does not mean war as the Arabic word for war is HARB and the...

Assalam alaykum, In Ayat 205 of Surat A'araf of the Holy Qur'an (7:205), Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says:-- "AND REMEMBER YOUR LORD BY YOUR TONGUE AND WITHIN YOURSELF, HUMBLY AND IN REVERENCE, WITHOUT LOUDNESS IN WORDS, IN THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS; AND BE NOT AMONG THE NEGLECTFUL." The Noble Messeng...

Assalam alaykum, The Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, regarding speech is based on a Hadith wherein Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:-- "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY, LET ...

Assalam alaykum, The Noble Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said:-- "DO GOOD DEEDS PROPERLY, SINCERELY AND MODERATELY. ALWAYS ADOPT A MIDDLE, MODERATE, REGULAR COURSE, WHEREBY YOU WILL REACH YOUR TARGET (of Paradise)." [Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 470]. Following ...

Peace to you all, Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless and greet him, said:-- "THE STRONG MAN IS NOT THE ONE WHO WRESTLES, BUT THE STRONG MAN IS IN FACT THE ONE WHO CONTROLS HIMSELF IN A FIT OF RAGE". [Bukhari, Muslim, Riya-us-Saliheen, c...