The world we live in today can be best described as the “age of modernity”. Technology has come to define the smallest aspects of our lives. We are able to interact with millions of other people through social media networks – regardless of gender and age. What we seek and desire is “MODERNITY” – in the way we dress, the way we work, the way we live in this society - and in this process, religion becomes the first casualty to criticism. Misconceptions about Islam usually center on Sharia – the…
In a much simpler sense, this is what a Caliph or Caliphate system seeks to achieve. Importance of Caliphate according to Quran and Sunnah The importance of establishing the Caliphate is proved in the Qur'an, Sunnah and sayings of the Companions. From the Qur'an, Allah commands Muhammad to judge among the Muslims with His rules where He the Almighty says: "So judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and follow not…
The originator of The Maliki Madhhab,Malik ibn Anas ibn Amir, was conceived in Madeenah in the year 717 CE. His grandfather,Amir, was among the major Sahabah of Madeenah. Malik concentrated on hadith under az-Zuhri who was the best hadith scholor of his time,as well as under the considerable hadith narrator,Naffi, the liberated slave of the Sahabi Abdullah ibn 'Umar.Malik's just voyages outside of Madeenah were for Hajj, and along these lines he to a great extent restricted himself to the…
All praise to Allah for His guidance towards straight path. He is the only One who gives protection and guides to the believers. Peace and blessing to Prophet Muhammad as a Messenger of Allah, a compassionate, saviour and guider to right path. He is an icon for human race to emulate. Ever since the advent of Islam to this world, Islam faced many challenges from its foes, that is, the disbelievers. The disbelievers want to extinguish Islam and its foundation from this world. However, Allah will…
After each sip, separate the utensil from the mouth.” From this hadith our Prophet ﷺ has guided to drink in three sips as it is sunnah and beneficial for human beings and separate the utensils from the mouth while drinking. “Do not drink from that side of the utensil which is chipped.” “Do not drink directly from the chipped, the spout of a jug or from any such utensil from which…
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the nation cites its source of law as the Qur’an, and it legal tradition as Islamic shari’ah law (Vogel 3). Reichel explains that the Islamic legal tradition has two sources of law—the primary sources being the Quran and Sunnah (prophetic traditions) and a secondary sources being ijma (consensus regarding the ruling of a matter by legal scholars) and qiyas (reasoning by analogy; akin to the rule of precedents as used in the common legal tradition) (92-95). However,…
there is one Shia school of thoughts. But, Daesh is widely known as followers of Sunni Muslims, so it’s important to know about Sunni Muslims. However, at the time of Prophet Mohammad of Schools of thought ever existed in Islam. Also, his Hadith (the Sunnah) or his exemplary practices were not in writing during his lifetime. Today there are four schools of thought in Sunni Islam. As the name describes, when we talk about the Islamic school of thought and jurisprudence, it means that the founder…
extra respect and meticulousness out of respect for Prophet Muhammad ﷺcertainly is not mandatory according to Islamic law, but simply a sign of the emphasis Imam Malik placed on the importance of Muhammad ﷺ. Among Imam Malik’s sayings are: 1. “The Sunnah is the ark of Nuh. Whoever boards it is saved, and whoever remains away perishes.” 2. “Knowledge does not consist in narrating much. Knowledge is but a light which Allah places in the heart.” 3. “None renounces the world and guards himself…
Research Question: Who is the most qualified person to be call as a hero in everyone life? Prophet Muhammad PBUH as a real hero in everyone life. Every individual has its own heroes. Everyone has a special figure or set of values they look to as a personal ideal of what is worth fighting for and what is right. When we were kids, we used to think that heroes were like Superman, Batman, Ultraman and other superheroes that we watched in television. Watching how those heroes save the universe in…
“Abraham’s Other Son” is a book that answers pressing questions about the Islam faith, while comparing it to Judaism and Christianity. Written by Phillip G. Samaan, this book disproves misconceptions about the Islam faith. The question and answer writing style allows for an easy, yet riveting read. The emergence of Islam begins with Muhammad. He desired to know God because polytheistic worshippers appalled him. His wife, Khadijah, encouraged him to accept God’s calling to be a special messenger.…