Tag: Hereafter الآخرة
Are images, pictures, photos, and cartoons forbidden in Islam?
ShareTweet By Abu Amina for FaithinAllah.org Question: Is it forbidden for Muslims to use pictures and photos for useful purposes? Is it permissible to use images for education or to keep memories of family members? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Image-making (tasweer) is a controversial issue among Muslims due to [...]
An-Nawawi on the Virtue of Reading the Quran
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful An-Nawawi records in his book, Riyad us-Saliheen: Abu Umamah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شَفِيعًا لِأَصْحَابِهِ Recite the Quran, for on the Day of Resurrection it [...]
Everyday is Mother’s Day in Islam
“Stay with your mother, for verily, Paradise is beneath her feet.”
Sunan An-Nasa’i 3104
Why should a Muslim act if everything is already decreed by Allah?
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Why should a Muslim do anything if all things have already been decided by Allah? How does Islam reconcile free will with providence (al-qadr)? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The correct Islamic belief lies between the misguidance of the fatalists (al-jabriyyah) and [...]
Ibn Taymiyyah on Belief in Providence, Provision, and Free Will
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Ibn Taymiyyah was asked, “Can provision be increased or decreased?” He responded: Provision is of two kinds. First, it is that which Allah knows He will provide and cannot be changed. Second, it is that which Allah has prescribed [...]
Al-Ghazali on the Recommended Supplications for the Call to Prayer
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Al-Ghazali records in his book, Ihya Ulum ud-Deen: Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: لَا يَسْمَعُ نِدَاءَ الْمُؤَذِّنِ جِنٌّ وَلَا إِنْسٌ وَلَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا شَهِدَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ Whoever hears [...]
Ibn Kathir on Mercy and Patience with the People
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Ibn Kathir writes in his commentary on Surah Al-Balad: Allah said: ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ Then he became among those who have faith and those who enjoin patience and those who enjoin mercy. Surah [...]
Islam is Good Neighborliness to All, Believers and Unbelievers
“Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away…”
Surah An-Nisa 4:36
An-Nawawi on the Virtue of Freeing Slaves
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful An-Nawawi records in his book, Riyad us-Saliheen: Allah said: فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ But he has not broken through the difficult path, and what will make you know what is the difficult path? It [...]
An-Nawawi on the Virtue of Martyrdom without Fighting in Battle
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful An-Nawawi records in his book, Riyad us-Saliheen: Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: الشُّهَدَاءُ خَمْسَةٌ الْمَطْعُونُ وَالْمَبْطُونُ وَالْغَرِقُ وَصَاحِبُ الْهَدْمِ وَالشَّهِيدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ The martyrs are of five kinds: one [...]
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