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SAHAABA [radhiallaahu anhum] |
- Abu Dharr al-Ghifariy
[radhiallaahu anhu]
"May Allah have mercy on Abu Dhar!" said the
Master. "He is a loner. He is travelling alone, will die in
loneliness and will be raised alone on the Day of Judgement."
- Aaisha bint Abi Bakr
[radhiallaahu anha]
The life of Aishah is proof that a woman can be
far more learned than men and that she can be the teacher of
scholars and experts. Her life is also proof that a woman can
exert influence over men and women and provide them with
inspiration and leadership.
- Abbaad ibn Bishr
[radhiallaahu anhu]
Abbad harangued the Ansar until about four hundred men gathered around him at
the head of whom were Thabit ibn Qays, al-Baraa ibn Malik and Abu Dujanah, the
keeper of the Prophet's sword. With this force, Abbad unleashed an offensive
into the enemy's rank s which blunted their thrust and drove
them back to the "garden of death"
- Umm
Salamah [radhiallaahu anha]
They were married and so it was that Allah answered the prayer of Umm Salamah
and gave her better than Abu Salamah. From that day on Hind al Makhzumiyah was
no longer the mother of Salamah alone but became the mother of all believers,
Umm al-Mumineen.
- Hadhrat Bilaal
ibn Rabah [radhiallaahu anhu
On his death bed, Bilal's last words were: "Tomorrow you will
meet your loved ones, Muhammad and his companions." He died in Alippo at
the age of sixty four
- Omar - the Second Caliph of
Islam
- Ka'b ibn Maalik [radhiallaahu anhu]
Ka'b was the son of Malik, a great poet of the tribe of
Khazraj of adinah, composer of heroic poems during the wars between
the city's two famous tribes, al-Aws and al-Khazraj, which were
frequent before the advent of Islam. Ka'b inherited this talent from
his father and became known for it.
- Hadhrat Abdullah ibn Mas'ood (radhiallaahu
anhu)
They went further searching for water when they caught
sight of a boy driving a flock of sheep. He looked thin and small, but
at a closer look he was well in his teens "Young man, give us some
milk from one of these ewes to quench our thirst," the Prophet said,
sallallahu alayhi wasallam. "I am not going to do it, for I am
entrusted with these sheep, which belong to Uqbah ibn abi Mu'ait."
...
- Talha ibn Ubaydullah - Whenever the battle of
Uhud was mentioned to Abu Bakr, he would say, 'It was a day that
belonged all to Talhah
Talhah lived a long life until he witnessed the great
trials of the Muslim Ummah when the Khalifah Uthman was slain, and he
was among those who asked for his killers to be executed. Talhah was
about to participate in the battle of al-Jamal against the Khalifah
Ali, but he turned away after he realized that it was a fitnah
(trial), and that Muslims should not fight against each other.
- At-Tufyal ibn Amr ad-Dausee [radhiallaahu
anhu]
Son of a noble family, at-Tufayl, radhiallahu anhu,
grew up to be one of the chiefs of the Dauss tribe. He was known for
his chivalry and his generosity. His door was always open for the
travellers, he fed the poor, comforted the fearful, and gave
protection to the defenseless. In addition to that, he was a learned,
intelligent man, a poet of standing, well appreciated and listened to
by his fellow poets at the famous gatherings during the markets of
Ukadh in Makkah.
- Nusaybah bint Ka'b [radhiallaahu anha] ...
She was one of only two women who traveled with
seventy-three men to Makkah, and pledged allegiance to the Prophet,
sallallahu alayhe wasallam, to believe in Allah alone and not to
associate others with Him. They also pledged themselves to jihad in
complete obedience to the Prophet, sallallahu alayhe wasallam, in ease
and hardship and harsh circumstances. That historical meeting is known
as the second pledge of al-Aqabah.
- Zaydul Khayr - a man of insight and
forebearance
Zaydul Khayr [radhiallaahu anhu] was a man of
outstanding character both in Jahiliyah and in Islam, a man famous for
his chivalry and generosity, a pure gem which Islam has polished and
made its many facets sparkle. His name in Jahiliyah was Zaydul Khayl
(the horseman). His many qualities are praised in ancient literary
books
- Usayd ibn Hudhayr - a man who strove to be
complete in his actions
"This is the chief of his tribe, a man of sound mind
and perfect character; Usayd ibn Hudhayr. If he accepts Islam, a great
number of people will follow suite, so be true to Allah with him, and
expose the matter to him skillfully." He stood over them, looking
furiously, and asked: "What had brought you here to our quarters, to
make fool out of our weaker comrades? Leave at once if you value your
lives." Mus'ab looked at the newcomer with a radiant face, and replied
with a calm voice: "Won't you sit down and listen to what I have to
say. If you like it and accept it then join us, if not, I will abide
by what you say." "Fair enough," said Usayd.
- Abdullah ibn Salaam
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Whoever wishes to look at the people of paradise, let them look at
this man
- The Lion(ess) of Syria
"O commander, I only turn away from you out of modesty. You are the glorious
commander, and I am of those who stay behind the veil. I fight like this because
my heart is on fire."
- Arab's Must Win - Qur'aan's
Promise
It is undoubtedly true that international Zionism has
been successful in achieving many of its objectives beyond even its
wildest dreams. Most of these aims would have earlier appeared to be
simply airy hopes and day dreams even to the Jews themselves, much
less to the Arabs or
- Africa - the only Muslim Continent
One can see from this point how identical Islam is to our traditional African
religions &cultures, although admittedly they believe in ancestors who came
as intermediaries. But they have some practices also that are familiar
to Islam. For example, some tribes practice circumcision; in some
tribes, the women are covered.
- The Great Battle of Badr
On the eighth day of Ramadhan, the Muslims gathered a
small army comprised of 314 men, 70 camels and only two horses. The
Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wasallam, and his companions took turns
riding the camels, marching towards Badr. Most caravans stop at Badr,
a location halfway between Makkah and Madinah, to drink from the wells
and rest their mounts.
- A Slow trickle that grew into a ranging
river - a Sunni Revival
In 492 A.H. (1099 CE), the Western Crusaders had
arrived at the city of Jerusalem. Tens of thousands of Muslims were
killed, including women and children. They were slaughtered at the
hands of these Crusaders in an ugly massacre. In 493 A.H., these same
invaders annihilated the residents of both Haifa and Beirut. The
following cities were also evacuated: Ramlah, Beisan, and Tayariyyah.
As a consequence, the people ran away to the interior regions of
ash-Sham.
- Steps of the Followers - Station of Firaasah
The firasah of the believer is always truthful. The
firasah is a light which Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, deposits in the
heart of His servant. By this light, His servant distinguishes between
truth and falsehood and between right and wrong.
- Love in the Fire of Namrud
'O people! Abu Muslim has said that this wealth does
not belong to me, nor to my father nor mother. Abu Muslim is right,
and I have heard Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam)
saying that anger is cased by Satan and Satain is born of fire and
water puts out a fire. Thus, whenever one of you feels angry, he
should go and take a bath. Now, you may all go and receive your wages.
May Allah Ta’ala bestow abundances in them.'...
- The
Origin of the Palestine - Israeli Conflict
As the periodic bloodshed continues in to Middle East,
the search for an equitable solution must come to grips with the root
cause of the conflict. The conventional wisdom is that, even if both
sides are at fault, the Palestinians are irrational “terrorist," who
have no point of view worth listening to. Our position, however is
that the Palestinians have a real grievance: their homeland for over
thousand years was taken, without their consent and mostly by force,
during the creation of the state of Israel. And all subsequent crimes
- on both sides - inevitably follow from this original injustice.
- In the Hour of Triumph
at last Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) entered the city he had been driven from, as a mighty conqueror. Those who had scoffed at him as a dreamer, spat him on his face, strew thorns on his way and deposited the entrails of camels over his devoted head while bent down in obeisance to Almighty Allah, were there before him - now vanquished and broken. Those who had interned him and tried to starve him to death, those who had surrounded his house in darkness of night with murderous resolve and those who had exiled him from his dear native land - they were all there and at his entire mercy
- The Journey of Israa and Mi'raaj
5 articles concerning the journey of Mir'aaj
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- The
Four Madhabs
This Madb-hab is named after the Syrian scholar Abdur-Rahman Ibn al-Awzaa'ee
who was born in Ba'labek in the year 708 CE. He became known as one of the major
scholars of Hadeeth of the eight century CE and was opposed to the excessive use
of Qiyaas and other forms of reasoning in cases where clear texts from the Most
Noble Qur'aan and or Sunnah were available.
- The life and times of Imaam Anas ibn Maalik
(RA)
Born into a well-to-do family, Malik did not need to
work for a living. He was highly attracted to the study of Islam, and
ended up devoting his entire life to the study of Fiqh. It is said
that he sought out over three hundred Tabi'een or those who saw and
followed the companions of ...
- Imaam Shaafi'ee (RA)
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Idrees SHAFI'EE (R.A.) was a
descendant from the Quraish tribe. He is the Only Imam who is related
to Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam)
- Imaam Abu Hanifa - the great Exponent of
Fiqh
In another case at a gathering of scholars which was
held at the house of great 'Muhaddith' Abdullah bin Mubarak, someone
mentioned Imam Abu Hanifah's (RA) name whereupon Abdullah bin Mubarak
said, "You are talking about a man on whose feel the wealth of the
whole country was brought at but he left everything which related to
the world."
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Sultan Mahmood -
Destroyer of the Idol
Sultan Mahmood sent to the Khalifah in Baghdad, informing him of the great
victory, saying, “I have conquered citadels and fortresses, and nearly twenty
thousand of idol worshippers reverted to Islam.” In his book, ‘Shatharat
ath-Thahab’, ibn alAmmar said. ‘[Mahmood] continued his conquest deep into
India, until he reached areas where no flags of Islam were raised before.”
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Lives of the Pious
Abu
Hayan related that his father said, "Ar-Rabi' ibn
Khuthayim was crippled and used to be carried to the
congregational salaat. So people told him, 'You have all
excuse (for not coming)', he said, 'I hear 'hayee alas-salah',
the call to salah; so if you can come to it even by crawling,
do so," paraphrasing a Hadith.
-
Hasan
al-Basri [ra]
Al-Hasan is one of the great hadith masters and narrators of the Tâbi'în,
responsible for transmitting over 1,400 narrations in the Nine Books alone. The
hadith masters have concluded that he did not narrate anything directly from Abu
Hurayra3 but they disagree about his narration from 'Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Ali ibn
al-Husain ibn Sina
Sometimes known in the West by the Latin name, Avicenna, this Persian physician
became the most famous and influential of all the Islamic
philosopher-scientists. He earned royal favour for treating the Kings of Bukhara
and Hamadan for ailments that other physicians could neither diagnose nor cure.
- Life and Mission
of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhaab
a great man, an outstanding reformer and a zealous
preacher who appeared in the Arabian peninsula in the twelfth century A.H - Imam Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab Bin Sulaiman Bin Ali
Al-Tamimi Al-Hanbali Al-Najdi. He is wellknown to the people, particularly to
the scholars, leaders, elders and high officials within and without
the Peninsula. Many authors have written about him.
- Hadhrat Sirri Saqti (RA)
He was a merchant and resided at the back of his shop.
There was a curtain between the front and the back portion of the
shop. He used to offer one thousand raka'at Nawaafil (voluntary
prayers) every day in the back portion of the shop.
- Shah Wali-u Allah
Shah Wali-u Allah was born on 4 Shawwaal, 1114 / 21
February 1703 1703 at Phulat in Delhi. His ancestors had migrated from
Arabia to Iran for reasons not known. ..
- Haafiz
Abul-Qaasim Ali ibn Asaakir [ra]
He traveled to more than 40 cities and thus he was able to write a book by
the name: Al-Arba'een Al-Buldaniyyah which is a collection of 40 Ahadith on 40
different topics which he narrates from 40 different Ustaads who lived in 40
different cities at that time. As well as each Hadith being reported by a
different Sahabi !!!
- Lives of the Pious in Search of Knowledge
The
Salaf have understood the Deen of Allah as well as the essence
of this life and its inescapable leading to the Hereafter, so
they felt aversion for the distractions and the tribulations
of the world. They found no sleep and their heart kept away
from desires. They kept above the insignificant concerns of
life. Their biographies abound with stories that show their
striving in righteousness, repentance and their strong will in
worship and humbleness:
- Sacrifice in Deen - Imaam Umar
al-Rawwaasi [ra]
Imaam Abu Ja'far al-Hamazhani ( r.a.) says: " I never
saw in those countries anyone like him, instead not in the entire
world! He was a mobile book. He traveled the world in search of the
knowledge of Hadith. I met him in Makkah andI saw the 'Ulamaa praising
and speaking good about him. Thereafter I met him in Jurjan and he had
become my friend.
- Sacrifice in Deen - Imaam Abu Haatim al-Raazi
[ra]
It is regarding this that he says : " The first time
that I had set out to acquire of knowledge I remained away from home
for 7 years. I had commenced counting the mileage that I had covered
on foot till it reached 1000 Farsakh { 1 farsakh is equal to
approximately 5 kilometers , so 1000 Farsakh equals approximately 5000
kms./ 3000 miles! } Thereafter I stopped counting "!!
- Sacrifice in Deen - Imaam Abdul-Rahman ibn
Makhlad al-Andalusiy [ra]
"I use to take a stick in my hand, wrap a cloth on my
head, put my paper and ink in my sleeve and come to his door and call
out like the beggars would call out. Then he would come to the passage
and narrate to me two or three ahadith and sometimes even more. In
this way I collected approximately 300 ahadith. I did this till the
end of the sanctions and till Imaam Ahmad regained his status in the
eyes of the people."
- Sacrifice in Deen - Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Imam Ahmad began his quest for the knowledge of hadith
at the age of 16. He set out for kufah in the year : 183 a.h. and to
basrah in 186 a.h. and to Sufyaan bin 'uyaynah in makkah in :187 a.h.
and he went to Imam Abdur Razzaq in San'aa –together with Imam Yahya
bin Ma'een- in the year : 197 a.h. [pg. 53]
- Imaam Abu-Bakr
Muhammad Al-Anbaariy [ra]
Once when he fell sick his companions went to visit him. So they saw the great distress that his father was in because of his son's condition. They tried to console him and convince him that his son will soon be cured with the will of Allah. His father replied: 'How can I not be distraught because of the illness of one who memorized all that you see in front of you. And he indicated to a huge container filled with books.
- Damascus
Damascus, as—Sham or Dimashq, is the oldest city in the world. Recent
archaeological discoveries suggest that Dimashq is older than 8,000 BC. It is
said that the name “Sham” was derived from “Shem” or “Sam” in Arabic, the name
of the eldest son of Prophet Nooh (Noah), alayhis salaam, who chose to live
there after the floods.
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