Fasting
The Virtues of the Day of Arafah
Ibn Umar (ر) reported that the Prophet (ص) said: “Verily Allah boasts to the angels on the evening of Arafah about the People of Arafah. He says: ‘Look at My servants! They have come to Me, disheveled and covered in dust.'” (Ahmad)
On Laylat al-Qadr
God the Exalted said: “We have sent it down on the Night of the Decree” (97:1). It means that the Qur’an descended as a whole in one single time from the Preserved Tablet (al-lawh al-mahfuz) to the Nearest Heaven (al-sama’ al-dunya) and then placed in the House of Glory (bayt al-`izza), after which Gabriel would descend with its diverse parts over a duration of twenty-three years.
Muharram
The Battle of Kerbala
Close to the end of his life Ameer Muawiyyah bin Abu Sufyaan (RA-Radiallahu `Anhu – May Allah be pleased with him) decided to appoint his son Yazid as khalifa of the Muslims, this was an unprecedented act in the history of Islam. No ruler had prior to this appointed his son or family as successor. […]
Importance of `Ashura
`Āshūra is a day of great historical significance. On this day: Allah (swt) accepted the repentance of Sayyidina Adam (as) after his exile from Paradise;
Worship Topics
Light of the Prophet (s)
The One for Whose Sake Rain Is Sent (s) – أبيضَ يُستسقى الغَمَام بوجهه
أخرج ابن عساكر عن جَلْهُمَة بن عُرْفُطَة قال: قدمت مكة وهم في قحط، فقالت قريش: يا أبا طالب، أقحط الوادي، وأجدب العيال، فهَلُمَّ فاستسق، فخرج أبو طالب ومعه غلام، كأنه شمس دُجُنَّة، تجلت عنه سحابة قَتْمَاء، حوله أُغَيْلمة، فأخذه أبو طالب، فألصق ظهره بالكعبة،ولاذ بأضبعه الغلام، وما في السماء قَزَعَة، فأقبل السحاب من هاهنا وهاهنا […]
The Superlative Eloquence of the Prophet
Allāh swears by the setting star that His Prophet does not stray in the least from what Allāh commands him. Nor does the Prophet speak from his own whims or desires, whether good or bad. Every utterance, every movement, every breath of the Prophet was, in fact, revelation from Allāh and consequently of utmost value in the quest to understand and follow the Qur’ān and the religion of Islam.
