Islamic Articles

It is not permissible, rather it is forbidden (Haram), to use the word "Rahman" for anyone other than Allah Almighty. If a person calls any human "Rahman", it amounts to Shirk (polytheism), because th...

Sheikh Salman al-Ouda writes in his book "Zanzana": Once I complained to my Sheikh: "I read a book but I don't remember anything from it." Thereupon, he gave me a date and said: "Here, chew this!" Th...

Allama Badr al-Din bin Shibli, in his famous book "Aakam al-Murjan fi Ahkam al-Jan", narrates that there are 6 levels through which the accursed Satan attempts to harm a human being: (1) In the fir...

As long as the Christian religion was not aligned with politics, every nation in the world had its own distinct attire. Even now, wherever Christianity has not influenced a nation's politics, that nat...

Hazrat Hakim al-Ummat Thanvi and Hazrat Shah Wasiullah Allahabadi (May Allah illuminate their graves) both narrated this incident that a pious scholar used to teach children. One day, there was povert...

Such was the level of passion for reading and the importance of time among the pious predecessors that they would continue reading books even while walking. Ibn al-Abnusi says that when Allama Khatib...

Teachers should not consider it necessary to teach the entire Arabic curriculum to every student. Whomever they see an aptitude in and find to possess a sound understanding, they should teach them all...

"By Allah! If you were to see the atrocities and sufferings inflicted upon the people of Gaza, you would be left stunned. The mind would not be able to accept how a human being can stay alive after en...

Musnid al-Hind, Imam al-Akbar Hazrat Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlavi (RA) has stated that for the completion of the belief in Tawhid, it is necessary to believe in four levels of Tawhid. If there rem...

It is narrated that seven hundred years ago, a mosque was being built in Isfahan. The work was almost complete, and the craftsmen were performing the final small touches. An elderly woman happened to...

1. The great scholar of Hadith and master of dream interpretation, Imam Muhammad bin Sirin (RA), was weeping at the time of his death and saying, "I am weeping over the shortcomings of my past life, t...