Shahadah in Islam

There are as many levels of fasting as there are facets to being human. Proper fasting should encompass all dimensions of human existence for it to have the divinely intended effect. The following are some of the major levels of fasting: The Ritual Level: This level of fasting requires that the basic rules for fasting be fulfilled, which are avoiding food, drink and sexual intercourse between dawn and sunset for 29 or 30 days each year. On this level, one is basically following the letter of the laws regarding fasting without particular consideration for the spirit of fasting. It is the entrance level which must be fulfilled for the fast to be Islamically correct, but the other levels must be added for the fast to have any real impact on the fasting person. Fasting on this level alone will not benefit one spiritually, except from the perspective of submission to divine instructions, if one chooses to follow the ritual consciously and not merely according to tradition. Thus, by itself,...

Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem Asslamau`alaikum warhmatullahi wabarakathu, Imam Ali ibna Abu Thalib and Hadrat Fatimah once visited the Prophet SAW and found him in tears. They asked him the cause and he replied: 'O Ali, on the night of my ascension (Miraj) I saw women of my ummah who were being severily punished that i became concerned for them and started cyring. I saw a woman who had been hung by her breast. Then I saw a second woman who was eating her own flesh and fire raged below her. A third woman was hanging by her tongue and boiling water was being poured down her throat. A fourth was bent over, her hands and feet were tied together, and snakes and scorpions were crawling all over her A fifth was deaf, dumb, and blind, enclosed in a cage of fire, her brain oozing out of the holes in her skull. Her body fell appart due to leprosy. Another was hung by her feet, inside and over. Yet another woman's body was being shredded to pieces by scissors made of fire. One woman had a ...

REWARDS FOR TARAWEEH DURING RAMADAAN: 1st Night: Almighty Allah forgives all the sins of a momin. 2nd Night: Your sins including your (momin) Father's and Mother's sins are forgiven. 3rd Night: Below the Arash (Allah's throne) there an angel proclaims, "O Momin, make good deeds with sincerity, Allah has forgiven your past sins! 4th Night: You are awarded the sawaab of reading the Thaurat, Injeel,Zaboor and the Quran Majid. 5th Night: You get sawaab equal to that which you would gain if you read your namaaz (prayers)in Masjid Haram, Medina Muna-wara and Masjid Aksa. 6th Night: You gain the sawaab of the Tawaaf made by the 70 000 angels made at Baitul-Mamoor on the 7th sky. 7th Night: You receive the sawaab of those good people who helped Moosa A.S. when he fought Firon and Haman. 8th Night: The reward of the 8th Tharawee are equal to the sawaab awarded to Ebrahim A.S. 9th Night: The rewards of this night of Tharawee are equivalent to the sawaab awarded to our Holy Proph...

Ramadhaan Reflections On The Profound Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Many people these days wonder what the teachings of Islam are; what better way to find out than to turn to the words of the Prophet Muhammad sall Allaahu`alayhi wa sallam, himself? Following are 51 prophetic sayings to provide the reader with a glimpse of his teachings in every aspect of life: Spirituality The Prophet sall Allaahu`alayhi wa sallam said: 'Wealth does not come from having great riches; (true) wealth is contentment of the soul.' (Sahîh Bukhârî, Sahîh Muslim) Cognizance The Prophet sall Allaahu`alayhi wa sallam said: 'The similitude of the one who contemplates his Lord versus the one who does not is that of the living versus the dead.' (Sahîh Bukhârî, Sahîh Muslim) Sincerity The Prophet sall Allaahu`alayhi wa sallam said: 'Actions will be judged according to their intentions.' (Sahîh Bukhârî, Sahîh Muslim) Mercy The Prophet sall Allaahu`alayhi wa sallam said: 'Show mercy ...

Sahih Bukhari Hadith 1. 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord' Hadith 8.318 Narrated by Shaddad bin Aus The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said "The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is: 'Allahumma anta Rabbi la ilaha illa anta, Anta Khalaqtani wa ana abduka, wa ana 'ala ahdika wa wa'dika mastata'tu, A'udhu bika min Sharri ma sana'tu, abu'u Laka bini'matika 'alaiya, wa Abu Laka bidhanbi faghfirli innahu la yaghfiru adhdhunuba illa anta.' " The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) added. "If somebody recites it during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise." 2. The invocation of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) Hadith 8.319 Narrated by Abu Huraira I heard Allah's Apostle (sallalla...

Rules Related to Fasting THE OBLIGATION OF FASTING a) The time for fasting is from the rising of the second dawn until the setting of the sun. b) Fasting is: abstention from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse by day with the intention. THE INTENTION The fasting is valid with an intention from the night, but if one did not intend until the morning, the intention suffices him between [dawn] and {the middle of the day}. 1. Things which invalidates fasting and requires full recompense 1.1 If someone intentionally does one of the following without any valid excuse (see 6 below) a) Does not fast at all b) Breaks fast by eating, drinking and sexual activities c) Assuming that cupping has broken one's fast thus quit fasting for the day. 1.2 Expiation for the above is to a) Fast unceasingly for two months (60 days), if one breaks fasts during this one has to start a new. b) If unable to do so, it is to feed 60 needy persons two full meal c) If unable to do so, it is to free one slave...