Shahadah in Islam

  As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah, Bismillaah, wal-hamdulilaah, was-salaatu was-salaamu 'alaa rasoolillaah, wa ba'd Shield your Tongue if you wish to attain Paradise! I said: O messenger of Allah, tell me an act which will take me into Paradise and will keep me away from the Hell-fire? On the authority of Mu'aadh ibn Jabal (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said: I said: O messenger of Allah, tell me an act which will take me into Paradise and will keep me away from the Hell-fire. He said: You have ask me about a major matter, yet it is easy for him for whom Allah the Exalted makes it easy. You should worship Allah, associating nothing with Him; you should perform the prayers; you should pay the zakat, you should make the pilgrimage to the House. Then he said: Shall I not show you the gates of goodness? Fasting [which] is a shield; charity extinguis...

I have been told its Haram for Muslims to donate blood as equivalent to organ donor. I wonder how far it is true. Since non Muslims eat pork and drink beer is it ok to accept blood from a non-Muslim? (Question Asked By: Sister Maria Khan) AlHamdu Lillah, thank you for your trust and for this important question. May Allah reward you for the desire to acquire, practice and spread the correct knowledge of our Deen, Aa’meen. First of all we must understand that Allah The Almighty and His Prophet (Peace be upon him) made it obligatory for us to do all we can to save a life  "without any prejudice and without jeopardizing another life." In Surah Al-Maidah 5:32 Allah The Almighty says ; "….and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind." In a hadith the Prophet (peace be upon him) said;  "Allah is on the side of His servants (helps him, etc) as long as the servant is on the side of (helps) his brother (another human be...

Do you hate someone? Do you hate someone? Do you really hate someone? You haven't spoken to him for a while? You've been blaming him? You're not the only one; the Muslim Ummah today is diseased with this to the extent that almost every Muslim knows another Muslim who he hates. The Ummah is like a building with the Muslims as it's bricks, brotherhood is the cement. Without forgiveness you cannot have brotherhood. OK then, he wronged you. He deceived you. He backbited you. He lied to you. But even in these extreme situations the Qur'an and the Hadith teach us that we have to forgive others (especially those who hurt us the most) if we wish to earn the forgiveness of Allah on the day of judgement. We have all committed many sins, made many mistakes and no doubt we have wronged others, we have deceived others, we have backbited others and no doubt we have lied to others. So what makes us focus onto brothers' and sisters' err...