Shahadah in Islam

People asked Hazrath Isa(Alai) for a way or deed that would enable them to go to heaven. He(Alai) replied," never ever speak". They replied that this would not be possible. So he(alai) said," speak only about good things and nothing else". An individual who remains silent has 2 advantages: 1. His faith in Allah remains alive. 2. He understands what others tell him. Prophet(sal) has said: " When a person awakes in the morning, the different parts of the body warn the body and say that think about us and be scared of Allah because we are connected with you and if you remain straight we will also remain straight, but if you deviate we will also deviate". It is true if the tongue remains straight and is used to say good things then the whole body will benefit from this not only in this world but also in the hereafter, and if the tongue deviates for e.g. if it is used to abuse, insult, backbite, lie, and to create misunderstandings amongst others then sometime...

Seriousness of debt Source by: Islam Q&A.com Question: I am working to help my husband for our living, as his salary is not sufficient for our basic needs and education of our kids. I have borrowed some money from different people to settle our other debts. Alhamdulillah, I can say that ALLAH tests our faith in terms of "money". One day, I was listening to a lecture about severe punishment for a Muslim who has not settled his debts and he also mentioned that during the time of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him), he never prayed to the deceased person who has not settled his debts. The lecturer mentioned a dua but I was not able to write it down. Can you please tell me what are punishments in the grave and dua to help me settle my debts. Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Firstly: The fuqaha' define dayn (debt) as an obligation to be fulfilled, as it says in al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (21/102). The linguistic meaning of the word dayn (debt) in Arabic has t...

The Life of This World H ARUN Y AHYA Our universe is perfectly orderly. Countless billions of stars and galaxies move in their separate orbits yet in total harmony. Galaxies consisting of almost 300 billion stars flow through each other and, to everyone's astonishment, during this gigantic transition no collisions occur. Such order cannot be attributed to coincidence. What is more, the velocities of objects in the universe are beyond the limits of man's imagination. The physical dimensions of outer space are enormous when compared to the measurements we employ on earth. Stars and planets, with masses of billions or trillions of tons, and galaxies, with sizes that can only be grasped with the help of mathematical formulae, all whirl along their particular paths in space at incredible velocities. For instance, the earth rotates about its axis so that points on its surface move at an average velocity of about 1,670 km an hour. The mean linear velocity of the earth in its orbit aro...

Imaam Ath Thahabi Rahimahullah mentions in his monumental book "Seer A'alaam an Nubalaa" Vol.8 P.406 on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Al Mubaarak Rahimahullah (181H.): "The people of knowledge and insight do not consider themselves safe from four things: 1) A past sin he committed which he does not know what Allaah will do with it (either forgive and pardon him for it or punish him with it); 2) What is left of his life, whether there is something therein waiting to destroy him; 3) A favor that Allaah bestowed upon him, perhaps it is a plot which will lead him step by step to his eventual destruction and ruin; 4) Deviance which is beautified for him so that he sees it to be guidance and in a split second, his heart can deviate and he will be stripped of his deen and he doesn't even realize it."

As-salaamu 'alaykunna wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh, It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbaas ( رضي الله ﻋﻨﻬﻣﺎ ) said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said: " The evil eye is real and can bring down a person from a high mountain ." [ Musnad Ahmad ; Al-Tabaraani; Al-Haakin in Al-Mustadrak . Al-Albaanee ( رحمه الله ) said: It is Hasan .] It was narrated that Jaabir ibn Abdullah ( رضي الله ﻋﻨﻬﻣﺎ ) said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said: " Most of those who die of my Ummah, after the will and decree of Allah, will die because of the evil eye ." [Narrated by Al-Bukharee in Al-Taareekh , and by Al-Bazzaar. Shaykh Al-Albaanee ( رحمه الله ) said: a Hadeeth Hasan – Saheeh Al-Jaami , 1217] It was narrated that Jaabir ( رضي الله ﻋﻨﻬﻣﺎ ) said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said: " The evil eye will put a man into his grave and a camel into the cooking pot ." [ Hilyat Al-Awliya' by Ab...

Question : There are many matrimonial websites that allow men and women to have live and private chats. They can exchange email, addresses, phone numbers and even pictures. Many of the women even describe their bodies. There are muslim men who use the excuse that they are entitled to more than one wife, and they use a lot of their spare time on these sites and as a result, they break up their households. Among those are those who lose interest in their present wives. Some will also get angry when their wives find out what they are doing , then threaten them with divorce and they even physically abuse them.Please advise us in this matter, May Allah bless you. Answer : I say that this is a great calamity. Indeed this is a wicked act. It is an evil that comes from this technology ( the internet ) . What is mentioned in this question is not permissable for the men to be looking at these websites and the likes of this. As for a person who says that he is using these sites so he can get mar...

Muharram By Mufti Taqi Usmani - Fasting During the Month - The Day of 'Ashurah' - Misconceptions and Baseless Traditions - Lamentations and Mourning Muharram is the month with which the Muslims begin their lunar Hijrah Calendar. It is one of the four sanctified months about which the Holy Quran says, "The number of the months according to Allah is twelve (mentioned) in the Book of Allah on the day He created heavens and the earth. Among these (twelve months) there are four sanctified." These four months, according to the authentic traditions, are Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram and Rajab. All the commentators of the Holy Quran are unanimous on this point, because the Holy Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, in his sermon on the occasion of his last Hajj, declared: "One year consists of twelve months, of which four are sanctified months, three of them are in sequence; Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram, and the fourth is Rajab." The specific men...