ISLAM

Burqa – Purdah - Veil It has been the custom of all True Muslim woman who follow Islam to cover themselves with a Purdah, or Burqa, and Islam strictly imposes this Veil on all mature women till they reach old age and cross the child bearing time; for such women who have become old Islam permits them to decently clad themselves and Islam does not impose the Purdah or Burqa on them. Such... [read more]

Ramalhan Those who conceal the clear (Signs) We have sent down and theguidance after We have made it clear for the people in the book on them shallbe Allah's curse and the curse of those entitled to curse. Quran : 2-159 They askthee concerning the new moons.  Say: theyare but signs to mark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of) men and forpilgrimage. Quran: 2-189 It is He Whomade the... [read more]

A very hearty Eid Mubarak Eid-ul-Fitr on 19th September 2009 Assalaamu Alaikum - This year, the month of Shabaan 1430 had only 29 days. The Crescent Moon was sighted at 02:35:37 UT (universal time) plus or minus your country or city time zone on 20th August  2009 and the First of Ramalhan naturally falls on 21st August 2009 – This was confirmed by the Satellite and the Electronic Telescope... [read more]

Satan Just  as Adam(a.s) is the Father of all human beings, so is Satan the father of all Jinn (genies) and just as there are believers and renegades  (non believers) in humans, so also there are believers and renegades (non-believers) in the Jinns also. Allah created man from dust and water, and Jinns from smokeless fire: He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery... [read more]

  Following the Majority Wert thou to follow the majority (of people) of those on earth they will lead thee away from the Way of Allah.  They follow nothing but conjecture (false opinions): they do nothing but lie. Quran – 6 : 116 There is a common trend with MOST people that when they are confronted with a little confusion or if they are in a dilemma regarding certain issues (regarding... [read more]

Qur’an – Created or Uncreated Recently, I listened to a Bayaan (lecture) of an Alim Mr. Saleh Al-Saleh in English Dated Jan 29, 2008; from the website: < http://www.islamhouse.com/p/75423 > from Riyadh; Saudi Arabia on the subject title : Knowing the Glorious Quran; and the subject discussed was “It Is Uncreated and It Is the Speech of Allah”.    In this, the author of the lecture... [read more]

      Common Sense It is not fitting for a Believer man or woman when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Apostle to have any option about their decision: if anyone disobeys Allah and His Apostle he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path. Al-Quran – 33:36 Allah says in the Quran that when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger, then it is the duty of every believer,... [read more]

Atheist  Atheism  is not a conviction; it is just a convenience; whereby,  the atheist comfortably sins and lives his life according to his whims and fancies. First and foremost, when an atheist says there is no God, then it is automatically  understood  there is no sin,  there is neither hell nor heaven because all these are associated with God and His creations;  so when one conveniently comes to... [read more]

    Freedom of Man Most people are of the opinion that God has predestined their lives and also their  going to Hell or Heaven has been predistined by God even before creating them – they are absolutely wrong. God has not predestined any one’s going to Hell or Heaven, Allah the Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient Being could not be that unreasonable, and unjust – for Allah Himself said: The Day ... [read more]

Creation of Man Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is a greater (matter) than the creation of men: Yet most men understand not. Quran-40:57 See they not how Allah originates creation then repeats it: truly that is easy for Allah.        Quran-29:19 The creation of the Heaven and earth God says is indeed a more complicated task than the creation of Man but we should understand... [read more]