Islam and Sufism - Enlightened Spirituality
... sacrifices or sacraments. It was distinctly monotheistic, and non-creedal. (Muhammad was highly suspicious of how Christianity had not only turned God into a trinity, but also had virtually deified human thought in the form of theological dogmas and creeds.) The duties of all Muslims were to be the ...
... sacrifices or sacraments. It was distinctly monotheistic, and non-creedal. (Muhammad was highly suspicious of how Christianity had not only turned God into a trinity, but also had virtually deified human thought in the form of theological dogmas and creeds.) The duties of all Muslims were to be the ...
Forbearance of the Prophet (May Allah`s Ṣalāt and Peace be upon
... He also recited the words of Jesus, peace be upon him, as they were revealed in the Holy Qur’ānic: "If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily You, only You are the Almighty, the All-Wise." [Al-Mā’idah: 118] Then, Allah’s Messenger –May Allah’s Ṣalāt and Peace be upo ...
... He also recited the words of Jesus, peace be upon him, as they were revealed in the Holy Qur’ānic: "If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily You, only You are the Almighty, the All-Wise." [Al-Mā’idah: 118] Then, Allah’s Messenger –May Allah’s Ṣalāt and Peace be upo ...
Ethics and Values
... taunted Bilal about his mother and said: You son of a black woman. Bilal went to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and told him the story. The Prophet got angry. Abu Dhar came and did not know what happened. The Prophet turned his face away from Abu Dhar. Abu Dhar said: There should be some ...
... taunted Bilal about his mother and said: You son of a black woman. Bilal went to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and told him the story. The Prophet got angry. Abu Dhar came and did not know what happened. The Prophet turned his face away from Abu Dhar. Abu Dhar said: There should be some ...
Iqbal`s Concept of Insan-i-Kamil or Mard-i
... sword in his hand, enabling him to conquer the whole of existence.21 According to the common view, all destiny is given readymade, somewhere in eternity, and the temporal order of events is a mere imitation of the eternal mould.22 This view is only mechanism in another form, in which fate or destiny ...
... sword in his hand, enabling him to conquer the whole of existence.21 According to the common view, all destiny is given readymade, somewhere in eternity, and the temporal order of events is a mere imitation of the eternal mould.22 This view is only mechanism in another form, in which fate or destiny ...
Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians
... branch nor a child of either Judaism or Christianity, though some Jews and many Christians used to think so. Rather, it is their successor, according to the Muslims. A child not of Moses or Jesus but of Abraham, and of God. We will leave the quarrel over rank orders to the respective communities. Wh ...
... branch nor a child of either Judaism or Christianity, though some Jews and many Christians used to think so. Rather, it is their successor, according to the Muslims. A child not of Moses or Jesus but of Abraham, and of God. We will leave the quarrel over rank orders to the respective communities. Wh ...
Sources of Islamic Law - Post Graduate Institute of Law
... concept properly. The authors are of the opinion that where a student initiates his study in Islamic law, theory should be supplemented with practice. Thus more specifically in relation to the concept of ijma, the following observations can serve as an example: ...
... concept properly. The authors are of the opinion that where a student initiates his study in Islamic law, theory should be supplemented with practice. Thus more specifically in relation to the concept of ijma, the following observations can serve as an example: ...
Here - IslamicBlessings.com
... Noble and Best of Mankind (SAW) and the best of generations have already passed on. We who are alive now must model ourselves around their example, instruction on (permissible and forbidden) in harmony with Holy Qur’an. May this book be of greatest value to those who take it in hand as an aid and in ...
... Noble and Best of Mankind (SAW) and the best of generations have already passed on. We who are alive now must model ourselves around their example, instruction on (permissible and forbidden) in harmony with Holy Qur’an. May this book be of greatest value to those who take it in hand as an aid and in ...
Seerah as a Movement - Islamic Studies
... became a Muslim. Then, in fear of Abu Talib, he used to come and see the Prophet secretly. Ali kept his Islam a secret; he did not tell anyone about it.” (Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, vol. III, p. 24) Even later, when the first Muslims among the tribes of Aus and Khazraj returned to Medina, they follo ...
... became a Muslim. Then, in fear of Abu Talib, he used to come and see the Prophet secretly. Ali kept his Islam a secret; he did not tell anyone about it.” (Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, vol. III, p. 24) Even later, when the first Muslims among the tribes of Aus and Khazraj returned to Medina, they follo ...
Save as Word - Resulullah.org
... immigration of a group of Muslims to Abyssinia caused the polytheists of Quraysh to become lost in deep thought. A great worry and fear started to consume their lives. They all had the same decision set in their minds: to solve the matter regarding Abu Talib’s orphan, Muhammad, once and for all. The ...
... immigration of a group of Muslims to Abyssinia caused the polytheists of Quraysh to become lost in deep thought. A great worry and fear started to consume their lives. They all had the same decision set in their minds: to solve the matter regarding Abu Talib’s orphan, Muhammad, once and for all. The ...
The Elements of Sufism
... understand the causal, physical outer life while awakening to an immense inner Reality, which encompasses both the known and the unknown worlds, the unitive Reality of the seen and the unseen, of time and space and non-time-space. It is for this reason that the inner life of the Sufi has no bounds, ...
... understand the causal, physical outer life while awakening to an immense inner Reality, which encompasses both the known and the unknown worlds, the unitive Reality of the seen and the unseen, of time and space and non-time-space. It is for this reason that the inner life of the Sufi has no bounds, ...
introduction to the development of hadith literature
... revelations dictated to them by the messenger (s). at the same time, many of the sahabas memorized the qur'anic revelation as taught to them by the messenger (s). the qur'anic manuscript was thus being preserved in two forms, oral and written. collection of the qur'anic manuscript: one year after th ...
... revelations dictated to them by the messenger (s). at the same time, many of the sahabas memorized the qur'anic revelation as taught to them by the messenger (s). the qur'anic manuscript was thus being preserved in two forms, oral and written. collection of the qur'anic manuscript: one year after th ...
32 The Doctrine of Jihad in the Islamic Hadith
... more sacred than belief except repulsing an enemy who is attacking religion and life.” On that basis, and in compliance with Allah’s order, we issue the following fatwa to all Muslims: The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies—civilians and military—is an individual duty for every Muslim who ...
... more sacred than belief except repulsing an enemy who is attacking religion and life.” On that basis, and in compliance with Allah’s order, we issue the following fatwa to all Muslims: The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies—civilians and military—is an individual duty for every Muslim who ...
ISLAMIC BUSINESS VALUES BEYOND HALAL
... Meanwhile, the halal products recognition has been argued by some authors such as Mukhtar and Mohsin (2012), who posited that there are certain products which are difficult to be explicitly categorized as unlawful (Haram) in Islam, either because people advocating the religion is silent regarding th ...
... Meanwhile, the halal products recognition has been argued by some authors such as Mukhtar and Mohsin (2012), who posited that there are certain products which are difficult to be explicitly categorized as unlawful (Haram) in Islam, either because people advocating the religion is silent regarding th ...
Roles of the Quran and the Hadith in Islamic Law
... and Imam Muslim are considered by the Sunnis as the most reliable books after the Quran. However, Darqutuni, a collector of Hadiths from the fourth century AH wrote a special work showing the weakness of 200 Hadiths included in these two compilations (Goldziher 1971). It is interesting to note that ...
... and Imam Muslim are considered by the Sunnis as the most reliable books after the Quran. However, Darqutuni, a collector of Hadiths from the fourth century AH wrote a special work showing the weakness of 200 Hadiths included in these two compilations (Goldziher 1971). It is interesting to note that ...
Statement on the Misguided Group: ISIS Khutbah Topic
... and their most intimate companions are torn-off limbs (of slaughtered victims). They find no better drink which they can savour than blood. This is indeed what their official spokesman said. May Allah fail them and spare the ummah their evils! Once you see the sanctified blood streams shed by those ...
... and their most intimate companions are torn-off limbs (of slaughtered victims). They find no better drink which they can savour than blood. This is indeed what their official spokesman said. May Allah fail them and spare the ummah their evils! Once you see the sanctified blood streams shed by those ...
1 Address of Mawlana Sheik IBRAHIM Sheik of al
... they were awaken bullets and exploding bombs killing innocent people all over the world. Here we can clearly see the danger of leaving the responsibility for guidance and leadership to unqualified people using educational and religious methods contradicting the tolerant and forgiving principles of I ...
... they were awaken bullets and exploding bombs killing innocent people all over the world. Here we can clearly see the danger of leaving the responsibility for guidance and leadership to unqualified people using educational and religious methods contradicting the tolerant and forgiving principles of I ...
Chapter 13
... d.1831) and al-Hamawiyya19 referring to al-Shaykh Hamah Allah20 (d.1943). As hadarat, these brotherhoods constituted organisational and political frameworks greater than the tribe or the family. These Sufi hadarat are social and religious institutions centred ...
... d.1831) and al-Hamawiyya19 referring to al-Shaykh Hamah Allah20 (d.1943). As hadarat, these brotherhoods constituted organisational and political frameworks greater than the tribe or the family. These Sufi hadarat are social and religious institutions centred ...
Salah – The Second Pillar of Islam – 23 November 12
... Allah says in Surah al-Dhariyat, 51:v56: “And I (Allah) created not the jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone)”. The purpose of Salah is to establish an intimate relationship between the servant and his Creator. This is renewed five times a day and it continues throughout one’s life. ...
... Allah says in Surah al-Dhariyat, 51:v56: “And I (Allah) created not the jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone)”. The purpose of Salah is to establish an intimate relationship between the servant and his Creator. This is renewed five times a day and it continues throughout one’s life. ...
Who Should Perform Ijtihad?
... This is, no doubt, the sensible way to behave, and people generally conduct themselves this way when it comes to their worldly concerns. Then suddenly, when the issue at hand is their religion, listen to anybody willing to shoot off his mouth. It would not be an exaggeration to say that anybody who ...
... This is, no doubt, the sensible way to behave, and people generally conduct themselves this way when it comes to their worldly concerns. Then suddenly, when the issue at hand is their religion, listen to anybody willing to shoot off his mouth. It would not be an exaggeration to say that anybody who ...
SOCIOLOGISTS AND SUFIS: A REASSESSMENT OF SAINTHOOD
... the essential assumptions informing many classic sociological studies of Islam and/or Sufism; to assess these assumptions’ grounding in historical fact; to provide a short overview of core classical Sufi doctrines relevant to sociology; and, finally, to present examples of approaches that avoid the ...
... the essential assumptions informing many classic sociological studies of Islam and/or Sufism; to assess these assumptions’ grounding in historical fact; to provide a short overview of core classical Sufi doctrines relevant to sociology; and, finally, to present examples of approaches that avoid the ...
Islam As I Understand
... Basically there are three reasons why I chose Islam to be my way of life and for the same reasons I am Muslim. A. Islam is not to Blame As opposed to other dogmas, Islam offers a workable and logical system of life. The glorious Qur'an, which embodies the last Word of Allah, guarantees its followers ...
... Basically there are three reasons why I chose Islam to be my way of life and for the same reasons I am Muslim. A. Islam is not to Blame As opposed to other dogmas, Islam offers a workable and logical system of life. The glorious Qur'an, which embodies the last Word of Allah, guarantees its followers ...
Other Side of Sufism
... communing with the spirits of the dead."(!) (16) He talked about his "cemetry revelations" as matters of fact, and managed to compile a massive compendium on Sufism entitled Al-Futoohat Al-Mekkiyyah (the Meccan Revelations). Of this, Ibn Arabi wrote, "Some works I wrote at the command of God sent to ...
... communing with the spirits of the dead."(!) (16) He talked about his "cemetry revelations" as matters of fact, and managed to compile a massive compendium on Sufism entitled Al-Futoohat Al-Mekkiyyah (the Meccan Revelations). Of this, Ibn Arabi wrote, "Some works I wrote at the command of God sent to ...
Primary Sources of Shariah Laws : Al- Qur*an
... Maslahah (consideration of public interest) • Making a judgement based on the principle of general benefits on matters that have no clear nas from the Quran or the Sunnah • Islamic jurisprudence applies the maslahah in the implementation of a ruling • As such, for anything that is beneficial & neces ...
... Maslahah (consideration of public interest) • Making a judgement based on the principle of general benefits on matters that have no clear nas from the Quran or the Sunnah • Islamic jurisprudence applies the maslahah in the implementation of a ruling • As such, for anything that is beneficial & neces ...
The Ideological Battle - .: Dar Al
... means to exert the most effort. This definition is general as one can exert effort in studying or fulfilling goals and ambitions in a variety of areas. In Islam the idea of exerting effort has two levels, a major level and a minor one. The major level of Jihad is jihad al-nafs or struggling against ...
... means to exert the most effort. This definition is general as one can exert effort in studying or fulfilling goals and ambitions in a variety of areas. In Islam the idea of exerting effort has two levels, a major level and a minor one. The major level of Jihad is jihad al-nafs or struggling against ...
Islam, the origin of Islam by Asghar Ali
... from which institutions, laws, customs, thought, sentiments, ideologies emerge as automatic and mechanical effects Between this underlying structure and all the rest, there is a complicated, often subtle and tortuous, process of derivation and mediation, which .aay not always be discoverable 8 The e ...
... from which institutions, laws, customs, thought, sentiments, ideologies emerge as automatic and mechanical effects Between this underlying structure and all the rest, there is a complicated, often subtle and tortuous, process of derivation and mediation, which .aay not always be discoverable 8 The e ...