Shab-e-Bara’at

The saying of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) about shab-e-eBara’at.

Family Tree of Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H)

Pillars of Islam

Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:

Allah’s Apostle said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles):

1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle.

2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly.

3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity) .

4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca)

5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.

Interesting Facts about Quran

1. How many Suras are in Holy Qur’an? 114.
2. How many verses are in Holy Qur’an? 6236.
3. How many dots are in Holy Qur’an? 1015030.
4. How many fatha are in Holy Qur’an? 93243
5. How many kasra are in Holy Qur’an? 39586
6. How many Raque are in Holy Qur’an? 1000.
7. How many stops, Waqf are in Holy Qur’an? 5098.
8. How many Thashdeed are in Holy Qur’an? 19253.
9. How many letters are in Holy Qur’an? 323671
10. How many damma are in Holy Qur’an? 4808.
11. How many Madd are in Holy Qur’an? 1771
12. How many words are in Holy Qur’an? 77701, some say 77437, Allahu ‘Alum
13. How many parts of Holy Qur’an? 30.
14. How many times is Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem is repeated? 114.
15. How many Sura start with Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem? 113.
16. How many times is the word ‘Qur’an’ repeated in Holy Qur’an? 70.
17. Which is the longest Sura of Holy Qur’an? Al-Baqarah.
18. Which is the best drink mentioned in Holy Qur’an? Milk.
19. The best eatable thing mentioned in Holy Quran is? Honey.
20. Which is the shortest Sura of Holy Qur’an? Kausar.
21. The longest verse of Holy Quran is in which Sura? Al-Baqarah verse 282
22. The most disliked thing by Allah Ta’ala though Halal is? Divorce
23. Which letter is used for the most time in Holy Quran? Alif
24. Which letter is used the least in the Holy Qur’an? Zaa.
25. Which is the best night mentioned in Holy Qur’an? Night of Qadar.
26. Which is the best month mentioned in Holy Qur’an? Ramadhan
27. Which is the biggest animal mentioned in Holy Qur’an? Elephant.
28. Which is the smallest animal mentioned in Holy Qur’an? Mosquito
29. How many words are in the longest Sura of Holy Qur’an? 25500.
30. How many words are in the smallest Sura of Holy Qur’an? 42
31. Which Sura of Holy Quran is called the mother of Qur’an? Sura Fatihah
32. How many Sura start with Al-Hamdulillah? Five; Fatihah, Inaam, Kahf, Saba & Fatir.
33. Which Sura has the same number of verses as the number of Sura of Holy Qur’an? Takwir, 114 verses.
34. How many Sura’s name is only one letter? Three; Qaf, Sad & Noon.
35. How many Sura start with word ‘Inna ‘? Four; Sura Fatha, Nuh,Qadr, Kausar.
36. Which verse has the longest continuous string of related letters? 15:22 fa-asqaynaakumoohu
37. Which Sura are called Musabbahat? Isra, Hadeed, Hashr, Juma, Taghabun & Aala.
38. How many Sura are Makkahi and how many are Madni? Makki 86, Madni 28.
39. Which Sura is from the name of tribe of Holy Prophet? Quresh
40. Which Sura is called the heart of Holy Qur’an? Yaseen.
41. In which Sura is the name of Allah repeated five times? Sura al-Haj.
42. Which Suras are named Azaiam? Sajdah, Fussilat, Najum & Alaq.
43. Which Sura is the name of one Holy war? Sura Ahzaab.
44. Which Sura is the name of one metal? Sura Hadeed
45. Which Sura does not starts with Bismillah? Sura Tauba.
46. Which Sura is called ‘Aroos-ul-Qur’an’, the Bride of the Qur’an? Sura Rahman.
47. Which Sura is considered as 1/3 of holy Qur’an? Al-Ikhlas.
48. The name of how many Sura are without dot? Fatihah, Raad, Tur, Rum, Masad.
49. In which Sura does Bismillah appear twice? Sura Naml.
50. How many Sura start with the Initials ( Mukette’at ) 29
51. Which Sura was revealed twice? Sura Fatihah.
52. In which Sura is the backbiter condemned? Sura Humaza.
53. In which Sura is the name of Allah repeated in every verse? Sura Mujadala.
54. In which Sura does the letter ‘Fa’ did not appear? Fatihah.
55. Which Sura are called Muzetain? Falaq & Nas.
56. Which are those Sura if their names are reversed remain the same? Lael & Tabbat.
57. Which is that Sura if its first letter is remove becomes the name of one of the cities of Saudi Arab? Sajdah
58. Which Suras starts with word ‘ Tabara Kallazi’ Mulk & Furqan
59. Makkan Suras were revealed in how many years? 13 years
60. Madani Sura were revealed in how many years? 10 years.
61. Which Suras start with word Qad? Mujadala & Momenoon.
62. Which Sura is related to Hazrat Ali? Sura Adiyat.
63. How many Sura are in 30th Chapter? 37.
64. Which Sura has every verse ending with letter ‘Dal ‘? Ikhlas.
65. Which Sura is revealed in respect of Ahle Bayt? Sura Dahr/Insan
66. Which Sura every verse ends with letter ‘Ra ‘ Kauser.
67. In which Sura is the creation of human beings mentioned? Sura Hijr verse 26.
68. In which Sura are the regulations for prisoners of war mentioned? Sura Nisa
69. Which Sura deals with the laws of marriage? Sura Nisa.
70. Which Sura if its name is reversed becomes the name of one bird? Sura Rum.
71. In which Sura is the story of the worship of cow of Bani Israeel mentioned? Sura Taha.
72. In which Sura is the law of inheritance mentioned? Sura Nisa.
73. In which Sura is the Hijra of the Holy Prophet mentioned? Sura Anfal.
74. In which Sura are the 27 Attributes of Allah mentioned? Sura Hadeed.

JazakAllah…

True Picture About Malak(Angel)

“Malak” literally means a “messenger”, which is translated farishta (angel). Angels are not mere abstract powers without personality; they are beings with personalities and are so to speak the agents of Allah, Who employs them for the administration of His Kingdom. Ignorant people mistook them for associates in Godhead; others thought they were related to God and started to worship them as deities. Non Believer(People of makah)  thought that they are the Daughter of god.

why the believers of islam have been prohibited from marrying musrhik?

Tafheem-ul-Quran
by
Syed Abul-Aala Maudoodi

The reason why the believers have been prohibited from marrying musrhik spouses is that `they invite you to the Fire’. This means that such marriage might mislead the Muslim spouses to the ways of shirk, for the relations between husband and wife are not merely sexual but spiritual and cultural as well. It is possible that the Muslim spouse may influence the mushrik spouse and his or her family and their offspring in favour of the Islamic way of life. But it is equally possible that the mushrik spouse may imbue the Muslim spouse, his (or her) family or their offspring, with the spirit and ways of shirk. Most probably as a result of such a marriage, a mixture of Islam and un-Islam will be bred in such a family. A non-Muslim might approve of this, but a Muslim cannot. One who sincerely believes in Islam can never take such a risk merely for the sake of the gratification of his lust. He would rather suppress his passions than do anything that might mislead him to disbelief, blasphemy and shirk or, at least mislead his progeny.

Difference between Womans and Men’s Salah

There are some differences between how women and men’s way of performing Salat.

1) Men raise there hands all the way to the ear for Takbeer while women raise their hands only up to their shoulders.

2) In Qayam (the standing posture) Men place their hands below Navel while women place their hands on their chest.

3) Men grasp their wrist while women do not. They only place right hand on the top of left with fingers intact together.

4 ) In Ruku (the bowing posture) Men’s back is horizontal while women suppose to bend their back only far enough to touch their knees. Looking from far it will look like a bow arc. They won’t flatten their back.

5 ) In Sajdah men’s back portion is raised from ground and hands apart from body and fingers of feet twisted while women suppose to be gathered in a way so that all their body parts are close together and abdomen placed over her thighs.Both feet and ankles sticking out to the right. Lower portion of back touching the ground.

6 ) During Jalsa and Qaida (sitting between Sajdah and during Attahyat) men sit on their left ankle and their right foot’s fingers are twisted while women sit on floor and their both ankles and feet sticking out towards right hand side.

Surah 001 Al-Fateha (The Opener)

Tafheem-ul-Quran
by
Syed Abul-Aala Maudoodi

Name

This Surah is named Al-Fatihah because of its subject-matter. Fatihah is that which opens a subject or a book or any other thing. In other words, Al-Fatihah is a sort of preface.

Period of Revelation

It is one of the very earliest Revelations to the Holy Prophet. As a matter of fact, we learn from authentic Traditions that it was the first complete Surah which was revealed to Muhammad (Allah’s peace be upon him). Before this, only a few miscellaneous verses were revealed which form parts of `Alaq, Muzzammil, Muddaththir, etc.

Theme

This Surah is in fact a prayer which Allah has taught to all those who want to make a study of His book. It has been placed at the very beginning of the book to teach this lesson to the reader: if you sincerely want to benefit from the Quran, you should offer this prayer to the Lord of the Universe.

This preface is meant to create a strong desire in the heart of the reader to seek guidance from the Lord of the Universe, Who alone can grant it. Thus Al-Fatihah indirectly teaches that the best thing for a man is to pray for guidance to the straight path, to study the Quran with the mental attitude of a seeker- after-truth and to recognize the fact that the Lord of the Universe is the source of all knowledge. He should, therefore, begin the study of the Quran with a prayer to him for guidance.

From this theme, it becomes clear that the real relation between Al-Fatihah and the Quran is not that of an introduction to a book but that of a prayer and its answer. Al-Fatihah is the prayer from the servant and the Quran is the answer from the Master to his prayer. The servant prays to Allah to show him guidance and the Master places the whole of the Quran before him in answer to his prayer, as if to say, “This is the Guidance you begged from Me.”

[1-3] In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.¹ Praise is only for Allah,² the Lord of the Universe,³ the All-Compassionate, the All-Merciful,⁴ the Master of the Day of Judgment.⁵

[4-7] Thee alone we worship⁶ and to Thee alone we pray for help.⁷ Show us the straight way,⁸ the way of those whom Thou hast blessed;⁹ who have not incurred Thy wrath, nor gone astray.¹⁰

1Islamic culture requires a man to commence everything with the name of Allah. If this is done consciously and sincerely, it will surely produce three good results. First, it will keep him away from evil, because the very name of Allah will impel him to consider whether he is justified in associating His name with a wrong deed or an evil intention. Secondly, the very mention of the name of Allah will create in him the right attitude of mind and direct him to the right direction. Thirdly,he will receive Allah’s help and blessing and will be protected from the temptations of Satan, for Allah turns to a man when he turns to Him.

2It has been stated in the Introduction to this Surah that AI-Fatihah is a prayer. It begins with the praise of Allah to Whom it is addressed in order to teach us the right way of making a supplication. We should not put forward our request bluntly and abruptly without an appropriate introduction. The right way is to acknowledge the excellences and the favors and the high position of the One to Whom we address our prayer. That is why we begin our prayer with the praise of Allah, for He is the perfection of all excellences and .is also our Benefactor. We pay homage to Allah to show that we sincerely acknowledge His excellences and also are grateful to Him for His countless favours. It should also be noted that not only Praise is for Allah but also Praise is only for Allah. This distinction is very important because it cuts at the root of the worship of any of His creation. As none of them is worthy of praise, none is worthy of worship. No man, no angel, no prophet, no so-called god, no star, no idol, in short. none of His creation inherently possesses any good quality. If one has any, it is given by Allah. Hence the Creator of these qualities alone deserves devotion, worship, gratitude, and none of His creation.

3The word Rab which has been translated into `Lord’ stands for (a) Master and Owner, (b) Sustainer, Provider and Guardian, (c) Sovereign, Ruler, Administrator and Organizer. Allah is the Lord of the Universe in all these senses.

4Although the Arabic word Rahman itself is in the superlative form and denotes the attributes of beneficence and mercy in the highest degree, even this word fails to express the boundless extent of these attributes of Allah. Hence another word Rahim of the same root has been added to make up for the deficiency.

5After saying that Allah is Beneficent and Merciful, it has immediately been added that He is the Master of the Day of Judgment, so that the qualities of mercy and kindness might not mislead anyone into forgetting that on that Day He will gather together all human beings from the first to the last and require each and every one to give an account of all of one’s acts to Him. A Muslim should, therefore, always keep in view the fact that Allah is not only Merciful, but He is also Just. He has, however, full authority to pardon or punish anyone He pleases, for He has complete power over everything. Therefore we should have full conviction that it lies absolutely in His power to make our end happy or sorrowful.

6The Arabic word ibadat is used in three senses: (a)worship and devotion, (b) submission and obedience, (c) subjection and servitude. Here it implies all the three, that is, We are Thy worshipers, Thy subjects and Thy slaves and We keep these relations with Thee and Thee alone and “We make none else the object of our worship in all the three senses.”

7It means, We ask for Thy help because we know that Thou art the Lord of the whole Universe and Thou hast all powers and Thou art the Master of every thing. Therefore we turn to Thee for help for the fulfillment of our needs and requirements.

8That is, “Show us that way which may lead us aright in every walk of life and keep us absolutely free from errors and evil consequences and bring us success in the end.” , This is the request which the servant of Allah makes to Him when he begins the study of the Qur’an. He prays to Him to guide him in every walk of life and save him from the labyrinths of doubt and uncertainty, which result from the lack of true knowledge. The servant also requests the Master to show him the right and the straight way of life from among the many by-paths and crooked ways.

9The straight way for which we are praying is the way which has always been followed by the people favored by Thee and which has always brought Thy favors and blessings.

10This is to show that the favored people are not those who go astray and incur the wrath of Allah, though apparently they might be enjoying the transitory good things of life. The really favored people are those who receive blessings on account of their righteous living. From this it also becomes clear that by favors are meant those real and permanent rewards, which result from righteous living and from winning the pleasure of Allah, and not those transitory good things of life which have been enjoyed even by the tyrants and worshipers of mammon and which are being enjoyed even today by all sorts of evildoers who have gone astray from the straight way.

Do Not Eat Pork

Both the Bible and the Qur’an prohibit the eating of pork. Muslims are aware of this prohibition and observe it strictly. However, most readers of the Bible say they do not know where they can find this in the Bible.

In the book of Leviticus, chapter 11, v. 7, it is recorded that God declares the pig to be unclean for believers. Then, in verse 8, God says: “You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you”. This command is repeated in Deuteronomy 14:7-8. Then, in Isaiah 65:2-4, and 66:17, God issues a stern warning against those who eat pork.

Some people are aware of this prohibition from God, but they say that they can eat pork because St. Paul said that all food is clean in his letter to the Romans 14:20. St. Paul said this because he believed (as he wrote in his letter to the Ephesians 2:14-15) that Jesus had abolished the Law with all its commandments and regulations. He seems, however, to have misunderstood what he heard about Jesus. In the Gospel According to Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus is reported to have said quite the contrary, as follows: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law . . . .” Jesus then went on in that passage (in verse 19) to denounce anyone who would break the smallest commandment and teach others likewise. He also praised his true followers who will practice and teach even the smallest commandment. One of the commandments, as we have seen, is to stay away from pork.

This is why the true followers of Jesus, holding on to his teachings, did not let unclean food such as pork enter their mouths, so that Peter, the chief disciple, can say, “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean” (Acts of the Apostles, ch. 10, v. 14)

Five chapters later in the Acts of the Apostles, 15:29, we find that the original disciples still differentiate between clean and unclean foods, and this time Paul is in agreement with them. Six chapters later, in ch. 21, v. 25, their decision to impose food regulations on believers is mentioned without regret, and this time Paul is challenged to prove that he is in agreement with them; and he demonstrated his full agreement with them.

What remains, then, is that Jesus, on whom be peace, upheld the prohibition against pork. His disciples also upheld it, and so must all his followers. Those who fail to uphold it need to be informed and reminded of this rule from God. This is one reason why God sent His final messenger, on whom be peace. God says:

“O people of the Scripture ! Now has Our Messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which you used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. Now has come unto you light from Allah and a plain Scripture.” (The Meaning of the Glorious Qur’an 5:15)

Woman in Islam

The status of woman in Islam constitutes no problem. The attitude of the Qur’an and the early Muslims bear witness to the fact that woman is, at least, as vital to life as man himself, and that she is not inferior to him nor is she one of the lower species. Had it not been for the impact of foreign cultures and alien influences, this question would have never arisen among the Muslims. The status of woman was taken for granted to be equal to that of man. It was a matter of course, a matter of fact, and no one, then, considered it as a problem at all.

In order to understand what Islam has established for woman, there is no need to deplore her plight in the pre-Islamic era or in the modern world of today. Islam has given woman rights and privileges which she has never enjoyed under other religious or constitutional systems. This can be understood when the matter is studied as a whole in a comparative manner, rather than partially. The rights and responsibilities of a woman are equal to those of a man but they are not necessarily identical with them. Equality and sameness are two quite different things. This difference is understandable because man and woman are not identical but they are created equals. With this distinction in mind, There is no problem. It is almost impossible to find even two identical men or women.

The rights of woman of modern times were not granted voluntarily or out of kindness to the female. Modern woman reached her present position by force, and not through natural processes or mutual consent or Divine teachings. She had to force her way, and various circumstances came to her aid. Shortage of manpower during wars, pressure of economic needs and requirements of industrial developments forced woman to get out of her home – to work, to learn, to struggle for her livelihood, to appear as an equal to man, to run her race in the course of life side by side with him. She was forced by circumstances and in turn she forced herself through and acquired her new status. Whether all women were pleased with these circumstances being on their side, and whether they are happy and satisfied with the results of this course is a different matter. But the fact remains that whatever rights modern woman enjoys fall short of those of her Muslim counterpart. What Islam has established for woman is that which suits her nature, gives her full security and protects her against disgraceful circumstances and uncertain channels of life. We do not need here to elaborate on the status of modern woman and the risks she runs to make her living or establish herself. We do not even need to explore the miseries and setbacks that encircle her as a result of the so-called rights of woman. Nor do we intend to manipulate the situation of many unhappy homes which break because of the very “freedom” and “rights” of which modern woman is proud. Most women today exercise the right of freedom to go out independently, to work and earn, to pretend to be equal to man, but this, sadly enough, is at the expense of their families. This all known and obvious. What is not known is the status of woman in Islam. An attempt will be made in the following passages to sum up the attitude of Islam with regard to woman.

• O mankind! Verily We have created your from a single (pair) of a male and a female,m and made you into nations and tribes that you may know each other… (Qur’an, 49:13; cf. 4:1).