Sawm or fasting is obligatory on every Muslim who is physically and mentally sound, to be observed during the month of Ramadan. However supererogatory fasting throughout the year is generously rewarded by Allah Almighty. “O You who believe, fasting has been enjoined upon you as was enjoined upon those before you so that you…
Idiomatically Zakah means purity and involves the annual deduction of 2.5% of each individual’s net property, whether money, livestock and cattles or other treasures, after spending the basic necessities, expenses, and due credits of the year, provided that it reaches the Nisab. Zakah is an obligatory act and duty on every sane Muslim who’s…
People nowadays are missing out on a lot of spiritual gains by not following the merciful teachings of Propeht Muhammad (peace be upon him) that are a refelction of divine revelations from Allah Almighty. We’ve become too cold to value those littel things that can make a huge difference in our modern letharic life. …
The first urban element introduced by the Prophet (PBUH) to the city of Madinah was the mosque institution which functioned as a community development center. While in Makkah, the Prophet (pbuh) and his followers were denied the existence and free utilization of their mosques, although they were in dire need of them. Here I shall…
Having decided to draw an end to the aggravating woes Muslims have been facing in Mecca, and having taken Medina as the new homeland for Muslims and a milestone of the first Muslim state since the advent of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) set it upon himself to establish the new community on…
