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Do not wait for Saladin

Muhammad Shalaby Muhammad — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:24:00 GMT

While I was watching the news, I came across a very strange piece of news: A young man saves money and power to travel with them long distances to the Sacred House of Allah with the intention of performing `Umrah (the lesser pilgrimage) for the sake of Allah, the Lord of the worlds. He has one wish to achieve and that wish deprives him of sleep. He is going for one reason,...

Distorting the image of a Muslim woman

Naasira bint Ellison — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:14:00 GMT

Since the height of the feminist movement in the late 70's there has been a magnifying glass placed over the status of Muslim women. Unfortunately, the magnifying glass that has been used is an unusual one. Unusual in the sense that it is very selective about which items it will magnify; other items it will distort to such a degree that they will no longer look familiar. I remember once reading in an "in depth" article about the lives of Muslim women....

Marrying a second wife without a reason

Prof. Shareefa Al-Sudairi — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:04:00 GMT

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salamu `Alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!) I want to consult you about marrying a second wife because I always think about this subject but I could not know the reason which pushed me to think about it and made it controlling me during the few past years. I could no longer forget or ignore it and I became confused,...

Will the Lebanese interior succeed in achieving cohesion before the foreign pressure?

As-Sunusy Muhammad As-Sunusy — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:41:00 GMT

It seems that the equation of "All people are winners," which has been governing the relationship between the Lebanese factions especially after the end of the civil war by the Taif Agreement in 1989, is facing difficulties that could turn it to the opposite "All people are losers"! Since the repeated postponement of the indictment declaration in the case of the assassinating the former Prime Minister Rafik Al Hariri in 2005 (who was killed along with more than 20 people),...

What avails a person after his death?

Abduh Qayed Adh-Dhiriby — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:02:00 GMT

When a person dies and his soul goes to its Creator, nothing will avail him but the righteous deeds he did during his life. When a person dies, his actions end and nothing will be left for him except what his relatives do in his behalf. The Shari`ah texts (the Glorious Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him)) have confirmed that the dead benefit from the pious actions of their relatives; of these righteous actions: First, paying his debts: ...

Father's invocation against his young daughter

Khalid ibn `Abdul-Mon`im Ar-Rifa`y — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:14:00 GMT

Peace be upon you! I want to ask you a question and please console me. My husband invoked Allah against my young daughter who is one year and six months old due to problems and conflicts between me and him. He said that he does not want to divorce me because of that young child so as to grow up and live in a coherent family. However, when we argued, he invoked Allah against her; she is innocent. Now, I am afraid that Allah would respond to his invocation....

Globalization of poverty and underdevelopment in the Muslim world!

EL BERJAOUI MOULAY EL MUSTAPHA — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:39:00 GMT

The dream of achieving a world free of slavery -a world rejects exploitation in order to reach a high status in the world of "globalization", knowledge, and progress- is the dream of every poor and every human being who has a high vigor, but it is noticeable in the words of the President of South Africa, "Mbeki" The world today has become an island of rich people surrounded by seas of the poor." In fact,...

Morals alone are not enough!!

As-Sunusy Muhammad As-Sunusy — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:31:00 GMT

During the economic crises and the crazy rise of prices in several countries, we find a lot of voices and writings demand traders and distributors of goods to fear Allah, show kindness to people, and not to bedriven by greed and the desire for profit to raise prices without taking into consideration their moral responsibility towards their society. The irony is: These voices come from the people who can issue a law or make a decision to stop that,...

The stance of the Glorious Qur'an from luxury and the sybarites

Muhammad Fathy Hassan — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:12:00 GMT

Luxury is indulgence in enjoying and expansion in the causes of welfare. The sybarites are: The affluent who were misled by the blessing and the luxury of life. Luxury has two sides: One is financial which is enjoying and the other is moral which is ingratitude. The Glorious Qur'an considers the existence of the sybarites an imminent danger that threatens the human life and fill its future with fogs. ...

I love someone who considers me just a girl friend

Shareefa Al-Sudairi — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:46:00 GMT

I am a girl who did not know love in my entire life, and when I knew him, he was the only person in my life. I had male friends in the university but I have never looked at someone of them. When I met him, I did not intend to have a love affair, but he dominated me by his magic day after another. I remained one year and four months in that affair then he confessed to me with his love and told me that he cannot live without me,...

Insulting scholars and pursuing their defects are blameworthy

Dr. Muhammad ibn Lutfy As-Sabbagh — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:17:00 GMT

`Abdullah ibn Al Mubarak, the master of the science of Hadith who died in 181 AH, was asked: Who are the best among people? He said: Scholars. It was asked: Who are the best among kings? He said: The ascetics. Somebody asked: Who are the low people[1]? He said: Those who replace religion with the world. So, he considered the people who deserve the rank of humanity are scholars, and he had said the truth. ...

A message to the members of Parliament

`Abdur-Rahman Al Marakby — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:00 GMT

A message to the members of Parliament How should you act? In the past, most Islamists who have succeeded in the parliamentary elections suffered from official marginalization and security repression, but today Allah has annihilated their enemy, appointed them as successors on earth, and they won more than seventy percent of parliament seats, so what should they do? Dear Islamist MPs, know that you are in front of distinctive moments in the history of the whole nation,...

Are women mentally inferior to men in Islam?

Abdulhadi S. Attuwaijri — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:40:00 GMT

One of the issues that the opponents of Islam launch their attacks through is the issue of woman's status in Islam. They accuse Islam to be bias against women and that men are superior to them not only physically but also mentally. One distinct manifestation of the issue is that two women witnesses are equivalent to one man as stated by Allah's Saying: "And get two witnesses out of your own men. And if there are not two men (available), then a man and two women,...

The Prophet's call to Muslims to serve people

Dr. `Abdullah ibn Ibrahim Al Luhaydan — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:43:00 GMT

The religion of Islam is the religion of benevolence to the people, therefore the honorable Prophet (peace be upon him) was the best practical example for serving people and meeting their needs. His sayings are full of examples of exhorting Muslims to serve one another and help others because the one who helps his Muslim brothers, Allah will be in his support. Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:...

Is this a filial disobedience?

Khalid ibn `Abdul-Mon`im Ar-Rifa`y — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:20:00 GMT

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I cannot stand my mother any longer because I want to marry but she does not want that for some reasons which are not quite good. I am a student and my financial conditions are not good, but thanks to Allah I can afford a family and rent a house. I shall list the following reasons of her refusal to refute: 1- My age is not appropriate: She says: The proper age for marriage is after graduation. 2- Housing:...

Love for the sake of Allah in our family meetings

Khalid ibn Muhammad Ash-Shihry — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:29:00 GMT

Praise be to Allah in the first and in the last, and peace be upon the best of His Prophets and Creatures. Love for the sake of Allah is the best act of worship that is almost absent from our daily life, however few people are keen to apply the Sunnah. Whoever understands the meaning of worship knows the objectives of Shari`ah because when most of us limit the acts of worship in the pillars of Islam,...

Muhammad (peace be upon him) in the life of his followers

Sheikh Muthanna ibn `Ulwan Az-Zaydy — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:32:00 GMT

Praise be to Allah alone, and peace be upon the last Prophet, upon his family, his Companions, and those who follow his guidance. When a person loves someone, he should follow and take him as a role example, and when he does so, that person will be vivid in his life indubitably, even if he is dead or absent. For Muslims, our Prophet is our role example whom we have to follow, so he is always vivid in our lives. Let us speak about this Prophet in the eyes of his followers,...

Facebook recommendations

Ibtisam Fahd — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:55:00 GMT

In Facebook (1) It is well-known that balanced shyness occupies the throne of morals at females and characterizes them, but losing it is considered a catastrophe and disgrace. When you see in (Facebook) a girl uses indecent words as if you see a porno scene embodied before you because of her speech, or she puts in her profile indecent picture that is against good manners and the public taste, or uses words like (O my love, O my sweetheart ...etc.) to a man,...

Should we answer the embarrassing questions of children?

Asma' Mustafa — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:34:00 GMT

As-salamu `Alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!). May Allah reward you the best and guide you! My question is: My work colleague is married and has a smart child in primary two. The child asked her persistently during her period which took place during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah: Why do not you fast? Why do not you touch the Qur'an? How should she answer?...

Wash your hands and do not forget your face!

Naïrouz Benzeggouta — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:31:00 GMT

Introduction In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings upon His Messenger, the master of the formers and the later, and upon his purified family. "All praise and thanks are Allâh's, Who has guided us to this, and never could we have found guidance, were it not that Allâh had guided us!" [Surat Al A`raf: 43]. Our Generous Lord says in the Glorious Qur'an: "Allâh does not want to place you in difficulty,...