similar incidents taking place in later times is greatly facilitated. We are then able to understand what the Quranic injunction would be in a situation which is similar to the one referred to in the Quran

revelation, the reality dawns upon us that the target of Islam is not to exterminate the opponents of Islam, but rather to help them enter the fold of Islam by our performing dawah. This verse of the Quran gives

from his environment. Islam is thus the natural religion that a child left to itself would develop. A western writer, Lady Cobbold, has rightly described it in these words: Islam is the religion of common

common sense. When this potential is realized, it results in the emergence of a new man. What kind of character is possessed by this new man is made clear by the following hadith: Nine things the Lord

and taking a lesson from my observation. (Razin) This hadith gives a complete picture of the man Islam wants to build.

Patience and forbearance in the face of ignorance Zayd ibn Sa’ana, a Jewish scholar, who later accepted Islam, recounts how, when he saw the Prophet, he recognized the signs of Prophethood in his face. There

accepted Islam, having been told by him that if they became Muslims, they would be abundantly provided for by God. Now a drought had set in there, and he was afraid that his people might forsake Islam out of

Prophet, “You could send them some assistance.” The Prophet looked enquiringly at Ali who, realizing what the Prophet’s glance meant, pointed out that such funds were all exhausted. Zayd ibn Sa’ana then approached

on the authority of Abu Umamah, that a man from a certain tribe came to the Prophet, and asked him what teachings he had brought from God. “That relationships should be strengthened and wrongful killing

passage of the Quran to him. Often phrases like, “He made mention Islam, and read some of the Quran to them,” or “He presented the message of Islam before them, and recited to them a passage of the Quran,” recurred

mission. The Quran possessed extraordinary magnetism for the Arabs. Even some of the direst enemies of Islam used to steal up to the Prophet’s house at night, put their ears to the wall, and listen to him reciting

status of the spouses themselves, and on the other hand, through these words, it is made manifest what place they should have among the Muslims. When the Prophet migrated from Makkah to Madinah, it was

unison that the benefits bestowed on the ummah by Aisha in teaching, training, and propagation of Islam were more than most of the male Companions of the Prophet. This directive indicates that there was

According to God’s plan, believers were to come to the wives of the Prophet to discover the teachings of Islam and find solutions to their religious questions. Among those who would come would not only be women

verbal form by using this phrase.NOVEMBER 19 Cleanliness in IslamIslam, as we learn from the Quran and Hadith, is a religion of nature. Islam and nature being indeed each other’s counterparts. Nature loves

highly desirable feature of human existence—cleanliness—is one of the basic tenets of the Islamic faith. What is the nature of that faith? It is to lead a life in total consonance with the will of God

of oneself clean is one half of faith; this indicates the amount of emphasis laid upon hygiene in Islamic practice. The cleanliness

is so, what it is?” Different traditions have been recorded in the Hadith about ism-e-aazam. We give below two traditions by Imam Ahmad: 1. Anas ibn Malik narrated that, once the Prophet of Islam heard

and the heavens without any model. Greatness and Honour are Yours.” On hearing this, the Prophet of Islam said: “You have called God with ism-e-aazam, when He is called in this way He will certainly answer

within him, he becomes a man cut to size. What is the criterion of tazkiyah? It is that one becomes so in tune with the Islamic way of thinking and the Islamic way of life that one feels that one is being

success in every endeavour. Without peace, no positive action—small or big—is possible. ISLAM ADVOCATES PEACE ISLAM aims to build a peaceful society at all cost. It is because higher human objectives cannot

teachings of Islam is ‘reconciliation is the best’ (4: 128). In this regard Islam enjoins us to establish peace even at the cost of unilateral sacrifice and patience. An event of the first phase of Islamic history

rests. To bring about an atmosphere of peace within society, Islam has given a number of commandments. For instance, the Prophet of Islam observed, ‘A believer is one from whom people feel secure as regards

success in every endeavour. Without peace, no positive action—small or big—is possible. ISLAM AND PEACE ISLAM aims to build a peaceful society at all costs. It is because higher human objectives cannot

of Islam is ‘reconciliation is the best’ (4: 128). In this regard, Islam enjoins us to establish peace even at the cost of unilateral sacrifice and patience. An event of the first phase of Islamic history

rival group. To bring about an atmosphere of peace within society, Islam has given a number of commandments. For instance, the Prophet of Islam observed: ‘A believer is one from whom people feel secure as regards