place of honour. Such an attitude on your part will put an end to evil.WHAT IS SIN?The Prophet of Islam said, “Sin is that which pinches your heart, and while doing it, you fear lest people become aware

extensive support from the public that an organized society may come into existence on the basis of Islam. All the above results are probable, and instances of all of them are recorded in the long history

religion on a single occasion to non-Muslims. The proper way is to start with the basic teachings of Islam. God, prophethood, the Life Hereafter are the concepts which are first put to non- Muslim addressees

What is the solution to this problem? Its solution lies in a practice (sunnah) of the Prophet Muhammad: to separate the religious from the political aspect of the matter. This would enable men of religion

religion to solve the problem by applying what is called ‘practical wisdom,’ that is, to avoid the present problems and grasp the available opportunities. By following this process, they would be able to fulfill

direction of the Ka‘bah at prayer time. How could believers in monotheism turn their faces towards what was, in effect, a structure strongly associated with polytheism? It is significant that along with

PICTUREKhadijaKhadija was the first wife of The Prophet Muhammad and the first person to accept Islam. At the time of her marriage to Muhammad , she was a widow and one of the wealthiest traders in

by the first visit from the angel Jibril. Khadija’s wealth was also a great source of support to Islam. Having endured the hardships of the social boycott of

EXCOMMUNICATION FROM ISLAMGod’s Domain THE Prophet said, “When a person calls his brother a disbeliever (kafir), it applies to one of the two. If the addressee is not a disbeliever, then the person who

prays facing the Kabah as qiblah will not be declared as kafir, or will not be excommunicated from Islam, on any pretext. The truth is that to declare any person as kafir or disbeliever is entirely God’s

conscious plan. Marriage is not simply a social institution. In Islam, it has an importance far greater than this. According to the Islamic concept of life, God Almighty created an ideal world, Paradise

just such an ideal opportunity for intellectual partnership. According to a saying of the Prophet of Islam, men and women are two equal halves of a single unit. The best expression of this equality is that

factor is thus a major segment of the very essence of Islam. This is clearly in evidence at the appointed times of worship—the most sublime form of worship being salat (namaz) which is engaged in five

half bath. In this way, the devout Muslim takes a half bath five times daily. In the first phase of Islam, it was common practice for Muslims to take a bath daily before the fajr (dawn) prayers. Bathing thus

clean. Indeed, as much stress is laid on cleanliness as on the avoidance of wearing showy apparel. In Islam, the devotee is required, ideally to worship in clothes which are simple, and above all, clean. In

have burnt our intestines.” The emigration to Madinah was a watershed in Islamic history. From a practical point of view, Islam emerged from a purely missionary phase and entered a period of active confrontation

news of the joys of paradise, and warning of the punishment of hell. When he preached the message of Islam to the Bani ‘Amir ibn Sasa’a tribe in the fair of Ukaz, he assured them at the same time that all

had broadened, and now Islam had to take account of social issues as well. The policy adopted by the Prophet at this juncture was aimed at softening people’s hearts towards Islam, so that the purpose of

times, is the second stage of that revolutionary process set in motion in the seventh century by Islam. THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Nations but is instead a legacy from the Islamic revolution, which was brought into existence a thousand years before the United Nations came into being. Islam, for the first time in human history, uprooted

considerations. In actual fact, in the early phase of Islam (as well as in the later phase) dawah and reform works had to be performed, without which the history of Islam would not have been complete. If the ulama

political institutions. The resulting absence of strife permitted the uninterrupted propagation of Islam.