(41:33) is called dawah ilallah. Calling people to God means communicating the message of God—Quran and Islam—to all mankind. The call to God aims at bringing people closer to their Creator and Sustainer, and

acquaint man with the creation plan of God. As we learn from the Islamic history, calling people to God was the greatest goal of the Prophet of Islam. It was for this purpose that the Prophet Muhammad was sent

carry out this mission from one generation to the next and, in presenting the preserved message of Islam to people of every age and time till the Last Day. Ibn Ishaaq, the Prophet’s earliest biographer,

best marry someone beneath one’s social status. But in Islam remarriage is not a taboo: The Prophet himself married a widow. The provisions of Islam are thus a great blessing to couples who realize only

only too late that they have erred in making their choice of a partner. Islam provides for them to separate amicably, in a spirit of goodwill. Just think of couples wasting away the whole of their lives in

conditions of separation and its consequences are hard to meet. It is as unnatural as anything can be. Islam is a natural religion. Such a situation has not

is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between 610 and 632 AD. It is a book that brings glad tidings to humankind, along with divine admonition

wealth, but subsequently giving a lavish dowry to enable the bride to set up her home is contrary to Islamic practice. It was certainly not the sunnah of the Prophet. Fatimah was his favorite daughter, but

she should go and ask her father to give her one of them. When Fatimah came to the Prophet, he asked what had brought her there. But, feeling too shy to ask anything of him, she merely said, “I have come

Hijab in IslamHIJAB IN THE LIGHT OF THE QURAN AND HADITHTHIS CHAPTER is based on an authoritative Arabic book titled Hijab al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah fil Kitab was- Sunnah, by Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani

traditionist. It was translated by this writer and initially published in condensed form in the quarterly, Islam and the Modern Age.182 The third edition of the original work with some additions is before me. The

to by him to support his argument. ‘Aishah says that Muslim women used to attend the 182. Islam and the Modern Age, Urdu Edition (New Delhi), January 1973.

between economic activities and Islamic demands is for people to always remain prepared, so that whenever they receive a call of religion, they will give preference to the Islamic demand over the economic demand

demand. After having fulfilled their Islamic duties, they will then have every right to return once again to economic activities.MAY 13 Ambassadors of IslamUmm Haram bint Milhan, a Sahabiya, (a companion

that of her own individual superiority in Islamic history, but the indication her position gives of the high status women were accorded within the sphere of Islam, and of the vastness of the field in which

which their talents might honorably be used. It was owing to the distinctive character of Islam that she was able to render such important social and political services. We present below some additional

best marry someone beneath one’s social status. But in Islam remarriage is not a taboo: the Prophet himself married a widow. The provisions of Islam are thus a great blessing to couples who realize only

only too late that they have erred in making their choice of a partner. Islam provides for them to separate amicably, in a spirit of goodwill. Just think of couples wasting away the whole of their lives in

to meet. It is as unnatural as anything can be. Islam is a natural religion. Such a situation has not developed in Muslim communities because Islamic law on marriage and divorce provides for all, or almost

After the migration to Madinah in 622 A.D, the Prophet of Islam and his companions were attacked by the Quraysh of Makkah. It was a one-day war, which was won by the Prophet and his companions. They were

the progress in life. But the Prophet of Islam meted out no punishment to them. They were educated persons, by the standards of those days. The Prophet of Islam said to them that any one of them who would

of the Quran to him. Often phrases like, “He made mention of 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

overshadowed everything else. Recitation of the Quran was, in those days, a common method of preaching Islam. When Mus’ab ibn Zubair was sent to Madinah as a preacher, he used to “talk to people, and recite