is no dearth of offices set up in the name of Islam. But an Islamic Centre on the pattern of Masjid-e-Nabavi is very rare. This fact in itself makes it worthy of the promised divine succour. It is related

decreed as a matter of Divine Will that Makkah should be the centre of annual worship (22:27). Ibn-e-Kathir writes in his commentary on this verse of the Quran that when the House of God was constructed

the mosque An example of an error of ijtihad from the contemporary period is provided by the Jama‘at-e-Islami, which is based on the ideas of Maulana Sayyed Abul ‘Ala Maududi (d. 1979). Maulana Maududi was

Muhammad said, "Marriage is my tradition; Then whosoever does not favor my tradition is not with me." (Ibn e Majah) In Islam, marriage is both a social contract entered into by mutual consent of the bride and

is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Marquette University. He is co-editor (with Bradford E. Hinze) of Heirs of Abraham: The Future of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Relations (Orbis, 2005). He

On seeing Kashmir, an aware person can say a prayer which is called in the hadith praying with Ism-e-Azam, that is, with the great name of God. But for such a prayer, a favourable environment is necessary

Sahih Bukhari 32, 38, 100 Sahih Muslim 32, 38 Samuel 33 Satan 39 Scientific treatises 116 Shab-e Barat 95 Shariah 56, 57, 104 Shiv Jayanti 94, 95, 99 Shiv Sena 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 107 South

blessings before he departed. Such a poignant scene evoked memories of the Prophet sitting in the Masjid-e- Nabawi, exhorting people and sending them out in groups to propagate the message to those who were

peaceful temperament of the Kashmiris: Ma qissae sikandar o dara na khwanda eim Az ma bajuz hikayat e mehro wafa mapurs (I have not read the stories of Sikandar and Dara, ask me only about stories of love