The Qur’an is the last divine book, which was revealed from Allah as a declaration and guidance to mankind. It is an explanation of all things and means for men to be rightly guided. In many verses of the Qur’an, it is commanded to obey the prophet of Allah. This is quite a significant point because understanding the Qur’an fully can only be possible with following the Sunnah of the prophet.The Sunnah is the explanation of the Qur’an. It is the creed of ahl-i Sunnah, which has been constituted with collecting true hadiths of the prophet Muhammad (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam), and interpretation of these hadiths by great scholars in later times. (more…)
In a dark dark world there was a dark dark country. In the dark dark country there was a dark dark newspaper. In the dark dark offices of the dark dark newspaper, the dark dark Editor had a dark dark idea. He decided to set up a dark dark competition to make some dark dark caricatures of the Prophet of Islam. His dark dark intentions being to test whether Muslims would be able to accept this dark dark vision.
Enough of the fairy tale! The Muslim reaction was anger. Understandably so. Yes some Muslims went too far with their protest by rioting, threatening, kidnapping and hijacking! However, the thing most non-Muslims did not understand was why the reaction was two months down the line. Was it politically motivated? Was it extremists jumping onto a bandwagon? Was it terrorists trying to cause a reaction? Was it Muslims trying to silence their critics? (Read More…)
Simple questions with simple Answers relating to the Prophet of Islam.
“Mohammed is the guy Muslims worship innit?”
No. Muslims do not worship Muhammad (peace be upon him) or any other prophets. Muslims believe in all prophets including Adam, Noah, Abraham, David, Solomon, Moses and Jesus. Muslims believe that Muhammad(pbuh) was the last of the prophets. They believe that God alone is to be worshipped, not any human being. (Read More…)
By Imam Zaid Shakir
The ongoing “Cartoon Crisis” raises several issues. One of the most important is the incumbency of seeing the ongoing crisis as an opportunity to educate people in the West about our blessed Prophet, 
. Along those lines, one of the greatest things we can do is teach about the exalted ethical standard introduced by our Prophet, . That ethical standard is the bedrock of his mission and message.
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To describe the clash over the Danish depictions of the prophet as one between freedom and dogma will only fan the flames, says Tariq Ramadan
Monday February 6, 2006
In Copenhagen last October, as demonstrations provoked by the Danish satirical cartoons about Islam were starting, a reporter from the newspaper that published them told me how intensely the editorial staff had debated whether to go ahead, how uncomfortable many of them had been about the whole issue and, at the same time, how surprised they had been by the strong reaction from Muslims and the Arab embassies. At the time, however, the tension seemed likely to remain within Danish borders. (more…)
Newspapers across Europe have reprinted insulting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) that were first printed in a Danish paper in September 2005.
KNOW YOUR PROPHET
The Prophet of Islam has been attacked! Do you know him? What did he stand for? What was he like? Read about his life, his mission, his achievements, his personality… (more…)
You may be an atheist or an agnostic or you may belong to any of the religious denominations that exist in the world today. You may have been a Communist or a believer in democracy and freedom.
No matter what you are, and no matter what your religious and political beliefs, personal and social habits happen to be - You Still Must Know This Man! (more…)
A major part of the Prophet
’s mission was to bring peace to the world.
One of the ways in which he strove towards this end was to attempt to convince people that all men and women, albeit inhabiting very different regions of the world, and different from one another in color, culture and language, et cetera, were in fact blood brothers and sisters. (more…)
By Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi
But those will prosper who purify themselves, glorify the name of their Lord, and (lift their hearts) in Prayer. Nay (behold), you prefer the life of this world; but the Hereafter is better and more enduring. And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelations), the Books of Abraham and Moses. (Al-A`la 87:14-19)
Our daily challenge is how to live in this world in the way of the prophets of Allah, all the prophets of Allah from Adam to the last and final Prophet, Muhammad - peace be upon all of them.
The way of the prophets of Allah was one and the same. They came to give the same message and followed basically the same principles and values. (more…)
Bleeding from head to toe, battered and exhausted, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was faced with a choice.
Should he or should he not seek to destroy the people who had just humiliated him by having their children chase him out of town while throwing stones at him? And what was his crime? All he wanted to do was to share his message and seek to benefit his people. (more…)
The Prophet Muhammad is introduced in the Qur’an in these words:
“And We have not sent you forth but as a mercy to mankind.” (Al-Anbiyaa’: 107)
This shows that his distinctive quality was that he was a blessing incarnate in word and deed. (more…)
If we compare the life of Muhammad before and after his mission as a Prophet, we will conclude that it is unreasonable to think that Muhammad was a false prophet who claimed Prophethood to attain material gains, greatness, glory, or power.
Before his mission as a Prophet, Muhammad had no financial worries. As a successful and reputed merchant, he drew a satisfactory and comfortable income. (more…)
[Taken from Introduction to Islam by Muhammad Hamidullah (Centre Culturel Islamique, Paris, 1969), with some changes to make it more readable. The changes are marked by pairs of brackets like around this paragraph. Dr. Hamidullah's present address is: 9 Beaver Court, Wilkes Barre PA, 18702, USA.]
In the annals of men, individuals have not been lacking who conspicuously devoted their lives to the socio-religious reform of their connected peoples. We find them in every epoch and in all lands. In India, there lived those who transmitted to the world the Vedas, and there was also the great Gautama Buddha; China had its Confucius; the Avesta was produced in Iran. (more…)
Have you ever wondered what the Prophet Muhammad was like? (more…)
Sajid Iqbal, Editor
Whether you are a Muslim or not you have to admire and appreciate what Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has given to mankind. Let’s see what the non-Muslims have to say about him: (more…)
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA confirms:
“….a mass of detail in the early sources show that he was an honest and upright man who had gained the respect and loyalty of others who were like-wise honest and upright men.”
(Vol. 12) (more…)
A number of miracles were bestowed upon and performed by Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to establish the proof of his prophethood. (more…)
Pundit Vedaprakash Upadhyay, a Hindu professor, in his stunning book claims that the description of the “Avatar” found in the holy books of the Hindu religion, matches the Holy Prophet Mohammed (PUBH). (more…)
“Those who follow the Apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own Scriptures, in the Torah and the Gospel…” (Quran 7:157; Trans.: Yusuf Ali)
Reference to the Bible
Is it justifiable for Muslims to quote the Bible or quote from it?
There appears to be two common and extreme misconceptions about the Muslims’ attitudes towards the Bible: (more…)
This sermon was delivered on the Ninth Day of Dhul-Hijjah 10 A.H. in the ‘Uranah valley of Mount Arafat’ in Mecca.
After praising and thanking Allah the Prophet (saws) said: (more…)
Prof. Tahir ul Qadri.
Taken from the book Nur-i-Muhammadi [sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam]
In the Sira of Ibn Hisham it is narrated that during her pregnancy Hadrat Amina saw a light [nur] by which the palaces of the cities of Basra and Sham (Syria) became visible. (more…)
All praise is due to Allah who has guided us to follow the Noble Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), the leader of the Messengers; Who has granted us the capacity to remain steadfast on the pillars and essential principles of Deen Al-Islam; Who has made it easy for us to follow the footsteps and way of our pious predecessors, to the extent that our hearts have been illuminated with the knowledge of the Shari’ah and the conclusive argument in favour of the evident truth; and Who has kept our internal souls free from the contamination of falsehood. (more…)
IN THE EYES OF THE SCHOLARS OF ISLÂM
The commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him (Mawlid or Mîlâd) is received by some people with doubts, suspicion and aspersions. (more…)
by Mustafa Badawi
” Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth . . .
“[1] The Light is one of the ninety-nine Beautiful Names of Allah. Light is that by which things become known. Things may exist in the dark, but they cannot be seen. Light may be physical, such as the light of the sun or the moon, or intelligible, like the light of the intellect. (more…)
The “Salafis” object to the verses (of al-Burda by al-Busiri):
52. wa kullu ayin ata al-rusulu al-kiramu biha / fa innama ittasalat min nurihi bihimi
And every single sign brought by the noble Prophets was theirs only in connection to his light, (more…)
