distribution of spoils at Jir’ana, and Safwan ibn Umayya was with him. As yet he had not accepted Islam. Standing on the side of a gully, he gazed in wonderment at the goats and camels swarming beneath

Prophet told him. “No one but a prophet could be so generous,” Safwan replied. He immediately accepted Islam, and testified that there was no one worthy of being served save God, and that Muhammad was His servant

his other marriages were entered into for the political and missionary advantages that accrued to Islam from them. The year after the Peace Treaty of Hudaybiyyah (628 A.D.), the Prophet—along with 2000

period of Islam, when the Prophet first commenced his public mission in Makkah, ‘Utba ibn Rabiah once came to meet the Prophet on behalf of the Quraysh. When he returned to his people, this is what he had

accept their repentance. I am the Ever-Relenting, the Most Merciful.” (2:159-60) If God’s will is what He has expressed in His Book, the Quran, it can be concluded without doubt that if Muslims individually

Divine Court that he had warned the people of the reality of life. Is there any group in the whole Islamic world which can be said to be performing the task of warning the nations of the world? If this is

The Prophet Muhammad once observed: No one can be a believer until he begins to like for his brother what he likes for himself. (Fath-ul-Bari, 1/73). With minor differences, these words of the Prophet have

as he does not like for his neighbour (or brother) what he likes for himself. No one can be a believer until he begins to like for his brother what he likes for himself All individuals, be they literate

handicapped, whether of one class or another, are certain at all events of their own likes and dislikes. Now what is required is that they simply follow the principle that whatever behaviour they want from others

island of Islam between the Quraysh in Makkah, 400 kilometres to the south, and the Jews in Khaybar, 200 kilometres to the north. The Quraysh and the Jews were united in their enmity towards Islam but neither

island of Islam between the Quraysh in Makkah, 400 kilometres to the south, and the Jews in Khaybar, 200 kilometres to the north. The Quraysh and the Jews were united in their enmity towards Islam but neither

the great edifice was entered and there appeared, lying as low as low could be, a solitary grave. What a contrast between that mighty dome—a symbol of human greatness and that lowly grave—testimony to

constructions presented a picture of the startling and agonizing discrepancy between what man seeks in this world, and what actually comes his way. He seeks to consolidate his own position on earth, to establish

and grave— presented a picture of the startling and agonizing discrepancy between what man seeks in this world, and what actually comes his way. So, clear is the picture of truth that appears before man

arid then asked Ali to write instead “Muhammad, son of Abdullah.” The real status of the Prophet of Islam was that he was the Prophet of God: his entire mission rested on this claim. Erasing the words ‘Messenger

Bakr and said: “Is he not the Prophet of God?” (Seerah ibn Kathir, pp. 320-21) Yet the Prophet of Islam did not attach importance to any of these things, the reason being that he had risen so high that

One of the teachings of Islam is that when two or more people meet, they must greet one another with the words, Assalamu ‘Alaikum (Peace be upon you). Similarly, Salat or five times daily prayer is the

the highest form of worship in Islam. At the close of each prayer all worshippers have to turn their faces to either side and utter the words Asslamu- ’Alaikum warahmatullah (May peace and God’s blessings

Uthman, Islam had spread far and wide, and the number of Muslims was legion. Moreover, the companions who taught the Quran had gone to different countries that had come within the fold of Islam. For instance