Category Jewels of Islam

Salah Al-Din Al-Ayyubi

An irate French girl came up to the Sultan and said, “You murderer, you have killed my father, and captured both of my brothers, so there remains no one to support me!” Our hero calmly ordered that her brother be set free and then addressed her: “As for your father, he was killed in a war which he started himself and in which many innocent people were killed.” The French girl looked down full of shame and regret for her insolence with such an honorable man and with tears in her eyes, she said “Forgive me, sir!

Imam Ibn Hazm Al-Andalusi: Who Is He? (Part 1/2)

Ibn Hazm rejected Qiyas and Istinbat as invalid. He described Istihsan as an outcome of the third century and that it comprised of only the fiats of the Muftis which people have adopted as good. He rejected them. He does not consider it incumbent upon Muslims to follow the Shari`ah (law code) of the earlier Prophets offering the following verse: Likullin ja`alna minkum shir`atan wa minhaja (Al-Ma’idah: verse 48) which is interpreted as every Ummah had its own Shari`ah.

Imam Ibn Hazm Al-Andalusi: Who Is He? (Part 2/2)

Ibn Hazm was a great investigator in historical affairs. Translators of his works have rated him highly and opine that he gathered the knowledge of history from both Oriental and Western sources. He authored several books in history. He wrote several biographies and books on lineage. Following are some of them: Al-Marifata bil-Ansab, Al-Tarikhul `Aam. However, the best known among his books on lineage is Jamharatun Ansab al-`Arab.

Good Treatment in Islam

Treatment is an interaction between two sides through which they exchange words, deeds or affairs including communication, correspondence, conciliation, dispute, etc. The concluding message set for humanity the rules for co-existence which led it along the way to goodness and success in this world and the Hereafter.

Sunnah and Health Awareness (Part 1 / 2)

The renowned scholar draws our attention to a very important point: All books of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) start with a chapter entitled taharah (purification). This is the first branch of fiqh that Muslim men and women start to study (Qaradawi 9). Dr. Al-Qaradawi then cites a well-known rule for Muslims: No Muslim could pray if he or she is not purified from minor impurity (Al Hadath Al Asghar) by partial ablution or from major impurity (Al Hadath Al Akbar) by complete ablution or ghusl.

Sunnah and Health Awareness (Part 2/2)

Islam’s prohibition of intoxicants strongly and clearly illustrates its concern for bodily health. Alcoholic drinks and drugs are prohibited under any name or in any form. Islam is very strict in the prohibition of intoxicants (here intoxicants include alcohol and drugs.) The consumers of intoxicants are not the only ones who are subject to legal punishment in the view of Islam but also the manufacturers, the sellers and the servers. Any substance that causes harm for the body is prohibited by the Qur’an and Sunnah.

Islam and Environmental Ethics (Part 1/2)

In order to understand Islamic ethics we have to know that Islam is based on the paradigm of tawhid (i.e., the Oneness) and this concept has many dimensions, but at the root of this concept is that those creatures are all linked together in unity. Everything out there is created, sustained, and cherished by the same God Who created you, the same God who revealed the book.

King As-Salih Najm Ad-Din Ayyoub

One could hardly imagine how those Muslim emirs accepted to give up Bayt Al-Maqdis for the Christians, knowing that any true Muslim could not think about giving any spot of the Islamic land whatever small it might be, let alone Bayt Al-Maqdis in particular, where there is, as known to all, Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, which had previously been liberated by their grandfather, the great hero Saladin, May Allah have mercy upon him, and cost much blood, very hard times and bitter wars. This is what actually took place.