These Qur’anic ayahs (verses), along with many others, show how Islam treats parents and how it enjoins Muslims to be kind to them in all circumstances except for when they or one of them is calling you to worship other than Allah the Almighty, The Creator of all.
The real definition and practice of fasting extend beyond simply abstaining ourselves from food and drinks. Fasting also means self-restraint, from everything and anything that may displease God or go against the principles of decency. When we fast, we don’t eat or drink except at the right time, we don’t speak except for good words, we don’t perform except for beneficial deeds and we do not allow our hearts to be occupied by anything except for God, righteousness and all that is constructive.
Our fearless hero set out towards the lion such as wind. He had in his bosom the dignity, faith and courage a Muslim who is fearless of other than Allah has and he even thought to himself that it is the lion who should be fearful of him, not the other way around!
The king was upset and feared that the prince would have a psychological complex that might prevent him from occupying the throne. Consequently, the king summoned all his ministers and consultants and brought the issue to discussion and deliberation.
Hajj, one of the five main pillars of Islam, gives a specific and practical example of acts of worship in Islam. A rich spiritual experience, Hajj has a great message and lessons for the benefit and wellbeing of man and all humanity, resulting in spiritual and behavioral development in the life of a Muslim. Hajj is a life-time journey; if conducted properly, it will erase all sins of the pilgrim. So, every Muslim intending to undertake this journey should first learn well its rituals and how to perform them correctly.
What is courage if it is not daring death when it calls upon the courageous? And who is more daring than the courageous who believes that he is on the right side? Even you can now listen to `Umar as if he were saying “To die for the right is better than to live for falsehood. Courage is recommended, cowardice is detestable, and falsehood is vulnerable to vanish!”
This is an extremely important topic that everyone should take the time to learn about that has to do with Israel, Jerusalem, and Judaism. You will benefit tremendously from watching this. Some very important points you will learn… History of Israel – Who was Israel? Where this name came from? How it all started?
One of these outstanding lessons is to keep one’s promise and fulfil one’s covenant even if it is with your enemy. When the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) learned that the Tribe of Quraysh set out to confront and fight against him in the area called Badr, he went out to meet them at the appointed place. Though the Muslims were outnumbered by far,
One hears of Mahomet’s [Muhammad] beauty: his fine sagacious honest face, brown florid complexion, beaming black eyes; —I somehow like too that vein on the brow, which swelled up black when he was in anger: like the ” horseshoe vein” in Scott’s Red gauntlet.
Because of their perception and opinions, both the teacher and the student were unjustly persecuted, tortured, and humiliated in public by the local authorities then, and they were imprisoned in a single cell, while other disciples were kept separate in the central prison of Damascus, still known to-date as al-Qal’ah. Among the imprisoned scholars, there also was a young man named Ibn Kathir who later on became as the most renowned Muslim scholar and compiler of the most comprehensive Qur’anic commentaries ‘Tafsir Ibn Kathir.’