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Some Humorous Talk of the Prophet

Anas radiallaahu ‘anhu said: That someone asked him if the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam made jovial remarks. Ibn Abbas replied in the affirmative. Then the man asked him to tell him what type of jovial remarks he indulged in. At this Ibn Abbas said, ‘Once the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam gave a very loose shirt to one of his wives and asked her to wear it and to praise Allaah. He further asked her to walk around pulling its ends or skirts as a bride does.’ [Ibn Asakir and al Kanz Vol IV p43]

Tasawwuf: Comprehensive, Modern and Scientific

A critical essay by Shihab Thangal on the developments and present misconceptions about Mysticism in

PMSA Pookoya Thangal: The dazzling light of today’s daybreak

‘Today is the sound continuation of Yesterday’
The flowers of past used to blossom in Imam’s gatherings. These moments tied present with the past. He was particular that ‘Today was the sound continuation of yesterday’. Today’s daybreak acquired its light from the fading light of yesterday’s twilight. History is not meager tales of past events. It […]

Syed Shihab: Arabia’s gift to India

‘The Indian Muslim minority has made valuable contributions to Islamic culture and world civilizations while living under the secular framework of the country’, said renowned scholar, orator and a member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of Indian Parliament) representing the Indian Union Muslim League. He was speaking at the Asian Studies Center of the […]

Cheraman Perumal

The First Indian to accept Islam
Cheraman Perumal, of Kodungallur, Kerala, was the first Indian to accept Islam. Many historians have recorded this fact in their writings. For example, M. Hamidulla writes in “Muhammad Rasoolullah” quoting some old manuscripts from India Office Library (ref no. Arabic, 2807, 152-173)
“There is a very old tradition in Malabar, South-West […]

Unique pearls on the shore of Islam

This is an age where there are many struggles for the equality of women. Seminars, books, talk show demonstrations…what else not is used in propagation of the feminist agenda. And in this process, the apostles of feminism don’t waste any chance in painting Islam as a backward and discriminatory religion. Hijab is labeled as ‘an […]

Tips to a Blissful Marriage

Taken from “Blissful Marriage” by Dr. Ekram & M. Rida Beshir
1) Never go to bed with an unsettled argument; learn to have differences without letting them affect your relationship.
2) Express opinions in a calm and polite way. Do not shout or yell. Learn to
keep your cool even at the most tense moments and learn to […]

Annemarie Schimmmel : On Deciphering The Signs Of God

Annemarie Schimmel, whom we are remembering today, has been a larger than life scholar in the great tradition of German scholarship. Schimmel’s spanned centuries of Islamic learning to make her an authority on the literary heritage of different Islamic peoples - Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sindhi and Pashto. Plus this was a connoisseur of music […]

“The believer is like rain, wherever he goes is goodness” Amr Khaled’s message to US Muslims

Amr Khaled was recently named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Persons in the world, and he had been invited to the United States. Transcript: CAIR/ISNA - ‘An Evening with Amr Khaled’
On Saturday, May 12, the Maryland and Virginia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MD/VA), in cooperation with the Islamic Society of […]

Sheikh Zainudhin Makhdum

Introduction
Sheikh Zainudhin Makhdum I, son of Ahmed bin Ma’bari, was born in 872 A.H at Cochin. He settled at Ponnani and being a master of Arabic language, he had several literary works to his credit including Murshid, Adkiya and Shubul Iman.
He had also written a treatise called ‘Tahrees Ahlil Imani Ala Jihadi Abdatisuul Bani’ appealing […]

The Indian Prime Minister pays homage to Ali Mian.

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee joined the Muslim world in mourning the sudden death of. . .

Reformative efforts of Shah Waliyullah

Reformative efforts of Shah Waliyullah can be divided into the following

Reform of the creed and. . .

List of Shah Waliyullah’s Books

The following are the books written by Shah Waliyullah. The list given here is however. . .

Hadith : The Crown of Knowledge

“The crown of all infallible knowledge and the source and foundation of religious branches of learning is the science of Hadith which gives us an account of the sayings and doings of the noble Prophet as well as tell of his tacit approval of the things done in his presence. The Ahadith are like luminous torches in the surrounding darkness, the milestones of guidance or like the brilliant moon shedding light in a gloomy light.

Works of Shah Waliyullah

He has left behind several works including an Arabic and Persian Commentaries on Muwatta, the well-known collection of the Tradition of the Holy Prophet compiled by Imam Malik. He attached great importance to this collection of Traditions by Imam Malik, even greater than those of Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim. He is an outstanding Muhaddis (Traditionist) and links of all modern scholars of Hadith in the subcontinent may be traced to him. Foremost among these modern Traditionalists were his son and successor Shah Abdul Aziz and Syed Murtaza Bilgrami. Shah Waliullah wrote a number of books and pamphlets dealing with Hadith

Prophet-Source of all blessings

Whatever God has given me, it was made available because of my following the Prophet. . .

Prophet -The greatest of Mankind!

Sheikh Imam Ahmed Sirhindi

This letter, written to Naqib and Sayyid Shaikh Farid, praises the Best. . .

Life sketch of Shah Waliyullah

Life sketch of Shah Waliyullah

Birth

Shah Waliyullah was born in 1703 AC four years before. . .

August 2006

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Adventures with Visual Media
السلام عليكم
Past week has been extremely busy with a project based on visual media. Sleep is covered hardly 3 hours a day. The 30-days schduled program is far-reaching and has many highlights of its own. Although I am just a contributing force for the show, I am equally involved […]

Ramadan beyond civilizations

[Jaihoon’s analysis of the Special programs broadcasted on the media around the world]
Life offers

The same old wine

- Jaihoon
The same old wine I sell
But different names I tell…
Two slaves of God once

A tree just before Terror and Tremor

Management gurus talk much about doing the right things at the right time. Experts give

A Noble Message for the Love-less Age

My heart beats with a noble message
Filled with love,
‘Tis meant for this ‘love-less age’
I care

Why Lovers pretend silence?

One day around the Full Moon
Gathered the Stars in a Blessed Town
Each time he uttered

Who else is so loved, followed and remembered?

What value would my life have
If for Muhammad my heart doesn’t carve?
What bliss would raise my humble deed
If by Your Prophet’s ways I do not abide?
Oh! ‘His thoughts are as the soul for our clay
Appreciating him is binding on the community’
When to His House with the right foot we enter
And pray for the doors […]

Strange indeed is this thing called Love

Ya Allah! Allow me
To live little more
For, Your Beloved I wish
To further adore
May my heart
With his love burn
To follow him,
May my life learn
Strange indeed is this
Thing called love
No any rest nor any leisure
For the lover does it allow
Every now and then
He is in constant moan
Even in midst of the common crowd
His heart is alone when […]

How much is your prayer worth?

A man came and asked his friend, ‘Would Your Lord answer your prayer if you ask for a loaf of bread’. The friend nodded his head positively. The man again insisted, “Do you really think so?”. This time the friend began to beat around the bush and began to justify saying. ‘well you see….’. The […]