An Agnostic Biography of the Prophet Muhammad By LESLEY HAZLETON Basically, frustration! I’d read several biographies of Muhammad as background for my previous book, After the Prophet, but though they seemed to tell me a lot about him, they left me with little real sense of the man himself. There was a certain dutiful aspect to them, and this…
From Superstitions into Light Rabi’ul-Awwal is the most significant month in the Islamic history, because humanity has been blessed in this month by the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam. Before the birth of the Holy Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, not only the Arabian peninsula, but also the so-called civilized…
A Mercy for Children Allaah’s Messenger was particularly compassionate towards children. When he saw a child crying, he sat beside him or her and shared his or her feelings. He felt the pain of a mother for her child more than the mother herself. Once he said: “I stand in prayer and wish to prolong it. However,…
Book: The Authority And Importance Of The Sunnah Download this Book The Sunnah cannot dispense with the Quran: Allaah Almighty chose Muhammad , as His Prophet and selected him to deliver His final message. The Quran was revealed to the Prophet in which Allaah commanded him to obey everything that was ordered of him; that is,…
THE HIJRA CALENDAR By Abdussattar Ghazali http://www.ghazali.net/calander/Hijra/body_hijra.html The Islamic calendar is reckoned from the time of migration (Hijra) of Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) from Mecca to Madina. The Prophet’s decision to migrate from Mecca came after several years of inhuman treatment of the faithful by the powerful tribes who were united despite all…
Hijra (Migration From Plot) http://www.islamic-city.com/islam/hijra.htm The calendar year of Islam begins not with the birthday of our prophet (peace be on him), not from the time that the revelation came to him (Bethat) nor from the time of his ascension to heaven, but with the migration (Hijra) from an undesirable environment into a desirable place…
The Last Sermon of Allah’s Messenger (saws) by Prophet Muhammad (salallâhu alayhi wa salam) Print Version | << Back This sermon was delivered on the Ninth Day of Dhul-Hijjah 10 A.H. in the ‘Uranah valley of Mount Arafat’ in Makkah. After praising, and thanking Allaah(SWT), he (SAW) said: “O People lend me an attentive ear,…