“But my lineage is better than his” said Zainab bint Jahsh radiallahu anha, Rasulullah’s sallallahu alaihi wasallam cousin, when he proposed to her on behalf of his freed slave, Zaid bin Haaritha radiallahu anhu. However, her argument carried no weight in the court of Allah and His Rasul sallallahu alaihi wasallam whose aim was to…

Do you know what thareed was? It was a favourite dish of the Arabs, which they gave preferred over all other dishes. (Being the month of Ramadaan, you are probably wondering why I am speaking of food. Well it is definitely not because I want to make you feel hungry or count how many hours…

You Look Like the Nabi Born in the month of Sha’baan or Ramadaan of the third year   after the hijrah, his father, Ali (radiallahu anhu), intended to call him Harb (war). However, his maternal grandfather, Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) named him Hasan. His physical features, particularly the upper half of his body, had a very…

Are you stressing? Is somebody troubling you? A nasty neighbour, a jealous sibling, a rebellious son, a spiteful daughter-in-law . . .? The list is lengthy. However, the question is: why stress? Ponder over the following pointers and, Insha Allah, you will experience some relief.

Free. Are we really free? Consider the hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam:تعس عبد الدينار وعبد الدرهم وعبد الخميصة إن أعطي رضي وإن لم يعط سخط May the slave of the gold coin, silver coin and the shawl perish! He is happy if he receives but unhappy if he does not.  Slaves of gold, silver…

Before I tell you who Ibn Abi Kabshah was, whether he was a sahaabi, a taabi’ie or an outstanding wali, let me take you to Abu Sufyaan (ra)’s encounter with the Roman emperor, Heraclius. Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam had sent a letter to Heraclius inviting him to Islam. This letter was delivered to him in…

We have been commanded in more than one aayah of the Qur’aan to perform salaah and give zakaah. We have also been commanded to fast and perform hajj. There are a number of other obligatory or voluntary injunctions in the sharee’ah. Is there, however, any injunction which we were commanded to fulfill abundantly? On numerous…

‘The Believer’s weapon’ is how Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam described du’aa. ‘A slack bow’ is how Ibn-ul-Qayyim (ra) described the du’aa that . . . People often wonder why their du’aas are not accepted, especially when they hear or read the aayah:    وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ“And your Rabb said: Call me, I will accept…

Fitnah . . . now that’s a word you must have heard on many occasions in the past. Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam predicted the appearance of many fitan (plural of fitnah) before the Day of Qiyaamah. He also predicted that with the passing of time they would appear more and more frequently and that every…

Let me tell you what happens when you procrastinate. You see, I have this habit of delaying the preparation of the Friday talk until Thursday night. Come Thursday night and I often delay it further, until Friday morning. I then prepare the talk after the fajr salaah. That is exactly what I did last night.…