... then turned to the woman and said, "By God, I do not permit you to drink. If you do so, you shall be sorry when your soul reaches your throat (that is at the time of death)". So saying the Imam ...

... prophet. God sent him to guide the people of Madyan. He became very weak and was losing his sight. He had only two daughters. They used to do all the housework and saw to their parents needs. They grazed the ...

... of women in Islam and have been publicized in the media. Britain regards itself as giving equal rights to men and women Although in Britain latest studies have shown that men are paid more than women to carry out the ...

... of evolution may take hundreds of years to become evident. As a result, evolution is difficult to verify by normal scientific methods, making it that much easier for sceptics to dismiss. But while evolution itself is rarely seen, its outcome ...

... worshipped as they are only humans not angels they are simply the messengers of Allah. Each prophet was sent down by Allah to convey his message towards a particular group/ tribe of people this was for all except prophet Muhammad (PBUH) ...

... belief in the oneness of creation. God has created everything so there must be unity. Muslims should believe Tawhid not only in the sense of the oneness of God but also the unity of humanity and the oneness of humanity ...

... our moustache. The moustache gives off a certain secretion which is not healthy, and if it were to go into food and water, then it would be unhealthy. Therefore, we should trim the moustache and not shave it off completely. ...

... odds were overwhelmingly in their favor. Imagine that the believers with their small army (including only 2 horses), going out with the intent of meeting a mere 40 unarmed man and instead meeting a well- prepared army of *3 times* ...

... Medina. The Thursday night we arrived at Jeddah was the last time to buy a ticket to Medina from the only ticket booth open at the airport. Fatigued by the journey, my friend Ta'Sin gave up hope of reaching Medina however ...

... went back to his village and told everyone about Allah and the angel. Mekkah Mekkah is the holy place for Muslims. They have a rule that you must be a Muslims to enter Mekkah. It is most important place ...

... jihad with the struggle for justice is reinforced in the hadith, the sayings and actions attributed to the prophet Muhammad (). Muslims must strive to avert injustice first by words and if that is not possible, by violence, qital (fighting ...

... famous Hanif was Abd-al-Muttalib, who was respected for his devout fasting and praying. In 570 CE his son, Abdullah, suddenly died, shortly after marrying his young wife Aminah, leaving her pregnant. Her child, who was to change the whole history ...

... the focal point of a god's energy. Many of the statues were symbolic for example many statues were pyramids which represent the sun breaking through the clouds or power and blessing. The most important god that was worshipped in the ...

... the stability of the mountains is linked to the phenomenon of folding, In his co-authored book entitled "Earth" [1], Professor Emeritus Frank Press says that mountains have underlying roots. These roots are deeply embedded in the ground; thus, mountains have a ...

... the prophet and his sahabah were in the midst of praying there Zohar salah in the Al-Qiblatain mosque. It has been said in the ahadith that when the prayers had been given to the prophet, upon his ascension to the heavens, ...

... learn and memorise the Qur'an, to establish Muslim friends and to develop a strong Islamic personality, did the opposite in many cases. Rather than centres for guidance and clarification, the mosques operated no-discussion, no-question regimes and were completely unaware of the ...

... uncle's sheep and helped in expanding his uncle's profits and trade. He became respected by many merchants, by doing many things e.g. He had an honest trade and never over charged any man and if anybody overpaid him he would ...

... Umar to be the next khalifah. Ali and his supporters thought this was wrong, but refused to bear a grudge. Umar ruled from 634-44 CE, after being stabbed (by Firuz, a Persian slave) six times in the back whilst he ...

... vision, is none other than what revelation and religion give man - belief in an eternal world . . . (Lari, 1992, p. 17) Islam means total submission to Allah's will. A good Muslim has genuine belief in the Five ...

... in awe for some time, until suddenly it began to fade and then it disappeared. He turned away in disappointment saying: I love not things that set. (Koran vi.77) On another night Abraham was again looking at the sky ...

... Quran says: "One of His signs is that He created for you spouses of your own species, so that you might find comfort with them. And He put mutual love and affection in your hearts. Surely in this there are ...

... important than the Bible or Torah because the Bible and the Torah are seen to have been distorted to suit their believing communities but the revelations in the Qur'an are believed to have been recorded immediately when Mohammad received them. As ...

... view of revelation allows Baha'i to accept all religions as true, but none as the complete and final truth. According to Abd al-Baha, there are five types of spirits: animal, vegetable, human, faith, and the Holy Spirit. God gives the ...

... Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and East Africa; also there is a minority of Muslims from Cyprus, Turkey, the Middle East (Saudi Arabia), Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia who are also permanently settled here in Britain for employment and business. Psychologically a person ...

... defined in the dictionary (Arabic) as 'to make the utmost effort to attain something beloved or to save oneself from something disliked.' The Scholars of Fiqh (jurisprudence) have agreed that Jihad in Shara`ee terms means 'to fight in the Path ...