Hadith

Hamza on March 7th, 2009

Share On the authority of Abu Huraira (Ra) who said the Messenger of Allah (saw) prayed the morning prayer, then he faced the people and said: ‘While a man was leading a cow,he began to ride it and beat it. So the cow said to him: ‘we were not created for this, rather we were [...]

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Hamza on March 6th, 2009

Share I love this.  It is a very powerful animation about The Gaza Strip and how the people are trapped by Israel on all sides.  The amazing thing about animation is that it can explain complex issues easily. Interestingly, the animator is an Israeli Jew!  He is part of an organisation that supports the Palestinians [...]

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Hamza on February 19th, 2009

Share In a world where the Qur’an and Hadith gets critisised by non Muslims who speak without even basic the smatterings of understanding, it is very nice to see one non Muslim, who studied the hadith in great detail, describe the scholars of Hadith in the following manor: “I have never been more impressed with [...]

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Hamza on February 10th, 2009

Share Abu Huraira (ra) reports that Rasulullah (saw) said: “Armies carrying black flags will come from Khurasan, no power will be able to stop them and they will finally reach Eela (Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem) where they will erect their flags” Where is Khurasan Actually? (The Making of Bilad-e-Khurasan?) Research Paper by Bilal Khan, March [...]

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Hamza on January 29th, 2009

Share Very often people just reflect upon the well known 5 pillars of Islam, but in reality there are many, many more.  It is narrated that the Prophet Muhammad said: ‘Iman is over 70 branches. The highest is to say Laa ilaha illallah…and the lowest is to remove harm from street.’ (Muslim) I thought I [...]

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Hamza on January 15th, 2009

Share This is a picture of the famous Gharqad tree (or Boxthorn tree in English) that will not speak out to the Muslim in the battles towards the end of time with the Jews. Our Prophet Muhammad said in a famous hadith: “Judgment Day will come only when the Muslims fight the Jews and kill [...]

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Hamza on December 23rd, 2008

Share After reading this morning about the 7th century Byzantine coins found by Israeli archeologists my thoughts immediately went to that individual whose likeness is carved into them, Heraclius. This Byzantine Emperor did actually believe in Prophet Muhammad but the position as the Emperor of the Byzantine superpower, and the power and grandeur that accompanied [...]

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Hamza on July 23rd, 2008

ShareHazrat Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhalawi Muhajir-e-Madani mentions in his book “Virtues of Salaat and Salaam” the following virtues for sending salutations to our beloved Nabi (saw) on a Friday In a hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayra (ra), it is narrated that whoever confers the following blessings eighty times before getting up from his place after [...]

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Hamza on June 13th, 2008

ShareShaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq explains that we are not actually born Muslim

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Hamza on June 6th, 2008

ShareNot sure of the authenticity of this story but its great! One day, our beloved Prophet Muhammad was on his way to jihad with his Companions and after choosing a spot, he said to them “Eat whatever you want to eat here”. As they were about to commence eating, one of the Companions (ra) said: [...]

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