Is there any doubt left about his message? He was a man who devoted his entire life to a call from which he sought no personal gain in wealth, rank, kingship, or power. He did not even seek the “immortality” of fame, for he believed only in the true immortality of the next life, when…
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They thanked that insight when they later saw how Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) was supported by Allah and how the whole peninsula came under his leadership. Many unexpected blessings and spoils were bestowed upon them while he became more modest, more austere, and more devout, until he met Allah at the appointed time, lying upon a…
His life was thus transparent and fully known, from cradle to grave. His visions, his steps, his words, his movements, even his dreams, hopes, and memories—all were, from the first day, open to the people. It is as if Almighty Allah wanted it to be so, to say to humanity, “This is My Messenger to…
When an Arab of those days saw something, he spoke as an expert. The Arabs were people of perception and intuition. If one of them saw footprints on a path, he could say, “These are the footprints of such-and-such a person.” He would sense the breath of the one speaking to him and discern what…
So, what made the nobles of his people hasten to his words and to his religion? Abu Bakr, Talhah, Az-Zubair, Uthman ibn Affan, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, and Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas all quickly abandoned the wealth and glory that surrounded them in their community, accepting instead heavy burdens in a life full of cares,…
The terrifying dialogue recorded in Surah Al-Muddaththir (74:42-47) presents a chilling moment of accountability in the Hereafter. When the inhabitants of Paradise ask the inhabitants of the Fire, “What has caused you to enter Hell?” their multi-faceted response outlines a failure across life’s most essential duties: “We were not of those who prayed, nor did…
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Actions are (judged) by motives (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated." [Bukhari & Muslim]