A group of people subscribe to the notion that Ramazan is the month of Furqan; that is, the month of victory. According to their way of thinking, victory becomes certain if Jihad, in the sense of war…
The second Caliph, Umar ibn Khattab, often used to express his sense of disillusionment about people he had come to like, when, on further acquaintance with them he discovered them to be idle. “On…
Islam, as we learn from the Quran and Hadith, is a religion of nature. Islam and nature being indeed each other’s counterparts. Nature loves cleanliness and abhors pollution: that is why this highly…
Abu Bakr was a rich merchant of Makkah, belonging to the Quraysh tribe. At the time when Muhammad was endowed with prophethood, Abu Bakr had gone to Yemen on business. When he came back, people…
It is stated in the Quran that the wives of the Prophet are the mothers of the believers (33:6). This title of the Prophet’s spouses shows how much they are to be respected and honoured by the…
The first four Caliphs after the Prophet are known as the ‘Rightly Guided Caliphs’. They were successors of the Prophet in the real sense of the word. They were all senior Companions of the Prophet.…
The Prophet Muhammad used to confer with his Companions over every matter that arose. He would call them together and, after explaining the situation, ask them for their opinion. Though he appeared…
Zayd Ibn Sana, a Jewish scholar of Medina who later accepted Islam, says that when he saw the Prophet, he found on his face all the signs of prophethood but one, and that was the unshakable…
Dhiba Ibn Mahsan, a follower of the companions, says that he once said to Umer that he was a better man than Abu Bakr. On hearing this, Umer started weeping. “By God,” he said, “one night and one day…