The Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad

The Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad
sallallâhu ‘alayhi wa sallam
By Imâm an-Nawawî rahimahullâh
From ‘Life of the Messenger’

The Messenger of Allâh possesses many manifest miracles and signs demonstrating [his veracity], reaching thousands and they are well known.
From amongst them was the Qur’ân, the manifest and clear miracle and brilliant proof, falsehood cannot approach it from before [...]

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Points of Benefit taken from the Biography of the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.S) prior to Prophethood

He was born into the noblest family among the Arabs, which was one of the noblest branches of Quraysh, namely Banu Haashim. Quraysh was the noblest of Arab tribes, the purest in descent and the highest in status. It was narrated from Al-’Abbaas that the Messenger of Allah (ra) said:

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The Arabic Qur’an and Foreign Words

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi
“And if We had made this a foreign Qur’?n, they would have said, ‘Why are its verses not clarified? What! A foreign [book] and an Arab [prophet]?!’” Al-Qur’?n 41:44
Question:
It is an indisputable fact that the Qur’?n uses ‘foreign vocabulary’, that is to say, vocabulary that was adopted into the Arabic language of the [...]

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Visions of the Jinn

Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips
Ibn Taymeeyah’s Essay on the Jinn (Demons)
© Author

Based on “Eedah ad-Dalaalah fee ‘Umoom ar-Risaalah”, from volume 19 of “Majmoo’ Al-Fataawaa” (A Collection of Religious Rulings); volume 35 of “Majmoo’ Al-Fataawaa” and Ibn Taymeeyah’s classic, ” Al-Furqaan Bayna Awliyaa ar-Rahmaan wa Awliyaa ash-Shaytaan.”
Note: All remarks that are bracketed in the text are [...]

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The Treatment To Be Given To Souls And The Reform of Vicious Characters

Imam Ibn Hazm
In Pursuit of Virtue (Al Akhlaq Was Siyar Fi Mudawat Al Nufus)
M. Abu Laylah
© 1990 Ta Ha Publishers

In the name of Allah the most merciful and clement: [O Allah I implore your assistance, O Allah bless Muhammad and his family and grant them peace.]
Abd Muhammad ‘Ali Ibn Ahmad Ibn Sa’id Ibn [...]

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Covetousness

Imam Ibn Hazm
From “Al-Akhlaq wa’l Siyar” – Morality and Behaviour
Published in “In Pursuit of Virtue” by M. Abu Laylah
© Ta-Ha Publishers 1990

We would say that desire is the cause of all kinds of cares, even those which concern one’s fortune and social position. Thus it may be observed that a man [...]

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Causes of Nushooz That Can Be Traced Back to the Husband Himself or His Friends

Dr. Saalih ibn Ghaanim al-Sadlaan
Marital Discord [al-Nushooz], Its Definition, Cases, Causes, Means of Protection From It,
and Its Remedy From the Quran and Sunnah
Translated by Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo, © S. Al-Sadlaan and J. Zarabozo

The husband himself may be the cause of the woman’s [...]

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Eid: Etiquette and rulings

by Shaykh Muhammad Sâlih al-Munajjid
Praise be to Allaah, Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his family and companions .
“Eid” is an Arabic word referring to something habitual, that returns and is repeated. Eids or festivals are symbols to be found in every nation, including [...]

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The Last of the Ramadân Warriors

by Brother Muhammad al-Sharîf
In the early days of Islâm, those that believed in Rasûl Allâh – sal Allâh u alayhi wa sallam – and the message of Lâ ilâha illah Allâh , were tested in the core of their faith. Every means of punishment was inflicted upon them.
In those young days, Khabbab ibn Al-Arat, radi [...]

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The True Richness

by Shaykh Abû Ammâr Yasir al-Qadhî
Many people mistakenly assume that true wealth and real treasure is that of money. It is indeed true that wealth is a great blessing from Allah which He bestows upon His servants. And the one who earns it purely, and spends it properly, and gives it to those that deserve [...]

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