The time to celebrate is due. The Hijrah, or emigration from Makkah, of the Prophet Muhammad—beloved by more than a billion Muslims worldwide—has come to remind the tired souls of Muslims that their faith is not only luminous light that takes them out of the darkness of misguidance; the more faith, the more light in the hearts. Writing about the Hijrah as a Muslim, I often find myself at a loss for words to express my feelings.
Our celebration is that of optimism. Ours is a state of...
We realize that another year has passed; minutes move into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years, seemingly faster than ever before; yet every moment is a precious component of life and every moment counts.
The pertinent question one should ask about tomorrow is, "What have I done with my yesterdays?" In the Qur'an, we are commanded to carefully consider what we are sending forth or doing for the future:
(O you who believe, observe...
There is nothing wrong as far as the Islamic Shari`ah is concerned to celebrate Islamic occasions as long as they do not include anything haram such as unlawful mixing between males and females. Such celebration is a kind of remembrance of Allah's bounties on His servants, which is a praiseworthy behavior recommended by Allah Almighty.Some Muslims maintain that celebrating any Islamic occasion is forbidden; they consider celebrating occasions such as the Prophet's Hijrah to Madinah, Al-Isra'...
Praise be to Allah Who has ordained the hijrah (migration) of hearts and the hijrah of bodies on His servants and has made these two kinds of migration everlasting throughout the ages. We Muslims should follow the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) by modeling ourselves after his guidance and course of life and following in his footsteps in terms of talking and behaving. Allah Almighty has ordered us to do this, saying, [Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good...
Following the season of Hajj, the season of forgiveness and mercy, a new Hijri year begins. With this new year of Hijrah, Muslims recall the events of the Prophet’s Hijrah (migration) to Madinah, the Hijrah that brought into being a new great civilization which soon after illuminated the whole world with Almighty Allah’s divine laws.
With the advent of the new Hijri year, true Muslims contemplate the lessons of that great event that changed the face of the world, beseeching Almighty Allah to...
When Al-Baraa’ was asked, "Was the face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (as bright) as a sword?" he answered, "No, but (as bright) as a moon” (Al-Bukhari).
When the Prophet was asked about those entering paradise, he responded, "The first batch (of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like a full moon..."
The Islamic calendar, based purely on lunar cycles, was first introduced in 638 C.E. by the close companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon...
When the persecution of the people of Makkah against the Muslims grew intense, Allah commanded them to emigrate so that they could establish the religion of Allah in a land where they could worship Him.
Allah chose Madinah as the land of Hijrah (emigration for the sake of Allah). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) saw in a dream that he was immigrating to that city. It was narrated from Abu Musa that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “I saw in a dream that I...
Indeed, there are many causes behind naming months of the Islamic calendar as such. In what follows we will try to shed some light on some of those causes:
1. Muharram: is named so because the Arabs used to prohibit fighting during it.
2. Safar: is named so because the Arabs used to leave their homes during that month as they used to set out to fight their enemies. It is also said that they used to leave their homes to escape summer heat.
3. Rabi` al-Awwal: is named so because it usually...
There are many traditions that speak of the high regard that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had for `Umar. Relating a vision he had seen, the Prophet said that he has never seen a genius like `Umar who could do the same. This means that `Umar was considered by the Prophet a unique man who could do things that could not be emulated by others no matter how hard they tried.
History testifies to the unprecedented deeds done by `Umar, either immediately after embracing Islam or...
Hijrah, in essence, is a process of transfer to a better situation. It is not meant to find a comfortable place where one would relax and stop endeavor. Rather, it is a search for an environment more favorable to continuous and constructive effort. Immediately after reaching Madinah, the Prophet undertook an all-embracing process to establish a faithful and strong society. This is a significant aspect and important lesson to learn from Hijrah.
In the Glorious Qur'an, Allah, Most High, says,...
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