Archive for October, 2006
The woman is `awrah in front of a kaafir
Even from amongst those who held that by default a woman’s face and hands are not `awrah, we find:
Qaadhi `Iyaadh stated, “It is not waajib for her to cover the two (i.e. hands and face) and it is waajib to lower the gaze from looking. And as for the Ajnabi Kaafir then all of her body [...]Heartwarming `Eid
`Eid for me isn’t what I wish it was. After leaving my hometown and moving twice I have had a hard time enjoying `eid. Many times I have been told that `eid is wonderful overseas and I am sure it is but I haven’t experienced it and so it is just hearsay for me. This [...]
Earning the love of Allaah
On the authority of Abu al-’Abbas Sahl bin Sa’d al-Sa’idi (رضي الله عنهم) who said:
A man came to the Prophet (صلي الله عليه وسلم) and said: “O Messenger of Allaah, direct me to an act which if I do it, [will cause] Allaah to love me and people to love me.†He (صلي الله عليه [...]The punishment for the `arif
Dhun-Nûn (Al-Misrî) said, “For everything there is a punishment. And the punishment of the one who knows Allah (the ‘aarif) is being cut off from the remembrance of Allah.â€