A Very Human Prophet
digg_title = ""A Prophet who could remain human when turning towards Allah""; var sburl7208 = window.location.href; var sbtitle7208 = document.title;Kathleen St.Onge is a public school teacher and a convert to Islam. She speaks regularly on Islam and develops internet projects to promote faith-based living and religious tolerance. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. She has written a book cal...

Farewell Address
  Full text of the Farewell Address made by Prophet Muhammad to all humanity during his Final Pilgrimage. Praise be to Allah. We glorify Him; we thank Him. We expect help from Him. We ask to be forgiven by Him and, with repentance, we turn to Him in obedience. We take refuge in Allah against the evil suggestions of our nafs and doing bad acts. Whomever Allah shows the truth, no one can ...

We Are All on the Same Boat
Natural Environment Today environmental problems are threatening all living species, beginning with man, and natural beauty. Even if it is a little late, the "Earth Summit" can be seen as a concrete expression that this danger has been seen and that urgent measures must be taken. Since a universal consciousness has begun to awaken in this direction, what needs to be done is to try and m...

Ashab Al-Suffa
What does Ashab al-Suffa mean?Ashab al-Suffa is a term, composed of the words ashab meaning “masters, friends” and suffa meaning “veranda, shed, porch” in Arabic. The term is a generic name given to the Companions who stayed in the arbour next to the mosque of the Prophet, upon him be peace, in Madina after the Emigration and studied religious sciences there.The establ...

Mukthirun
Mukthir is a word derived from the word “kathrat” in Arabic which means “to be abundant in number” and its plural is ‘mukthirun.’ As a term in the science of hadith, Mukthirun refers to the seven companions of the Prophet (pbuh) who narrated more than one thousand hadiths. Even though there were around 114,000 companions when the Prophet (pbuh) passed away, onl...

Al-Muhajirun (The Emigrants)
Muhajir refers to “a person who leaves his / her place of residence or country to live elsewhere.” The plural form of Muhajir, namely Muhajirun, as a term, refers to those early Muslims who believed in Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) after he started the call to Islam. Because of their faith, the Muhajirun were subject to the oppression, persecution and torture of Meccan idolaters, and they left Mecca fo...

Ansar (The Helpers)
The word ansar means "helper" in Arabic, while the word ansari refers to a person who helps. But as a term, the Ansar were the people from Medina who supported Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and the muhajirun (Emigrants) when they migrated from Mecca to Medina. The people of the Ansar were from two tribes: the al-Aws and the al-Khazraj. It is reported in the sources that these two tribes often fought ag...

Ahl Al-Badr
  digg_title = "AHL AL-BADR"; var sburl3929 = window.location.href; var sbtitle3929 = document.title; Ahl al-Badr or Ashab al-Badr is the general name given to the companions of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) who participated in the Battle of Badr. Taking place in Badr between Muslims and the infidels of Mecca in the second year of the Hijrah, it became the first great battle in Islamic his...