What do you mean by the term jahiliyyah? Jāhiliyyah, in Islam, the period preceding the revelation of the Qurʾān to the Prophet Muhammad. In Arabic the word means“ignorance,” or “barbarism,” and indicates a negative Muslim evaluation of pre-Islamic life and culture in Arabia as c...
By the term "Stone-Cult," let it be understood, I do not mean stone-worship, which is idolatry; by it I understand the worship of God at a specially consecrated stone meant for that purpose. In those days, when the chosen family were leading a nomadic and pastoral life, it had no s...
This is why the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) has been reported as saying in a hadith by Abu Hurairah: “He who does not desist from obscene language and acting obscenely (during the period of fasting), Allah has no need that he be hungry or thirsty.” (Al-Bukhari and Musl...
But that doesn’t mean love is a complete farce, does it? To her, arranged marriages seem like a whole lot of pretenses, and she’s not entirely convinced they can lead to love (or “happily ever after” for that matter). But since she’s filming a documentary following Kazim’s ...
“Even Govt don’t deny torture happened”: Spy vs Spy…. A Syrian comedy starring Vanessa Beeley. Guest starring Tim Anderson, Eva Bartlett, Scott Gaulke and Iman & Susan Safi In the midst of the Syrian genocide, it’s always interesting when you manage to be amused by the antics of ...
Saudi Arabia gets extremely hot in the summer months butthat doesn’t mean you can put shorts on or a dress that is revealing. This is why, in my opinion,it is easier to wear an Abayaas a female in Saudi Arabia because you can’t go wrong.You put it on and you know you’ll be...
The Activities of Satan In various places in the Quran, what kind of activities Satan does and will do are pointed out in the verses. For instance: When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam" they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he r
is a sign of the ignorance of people who use said methodology. A Hadith being sahih does not mean that it is necessarily acted on or taken into aqeeda. The fact of a hadith being ‘Sahih’ in Islam is a starting, not finishing, point for the theologians and jurists in Islam, the ...
There's no such thing as sensitive skin. Well, that's not quite right—I mean, the 60% of Americans who believe they have it can't all be delusional, right? Let's say this, then:There isn’t a clinical definition of sensitive skin, or at least dermatologists don’t agree on what...
religions Article What Changed in Medina: The Place of Peace and War in the Life of Prophet Muhammad Suleyman Sertkaya Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University, Melbourne 3062, Australia; ssertkaya@csu.edu.au Abstract: The Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, is depicted ...