"Suppose you learn today that you have only one more day to live; you'll die tomorrow. How will you spend your last day?" This interview question was posed long before the age of mass media. The interviewer approached prominent scholars and people known for their virtuous lives with the idea that he would compile their answers in a book. Such a book would provide the readers with inspiration for the most important virtues. But the most inspiring response came from the person who did not provide … [Read more...]
Right & Wrong – (On Moral Relativism)
July 11, 2008 By
From Khalid Baig: As the entire world now knew, a few years ago Israel engaged in plain massacre of Lebanese civilians in broad daylight. Its soldiers were nothing more than common criminals killing innocent men, women, and little children in an ambulance here, in the U.N. compound over there, in homes and villages every where. Killing of civilians for political purposes is --by definition-- terrorism. So what Israel recently did, as it has been doing for the past half century, is pure state sponsored … [Read more...]
No Haya, No Life
July 4, 2008 By
By Khalid Baig Imam Shu'bah ibn Hajjaj was riding his horse when Abdullah intercepted him. Abdullah was a known street urchin. Not only he was given to a life of sin, he was also unabashed about it. Imam Shu'bah knew that trouble was ahead when Abdullah stopped him. Shu'bah (d. 100 A.H) is known as the "Amirul Momineen fil hadith." He is one of the foremost scholars of the science of Hadith Criticism. Abdullah knew his stature as a great hadith scholar, but he was bent on having some fun. "Shu'bah! … [Read more...]
The Purpose of Prayer
June 27, 2008 By
from Khalid Baig's website "There are men who say, 'Our Lord! Give us (Your bounties) in this world.' But they will have no portion in the Hereafter. And there are men who say, 'Our Lord! Give unto us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire.' To these will be allotted what they have earned. And Allah is swift at reckoning" [Al-Baqarah 2:200-202]. "Prayer is the essence of worship." [Hadith]. Prayer is communication … [Read more...]
What Good is Salaah
June 20, 2008 By
Fantastic article from Khalid Baig, the more I visit his website, Al Balagh, the more gems I pick up. Source: Al Balagh In one of his circulars Sayyidna Umar ibn Khattab, Radi-Allahu anhu, sent instructions to all his administrators saying, "In my opinion, salat (Islam's prescribed act of worship or prayer. The word prayer, though, is also used for supplication or dua and is therefore avoided in this article.) is the most important of your obligations. Whoever takes good care of it and safeguards … [Read more...]
On Muslim Unity by Khalid Baig
June 13, 2008 By
Khalid Baig hits multiple nails on the head with this fantastic piece on Muslim Unity Source: AlBalagh.net "I gave a lot of thought to the causes of the sorry state of this ummah, during the years of my captivity in Malta," said Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mahmood-ul-Hasan. It was 1920, and at 69, he was not only one of the most distinguished scholars of his time, he also had spent a life time in political activism. His audience was a gathering of ulema, eager to hear the lessons of a life time … [Read more...]
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