Animals & Birds Live in Communities The Holy Qur’an says “There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being that flies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you.” [Al-Qur’an 6:38] Research has shown that animals and birds live in communities, i.e. they organize, and live and work together. The Flight of Birds Further ...
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Family Planning in Islam
The Question of family planning and birth control was discussed in detail by the Majma al-Fiqh al-Islaami. They had twenty three scholars research this topic and present their findings on this matter. The participants involved represented many different trends and schools of thought. Among the participants were Muhammad Ali al-Baar, Ali al-Saaloos, Muhammad Saeed Ramadhan al-Booti, Abdullah al-Basaam, Hasan Hathoot ...
Read More »Basis of Family in Islam
Unlike some other religions that consider celibacy a great virtue and a means of salvation, Islam considers marriage to be one of the most virtuous and approved of institutions. There is no monasticism in Islam. Further, the Prophet (Pbuh) urged all those who can afford to provide for a wife to marry, as marriage is the legal means by which ...
Read More »Family in Islam – Introduction
If we want to find out about the role of Islam in organizing and protecting the family, we should first find out what the situation of the family was before Islam, and what it is in the west in modern times. Pre-Islamic Era Before Islam, the family was based on mistreatment and oppression. All affairs were controlled only by men ...
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Atoms Can be Divided In ancient times a well-known theory by the name of ‘Theory of Atomism’ was widely accepted. This theory was originally proposed by the Greeks, in particular by a scholar called Democritus, who lived about 23 centuries ago. Democritus and the people that came after him, assumed that the smallest unit of matter was the atom. The ...
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CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE ‘The Big Bang’ The creation of the universe is explained by astrophysicists as a widely accepted phenomenon, popularly known as ‘The Big Bang’. It is supported by observational and experimental data gathered by astronomers and astrophysicists for decades. According to ‘The Big Bang’, the whole universe was initially one big mass (Primary Nebula). Then there was ...
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Plants have Male and Female Genders Previously, humans did not know that plants too have male and female gender distinctions. Botany states that every plant has a male and female gender. Even the plants that are unisexual have distinct elements of both male and female. The Holy Qur’an says “‘And has sent down water from the sky.’ With it have ...
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LIVING CREATURES CREATED FROM WATER The Holy Qur’an says in Surah Al Anbiya, Ch. No. 21, Verse No. 30 ‘We have created every living thing from water – Will you not then believe?’ Imagine in the deserts of Arabia, where there was scarcity of water, the Qur’an says… ‘Every thing was created from water’ – who would have believed in ...
Read More »Classification of Hadith
According to the reference to a particular authority The following principal types of hadith are important: Marfu‘ – “elevated”: A narration from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), e.g. a reporter (whether a Companion, Successor or other) says, “The Messenger of Allah said …” For example, the very first hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari is as follows: ...
Read More »Hadith & Its Sciences – A brief explanation
A brief history of Mustalah al-Hadith As time passed, more reporters were involved in each isnad, and so the situation demanded strict discipline in the acceptance of ahadith; the rules regulating this discipline are known as Mustalah al-Hadith (the Classification of Hadith). Amongst the early traditionists (muhaddithin, scholars of Hadith), the rules and criteria governing their study of Hadith were ...
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