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ISLAMIC EDUCATION GUIDELINE
By Sheikh Ismail J. Hussein
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ISLAMIC EDUCATION GUIDELINE
ISLAMIC SUMMER SCHOOL REGISTRATION FORM
Classes will start Monday: July 06, 2015 and will End Wednesday, August 19, 2015 (7 weeks)
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MANNERS IN ISLAM
PILLARS OF ISLAM (in Arabic)
PILLARS OF FAITH (in Arabic)
IHSAN (in Arabic)
ISLAMIC ALPHABET
LESSON 1
LESSON 2
LESSON 3
LESSON 4
LESSON 5
LESSON 6
LESSON 7
LESSON 8
LESSON 9
LESSON 10
LESSON 11
LESSON 12
LESSON 13
LESSON 14
LESSON 15
LESSON 16
LESSON 17
LESSON 18
LESSON 19
LESSON 20
Qur’an Recitation: In Arabic (no English Transliteration)
001 Surah Al-Fatihah
114 Surah An-Nas
113 Surah Al-Falaq
112 Surah Al-Ikhlas
111 Surah Al-Masadd
110 Surah Al-Nasr
109 Surah Al-Kafiroon
108 Surah Al-Kauther
107 Surah Al-Maun
106 Surah Quraish
105 Surah Al-Fil
104 Surah Al-Humaza
103 Surah Al-Asr
102 Surah At-Takathur
101 Surah Al-Qaria
100 Surah Al-Adiyat
099 Surah Az-Zalzala
098 Surah Al-Bayyina
097 Surah Al-Qadr
096 Surah Al-Alaq
The Book of Dhaharah
The Book of Salat
The Book of Fasting
The Book of Hajj (brief)
The Rulings of the Sacred Law:
The Book of Zakat
Dua for sleeping
Dua for waking up
095 Surah At-Tin
094 Surah Al-Sharh
093 Surah Ad-Dhuha
092 Surah Al-Lail
091 Surah Ash-Shams
090 Surah Al-Balad
089 Surah Al-Fajr
088 Al-Ghashiya
087 Surah Al-Ala
086 Surah At-Tariq
Dua for entering & Leaving the house
Dua for bathroom
Dua after completing wudu
Repentance
Respecting your parents?
Who is a good friend?
Life of prophet Mohamed (saw)
What is Jihad?
Advance: 200 Golden Hadith & Translation of the Holy Qur’an
Hadith # 1
Hadith # 2
Hadith # 3
Hadith # 4
Hadith # 5
Hadith # 6
Hadith # 7
Hadith # 8
Hadith # 9
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Hadith #11
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In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. All praise is to Allah, the Lord of all the
worlds. Peace and blessings be upon His noble Slave and Messenger, Mohamed and upon his
family and Companions. And may Allah bless every single one of us. AMEEN.
Assalamu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullahi wa-barakatuh, my brothers and sisters, my intention of
putting this document together is to provide some basic information about Islam for our young
people. The information in this document is correct based on my best knowledge, and if there is
any incorrect information in this document, it is completely my fault, because as we know only
Allah and his deen (religion) are perfect, and we are nothing but Human beings who make
mistakes, I ask Allah to forgive our mistakes. The information in this document is gather from
online websites and book, and may Allah reward the writers of those websites and book.
Allah said in Surat Az-Zuma: {Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" Only
they will remember [who are] people of understanding.}(Surah: 39 verse: 9)
Allah also said in Surat Baqarah: {He (Allah) gives wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever has
been given wisdom has certainly been given much good. And none will remember except those
of understanding.} Surah: 2 verse: 269.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The seeking of knowledge is obligatory for every
Muslim." - Al-Tirmidhi. As we see in the Hadith of the prophet (pbuh) learning is required on everyone
regardless of race, gender, or age.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) also said: "If anyone travels on a road in search of
knowledge, God will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise. The angels will lower their
wings in their great pleasure with one who seeks knowledge. The inhabitants of the heavens and the
Earth and (even) the fish in the deep waters will ask forgiveness for the learned man. The superiority of
the learned over the devout is like that of the moon, on the night when it is full, over the rest of the stars.
The learned are the heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets leave (no monetary inheritance), they leave
only knowledge, and he who takes it takes an abundant portion. - Sunan of Abu-Dawood, Hadith 1631.
A big misconception most Muslims have is that when you dedicate yourself to learning the religion of
Islam, you’re giving up on this world. But that is not the case. When you learn the religion of Islam and
you practice it correctly, not only will you get the blessing and guidance of Allah, you will also be loved by
the people, and the world will come running to you. When one learn the true meaning of Islam, he will
be able to worship Allah the correct way. Islam teach us to be humble, to be watchful of our tongues,
hands not to be arrogant.
Allah says in the Qur’an “This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed my favor
upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion.” Surat Al-Mā'idah (5) ayah 3. Islam is a
complete religion, there is no question someone can come up with that Islam does not address. We have
so many question, it’s about time we find the answers.
1) Be on time.
2) Silence & Pay attention in class.
RULES OF LEARNING
3) Do your homework/practice at home.
4) Act upon what you have learned.
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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullahi wa-barakatuh
Manners of the student:
Going to bed early in order to wake up for the Fajr prayer.
Maintaining good appearance and taking care of his hygiene.
Being polite and humble with his classmates.
He should neither laugh without a reason, speak so much nor look here and there,
rather, he should look at his teacher and listen to him attentively.
 He should not speak without permission.
 He always respects his teacher.
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Manners of Gatherings:
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Don’t sit except with the righteous and good people.
Greet the attendees when you enter upon them.
Don’t interrupt others’ speech, but listen to them carefully and attentively.
At the end of the gathering you should say: Subhaanaka Allahumma waBihamdika, Ash-hadu Alla illaha illaa ant, Astaghfiruka wa-Atoobu ilayka.
Manners of asking permission:
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Don’t enter others’ homes except after asking permission.
Knock on the door gently for not more than three times.
If you are asked who you are, don’t say “It’s me” but mention your name.
If you are granted permission to enter, then start with greeting.
Don’t enter your parent’s room at these times: before Fajr prayer, at noon and
after the Ishaa Prayer.
Manners of Eating:
You should say “Bismillah”
Eat with your right hand because the devil eats with his left hand.
Eat from that which is in front of you and don’t reach out to the other sides.
Don’t criticize the food you are served.
Wash your hands carefully.
Don’t blow on the hot food.
If you forget to say Bismillah at the beginning of the meal, you should say
“Bismillah awwalahu wa- Aakhirahu” when you remember.
 When done eating you should say: Al-Hamdu Lillahi Al-Lathi At’amani Haatha
wa-Razaqaneeh minGhayri Hawlin Minni Wa-la Quwwah.
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What are some morals enjoined by sharee’ah on every Muslims?
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Truthfulness
Honesty
Courage
Generosity
Loyalty.
Maintaining good relations with neighbors.
Helping those in need according to one’s capacity.
Staying away from all that which Allah prohibits.
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1. What are the three fundamental principles that a slave of Allah must know?
a) Knowing his lord.
b) Knowing his religion
c) Knowing the prophet (pbuh)
2. How do you know that God exists? By his signs and creations.
3. Mention two signs of Allah: the night & day.
4. Mention two of the creations of Allah: the earth and the heaven.
5. What is Islam? Islam is to submit to Allah alone and obey him fully.
6. What are the pillars of Islam?
a) Shahada- to testify that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah and Mohamed
is the messenger of Allah.
b) To establish the daily prayers.
c) To pay the zakat (the required charity)
d) To fast the month of Ramadan.
e) To perform Hajj to the house of Allah for whoever is healthy enough and can afford
to do so
7. What are the levels of Islam?
a) Al-Islam
b) Al-Eemaan (faith)
c) Al-Ihsaan
8. What is faith?
 Faith means to believe by the heart, and confess by the tongue and act accordingly by
the body organs.
9. How many pillars of faith are there? And what are they?
a) To believe in Allah
b) To believe in the angles.
c) To believe in the books.
d) To believe in the messengers.
e) To believe in the last day.
f) Believe in destiny.
10. Is someone’s level of faith stable?
 No, faith can increase by obedience and decrease by disobedience.
11. What is Ihsaan?
 It’s to worship Allah as if you can see him because if you can’t see him indeed he
sees you.
12. Why did Allah send the messengers?
 To call for the worship of Allah and forbid associating partner with him.
13. What is the greatest right to be observed after that of Allah and his messenger?
 It’s the right of the parents.
14. What are the conditions of Allah accepting your deeds?
a) Belief in Allah and his oneness.
b) Sincerity: that is to worship Allah without showoff
c) Following the teaches of the prophet (pbuh)
15. What is hypocrisy? It’s to declare Islam while hiding disbelief.
16. How many types of hypocrisy are there? Two. Belief related and action related.
17. What is the belief-related hypocrisy? To declare Islam while hiding disbelief.
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18. What is action related hypocrisy? Falling in action-related hypocrisy constitutes a grave
major sin and it may be committed by the believers. Lying and cheating are some forms.
19. From what did Allah created the angles from? Angels are created from light.
20. From what did Allah created humans from? Adam was created from clay.
21. From what did Allah created Jinns from? Jinns are created from Fire.
22. Name some of the angels and the tasks assigned to them.
a) Jibril: He is entrusted with delivering the Revelation.
b) Meekaa’eel: He is entrusted with sending down the rain.
c) Israafeel: He is entrusted with blowing the Horn.
d) The angel of death: he is entrusted with taking the souls.
23. Who is the devil?
 The devil is every Jinn or human who is far from good and close to evil
24) Al-Ahkam al-Sharʿiyyah - The Rulings of the Sacred Law:
a) Wajib: (required) are action that you will earn reward for doing them and you will be
punished if you fail to do them. Examples include the five pillars of Islam.
b) Sunnah: (recommended) are the things the prophet (PBUH) said or used to do. Examples
include, brushing your teeth, greeting others, smiling. If you do the Sunnah acts you will
earn a reward, but unlike the Wajib if you don’t do it you will not be punished for it.
c) Mubah: (permissible/allowed are things that if you want you can and if you want you can
leave, you will not earn a reward for doing an act that is Mubah, nor will you be punished
for leaving it. But with the right intention it could be possible that you will be reward for
it. An example is eating, sleeping, but you are not supposed to eat too much that you can’t
breathe so if you stop yourself from eating too much then it’s possible that you will be
rewarded for it.
d) Makrooh: (hated) if you do something that is Makrooh you will not be punished, but if
you stay away from them you will be reward for staying away from it.
e) Haram: (prohibited) you will be punished for doing something that is haram, and if you
stay away from it you will earn a reward. An example is, eating pork, backbiting.
25) What are the types of water?
a) Absolute water
b) Used water.
c) Water that is mixed with pure substance.
d) Water that is contaminated with an impure substance.
26) What is the type of water that is valid for purification?
a) It is the water that comes down from the sky or springs from the earth as long as its
color, taste or smell has not change.
27) Section: The Conditions of using the bathroom
 Make sure you’re done.
 Dry it completely
 Make sure nothing else comes out.
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Then wash it.
Some sunnahs while using the bathroom
 Not to use your right hand to clean yourself.
 Not to talk in the bathroom.
 To enter with the left foot and read the dua (Bismillah, allahumma innee aAAoo-thu bika
minal khubthi wal-Khabaa-ith).
 To exit it with the right foot and read the dua (Ghufranaka).
28) Section: The Conditions of Wud ḍū (things you need before you started doing the Wud ḍū)
are eight:
 a) Islam. (You have to be a Muslim, before you can make wudu)
 b) The age of understanding.
 c) The women cannot be on her period.
 d) You can’t have something that will stop the water from reaching the skin, like bandage.
 e) You can’t have something that will change the color of the water on your skin, like dirt.
 f) You have to know that the Wud ūḍ is required.
 g) You can’t think any of the six required acts of the wudu are Sunnah or optional.
 h) Pure water.
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29) Section: The Required Acts of Wud ḍū are Six:
 Intention= to have it in your heart that you’re washing up for prayer.
 Washing the face. From the forehead all the way down the chin, and from ear to ear.
 Washing both hands and arms including the elbows.
 Wiping any part of the head, if your hair doesn’t go below the ears.
 Washing the feet including the ankles.
 To do this required acts in order that is mentioned.
 Sunnah acts of wudu
 Saying Bismilahi
 Brushing your teeth.
 Washing the face and the arms 3 times
 Wiping the whole head.
 Washing the right (arm and leg) before the left.
 Makrooh acts during wudu
 To wash more than three times
 Wasting water
 Talking while making the wudu (unless necessary)
 Making wudu with cold or hot water.
30) Section: The things that will break the Wud ḍū are Four:
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a) Anything that exits from either the front or the rear private parts, whether wind or
anything else, except semen.
b) If you Loss the power to know what it happening because of sleep or other causes.
c) Skin-to-skin contact with different gender. EXCEPT close relative which are:
father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather, great-grandmother
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and so on;
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brother, sister;
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son, grandson, great-grandson, daughter, granddaughter, great-granddaughter and
so on;
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uncle, aunt, great-uncle, great-aunt, and so on;
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nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, great-grandnephew, great-grandniece
and so on;
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father-in-law, mother-in-law;
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son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
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stepfather (mother's husband) if their marriage is consummated, stepmother (father's
wife) if their marriage is consummated;
Step-son (husband's son) if their marriage is consummated, stepdaughter (wife's
daughter) if their marriage is consummated.
d) . Touching the private parts of a human with the palm or inner surface of the fingers.
Dead or alive, young or old, even a baby.
31) Section: Things you can’t do when you don’t have Wudu:
Salah, (2) t ḍawāf, (going around the kabbah) (3) touching the Qur’an (4) carrying the
Qur’an.
32) Things that a woman can’t do when she is on her period:
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Salat, (2) t ḍawāf, (3) touching or, (4) carrying the Qur’an, (5) to remain in the masjid, (6)
reciting the Qur’an, (7) fasting but she has to make it up later, (8) divorce (the woman can’t
be divorced when she has her period).
33) Women Section: The minimum time that a woman can be on her period is a day and a
night. It generally lasts for six or seven days and the maximum period is 15 days and
nights.
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The minimum days between two periods is 15 days. Generally it lasts for 23 or 24 days
and there is no maximum limit to the number of days between two periods.
34) Section: The Things Make a Ritual Bath required are Six: (Optional)
1. Insertion (putting) the head of the penis into the vagina. (If the private parts of the man and the
woman touch)
2. Discharge of semen (sperm).
3. When the woman/girl gets her monthly period (menstruation).
4. Postnatal bleeding (Blood discharged after giving birth.) (U-MUL)
5. Childbirth. (Ritual bath becomes wajib even in the case of dry birth or miscarriage.)
6. Death. (It is wajib to give a bath to a Muslim. It is not wajib to give a bath to a disbeliever,
though it is permissible.)
35) Section: The Compulsory Acts of a Ritual Bath are Two:
1. Intention.
 What to say when you finish your period: Na-way-tu Qas-lul Hay-li.
 What to say when you had a dream: Na-way-tu Qas-lul Ja-naa-wati
 What to say when the Postnatal bleeding is done: Na-way-tu Qas-lul Na-faa-si
 What to say for childbirth: Na-way-tu Qas-lul We-laa-da-ti
2. To ensure that water reaches the entire body: The water reaches all of the hair and skin, to
the roots of the hair, under the nails and the outwardly visible portion of the ear canals,
including the area under the foreskin of an uncircumcised man, and the private part of a
non-virgin woman which is normally exposed when she squats to relieve herself.
35) What is Tayammum?
 It is to wipe the face and the hands with pure earth instead of making wudu
36) What are the cases in which Tayammum is permissible?
a) Illness
b) Absence of water either in travel or residence.
c) Keeping water for saving lives.
d) Excessive coldness of water.
THE BOOK OF SALAAT
ʿUmar ibn al-Khat ḍt ḍab (pbuh)narrated that he heard Rasūlullah (pbuh) saying, “Verily the reward
for deeds depend upon intentions and indeed every person shall receive what he intended for.”
37) For whom is prayer required? Every sane adult.
38) The Valid Excuses for Delaying the Salah from its Prescribed Time are Two:
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a
Sleep person was asleep before the time of Salah commenced and remained
asleep until the time ended. When any Salah is due but not yet performed, and
one wishes to lie down for a while and he is certain to awaken in time to carry
out this duty, it will be Makrooh for him to sleep or lie down. However, if he
is not at all certain as to whether he will wake up in time or not, it is haram.
b Forgetfulness: A person forgot that he did not perform the Salah and only
remembered after the time of Salah expired.
39) The Conditions of the Salah are: (things you need to do before you start the prayer)
a The person must be a Muslim
b The person must be at age of understanding.
c His body, cloth, and what he is praying on should be clean.
d Covering the awrah (private parts). For the men it’s from the belly button all the
way to the knees (minimum), and the women it’s her whole body except her face
and her hands.
e Facing the Qiblah. (the direction you face when praying)
f The start of the time of prayer.
g Knowing that the prayer is required.
h Staying away from things that will invalid (break) the prayer.
40) The Required acts of Salat (prayer) are:
 Intention: To make intention in the heart is wajib and its Sunnah to say it
out loud.
 Takbīratul ih ḥrām (saying “Allahu Akbar”).
 Standing if you’re able to.
 Reciting Surah al-Fātih ḍah
 Rukuʿ (bowing).
 Iʿtidāl (Straightening up after rukuʿ).
 Two sajdahs (prostrations).
 Sitting between the two sajdahs.
 Recite tashahhud at the end of s aḍ lāh.
 Reading the tashahhud while sitting.
 Salām
 To follow the sequence.
41) The Seven Limbs of Prostration are:
 The forehead, both palms, both knees and the portion under the toes of each foot.
42) The minimal Salām is “Assalāmu ʿalaykum”
43) Section: There are 3 times in a day during which it is haram
a) At the time of sunrise
b) When the sun is at the middle. (noon except Fridays)
c) At the time of sunset.
44) Section: The Factors Which will break the s ḍalāh are:
1) If the wudu breaks.
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2) Impurity falling on the body or clothes if not removed immediately60without
carrying it.
3) Exposing of the awrah if it was not covered immediately.
4) Intentionally saying one or two letters which can be clearly understood.
5) Eating intentionally.
6) Three consecutive movements even if involuntarily.
7) To intentionally add an extra physical requirement of s ḍalāh.
8) To decide to break one’s s ḍalāh if such and such a thing happens, regardless
whether the event will definitely occur during the s ḍalāh or whether it may
happen, such as, “I will stop if Ali enters.”
9) Thinking, “Shall I stop intending s ḍalāh or continue?” while praying.
45) It’s sunnah to raise the hands in four places:
 During the takbirat al-ihram.
 When going into rukuʿ
 When straightening up from rukuʿ (I ‘tidal)
 When standing up from the first tashahhud.
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46) Positions which tuma’ninah (motionless) is required:
 In rukuʿ
 In I ‘tidal (when straightening up after rukuʿ)
 In sajdah
 While sitting between the two sajdahs.
 Tuma’ninah is a pause after movements to such an extent that every limb remains
in its place for the time of reciting one “subhanallah”
47) The causes for sajdah sahw (sajdah for forgetfulness):
 Leaving out some of the “sunan ab’ad’” (main Sunnah).
 To forgetfully do an action that would nullify the Salah if it was done
intentionally
 To recite verbal requirement of Salah in an inappropriate place.
 To perform a physical requirement with the possibility of it being an extra.
48) Note: Sunan Rawātib – The Sunnah s ḍalāh Before and After the Fard ḍ s aḍ lāh:
1) Two rakʿahs before S ḍubh s aḍ lāh
2) Four rakʿahs before and after Ẓḍuhr s aḍ lāh.
3) Four rakʿahs before ʿAsr s aḍ lāh.
4) Two rakʿahs after Maghrib s ḍalāh.
5) Three rakʿahs after Isha s ḍalāh.
49) Tarāwīh ḍ s ḍalāh:It is Sunnah to perform tarāwīh ḍ, which is twenty rakʿahs of group prayer
on each night of Ramadan.
50) Dḍuh ḍā s ḍalāh:It is Sunnah to pray the Dḍuh ḍā s aḍ lāh (midmorning prayer), which minimum
of two rakʿahs, is optimum eight rakʿahs, and a maximum of twelve. One completes a
pair of rakʿahs with Salām.
51) Tah ḍajjud s ḍalāh: is a prayer you pray after midnight.The last part of the night is the best
time to offer tah ḍajjud s aḍ lāh.
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52) Tāh ḍīyātu al-masjid: It is Sunnah for one who enters a masjid to greet the masjid by
praying two rakʿahs each time he enters. One is no longer entitled to pray it after sitting.
53) Section: The Conditions for Following an Imam are Eleven:
1) The maʾmūm (follower) shouldn’t know of any invalidity of the s ḍalāh of his imam
2) The imam should not be a follower.
3) Nor an illiterate person: one who recites Qur’an properly, may not follow one who is
unable to recite Al-Fātih ḍah properly
4) The maʾmūm should not stand ahead of the imam: The follower’s s aḍ lāh is invalid if
his heel is in front of the imām‟s. His heel should be behind the imām‟s heel.
5) The maʾmūm should be aware of the movements of his imām. Whether by seeing the
imām, or hearing his muballigh (the person who repeats the imam’s takbīr in a loud
voice so people can hear).
6) The maʾmūm intends to follow the imam.
54) Section: The Forms of Following the Imam are Nine:
 Five of which are valid:
1) For a male to follow a male
2) For a female to follow a male.
3) For a gay to follow a male.
4) For a female to follow a female.
 A woman can’t lead a man in prayer.
55) How to pray s ḍalāh Janazah (Funeral Prayer:
1) Intention
 Male deceased: Nawaytu an usalli ala hadhal-mayyiti-hadiri arba’a takbiratin
mustaqbila-qiblati jama’atan lillahi ta’ala.
 Female deceased: Nawaytu an usalli ala hadhal-mayyitati-hadirati arba’a
takbiratin mustaqbila-qiblati jama’atan lillahi ta’ala.
2) To stand for those who are able.
3) Say Allahu Akbar
4) Recitation of Surah al-Fātih ḍah. (No other surah after it).
5) After the fatihah you said “Allahu Akbar” again.
6) Then S ḍalāh upon Nabi (pbuh) after the second takbir. “Allahumma, salli ‘ala
Muhammad wa al-e-Muhammad.’”
7) Dua for the deceased after the third takbīr.
8) Salām
56) Section: There are Four Rulings for Seeking Assistance: (with wudu)
1) It is permissible to ask for water to be brought close.
2) It is undesirable to ask for water to be poured towards the one making Wud ḍū
3) It is Makrooh for someone else to wash the limbs
4) It is wajib for a sick person who is incapable.
The end of book of Salat (prayer)
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BOOK OF SAUM (FASTING)
Why Do We Fast?
 Fasting is a means that makes us appreciate and give thanks for pleasures. For fasting
means giving up eating, drinking and intercourse, which are among the greatest
pleasures. By giving them up for a short time, we begin to appreciate their value. Because
the blessings of Allah are not recognized, but when you abstain from them, you begin to
recognize them, so this motivates you to be grateful for them.
 Fasting is a means of giving up haram things, because if a person can give up halaal
things in order to please Allah and for fear of His painful torment, then he will be more
likely to refrain from haram things. So fasting is a means of avoiding the things that Allah
has forbidden.
 Fasting enables us to control our desires, because when a person is full his desires grow,
but if he is hungry then his desire becomes weak.
 Fasting makes us feel compassion and empathy towards the poor, because when the
fasting person tastes the pain of hunger for a while, he remembers those who are in this
situation all the time, so he will hasten to do acts of kindness to them and show
compassion towards them. So fasting is a means of feeling empathy with the poor.
 Fasting humiliates and weakens the Shaytaan; it weakens the effects of his whispers
(waswaas) on a person and reduces his sins. That is because the Shaytaan “flows through
the son of Adam like blood” as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
said, but fasting narrows the passages through which the Shaytaan flows, so his influence
grows less.
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57) The conditions of fasting (things that will make fasting required for a person)
 The person must be a Muslim= A non-Muslim will not be asked to fast
nor would it be valid if he did, though he is punished in the next life
for not doing so.
 Reaching the age of puberty and sanity= A child of seven is ordered to
fast, and at ten is beaten for not fasting
 The women must not be on her haid ḍ (menstruation).
 A woman whose period ends during a day of Ramadan is mustah ḍab to
fast the rest of the day and is wajib to make-up the fast and the fastdays prior to it when missed during her period or postnatal bleeding.
 Ability. If the person is not able to fast all day because of old age and
illness then he doesn’t have to fast.
 If the person recovers from the illness then he has to make up the days
he missed.
 Non traveler- if the person is travelling he can delay the fasting, but if
he want to fast he can fast too.
Some sunnahs about fasting:
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Having the sahuur meal (eating before Fajr).
Hurrying to break the fast- as soon as you’re sure the sun has set.
Reciting the Qur’an.
Increase in worship.
Making dua when breaking the fast:
THINGS THAT BREAK THE FAST
 Among the things that break the fast are things that are classified as being like eating or
drinking, such as taking medicines and pills by mouth, or injections of nourishing
substances, or blood transfusions.
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 According to the most correct view, suppositories, eye-drops, ear-drops, having a tooth
extracted and treating wounds do not break the fast.
 Puffers used for asthma do not break the fast, because this is just compressed gas that
goes to the lungs. It is not food, and it is needed at all times, in Ramadan and at other
times.
 Having a blood sample taken does not break the fast and is permissible because it is
something that is needed.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬,
who said:
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: Fasting is mine and it is I who give reward for it.
[A man] gives up his sexual passion, his food and his drink for my sake. Fasting is like a
shield, and he who fasts has two joys: a joy when he breaks his fast and a joy when he
meets his Lord. The change in the breath of the mouth of him who fasts is better in
Allah's estimation than the smell of musk. It was related by al­Bukhari (also by Muslim,
Malik, at­Tirmidhi, an­Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
BOOK OF ẒAKAT
58) One of the most
important principles of Islam
is that all things
belong to God, and that
wealth is therefore
held by human beings in
trust.
 Ẓakah is wajib on
every Muslim (male, female,
adult or child) who
has possessed a Ẓakahpayable amount for a
period of 12 months (one
year.).
 Money. You pay 2.5%
of whatever amount of
money you have.
 Who do you give Ẓakat to?
1) Needy- someone who does not have wealth or earning that is sufficient for
himself.
2) Poor – someone who has something to spend for his needs but it is not
sufficient.
3) Ẓakah collector.
4) Those in debt
5) the traveler in need of money
The Prophet said, "Even meeting your brother with a cheerful face is an act of charity."
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The Prophet also said: "Charity is a necessity for every Muslim." He was asked: "What if a
person has nothing?" The Prophet replied: "He should work with his own hands for his benefit
and then give something out of such earnings in charity." The Companions of the Prophet asked:
"What if he is not able to work?" The Prophet said: "He should help the poor and needy." The
Companions further asked: "What if he cannot do even that?" The Prophet said: "He should urge
others to do good." The Companions said: "What if he lacks that also?" The Prophet said: "He
should check himself from doing evil. That is also an act of charity."
BOOK OF HAJJ
59) What is Hajj?
 It is to set out for the sacred House of Allah to perform Hajj.
60) What are the required acts of Hajj?
 Ihraam: which is the intention to start the Hajj action.
 Standing at Arafah.
 Tawaaf Al-Ifadah:
After returning from Mina to Makkah al-Mukaramah the pilgrim circumambulates
round the Ka‘bah for seven rounds and prays two rak ʿahs of Tawaaf. Then he
comes to Zamzam and goes pacing between Safa and Marwa for sa‘y unless he
had performed sa‘y before.
After performing Tawaaf-al-Ifadah, the pilgrim releases himself from Ihram for the
biggest release (al-Tahalul al-akbar) i.e. the pilgrim is allowed to do everything,
which was previously restricted due to Ihram. Then the pilgrim returns to Mina to
stay there and spend the night in order to throw the three Jamarat during the
three following days.
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 Sa‘y (running) between Safa and Marwa (this are two mountains)
 Staying at Arafat until sunset.
 Spending the night in muzdalifah
 Spending the nights of the 11th & 12th days of Thul-Hajjah in Mina.
 Throwing the three stones.
 Shaving or shortening the hair.
 Tawaaf Al-Wadaa’
61) What are the forbidden acts in Ihraam?
 Cutting your hair.’
 Trimming the nails.
 Using perfume.
 Killing land game.
 Concluding marriage contract.
 Wearing footwear that covers the ankles and to form fitting clothes except for the
women. The women can wear their regular clothing as long as it fulfills normal
Islamic standards.
 Covering the head ( women are excluded)
 Satisfying the sexual desires.
 Non-penetrative sexual contact.
BOOK OF HADITHS
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
The Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ said, "A Muslim is the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue
and hands. And a Muhajir (emigrant) is the one who gives up (abandons) all what Allah
has forbidden."
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
A man asked the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬, "What sort of deeds or (what qualities of) Islam are
good?" The Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ replied, 'to feed (the poor) and greet those whom you know and
those whom you do not Know (See Hadith No. 27).
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ said, "None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother
what he likes for himself."
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:
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I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say, “What I
have forbidden for you, avoid. What I have ordered you [to do], do as much of it as you
can. For verily, it was only the excessive questioning and their disagreeing with their
Prophets that destroyed [the nations] who were before you.” [Al­Bukhari] [Muslim]
On the authority of Abu Muhammad al­Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abe Talib (may Allah be
pleased with him), the grandson of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him), and the one much loved by him, who said:
I memorized from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him):
“Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.”
[At­Tirmidhi] [An­Nasai]
On the authority of Abu Hamza Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) — the
servant of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) — that
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brother that which he loves for
himself. [Al­Bukhari] [Muslim]
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger
of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day speak good, or keep silent; and let him
who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his neighbor; and let him who
believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his guest. [Al­Bukhari]
[Muslim]
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him):
A man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), “Counsel me,”
so he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Do not become angry.” The
man repeated [his request for counsel] several times, and [each time] he (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Do not become angry.” [Al­Bukhari]
On the authority of Abu Dharr Jundub ibn Junadah, and Abu Abdur­Rahman Muadh bin
Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
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Have taqwa (fear) of Allah wherever you may be, and follow up a bad deed with a good
deed which will wipe it out, and behave well towards the people. It was related by at­
Tirmidhi, On the authority of Abu Masood Uqbah bin ’Amr al­Ansaree al­Badree (may Allah be
pleased with him) who said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Verily, from
what was learnt by the people from the speech of the earliest prophecy is: If you feel no
shame, then do as you wish.” [Al­Bukhari]
On the authority of Abu Malik al­Harith bin Asim al­Asharee (may Allah be pleased with
him) who said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Purity is half
of iman (faith). ‘Al­hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah)’ fills the scales, and ‘subhan­Allah
(how far is Allah from every imperfection) and ‘Al­hamdulillah (praise be to Allah)’ fill that
which is between heaven and earth. And the salah (prayer) is a light, and charity is a
proof, and patience is illumination, and the Qur’an is a proof either for you or against
you. Every person starts his day as a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or causing its
ruin.” [Muslim]
On the authority of Abu Dharr al­Ghifaree (may Allah be pleased with him) from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) from his Lord that He said:
O My servants! I have forbidden dhulm (oppression) for myself, and I have made it
forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants, all of you are
astray except those whom I have guided, so seek guidance from me and I shall guide
you. O My servants, all of you are hungry except those whom I have fed, so seek food
from me and I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except those whom I
have clothed, so seek clothing from me and I shall clothe you. O My servants, you
commit sins by day and by night, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness from me and
I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and
you will not attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, if the first of you
and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as pious as the
most pious heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not increase My
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Kingdom an iota. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans
of you and the jinn of you, were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any individual
amongst you, then this would not decrease My Kingdom an iota. O My servants, if the
first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all to
stand together in one place and ask of Me, and I were to give everyone what he
requested, then that would not decrease what I Possess, except what is decreased of
the ocean when a needle is dipped into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds that I
account for you, and then recompense you for. So he who finds good, let him praise
Allah, and he who finds other than that, let him blame no one but himself.[Muslim]
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Every joint of
a person must perform a charity each day that the sun rises: to judge justly between two
people is a charity. To help a man with his mount, lifting him onto it or hoisting up his
belongings onto it, is a charity. And the good word is a charity. And every step that you
take towards the prayer is a charity, and removing a harmful object from the road is a
charity.” [Al­Bukhari] [Muslim]
On the authority of Abu Tha’labah al­Kushanee — Jurthoom bin Nashir (may Allah be
pleased with him) — that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) said:
Verily Allah ta’ala has laid down religious obligations (fara’id), so do not neglect them;
and He has set limits, so do not overstep them; and He has forbidden some things, so
do not violate them; and He has remained silent about some things, out of compassion
for you, not forgetfulness — so do not seek after them. On the authority of Abu al­’Abbas Sahl bin Sa’ad as­Sa’idee (may Allah be pleased with
him) who said:
A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “O
Messenger of Allah, direct me to an act which, if I do it, [will cause] Allah to love me and
the people to love me.” So he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said,
“Renounce the world and Allah will love you, and renounce what the people possess
and the people will love you.” On the authority of Abu Sa’eed al­Khudree (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say,
“Whoso­ ever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to
do so, then [let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with
his heart — and that is the weakest of faith.”[Muslim]
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On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
Whoever removes a worldly grief from a believer, Allah will remove from him one of the
griefs of the Day of Resurrection. And whoever alleviates the need of a needy person,
Allah will alleviate his needs in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever shields [or hides
the misdeeds of] a Muslim, Allah will shield him in this world and the Hereafter. And
Allah will aid His slave so long as he aids his brother. And whoever follows a path to
seek knowledge therein, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. No people
gather together in one of the Houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it
among themselves, except that sakeenah (tranquility) descends upon them, and mercy
envelops them, and the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them amongst those
who are with Him. And whoever is slowed down by his actions, will not be hastened
forward by his lineage. Related by [Muslim] in these words.
On the authority of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of
Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), from what he has related from his
Lord:
Verily Allah ta’ala has written down the good deeds and the evil deeds, and then
explained it [by saying]: “Whosoever intended to perform a good deed, but did not do it,
then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed. And if he intended to
perform it and then did perform it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten
good deeds up to seven hundred times, up to many times multiplied. And if he intended
to perform an evil deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a
complete good deed. And if he intended it [i.e., the evil deed] and then performed it,
then Allah writes it down as one evil deed.” [Al­Bukhari] [Muslim].
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Verily Allah
ta’ala has said: ‘Whosoever shows enmity to a wali (friend) of mine, then I have
declared war against him. And my servant does not draw near to me with anything more
loved to me than the religious duties I have obligated upon him. And my servant
continues to draw near to me with nafil (supererogatory) deeds until I Love him. When I
Love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, and his sight with which he sees, and
his hand with which he strikes, and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask
[something] of Me, I would surely give it to him; and were he to seek refuge with Me, I
would surely grant him refuge.’ ” [Al­Bukhari]
On the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) took me by the
shoulder and said, “Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.” And
Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say, “In the evening do not expect [to
live until] the morning, and in the morning do not expect [to live until] the evening. Take
[advantage of] your health before times of sickness, and [take advantage of] your life
before your death.” [Al­Bukhari]
On the authority of Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin ’Amr bin al­’Aas (may Allah be
pleased with him) who said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “None of you
[truly] believes until his desires are subservient to that which I have brought.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬,
who said:
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall
spend on you. It was related by al­Bukhari (also by Muslim).
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬ said:
The gates of Paradise will be opened on Mondays and on Thursdays, and every servant
[of Allah] who associates nothing with Allah will be forgiven, except for the man who has
a grudge against his brother. [About them] it will be said: Delay these two until they are
reconciled; delay these two until they are reconciled. It was related by Muslim (also by
Malik and Abu Dawud).
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the
Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬ said:
Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who love one another
through my glory? Today I shall give them shade in my shade, it being a day when there
is no shade but my shade. It was related by al­Bukhari (also by Malik).
On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬ say: Allah the Almighty said: O son of Adam, so long
as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I
shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were
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you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to
come to me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face me,
ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it. It was
related by at­Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal). Its chain of authorities is sound.
Narrated 'Ubada bin As­Samit:
Who took part in the battle of Badr and was a Naqib (a person heading a group of six
persons), on the night of Al­'Aqaba pledge: Allah's Apostle said while a group of his
companions were around him, "Swear allegiance to me for:
1. Not to join anything in worship along with Allah.
2. Not to steal.
3. Not to commit illegal sexual intercourse.
4. Not to kill your children.
5. Not to accuse an innocent person (to spread such an accusation among people).
6. Not to be disobedient (when ordered) to do good deed."
The Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ added: "Whoever among you fulfills his pledge will be rewarded by
Allah. And whoever indulges in any one of them (except the ascription of partners to
Allah) and gets the punishment in this world, that punishment will be an expiation for
that sin. And if one indulges in any of them, and Allah conceals his sin, it is up to Him to
forgive or punish him (in the Hereafter)." 'Ubada bin As­Samit added: "So we swore
allegiance for these." (Points to Allah's Apostle).
LIFE OF PROPHET MUHAMED (PBUH)
In the year 570 after Christ, a man named Abdullah, the son of Abd al-Muttalib, lived in Makkah.
He was happily married to a lady from a respected family named Amina. Soon they were
exacting a baby.
One day Abdullah went on a business trip. He became sick and died suddenly near the city
Yathrib (known as madina now) Amina was very sad at the death of her young husband. She was
especially worried about the child she was expecting. “My baby will grow up without the loving
care of his father” she often thought.
On Monday morning, the 9th of Rabi’ al-Awwal (April 22) 571 A.D. Amina gave birth to a baby
boy. The baby’s grandfather Abd Al-Muttalib, named him Mohamed.
Why was it called “the year the Year of the Elephant”?
At that time, there was a Governor in a country called Yemen, named Abraha, he saw people
coming all over the world to do Hajj and visit the Ka’bah, so he said “I will build a house much
better than the Kabbah, and people will start coming to the house I built instead of the one in
Makkah” but after he built the house, people didn’t stop going to the kabbah, so invaded Makkah
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intending to demolish the Ka’bah in order to attract the Arab Pilgrims to the Ka’bah he had set
up in Yemen. Abraha arrived in Makkah, together with his troops, on elephants. When they got
close to the city of Makkah, Allah sent groups of birds to destroy them.
Each bird was carrying three brick stones, one in the beaks and two in the claws. They dropped
them onto the invaders until all of them and the elephants were destroyed.
MUHAMAD (PBUH) GOES TO LIVE WITH HALIMA
Makkah was hot, dry and dusty. The people in Makkah used to send their babies to live with
nurses in the villages where the air was clean and the milk, meat and vegetable were fresh.
Children who lived there grew up healthy and strong. The villagers also spoke very good Arabic
so the city Arabs wanted their children to lean pure Arabic from them.
Amina wanted to send her baby, Mohamed (pbuh) to live in the village but she didn’t have a lot
of money.
One day some village women came to Makkah, and among them was a woman named Halima.
Halima had a baby of her own, but she also want to take another baby so his/her parents could
pay her. She had a camel that didn’t have any milk and she also had a donkey that was weak and
skinny because it didn’t have a lot of food to eat.
Because Halima’s donkey and camel were weak, and slow, all the other women from the village
came to Makkah before her and took all the children from the rich families. So she was sad.
Then her and her husband heard about baby Mohamed (pbuh). They went to Amina’s house and
talked to her and his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib. Halima and her husband were poor but they
were kind, so Amina decided to send her baby with the. She was happy that her baby had found a
loving family to take care for him. But how she would miss him.
Halima was happy that she wasn’t going back without a baby, even if the pay wasn’t very good.
But Mohamed (pbuh) proved to be a blessed child. Soon after Halima took him, she found that
her breast were full of milk. Now she had enough milk for both her baby and for Mohamed
(pbuh). Her sick donkey became well and strong and could run very fast. Her camel started
giving enough milk too.
After two years, Halima and her husband took Mohamed (pbuh) back to his mother in Makkah
but they were sad that they had to take him back so they asked Amina if Mohamed (pbuh) could
stay with them longer. Amina had missed her baby and wanted to keep him, but she thought it
would be better for Mohamed (pbuh) to live in the village for few more years. So Mohamed
(pbuh) went back with Halima.
One day when Mohamed (pbuh) was playing outside with the other children, two angels came to
him. They cut his chest open, took out his heart and washed it, then put it back in. the other
children who saw this became scared so they ran home to tell their parents. Halima’s son also
went inside and told her. Halima and her husband rushed outsider, and found Mohamed (pbuh)
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sitting and looking at the sky. He told them what happened and pointed to the sky and said, “I see
angels going back to Heaven”
Halima and her husband didn’t know what that meant but they decided to take Mohamed (pbuh)
back to his mother.
Mohamed (pbuh) was about five (5) years old when he went back to live with his mother and
grandfather. When he was six years old, his mother took him on a trip to madina. He visited the
grave of his father, and on the way back his mother got sick and died.
Mohamed (pbuh) went to live with his grandfather, but two years later his grandfather also pass
away. After that he went to live with his uncle Abu Talib. Everyone like Mohamed, because he
always played fair, didn’t use bad language or fight with other, and he always spoke the truth.
During that time there were no schools in Arabia and his uncle Abu Talib couldn’t afford to send
him to a teacher so he grew up not knowing how to read or write.
Abu Talib had many children and he worked as a merchant. When Mohamed was a young boy he
asked his uncle if he could help him. {From here we can understand that the prophet (pbuh) was
a hard worker} and his Abu Talib agreed. As a merchant, Abu Talib would travel from one
village to other, most of the time from Makkah to Syria. When the prophet (Pbuh) was eleven
(11) years old, he went to Syria with his uncle on a business trip. When they went there, they met
a Christian monk. When the monk saw the prophet (Pbuh) he told Abu Talib “your nephew will
be a great leader and a prophet” he also added “protect him from his enemies”. After this Abu
Talib started taking greater care of Mohamed (Pbuh).
When Mohamed (Pbuh) became young man, he became a merchant like Abu Talib, but he had no
money of his own. The people in Makkah knew he was honest and truthful. People gave him
their money or their goods (merchandises) to do business for them. He worked hard and shared
the profits honestly. At that point he became known as an honest, hardworking, and successful
merchant.
After he became a prophet people asked him “which earning is the best?” he answered: “That
earning is the best which one gets by one’s own efforts and that which is earned by honest trade.”
MOHAMED (PBUH) MARRIES KHADIJA
There was a wealthy, beautiful, and kind widow named Khadija (R) who lived in Makkah. Just
like the others rich people in Makkah she lent her money to others for business. She heard about
Mohamed’s (Pbuh) trustworthiness and honesty, so she asked Mohamed (Pbuh) to take a caravan
of goods to Syria for her and he agreed.
Khadija (R) also sent her slave man with him. Although no one treated slaves kindly, Mohamed
(Pbuh) treated him as if he were his own brother. The slave man watched Mohamed carefully,
and found him kind, just and truthful. When they went to Syria, Mohamed sold the goods he took
from Makkah and bought others goods to bring back to Makkah with the money. Khadija was so
pleased when he came back, because of how much profit he made. Then the slave man told her
how kind and gentle Mohamed (Pbuh) was. “Mohamed (Pbuh) makes good profits because
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people trust him” he said. “They know he is honest and truthful and does not cheat them.” He
added.
Khadija (R) was very impressed by Mohamed (Pbuh). The respect she felt for him grew into
love. She wanted to marry him. She sent a messenger to Mohamed (Pbuh) asking if he would be
her husband, and Mohamed (Pbuh) accepted and that is how they got married. At that time
Mohamed (Pbuh) was twenty-five (25) years old and Khadija (R) was forty (40).
Allah blessed the marriage of Mohamed (Pbuh) and Khadija (R) and they lived happily together
for twenty-five years. They had seven children together, three sons, Al-Qaasim, Abdallah, and
Ibrahim, but all of them passed away when they were babies, and four daughters ,Ẓaynab,
Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthoom, and Their youngest daughter’s name was Fatima (R). He loved
little Fatuma very much. Mohamed (pbuh) called her “the leader of the young women of
paradise”
When she grew up, Fatima (R) married Ali, the prophet’s cousin who was the son of his uncle
Abu Talib. They had three sons, Hassan (R), Hussein (R) and Muhsin (R), and two daughters,
Umm-Kulthum (R), and Ẓainab (R).
Mohamed’s (pbuh) marriage to Khadija (R) had made him wealthy. He could have become even
wealthier by continuing in business, but he was not interested in money. He loved to do good and
help others. For example, Khadija (R) had given him a slave named Ẓaid, but he freed him and
treated him like a son. Even after he was freed Ẓaid never left because of how he was treated.
Mohamed (pbuh) started going to a cave called Hira. The cave was outside Makkah (still there)
near the top of a mountain. It was not easy to reach, but it was a quiet and peaceful place. He
sometimes stayed there for days thinking deeply and worshipping Allah.
Khadija (R) loved him dearly. She understood that he needed to be alone to worship Allah. If he
was away for days, she would visit him on the cave and take some food to him so he could stay
longer.
MOHAMED (PBUH) BECOMES RASUL-ULLAH
Mohamed was forty years old. He was spending more and more time in Hira’ Cave. He wanted
to know the truth and to understand the universe, this, why we are here, and mostly he wanted to
know about the creator.
One quite night Mohamed (pbuh) was sleeping in the cave, and suddenly he realize that the cave
was filled with light. In the center of the light stood someone like a man. Mohamed (pbuh) got
very scared. Who was this? What is happening?
He didn’t know that someone was an angel named Jibril. Jibril was Allah’s messenger to all the
prophets. Allah sent his messages to the prophets through Jibril.
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The angel moved close to Mohamed (pbuh) and pressed him tight, and commanded him
“READ” “I don’t know how to read,” Mohamed (pbuh) answered. The angel again pressed him
more tightly. Again he said “READ” “But I don’t know how to read” Mohamed (pbuh) repeated
with fear.
Again, the angel pressed Mohamed (pbuh) tight. And now Mohamed was now read to receive
Allah’s message.
Then the angel spoke the words with Allah had given him for Mohamed (pbuh):
“Recite in the name of your Lord who created”
“Created man from a clinging substance.”
“Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous”–
“Who taught by the pen”
“Taught man that which he knew not.” Surat-Al-Alaq 1-5
When the angel stopped speaking, the prophet (pbuh) remembered every word he had said. But
he didn’t know then that that angel’s words were a revelation from Allah. The verses he had
brought were the first words of the Qur’an.
Then the angel disappeared. Mohamed had no idea who he was or why he had come. He didn’t
know that, from all mankind, Allah had chosen him to teach Islam, the perfect religion to the
world. He did not know that this was the beginning of his mission as Allah’s last prophet and
messenger.
KHADIJA (R) COMFORTS MOHAMED (PBUH)
The strange thing that had happened in the cave of Hira’ frightened the prophet (pbuh) very
much so he rushed home. When he go home, he was shivering and trembling and very cold. So
he said to Khadija, “Cover me up, cover me up”.
Khadija (r) was very worried when she saw her husband’s condition. “What is it? What has
happened?”
The prophet (pbuh) told Khadija (r) what happened. And she immediately said “Allah would not
let anything bad happen to you” because she knew her husband’s good nature. So she comforted
him by saying, “O Mohamed, you are a good man. You are kind to slaves and to the poor. You
love orphans and comfort widows. You always tell the truth and you keep your promises. Allah
loves such people. Surely Allah will protect you. He will never let any harm come to you.”
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She took the prophet (pbuh) to her cousin, Waraqa ibn Nawfal, a very wise old man who was a
Christian. She told him what had happened to her husband in the cave. Waraqa knew that the
Bible foretold the coming of a great prophet.
He told the prophet (pbuh) “perhaps the same angel who came to the other prophets has come to
you. Perhaps you are the prophet whom Allah promised to send. If this is true, the people of
Makkah will become your enemies and persecute you. I am very old and will not live long. But if
I were younger, I would help you.”
“But why will my people persecute me?” the prophet asked. “I don’t understand.”
“Every prophet who has come to the people with a message from Allah has been opposed and
persecuted,” Waraqa replied. Then the prophet (pbuh) and Khadija (R) went home, but the
prophet (pbuh) was very bothered by the words of Waraqa.
Months later, the angel visited the prophet (pbuh) again. This time, Allah revealed that he had
chosen Mohamed (pbuh) to be his last messenger. Through him, Allah would teach his religion,
Islam, to mankind.
RASUL-ULLAH (PBUH) INVITES HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO ISLAM
The first three years of prophet-hood
Allah told the prophet (pbuh) to invite his family and friends to Islam. The first person to accept
Islam was his wife, Khadija (R). She said, “I know how truthful you are, and if you say this is the
truth, I believe you." So the first Muslim after Mohamed (pbuh) was a woman.
Ali was the prophet's young cousin who lived with him. "I know you well" he said to the
Prophet (pbuh). “You’re an honest man and a loving cousin. I believe you." Ali was the first
youth to accept Islam.
The prophet (pbuh) and Abu Bakr have been friends since they were young, and they got close
over the years. When the prophet (pbuh) told him about ISLAM. He said, “Everyone trusts you.
You're a good friend. I believe you are Allah's Prophet, and I accept Islam." Abu Bakr was the
first Adult male to accept Islam.
The prophet's freed slave, Ẓaid, heard the message of Islam. He loved Mohamed (pbuh) more
than he loved his parents. "You were kind master" he said to the Prophet (pbuh). “You made me a
free man. You never lied. Truly, you are the prophet of Allah and I believe in you." so Ẓaid
became the first freed slave to accept Islam.
The people who were closest to the Prophet (pbuh) and knew him best started believing in
Islam. How fortunate these Muslims were!
They spent much of their time with the prophet (PBUH). They were often with him when the
Wahi (revelation) came to him.
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The Muslim who saw the Prophet (PBUH) is called a sahabi (Companion). The plural of Sahabi
is Sahabah. A Muslim woman who saw the Prophet (PBUH) is called Sahabiyaah. We have
already learned that when we hear a Sahabi's named we should say, "Radi Allahu Ta'ala 'anhu"
(May Allah be pleased with him) and for the woman we say "Radi Allahu Ta'ala 'anhaa" (May
Allah be pleased with her). An (R) after the name of a sahabi or sahabiyaah reminds us to ask for
Allah's blessing on that sahabi or sahabiyyah.
For two Sahabah or sahabiyaah we say, “Radi Allahu Ta’ala anhuma.”
For more than two Sahabah we say, “Radi Allahu Ta’ala ‘anhum.”
RASUL-ULLAH (PBUH) INVITES THE MAKKANS TO ISLAM
The third year of Prophethood
Three years passed and only a few people close to the Prophet (pbuh) knew about Islam and
accepted it. Then Allah asked his Prophet (pbuh) to invite all the Makkans to accept Islam.
The Prophet (pbuh) told the Makkans that he had something very important to tell them. He
asked them to gather near the hill of Safa. All the Makkans trusted and respected the prophet
(pbuh), so they gathered as he asked.
The prophet (pbuh) climbed up the hill. Everyone got quit, waiting to hear what he would say.
“Do you know who I am?” he asked the people.
“Yes,” they replied. “You are Mohamed, the son of Abdullahi. You are as-Sadiq (the Truthful),
and Al-Amin (The trust worthy).”
“Do you believe what I say?” he asked.
“Yes,” they replied, “we do.”
“Would you believe me if I told you there was an army behind this hill ready to attack you?” he
(pbuh) asked.
“Yes,” the Makkans replied, “We would believe you.”
“Then if you believe me, listen!” The Prophet (pbuh) said. “I warn you that the Day of Judgment
is coming. I am Allah’s Prophet. Allah is one. Allah alone is God. None of your idols and images
are gods. Allah alone is the Creator. He gave us life. We shall return to him after death. Then
Allah will make us alive again, and will judge us. So believe in him alone. Give up your idols
and your evil ways and do what is right.”
The Makkans had never heard anything like this before. They loved their idols, and they
certainly didn’t believe in the Day of Judgment. They thought they were free to do anything they
liked. They were angry about what the prophet (pbuh) said.
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“There is something wrong with you mind.” They mocked. “You’re possessed by spirits. We
have always worshipped our idols, and we’ll continue to worship them. We’re not going to
believe in what you say.”
One of the uncles of the Prophet (pbuh) was named Abu Lahab. He did not believe in Allah.
“You have wasted our time.” He shouted angrily. And all the Makkans went back to their homes.
Most of the people of Makkah remained Kuffar, and as Waraqa had foretold, they became
enemies of the prophet (pbuh).
The prophet started preaching Islam openly. We would go to the gathering places and tell them,
“Your idols are not gods. They have no mind, no power. They can’t do anything for themselves
or for you. Allah is the only God. You’ll return to him when you die. You must fear the Day of
Judgment because Allah will deal with you that day. Nothing can save you except your belief in
Him and your good deeds.”
The rich and powerful Quraish got very angry, and stopped most of the Makkans from becoming
Muslims. Many of the early Muslims were weak and poor people. Among them were helpless
slaves, widows, and orphans who had no protection. The Kuffar began to persecute the Muslims
because of their faith. But once a person accepts Islam, faith in Allah makes him very brave.
These early Muslims had great courage. They stood up against their powerful enemies. They
were ready to suffer and even die for the sake of Allah.
Beside them, there were also some people from outside Makkah who met the Prophet (pbuh) and
accepted Islam. Slowly, the call to Islam began to be heard.
THE KUFFAR GO TO ABU-TALIB FOR HELP
The prophet (pbuh) loved and respected his uncle Abu Talib who had been like a father to him. If
Abu Talib said something, the prophet (pbuh) always listened with respect. And, although Abu
Talib did not accept Islam, he felt a deep love for his nephew.
Some of the Kuffar thought that Abu Talib was the only one who could stop Mohamed (pbuh)
from preaching Islam. They knew that Mohamed (pbuh) would do anything his Uncle Abu Talib
asked him and also without Abu Talib’s protection, Mohamed (pbuh) couldn’t continue
preaching.
The leaders of the Kuffars went to talk to Abu Talib, and plead their case to Abu Talib. “Your
nephew Mohamed (pbuh) is teaching a new religion. He wants us to give up our idols. Please tell
him to stop and if he does, we will give him whatever he wants” Abu Talib called Mohamed
(pbuh). “The powerful chiefs of the Quraish are against you, and you can’t fight them. Please
stop attacking their gods. If you do, the Quraish are ready to give you anything you want”
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“I love you deeply,” he answered. “But in this matter I can’t obey you. Even if the Kuffar put the
sun in my right hand, and the moon in my left, I would not stop preaching Islam. I will either
complete my work, or I will die trying.”
Abu Talib went to the Kuffar. “I can’t stop Mohamed (pbuh),” he said. “His faith is too strong,
and I decided to protect my nephew from any harm.” The Kuffar left angry and disappointed.
Although Abu Talib did not accept Islam, he continued to protect Mohamed (pbuh).
THE KUFFAR MAKE AN OFFER TO RASULU-LLAH (PBUH)
The Fifth Year of Prophethood
Many Kuffar didn’t know why Mohamed (pbuh) was against their gods. They couldn’t
understand why he was he was preaching this strange idea of submitting to one God, Allah.
People had all kinds of ideas about him. Some thought he was mentally ill and others thought he
was possessed by an evil spirit. Some people thought he was greedy and wanted their money.
Others believed he was after power and wanted to rule over them.
The powerful Quraish were afraid of poor slaves, orphans, and widows becoming Muslims. “If
they follow Mohamed (pbuh), we can’t control them.” The Quraish thought. So they began to
use all kinds of threats against Rasūlullah (pbuh), but he was not afraid.
One day the leaders of the Kuffar met to discuss the situation. They decided to send a man
named ‘Utbah to talk to Mohamed (pbuh) and make a bargain with him.
When Utbah went to the Prophet (pbuh) he said: “O Mohamed, we have decided to make you a
good offer. If you stop speaking against our gods, we will give you whatever you want. If you
want to be the king of Makkah, we will make you our king. If you want to marry a beautiful girl
of Makkah, we will find the prettiest one for you. If you want wealth, we will make you rich. If
you are mentally ill, we will get the best doctors for you. If you are possessed by evil spirits, we
will find a magician to cure you. We are ready to do anything you want. But don’t speak against
our religion.”
Rasūlullah (pbuh) listened quietly to ‘Utbah. The offer of the Quraish showed how little they
understood. He recited some verses from the Qur’an about the oneness of Allah and the mission
of his prophet (pbuh).
‘Utbah finally understood that for Mohamed (pbuh) obedience to Allah was the only
important thing in life. Nothing would make him give up his mission. ‘Utbah went back
to the Kuffar. “Mohamed (pbuh) is not sick. He don’t want wealth or power. His faith in
Allah is firm and can’t be shaken. We can’t change his mind. You had better leave
Mohamed (pbuh) alone.”
The Kuffar were furious. They would never leave Mohamed (pbuh) alone. They started
thinking about other ways to stop him.
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THE MUSLIMS MIGRATE TO ABYSSINIA
Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) began to preach more and more. He went wherever there were
gatherings of people and to the kabbah to talk about Islam. He recited the Qur’an to them. And
when people listened they realized those were not the words of any human being. These were the
words of the Lord of the universe. And the number of Muslims increased.
The Quraish continued to oppose the prophet (pbuh). They mocked him and his followers. They
abused them and called them names. They threw filth and garbage at them. They even hurt and
tortured some of them.
Some slaves, orphans, and widows had accepted Islam. They were weak and had no supporters.
The Kuffar beat some of them. Others were forced to lie down on the hot desert sand or on
burning charcoal. A few were tortured to death.
But none of these hardships could make the Muslims give up Islam. They understood the truth,
and they wanted to live and were ready to die for Islam. They believed in Allah’s promise of
Heaven for those who are steadfast and patient. The Kuffar did everything they could to
discourage and hurt the Muslims, but not one single Muslim gave up Islam.
At this time, the prophet (pbuh) advised the Muslims to leave Makkah. He told them to make
Hijrah to Africa. Hijrah means to migrate from one’s own country to another if one does not have
freedom of religion. A Muslim must migrate if he is not free to practice Islam. The king of
Abyssinia was a good Christian. The Prophet (pbuh) hoped that he would protect the Muslims.
Secretly, some Muslims slipped away but the Quraish learned about them. They followed the
Muslims to Abyssinia and went to the Abyssinian king. They told him “These are our people.
They have left their religion and their country. We want them back. We request you to have them
over to us.”
The king called the Muslims to his court and asked them about their religion, Islam. Jafar (R),
the leader of the Muslims, said, “O king, we used to believe in gods made of stone and wood. We
told lies and killed each other. Then Allah sent his prophet (pbuh) to us. He taught us nothing but
good. We became Muslims. Now the Quraish want us back so they can continue to persecute us.”
The king called the Quraish to his court. “GO HOME,” he told them. “These Muslims are
welcome to live peacefully in my kingdom”
The king found the Muslims God-fearing and righteous and became their friend. They taught him
about Islam. Slowly the king started believing the truth of Islam and soon he himself became a
Muslim.
THE SUFFERINGS OF THE MUSLIMS IN MAKKAH
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He early Muslims included all kinds of people, rich, and poor, young and old, men and women.
Many were humble, weak people who had no one to protect them. Some were the slaves of rich
Kuffar chiefs. Their masters persecuted and tortured them because of their belief in Islam.
Bilal (R) was an Abyssinian slave. His master ordered him to give up Islam, but Bilal (R)
refused. Then his master forced him to lie down on burning sand at midday. Bilal’s body was
blistered from the heat, but he continued to say “Ahad, Ahad!” (Allah is one, Allah is one)
Sometimes his master tied a rope around Bilal’s neck and asked young boys to drag him through
the streets. Bilal would bleed, but would continue to say, “Ahad, Ahad!”
Ẓinnirah (R) was an old lady, a slave of Abu Jahl who was one of the worst enemies of Islam. He
used to whip her every day, but she always said, “Allah is one! And Mohamed (pbuh) is Allah’s
prophet.”
One day, Abu Jahl poked her eyes with a sharp spear and blinded the poor old woman. Abu Jahl
mocked her and said, “Our idols have made you blind.”
“Your idols are blinds themselves,” she answered. “How could they make me blind?”
When Ẓinnirah (R) woke up the next morning she discovered that she could see. Allah had made
her eyes see once again. It was truly a great miracle, but even this did not convince Abu Jahl.
“Your prophet is a magician,” he said. “He did this magic.”
Yasir (R), his wife Sumayyah (R), and their son Ammar (R) were also tortured by the Kuffar for
their beliefs. They forced Yasir (R) to lie on burning coals and poured boiling water on him.
Once, when Rasūlullah (pbuh) saw Yasir suffering, he comforted him saying. “Be patient, Yasir.
Allah has promised you Heaven.” Eventually Sumayyah, who was an old woman, was killed by
Abu Jahl and Yasir died of his wounds. Allah ended their difficulties and he has, Insha’Allah,
blessed them both with a beautiful home in Heaven because they suffered for his sake.
A Muslim who dies in the way of Allah is called a Shahid, a Martyr. Allah has promised the
Shuhada (plural of Shahid) his favor, and they enter Heaven as soon as they die.
Many Muslims in Makkah suffered from such cruelties. But their love of Allah and his Rasul
(pbuh) was great and their faith grew even stronger under such treatment. They gave up their
lives, but they never gave up Islam. Many Allah bless them all with Heaven and give them a
great reward.
THE KUFFAR PERSECUTE RASULULLAH (PBUH)
It made the Kuffar furious to see the number of Muslims growing and they knew that Mohamed
(pbuh) was responsible for it. They wanted to kill him. But as long as Abu Talib protected
Mohamed (pbuh), the Kuffar did not dare take his life.
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The Kuffar tried different methods of tormenting the prophet (pbuh). His uncle, Abu Lahab, was
one of the wicked of their leaders. He and another enemy of Islam, Abu Jahl, followed the
Prophet (pbuh) through the streets of Makkah.
“O people, say ‘La illaha illa Allah’, and you will be blessed by Allah,” the prophet (pbuh) would
say. “Don’t believe him,” Abu Lahab and Abu Jahl would shout. “He is an enemy of our religion.
He is a liar. He is a magician.” They used bad language and insulted the prophet (pbuh).
Abu Lahab’s wife was even worse than her husband. She would put branches covered with
thorns in the street where the prophet (pbuh) lived. When the prophet (pbuh) returned home at
night, he would walk on them, and his feet would bleed. Abu Lahab’s wife was pleased by this.
Once the prophet (pbuh) was praying at the kabbah. Abu Lahab took the stinking intestines of a
camel to the Kabbah and when the prophet (pbuh) was in prostration, Abu Jahl threw them over
him. The prophet (pbuh) stayed in prostration, until his five year old daughter Fatima (R) came
and removed it off of him, while the Kuffars stood there laughing.
Another time, a member of the Kuffar leaders tried to strangle the prophet (pbuh) while he was
praying, and Abu Bakr (r) arrived just in time to recuse him. Another day the Kuffar found the
prophet (pbuh) alone and started beating him, until he bled so much that he fainted. Again Abu
Bakr learned about it and came running to save him.
There was a wicked Kafir lady who collected all the garbage from her house each day, and then
in the morning when the prophet (pbuh) walked down her street on his way to the Kabbah, she
threw the garbage at him.
These things made the prophet (pbuh) sad, but he was more sadden by the fact that the Kuffar
would not accept the truth. Still, he never spoke to them angrily. Instead, he prayed to Allah for
the patience to bear this suffering. He asked Allah to guide the Kuffar to see the truth.
HAMẒA (R) AND UMAR ACCEPT ISLAM
The six year of Prophethood
Hamzah (r), one of the uncles of the prophet (pbuh), was a brave man and well respected man
because of his courage, and although he was very close to the prophet (pbuh), he had not
accepted Islam.
Once the great enemy of the prophet (pbuh), Abu Jahl, said very insulting words to the prophet
(pbuh), and also hit him until he (pbuh) bleed. Hamza (R) was out hunting, and when he came
back, he was told about the incident. Hamza (r) got very angry and went straight to Abu Jahl, hit
him on the head with his bow. Abu Jahl also said, “How dare assault my nephew, when I also
accept his faith.” When Hamzah (r) said that, he wasn’t a Muslim, and didn’t believe the prophet
(pbuh) but he only said it out of love he had for his nephew. After that he started learning the
religion and he became one of the best Muslims.
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Another powerful Makkan was Umar ibn al-Khattab. Umar (r) had a temper and he was a great
enemy of Islam, and just like the others he had a great deal of hate for the prophet (pbuh).
‘Umar ibn Al Khattab, was a man known for determination and his anger, made a sudden
decision of killing Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). On his way he ran into Na’im ibn Abdullah (r)
who began to talk to him. When Na’im found out that ‘Umar wanted to kill the Prophet; he told
‘Umar that maybe he should speak with his sister first (inferring that she became Muslim).
When he came near his sister’s house he heard the recitation of the Qur’an. Upon entering he
asked his sister and her husband Said ibn Ẓaid (r) “Have you left the faith of your forefathers?”
He then began to attack his sister and her husband. Upon seeing blood of her sister; he had
begun feeling guilty. He apologized to his sister and her husband, and requested to read the
words of the Qur’an. Upon the request his sister said “you are not clean go wash yourself.”
Upon reading the verses of Surah Ta ha; Islam began to enter his heart again.
Now ‘Umar ibn Al Khattab returned on his plan to visit the Prophet. While he made the stop at
his sister’s house; Na’im ibn Abdullah went and warned the Prophet and his companions of
‘Umar’s intentions. When ‘Umar got to the house where the prophet (pbuh) was staying, with
sword in his hand, the warrior Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib (r) said, “I will kill him with his own
sword.” The Prophet (pbuh) told him, “No”. Umar (r) came in and accepted Islam.
The Muslims that were hiding began yelling “Allahu Akbar” (God is the Greatest). This became
so loud that it could be heard throughout Mecca. Till this day, when a person accepts Islam,
upon him finishing his deceleration the people say “Allahu Akbar”
After years of secretly spreading Islam, from that moment on, Islam began being preached in the
open. Outside for everyone to accept.
Immediately after becoming Muslim; ‘Umar asked Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), “Who is the
hardest on the Muslims?” The Prophet (pbuh) told him it was Abu Jahl ibn Hisham. So ‘Umar
immediately went to the house of Abu Jahl and knocked on his door. Abu Jahl greeted his
nephew, but then ‘Umar said to him “I am a Muslim now.” Upon hearing that Abu Jahl slammed
the door on his face.
It’s was that time when the Muslims started praying at the Kabbah as a group. The Kuffar
watched them angrily, but they were afraid to take any action against them.
RASULULLAH (PBUH) GOES TO TA’IF
The Tenth Year of Prophethood
After trying many different ways to stop Islam from spreading and failing, they decided to
boycott the prophet (pbuh) and his family and all the Muslims. They decided not to buy anything
from the Muslim, nor sell anything to them. The boycott continued for nearly two. The Muslims
struggled so much that they started eating the leaves of the trees and the skin of the animals they
had previously killed. Shortly after the boycott ended, both Khadija (r) and Abu Talib died.
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In a single year, the prophet (pbuh) ad lost the protection of his uncle and the loving
companionship of his wife. This made the Kuffar very bold. They started opposing the prophet
(pbuh) even more openly.
The Prophet (pbuh) knew that he had to find a place other than Makkah to be the base for Islam.
He decided to leave Makkah and go to the city of Ta’if. There he preached to the people.
“Believe in Allah and fear the day of Judgment.” He told them.
But the people of Ta’if were even worse than the Makkans. They made fun of him. Young people
threw stones at him, and some of them chased him out of town.
The Prophet (pbuh) was hurt. He was covered with bruises and cuts. As he left the city, he took a
shelter in a garden. Although he had been insulted and injured, he didn’t curse the people of
Ta’if. Instead, he prayed for himself and them. “O Allah, give me strength to serve you. The
people of Ta’if don’t know me. Forgive them and show them the path of Islam,” he said.
Ten years later, Allah granted his Prophet’s prayer when the people of Ta’if, who once drove him
out with insults, accepted. Also the Al-Isra al-Mi‘raj was on the tenth year.
THE PROPHET (PBUH) TALKS TO THE PEOPLE OF MADINA
The eleventh year of Prophethood
Every year at the time of Hajj, people went to Makkah from the city of Yathrib (Madinah).
The prophet (pbuh) met six of these people from Madinah and talked to them about Islam. They
knew that the Jews of Madinah were waiting for a prophet to come and they realized that
Mohamed (pbuh) must be that prophet. These people were so glad to meet Mohamed (pbuh).
They listened to the Qur’an, heard the teachings of Islam from the prophet (pbuh), and accepted
Islam.
When they returned to Madina, they told others about their visit with the prophet (pbuh). They
talked about the noble and wonderful things they saw in him. Many people of Madinah wanted
to meet the prophet (pbuh).
The following year, more people from Madinah went to Makkah. All of them accepted Islam.
They pledged to believe in Allah and do good deeds. The prophet (pbuh) sent two Sahabah with
them to teach them Islam. Islam now began to spread in Madina.
The third year, many more people came to meet the prophet (pbuh). All of them accepted Islam.
They also invited the prophet (pbuh) and the Muslims to migrate to Madina. They made a second
pledge with the prophet (pbuh). “We shall protect you as we protect our families against all our
enemies.” They promised.
The prophet (pbuh) was very pleased to hear this. He also made a pledge to the people of
Madinah. “My blood is your blood” he said. “I am one of you. You are of me. I shall never leave.
You. In peace and in war, I’ll live with you until I die.”
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The prophet (pbuh) called the people of Madinah Ansar, the helpers. The people of Madinah
were the “helpers” of Allah, of the prophet (pbuh) and Islam.
The Kuffar were very angry when they learned about this. They became even crueler to the
Muslims, and Allah asked his prophet (pbuh) to send the Muslims out of Makkah to Madina.
The prophet (pbuh) told the Muslims about Allah’s command. Of course, it was hard for the
Muslims to leave their families, friends, and homes, but they were always ready to do what Allah
and his prophet (pbuh) wanted them to do. Soon almost all the Muslims had left for Madinah.
This was the second Hijrah for many of the Muslims. Freedom to practice Islam is very
important to Muslims. It is more important than one’s house, property, friends, relatives, and
country. One who makes Hijrah is called a Muhajir. Allah had promised a great reward for those
who make Hijrah for his cause.
THE PROPHET (PBUH) MAKES HIJRAH TO MADINAH
When the Makkan Kuffar learned about the success of Islam in Madinah, they became very
worried. They didn’t want the prophet (pbuh) or the Muslims to go to Madinah. They were afraid
that one day they Muslims might become very powerful.
They leaders of the Kuffar met to discuss this problem. They decided that they had to kill the
prophet (pbuh). “If Mohamed (pbuh) were dead, we could deal with the Muslims in both
Makkah and Madinah.” They thought.
Allah informed the prophet (pbuh) about the plans of the Kuffar. He told him to make Hijrah to
Madinah and live there with the Muslims. The prophet (pbuh) made plans to leave and discussed
them with his friend Abu Bakr (r). Abu Bakr (r) got ready to go with the prophet (pbuh).
One night the Kuffar decided to kill the prophet (pbuh). They went to his house and waited
silently for him to come out. That same night, Allah asked his prophet (pbuh) to leave Madinah.
The prophet (pbuh) was ready. But one thing troubled him. Since everyone trusted him, many
Makkan Kuffar had given him their money and other valuable things for safekeeping. He wanted
to return these things to their owners. Although the prophet (pbuh) life was in danger, he couldn’t
forget the trust of the people.
He asked his cousin Ali (r) to stay behind and return these things to their owners the next
morning. Ali gladly agreed. When the prophet (pbuh) left, Ali (r) went to sleep in the prophet’s
(pbuh) bed. He was brave man and a true Muslim. He wasn’t afraid that the Kuffar might
mistake him for the prophet (pbuh) and kill him.
The prophet (pbuh) left his house. As he walked past the Kuffar he recited verses from the
Qur’an. Allah blinded the Kuffar so they couldn’t see him.
The prophet (pbuh) and Abu Bakr (r) left Makkah that night. In the early morning, they hid in a
cave called Thaur. When the Kuffar found out that Mohamed (pbuh) had left, they followed him.
Some of them approached the opening of the cave.
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Allah willed a dove had laid her eggs at the cave’s entrance and a spider had woven its web
across it. When the Kuffar saw the bird’s eggs and the spider’s web, they though, “No one has
gone in here recently.” And they went away without looking inside the cave at all.
The prophet (pbuh) and Abu Bakr (r) hid in the cave for three days. Then they left quietly for
Madinah.
ISLAMIC SHORT STORIES
The Patient Old Man
When passing through a mountain pass, a Bedouin (villager) once came across an old
man who was blind and who seemed to be afflicted with various ailments all over his
body. It was clear that he was wasting away. He was even paralyzed and was
constantly forced to remain in a seated position. The Bedouin could clearly hear him
say, "All praise is for Allah, Who has kept me safe from ailments with which He has
tested many among His creation; and He has indeed preferred me over many among
those that He created."
"My brother!" exclaimed the Bedouin. "What have you been saved from? By Allah, I
think that you have been afflicted with every single kind of ailment!"
"Go away from me," said the old man, as he raised his head. "Do I not still have a
tongue with which I can pronounce His Oneness, and with which I can remember Him
every single moment? And do I not still have a heart with which I can know Him?"
These words of the old man were enough for the Bedouin to repent to Allah for his sins
and ask Him for forgiveness.
Remember, there is always someone else who is in more problem than you.
Giant Ship Engine that Failed
The following is an incident about an engine failure in a giant ship. The ship's owners
tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine.
Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster.
He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to
work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to
do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small
hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life He carefully
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put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill
from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap $ 9998.00
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the
difference. Knowledge in Islam is highly valued. Knowledge will benefit us in this world
and in the hereafter.
The Carpenter
A highly skilled carpenter who had grown old was ready to retire. He told his employercontractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life
with his family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire.
The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one
more house as a personal favor. The carpenter agreed to this proposal but made sure
that this will be his last project. Being in a mood to retire, the carpenter was not paying
much attention to building this house. His heart was not in his work. He resorted to poor
workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.
When the job was done, the carpenter called his employer and showed him the house.
The employer handed over some papers and the front door key to the carpenter and
said "This is your house, my gift to you."
The carpenter was in a shock! What a shame! If he had only known that he was building
his own house, he would have made it better than any other house that he ever built!
Our situation can be compared to this carpenter. Allah Ta’ala has sent us to this world to
build our homes in paradise by obeying His commands. Now, we have to decide how
well we wish to build the homes where we will live forever.
The Righteous Beggar
The following incident took place in Dhaka which is the capital city of Bangladesh.
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There was a beggar in the city who used to beg beside a Masjid on Fridays after
Jumuah prayer. Begging was permissible for him due to his adverse condition. Though
he was a beggar, he would pay attention to the sermons that were delivered during the
Khutbah. One such sermons was about the importance of earning halal income. He
learnt that supplications (dua) will not be accepted from those people whose income are
from forbidden sources. He immediately decided to accept money from only those
individuals that he knew had halal income. His daily earnings decreased as a result but
he was committed to his decision.
Then came a day when the beggar died. Even though he lived as a beggar, his funeral
was like that of a king. Many dignitaries of the area attended his funeral because they
knew of that great sacrifice he used to make daily in order to keep up with the
commandment of Almighty Allah.
Dear readers, we too should sincerely adopt the commandments of Allah in our lives
regardless of our social status. In this way, Allah will elevate us in this world and in the
hereafter.
Owners of the Garden
The following story is mentioned in Surah Qalam, Chapter 68 of the Holy Quran.
Once there was a wealthy and pious man. He had a big garden full of green trees laden
with fruits. After the fruits were picked, this rightful man used to distribute some fruits
among the poor who would gather at the garden every season to take their share.
Allah liked this act of the man. By the grace of Allah the garden used to give rich harvest
every season. Truly, one who spends for the sake of Allah gets the reward in the
hereafter as well as in this life.
This man had many sons who were not as pious as him. When their father died, they
discussed a plan and said to each other that their father was not a wise man. He did not
know how it was difficult to earn livelihood. They did not like the habit of distributing
some of the fruits among the poor. They felt as if all their efforts would go to vain if the
poor had some share.
One of the sons had a concern. What will they tell the poor people when they gather to
take their fruits next time? They thought over its implications, as they were worried
about losing their prestige. However, they were not afraid of Allah's wrath. One of them
suggested removing all the fruits in the night and thus clearing the garden before dawn
so that nobody could come and ask for his share. Everyone agreed to this suggestion.
Since they were not even afraid of Allah, they forgot to say 'In-sha-Allah', which means if
Allah Wills, "...they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning, without
saying Insha-Allah ('if Allah Wills')" (Verses 17-18). If a Muslim does not say Insha-Allah
before doing something Allah may not fulfill his wish. But those who have no faith in
Allah fail to remember this and get stuck up in their act.
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Allah is all Powerful. He knows no bounds in His Governance. All the brothers went to
sleep with a view to getting up early in the morning and gather the ripe fruits. In the
meantime, with the Will of Allah "...there passed by on the (garden) a visitation (fire)
from your Lord at night and burnt it while they were asleep." (Verse 19)
In the early morning, all of them got up and hurried up and "...called out one to another
as soon as the morning broke, Saying: 'Go to your tilth in the morning, if you would
pluck the fruits.' So they departed, conversing in secret low tones (saying), No Miskin
(poor man) shall enter upon you into it today." (Verses 21-24)
As they were proceeding towards the garden, they were quite unaware that Allah had
willed otherwise. Because the garden had become "black by the morning, like a pitch
dark night (in complete ruins)" (Verse 20). So when they reached the garden, they said
this was not their garden, and that they had strayed away from the right path to the
garden. But when they saw there was no other way around, they were wonder struck!
Soon they realized the situation and yelled: "Verily, we have gone astray," "Nay! Indeed
we are deprived of (the fruits)!" The best among them said: "Did I not say to you 'Why
not glorify (Allah)'?" (Verses 26-28). He had been advising them earlier against this act,
for he had said it is only Allah who would enhance their fruits if they continued to give
away some of them in charity.
All of them felt regretful over their misdeed. They turned, to one another, in reproach
and said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong. Alas for us! We have
indeed transgressed!" All of them, then, sought Allah's pardon and said: "We hope that
our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this. Truly, we turn to our Lord
(wishing for good that He may forgive our sins, and reward us in the Hereafter)."
(Verses 31-32)
It is very beloved to Allah that we share with the less fortunate whatever we have. While
some of us only feel hungry during the month of Ramadan, there are many who hungry
everyday are. Let us be more generous with our wealth and help all those who are in
need. We will not lose anything by giving away some of our wealth, we will only gain.
The King and the Poor Man
There was a king who decided to take a tour of his country. As he passed by different
places, everyone rushed to see him. However, while passing by a certain place, he
noticed a poor old man who did not pay any attention to the king's arrival and remained
engaged in his own activities. The king went up to this poor man and asked why he did
not join the people to see him. The poor man replied, "Before you, there was another
king who once passed by this place. Everyone gathered to see him as well. But, few
days later he died and was buried in a place nearby. A poor man also died during that
time and was buried near the king's grave. After some time, a strong flood passed
through that area causing those graves to overturn. As a result, the bones of the poor
man became mixed up with those of the king's. We could not differentiate between them
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any longer. After seeing this, it does not matter to me anymore as to who is a king and
who is a beggar. In the end, our home is the same."
500 Years of Worship
Angel Jibrail (as) told Rasūlullah (peace be upon him) the following incident about a
man in the past who worshipped Allah Ta'ala continuously for 500 years. He was
granted a shelter on top of a mountain that was surrounded by salty water. However,
Allah caused a stream of sweet water to flow through the mountain for that individual.
The man would drink from this water and use it to make ablution. Allah Ta'ala also
raised a pomegranate tree from which the man would eat one fruit every day.
One day, this person supplicated to Allah that, "Oh Allah, bring my death while I am in
the state of prostration." Allah accepted this dua of his. Whenever Jibrail (as) came
down to the Earth, he found this man prostrating to Allah. Jibrail (as) said that on the
Day of Judgment, Allah will tell the angels to take this individual to Paradise through His
mercy. However, this man will insist that he should enter paradise through the good
deeds that he had performed.
Then, Allah will tell the angels to compare his good deeds with the blessings that were
given to him in the world. It will be seen that 500 years of his worship does not even
equal to the gift of eye sight that was given to him by Allah. The angels will be asked to
take him towards the hell fire. Then the man will plead, "Oh Allah! Enter me into
Paradise only through your mercy." At that point, the following discussion will take place
between Allah and that man.
Allah: Oh my servant, who created you?
The worshipper: Oh Allah, You have created me.
Allah: Were you created because of the good deeds you have done or because of my
mercy?
The worshipper: Because of Your mercy.
Allah: Who granted you the ability to worship for 500 years?
The worshipper: Oh the Almighty! You have granted me that ability.
Allah: Who placed you on the mountain surrounded by the ocean? Who caused a
stream of sweet water to flow in between the salty water? Who caused a pomegranate
tree to grow for you? Who granted you death while in the state of prostration?
The worshipper: Oh the Sustainer of the Worlds! You have done all of these.
Then Allah will say, "All these have happened due to my mercy and you too will enter
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Paradise only through My Mercy."
We can never thank Allah for the blessings that He has given us. Let us use these
blessings to recognize Allah before our death.
A True Muslim Leader
Once Hadhrat Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu), during his caliphate, was going on his usual
rounds towards Harrah (a suburb of Madinah) with his slave Aslam, when he saw a
distant fire in the desert. He said, "There seems to be a camp. Perhaps, it is a caravan
that could not enter the town due to night fall. Let's go and look after them and arrange
for their protection during the night."
When he reached there, he found a woman and some children. The children were
crying. The woman had a pan of water over the fire. Hadhrat Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu)
greeted her with salaam and, with her permission, went near her. (The woman didn't
recognize that it was Umar).
Umar, "Why are these children crying?"
The Woman, "Because they are hungry."
Umar, "What is in the pan?"
The Woman, "Only water to soothe the children, so that they may go to sleep in the
belief that food is being prepared for them. Ah! Allah will judge between Umar (Radi
Allahu Anhu) and me, on the Day of Judgment, for neglecting me in my distress."
Umar (weeping), "May Allah have mercy on you! How can Umar know of your distress?"
The Woman, "When he is our Amir, he must keep himself informed about us."
Hadhrat Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu) returned to the town and straight away went to the
Baitul Mal (House of Charity) to fill a sack with flour, dates, fat, and clothes, and also
drew some money. When the sack was ready, he said to Aslam, "Now put this sack on
my back, Aslam."
Aslam, "No please, Amir-ul-Momineen! I shall carry this sack."
Umar refused to listen to Aslam, even on his persistent requests to allow him to carry
the sack, and remarked, "What! Will you carry my load on the Day of Judgment? I must
carry this bag, for it is I who would be questioned (in the Hereafter) about this woman."
Aslam most reluctantly placed the bag on Umar's (Radi Allahu Anhu) back, who carried
it with a swift pace right to the woman's tent. Aslam followed at his heels. He put a little
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flour and some dates and fat in the pan and began to stir. He blew (with his mouth) into
the fire to kindle it.
Aslam says, "I saw the smoke passing through his thick beard."
After some time, the pottage was ready. He himself served it to the family. When they
had eaten to their fill, he made over to them the little that was left for their next meal.
The children were very happy after their meal and began to play about merrily.
The woman felt very grateful and remarked, "May Allah reward you for your kindness! In
fact you deserve to take the place of Khalifah instead of Umar."
Umar consoled her and said, "When you come to see the Khalifah, you will find me
there."
He sat for a while at a place close by and kept on watching the children. He then
returned to Madinah. On his way back, he said to Aslam, "Do you know why I sat there,
Aslam? I had seen them weeping in distress. I liked to see them laughing and happy for
some time."
Source: From the book "Stories of the Sahabah" by Shaikh Muhammad Zakariyya
Kandhalvi.
The Wooden Bowl
A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson.
The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The
family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing
sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the
glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth. The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with
the mess. We must do something about Grandfather," said the son. I've had enough of
his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor. So the husband and wife set a small
table in the corner. There, Grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed
dinner. Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden
bowl.
When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometimes he had a tear in his eye
as he sat alone. Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions
when he dropped a fork or spilled food.
The four-year-old watched it all in silence. One evening before supper, the father
noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, "What
are you making?" Just as sweetly, the boy responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for
you and Mama to eat your food when I grow up." The four-year-old smiled and went
back to work.
The words so struck the parents that they were speechless. Then tears started to
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