A Shining Example For Every Father.

`Umar ibn `Abdil `Azeez (rahimahullah) was told a son of his bought a ring for a thousand dirhams, he wrote to him:
“I was told that you bought a ring that cost a thousand dirhams. So when you receive this letter,   sell the ring and fill a thousand stomachs (with food bought) with that money. Then buy [...]

Description of ‘Ali that Made Mu`awiyah* Weep.

After Ali died , Mu`awiyah bin Abi Sufyan said to Dirar bin Damrah
“Describe ‘Ali to me.”
“Will you not excuse me from answering you,” said Dirar.
“No, describe him,” insisted Mu`awiyah.
“Please excuse me from doing so,” said Dirar.
“I will not,” said Mu`awiyah.
” I will do so, then” said Dirar with a sigh.
“By Allah, he was (far-sighted) and [...]

“What is it Between Me & Sa’id bin Jubair!”

When Sa’id bin Jubair (radiyaAllahu ‘anhu) entered into the court of the ruthless governor, Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf Ath-Thaqafi, the latter asked the former, “What is your name?”
“Sa’id bin Jubair.”
“Rather, you are ‘the miserable one, son of the broken one,” said Al-Hajjaj, immediately showing hostility towards Sa’id. This was the way he treated all of his [...]

“Allah Knows I Killed Him.”

The following was taken from a Jumu`ah Khutbah delivered by Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim al-Madhi in the Shaykh ‘Ijlin Mosque in Gaza on June 6th, 2001:
“…O, you who love Allah, it is our duty to strive so that all our deeds will be [only] for the sake of Allah. Listen to the following precious story:
‘In one [...]

Most Beautiful Man Ever…

Regarding the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
He was the most forbearing of people, the most courageous of people, the most just of people, the most chaste of people. His hand never touched the hand of any woman unless he owned her as a slave or was married to her or was closely related [...]

‘Umar b. al-Khattab’s Words on Salah

`Umar said, while standing on the podium,

“A man might have white hair in Islam (i.e. reaches in old age while Muslim), yet has not completed even one prayer for Allah, the Exalted!”

He was asked, “Why is that?”

He said, “He does not perfect the prayer’s required [...]

‘O ‘Umar, you were just, so you were safe!’

al-Waaqidi said: “When Huracal [Hercules] learned that ‘Umar bin al-Khattab, raadi Allahu anhu, had assumed the khilaafah after Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, raadi Allahu ‘anhu, he gathered the notables of his nation. A speaker stood before them in the church, and said, ‘O people! Be cautious, and again, be cautious before the matter comes to pass [...]

The Stone of Justice

06/07/2005
By Babar Ahmad

‘Umar came and people forgot the justice of Kisra,
Such was the legacy of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs…’
During the caliphate of Umar bin Al-Khattab (radiallahu ‘anh), Amr bin Al-Aas (radiallahu ‘anh) was appointed the Governor of Egypt. One of Amr’s first projects was to expand the main mosque of Cairo, which was [...]

“O `Abdullah, do not mention…”

“I was with ibn al-Mubarak and Mu’tamir bin Sulayman in Tarsus and suddenly people were called to arms (for war). When the two armies (the muslim and the roman) took their positions, a roman fighter came forward and asked for a one-to-one fight. A muslim fighter went forward to fight the roman but was killed. [...]