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Be In This World As If You Are A Stranger Or A Traveller

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“If you survive till the evening, do not expect to live till the morning, and if you survive till the morning do not expect to live till the evening …”  AND TAKE (ADVANTAGE) FROM YOUR HEALTH BEFORE YOUR SICKNESS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR LIFE BEFORE YOUR DEATH DO EVERY POSSIBLE GOOD DEED YOU CAN BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. “Stranger” is a term that is well-known – it is a person who is not from the land which he is visiting. And he desires to return to his own land. He is not comfortable in this strange place, and he does not wish to settle there – he awaits the time he can return to his own country. So likewise, a believer in this world is a stranger because this world is not his land. He aims to go to his land and his abode in the Hereafter because that is his real home, everlasting. So, therefore, he is in this world just like a stranger visiting a foreign land. As for an unbeliever, his abode is this world because he has no home in the Jannah of the Hereafter. So, for this reason, ...

Branches Of Faith

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77 Branches of Faith The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said :   “ There are over 70 branches of faith. The highest is to bear witness that ‘There is no god but Allāh and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allāh’ (lā ilāha illallāhu Muhammadur rasūlullāh). The lowest is the removal of harm from the road. Modesty is also of faith.”    The ‘Seventy-Seven Branches of Faith’ are a collection of Qur’anic verses and Prophetic narrations compiled by Imām al-Bayhaqī (Allah be pleased with him) in 458 A.H. In it, he explains the essential virtues that reflect true faith (imān).   These seventy-seven branches are some of the essential attributes and characteristics that a true believer should have or strive towards having. Complete Iman in reality consists of three components: Confirmation by heart of all the essentials of Iman Confirmation by tongue of all the essentials of Iman Confirmation by actions of all the essentials of Iman.   Thus, the ” 77 Bran...

Tafsir of Surah At-Tawbah Ayat 1-42

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  Menu Tafsir of Surah At-Tawbah Ayat 1-42 Tafsir of Surat At-Tawbah (The Repentance) (Chapter 9) Which Was Revealed in Al-Madinah {1. Freedom from obligations from Allah and His Messenger to those of the Mushrikin, with whom you made a treaty. 2. So travel freely (Mushrikin) for four months (as you will) throughout the land but know that you can never elude Allah, and that, verily, Allah shall bring disgrace upon all who refuse to acknowledge the truth!} Why there is no Basmallah in the Beginning of This Surah  This honorable Surah (chapter 9) was one of the last Surahs to be revealed to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Al-Bukhari recorded that  Al-Bara’  said, “The last Ayah to be revealed was,  “They ask you for a legal verdict. Say: “Allah directs (thus) about Al-Kalalah.”   (4:176), while the last Surah to be revealed was Bara’ah.” (Fath Al-Bari 8:167) [This Surah was commonly called  Al-Barah ] The ...