The second Caliph, Umar ibn Khattab, often used to express his sense of disillusionment about people he had come to like, when, on further acquaintance with them he discovered them to be idle. “On…
A group of people subscribe to the notion that Ramazan is the month of Furqan; that is, the month of victory. According to their way of thinking, victory becomes certain if Jihad, in the sense of war…
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Speaking Tree Website | May 30, 2016
Umar Faruq, the second caliph of Islam, was a man of great wisdom. One of his traits is reported in these words: Kana yatallamu min…
The Quran, according to Muslim belief, is a book of revelations from God. Today, it exists in the form of a book, but all the 114 chapters of the Quran were not revealed at one time. They were sent…
Dhiba Ibn Mahsan, a follower of the companions, says that he once said to Umer that he was a better man than Abu Bakr. On hearing this, Umer started weeping. “By God,” he said, “one night and one day…
Zayd Ibn Sana, a Jewish scholar of Medina who later accepted Islam, says that when he saw the Prophet, he found on his face all the signs of prophethood but one, and that was the unshakable…