Al Budur Al Bazigha - The Rising of the Moons Until now you have seen and heard of sunrise, but look here at how the moon rises over the lake. These pictures were taken back a few months ago. Notice first the frozen tundra, the part of the water closest to the shore frozen over: Now look at how the Moon suddenly "rises", notice its shadow over the lake: ...
A gutter leading from the house of Hadhrat Abbas radiallahu anhu was facing directly towards the road. When it rained, water would fall on to the people. When Umar radiallahu anhulearnt of this he had the gutter removed. When Hadhrat Abbas heard of this he asked Umar radiallahu anhu, “Why did you remove it?” He replied, “People were inconvenienced because of it.” Hadhrat Abbas then said, “I also had realised that, but I had not removed it because ...
In the above citation from Adabul Moashirath, Etiquettes of Social Conduct, by Hakeem ul Ummah Moulana Thanvi (ra) comes some etiquette of our beautiful greeting of salaam. This is our Islamic culture, this is what our Islamic culture teaches us about greeting one another. Some things mentioned in the above citation that are pertinent to us are that: 1 - To say salaam to someone is sunnah and ...
Updated 21-04-2013 at 08:42 AM by FususAlHikam
There is a worldly hikmat, wisdom, behind staying humble, showing oneself to be humble, keeping a humble disposition and being first to greet people with salaam. We are in such times that you have to say salaam to people just to keep yourself safe from their sharr, their evil. Hasad, jealousy, enmity, hatred, hidden agendas, these are rampant in todays society. Saying salaam first is a sign of humility and humbleness, say salaam first, stay humble, keep a humble disposition, dont brag or show off ...
If by committing a sin there were no bad consequences for a person except that his Lord becomes naraaz (displeased) with him, is that not punishment enough? Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanwi (raheemahullaah)