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Allah – Who is Allah? Muslims believe that Allah alone is the Lord, the Creator and the Provider of the entire universe. Muslims also believe that Allah alone, and no one else, is worthy of worship.The primary Islamic belief is that “There is no one...

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ကုရန္အာန္က်မ္းေတာ္ျမတ္ကုိ အဂၤလိပ္လုိဘာသာျပန္နဲ႔ တစ္ဂြ်တ္ခ်င္းျပန္ထားတာေလးျဖစ္ပါတယ္။

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Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani The Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Whoever prays on Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and sincerity, shall have all their past sins forgiven.” [Bukhari and Muslim, from Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him)] The...

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By Yasien Mohamed Extracted with slight modifications from “Fitrah: The Islamic Concept of Human Nature” © 1996 TA-HA Publishers Ltd. In attempting a definition of ‘fitrah’, I give an exposition of its linguistic and religious meaning. The religious understanding of fitrah is based on the...

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Zakat means grow (in goodness) or ‘increase’, ‘purifying’ or ‘making pure’. So the act of giving zakat means purifying one’s wealth to gain Allah’s blessing to make it grow in goodness. One of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong to...

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Once the Holy Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, addressed his followers on the last day of Shaban, on the eve of Ramadan, and said: “There is a night in this month which is greater in excellence than a thousand months; Allah has enjoined an extra...

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What is the Qur’an The Qur’an comprehends the complete code for the Muslims to live a good, chaste, abundant and rewarding life in obedience to the commandments of Allah, in this life and to gain salvation in the next. It is the “chart of life”...

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Ramadan is derived from the Arabic root word ramida or arramad intense scorching heat and dryness, especially the ground. From the same root there is ramdaa, sunbaked sand, and the famous proverb: “Kal Mustajeer minar Ramadaa binnar” – to jump out of the frying pan...

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Introduction to Islam Islam is a Semitic religion, which has over one billion adherents all over the world. Islam means “submission to the will of God”. Muslims accept the Qur’an, as the word of God revealed to His last and final prophet, Mohammed (peace be...

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Some Virtues of Hajj and Umrah The Prophet (pbuh) said: “Umrah is an expiation for the time between it and the previous ‘Umrah’ and an accepted Hajj has no less a reward than Paradise”. (Narrated by al-Bukhari 1683, Muslim 1349). The Prophet (pbuh) said: “He...

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