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Forcing Children to Eat
Question:
Assalaamu ‘alaikum
Respected ‘Ulama
I would like to enquire about the meaning of the following hadeeth with regards to forcing children to eat food that they dislike. The hadeeth is something to this effect: If Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) liked food, he ate it. If he disliked it, he left it.
I understand that the hadeeth is saying that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) never complained about food. However, with regards to upbringing of children, …
The Fruit of Her Effort
(Mother of Moulana Muhammad ‘Umar Paalanpuri [rahimahumullah] – Part Five)
The mother of Moulana Muhammad ‘Umar Paalanpuri (rahimahullah) considered no sacrifice too small in the path of her son becoming an ‘Aalim of Deen.
At the time when he was leaving for Darul ‘Uloom Deoband for the final year of his studies, she was weak and suffering ill health. She was unable to see, could barely chew and could not walk. However, despite her ailing condition, she …
The Forefathers of Rasulullah ﷺ – Part Seven
The People of the Elephants
The story of the people of the elephants is a very famous story. Allah Ta‘ala speaks of this story in the Quraan Majeed in Surah Feel. This story happened about two months before Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was born, in the time when ‘Abdul Muttalib was the leader of the Quraish.
The story starts with a man named Abrahah. He was a Christian man who was the ruler in the land of Yemen. He saw that …
