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Pre-Islamic Injustices towards Women
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُوا النِّسَاءَ كَرْهًا ۖ وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا بِبَعْضِ مَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّا أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ ۚ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ فَإِن كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَيَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا ﴿١٩﴾
O you who believe, it is not lawful for you that you forcibly take women as inheritance. And do not hold on to them so that you may get away with some of what you have given them, unless they commit …
A Serving Saint
Abu Muhammad Marwazi (rahimahullah) was a great saint of Baghdad who passed away in the year 290 A.H. Such was the level of his piety and exemplary qualities that the famous saint, Junaid Baghdaadi (rahimahullah), would praise him and speak very highly of him.
Once, Abu Muhammad Marwazi (rahimahullah) passed through Baghdad en route to Makkah Mukarramah. In order to benefit from his company, Mus‘ab bin Ahmad (rahimahullah) approached him and asked permission to join him on his journey to …
The Cool Fire
(Ambiyaa [‘alaihimus salaam] Series – Nabi Ebrahim [‘alaihis salaam] #03)
After Nabi Ebrahim (‘alaihis salaam) broke the idols, the people were very angry and decided to punish him for disgracing their gods. They discussed different types of punishments and eventually decided to throw him in a huge fire so he could burn to death.
Everyone then began gathering wood. The people gathered every type of wood they could find from every possible place. This continued for more than a month.
