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Harmful Foods
Foods can generally be termed as those edibles which nourish the body. There are, however, certain foods that adversely affect the body. These can be termed as “harmful foods”.
Harmful foods can be divided into two categories:
1. Foods that are not beneficial to anybody.
2. Foods that do not agree with certain people.
1. Foods that are not beneficial to anybody.
The foods that are not beneficial to anybody are those foods which have a very low …
Du‘aa of Seventy Thousand Angels
Often, we have the perception that ‘earning great reward’ from Allah Ta‘ala is something that will require immense effort, energy and action. However, Allah Ta‘ala, out of His infinite mercy, has blessed us with numerous avenues through which we can easily earn immense rewards with a minimum effort. One of these avenues is the sunnah of visiting the sick.
In this regard, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) has mentioned, “There is no person who visits someone who is sick in the evening, except …
Saved through Sadaqah
Ibnul Furaat was a minister in the fourth century of Islam during the reign of the ‘Abbaasi ruler, Al-Muqtadir Billah. (Siyaru Aa’laamin Nubalaa vol. 14, pg. 474)
On one occasion, Ibnul Furaat summoned a certain scribe and said to him:
Woe to you! I had sinister intentions in your regard and always wanted to arrest you and confiscate your wealth. However, for a few nights, I have been seeing a strange dream wherein I issued an order for your …
