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The Pillar of Power
We live in an age of jet setting, an age in which many people awake in one country, eat lunch in a second, and go to sleep in a third. From Kingston to Kazakhstan, and Taiwan to Toronto, with the ease of travel and communication, the globe has seemingly ‘shrunk’ with even the remotest area now connected to the rest of the world. From any region of the planet, we can use the internet to book a room in the Intercontinental, or transfer funds …
Absolute Last Option
Sayyiduna Thowbaan (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “Whichever woman asks for a divorce without a genuine need, the fragrance of Jannah will be haraam upon her.” (Sunan Tirmizi #1187)
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) has explained that the facility of talaaq is the most abhorred of permissible actions in the sight of Allah Ta‘ala. (Sunan Abi Dawood #2178) Hence, this facility is meant to only be utilized as an absolute last resort, when all sincere attempts to …
True to His Word
Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah bin Abil Hamsaa (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) mentions:
I once conducted a business transaction with Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) before he was blessed with nubuwwah (prophethood) by Allah Ta‘ala. On concluding the transaction, there was an outstanding amount that I owed Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). I promised to fetch the money and return with it immediately to that very place.
After leaving, I completely forgot my promise, and only remembered three days later. I returned to the place …
