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The Gift of Gratitude
After the marriage of Nabi Ismaa‘eel (‘alaihis salaam), his respected father, Nabi Ebrahim (‘alaihis salaam), came to visit him in Makkah Mukarramah. On arriving at his home, he found that Nabi Ismaa‘eel (‘alaihis salaam) was out, and thus only met his wife. She, however, did not recognise Nabi Ebrahim (‘alaihis salaam) as she had never met him before.
Nabi Ebrahim (‘alaihis salaam) asked her the whereabouts of Nabi Ismaa‘eel (‘alaihis salaam) to which she replied, “He has gone to find sustenance for us (i.e. …
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 …
