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Created for the Hereafter
Every person likes to be regarded as intelligent, and no person likes to be regarded as foolish and unintelligent. However, if a person truly possesses intelligence, then the signs of his intelligence will be evident and manifest in his conduct, behaviour, actions and words.
Among the signs of a person possessing intelligence is that he is able to correctly identify his priorities in life, and thereafter affords each priority the importance and attention that it deserves. Hence, a person who …
Islam – The Greatest Advocate of Justice
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَاّ تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتامى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّساءِ مَثْنى وَثُلاثَ وَرُباعَ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَاّ تَعْدِلُوا فَواحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمانُكُمْ ذلِكَ أَدْنى أَلَاّ تَعُولُوا
“If you fear that you will not do justice to the orphans, then, marry the women you like, in twos, in threes and in fours. But, if you fear that you will not maintain equity, then (keep to) one woman, or bondwomen you own. It …
The Barefooted Saint
Bishr bin Haarith (rahimahullah), famously known as Bishr Haafi, was a scholar of hadeeth, an ascetic, and a great friend of Allah Ta‘ala. He passed away on a Friday in the month of Rabee‘ul Awwal 227 A.H. at the age of seventy five. (Siyaru Aa’laamin Nubalaa vol. 10, pg. 469)
In his early days, Bishr Haafi (rahimahullah) led a life of vice and sin, engaging in impermissible enjoyment and entertainment. On one occasion, whilst he and his friends were drinking wine and …
