Tag: Islam

  • Of Mistakes and Crimes

    A mistake is one that is made by mistake (sic) and a crime is one that is done deliberately. A mistake must obviously be forgiven. A crime is culpable but can also be forgiven. This is the peculiarity of Islamic Law that even a crime as serious as murder can simply be forgiven by the…

  • Is Islam a religion of peace?

    Question:    How can we say that Islam is a religion of peace when it advocates all kinds of violence and its believers engage in violence in many places in the world? Answer:       This type of question is very common in the present day and very easy to answer provided the questioner is willing to do…

  • Muhammadﷺ, example for all times

    Muhammadﷺ, example for all times

    They say that reading biographies is perhaps the best way to learn real life lessons. That is because a biography is a record of practice. Of what worked and what didn’t. The life of Muhammadﷺ  is perhaps one of the most well documented in human history. Having said that one may ask why his life…

  • Stopping radicalization through the barrel of a gun

    One of my friends sent me this article and asked for my opinion. http://www.firstpost.com/india/we-are-losing-kashmir-to-islam-ten-ways-to-counter-radicalisation-in-india-2997302.html My answer: Actually what this guy proposes is quite tame. See what some others did: Albania: the only European country with a majority Muslim population was ruled by Enver Halil Hoxha (born Muslim) communist leader of Albania from 1944 until his…

  • Punishment ISIS style is NOT ISLAMIC

    Someone commented on the incident of the ISIS hanging up two boys by their wrists for a day or more because they didn’t fast in Ramadan. Below is the comment and my answer. Assalamualaykum. Overall, the ISIS seems a covert American operation to consolidate territory in Iraq and Syria. However, and to be fair, the…

  • Ramadan, a time of self-indulgence?

    So Ramadan is coming along. What are the signs that I see around me? By far the most important of them all – the cleaning of the Haleem cooking cauldrons, repairing of the tandoor ovens and the painting of signs screaming that the Haleem of that particular establishment can’t possibly be bettered in this life.…

  • Balancing Deen and Dunya

    Below are two questions and their answers. Sharing for mutual benefit. والسّلام Yawar Baig Sent:Friday, June 05, 2015 10:08 PMTo: Mirza Yawar BaigSubject: Balancing Deen and Dunya. Assalamu`Alaykum Warahmatulahi Wabarakatuhu. Dear Sheikh, You seem to have achieved exceptionally well in knowledge of this world and knowledge of here after(Deen).While acquiring knowledge of both worlds, Did…

  • Parenting can’t be outsourced

    The biggest challenge of parenting is to accept that we are facing a world that is very different from the one we grew up in. This is true irrespective of which country you live in with the additional complexity of a rapid destruction of walls between cultures. The truth is that your solutions don’t work…

  • Checklist for Spiritual Development

    I wrote in my book -Islam for Beginners – It has been said that true bankruptcy is a full belly and an empty soul. Religion must be a matter of conscious choice.So here’s a checklist to show us the state of our soul. 1. How much time do you spend in personal Ibaadah, by yourself alone, daily? 2. How…

  • Quranic formula for success

    We are all witness to what is happening in Palestine – deplorable, despicable and completely avoidable if only some good sense could prevail on all sides. Naturally we, the common people, Muslim or not, are anguished, perplexed and confused about why there is so much apathy and even active complicity with the aggressors and such…