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Islam and Nationalism O you mankind! surely We created you of a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other; surely the most honourable of you with Allah is the one among you most careful (of his duty); verily Allah is Knowing, Aware. (QURAN 49:13) "We have not sent you but as a universal Messenger to humankind, giving them glad tidings and warning them ...." ( QURAN  34:28) "Say, 'O human beings! I am sent unto you all, as the apostle of Allah." ( QURAN  7:158) "We sent you not, but as a mercy for all creatures."(QURAN 21:107)

TRANSLATION OF ORIGINAL DRAFT OF MEDINA CHARTER In the name of God, the Beneficent and the Merciful (1) This is a prescript of Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم), the Prophet and Messenger of God (to operate) between the faithful and the followers of Islam from among the Quraish and the people of Madina and those who may be under them, may join them and take part in wars in their company. (2) They shall constitute a separate political unit (Ummat) as distinguished from all the people (of the world). (3) The emigrants from the Quraish shall be (responsible) for their own ward; and shall pay their blood-money in mutual collaboration and shall secure the release of their own prisoners by paying their ransom from themselves, so that the mutual dealings between the believers be in accordance with the principles of goodness and justice. (4) And Banu ‘Awf shall be responsible for their own ward and shall pay their blood-money in mutual collaboration, and every group shall secure th...

KHALID BIN WALID A GREAT WARRIOR 

15 MAJOR SINS IN ISLAM SO WE SHOULD AVOID THIS SINS, MAY ALLAH SHOW US THE STRAIGHT PATH.

           IMAM MUSLIM (RA) LIFE AND WORK His name was Abul-Hussain Muslim-bin-Habaj al Nishapuri. He was born in a distinguished family of Arab Muslims in Khorasan which. was a famous town of Russia. Imaam Muslim was born in 817 A.D. corresponding to the Islamic year 204 A.H. His forefathers occupied prominent positions during the time of the four Caliphs. He travelled to many places with the object of learning Hadith and after completing his studies in the various centres of learning he settled at Nishapur. He spend the rest of his life teaching Hadith. EDUCATION: Imaam Muslim started his studies at the very early age of fourteen years. In the year 218 A.H. the atmosphere in Nishapur his birthplace was of a religious and knowledge type. Nishapur had great personalities in this period such as lmaam Rahiwe and lmaam Zohri. After travelling widely in search of Hadith he settled in Nishapur as mentioned above. Imaam Muslim was much impressed by the vas...

Imaam Abu Hanifa (RA) his life and his works  An excerpt from the English Translation of Allamah Shibli Naumani's "Sirat-e-Nu'man" The writers of the Tadhkirahs (biographical memoirs) in which Imam Abu Hanifah figures have allowed their admiration for him to make them portray his character and personal habits with so much palpable exaggeration that after reading their accounts one finds it hard to visualize what he was really like. Here are few of the incredible things they mention : For forty years he said his morning prayers with the wudu (ritual ablution) that he had performed for his 'isha prayer (the night prayer). For thirty years on end he fasted from day to day. He completed seven thousand readings of the Qur'an at the place where he died. There having been found in the canal at Kufah a piece of meat about which it could not be ascertained whether or not it was part of a lawfully slaughtered animal he abstained from eating fish for a long time for...

Imaam Tirmizi (R.A.), an Islamic scholar Imaam Tirmizi (R.A.) was born in the year 209 A.H. during the reign of the Abbasid Khalifa Mamoon al Rasheed. The Abbasid Caliphate despite its brilliant contributions to Islaam brought along with it many thorny problems. Greek Philosophy had a free flow into the Islamic world. This was fully sanctioned by the government until eventually it declared the Mu'tazila school of thought as the state religion. Anyone who opposed the Mu'tazila school of thought would be opposing the state. With the influence of Greek philosophy infiltrating within the people many Muslims began attempting to reconcile between reason and revelation. As a result they deviated themselves and misled many innocent weak Muslims away from Allah and His Rasul [sallallahu alyhi wasallam]. Many scholars of Islaam had come to the fore in order to defend the Shariah. Forgeries and interpolations in Hadith by rulers who wished to fulfil their personal motives was common...