Friday, June 17, 2011

Quran: The Book Of True Guidance

The glorious Quran is the last scripture from Almighty Allah to our beloved and last prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) when he was at the age of forty. Quran is the way to achieve your vital goals. Almighty clearly mentioned our goals and aims of our lives and he (Allah) created Jinn and human being to serve him. If you want to know the real meaning of the holy Quran then read it with translation and the Teach Quran to others as knowledge increases when you share it with others.

You must build up the strong character having faith on Almighty. Believe the unseen and offer prayer five times a day and give Zakat in the way of Allah. You must have the stronger fait on the last scripture of Allah and Sunnah of Muhammad (p.b.u.h). Most important is that you must believe on the Day of Judgment and the life hereafter. However it is most important to learn the Iman and then understand the Quran.
There are some unfortunate people who will never get guidance at al as Allah said in Quran: “As to those who reject faith, it is the same to them whether you warn them or not, they will not believe.” Now think why Allah said that it is useless to warn them, Allah also replied to this question in Quran as: ” Allah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearings and there is a veil on their eyes; great is the penalty they incur”. May Allah Always keep his blessings upon us. Ameen

Friday, June 3, 2011

Point of View of Lying In Islam

There are many verses of the Holy Quran and many hadiths which tell us that we should not tell lies. From the point of view of Islam, lying is considered as a crime, and it might even consider as a major sin.
The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) also recommended Muslims to be honest. He said: “Maintain truthfulness, for truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Heaven. A man continues to maintain truthfulness until he is recorded in Allah’s book as truthful. Refrain from lying, because lying leads to blatant evil, and evil leads to the fire. A man continues to lie until he is recorded in Allah’s book as a liar,” (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood and Al-Tirmithi).

This hadith clearly define that if we lying Allah gives us punishments and it takes to the hell fire as well. In another hadith, the Prophet (SAW) narrated that he saw a liar being punished in the Hereafter by having his mouth, nose and eyes torn with an iron hook. (Bukhari 5745)
Despite the punishment and hell fire, many people tell lies because telling lies becomes the habit of people but we should try to avoid this habit because it is a major sin, when we do Quran reading we finds Quran also forbids lying, Quran says: “And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is)." ( 2:42) Islam as well forbids lying and its related acts such as dishonesty, fraud, insincerity and providing fake testimony.