AL-RAHMAN (The All-Compassionate)

ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ
AL-RAHMAN
(The All-Compassionate)
അര്-റഹ്മാന് : പരമ-കാരുണ്യവാന്
The One who continually showers all of creation
with blessings and prosperity without any
disparity. The One who is most kind, loving and
merciful. The One whose endless, loving mercy is
perfect and inclusive. The One who is overflowing
with the quality of loving mercy and is continually
pouring it upon all of creation. The One whose
perfect mercy and loving beneficence endlessly
embrace all of creation. The One who loves and
cherishes all of creation.
The One who is most loving, gentle and merciful.
The Most Gracious has imparted this Qur’an unto
man. He has created man: He has imparted unto
him articulate thought and speech. At His behest
the sun and the moon run their appointed
courses; before Him prostrate themselves the
stars and the trees. And the skies has He raised
high, and has devised for all things a measure, so
that you too, O men, might never transgress the
measure of what is right: weight, therefore, your
deeds with equity, and cut not the measure short!
and the earth has He spread out for all living
beings, with fruit thereon, and palm trees with
sheathed clusters of dates, and grain growing tall
on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants. Which,
then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you
disavow?
Ar-Rahman 55:1-13, tr. Asad
Benefits of Reading : If this ism is recited 100
times daily after every salaah,
if Allah wills, hard heartedness and negligence will
be removed from the readers heart.

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ROMANCE IN ISLAM

Look at the story of Abdullahi Ibn Abubakar and
Atikah bint Zaid, Atikah was so beautiful, one of
the most beautiful female companions, they were
so in love, that they were mad about each other,
if they could swallow each other they would have
done that. Abdulllahi was crazy about her, to the
extent that he started missing Salat and Jihad,
until Abubakar Siddiq (RA) commanded Abdullahi
to divorce her, Abdullahi became depressed that
he started singing love poems about Atikah up and
down at home.
This was what made Abubakar to re-consider the
issue and eventually Abdullahi and Atikah were
back together again, and Abdullahi even made
Atikah to promise him that she won't marry any
other man after his death. The Prophet (SAW)
said, a woman will be with her final husband in
Jannah (Tirmidhi).
Abu Darda and Umm Darda were also another
lovebirds, to the extent that when Abu Darda died,
Umm Darda refused to get married again cos she
thought no other man can replace Abu Darda.
When Muawiyah proposed to her, she declined and
said, am already engaged to
Abu Darda in paradise. How sweet!
That's eternal love. Marriage can be made
beautiful or terrible, it all depends on d spouses.
When Umm Silah, the wife of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
died, he wept and said, I have lived with this
woman for the past 30 years and we never
quarrelled for once. People asked him, how is that
possible? He said, whenever I am getting angry
she keeps quiet and whenever she is getting
angry I keep quiet, so we never had
mutual argument. How romantic.... How many
couples today can spend a week without
argument? Brothers learn to be romantic
and sweet, some brothers are even shy of
expressing their love for
their wives, if you don't tell her your feelings, who
will??? Ahmad
Ibn Hanbal said, women love to be told clearly
that they are loved,
it strengthens the feelings and affection, if you
refuse to express
your feelings for her, it will create a barrier of
harshness between
you and her.
Most couples today are only romantic for the first
few years of
marriage, after that, its assumed that it’s childish
to keep saying (I
love you). What's childish about it? Wallahi those
3 words are the basis and foundation of marriage.
Brothers, be romantic:
sometimes u should eat from the same plate and
feed your wives, sometimes put meat In between
ur teeth and put it in ur wives mouth by way of
kissing thereby mutually sharing the meat. At
times involve in pillow fights with your wives,
throw pillows at
her. when she is angry, hold her and tell her how
beautiful she is, tell her "you look more beautiful
when you are angry", if she is still angry, then
move back and throw chocolates at her, spray
perfume on her or pour water on her, all these are
part of being romantic. At times carry your wife in
your arms around the house,
at times carry the baby on your back too. At
times play simple
games together, throw balls at each other, have a
mini gymnasium
in your house where you train your wife, carry her
and let her carry
you if she has the strength, but don't allow her to
knack you
down!!! Watch Islamic stations together with her,
eat pop-corn
together, sleep on the same room and on the
same bed, don't
have your own separate room, some men now
have their own room where they run to, after
quarrelling with their wife, who are you leaving her
for? Even if a man practices polygyny, he can't
have his own room, he has to be rationing rooms
from one wife to the other. That's justice!!!!!
At times, go on a stroll with your wife and chit-
chat with her, go to
places of amusement or admiration of nature if
the places are free from half naked zombies.....
Don't only buy gifts for your wife when she is sick
in the hospital, buy for her often. The best gift is
the one that comes from the bottom of your heart
not the store. Shop things for her, there is nothing
wrong with you going to the market with your
beards and say "I want to buy female underwear,
its just a gift of love. May Allah bless all our
spouses. Amiin

COMMON MISTAKES IN PRAYERS

Dear My brother's and sister's in Islam ,
Forward it to many Muslims, so that they can learn and correct their
mistakes with the help of Allah
Common Errors in Prayer That MUST Be Avoided:-
1. Reciting Surat Al-Fatiha without pausing after each verse.
The Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) used to pause after each verse of this Surah. (Abu
Dawood)
2. Sticking the arms to the sides of the body, in Rukoo' or Sujood, and sticking
the belly to the thighs in Sujood.
The Messenger of Allah (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) said: "Let not one of you support himself on
his forearms (in Sujood ) like the dog.
Let him rest on his palms and keep his elbows away from his body." ( Sahih
Muslim) The Messenger of
Allah (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) used to keep his arms away from his body during Rukoo' and
Sujood that the whiteness of His
armpits could be seen ( Sahih Muslim).
3. Gazing upward during prayer.
This may cause loss of concentration. We are commanded to lower our gaze,
and look at the point at which the head rests during Sujood.
The Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) warned: "Let those who raise their gaze up during prayer
stop doing so, or else their sights would not return to them. [ i.e. Lose their
eyesight]. " ( Muslim)
4. Resting only the tip of the head on the floor during sujood.
The Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) said: "I am commanded to prostrate on seven bones the
forehead and the nose, the two hands [palms],the two knees, and the two
feet." ( Sahih Muslim) Applying the above command necessitates resting the
forehead and the nose on the ground during sujood.
5. Hasty performance of prayer which does not allow repose and calmness in
rukoo' or sujood.
The Messenger of Allah (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam ) saw a man who did not complete his
Rukoo' [bowing], and made a very short Sujood [prostration] ; He (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) said:
"If this man dies while praying in this manner, he would die upholding a
religion other than the religion of Muhammad." Abu Hurairah (RadiyuAllah Anhu) said: "My
beloved friend, Muhammad (SallaAllahu Alaiyhi Wa Sallam) forbade me to perform postures of prayer
copying the picking of a rooster; (signifying fast performance of prayer),
moving eyes around like a fox and the sitting like monkeys ( i.e. to sit on
thighs)." (Imam Ahmad & at-Tayalisi)
The Messenger of Allah (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) said:? "The worst thief is the one who steals
from his own prayer."? People asked,
'Messenger of Allah! How could one mess his own prayer?' He (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam )
said: "By not completing its Rukoo' and
Sujood."(At- Tabarani & al-Hakim). To complete rukoo' is to stay in that
posture long enough to recite 'subhana rabbiyal Adtheem' three times,
SLOWLY, and' subhana rabbiyal-a'ala' three times, SLOWLY, in sujood.
He (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) also announced: "He who does not complete his rukoo' and sujood,
his prayer is void." (Abu Dawood
& others)
6. Counting tasbeeh with the left hand
The Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) used to count Tasbeeh on the fingers of His right hand
after Salah. lbn Qudamah (RadiyuAllah Anhu) said:? "The Messenger of Allah (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) used
his right hand for tasbeeh." ( Abu Dawud) The above hadeeth indicates clearly
that the Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) used only one hand for counting Tasbeeh.?No Muslim
with sound mind would imagine that the Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam)?used His left Hand
for counting Tasbeeh. Aa'ishah (RadiyuAllahAnha ) said that the Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam)used His left
hand only for Istinjaa', or cleaning Himself after responding to the call of
nature.? He never used it for Tasbeeh.
Yasirah (RadiyuAllah Anhu) reported:?The Prophet(SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) commanded women to count
Tasbeeh on their fingers.
he Messenger of Allah (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) said:?"They (the fingers) will be made to speak,
and will be questioned (on the Day of
Resurrection.)" (At-Tirmithi)
The above hadeeth indicates that it is preferable to count Tasbeeh on the
fingers of the right hand than to do so on
Masbahah (rosary) .
7. Crossing in front of a praying person.
The Messenger of Allah (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) warned:? "Were the one who crosses in front
of a praying person to know the consequences of doing so, he would have waited
for *forty better than to cross in front of him." (Sahih Bukhari
and Muslim). *The forty in the tradition may be days months or even years.
Allah knows best.
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ALLAH (The Greatest Name, The Name Of ALLAH)

ﺍﻟﻠﻪ
ALLAH (The Greatest Name, The Name Of ALLAH)
അല്ലാഹു : അല്ലാഹുവിന് നാമം
In the name of God The infinitely Compassionate
and Merciful ● Praise be to God, Lord of all the
worlds. ● The Compassionate, The Merciful. ●
Ruler on the Day of Reckoning. ● You alone do
we worship, and You alone do we ask for help. ●
Guide us on the straight path ● The path of those
who have received your grace; not the path of
those who have brought down wrath, nor of those
who wander astray. Ameen Rabbal Alameen.
Allah is Al-ism Al-a'zam, the greatest name
which contains all the divine attributes and is the
sign of the essence and cause of all existence.
Allah does not resemble in any way any of His
creation. Allah is Allah's name only.
Nothing else can assume this name or share it.
Benefits of Reading : Whoever reads this name of
Allah 1,000 times daily, all doubts and
uncertainties will be removed from his heart,
instead, determination and faith will become
inborn in him. Insha-Allahu Rahman.

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Muslim girl named best-dressed student at US school

JUN 30, 2015 08:28AM

Abrar Shahin

NEW YORK: A hijab-wearing Muslim of

Palestinian descent has been named the best-

dressed girl at a school in New Jersey state,

according to a website.

Abrar Shahin, a student of Clifton High School,

sports a black skirt and skinny jeans, ankle-high

boots and a cropped white blazer in her yearbook

photo.

Her make-up is just about perfect, capped with

plum-toned lip stick, the NorthJersey.com said.

The website quoted Abrar Shahin as saying that

“there are always cheerleaders who win and

popular girls.

So I was very surprised it was me, being a hijabi”.

With her trendy style, Shahin, who holds a

clothing-store job, has been shattering

stereotypes about Muslims, but at the same time

observing her religious traditions.

The “best dressed” vote also shows how

acceptance has grown at one of the largest and

most diverse high schools in the state.

The class of 2015, which graduated on Friday,

includes many immigrants and first-generation

students whose families hail from across the

globe.

Out of the nearly 3,300 students at the Clifton

High School, there are 52 per cent Hispanics, 35

per cent whites, eight per cent Asians and five per

cent blacks.

Published in Dawn, June 30th, 2015

dawn.com/news/1191278/

Some things you should know as a Muslim

1) What is the meaning of the word "Qur'an" ?
A) That which is Read.

2) Where was the Qur'an revealed first ?
A) In the cave of Hira (Makkah)

3) On which night was the Qur'an first revealed ?
A) Lailatul-Qadr (Night of the Power)

4) Who revealed the Qur'an?
A) Allah revealed the Qur'an

5) Through whom was the Qur'an revealed?
A) Through Angel Jibraeel (Alaihis-Salaam)

6) To whom was the Qur'an revealed?
A) To the last Prophet, Muhammed (Sallahu Alaihi Wasallam).

7) Who took the responsibility of keeping the Qur'an safe?
A) Allah himself.

8) What are the conditions for holding or touching the Qur'an?
A) One has to be clean and to be with wudhu (ablution).

9) Which is the book which is read most?
A) The Qur'an.

10) What is the topic of the Qur'an?
A) Man.

11) What are the other names of the Qur'an according to the Qur'an itself?
A) A l-Furqaan, Al-Kitaab, Al-Zikr, Al-Noor, Al-Huda.

12) How many Makki Surahs (chapters) are there in the Qur'an?
A) 86

13) How many Madani Surahs (chapters) are there in the Qur'an?
A) 28

14) How many Manzils (stages) are there in the Qur'an?
A) 7

15) How many Paara or Juz (parts) are there in the Qur'an?
A) 30

16) How many Surahs (chapters) are there in the Qur'an?
A) 114

17) How many Rukoo (paragraphs) are there in the Qur'an?
A) 540

18) How many Aayaath (verses) are there in the Qur'an?
A) 6666

19) How many times is the word 'Allah' repeated in the Qur'an?
A) 2698

20) How many different types of Aayaath (verses) are there in the Qur'an?
A) 10

21) Who is the first 'Haafiz' of the Qur'an?
A) Prophet Muhammed (Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam)

22) At the time of the death of Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) how many Huffaz were there?
A) 22

23) How many Aayaath (verses) on Sajda (prostation) are there in the Qur'an?
A) 14

24) In which Paara (part) and Surah (chapter) do you find the first verse about Sajda (prostation)?
A) 9th Paara, 7th Chapter-Surah-al-Araaf, Verse 206.

25) How many times has the Qur'an stressed about Salaat or Namaaz (prayer)?
A) 700 times

26) How many times has the Qur'an emphasized on alms or charity?
A) 150

27) How many times in the Qur'an, is the Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) addressed asYaa-Aiyu-Han-Nabi?
A) 11 times

28) Where in the Qur'an has Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) been named 'Ahmed'?
A) Paara 28th, Surah Saff, Ayath 6th.

29) How many times has the name of Rasool-ullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)
been mentioned in the Qur'an?
A) Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)-4times Ahmed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)-1 time.

30) Name the Prophet whose name is mentioned and discussed most in the
Qur'an?
A) Moosa (Alahis-Salaam)

39) Which is the first and the most ancient Mosque according to the Qur'an?
A) Kaaba

40) In Qur'an mankind is divided into two groups. Which are those two groups?
A) Believers and disbelievers

41) Who is the man about whom, Allah has said in the Qur'an that his body is
kept as an admonishing example for future generations to come?
A) Fir'aun. (Pharaoh).

42) Besides the body of Pharaoh, what is that thing which is kept as an admonishing example for future generations to come?
A) Noah's Ark.

43) After the wreckage of Prophet Noah's Ark, which is its place of rest mentioned in theQur'an?
A) Cave of Judi.

46) In the Qur'an there is a mention of a Prophet who has been called by his mother's name. Who was he?
A) Jesus [Prophet Isa (Alahis salaam)] is mentioned as Ibn Maryam.

47) Which was the agreement that was titled Fath-hum-Mubeen' without fighting a battle?
A) Treaty of Hudaibiya

48) What are the different names used for Satan or Devil in the Qur'an?
A) Iblees and Ash-Shaitaan.

49) Which category of creature does the Qur'an put 'Iblees' into?
A) Jinn.

50) What were those worships and prayers that were ordered by Allah to the community of Bani Israeel and which were continued by the Muslim Ummah also?
A) Salaat and Zakaat. (Al Baqarah:43)

51) The Qur'an repeatedly warns of a certain day. Can you say which day it is?
A) Youmal Qiyamah.(Doomsday)

52) Who were those people with whom Allah was pleased and they were pleased with Him, as mentioned in the Qur'an?
A) Companions of Prophet Muhammed. (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)

53) In which Holy Book of Non-Muslims the Qur'an mentioned repeatedly?
A) In the Holy Book of Sikh Community - Granth Saheb.

54) In which year were the vowels inserted in the Qur'an?
A) 43 Hijri.

55) Who were the first serious students of the Qur'an?
A) As-haabus Suffah.

56) Which is the first Residential University where the faculty of the Qur'an was established for the first time?
A) Masjid-e-Nabvi. [Mosque of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)]

57) By what name did the Qur'an address those noble and pious people who were selected by Allah to convey His message to mankind?
A) Nabi (Prophet) and Rasool (Messenger).

58) What type of a person does the Qur'an want to make?
A) Momin.

59) What is the scale or measure of one's dignity according to the Qur'an?
A) Thaqwa. (Piety)

60) What according to the Qur'an is the root cause of the evil?
A) Alcohol.

61) What are the two most important types of Aayaat (Verses) found in the Qur'an?
A) Muhakamaat and muthashabihaath.

62) Which is the longest Surah (Chapter) in the Qur'an?
A) Surah-al-Baqarah.

63) Which is the smallest Surah in the Qur'an?
A) Surah-al-Kausar.

64) What was the age of Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) when
Qur'an was first revealed to him through Jibraeel (Alaihis-salaam)?
A) 40 Years.

65) How long did Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) receive the revelation of the Qur'an in Makkah?
A) 13 Years.

66) How long did Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) receive the
revelation of the Qur'an in Madinah?
A) 10 Years.

67) Where was the first Surah revealed?
A) In Makkah.

68) Where was the last Surah revealed?
A) In Madinah.

69) How many years did it take for the complete revelation of the Qur'an?
A) 22 years, 5 months and 14 days.

70) Which Surah (Chapter) of the Qur'an is to be read compulsorily in each raka'at of the Salaat (Namaaz)?
A) Surah-al-Fatihah.

71) Which is the Surah, which Allah taught as a Du'a (Prayer)?
A) Surah-al-Fatihah.

72) What is the reason of keeping Surah-al-Fatihah in the beginning of the Qur'an?
A) It is the door to the Qur'an

73) What is the Surah (Chapter) revealed completely and found first place in the Qur'an?
A) Surah-al-Fatihah.

74) Who was the only lady whose personal name is found in the Qur'an?
A) Mariam (Alaihis-salaam).

75) In which Surah (Chapter) of the Qur'an do you find maximum instructions?
A) Surah-al-Baqarah.

76) When and Where did the Prophet Muhammed Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and Jibraeel (Alaihis-salaam) meet for the second time?
A) On Friday,18th Ramadan, in the Cave of Hira.

77) What was the interval between the first and the second revelation?
A) 2 years and six months.

78) Which is the Surah (Chapter) that does not start with Bismillah?
A) Surah-al-Taubah or Bara'ath.

79) In which Surah (Chapter) of the Qur'an Bismillah is repeated twice?
A) Surah-al Naml.

80) How many Surah (Chapter) in the Qur'an have the titles named after different Prophets?
A) 6 Surahs (Chapters):
a) Surah-al-Yunus.
b)Surah-al-Hood.
c) Surah-al-Yusuf.
d) Surah-al-Ibraheem.
e)Surah-al-Nuh.
f) Surah-al-Muhammed.

81) In which part of the Qur'an do you find 'Ayat-ul Kursi' (Verse of the Throne)?
A) In the beginning of the third Part. (Chapter2-55)

82) How many different names of Allah are mentioned in the Qur'an?
A) 99

85) Which is that only book which is completely memorized by millions of people in the world?
A) Al-Qur'an.

86) What did the Jinns who heard a few Aayaath Verses) of the Qur'an say to each other?
A) We have heard a unique discourse which shows the right path, verily we believe in it.

88) Into how many languages of the world has the Holy Qur'an been translated?
A) Nearly 103 languages.

90) What will be our condition on 'The day of the Judgment' according to the Qur'an?
A) Everybody will be in a state of anxiety.

91) Who was the Prophet mentioned in the Qur'an whose three generations were prophets?
A) Ibraheem (Alaihis-salaam).

92) What is that book which abolished all old rules and regulations?
A) Al-Qur'an.

93) What does the Qur'an say about property and wealth?
A) They are tests of one's faith.

94) According to the Qur'an who is "khaatamun Nabiyyeen" (the last of the Prophets)?
A) Prophet Muhammed. (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)

95) What is the name of the book that tells us clearly about the reality of the beginning and the end of the world?
A) Al-Qur'an.

96) In the Qur'an what other name is given to the city of Makkah?
A) Bakkah and Baladul Ameen.

97) According to the Qur'an what other name is given to the city of Madinah?
A) Yathrib.

98) Whose Generation is known as "Bani Israeel" according to the Qur'an?
A) The generation of Prophet Yaqoob(Alaihis salaam) who is also known as Israeel.

99) Which are the
mosques that are mentioned in the Qur'an?
a) Masjid-ul-Haram.
b) Masjid-ul-Zirar.
c) Masjid-ul-Nabawi.
d) Masjid-u l-Aqsa.
e) Masjid Quba.

100) The name of which angels are mentioned in the Qur'an?
a) Jibraeel. (Alaihis salaam)
b) Meekaeel.(Alaihis salaam)
c) Haroot.(Alaihis salaam)
d) Maroot.(Alaihis salaam)

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We all know Salaah will be the first question. But how is our Salaah? Are we making any effort to perfect it?

Are we "experiencing and enjoying" our Salaah or
are we treating it like a burden or some chore
that we need to offload?
Do we humble ourself everytime we bow down in
sujood and rukho or are these some robotic
actions we do mindlessly to finish the Salaah
guilt?
I want you to think about your salaah today.
What are you doing to improve it? Are you going
to die and not bother making an effort?
What has made you so busy that you have
neglected Salaah for so long? And by neglected I
do not just mean forgotten to pray I also mean
you have been praying 5 times a day but it is not
changing you as a human or a momin.