Prophet Hud (AS)

And to Aad [We sent] their brother Hud. He said, “O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. You are not but inventors [of falsehood]. (Qur’an 11:50)  AFTER NUH AS Allah blessed the descendants of Nuh AS and they spread over the earth. One community from them was called Aad. They were the first after Nuh’s AS people to be mentioned in the Qur’an. The Aad of the time of Prophet Hud AS are referred to as the “first of Aad”. They were the original Arabs and Semites, Read more [...]

Today’s Beautiful Hadith is about Piety

Reported by Wabisah bin Ma`bad (RA): I went to Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and he asked me, “Have you come to inquire about piety?” I replied in the affirmative. Then he said, “Ask your heart regarding it. Piety is that which contents the soul and comforts the heart, and sin is that which causes doubts and perturbs the heart, even if people pronounce it lawful and give you verdicts on such matters again and again.”
[Ahmad and Ad-Darmi]

Today’s Beautiful Hadith is about Obedience to the Sunnah

Reported by Jabir (RA): Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “My parable and that of yours is like a man who kindled a fire. When it has illuminated all around him, the moths and grasshoppers began to fall therein. He tried to push them away, but they overcame him and jumped into it. I am catching hold of your waists ties (to save you) from fire, but you slip away from my hands”.
[Muslim]

Today’s Beautiful Hadith is about the Path to Jannah

Reported by Abu Ayyub Khalid bin Zaid Al-Ansari (RA): A man came to Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and said, “Direct me to a deed which will admit me to Jannah and take me away from the Fire”. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “Worship Allah and associate no partner with Him, perform As-Salat, pay Zakat, and maintain the ties of kinship”.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Mu’adh Ibn Jabal (RA)

Preface: These articles are only a summary of the lives of the great Companions and do not cover all the points of their life stories. These stories are not intended as biographies, but rather to provide a glimpse of the main incidents of each companion's life. For ease of reading, we have not inserted "May Allah be pleased with him (RA)" each time the name of each Companion is mentioned, but please take it that the salutations apply to all of them, may Allah be pleased with them all. Among the Read more [...]