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‘Zakat’ – the Third Pillar of Islam

(The emphasis of this article is about importance of Zakat in Islam, benefits that zakat payers get, recipients of zakat and their benefits. Detail Rules and Regulation of Zakat is not included in this article). What is Zakat? ‘Zakat’ is a special terminology used in

Fasting in Ramadan – Annual Training for a Righteous Life.

Introduction. Training is very important to do something efficiently. It is like hands-on training of a doctor before treating a patient. Allah has created human beings to discharge a great responsibility of developing and managing this world on His behalf as His Representative (Calipha). Al-Quran

Actions of the Believers

“O Believers! Save yourselves and your family from the Hellfire whose fuel is human being and stones” (Quran ; Surah Tahreem: verse 6). In the commentary of this verse, fourth Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA) said : Save yourselves from Hellfire through your actions.

Relationship between Imaan and Islam

Iman directs a believer to follow Islam as Deen (way of life). In Islamic way of life, a believer first concentrates to know his Creator Allah and Fundamentals of Iman. After this, he concentrates to know God gifted way of life ‘Islam’. He accepts Islam

Consciousness (Taqwa) of Allah for Achieving the Purpose of Life

  As discussed earlier “sole purpose of human life” is to achieve peace and happiness by working as obedient vicegerent of Creator in this world. To achieve this, a believer needs to revolve his life around his Creator, Allah throughout his life. He has to

Branches of Imaan and their Effect in Life

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “There are some 60 or 70 branches of faith. The highest is to bear witness that ‘There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’. The lowest is the removal of harmful things from the road. Modesty

Worship (Ibada) of Allah for Achieving the Purpose of Life

This is the last step in the Journey to achieve satisfaction of Allah. To reach to this stage of journey, we have discussed three milestone as such Iman, Islam and Taqwa. Now we will be discussing on final step,” Worship of Allah”. People of different

Islamic Greetings

Salam (Islamic Greeting) A way towards peace, love and brotherhood in the society Introduction : Islam introduced a system of greeting one another when they meet individually or collectively.  Greeting starts by saying “Assalamu Alaikum Warahamatullah”. The meaning of this is: “peace and blessing of

The Purpose of Human Life on Earth

PURPOSE OF HUMAN LIFE ON EARTH Prior to discussion on “Faith in Islam”, it is necessary to be very clear about the purpose of life on Earth. This is because Allah has given Iman, Islam, Books, and have sent Prophets only to facilitate humankind to