The Three Secrets to Happiness

• We all know that money can’t buy happiness … but many times we act as if we’d be happier with a bit more money. We are conditioned to want to be rich (when we know the rich aren’t happy either); we are trained to want the latest gadget or style that television tells us to want; we want to earn more money because then we’ll have the good life

weather forecasting In Islam

Praise be to Allaah.

Forecasting the weather does not come under the heading of astrology or claiming to have knowledge of the unseen, rather it is based on physical evidence and experience, and study of the natural laws established by Allaah. The same applies to knowing the times of solar and lunar eclipses, or when there are likely to be strong winds and rainfall.

10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It

Praise be to Almighty

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” – Ben Franklin, famously

“Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin…” – Mark Twain

ﻛﻴﺎ ﻧﻤﺎﺯ ﺟﻤﻌﮧ ﺳﮯ ﻗﺒﻞ ﺍﻭﺭ ﺑﻌﺪ ﺳﻨﺘﻴﮟ ﮨﻴﮟ ؟

ﺭﺳﻮﻝ ﻛﺮﻳﻢ ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﮧ ﻋﻠﻴﮧ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ ﺟﻤﻌﮧ ﻛﮯ ﺭﻭﺯ ﺍﭘﻨﮯ ﮔﮭﺮ ﺳﮯ ﻧﻜﻞ ﻛﺮ ﺁﺗﮯ ﺍﻭﺭ ﻣﻨﺒﺮ ﭘﺮ ﺗﺸﺮﻳﻒ ﻟﮯ ﺟﺎﺗﮯ ﺗﻮ ﻣﺆﺫﻥ ﺍﺫﺍﻥ ﻛﮩﺘﺎ، ﻣﺆﺫﻥ ﻛﻰ ﺍﺫﺍﻥ ﻛﮯ ﺑﻌﺪ ﺭﺳﻮﻝ ﻛﺮﻳﻢ ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﮧ ﻋﻠﻴﮧ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ ﺧﻄﺒﮧ ﺍﺭﺷﺎﺩ ﻓﺮﻣﺎﺗﮯ، ﺍﮔﺮ ﻧﻤﺎﺯ ﺟﻤﻌﮧ ﺳﮯ ﻗﺒﻞ ﺳﻨﺘﻴﮟ ﮨﻮﺗﻴﮟ ﺗﻮ ﺭﺳﻮﻝ ﻛﺮﻳﻢ ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﮧ ﻋﻠﻴﮧ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ ﺻﺤﺎﺑﮧ ﻛﻮ ﺿﺮﻭﺭ ﺑﺘﺎﺗﮯ، ﺍﻭﺭ ﺍﺫﺍﻥ ﻛﮯ ﺑﻌﺪ ﺳﻨﺘﻴﮟ ﺍﺩﺍ ﻛﺮﻧﮯ ﻛﻰ ﺭﺍﮨﻨﻤﺎﺋﻰ ﺿﺮﻭﺭ ﻛﺮﺗﮯ، ﺍﻭﺭ ﭘﮭﺮ ﻧﺒﻰ ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﮧ ﻋﻠﻴﮧ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ ﻛﮯ ﺩﻭﺭ ﻣﻴﮟ ﺗﻮﺻﺮﻑ ﺍﻣﺎﻡ ﻛﮯ ﺳﺎﻣﻨﮯ ﺻﺮﻑ ﺍﻳﻚ ﺍﺫﺍﻥ ﮨﻰ ﮨﻮﺗﻰ ﺗﮭﻰ .

How to deal with papers on which Allaah’s name is mentioned

Praise be to Allaah.

These papers on which Allah,s name is mentioned should be kept and protected against being handled with disrespect until you have finished with them.

What are the pillars of islam?

The pillars of islam are:

The belief ( Imaan ) that

there is no God to be worshiped except Allaah (the one God) and that Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him) is his messenger.

Ruling on killing snakes

Praise be to Allah

The Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) enjoined the killing of snakes, and this is general in meaning and applies to all kinds of snakes, in any place.

When should the hands be raised in du’aa’, and when do we make du’aa’ without raising our hands?

Praise be to Allaah.

It is important to note that du’aa’ is an act of worship, and every act of worship should only be done on the basis of evidence (daleel). The basic principle here is that the hands should be raised when making du’aa’, except when the du’aa’ is part of another act of worship, in which case raising the hands is regarded as an additional action (and should not be done).

Bidaa’h of gathering after fourty days to pray for the deceased

Praise to be Almighty

What happens in some Muslim countries – where the friends and relatives of the deceased gather after 40 days to read Qur’aan, make du’aa’ for him and remember him – is undoubtedly bid’ah (reprehensible innovation) for which no authority has been revealed by Allah. It is not permissible to take part in or attend such gatherings. We have to speak out against such practices. The Muslim should pray for his brother at all times, not only for three days after his death, or forty days or one year later, etc. It should be known that this is a custom of the Kuffaar and it is not permissible for us to imitate them.

Making du’aa’ after the obligatory prayers is bid’ah

Praise be to Allaah.

It says in Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah :
Making du’aa’ after the obligatory prayers is not Sunnah if it is done by raising the hands, whether that is done by the imam alone or a member of the congregation alone, or it is done by them both together. Rather that is bid’ah, because it was not narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or any of his companions (may Allaah be pleased with them) did that. With regard to making du’aa’ without doing that (raising the hands etc.), there is nothing wrong with it, because there are some ahaadeeth concerning that.