A Time With Halimah

ContributorsLike many other women in Mecca, Aminah decided to send her son away from the city for his early years to the desert where it was more healthy. Women from the desert used to come to Mecca to collect the new babies and they would then keep them until they developed into strong children, for which they were well paid by the parents.Among the women who traveled to Mecca to fetch a new baby at the time Aminah's son was born, was a Bedouin woman called Halimah. With her was her husband and baby son. They had always been very poor but this year things were harder than ever because there had been famine. The donkey that earned Halimah on...

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The Prophet Is Born

ContributorsOne day, while travelling north, one of the Arab tribes from Mecca met a hermit in the desert. Some of the men stopped to speak with him. Hermits were known to be wise and the Arabs often asked their advice. The hermit asked where they had come from. When they replied that they were from Mecca, he told them that Allah would soon send a prophet, who would come from their people. They asked the name of this prophet and the hermit answered that his name would be Muhammad and that he would guide them to a new way of life.Meanwhile in Mecca, Aminah, although saddened by the loss of her husband, felt especially well and strong as she awaited...

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The Elephant Refuses To Move

ContributorsAbrahah, who came from Abyssinia-a country in Africa-conquered Yemen and was made vice-regent there. Later, he noticed that at a certain time of the year large numbers of people would travel from all over Yemen and the rest of Arabia to Mecca. He asked the reason for this and was told that they were going on pilgrimage to the Ka'bah. Abrahah hated the idea of Mecca being more important than his own country, so he decided to build a church of colored marble, with doors of gold and ornaments of silver, and ordered the people to visit it instead of the Ka'bah. But no one obeyed him.Abrahah became angry and decided to destroy the Ka1bah....

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The Promise At Zamzam

ContributorsThe well of Zamzam, which disappeared when the Arabs placed idols at the Ka'bah, remained buried under the sand. Thus, for many years the people of Quraysh had to fetch their water from far away. One day 'Abd al-Muttalib was very tired from doing this and fell asleep next to the Ka’bah. He had a dream in which he was told to dig up Zamzam. When he woke up he was puzzled because he did not know what Zamzam was, the well having disappeared many years before he was born. The next day he had the same dream, but this time he was told where to find the well.'Abd al-Muttalib had one son at that time, and together they began to dig. The work...

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The Children Of Ishmael

ContributorsOver the years Ishmael's children themselves had children. His descendants increased and formed tribes which spread out all over Arabia. One of these tribes was called Quraysh. Its people never moved away from Mecca and always lived near the Ka'bah. One of the duties of the leader of Quraysh was to look after those who came on pilgrimage to the Ka'bah. The, pilgrims would come from all over Arabia and it was a great honor to provide them with food and water.As time passed, however, the Arabs stopped worshipping Allah directly and started bringing idols back with them from the different countries they visited. These idols were placed...

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How It All Began

ContributorsNearly four thousand years ago, in the Sumerian town of Ur in the valley of the river Euphrates, lived a young man named Abraham. The people of Ur had once worshipped Allah but as time passed they forgot the true religion and started praying to idols, statues made of wood or clay and sometimes even of precious stones. Even as a small child Abraham could not understand how his people, and especially his father, could make these images with their own hands, call them gods, and then worship them. He had always refused to join his people when they paid respect to these statues. Instead he would leave the town and sit alone, thinking about...

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Mush'ab bin Umair r.a

ContributorsIn itself there is the ability and the nature of which must be owned by a preachers, coupled with a handsome face and an attractive appearance. It was the first ambassador sent the Prophet to the people of Medina. When he arrived at Medina, he stopped at the house As'ad bin Zurarah. Meanwhile there are two people named Sa'adz bin Muadz and USAID bin Hudair, both tribal leaders and followers of the Children Abdil Asyhal their ancestral beliefs.When I heard about Mush'ab bin Umair RA, Sa'ad said to USAID, "Go, find people who have entered our territory and our society is a weak fool is. Expelled them and never allowed to harm us. If...

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The appearance of a Preachers

ContributorsHow to speak words and appearance of a preachers will attract people to hear and see him, because basically the human soul inclined and attracted to the beautiful and good appearance. From here we can see that the elected of persons is the marketing of those who have attractive appearance, in addition to the best quality products. In fact, the missionary is to provide a brochure and track patterns of thinking reflected in the moral, personality, and appearance.Others in the case of a Muslim, it is 'the book is always open' to where ever he went, it was a missionary. "How many preachers who could not speak and preach, but by the grace...

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Steps Must Be Taken

Contributors From Abu Hurairah., It is said, The Messenger, "Every member of the human body are required to produce a charity every day the sun rises." The companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how can we donate?" Apostle replied, "Indeed, the door to do very much good. Reading rosary, interpretation, and tahlil is a charity; remove the thorns on the street is charity to help the deaf or blind, is charity, and shows the confusion, help immediately those who were require the charity to you. " First, Wishes rosary, interpretation, and tahlil Speech is speech that is expressed by the tongue, the taste conscientiously in the liver, and the...

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SECRET UNDERSTANDING QUR'AN (Quran, An Eternal Book)

Contributors The discussion is then asserted that the Quran is a book of enduring throughout the ages. Because if a word completely correct and perfect, then it is unlikely it is limited by age. The Quran has emphasized the perfection of his words: "Verily the Qur'an was really saying is sure, and is not a game." (Sura 86:13-14) Thus, true knowledge is the essence of truth. Moral principles and laws of the act described the Koran is the result of the truths that have been established, will not be touched sleaze, and will not perish throughout the ages. Allah says: "In truth, we lose the Quran, and by bringing the truth of the Quran down."...

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Opinion Love

ContributorsThe Messenger, "Whoever looked at his brother with the love of Allah will forgive his sins."What is intended by the above hadith is glance or view full shade and love? Does the hadith is the opinion devoted to the liver and invited him to speak gently. Like the camera, with just one flash can capture beautiful images. That all will not be realized except with a sincere and good views, the views of the loving and full of flavor cmta for Allah.Points are the most important ingredients for a preachers and the impact is huge means possible to mad'u. Because when a fellow Muslim preachers looked at his brother with affection, as if it...

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Means of Da'wah

Contributors A friend said that he felt did not have the ability to preach, because he is not a faqih and not someone who knows a lot about the methods of propaganda. The hadiths of the Prophet related to the mission that has been read is a blessing. He did not know that blessings should be fruitful, and blessed is the fruit of productivity. Prophet s.a.w said, "Smile on your brother's face is charity." So, if you do not smile on your brother's face, then you do not get the alms that reward. If any Muslim willing to give a smile when he met with fellow Muslim brothers, we'll find a bright-faced Muslim community and love each other. This...

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Da'wah Fardiyah

Contributors Died after Abu Talib, Suffering the weight of the Prophet, so he went to Ta'if to find protection from Tsaqif quarter, with the hope that they accept the teachings of Islam. When reached at Ta'if, he found the figures from Tsaqif quarter, they were three brothers: Abdu Yalail bin Amr bin Umair, Mas'ud, and Hubaib. He invites them to follow the teachings of Islam and explain the purpose of his coming. However, they do not want to accept his arrival, even called his people and ordered them to drive out and defied the Prophet in the end he sought refuge in the garden belonging to Utbah bin Rabi'ah and Shaibah bin Rabi'ah, who were...

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