Monthly Archives: March 2017

The Prophet did not like, even for a short time, to keep money or provisions in his house in excess of his needs. In the same way, he did not allow the goods of charity which were the property of common people to remain with him for a moment. He would have no peace of mind till they had been given away. It is related by Ayesha that, "I had six or seven dinars during the last illness of Holy Prophet. The Prophet commanded me to distribute them but due to his illness I could not find the time for it. [...]

Praise be to Allah and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone with no partner with Him. I also bear witness that Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger. Allah dispraised some people who had high hopes that busied them from doing good deeds for the Hereafter, then they were attacked by death while they were heedless. They wished to have long lives to achieve what they could not achieve, but how far was what they wished. Allah (Exalted be He) says: “How much would those who disbelieved [...]

The Qur’an says: “And when the good news is given to any of them of a daughter, His face turns dark and he is filled with grief.” (Qur’an, Surah An-Nahl, 16:58) In Pre-Islamic 7th century Arabia, the custom of killing female children was very common. They killed their children for three reasons and the Qur’an has mentioned all the three. First, they sacrificed their children at the altar of their gods to please them: (See Qur’an, Surah Al-An’am, 6:37 and again, see Qur’an, Surah Al-An’am, 6:140) Secondly, they killed their children for fear of poverty. The Qur’an cautioned them against this [...]

It was commonly believed, for several centuries, that the body is all sensitive to pain. It was not clear then that there were specialized nerves in the body responsible for transporting all kinds of pain and other sensations, until recently when anatomy has discovered the role of specialized nerve endings in transporting all different kinds of pain. The most significant nerve sensations in the human body are: The sensation of touch: the corpuscles responsible for such sensation are called Meissners and Merkels corpuscles. The sensation of pain: this is transported by the nerve endings in the skin. The sensation of heat: [...]