If you haven’t read this article yet, you should: Ten things you need to know about Gaza and if you haven’t updated your facebook profile cover yet, you should! Its a very small gesture to show your support and solidarity with the innocent people of Gaza who have had their homes taken away from them…
Category: History
Palestine – facebook profile covers
Facebook has been removing pictures from Gaza to hide the agression taking place in Palestine. Use facebook to protest and share your concern (the least that you can do) with the world Here are facebook cover profiles for you. Click to view the image, download and set as your facebook profile cover.
The Story of The Elephant
Abraha began gathering a big army. He asked permission from the Najâshi, who sent his personal elephant, Mahmûd, and eight other elephants with Abraha’s army. When the news of Abraha’s plan reached the Arabs, they prepared to oppose the attack. Abraha defeated the armies of several Arab tribes along the way to Makkah, and he took one of their leaders, Nufail bin Habeeb, as a prisoner and used him for a guide. As he approached Makkah, the people of Tâ’if decided that instead of trying to fight Abraha, they will help him out, so that he would not destroy their own temple. So they sent with him one of their leaders named Abû Righâl.
When Abu Bakr, Umar nearly lost all
This is an article I received in e-mail. Read and share and apply in your lives. THE Prophet (peace be upon him) was once sitting with his companions when they were approached by some horsemen as delegates from the tribe of Banu Tamim. As with any tribe coming to…
The story of Musa/Moses.
Got this in an email, and here it is for you all to read.___________The story of Prophet Musa. THE story of Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) with Khidr, mentioned in Surah Al Kahf, the Cave (65:82), is one of the most important didactic stories in the Qur’an. The story begins when Moses was delivering…
Covenant of Umar
When Umar (r.a.) came to Palestine, he signed a covenant with the existing people of Palestine. This is the content of the treaty. It is beautiful and indeed puts to shame all the “democratic” nations who displace and kill the inhabitants of this holy land. Palestine was our first Qibla, it shall remain close to…
Islamic History – 5
The series (so far ) contains: Islamic History -1 Islamic History -2 Islamic History-3 Islamic History-4 Islamic History-5 Before Abu Bakr passed away, he appointed Umar as the next caliph. Umar After the victory of Ajnadain, Muthana came to the capital to ask for reinforcements. On the first day of his caliphate Umar appealed for…
Islamic History – 4
The series (so far ) contains: Islamic History -1 Islamic History -2 Islamic History-3 Islamic History-4 Islamic History-5 We have till now looked at the first period of Islamic History (briefly) i.e. the time of the Prophet (s.a.w). In this post we will look at the 2nd period – i.e. the period of the rightly…
Islamic History – 3
The series (so far ) contains: Islamic History -1 Islamic History -2 Islamic History-3 Islamic History-4 Islamic History-5 (continued from Islamic History series…) The Prophet (at Medina) In the previous post we looked briefly at (part 1) Arabia before Islam, (part 2) the Prophet(s.a.w.) at Mecca, until Hijrah (or the migration). In this part we…
Islamic History – 2
The series (so far ) contains: Islamic History -1 Islamic History -2 Islamic History-3 Islamic History-4 Islamic History-5 (I will continue with the Islamic History notes series. In this post, we will look at the beginning of the Islamic History – the period of the Prophet (s.a.w.) (very briefly). ) We have already looked at…