A PRECIOUS TREASURE

In the Name of Allāh.

The best investment and provision indeed a believer can make for himself to obtain Allāh’s Pleasure is having Taqwā (consciousness) of Allāh. Allāh says (in Sūrah Al-An’ām [6] verse 32): “But far better is the house in the Hereafter (i.e. Paradise) for those who are Al-Muttaqūn (i.e. those who are conscious of Allāh). Will you not then understand?”

Taqwā is to fear Allāh even in …

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ISLĀM IS TRULY EASY

In the Name of Allāh.

Verily, we know practising Islām (i.e. strictly obeying Allāh) to be intrinsically easy as Allāh tells us (in Sūrah Al-Ḥajj [22] verse 78): “…And has not laid upon you in religion any hardship.”

Therefore, observing Ṣalāh, wearing the prescribed Ḥijāb (for women), not visiting the soothsayers, etc., are all easy. If it was to be difficult, Allāh won’t have ordered those obligations and prohibitions. …

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DESPITE THE YEARS SPENT

In the Name of Allāh.

Perfect praise to Allāh Who bestowed great favor on us through our existence by making it like a land to be cultivated for a juicy Hereafter. Indeed, whoever Allāh loves shall have most of his time excellently spent upon goodness before his or her existence gets terminated.

Respected Brethren! We need to seriously plan on how to make good use of our existence because it’s …

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THE HOURIS OF JANNAH

In the Name of Allāh.

One of the eternal ecstasies of Paradise promised to the righteous believers is having spouses; cute and equal in age. Allāh says (in Sūrah Yasīn [36] verse 56): “They and their wives will be in pleasant shade, reclining on thrones.”

One should know that the righteous couples (i.e. married men and women) who died upon Islāmic Monotheism in this world shall be in Paradise. Allāh …

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A TYRANT TO HIS WIFE

In the Name of Allāh.

By Allāh, some men are tyrannical masters in their homes. They ill-treat their wives like slaves and the house consequently becomes unbearably hot for living. What is wrong with such men? This is not part of the qualities of the pious men. Allāh forbids this as He says (in Sūrah An-Nisa’ [4] verse 19): “…And live with them honourably. If you dislike them, it may

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