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Beliefs and Practices of Islam, Page 93

Leadership Skills

“Never tell a child, ‘You are a liar!’ even if he/she is not telling the truth. Rather say, Allah loves those who are truthful. Encourage your child to love Allah and to seek ways of pleasing Allah, and not arousing Allah’s anger…”

Who Is My Neighbour?

“We have to step outside of our own prejudices, step out of our self imposed ghetto mindset. We have to understand that Allah has a reason for putting us here in this country at this time…”

Four Steps to Heaven

“Spread peace, feed the poor, keep families together, pray for part of the night and you will enter paradise…”

Signs of the Last Day

If you hold a sapling in your hand when the Last Hour approaches, go ahead and plant that sapling…(Hadith)

Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil

“Khaja Moinuddin Chishti is reported to have urged upon his disciples “to develop river-like generosity, sun-like affection and earth-like hospitality”. “The highest form of devotion”, he said “is to redress the misery of those who are in distress — to fulfill the needs of the helpless and to feed the hungry…”