By Atif Jung
“While we Muslims respect our Christian friends and neighbours, we do not celebrate Christmas. The Pagans had a winter festival which was adopted by Christians and later evolved into the event known as Christmas today…”
By Atif Jung
“It is not acceptable in Islam to say that we follow the Quran but we reject the Hadith, the traditions of Prophet Muhammad sws. He embodied the Quran. He was like a living Quran. Everything he said and did were recorded as his Sunnah. His Hadith interprets and explains the Quran to us……”
By Atif Jung
“The Quran is not just there to be recited and forgotten. The Holy Quran must be read, understood and loved by us. Like Prophet Muhammad sws not only recided but also lived the Quran, day by day.
By Atif Jung.
“Prophet Muhammad sws foretold that a time would come when the liars will be believed, and the truthful ones will be ignored; a time when the treacherous ones will be trusted and the trustworthy will be under suspicion….
He also urged us never to break our word. A Muslim should always honour a Treaty, not only towards other Muslims but even to our enemies….”
By Atif Jung
“The lowest level of fasting is to go without food, water or sexual relations. The higher level of fasting is to guard your eyes, ears and tongue from what displeases Allah….”
By Atif Jung. “In a well known Hadith, Prophet Muhammad sws said: “Do not envy one another, do not despise one another, do not inflate prices for one another, do not turn your backs or cut off relations with one another….”
By Atif Jung.
“Allah swt granted every Prophet a special request. Prophet Muhammad sws requested intercession for his Ummah, his followers, on the Day of Judgement. Gabriel found him weeping, with hands outstretched to the heavens, pleading Allah to have mercy on all the Believers; “My Ummah, my Ummah, my Ummah, he pleaded for us all, repeatedly…”
By Atif Jung
“Before Allah answers our prayers, we must ensure that we are sincere, humble and utterly dependent on Allah. We must be patient. We must also ensure that our food, drink and earnings are from Halaal [permissible] sources…”
