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Gambling (Qimar)

Allah says, {O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, sacrificing to stones, and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork: eschew such (abomination) that ye may prosper. Satan plans to stir up hostility and hatred between you with intoxicants and gambling and to prevent you from remembering Allah and praying. Will you not then abstain?} (5:90-91)

Gambling connotes backgammon, chess, and speculation by nuts, balls, stones, and all kinds of betting. It ranks under encroaching upon people’s rights that Allah has made forbidden in His saying, {And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it as bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat up wrongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people’s property.} (2:188)

It was also referred to in the Prophetic saying, “Some people spend Allah’s wealth (i.e., Muslim’s wealth) in an

Al-Humazah (The Slanderer)

Slander is, and has been, one of the most effective weapons of propaganda used against believers throughout history. The Qur’an alludes to this behavior when it says: “The evil-doers mock the faithful and wink at one another as they pass by them” (al- Mutaffifin: 29–30). In modern times, propaganda and psychological warfare of this kind have been much more systematic and effective.

Islam And Life: Surrender To The Will Of Allah

Islam means complete surrender to the Will of Allah, the total submission of all our affairs to Him. Islam (complete submission to the Creator, Allah) was the religion passed down to the first human beings, Adam and Eve (Alayhi-salam). But later, man gradually turned away from the right path and associated Allah with imaginary gods, material objects, and human beings. They departed from the path of truth or even rejected the Divine Guidance.

Consequently, Allah the Most Merciful chose certain good people from among human society itself to show

Some Of The Sayings Of The Early Muslims About Wine

“Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “Whenever a drunkard dies, let him be buried crucified. Then disinter his grave to find out whether he is directed to Qiblah or not. If not, let him be crucified.”

It is narrated that once Al-Fudail ibn ‘Ayd visited one of his disciples when he was dying. He began to instruct the deceased on the testimony of Faith, ‘There is no god but Allah; Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah,’ but the disciple could not repeat after him. When Al-Fudail repeated it, the disciple said, “I could never pronounce it. I am free of it.’ Then, Al-Fudail left weeping. Afterwards, he dreamed of the disciple being dragged to the fire. He asked him, “O poor disciple, why did you turn to ignorance?”

Al-Fil (The Elephant)

Around 571 ac, the Abyssinians organized an army in Yemen to raid Makkah and destroy the Kaaba, God’s holy house. The army included several elephants, which were to be used in combat for the first time in Arabia.

The news left the Arabs of Makkah despondent, totally unprepared to resist such an attack. Many of them took flight to the mountains, leaving the Ka’bah as well as their own homes to their fate. For the Christian Abyssinians, the whole campaign was a misguided and pointless one. There was no justification for it, since they had a cathedral in Sana’a, where they used to worship, and could have left the Arabs to worship at the Ka’bah.