Statistics of Mohammedanism

Daily Alta California, Volume 38, Number 12759, 20 March 1885 — SlntUlica or MonammedanUm. [article]
Statistics of Mohammedanism.

It is estimated that there are 200,000,000 Mohammedans in the world, of whom 6,000,000 are in southeastern Europe and 20,000,000 in Asiatic Turkey, 7,500,000 in Persia, 25,000,000 in Arabia and Central Asla, and 60,000,000 in Hindostan. Considerably more [...]

The establishment of YOUR hour.

Narrated ‘Aisha:
Some rough bedouins used to visit the Prophet and ask him, “When will the Hour be?” He would look at the youngest of all of them and say, “If this should live till he is very old, your Hour (the death of the people addressed) will take place.” Hisham said that he meant [...]

Interpreting the Qur’an

Narrated Jundub:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone interprets the Book of Allah in the light of his opinion even if he is right, he has erred.
(Sunan Abi Dawood)

Characteristics of the Fitrah

Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard the Prophet saying. “Five practices are characteristics of the fitrah: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, cutting the moustaches short, clipping the nails, and depilating the hair of the armpits.”
(Sahih Bukhari)

Plague

Narrated ‘Aisha:
I asked Allah’s Apostle about the plague. He told me that it was a Punishment sent by Allah on whom he wished, and Allah made it a source of mercy for the believers, for if one in the time of an epidemic plague stays in his country patiently hoping for Allah’s Reward and [...]

Wash the feet properly while performing ablution

Salim, the freed slave of Shaddad, said:
I came to ‘A’isha, the wife of the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him), on the day when Sa’db. Abi Waqqas died. ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakr also came there and he performed ablution in her presence. She (Hadrat ‘A’isha) said: Abd al-Rahman, complete the ablution as I [...]

Consummation of marriage between the Prophet SAWS and Safiyyah R

 
Narrated Anas Radhiy Allahu anh:
The Prophet halted to consummate his marriage with Safiyya. I invited the Muslims to his wedding banquet. He ordered that leather dining sheets be spread. Then dates, dried yoghurt and butter were put on those sheets. Anas added: The Prophet consummated his marriage with Safiyya (during a journey) whereupon Hais (sweet [...]

Remembering your good deeds in time of crisis and making dua’

‘Abdullah b. ‘Umar reported that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Three persons set out on a journey. They were overtaken by rain and they had to find protection in a mountain cave where at its mouth there fell a rock of that mountain and thus blocked them altogether. One of them said [...]

Keys of the unseen are 5

Narrated Ibn Umar Radia Allahu Anhu:
The Prophet Salla Allahu alahyi wa salaam said, “The keys of the unseen are five and none knows them but Allah: (1) None knows what is in the womb, but Allah: (2) None knows what will happen tomorrow, but Allah; (3) None knows when it will rain, but Allah; [...]

How Adam came the better of Musa Alaihumassalaam

Abu Hurairah RadhiyAllahu anh reported
Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There was an argument between Adam and Moses (peace be upon both of them) in the presence of their Lord. Adam came the better of Moses. Moses said: Are you that Adam whom Allah created with His Hand and breathed into him His [...]