The Muslim's attitude towards Valentine's Day

　　The Muslim's attitude towards this holiday should be clear: 　　1- A Muslim should not celebrate this pagan festival, or join others in their celebrations of it, or attend their celebrations because it is forbidden to celebrate the festivals of non-Muslims. 　　Ath-Thahabi said: "If the Christians have a festival and the...

Celebrating Valentine's Day

　　Allah has chosen for us Islam as our religion and He will not accept any other religion from anyone, as He Almighty Says (what means): {And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the...

The Pagan Origins of Halloween

　　All Saints' Day, Nov. 1, feast of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, the day God is glorified for all his saints known and unknown. Roman Catholics are obliged to hear Mass on this day. In medieval England it was called All Hallows; hence the name Halloween (Hallows' eve) for...

Islam and fortune telling

　　There are among mankind people who claim knowledge of the unseen and the future. They are known by various names, among which are: fortune-tellers, soothsayers, foreseers, augurs, magicians, prognosticators, oracles, astrologers, palmists, etc. Fortune-tellers use various methods and mediums from which they claim to extract their information, among which are:...

Dire consequences of injustice - II

　　Causes of Injustice 　　A- The devil: Allah The Almighty Says (what means): 　　 ...

Hypocrisy is Internal Destruction

　　Hypocrisy is a chronic disease and a dangerous moral deviation in the life of individuals, communities and nations. Its danger is great and the hypocrites are the cause of this great evil. This danger is clearly noticeable when the destructive consequences of hypocrisy afflict the entire Ummah (Muslim nation) and...

Intellectual emptiness is the main gate to atheism

　　By: Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman Al-Idreesi 　　By intellectual emptiness, we mean that the state a person often passes through in his childhood and youth, and which may extend into old age, and even until death. In short, 'from cradle to grave'. It is a state of ignorance that includes religious creed. An...

The gravity of accessing doubters’ websites

　　By: Badr Ad-Deen Araaq – Islamweb.net 　　One of the most prominent features of our present time is the easy access to information, thanks to the modern means of communication that have helped us overcome many obstacles and made easy what was once difficult. Sadly, many Muslim youths are being hit...

The origin of April Fools’ day

　　Many theories have been put forward about how the tradition began. Unfortunately, none of them are conclusive. Thus, the origin of the “custom of making April fools” remains as much a mystery to us as it was back in 1708 CE. 　　The most popular theory about the origin of April...

Dire consequences of Injustice - I

　　Injustice is deviation from justice and violation of the truth. 　　There are three broad types of injustice: 　　1- {Indeed, the curse of Allah is upon the unjust.} [Quran 11:18] 　　2- {The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will...