The True Religion ofGod

Islam alone has been, and will be the true religion of God.
In conclusion we ask Allah, the exalted, to keepus on the right path
to which He has guided us, and to bestow on us His blessings and
mercy, for He is indeed the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the
Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be on prophet Muhammad and
on all theprophets of God and their righteous followers.

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Fasting

…Let us return to the commentary on the hadithof Harith, where he
Prophet speaks of what will rescue a servant from the Foe:
"And [God] enjoins upon you the fast. Verily, the similitude of that
is a man carrying a sack-full of musk in a crowd of people,all of them
marvelling at its fragrance—for the breath of someone fasting is more
fragrant to God, Most High, than the scent of musk." [Tirmidhi,Amthal,
2790; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 16542.]
The Prophet uses the image of someone carrying a sack-full of musk
concealed from view, hidden under his garments, after the habit of
those who carry musk. Fasting is, likewise, hidden from the eyes of
men and unperceived by their senses.
The fasting person's limbs fast from sins; his tongue fasts from lies,
base language and false witness; his stomach fasts from food and
drink; and his pudenda fast from union. If he speaks, he saysnothing
to violate his fast; and if he acts, he does nothing to spoil his
fast. Allhis speech is salutary and wholesome, as are his deeds—like
the fragrance one smells while sitting next to the bearer of musk.
Anyone who sits with a fasting person benefits from his presence and
is safe from false witness, lies, base language and wrongdoing.This is
the fast prescribed by the Sacred Law, not simply abstinence from
eating and drinking.
Hence, a sound hadih states:
"When someone does not refrain from speaking falsely and the action
that springs from it and from ignorance, God does not need him to
refrain from food and drink." [Bukhari, Adab, 5597; Ibn Maja, Siyam,
1679; also in Bukhari, Sawm, 1770, without the word 'ignorance']
And in [another] hadith:
"Some who fast obtain nothing from it but hungerand thirst." [Ibn
Hanbal, Musnad, 8501, with the ending 'And some may stand for prayer
at night and receive nothing from it but sleeplessness.' Also in
Bahyaqi, Shu`ab al-Iman, 3542, with 'standing at night' mentioned
first.]
True fasting is when the limbs fast from sin and thestomach fasts from
food and drink. As food and drink can break the fast or spoil it, so
sins can cut off its reward and spoil its fruits, as if one had not
fasted at all.

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Al Quran's last ayath came to Nabi{s.a.w}

Allah states the following: "Thisday have I perfected your religion
for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam
as your religion." [Qur'an 5:3]

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7a] Rights of the Husbandand Wife in Islam

7a]
hurt his feelings. Perhaps nothing can illustrate the point better
than the Qur'anic statement which describes the righteous people as
those who pray saying: "Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring
who will be the joy and the comfort of our eyes, and guide us to be
models of righteousness." (Al-Furqan: 74)
This is the basis on which all the wife's obligations rest and from
which they flow. To fulfill this basic obligation:
1- The wife must be faithful, trustworthy, and honest.
2- She must not deceive her mate by deliberately avoiding conception
lest itdeprive him of legitimate progeny.
3- She must not allow anyother person to have access to that which is
exclusively the husband's right, i.e. sexual intimacy.
4-She must not receive anyone in his home whom the husband does not like.
5-She may not accept their gifts without his approval. This is
probably meant to avoid jealousy, suspicion, gossip, etc., andalso to
maintain the integrity of all parties concerned.
6- The husband's possessions are her trust. If she has access to any
portion thereof, or if she is entrusted with any fund, she must
discharge her duty wisely and thriftily. She may not lendor dispose of
any of his belongings without his permission.
7- With respect to intimacy, the wife is to make herself desirable; to
be attractive, responsive, and cooperative.
8- A wife may not deny herself to her husband, forthe Qur'an speaks of
themas a comfort to each other. Due consideration is, of course, given
to health and decency."

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