5 Amazing Things You DidntKnow About Surah Fatiha

Surah Fatiha is called the 'The Opening', is the first Surah of the
Quran. Besides having the honor of starting the Quran, It also has
some very great benefits of reading it.
1) According to a Hadith by Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, Prophet Muhammed
PBUH has been recorded as calling Surah Fatihah the greatest surah of
the Quran. Imagine that! This is Prophet Muhammed recommending it the
best from himself!
2) Surah Fatiha has been called one of the two light,by none oter than
Angel Jibrael. According to this, Surah fatiha is the most important
key to heaven!
3) Surah Fatiha alone has the distinction of being a Fard (necessary)
component of a namaz. Without it namaz is not complete. So let me
rephrase, out of the 114 surahs only surah fatiha gets recited in
every namaz.
4) It is known as one of the best Dua's taught to the Muslims by
Allah's ownself. During the recitation of this surah Allah himself
answers the reciter, which in itself is a great honor.
5) It has been quoted and known as being the cure to a scorpion bite!
So the next time you reciteSurah Fatiha, whether in prayers or while
reading Quran, remember these amazing facts and be happy and content

Mullah Nasruddin

Once Nasruddin took his students tohis house and insisted they should
have lunch with him. Moment later, he called his wife and ordered her
to cook Palaw for the guests as soon as possible. His wife said, "You
order so simply as ifyou have rice and ghee in the house."
Nasruddinbecame very angry and said: "Can't you at least bring empty
plates? His wife accepted and a few minutes later brought the plates
to Nasruddin. He took the empty platesand placed them in front of the
guests. "Friends!" he said, "If I had bought rice and ghee, I would
have brought you an oilyPalaw in these plates."
Nasruddin was looking at the image of the moon in a well. He thought
it was a recompense to take out the moon from the well. Therefore, he
threw a rope inside the well and swung it a few times. Incidentally,
the tip of the rope got caught to a big stone. Hetried to take the
rope out. Hence he pulled it with a lot of force. The rope tore off
and he fell on his back to the ground. When he looked at the sky, he
saw the moon and said, "Doesn't matter. My efforts were not wasted.
Though I faced a lot of difficulties, I finally succeeded to rescue
the moon."
Once Nasruddin went to a hair dresser to get his head shaved.
Incidentally, the barber was inexperienced. The moment he cut a part
of his scalp, he would put apiece of cotton on the wound. Finally
Nasruddin became angryand told the barber, "Youplanted cotton on half
of my head. I would like to grow flax in the remaimng half."
Once Nasruddin went to a garden and climbed on apricot tree. The
gardener observed this and asked him, "Why didyou climb someone else's
tree?" Nasruddin answered, "Don't you know I am nightingale and for
nightingales climbing a tree is not a sin." The gardener laughed and
said, "Please sing so I listen and enjoy." Nasruddin started to sing
in his horse voice. The gardener asked him whether nightingale sang so
badly. Nasruddinreplied, "A nightingale which eats raw apricot will
not sing better than this.

Beauty of Your Intentions – In Light Of Hadith

It is narrated on the authority of Umar ibn al-Khattab who said: I
heard the Messenger of God say:
"All actions are judged by motives, and each person will be rewarded
according to their intention. Thus, he whose migration was to God and
His Messenger, his migration is to God and His Messenger; but he whose
migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he
might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated." (Saheeh
Al-Bukhari, Saheeh Muslim)
In Islam, there are two realms to a person's life, the religious and
the mundane. Although there is a clear separation between the two in
regards to religious jurisprudence, they are in fact inseparable, as
Islam is a religion which legislates in matter family,society and
politics as wellas the belief and worship of God. Thus, although
thissaying of the Prophet appears to apply to the religious aspect of
a persons' life, it actually applies to both.
Purity of Intention in the Religious Realm
As mentioned earlier, this hadeeth sets the first principle for one's
deeds tobe accepted by God, whichis that they should be done purely
for God. In regards to those deeds which have been commanded as a form
of religious devotion, known as worship, one must do them for God
Alone, for it is God who commanded the service or deed to be done and
loves it. These deeds include the likes of prayer, (Salah), Fasting,
theoffering of the CompulsoryCharity (Zakah), the performance of the
Lesser or Grater Pilgrimage to Mecca (Umrah and Hajj), and all other
service whichhave been ordained in the religion. Even though the deeds
may appear outwardly, as in this hadeeth, to be one accepted, of
pivotal importance is the intention which the person has when
performing them.
A person who directs any of these or other religious service to other
deities other than or alongside God will never be accepted, and one
who commits this heresy is deemed as committing thegreatest sin
against God, polytheism: to associate others with God in those things
which are specific to Him. Islam is a religion which believes and
practices true and strict monotheism. This monotheism not only entails
that that there is only One Sole God and Creator, but also that this
God has the right that all worship and acts of deed be done solely for
His sakeand none else. This concept is once which God ordered all His
Prophets topreach, as He says in the Quran:
"And they were not commanded except that they should worship God,
keeping the religion pure for Him, and worship nonebut Him Alone, and
establish the Prayer and offer the Compulsory Charity, and that is the
upright religion." (Quran 98:5)
Here we see that even though a person may seem to be performing acts
of devotion and worship to God outwardly,if they associate any other
being in this worship, whether they be angels, prophets, or righteous
people, then this deed is not accepted by God. Moreover, they fall in
to the great sin of polytheism.
Another aspect of this purity of intention is that aperson should
never seek any worldly gains throughreligious service and acts of
worship, even if that worldly gain be somethingpermissible. In the
hadeeth mentioned above,the second person did not perform this
religious obligation of migration forother deities besides or
alongside God, nor did he intend something intrinsically evil. Rather
hisintention was something deemed permissible in thereligion. Still,
however, theact was not accepted by God, and the person may or may not
have received what he intended from this worldly life. Thus, if a
person seeks any permissible worldly gain though an action, the reward
of the deed diminishes.
If a person desires something deemed as impermissible by Islam from
religious service and worship, this is considered as a sin. Islam is a
religion which encourages humbleness and selflessness, reprimanding
those who seek praise of others and status in this worldly life. Thus,
if one seeks the praise of others through religious service and
worship, not only is it not accepted by God, but the person is deemed
liable for punishment in the afterlife. The Prophet mentioned the
first peopleto be sentenced to the Hellfire in the afterlife, andfrom
them is the following:
"A person learned [religious] knowledge and taught it [to others], as
well as reciting the Quran. He will be brought [to the presence of
God], and God will mention to him all thefavors he granted him, andhe
recognized them. God will ask him, 'What did you do with them?'
He will answer, 'I learned [religious] knowledge and taught it [to
others], and I recited the Quran purely for Your sake.' :->

If a couple have debts must zakat be paid for the gold the wife has?

Question:
If a couple have debtsmust zakat be paid for the gold the wife has?
Answer:
Wa alaik as salam
First of all, you need to understand that even as a couple living together, each spouse is obligated to perform his/her own duties. Debt's incurred by the husband will not be counted as the wife's debts and vice versa.
Secondly, in light of the above, if the debts have been incurred by the husband, he may deduct them from his annual zakah i.e. 2.5% of total zakatable wealth owned by the husband only and give the remainder if any.
The wife has to give zakahseparately. If she has incurred the debts, she may deduct them from the total zakah due on herwealth only. Otherwise she has to give full zakah on her assets including all gold and silver jewelry.
Both their wealth will not be considered as one unless it is jointly owned.
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