Life of Prophet Muhammad (Continuation)

Life of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.s - Yasir Qadhi

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The Life of Prophet Muhammad

The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Sh. Yasir Qadhi

1 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Characteristics of the Prophet (s) - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




2 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Characteristics of the Prophet (s) - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




3 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Characteristics of the Prophet (s) - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




4 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Sources - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




5 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Pre-Birth Era 1 - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




6 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Pre-Birth Era 2 - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




7 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Birth & Childhood - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




8 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - The Adolescence - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




9 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Building of the Ka'bah - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




10 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - The First Revelation - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




11 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - The Early Preaching - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




12 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - The Opposition - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




13 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Persecution and Torture - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




14 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Migration to Abyssinia - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




15 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - The Boycott - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




16 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Incident of Taif - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




17 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Israa & Mi'raj 1 - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




18 - The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Israa & Mi'raj 2 - Sh. Yasir Qadhi

Tajweed (Reciting of the Qur'an)

Lessons on Tajweed (Reciting of the Qur'an) by Yasir Qadhi

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Sciences of the Qur'an

Sciences of the Qur'an -1- Introduction - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -2- History of the Sciences of the Qur'an - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -3- The Definition of the Qur'an - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -4- The Names & Descriptions of the Qur'an - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -5- The Concept of Revelation - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -6- Concept of Inspiration & How the Qur'an was Revealed - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -7- The Categorization of the "Makki" & "Madani" verses - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -8- The Causes of Revelation - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -9- The Compilation & Preservation of the Qur'an - 1 - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -10- The Compilation & Preservation of the Qur'an - 2 - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -11- The Verses & 'Suras' of the Qur'an - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -12- The Various Recitations of the Qur'an - Sh. Yasir Qadhi




Sciences of the Qur'an -13- The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an - Sh. Yasir Qadhi

Ramadan

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, which is the month of Muslim fasting. The Muslim calendar is based on the moon, not on the sun as the one commonly used in the Western countries. In the Muslim calendar, there are 12 moon months. Each of them begins at the new moon and has 29 or 30 days. So, in the year, there are 354 or 355 days. Since it is not allowed to add the additional 13th month (as Arabs did before Islam), the Muslim year is 11 days shorter than the year based on the sun movement, and each month can be at any season. This year, Ramadan is from August 21 to September 19. Last year it began and ended 11 days later, next year it will begin and end 11 days earlier, and so on.

During Ramadan, each Muslim is required to abstain from eating, drinking, and smoking from the morning dawn to the sunset. There are exceptions for sick people, travelers, pregnant women, and in some other cases. However, they are required to fast the same number of days at another time. In some cases, there are some exceptions as well.

In addition to fasting in Ramadan which is fard (mandatory), there are some other special Muslim practices. There is an additional night prayer (tarawih) which is performed only in Ramadan. Tarawih is sunnah (desirable), and many Muslims perform it every night in a mosque. Also, in Ramadan, it is recommended to read Qur'an more than usually. In Islam, only the Arabic original of Qur'an is considered to be Qur'an, no translations. So, reading Qur'an is reading it in Arabic. During the last 10 days of Ramadan, it is advisable to spend longer time, especially, in nights, in prayers in mosques.

It is fard (mandatory) to eat something early in the morning before the morning dawn and right after the sunset. Some Muslims invite other people to their evening meal such as their relatives, friends, neighbors, and poor people. Thus, sometimes it also becomes an act of charity.

Muslims consider Ramadan to be a holy month. It is not just a month when they fast, exercising their will (it is not so easy to fast every day the whole month). This is the month of special Muslim worship to God. All the practices in this month (fasting, prayers, reading of Qur'an, feeding the poor) are the acts of worship to God according to Islam.

Christian Creeds (Part 4)

4. The Chalcedonian Creed
This creed was adopted at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 in Asia Minor. The Chalcedonian Creed teaches about Christ. It is against Nestorianism that teaches that Christ has two persons - man Jesus and God the Word - and also against Euthichianism (Monophysitism) that teaches that Christ has one nature, that is, that His divine and human nature, being joined, formed a new nature.

Nestorianism was previously condemned at The First Council of Ephesus in 431. The Assyrian Church of the East was formed after this council and is Nestorian.

Some oriental churches did not accept the Chalcedonian Creed (Syriac Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Ethiopian Orthodox, Eritrean Orthodox, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (India) and Armenian Apostolic churches). They are called Oriental Orthodox churches and are different from Eastern Orthodox churches that receive this creed. These churches teach Monophysism.

Other branches of traditional Christianity (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Churches, and Protestant churches) accept this creed.

The text of the Chalcedonian Creed:

Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a reasonable soul and body; of one substance with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance with us as regards his manhood; like us in all respects, apart from sin; as regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages, but yet as regards his manhood begotten, for us men and for our salvation, of Mary the Virgin, the God-bearer; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation; the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union, but rather the characteristics of each nature being preserved and coming together to form one person and subsistence, not as parted or separated into two persons, but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus Christ; even as the prophets from earliest times spoke of him, and our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us, and the creed of the fathers has handed down to us.

Besides the four main creeds, in Christianity, there are many others. However, each of them is accepted only by some denominations. The four main creeds are accepted by the most part of traditional Christianity.

Christian Creeds (Part 3)

3. The Athanasian Creed
This creed is named after Athanasius of Alexandria who defended the equality of the Son and the Father at the First Nicene Council and opposed Arius who taught that the Son is inferior than the Father. However, many theologians doubt that Athanasius was the author of this creed. According to one opinion, its author was Augustine because this creed was written in his style.

The Athanasian Creed has two parts. The first part is about the Trinity. The second part is about Christ. The Athanasian Creed gives the most clear statements regarding the Trinity and Christ among the four commonly accepted Christian creeds.

The text of the Athanasian Creed:

1. Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith;Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.

2. And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity;

3. Neither confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance

4. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son and another of the Holy Spirit.

5. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one, the glory equal, the majesty co-eternal.

6. Such as the Father is, such is the Son and such is the Holy Spirit.

7. The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate, and the Holy Spirit uncreate.

8. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible.

9. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal.

10. And yet they are not three eternals, but one eternal.

11. As also there are not three uncreated nor three incomprehensibles, but one uncreated and one incomprehensible.

12. So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty;

13. And yet they are not three almighties, but one almighty.

14. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God;

15. And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.

16. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord;

17. And yet they are not three Lords, but one Lord.

18. For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every person by himself to be God and Lord;

19. so are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say: There are three Gods or three Lords.

20. The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten.

21. The Son is of the Father alone; not made nor created, but begotten.

22. The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son; neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.

23. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits.

24. And in this Trinity none is afore, nor after another; none is greater, or less than another.

25. But the whole three persons are co-eternal, and co-equal.

26. So that in all things, as aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.

27. He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity.

28. Furthermore it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe rightly the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

29. For the right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man.

30. God of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and made of the substance of His mother, born in the world.

31. Perfect God and perfect man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.

32. Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, and inferior to the Father as touching His manhood.

33. Who, although He is God and man, yet He is not two, but one Christ.

34. One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of the manhood into God.

35. One altogether, not by the confusion of substance, but by unity of person.

36. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ;

37. Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead;

38. He ascended into heaven, He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty;

39. From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

40. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies;

41. And shall give account of their own works.

42. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting, and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.

43. This is the catholic faith, which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved.

This creed teaches about the Trinity and Christ in a very clear, definite, and detailed way.