Ihsan Center – Islam From The Heart

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

السلام عليكم

Not a second ticks by in 24 hours / 7 days a week, except that there is a Muslim caller to prayer somewhere in the world in the millions of masajid announcing Ash hadu an la illaha il allah, Ash hadu anna Muhammadar Rasul Allah – I testify that there is no God but God and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

This is so, not because human beings gave him this authority. Nor because he himself proclaimed this for himself (saw). As the emperor of Rome – Herculias – asked the Muslim messenger in the year 679CE after he had presented Islam to him, “Which King gave Muhammad this authority?” The reply was so simple, so profound, “Allah did! God gave him this authority!”

Ikhlas, Sincerity

In one of the battles that the Muslims waged against the Romans, the Muslims – under the commandment of Maslamah (ra) – surrounded a city that had a tall and well-fortified wall. The siege went on for months.

Then one night, one of the Muslim soldiers came to General Maslamah and told him of a hole that he had accomplished to bore through the wall. “It is only large enough for a slim soldier.” He knelt closer. “Quickly, send with me someone who can squeeze through and fight the army on the inside until he has opened the gates for all of us to enter.” Continue reading →