Abdul Samad Khan

Patriotism in Islam Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem As Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh Patriotism is love for one's country, loyalty and devotion  to it, desire to grow and prosper collectively or as a community. Although the Westphalian state system formally separates the church and the state on the ground that spirituality and faith cannot coexist with love for one’s own country. However, Islam does not consider these two elements anti-thetical. Loving one's country and its people is a good trait of the Muslims, as our beloved Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) said : ‘Love of your country (patriotism) is a part of your faith’.  Islam does not forbid a Muslim to love his motherland/homeland or the country in which he lives or grows up. What is reprehensible is basing one’s feelings of loyalty and disavowal on that, and loving and hating on that basis. A person who belongs to the same country as you is not closer to you than a Muslim from another land, and the reason f...

Love of ALLAH towards Imam ALI (AS) (Another perspective of Love) - Prophet (Peace and blessings be Upon him) said to Syeda Fatima (AS), "Aren't you happy with the fact that HE has chosen only two persons from the people of earth. One of them is your father (ﷺ) and the other is Your Husband (Imam ALI)?" (Haakim) - Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon) said: "Allah has ordered me to Love the Four Men." Someone said: "Who they are O Prophet (ﷺ)?" He (ﷺ) replied: "Ali is one of them." (Tirmidhi, Ibn e Majah, Haakim, Ahmad) - "There was a bird with the Prophet (ﷺ), so he said: 'O Allah, send to me the most beloved of Your creatures to eat this bird with me.' So 'Ali came and ate with him." (Tirmidhi, Haakim & Tabrani) - The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called 'Ali on the Day (of the battle) of At-Ta'if, and spoke privately with him, so the people said: 'His private conversation with his cousin has grown l...

Quran Majeed ne Insan ki ''Intellectual Awareness '' kay Mazmoon(SUBJECT) ko Mukhtalif Andaz se Byan kia hai. Quran nay ''Aaghi''(Awareness) kay Mazmoon ko byan krne kay lye Darj Zayl Terminologies (Istelahat) Istemal ki hen. In main se har Istelah Apni Jaga Ilm o Ma'arifat ka aik Sumandar hai. 1. Tazakur (تذکَر) 2..Tadabbur(تدبَر) 3.Ta'aqul(تعقل) 4.Tafakur(تفکَر)/Thinking 5.Baseerat(بصیرت) 6.Shaoor(شعور) 7.ilm(علم) 8.Hikmat(حکمت)/Wisdom 9.Ma'arifat(irfan)(معرفت) 10.Etqaan(اتقان) Quran kay Bayan krda inhi Usoolon (principles) kay teht Insani Fehm (فہم) kay bhi Darjat (levels) hen. Sab se Ahm bat ye hai kay in main se Ba'a'z(بعض) Istelahat ka Husool insan kay apne Dairay e Ikhteyar(دائرہ اختیار) main hota hai. Lekin Ba'az Darjat aise hen jo har Insan kay Ikhteyar main nhi hen.. Wo sirf Allah kay Muntakhib krda(Chosen one) Ashab ko Enayat (Grant) hoty hen. Punjabi Zuban main is ko ''Khudayi Wand'' yani All...