I just read something that mentioned how Allah went slow on forbidding wine. It wasn't an immediate command to not drink wine, in surah Baqarah, Allah mentions the harm that alcohol causes but he didn't say anything else. Then in surah Nisa, Allah says not to approach prayer when in a state of intoxication. Then, in surah Ma'idah, He finally says to avoid it. Allah was so merciful to the people of that time, and he gradually made it forbidden so ...
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم - الحمد لله وحده والصلاة والسلام على من ﻻ نبي بعده
The revelation of prohibition of alcohol, gambling, altar sacrifice, and divining arrows particularly struck me because of the reasoning Allah (SWT) mercifully provides in the Qur'an to a community rife with such practices. Three key points are mentioned here:
1) These practices are 'rijs' (filth) and a mark of Shaytan, who intends for mankind to use them to nurture enmi...
One of my cousins tested Covid positive and has zero symptoms. Masha'Allah, she feels healthy and continues to work from home and has been keeping up with her normal exercise routine. Other people who get Covid 19 end up in the ICU or die from the disease. Many people are somewhere in between, some with long-term side effects.
Because the virus is harmful for many people and detrimental to our communities (for example, the overburdening of the ...
SubhanAllah intoxicants, gambling, idols, drawing lots affect and hinder our ability for conscious decision making, which is needed if you were to ever be successful. That's why maybe the Ayah ends 'so that you may be successful' and not with full certainty because our actions do not dictate the future but it is Allah who does.
The 7 steps of human decision making are the following (references below): 1. Identify the decision. 2. Gather relevan...