NOTE: We take pleasure in enclosing herewith the Memorandum submitted to the Commission on the Law of Succession recently appointed by the Government of Kenya, The terms of reference being to consider the existing laws relating to marriage, divorce and ma ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:44
Note: This Memorandum unavoidably incorporates some paragraphs from the Memorandum submitted to the Kenya Govt.’s Commission. On behalf of the Shi’a Ithna-’Ashari Community of Tanzania, we take the liberty of submitting the following views on the Governme ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:44
May it please Your Excellency, 1. On behalf of our various Muslim communities and organizations, we take the liberty of making this submission for Your Excellency's kind consideration. 2. In this submission we are confining ourselves to two matters w ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:44
6205 views Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania Allamah Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi aptly explains the need for man to understand his purpose in life and to be able to ponder over some of the important aspects of our journe ...
Zeinab Donati - 08/17/2019 - 06:42
Preface of the First Edition Character building is as vital and essential in our present day society as it has been in the past. It is of even greater importance today to acquire more content with the teachings of the Prophet of Islam and His Ahlul-Bayt i ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
Man has been created with an aim; he has been blessed with the power to act freely; and he has also been shown the way which leads to eternal prosperity and bliss, and the way which ends in eternal wrath and fire. Life on this earth is the period in which ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“Soon will We show them our signs in the (furthest) regions and in their own souls……..” (Qur’an,41:53). There is one tested method of knowing Allah; and that is “through His creation” – the Worlds and the Man. Let us begin with our self. We do not know th ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“Creation of God, the pattern on which He has made mankind; there is no change in the work of God. That is the standard religion, but most among mankind do not understand”.(Qur’an, 30:30) They claim that ‘God’ is dead. They should have said that ‘gods’ ar ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“ Say. He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal. Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten, and there is none like unto Him”. (Qur’an. Sura 112) This short Sura of the Holy Qur’an is the most significant of all writings dealing with the one- ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“Nature designed this’; Nature adapted that’. These are the phrases frequently seen nowadays in the text-books and articles. What is this ‘Nature’, anyway? It is nothing but an abstract idea formed in human brain after careful study of the behavior of the ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“All praise is only for God, the Lord of Universe, the Beneficent, the Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment” (Qur’an, Chapter 1; Verses 2-4) These are the very first verses of the Qur’an. They present in clear terms the concept of God in Islam: God is ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“And We sent not an apostle but to be obeyed according to the will of God”. (Qur’an, 4:64) God sent so many prophets and apostles to lead their people on right path. Some of them were sent to a small group; others to large communities or countries. In the ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
One of the unique achievements of Islam is the fact that Muslims never upgraded the Holy Prophet of Islam to godhood. It speaks eloquently of the humility and selflessness of Muhammad (s.a.w.), who easily could have been acknowledged (had he only wished s ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“And did you think that We created you aimlessly?” (Qur’an 23:15). No man likes to be accused of working aimlessly. Acting without purpose is against the accepted norms of sanity. Therefore, we are confident that God never does any work without aim and pu ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“And I did not create Jin and human beings but so that they may worship Me”. – (Qur’an, 51:56) God created us and sent us in this world just to obtain spiritual perfection and piety, as explained in the above-mentioned Ayat of the Holy Qur’an. Most of the ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful”. (Holy Qur’an) This phrase occurs at the beginning of every Chapter of the Qur’an, except one. It is used by Muslims before starting every work – before reading, before eating, before starting their wor ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“And put thy trust in God; and enough is God as a disposer of affairs”. (Qur’an; 4:81) The word used in Qur’an is “Tawakkal”, which is derived from “Tawakkul”. This is not an excuse for idleness. “Tawakkul means that you should bind the camel with its rop ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“And be thankful to Me; and do not be ungrateful”. (Qur’an: 2:152) Thankfulness to God is one of the highest virtues which a man could aspire for. It is easy to be thankful when one has got an easy life, a prospering business, a respectful job and a happy ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“And God is with you wheresoever you may be:” (Qur’an: Chapter 57: Verse 4) God is everywhere. No space or time is without Him; yet He is independent of time and space. He is Omnipresent; and His love protects us from harm in this world as in the life her ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
“Say: Truly my prayer, and my actions, and my life, and my death are all for God, the Cherisher of the Universe”. (Qur’an, Chapter 6; Verse 162) This is the ideal Islam. A true Muslim surrenders to the love of Allah. All his actions are motivated by one t ...
Zeinab Donati - 05/11/2015 - 10:59
