How important are the blood relations?

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How important are the blood relations? Have we ever thought about it? If a Muslim knows the importance Allah has given to blood relations, never shall any of us dare to do any injustice (in any form) to the relations. Allah says: 

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالاً كَثِيراً وَنِسَاءً وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَتَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيباً

O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam) and from him he created his wife (Hawwa), and from both them both He created many men & women; and fear Allah through Whom you demand, and (do not cut the relations of) womb (kinship, blood relations). Surely Allah is Ever an All-Watcher over you.”

(Aayah no. 1, Surah An-Nisa’, Chapter No. 4, Holy Qur’an). 

The verse says…. fear Allah through Whom you demand and the womb…. The message is that if we fear Allah, we have to maintain good relations with our relatives. Therefore, Sila-e-rahmi (i.e. keeping good relations with blood relatives) is an order from Allah, not a recommendation, and it is mandatory for every Muslim to comply with this order. 

It is not all, there are much more details, which we shall talk about in due course of our discussion. To start with, let us discuss some specific details under different sub-headings concerning the subject. 

1. Who are these blood relatives?

The first place among the blood relatives is reserved for parents. No one among the relatives equals them in the status given to them by Allah. The details regarding status of parents in Islam are so much that it is not good to discuss them as a sub-heading. So, Insha’Allah we shall talk in detail about them in a separate discussion. 

After parents, other blood relations are off-springs, brothers, sisters, paternal uncles and aunts, their off-springs (i.e. first cousins from paternal side), maternal uncles and aunts, their off-springs (i.e. first cousins from maternal side) and then other relatives as well. Spouses do not categorize under blood relations. 

How can we help our relatives? 

It can be done in various ways: 

2.1. By visiting them

2.2. Spending money on relatives

2.3. Helping them emotionally and physically

Our kids, our siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, all of them command their haq from us, the haqfor love, haq for respect, haq for togetherness, haq for help, haq for share, haq for care etc. Our blood relations are a part of our lives; there is no way that we ignore them if we aspire to be inmates of Paradise.  

Be united. Live happily in harmony and peace. 

And Allah knows best. 

Islamic Tips To Deal With Stress

source http://www.islam44.net/2015/08/8-islamic-tips-to-deal-with-stress.html?utm_source=BP_recent

8 Islamic Tips To Deal With Stress

 Naveed Shamem  10:40 AM

Stress is a common problem in today's Materialistic and fast life where everyone is busy and running behind money and caring more about feeding the body instead of feeding the soul. despite having everything people are finding it hard to find real happiness and stay away from stress. In this article I will share some Islamic tips that will help you to get rid of stress and start feeling happy and calm.

1 Start Praying If you don't pray: Believe me the peace and satisfaction that you will find in offering Salah and doing Zikr is not present in any other thing. When you will start offering Salah regularly and do Zikr of Allah SWT it will take you away from stress.

2 Be grateful for what you have: start thanking Allah SWT for what you already have instead of worrying about what you don't have. start counting your blessings everyday. that will give you great joy. Our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him has taught us to see towards that person who has less money than us instead of seeing towards those who are more richer. doing so will make us appreciate what we have.

3 Care more about hereafter instead of this world: Remember your real destination is hereafter and you are in this world temporarily for a test. this will bring a great change in you.

4 Stop comparing yourself with others: If you are comparing yourself with others you are taking yourself towards stress and you are also insulting yourself. you don't need to compare yourself with other people in anyway.

5 Keep less expectations from others: Often we keep high expectations from other people and when they don't fulfill them we get hurt. so you don't need to expect much from others.  

6 Exercise and walk daily: this is a great tip to find stress keeping yourself active physically. doing exercise and walk helps us in many ways Including Improving our health, confidence and ending stress.

7 Read Holy Quran With Translation: start reading the Book of Allah SWT with translation and understanding. that will bring positive change in you.

8 Involve in welfare activities: Get yourself involved in activities of helping other people. that will greatly help you.

Who is Allah (GOD) in Islam

Source http://www.islam44.net/2015/07/islams-concept-of-god-is-simple-and.html?utm_source=BP_recent

Islam's Concept of God Is Simple and Logical

 Naveed Shamem  11:55 AM

In all the major religions of the World its necessary to believe in God but the concept of God in every religion is different. for example In Hinduism there are uncountable number of Gods and Idols of these Gods are worshiped. In Christianity Father, Son and Holy Spirit all three are part of God. in Buddhism Budha is God. Now lets see the concept of God In Islam.

In Islam God Is one and only who cannot be seen with human eye. He is creator of everything. Islamic concept of God Is really simple and logical as compared to other religions concept of God which is very confusing. Surah Ikhlas of Holy Quran gives perfect concept of God In Islam. lets have a look.

Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One, Allah , the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

 The same concept of God was presented by all the Prophets Including Jesus, Moses, Adam, Ibrahim and Muhammad Peace Be upon them all.

Interestingly the concept of Oneness of God even exists in books of other religions like Hinduism and Christianity but with time humans corrupted these religions and their beliefs. for example Hindu scripture [Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1] says "He is One only without a second."

Similarly in Bible [The Bible, Deuteronomy 6:4] it is said "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord".

So Islamic concept of God also exists in other religious scriptures. all of us Muslims should try to give Dawah to non muslims towards this message of Tauheed.