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Erase the evils of my deeds The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S) has said that: “An act of charity shields seventy dead people from ill fate”.

Rewards of patience Patience is the moderate steadfastness against misfortunes. It is also defined as to compel oneself to stand the necessities of the Sharia including the matters to do and the matters not to do. It indicates wisdom, broadmindedness, high morality, and great steadfastness.

Benefits of acceptance Be informed that acceptance [of whatever Allah decrees] is the fruit of love for Allah: One who loves something does it, and love is the fruit of knowledge. When one loves an individual because he has some attributes of perfection or qualities of beauty, this love increases whenever he gets to know[...]

Eraze evils of my deeds If someone works productively for twenty years for an employer but then kills the employers’ child, all of those years of service will be worthless. A bomb that destroys a building will destroy all of the labour and effort that went to building it in one instant. Consuming one spoon[...]

Finding sweetness of well-being Seek well being (salamah) from Allah wherever you are in every state you may be in, for your faith, your heart, and the ultimate outcome of your affairs. He who seeks it does not always find it. How then, is it that there are some who expose themselves to affliction, travel[...]

Desired outcomes of afflictions Affliction is an adornment for the believer and a mark of honour for the man of intellect, because facing it directly needs steadfastness and firm-footedness, both of which confirm belief. The Holy Prophet said, 'We, the company of the prophets, are the people who have the hardest trials, then after us[...]

Seeking assistance Imam Ali: Seek assistance from your Lord, and ask Him to grant you success and the abandonment of every shortcoming (or disgraceful act) that drives you into doubt or surrenders you to misguidance.

Upright religion Religion refers to the beliefs and a series of practical and moral instructions that the prophets have related on behalf of Allah to guide and lead human beings. Believing in these tenets and performing these instructions result in man's prosperity and happiness in this world and in the world Hereafter.

Muslims drink the water for protection, for blessing and for cure. It is used at weddings to bless the bride and groom, for mothers after giving birth, for babies and sick people. Some also use Zamzam water to spray over the kafan, shrouding the deceased in white textile before their burial.

Chapter 7 verse 40 of the Quran states, إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ عَنۡہَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمۡ أَبۡوَٲبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدۡخُلُونَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلۡجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلۡخِيَاطِ‌ۚ وَڪَذَٲلِكَ نَجۡزِى ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ (٤٠) “To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will[...]

2:177 True piety does not consist in turning your faces towards the east or the west - but truly pious is he who believes in God, and the Last Day; and the angels, and revelation, and the prophets; and spends his substance - however much he himself may cherish it - upon his near of[...]

The concept of “conscience", as commonly used in its moral sense, is the inherent ability of every healthy human being to perceive what is right and what is wrong and, on the strength of this perception, to control, monitor, evaluate and execute their actions.

Conscience: “Consciousness of the moral right and wrong of one's own acts or motives.” Super-ego: “The one of the three divisions of the psyche in psychoanalytic theory that functions to reward and punish through a system of moral attitudes, conscience, and a sense of guilt.”

There is a perception that many Muslim-majority countries have legal systems governed entirely by Islamic law (also commonly referred to as Shariah). This is the case in a small number of countries. However, most Muslim-majority countries have mixed systems of law incorporating elements of Islamic law into common law or civil law frameworks, and many[...]

Theology tells us that it’s because our conscience has a direct connection with God Himself—this is actually great news. The experience of guilt is a gift, because it means we’re connected to God. Generally speaking, the stronger the guilt we experience, the better, because it’s a sign of a sensitive, healthy conscience.

Forgiveness (maghfirah) implies the waiving of punishment, and the waiving of punishment implies that the reward is inevitable, so no one deserves forgiveness except the believer who is deserving of reward.