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The Prayer for Good Health

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian |June 18, 2017

According to a hadith, the Prophet Muhammad is said to have remarked: “For whomsoever of you the door of supplication is opened, for him the doors of mercy have been opened. And in God’s eyes praying for good health is dearer to praying for anything else.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, hadith no. 3548).

The importance of interaction

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | Jun 10, 2017

There is a tradition that appears in various books of Hadith. In the words of one narration the Prophet is said to have remarked: “A believer who engages with people and is patient when he faces annoyance from them shall have greater reward than him who neither interacts with others nor remains patient over the troubles caused by them.” (Musnad Ahmad, hadith no. 23098).

His mercy masters His wrath

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | June 03,2017

Wrath is an attribute of God, and so is mercy. If someone thinks that God created humans in order to make them experience His wrath, this would definitely be an underestimation of God.

It is more correct to say that the reason why God created man was to make him experience His mercy. It is this understanding that is in accordance with God’s glory.