The Sunday Guardian

Couples should be understanding

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | March 05, 2017, p. 10

There is a hadith about spouses, according to which the Prophet said: “A believing man should not be displeased with a believing woman. If he dislikes one of her qualities, there will be another quality in her with which he will be pleased.” (Sahih Muslim, hadith no. 1469).

This is a wise advice for relations between a husband and wife.

Man, woman are an intellectual pair

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | February 26, 2017, p. 10

The Creator has made human beings as a pair—as man and woman. The two are counterparts to each other. By leading a married life, they fulfil God’s Creation Plan. In this Creation Plan, wife and husband are like cogs for each other that work in tandem to make their life’s journey a successful one. In this way, they complement each other.

‘Allahu Akbar’ speaks of a belief

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | February 12, 2017, p. 12

The phrase Allahu Akbar (or God is Great) is the most important part of the Islamic form of ritual prayer. If you add up the number of times this phrase is used in the azan, the call to prayer, and while performing the ritual prayers 5 times a day, it comes to around 300 times every day! This declaration of God being the Greatest is the phrase that is heard and uttered the most number of times in a Muslim’s life.