Gifts from Muhammad. Khurram Murad

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       Gifts from

       Muhammad

       Khurram Murad

      THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION

       Published by

      THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION,

      Markfeld Conference Centre,

      Ratby Lane, Markfield, Leicester LE67 9SY, UK

      Tel: (01530) 244944/5, Fax: (01530) 244946

      E-mail:[email protected]

      Website: www.islamic-foundation.org.uk

      Quran House, PO Box 30611, Nairobi, Kenya

      PMB 3193, Kano, Nigeria

      Distributed by: Kube Publishing Ltd.

      © The Islamic Foundation 1997/1417 H.

      First published 1997, Reprinted 2001, 2004/1425 H., 2008/1429 H. and 2012/1433 H.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.

      ISBN 978-0-86037-273-8

       British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

      A Catalogue card for this book is available from the British Library

      Typeset in Baskerville 11/14

      Typeset by: N.A. Qaddoura

      Preface

      What does the Prophet Muhammad teach?

      For centuries his teachings have been bringing light and peace to countless people, enlivening the hearts and lives of billions of men and women down the ages. Him they have loved more dearly than their own selves, in him they have found their greatest source of inspiration and guidance, he has been the ultimate norm and the perfect example for them, he has been their mainstay in personal vicissitudes and tribulations, his teachings have led them through social and political turmoils as well, he has inspired them to greater and greater heights of spiritual and moral upliftment and civilizational achievements – in short, through him God has spoken to them, He has been with them.

      He lived all his life in the full glare of history. Those who loved him and followed him have preserved even the minutest details of how he lived, what he did, and what he said.

      It is important to know what he did teach. However, many people in the world today hear very little of his teachings. These teachings are as little known, as much misunderstood, as he himself. Yet they contain immense treasures of wisdom which, once discovered, may bring new life to individuals, communities, indeed to humanity at large. These teachings bring precious and wonderful gifts of godliness and brotherhood, love and peace, mercy and justice, kindness and fairness, generosity and forgiveness, humility and self-dignity.

      Out of a vast treasure house of such priceless gifts we have selected a few, and arranged them here under forty topics. We hope that they will serve as an inviting introduction to all, especially those who are not familiar with the Prophet or those who do not believe in him as a prophet. May his gifts bring warmth and light, peace and happiness to a world which has lost its sense of direction and purpose, has become devoid of compassion, justice and forgiveness, and is plagued by discord, hatred, injustice and violence.

      Finally, I pray to Allah, subhanahu wa ta’ala, to accept this humble effort to make the teachings of His last Messenger reach a wider audience, and forgive my shortcomings and mistakes.

Leicester Khurram Murad
18 Jamadius Sani 1417
1 November 1996

      Table of Contents

       1 The Most Merciful God

       1 God’s Mercy

       2 Let There Be No God But God

       3 Utter Dependence Upon God

       4 The Prophet: God’s Mercy and Guidance

       5 God’s Unbounded Forgiveness

       6 God’s Generous Reckoning

       2 Seeking Godliness

       7 Heart: The Source of All

       8 Living in God’s Presence

       9 Remembering and Nearing God

       10 Seeking God’s Love

       11 Finding God by Serving Mankind

       12 Outward Religiosity and Ostentation

       13 Hypocrisy

       14 Golden Rules for Obedience

       3 Mercy and the Way of Giving

       15 Mercy to God’s Family

       16 The Garden of Charity

       17 This Too is Charity!

      

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