Women in Muslim Civilization
Muhammad Akram Nadwi, who published a forty-volume biographical dictionary of women muhaddithat (scholars of hadith) gave a speech about the role of women in Islamic civilization in Istanbul on March 13, Saturday. Nadwi is a scholar of hadith and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and is currently a research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He has published over twenty-five books in the ...

Revelation is the Source of Rights and Responsibilities
The guest in November at the series of conferences entitled "Family: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow", held by the Meridian Group, was Professor Hayrettin Karaman. We are publishing a part of this conference entitled "Family in Islam: Rights and Responsibilities" for you, the readers of lastprophet.info. The community characterized and formed by Islamic civilization and culture can...

What they said about Lastprophet.info: Prof. Hayrettin Karaman,

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What they said about Lastprophet.info: Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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Prophet Muhammad in our family lives
One of our primary responsibilities in life is to examine the life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). We must educate ourselves on his life, take him as an example and familiarize the world with Prophet Muhammad, who was sent an example to mankind to educate them and elevate their manners.  Mankind's modern day tendency toward deep depression, particularly in their family lives, has shown us th...

Worship in Islam
The definition of worship Worship, which is explained as "humility, obedience, deification and submission" in dictionaries, connotes a person's love, adoration and submission to Allah and encompasses as actions he or she exhibits in order to win the pleasure of Allah. In Islamic resources, the term "ubudiyya" meaning obedience and servitude to Allah is used alongside worsh...

The Sunna of Prophet Muhammad
A Muslim who believes in the Qur’an is obliged to accept the [figures of } authority that have been prescribed by the Holy Qur’an. The Sunnah is "are the words, works and behaviors of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and what he has found appropriate and supported through these." Hadith are the narrations or statements of the Sunnahs of Prophet Muhammad's words, affa...

The last prophet: Prophet Muhammad
 "A similar (favor have ye already received) in that We have sent among you a Messenger of your own, rehearsing to you Our Signs, and purifying you, and instructing you in Scripture and Wisdom, and in new knowledge." (Surah al-Baqara (2): 151) This verse summarizes the reason for Prophet Muhammad (and inadvertently all other prophets) being sent [to mankind] and his mission. In the...

The Qur'an which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad
The definition of the Holy Quran is "A miraculous speech that was sent to Prophet Muhammad through revelation, which is encoded in the Quranic text, narrated without any hearsay and whose mere recitation is considered an act of worship." The most important feature which every description must carry is that it must be able to define something comprehensively, without any d...

The common attributes of Prophets
As noted in many verses throughout the Qur'an, prophets are human beings. They too lived under the same conditions as other people. They are also held responsible for commands and prohibitions. However, in addition to being humans, they have a few attributes which are natural results of them being prophets. These attributes are: 1.Sidk: "Sidk" means being upright. Every prophet is a...

Prophecy throughout history
Belief in Prophets When one examines history all the way back to the first era there are traces of ancient remains, one can see that man was always aware of the existence of an almighty entity that was the Lord and creator of everything. The forms of worship changed according to time and the social conditions in a given society; however, people of all eras tried to fulfill their responsibilities ...

The inscription and memorization of the Qur'an
Most of the major religions of the world are based on sacred books which are associated with divine revelation. People were not dependent on their memories alone to retain the knowledge and thoughts that came from these beliefs; writing, which was used to transfer information, had been invented long before. Undoubtedly, writing is more constant and everlasting that personal memory, which ends alo...