IslamChildren learn more from what parents do than from what they say, writes Islamic scholar Abdullahil Baqi, setting out seven ways to build a child's character drawn from the Quran and hadith.
IslamThe belief that an Islamic name must be Arabic is mistaken: a name in Bengali, Persian, Urdu, English or any language is permissible if its meaning is good and does not conflict with Islamic belief.
IslamIslam does not forbid borrowing in need, but it calls stalling on a debt one can afford to repay an injustice; the Quran also asks lenders to give a struggling borrower time.
IslamRepentance, the obligatory worship, taqwa, kindness, patience, charity, forgiveness, trust in God, justice and voluntary worship: Banglanews24's Islam page sets out ten deeds with the verses and hadith behind each.
IslamProthom Alo's religion desk sets out the stages of the embryo in the womb as described in Surah Al-Muminun, Surah Al-Insan and Surah Az-Zumar, and in a hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari.
IslamOnly God knows when the Last Hour will come, but the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) described signs that precede it. In Prothom Alo's religion pages, Ehsan Siraj sets out five minor signs from the sound hadith collections.
Even in the age of map apps people still ask strangers for directions; the hadith count guiding the lost as sadaqah, and scholars treat knowingly misleading someone as a grave wrong.
Islam counts forgiveness a great virtue, but forgiving is not the same as tolerating wrong. Where someone's property or rights were harmed, saying sorry is not enough and the loss must be made good.
Islam gives great weight to repaying debts. A firm intention to repay, the prayers the Prophet taught and an end to waste are set out with their sources in hadith and the Quran.
IslamKeeping family ties, honesty in trade, seeking forgiveness, charity and an early start to work are five practices for barakah in income set out by Prothom Alo's religion desk from the Quran and hadith.
In Islam everything belongs to God and people are only its users: waste is forbidden, spreading corruption on earth is forbidden, and a tree or crop that feeds people or animals counts as charity for the one who planted it.
IslamIslamic law sets no fixed Quranic or hadith punishment for bribery, so it is a tazir offence punished at a judge's discretion, and money taken as a bribe must be returned to its owner or the treasury.
IslamKeeping a dog indoors as a hobby is forbidden, but keeping one outside for guarding, hunting or security is allowed. Keeping a cat is permissible (mubah), but there is no basis for calling it sunnah.
