The status of the people of the Book before Islaam – 2:

So what did the Children of Israel do with this covenant?

Allaah shows that they transgressed; {So, because of their breach of their covenant }, they were punished by several punishments:

1-   { We cursed them }, meaning: kicked them out from the Mercy of Allaah.  This was their own choice; they willingly and knowingly transgressed.

2-   { made their hearts become hard }, meaning: their hearts became  unresponsive to the verses and the reminders of Allaah.  Verses that describe Paradise do not make their hearts long to Paradise.  Verses that describe the ...

The status of the people of the Book before Islaam:

1) Allaah said: { And surely, Allah took the covenant from the Children of Israel (Jews), and We appointed twelve leaders among them. And Allah said: "I am with you if you perform the prayer, give the Zakaah (obligatory charity), believe in My Messengers and honor them, and give a good loan to Allah. Verily, (if you do this) I will remit your sins and admit you to Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise). But if any of you, after this, disbelieved, he has indeed gone astray from the Straight Path.” <12> So, ...

The First Condition: Sincerity

The Messenger of Allaah (SAAWS) said: "Every action is accepted (or not) based on the intention behind it, and every person will be rewarded in accordance with his intention.  So, whoever immigrates to Allaah and His Messenger, then he will be rewarded for immigrating to Allaah and His Messenger, and whoever immigrates for a worldly affair or to get married to a woman, then his immigration is for whatever he immigrated for” [narrated by Bukharee and Muslim, on the authority of Umar ibn Al-Khattaab].

The Messenger (SAAWS) explains in this authentic Hadeeth the importance of the intention.
[Hadeeth ...