September 7, 2020
INSURANCE AND ASSURANCE OF THE FUTURE – PART 1
We all seem to be living in a pressure cooker nowadays. People around us are stressed, burnt out, their faces…
August 26, 2020
GRAPES
GRAPES Qur’anic Reference: Surah An-Nahl:With it He causes to grow for you the crops, the olives, the date-palms, the grapes,…
October 23, 2020
RAMADAN AND SELF RESTRAINT
Fasting is prescribed for all believers, and the word “siyam” means to restrain or abstain. In the early days, people…
September 7, 2020
MY GOAL IN LIFE: THE REAL RETIREMENT PLAN -PART 1
My Goal in Life v What Allah Wants Many jobs now offer retirement plans, or shares in the company or…
October 26, 2020
BUILDING BRIDGES WITH THE NON-MUSLIM COMMUNITIES -PART 1
The power of one individual We are privileged nowadays to have information at our fingertips, to be literate, and be…
September 7, 2020
VISITING THE ILL
This is never a comfortable topic, because visiting and taking care of the ill is not something that is pleasant.…
September 2, 2020
THE MAN FROM SURAH YA-SEEN
Little personal detail is told of the man from Surah Ya-Seen. Yet, Allah SWT loved him to the extent that…
October 26, 2020
PART 5 – CHARACTERISTICS OF A HYPOCRITE
Hypocrisy occurs when one outwardly claims to be Muslim but his heart secretly harbours disbelief in various degrees. Hypocrisy is…
October 27, 2020
PARTING ADVICE
Marriage is the nucleus of the ummah. Islam would not have flourished
September 11, 2020
MUSA AS – PART 5
Many people think that the story of Musa AS ended after the crossing of the Red Sea. However, events continued…
September 1, 2020
PART 41 – HOLDING TO THE ROPE OF ALLAH
Reported by Jabir bin `Abdullah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, “The dearest and the closest of you to…
September 1, 2020
PART 34 – THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE
Wisdom and faith will never flourish in the heart unless the heart is humble, and without the love of dunia,…
September 1, 2020
PART 27- EARNING ALLAH’S LOVE
We should increase doing what Allah loves, and abstain from what Allah does not love. We should inculcate this as…
September 11, 2020
AYOUB AS
Ayoub (Job and also spelt Ayyub) AS was of the progeny of Ibrahim (Abraham) AS through his second son, Ishaq…
September 1, 2020
PART 45 -EMBRACING THE HALAL AND ERADICATING THE HARAM
Consider how we make decisions. We get married for example, because we want to escape our situations at home, but…
October 23, 2020
THE TRUE REWARDS OF RAMADAN
There are various ahadeeth which explain the rewards of Ramadan, and the rewards are indeed plentiful. One such hadith mentions…
September 2, 2020
PART 9 – CLEANING THE DIRT
If it were that simple, then why does guidance still elude some of us? The clue is in Surah Mutaffifin…
September 11, 2020
MUSA AS – PART 2
A New Life Having killed a man, and knowing that the Pharaoh and his men were hot on his heels,…
August 27, 2020
WATER AND KOHL … AND THE TONGUE
A woman came to Rasulullah SAW, asking advice about what was the best for her, meaning as a woman. He…
August 26, 2020
HONEY
And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in]…
September 11, 2020
JUST PARENTING
Two children were eating ice cream. The younger one dropped hers on the floor and started crying. So the father…
September 7, 2020
SANDCASTLES
When you walk along the beach, a common sight is that of children and sometimes adults, building sandcastles. They scoop…
September 7, 2020
I CAN’T FOCUS – PART 2
If you were informed of an exam which will determine the rest of your career, you will appreciate its importance.
September 7, 2020
MARRYING SOMEONE WHO IS MUSLIM IN NAME ONLY?
Many are willing to marry a non-Muslim provided that the person reverts to Islam from a paperwork point of view.…
September 7, 2020
DO NON-MUSLIMS HAVE RIGHTS OVER US?
Do non-Muslims have rights over us? I was shocked when a Muslim acquaintance once claimed that non-Muslims have no rights.…
October 23, 2020
RAMADAN – COMPASSION AND CARING
Fasting as an institution for the purification of the soul is common to all the divine religions (Judaism, Christianity and…
October 26, 2020
THE ART OF DA’WAH PART 5
Example of the Prophet SAW and what we can learn from it Rasulullah SAW did not simply sit in the…
September 7, 2020
PART 2 – PATIENCE OF THE EARLY BELIEVERS
The Muslims who were tortured for their faith in the early days of Islam patiently bore the brutality against them…
September 7, 2020
22. UNDERSTANDING THE ENEMY
Allah has advised us that Shaitan is your enemy, so make him your enemy. If you knew that you had…
September 11, 2020
YUSUF AS – PART 1
Yusuf AS Part 1 The life story of Yusuf (Joseph) AS is famous because of the number of trials that…