September 11, 2020
YAHYA (JOHN THE BAPTIST) AS
His Birth and Early Life We have, in the story of Zakariya AS, given details of how Zakariya’s AS sincere…
September 11, 2020
JUST IMAGINE
Imagine that you are in a Michelin star restaurant, and the chef has made spectacular food, from a stunning starter,…
September 7, 2020
BETWEEN ISLAM, CULTURE AND MATERIAL LIFE
Divisions between us are growing on a daily basis, even between groups of supposedly pious Muslims. When infused with other…
September 14, 2020
THE QUR’ANIC MAP [PART 3]
WHAT IS ALLAH SWT TELLING ME? Part 3: Every time you read the Qur’an, remember that the words are addressed…
September 2, 2020
PART 19 – HOW OFTEN DO WE NEED TO CONTEMPLATE?
Islam can be likened to a town fortified by five walls. If all the five were intact, then one’s Islam…
October 27, 2020
HEEDLESSNESS PART 2
HEEDLESSNESS FROM MEETING OUR LORD PART 2 THE MESSAGE OF ISLAM IS AN ULTIMATUM If we are heedless on an…
September 11, 2020
YUSUF AS – PART 2
The moment the wife of the minister saw him, she loved him and took him like the son she never…
August 26, 2020
GOING FRUITY
Fruits generate taste and joy. For every joy and pleasure in this duniya, Allah allows it to be done to…
September 1, 2020
PART 13 – THE MARRIAGE OF FIKR AND ZIKR
At our pinnacle of fikr, we will also achieve the highest level of zikr. At this peak, our zikr will…
September 14, 2020
PEOPLE OF THE DAM
Allah reminds us many times in the Qur’an against the perils of being arrogant with our wealth and our achievements,…
September 3, 2020
FITNAH
How do we recognize the truth? People are mistaken when they say that there are many versions of the truth.…
September 7, 2020
HUMAN RIGHTS AND HYPOCRISY
What is it that we are standing up for when we talk about human rights in Islam? Lately, it seems…
September 1, 2020
LAILATUL QADR
The month of Ramadan peaks in its final ten days. It is during these nights that we should go all…
August 26, 2020
PUMPKIN
Surah As Saffat above was in relation to the miracle to Yunus AS, when he emerged from the belly of…
September 7, 2020
HOW ISLAM LIFTED ME UP
The End I remember a particularly low point in my life where things were not going well on all fronts…
September 3, 2020
16. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE ALLAH’S POWER
Allah bestowed upon one of His prophets, Sulaiman AS, control over the elements and creation such as the wind, rain,…
September 14, 2020
THE PEOPLE OF THE CAVE
This is an inspiring story from Surah Al Kahf in the Qur’an. The incident is set against the backdrop of…
September 11, 2020
WATERFALL
It originates with a small spring, or a series of small streams, a few bodies of trickling water. Then Allah…
August 26, 2020
GINGER
Ginger Qur’anic Reference: And they will be given to drink there a cup (of wine) mixed with Zanjabil (ginger, etc.)…
October 23, 2020
HAJJ DIARIES PART 1
I performed my hajj last year, Alhamdulillah, and managed to post some blogs here – http://hadithoftheday.com/the-hajj-diaries/. The whole experience passed…
September 11, 2020
NUH AS [PART 2]
THE GREATEST FLOOD IN HUMAN HISTORY After almost a millennium of trying to spread the message of Allah, Nuh AS…
October 23, 2020
PART 4 – MUHAMMAD (PEACE AND BLESSINGS BE UPON HIM)
The Reason for Revelations In the history of mankind, for every time a nation, a group of people, a family,…
September 7, 2020
INTERFAITH MARRIAGES IN ISLAM?
And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even…
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…
October 23, 2020
PART 2 – CALLING TO THE CREATOR
Money, beauty, fame – is this enough? Why do we need a Creator? We have our lives, wealth, health and…
September 14, 2020
EID UL FITR
The Muslim calendar is marked with two occasions of Eid – Eid ul Fitr and Eid Al Adha. The Arabic…
September 11, 2020
MUSA AS – PART 1
The Prophecy If we were to apply human laws, Musa AS should not have existed. Set against its historical context,…
September 11, 2020
IBRAHIM AS [PART 3]
Encounter with a King When it became clear that no one would reap any further benefits from his da’wah to…
September 7, 2020
7.EXAMPLES OF DEFEAT
Through these series, we will illustrate examples from our daily lives to emphasise the amount of defeat we have within,…
September 7, 2020
17.THE SUNNAH OF ALLAH
Allah has a way of organising His creation in a fixed precedent that will never change. A man can only…