September 11, 2020

    SULAIMAN AS – PART 3

    Sulaiman AS and Bait-ul Maqdis The Temple of Sulaiman is so legendary that it has found its way into folklore…
    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…
    August 27, 2020

    AISHA BINT ABU BAKR [RA]

    AISHA BINT ABU BAKR  [RA] Umm-Al-Mu’minin (Mother of Believers) Note: For ease of reading, we have not inserted “May Allah…
    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…
    September 7, 2020

    CARTOONS AND VIDEOCLIPS PART 1

    CARTOONS AND VIDEOCLIPS PART 1 Reactions in Provocation Occasionally, the Islamic ummah is provoked. A few years ago, there was…
    September 7, 2020

    PART 4 – PATIENCE AT THE FIRST BLOW

    The Prophet (SAW) passed by a woman who was crying over a grave and said, “Fear Allah and be patient.'”…
    September 1, 2020

    PART 33 – DO WE KNOW WHAT’S BEST FOR US?

    In Islam, wealth and poverty are unrelated to money. The poor person is the one who does not have Allah…
    September 7, 2020

    WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE? PART 8

    Iftiqar (the state of poverty to Allah) This is the most desirable state to be in, and this was the…
    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…
    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…
    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 1, 2020

    PART 35 – ONLY YOU WE RELY UPON

    Allah wants us to surrender with complete pleasure, and believe that embedded our lives is goodness which we cannot comprehend.…
    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.…
    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 11, 2020

    AVOID GETTING HURT AGAIN

    In Closing the Chapter* we touched upon how forgiveness is the best way of moving on in life. This has…
    August 26, 2020

    POMEGRANATE

    POMEGRANATE Qur’anic References In them (both) will be fruits, and date- palms and pomegranates. (55:68) And it is He who…
    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,…
    September 14, 2020

    THE YELLOW COW

    The story of the yellow cow took place during the prophethood of Musa AS. Bani Israel were trying to start…
    August 27, 2020

    KHADIJAH BINT KHUWAYLID [RA]

    KHADIJAH  BINT  KHUWAYLID [ RA ] Umm-Al-Mu’minīn (Mother of Believers) Note:  For ease of reading, we have not inserted “May Allah be…
    July 1, 2020

    THE PURPOSE OF RAMADAN

    Someone once sent out a question on why we fast during Ramadan.
    November 17, 2020

    PART 38 – LIBERATION FROM OUR OWN DESIRES

    To love someone we have to serve. Why do we keep falling during this journey today? It is because we…
    September 14, 2020

    THE QUR’ANIC MAP [PART 1]

    DEMYSTIFYING THE QUR’AN – A SIMPLIFIED GLIMPSE INTO UNDERSTANDING THE QUR’AN Part 1 What is the Qur’an? The Qur’an is…
    September 10, 2020

    ADAM AS [ PART 1]

    IN THE BEGINNING – THE CREATION OF MAN “First of all there was nothing but Allah, and (then He created…
    September 11, 2020

    IBRAHIM AS [PART 1]

    The Friend of Allah As generations passed, Islam slowly disappeared from the hearts and minds of the people, until a…
    September 7, 2020

    FORMING RELATIONSHIPS – WHO DO WE CHOOSE?

    INFLUENCE There are two main factors that shape the development of our personalities – nature v nurture. The first is…
    August 26, 2020

    FIG

    Allah swears by the fig and the olive, showing the importance of these two fruits.
    September 7, 2020

    WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE? PART 1

    Do I know the purpose of my life? The Qur’an says: And I did not create the jinn and mankind…
    September 1, 2020

    PART 11 – LIVING OUT THE KNOWLEDGE

    Overindulgence in anything material will erode our iman. We will become so captivated by the opulence of dunia that we…
    September 11, 2020

    IS HUMANITY DEAD?

    Random acts of Mercy Narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA): “The Prophet of Allah SAW kissed Hasan ibn ‘Ali while Aqra’…
    August 13, 2020

    GARLIC

    GARLIC In Arabic language, garlic is called “thaum” or “ثوم” and is referred to in the following Qur’anic verse: And…

    Daily Hadith

    Reported by Abu Hurairah (RA): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The upper hand is better than the lower one (i.e., the spending hand is better than the receiving hand); and begin (charity) with those who are under your care; and the best charity is that which given out of surplus; and he who asks (Allah) to help him abstain from the unlawful and the forbidden, Allah will fulfill his wish; and he who seeks self-sufficiency will be made self-sufficient by Allah”.
    [Al-Bukhari].

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