September 7, 2020

    19. TRIAL AFTER TRIAL

    If you are chosen by Allah, your quality will increase. It is not dependent on any external condition, family connections…
    September 3, 2020

    1.THE STATE OF OUR UMMAH TODAY

    This is the start of a new series, which explains how one can rise above a state of personal defeat…
    September 7, 2020

    12.THE THREE PEOPLE: A HADITH ABOUT GRATITUDE (SHUKR)

    Narrated Abu Huraira: that he heard Allah’s Apostle (SAW) saying, “Allah willed to test three Israelis who were a leper,…
    March 17, 2021

    WHEN PEOPLE LET YOU DOWN – PART 2

    What will Endure? All the relationships in life are bound to fail and will not benefit us, except only one:…
    September 14, 2020

    ISRA AND MI’RAJ

    The month of Rajab is most famous for the incident of the night journey and ascension of Prophet SAW to…
    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 11, 2020

    YUNUS AS

    Seasons came and went, and again the memory of Allah faded from the hearts and minds of humankind. Communities lapsed…
    September 7, 2020

    WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE? PART 5

    The Sunnah of Allah Allah’s method will never change. Allah has sunnan (precedent) or a fixed way of doing things:…
    September 7, 2020

    THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS

    There are many junctures in life where we face stumbling blocks. When we aspire for something but fail, when we…
    October 23, 2020

    PART 5 – PURPOSE AND WISDOM OF THE CREATOR

    Good v Evil Allah is the ultimate Creator and He creates whatever He wishes. Amongst His creations are angels, jinn…
    September 7, 2020

    ESCAPISM

    I need to run away … When we feel crushed by the weight of our life issues, we seek psychological…
    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…
    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…
    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…
    September 2, 2020

    INTRODUCTION TO QURANIC STORIES

    The Qur’an contains a set of stories that relates to ordinary people – men, women and youths. Our Creator has…
    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…
    September 2, 2020

    THE COMPANIONS OF THE GARDEN

    According to some reports, the story most likely takes place in Saba or Yemen. Historians have different theories as to…
    September 14, 2020

    INTRODUCTION

    INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS AND MESSENGERSWHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT TO US? The belief in the Prophets and Messengers – by…
    September 7, 2020

    3.VICTORY STARTS WITH COMPREHENSION

    Fiqh in Islam is now commonly understood as rulings and regulations. Its root word however, means comprehension, understanding and the…
    September 14, 2020

    HABEEL AND QABEEL

    One of the wisdoms of the stories in the Qur’an is that the believer, regardless of his situation, will recognize…
    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…
    September 7, 2020

    DISEASES OF THE HEART THAT PREVENT TOTAL IMAN- PART 2

    Knowledge v Action Many Muslims listen, subscribe and attend the events of Islamic speakers the world over, especially the “celebrity”…
    September 14, 2020

    AL KHIDR

    Surah Al Kahf, which we are encouraged to recite every Friday, contains four main stories for our reflection and guidance.…
    September 1, 2020

    THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NAMES OF ALLAH – INTRODUCTION PART 2

    Du’a and the names of Allah And your Lord says, “Call upon Me; I will respond to you.” (Al Ghafir…
    September 1, 2020

    PART 29 – THE SACRIFICES OF THE MUHAJIREEN AND THE ANSARI

    The early Muslims made monumental sacrifices for Islam, and one of the clearest examples is the emigration or Hijrah. The…
    September 7, 2020

    PART 4 – THE WARNING SIGNS

    Marriage – Who is the Right One? Time to remind ourselves … What is the purpose of having a husband…
    September 11, 2020

    INCONCEIVABLE!

    There is so much pressure on women to have children, even when they are struggling with conceiving or seeing a…
    October 23, 2020

    THE ESSENCE OF HAJJ – PART 4

    Within the Haramain For a building which represents the oldest place of worship in the world and is the geographical…
    September 7, 2020

    20. THE QUR’AN AS OUR GUIDE

    In Surah Hajj, verse 41, Allah tells us: “[And they are] those who, if We give them authority in the…
    September 1, 2020

    PART 37 – UNITY AND SOLIDARITY

    On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (RA), who said that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: The gates of Paradise…

    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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