What You can do in 1 Minute ? [ In one minute you can say Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah approximately 50 times. This is the greatest word, for it is the word of Tawheed, the good word, the word that stands firm. If these are the last words of a…
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Love in Islam
Love in Islam Love: the Sole Purpose of our Creation Every heart that is not aflame is no heart; A frozen heart is nothing but a handful of clay. O God! Give me a breast that sets ablaze, And in that breast a heart and that heart consumed with fire. In Islam, the concept of…
WHY FOLLOW ONLY ISLAM?
ALL RELIGIONS TEACH MEN TO BE RIGHTEOUS, THEN WHY FOLLOW ONLY ISLAM? Question All religions basically teach followers to do good deeds. Why should a person only follow Islam? Can he not follow any of the religions? Answer 1. Major difference between Islam and most other religions All religions basically exhort mankind to be righteous…
DUTIES OF THE ANGELS
What are the different duties the angels undertake? • They are the keepers of Paradise: “And those who kept their duty to their Lord will be led to Paradise in groups, till, when they reach it, its gates will be opened and its keepers will say: Salaamun ‘alaikum (peace be upon you!). You have…
You can be the happiest woman in the world
You can be the happiest woman in the world by xeniagreekmuslimah Dr. ‘A’id al Qarni With your beauty, you are better than the sun; with your morals you are more sublime than musk; with your modesty you are nobler than the full moon; with your compassion you a more beneficial than rain. So, preserve your…
A happy family life
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him): A happy family life Perhaps nothing is more important to a person who is charged with bringing about a fundamental change in the life of his community than having a settled and happy family life. When the home front is established on sound basis and characterized by love and…
A very good thing about Hijab
It says: you cannot avoid them But you can protect yourself Your creator knows better your good wellness
Simple words that protect from every harm
Khawlah Bint Hakim narrated that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever arrives somewhere and says: ‘I seek refuge with Allah’s complete Words from the evil He has Created (A’oodhu bi-Kalimaathillaahi- Ath-Thaammaathi min-Sharri maa Khalaq),’ nothing will harm until he leaves that place.” (Sahih Muslim, no. 2708) In Taysir Al-Aziz Al-Hamid (p. 146), Sulayman…
Ibn Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : The most disciplined youth you can think of
MUST READ Abdullah Bin Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ What was so special about him? Anas رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ said: We were sitting in the presence of Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) one day, and he said, “A person is about to arrive from this mountain path who is from the people of Paradise.” So…
Deconstructing the‘Niqab-is-cultural’ myth
It is often said that the face-veil has its origins in pre-Islamic, that it is “merely” a cultural practice with no real basis in Islam, and hence, an unnecessarily restrictive and uncomfortable manifestation of one’s faith. As the number of Muslim women who wear the face-veil in the public sphere increases, so does the frequency…