"Surely, the true religion in Allah's sight is Islam" (3:19)
This is a story about a King in Africa who had a close friend that he grew up with. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) by remarking, “This is good, Allah Almighty knows best” One day the King and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the King. The friend had apparently done something wrong in preparing
Read moreIn this belated day and age, every morning heralds a new fitna, a fitna that strikes at the very root of our Imaan and amal. For the past fourteen hundred years the Ummah has been performing twenty rakaats of taraweeh without question. However “a sect” now claims that taraweeh is ONLY eight rakaats, which implies that for fourteen hundred years the Ummah had deviated from the sunnah of Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam and had performed twenty rakaats without any shari
Read moreRamadan is the month of fasting, standing, generosity, self-evaluation, patience and the Qur’aan. Indeed there are many groups and paths regarding the month of Ramadan. Let’s see which group we belong to. The first group: is a group that sees Ramadan as a time of restrictions and preventions; a time of prohibitions from desires and lust. They do not comprehend the benefits of Ramadan. You will find them lazy and tired. They fast with great difficulties while continuing in backbiting,
Read moreThe dua for Iftar (breaking fast) is a supplication recited at the time of iftar. It’s an opportunity to express gratitude for Allah’s provisions and seek His mercy and blessings through the words practically demonstrated to us by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Dua for Iftar in arabic اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْتُ وَعَلَى رِزْقِكَ اَفْطَرْتُ O Allah! I fasted for You and and I break my fast with Your sustenance. [Abu Dawud] Dua to break fast -Transliteration Allahumma laka sumtu wa ‘ala rizqika aftartu
Read moreيٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ‘O those who believe, the fasts have been enjoined upon you as were enjoined upon those before so that you be God-fearing.’ [Surah Baqarah, 183] Literally, Sawm means ‘to abstain’. In the terminology of Islamic law, Sawm means ‘to abstain from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse: with the conditions that one abstains continuously from dawn to sunset, and that there is an intention to fast.’ Therefore,
Read moreWe receive news all the time. Muslims have been told by Allāh and His Rasūl ﷺ to be very careful, very mindful of what we hear, receive, believe and what we repeat and pass on.كفى بالمرء كذبًا أن يحدث بكل ما سمعThe Prophet ﷺ said, “It is sufficient for a man to prove himself a liar when he goes on narrating whatever he hears.” A man doesn’t have to be an intentional liar to be a liar, however, it is
Read moreA very important act related to Saum (Fasting) is Iftaar or to break the fast at its appropriate time. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) emphasised the importance and the virtues of correct observance of Iftaar. Correct observance of Iftaar means to observe it in the Sunnat way. Although Iftaar is ostensibly a mundane act of eating some food, it is an ibaadat of much thawaab (reward) as well. However, Iftaar will be bereft of its spirituality and ibaadat dimension if it
Read moreProphet Muhammad ﷺ Ramadhan sermon-translation Baihaqi reported on the authority of Salman Al-Farsi (Radhi Allah ‘Anh) that Prophet (‘Alaihi Salat was-Salam) delivered a sermon on the last day of the month of Sha’ban. In it he (‘Alaihi Salat was-Salam) said, “O People! The month of Allah (Ramadan) has come with its mercies, blessings and forgiveness. Allah has decreed this month the best of all months. The days of this month are the best among the days and the nights are
Read moreThis is why I love Ramadhan! Shukran to the writer Morale: Don’t rebuke any1 who turns up at mosque in Ramadhan only Via: Shaykh Abdul Raheem Love Ramadan for others just as you love it for yourself and rather than rebuking or scolding someone, make sincere du’a for them.
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