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Continuous Professional Development

Recently a colleague was mentioning that each year he had to make a declaration to his professional body, that he has undertaken through the year CPD (Continuous Professional Development) activity to fulfill a requirement in order to enhance and maintain a certain skills and knowledge level. It is widely believed that these skills and knowledge kept up to date would equip a person to carry out their duties and responsibilities well. Why am I even mentioning the above? Well it

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Looking after Orphans

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like this,” putting his index and middle fingers together.[Bukhari]

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Prophet Muhammad and His Love for the Ummah

An extract from a talk delivered by Shaykh Ahmad Ali on the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings upon him) and his love for the Ummah.  A good reminder for us all on this blessed day of Jumuah.

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No Matter How…

1. No matter how beautiful and handsome you are, just remember Baboon and Gorillas also attract tourists. ***Stop Boasting. 2. No matter how big and strong you are, you will not carry yourself to your Grave. ***Be Humble! 3. No matter how tall you are, you can never see tomorrow. ***Be Patient! 4. No matter how Light Skinned you are, you will always need light in Darkness. ***Take Caution! 5. No matter how Rich and many Cars you have, you

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Raise your words

Raise your words, not your voice. It’s rain which grows flowers, not thunder! Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi

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Imagine

Imagine yourself after you pass awayImagine your grave through night and through dayWishing that you did not do as they sayWishing that you had got up and had prayed. Imagine, my friends, the day that you diedImagine all of the tears that they criedRemember how it felt when your body was tiedRemember how it felt in the grave which you lied. Imagine the day you’ll be called to accountImagine the sum to which your life will amountThink for a moment

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Allah’s Mercy

Imam Raazi rahmatullahi alayhi has written a story narrated by a pious person. The person narrated, “One evening I was walking along the riverbank, suddenly my eyes fell upon a scorpion walking in front of me. A thought occurred to me that this is also the Creation of Allah Ta’ala and Allah Ta’ala has created it out of some wisdom and reason. I did not know where it was coming from and where it was going to, or where it’s

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Don’t spoil what you have

Do not spoil what you already have, by desiring that which you do not. Remember what you have now was once among the things you only hoped for. Be grateful to Allah for all you have!

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Life is a Garden

Life is a garden,Good friends are the flowers,And times spent together,Life’s happiest hours;And friendship, like flowers,Blooms ever more fairWhen carefully tendedBy dear friends who care;And life’s lovely gardenWould be sweeter by farIf all who passed through itWere as nice as you are.

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Hour of Accepted Dua on Jumuah

Rasulullah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “There is such an hour on Friday that if any Muslim makes dua in it, his dua will definitely be accepted. ” [Bukhari, Muslim] The ulama have differed in specifying that hour which has been mentioned in the Hadith. Shaykh Abdul Haq Muhaddith Dehlawi rahmatullahialayh has mentioned 40 different opinions in his book Sharh Sifrus Sa’aadah. However, from among all these opinions he has given preference to two opinions: (1) That

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