"Surely, the true religion in Allah's sight is Islam" (3:19)
Worried. Frustrated. The solution to all that can be found in prayer. In prostration. Seek Allah The Almighty and you will find the greatest comfort. That is the best antidote you need for stressed souls and aching hearts. Call out to Him, He will surely do what is best for you. Maulana Imtiyaz Sidat
Read moreJust because sales are on, it does not mean we need to go to entice yourself to buy something you don’t really need. If you do need something go ahead and buy. Otherwise don’t give in to consumerism. Mufti Abdur Rahmaan Mangera
Read moreDo not let your love be obsessive and do not let your hatred be destructive. When you love, do not go to a level of obsession as a child does with the things he loves & when you hate, do not hate in such way that you want your opponent to be destroyed. Umar RA
Read moreIf you find yourself & your conversation focusing on people; what’s going on in their lives, their relationships, their social status etc, then you have a serious problem on your hand. You need to get out of that mould; focus on yourself rather than being concerned with others.
Read moreThere is no person who desires Allah sincerely and Allah deprives him. That could never happen. Maulana Dawood Seedat
Read moreBeware… As your phone goes into meltdown with Eid greetings, and as you rush around to prepare for Eid tomorrow beware of this distraction that robs you of the final precious hours of Ramadan. Make time even if a little between now and maghrib to cut off all distractions, turn to Allah and make heartfelt duas for Him to accept your Ramadan and save you from disgrace on the day of Judgement and the hellfire and to enter you into
Read moreThey had their haircuts the night before Eid and then hit town to get some nice new clothes for the night out they had planned for Eid. It was going to be wicked, they were going to look sharp and fresh and the ladies of Birmingham would be flocking around them that night! Imran brought himself some Louboutins, a new aftershave and Riz spent 400 on a blazer from Selfridges, when he had gotten home from the haircut before he
Read moreBy Andrea Useem | September 17, 2008 http://pokedandprodded.health.com Ramadan is in its third week now, and the required dawn-to-dusk fasting often feels like a daily mini–marathon. By late afternoon, hunger and thirst have sucked me dry, leaving me sleepy, slow-minded, and sometimes short-tempered. I know that the purpose of fasting is spiritual—God will reward us in the next life—but in this lifetime, fasting sometimes makes me an ineffective, irritable person. So I was excited to learn that Harvard psychiatrist John
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