Nasihah (Advice): Three things will make you beloved to the next person: You greet him with Salaam, you make place for him in a gathering when he attends and you address him by the titles he likes the most. (Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab Radiyallahu Anhu, Faydul Qadeer) ____________________________________________________ Question and …

Yusuf Alli – Cii News | 14 February 2014/13 Rabi Uthaanil 1435 News that made headlines on various newswires around the world MONDAY The Jamiatul Ulama added their voice to calls made by the South African government for the unconditional release of Pierre Korkie. The organisations secretary general, Ml Ebrhaim …

There is a group of practices that we can consider as the twin sister of bid’ah (innovation). Like bid’ah they flourish on the twin foundations of ignorance and outside influence. Like bid’ah they entail rituals. But unlike bid’ah the rituals have not been given an Islamic face. They are followed …

  Nasihah (Advice): Imam Shafi’ee (Rahimahullah) said: “True knowledge is that which benefits oneself or others, not information that is merely memorized” (Siyar a’laam an-Nubalaa’) ____________________________________________________ Question and Answer: Q. The holy Prophet Mohammad (SalallaAllahu Alehi Wasallam) said, stop doing everything during the Azan even reading the Quran, (and repeat …

  Ebrahim Moosa – Cii News | 12 February 2014/11 Rabi ul Akhir 1435 For the first time ever in the history of South Africa, Soweto will be hosting an important gathering of the Tablighi Jamaat movement. The mini Ijtima or Jhor is set to take place on the 22-23 …

Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News, 2014-02-13 This year Valentines Day falls on Friday. It’s a pity that the auspicious day of Jumu’ah will be contaminated by acts of immorality that is totally contradictory to the teachings of Islam. As a token of love, people generally express their affection for each …

  Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, ‘Whoever performs 12 Rakaats of Salaat in one day excluding the Fardh Salaat, he will be granted a house in Jannah.’(Sahih Muslim Hadith1691) These 12 Rakaats have been specifically enumerated in another narration as: the 2 Rakaats before Fajr, 4 Rakaats before Dhuhr, 2 …

    Chances are if you mention the origins of Valentine’s Day being entirely dark and pagan, evolving to commercial, it doesn’t retain much leverage among a young ummah hungry for love. In an age where biology and following the base desire is hard to defy, it would serve us …

  By John Spritzler 11 February, 2014 NewDemocracyWorld.org ​Today’s Opinion page column by Roger Cohen in the NYT attacks the BDS campaign for having a hidden agenda: the end of Israel as a Jewish state.​​ The author makes the perfectly valid point that the BDS’s stated goals (ending the Occupation, …

   Question and Answer: Q. my husband has given me talaaq over the phone is this valid he has it 3 times?   (Query published as received)  A. Although this in inappropriate way of giving Talaaq, Talaaq issued over the phone is valid and effective. If it is established that …