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Eid – A blessed gift scarred by mockery

Faizel Patel – Cii News It’s been months in the planning. The exotic fabrics specially imported from Dubai, Swarovski crystals of every shape and colour, ready to line a designer abaya to leave you breathless. The fancy cars line the road around the sanctuary. From Aston Martins to BMW’s, Mercedes …

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ARE YOU HURT? #IFORGIVE

 Majed Mahmoud muslimmatters.org As-salaamu alaykum my beloved brothers and respected sisters, Every letter in this article is written from the bottom of my heart and I ask Allah to have it reach your heart. I also ask Allah to accept the time spent writing this article and the time you …

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Fi Zillil Habeeb SAW Part 3 – The rich roots of Prophethood

  We cannot cover the Seerah of our beloved Nabi SAW without tracing the blessed strong tree he blossomed from. That sturdy tree whose roots were firm in faith and love was a man named Ibrahim, whom Allah loved so much, He called him, His khaleel(special friend). Ibrahim AS was …

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Fi Zillil Habeeb SAW Part 02: The Messenger SAW is gone!

Click here for part 1     بسم الله الرحمن الرحي The Jew then asked: “Where is Muhammad SAW?” Hazrat Salmaan RA realized that the Jew was a stranger in the land, and asked him: ‘Don’t you know anything about Muhammad (SAW)?’ The Jew replied: ‘This is why I have …

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Fi Zillil Habeeb SAW: Introduction & Part 1

As the last third of Ramadan dawns, it is time to accelerate our Roohani connection InshaAllah. In the light of that, Cii Radio brings to you a 12 part series on the Seerah. Fi Zillil Habeeb SAW (In the Shade of the Beloved SAW) is a series of notes that have …

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I DIDN’T LOVE MY WIFE WHEN WE GOT MARRIED

idealmuslimah.com The writer of the article is not a muslim. The purpose and message of the article is to show the reality of love is totally different from what is portrayed in the western media.   I’m a ridiculous, emotional, over-sentimental sap.  I guess that’s why I told my wife …

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Powerful Tips for the Last 10 Nights

How to spend the last 10 days of Ramadhan www./ShaykhZahirMahmood/posts 1. Do not let your ‘performance’ until now affect your last 10 days. The moment of forgiveness could be today or anytime in the coming days! It is not all lost! If you sincerely wish it could have been better …

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SEEKING ENTRY INTO JANNAH

  By Sister Jasmine eislam.co.za We are into the last ten days of Ramadaan, and this is the point when the neighbours stop sending cookies at Iftar time, when fewer people go for Taraweeh (evening prayer), and more and more go to the malls. I remember as a child, when …

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Palestinians have a choice. It is one we must respect

Cii News, Pic: Middle East Monitor | Azhar Vadi | 17 July 2014/19 Ramadan 1435 Palestinians do have a choice. They could choose to stop firing homemade projectiles, purposely described as missiles and rockets by Israeli sympathisers, into barren fields in most cases and into their own land at other times. Or …

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Gaza and Badr – how we can draw parallels

umm Abdillah, Radio Islam Programming   No doubt the current onslaught on the innocents of Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan has raised optimistic parallels with the battle of Badr on the 17th of Ramadan 2AH. As our ummah invokes a semblance of hope, the lessons gleaned from Badr feature …

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