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Wasting Away Eid at the Zoo Lake

Faizel Patel-Eid at the Zoolake As the blessed month of Ramadan draws to a close, some people will sigh with relief that’s it’s finally over. Ramadan has become a burden for many people who claim that fasting and Taraweeh is unmanageable and just a waste of time and flout the …

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The Day of Eid-ul-Fitr & The Prize Giving night before Eid

  The Day of Eid-ul-Fitr • EID-UL-FITR • BEAUTIFUL HADITH ABOUT EID-UL-FITR • SUNNAH ACTS ON EID-UL-FITR • TIPS HOW TO SPEND EID DAY • MOTIVATIONAL STORY EID-UL-FITR is celebrated on the first day of Shaw’waal, at the completion of Ramadhaan. Shaw’waal is the 10th month of the Islamic calendar. …

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How to perform Istikhara

How to perform Istikhara The essence of Istikhārah is to seek goodness in any task a person intends undertaking. It is Mustahab (commendable) to perform Salātul-Istikhārah when one intends to undertake an important matter in one’s life. The method of Istikhārah is as follows: Perform two Rakaats with the intention …

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Status of Dreams in Istikharah

Shaykhul Hadith Moulana Fazlur Rahmaan  Firstly, one must understand that none of the narrations in the Ahadith have any mention regarding a dream, or even about performing the ‘Istikharah’ before sleeping. However, some ‘Ulama do prefer that Istikharah be performed before sleeping. With regards to the person who does see …

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The Warnings

The reason behind appointment of Prophets among nations over the course of earth history by Allah SWT had always been for accomplishment of essential goals. These include believing in One God, obeying all of His Messengers and taking life in this world as temporary and prepare for the Judgment Day. …

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Rohingya Ramadaan Relief

  Alhamdulillah, the Jamiat KZN international relief team continues to personally coordinate and supervise its distribution of humanitarian aid to the Rohingya refugees. Our most recent trip involved the distribution of food aid to the refugees who are in dire need of food this Ramadaan.     Thayankali Camp  Alhumdulillah, we completed …

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The World of Kibr (Pride) part 1

  Kibr is the name of a psychic state in which a person feels a sense of superiority and behaves high-handedly with others. Its signs are discernible in his actions and its symptoms are clearly noticed by others by which they know that he is proud.Kibr is something different from …

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AYATUL KURSI – The Most Powerful Verse / Protection

This is Ayat Al-Kursi and tremendous virtues have been associated with it, for the authentic Hadith describes it as `the greatest Ayah in the Book of Allah.’ Imam Ahmad recorded that `Ubayy bin Ka`b said that the Prophet asked him about the greatest Ayah in the Book of Allah, and …

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