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Why in Islam is life a test?

For Muslims, now is a time of turmoil. Sometimes, it’s difficult not to feel despair. Everywhere we turn, we see Muslims suffering, struggling all over the world. Many of us are wondering, why is this happening to us? While all these thoughts are natural, we need to look beyond them. …

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Muharram- Reflect, Resolve & Reclaim

  Muharram is one of the sacred months of the Islamic year. Muharram is the month with which we begin our lunar calendar. It commemorates the Hijrah undertaken by our beloved, The Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) to Madina, where he was welcomed with sanctuary. It is …

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Pride! (A Killer Disease!)

  What is pride? Hadrat Abdullah bin Masood raḥimahullāh (may Allāh have mercy upon him) states that Rasulullah ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) is reported to have said, “A person that possesses an atom of pride in his heart will not enter Jannat.” …

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Character

by Shaykh Maulana Yunus Patel (rahmatullah alayh) As Muslims, our character, morals and etiquette should differentiate us from others. Non-Muslims are not so attentive to our beautiful Salaah, Tilawah, Zikr, and other Ibaadaat as they are to our character and dealings with others. Wherever the Sahabah (RA) went, it was …

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Class is Dismissed…

After long hours of study, the Adhaan is called out and we head to the Musjid. But while we are walking, we chat our time away while great wealth is being distributed for free in the Musjid. Which wealth is this? It is the wealth about which Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi …

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Life After Death

  The question of whether there is a life after death is not an issue of scientific concern, for science only deals with the classification and analysis of sense data. While man has been conducting scientific inquiries and research, in the modern sense of the term, for only the last …

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These are the qualities that elevated me

From Where to Where A person who was taken aback by the honour given to Luqman (alaihis salaam) once approached him and asked: “Are you the very same Luqman who was a slave of the Banu Has-haas tribe?” Luqman (alaihis salaam) replied: “Yes!” The man then asked: “Are you the …

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The Etiquettes of Dua

Darulfiqh These etiquettes are narrated in the Hadith. For reasons of brevity, only the following summary and reference of each Hadith is mentioned instead of the entire Hadith. -To abstain from haraam food, clothing and earnings. (Muslim, Tirmidhi) -To make Dua with sincerity. In other words, one should firmly believe …

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