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By Umme Ammarah (For our readers in the Northern Hemisphere save this article for later in the year when winter creeps in!) It is said winter is a time when people suffer from so called winter blues. But it is interesting to see how many people welcome winter because they …

I leave behind me two things, the Quraan and my teachings and if you follow these you will never go astray. [The Last will Of Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him].(al-mustadrak, hadeeth 318) In this modern day and age we are constantly reminded and bombarded by commercials about our health and …

By – Shaykh Tauqeer Chaudhary (db) http://www.nurulilm.com/   All praise is to Allah ta’ala who has allowed us to publish the second edition of Nisbah magazine. This is the magazine of the students of Nur ul Ilm Academy, who aim to revive the nisbah (connection) with our tradition, the scholars …

(Sayyidah ‘Aaishah [radhiyallahu ‘anha]  Allah Ta‘ala had blessed multiple women with the honour of becoming the Azwaaj Mutahharaat (pure and chaste wives of Rasulullah [sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam]). However, from all the Azwaaj Mutahharaat, perhaps the one who is most well-known is Sayyidah ‘Aaishah (radhiyallahu ‘anha). Not only was Sayyidah Aaishah …

  By: Khalid Baig   Islamophobia in the media: Should Muslims react? How should they react? Where do they stand on the philosophical issue underlying all this?   In the media the issue has been framed as a clash between two camps. One camp stands for freedom of expression. The …

In the English language, there is a popular saying which goes “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” The origin of this saying can be traced to the fourth century when a priest named Augustine moved from Rome to Milan. On arriving in Milan, he found that his congregants …

duzak.org By Maulana Khalid Dhorat (Masjid Hamzah, Erasmia) Choose a good photograph of an aerial view of the Ka’bah, the black cubed-shaped structure in Makkah, with thousands of pilgrims continuously circling it in an unending vortex. Look at it closer. It gives you the impression of a large stone thrown …

The Reward of Hajj.pdf    

When Sayyiduna Aadam and Hawwa (‘alaihimas salaam) came to live in the world and started having children, it so happened that they had twins from every pregnancy, one of the two being a boy, while the other, a girl. When the issue of marriage came, since there was no one …

There are numerous lessons that the pilgrim will learn during the Hajj journey. One of these lessons is the Hajj experience constantly reminds the Haji of the journey of death. For Muslims, the Hajj depicts a myriad of emotions, sentiments and affections, including sacrifice, love and unity. Imam al-Ghazali R, …