In our busy lives, we reach for all sorts of drinks — energy drinks for a quick boost, coffee for focus, chamomile to calm the mind. But somewhere along the way, we’ve forgotten the most powerful and blessed drink of all — water that carries the remembrance of Allah. Over …
Read More »Finding Peace through “The Comforter ”
We all are familiar with the 99 names of God, but many are not aware that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had over a hundred names. The Qur’an actually lists 77 explicitly and 121 in total if you include verbs. The hadith and other ancient literature take …
Read More »Let Go of Grudges, for Your Own Sake
“Pardon them and overlook – Allah loves those who do good.” (Qur’an 5:13) If we hold grudges, our spirits get stuck like trapped birds. We can’t fly the way we’re supposed to, because our own resentments bind us and hold us down. When you hate someone, they don’t feel …
Read More »Sinning Repeatedly and Asking Allah for His Forgiveness
Have you ever wondered what happens when you sin, then ask for Allah’s forgiveness but then commit the same sin again? Should we still ask for Allah’s forgiveness again? Does Allah forgive a person who sins repeatedly and asks Allah for forgiveness? Consider this hadith Qudsi from the prophet where …
Read More »Passing the examination of life
by Shaykh Maulana Yunus Patel (rahmatullah alayh) If in any school, university, college or institute, questions of an examination are given or there is a paper ‘leak-out’, the examination is cancelled or reset. Allah Ta’ala has given us the final question paper consisting of three outwardly simple questions. The preparation …
Read More »Picking up the Pieces: Dealing With Lost Love
by H Amin Love is a powerful, compelling emotion. It can make you laugh and it can make you cry. It can lift you up to the clouds and it can hurl you into an abyss. One of the dilemmas Muslims face, especially Muslim sisters, is the situation in which …
Read More »How to Clean The Heart
almiftah.com The sin of malice and discord is serious. Even on auspicious occasions despite Allah’s abundant mercy, we always find one particular class of people that are deprived; those who harbour ill-feelings in their hearts towards others. In addition to this, some narrations state that such people’s salah is not …
Read More »Key to Happiness and Peace
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Read More »Polygamy Survival Guide
Dhakiyya Umm Ruqayya presents a practical guide for how to make polygamy work, drawn from personal experience. Polygamy is often seen as the end of a happy marriage, but it need not be that at all. Take it from me, I’m a happily married first wife and I’m friends …
Read More »Be Careful with Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam
By Khalid Baig The crowd was growing in size by the minute. They were beating drums, singing, dancing, and shouting in joy. Pagan Makkah was about to kill Khubaib bin Adi Ansari, Radi-Allahu anhu, who had been captured through a sinister and treacherous plot, then sold in the slave …
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