Inspiration

Al-Haadi – Website of Madrasah Taleemuddeen – Isipingo Beach South Africa   There are many great “returns” that people experience in their lives. The returning of a missing child, finding a very valuable lost item or a close family member returning home after spending many years overseas are some instances …

By Maulana Khalid Dhorat   There are thousands of minute air vents in the Green Dome – the most attractive feature of Masjid al-Nabawi, beneath which the Best of Creation, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam) is entombed. From here, an invisible spray of an indescribable type of heavenly …

TAWAKKUL is an attitude. This is a simple and true way of defining what reliance on Allah and trusting Him means. That is its nature. We possess tawakkul only if it is actually consciously present in our hearts and minds at all times, like a second nature. It is there …

The happiest people to have ever lived on the face of the Earth were the Prophets. This is in spite of the fact that they suffered more than anyone else. For, they had to endure severe persecution in delivering the message that Allaah had entrusted them with. Beyond that, they …

Shaykh Salih (rahimahullaah) gives the solution to sadness, depression and grief: “Indeed the Legislation orders us to keep away from everything which causes regret. Allaah سبحانه said: “Secret counsels (conspiracies) are only from Satan, in order that he may cause grief to the believers. But he cannot harm them in …

  Bismillah Prophet Muhammad salAllahualayhiwasallam mounted the pulpit, then wept and said, “Ask Allah for forgiveness and health, for after being granted certainty, one is given nothing better than health.” [Tirmidhi] This demonstrates the virtue of being healthy in Islam. How can you lead a better life?  These are my …

Sometimes some of us might feel sorry for ourselves if we didn’t have good parents. Stable parents. Healthy parents. If our parents divorced or died. If our parents hated each other or us or were bitter or brittle or fragile. If we got were raised by our grandparents or aunts …

Have you ever wondered why it is difficult to concentrate in your prayer? Or why your faith throughout the year is not on a high like it is during Ramadan or through Hajj? Maybe it is because we usually jump straight from a phone conversation into Takbir or because we …

A marriage is not measured by declarations of love, but by where time, concern and effort are consistently invested. A husband may insist that his wife matters most to him, yet if his evenings are repeatedly given to friends, his attention absorbed by their needs, and his concern directed elsewhere, the …

  The difference between those who know and those who do not know is as glaring as those who can see as opposed to those who are blind. Islamic Knowledge gives us the vision to see right from wrong, good from bad; it helps us discharge our obligations; it assists …