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By Abu Sabaayaa Ten different phrases that are short, easy, and light, but will give you what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what no mind has imagined. 1 – “Whoever says: ‘Glorified is Allah, the Most Great, and praised is He’ [Subhan Allah al-‘Adhim wa bi-Hamdih] will have …

    Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette   MUSLIMS stand in the obligatory prayer (salah) five times a day, bending down, prostrating, and reading verses from the Holy Qur’an. The prayer of course was not ordained merely for the physical movement of the limbs. The prayer is meant to touch and …

by Students of Knowledge February 14, 2014  Posted by: MV Media   “Deal with optional actions as if they are obligatory.” – Ali Ibn Ahmad / Khilasat al athar, 3/401 Here are 18 voluntary acts from the Sunnah of Allah’s Beloved (peace be upon him) that are jewels left behind …

  Cii Radio Beside the honourable mother of Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam we find that there are four other women who breastfed Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam . Namely: Thuwaybah RA, Halima Sa’diah RA – the most prominent lady to have breastfed Nabi Muahmmad sallallahu alayhi wa …

We’re Home. And then we aren’t. Torn away from our origin, we came across time and space to another world. A lesser world. But in that separation, something painful happened. We were no longer with God in the physical space. We could no longer see Him with our physical eyes, …

Posted by: Muhammad Wajid Akhter February 14, 2014 muslimmatters.org There can be only one choice for the world’s most contested area of land, and that is the masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. It is no exaggeration to say that for thousands of years, people have been dying for control over it. …

There is a group of practices that we can consider as the twin sister of bid’ah (innovation). Like bid’ah they flourish on the twin foundations of ignorance and outside influence. Like bid’ah they entail rituals. But unlike bid’ah the rituals have not been given an Islamic face. They are followed …

Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News, 2014-02-13 This year Valentines Day falls on Friday. It’s a pity that the auspicious day of Jumu’ah will be contaminated by acts of immorality that is totally contradictory to the teachings of Islam. As a token of love, people generally express their affection for each …

  Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, ‘Whoever performs 12 Rakaats of Salaat in one day excluding the Fardh Salaat, he will be granted a house in Jannah.’(Sahih Muslim Hadith1691) These 12 Rakaats have been specifically enumerated in another narration as: the 2 Rakaats before Fajr, 4 Rakaats before Dhuhr, 2 …

    Chances are if you mention the origins of Valentine’s Day being entirely dark and pagan, evolving to commercial, it doesn’t retain much leverage among a young ummah hungry for love. In an age where biology and following the base desire is hard to defy, it would serve us …