Special Occasions

It is commonly known that the people most beloved to a person are his family and progeny. As Mu’mineen we follow Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). If we take closer look at the Mubarak life of Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) we will find that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi wa sallam) …

  by Shaykh Maulana Yunus Patel (rahmatullah alayh)   [This article was prepared before the World Cup 2010, which was hosted by South Africa. The advices relate and apply to all sports events, which are in conflict with Islamic teachings.]   The hype and talk presently is the World Cup. …

By Mufti Taqi Uthmaani Muharram is the month with which the Muslims begin their lunar Hijrah Calendar. It is one of the four sanctified months about which the Holy Quran says, “The number of the months according to Allah is twelve months (mentioned) in the Book of Allah on the …

To lay down one’s life for the cause of deen is the ultimate sacrifice. Hence being the ultimate sacrifice, martyrdom naturally has the highest honour as well. Allah Ta‘ala describes the martyrs as “living” in the verse: “And say not to those who have been slain in the Path of …

By Shaykh Moulana Yunus Patel Rahmatullahi Alayhi http://jamiat.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Muharram-Aashura-Booklet.pdf   Muharram and Aashura Booklet      

The Hijri Calendar The Hijri calendar was established by the second rightly guided Caliph and the Prophet’s close Companion, Umar Ibn al-Khattab, in 637/638 AD. According to al-Jabarti, the great chronicler of the late 18th Century and early 19th Century, Abu Musa al-Ash’ari wrote to the then Caliph Umar Ibn …

  By: Shaykh Mohammed Amin Kholwadia Source: ilmgate.org The Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (upon him be blessings and peace) over a span of twenty-three years. The Prophet recited each verse according to its pre-ordained order in the Lawh Mahfuz, or Protected Tablet. After the Prophet (upon him be blessings and peace) …

What the Shi’ah do on ‘Ashoora’ of beating their chests, slapping their cheeks, striking their shoulders with chains and cutting their heads with swords to let the blood flow are all innovations that have no basis in Islam. These things are evils that were forbidden by the Prophet (peace and …

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Reducing Muharram to history and law misses its deeper message — one that speaks to a wounded but rising Ummah in Gaza and beyond Both past and present Pharaohs will meet the same fate.  Our Islamic twelve months of the year were not chosen by human hands, but by the …