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The World Cup | The Spiritual Harms

  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. …

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The World Cup (Rugby, Cricket, Soccer)

  From another corner…   by Moulana Imraan Khamissa   At this critical juncture we find ourselves in a period where the talks, discussions, topics of conversation and focus of media networks, newspapers and various media centres around the Soccer World Cup. Many people would spend large sums of hard …

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Independence and Isolation Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

Independence and isolation are two sides of the same coin. Recently, I had an interesting conversation with my dad that got me thinking about this. When my dad first moved from Egypt to the United States twenty-some years ago, he found some things very odd in his new surroundings. He …

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Seeking Halal Earnings

by Khalid Baig According to Abdullah ibn Masud, (RadiAllahu unhu), The Prophet Muhammad, (Sallallahu Alyhi Wasallam), said: ‘Seeking halal earning is a duty after the duty.‘ In other words working to earn a halal living is itself a religious obligation second in importance after the primary religious obligations like prayers, …

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Modern Freedom = Modern Slavery

Ml Hakim Dr Latib Sep 26, 2025 Dajjaal, comes from the word دجل which is to deceive and lie in such a way that people not only adopt the lie, but they believe it as the truth and even promote it to others. This will be the specialty of Dajjaal, …

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Music in Islam

Below is a collection of 10 Hadith with commentary directly related to music and the playing of musical instruments. (1) Hadhrat Abu Maalik Ash’ari (radhiyallahu anhu) says that he heard Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) say:”Most certainly, there will be in my Ummah people who will make lawful fornication, silk, liquor …

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Masturbation -A Disastrous Problem Faced By The Youth

Every harm is the result of sins. Hence, the harms of masturbation proves that it is a sin. Why should it not be so when sins are the root of misfortune and the key to all vices. Ibne Qayyim (Rahmatullahi alaihi) says: “The reason for every loss, misfortune and evil …

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Charging the Emergency Lights

    by Shaykh Maulana Yunus Patel (rahmatullah alayh) In the times of ‘Load Shedding’, there are so many advertisements which market generators, emergency lights, gas stoves and whatever else that offers an instant or quick solution to power cuts. When load-shedding became the order of the day, the sales of …

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Following Star Signs

Question I understand that we not allowed to believe and follow the predictions. But if you read the star signs it tells you about your personality and what you are like because of the time you were born. Is it really wrong to just read up on that? Answer We …

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The vice of pornography in marriage

Too embarrassed to talk: the vice of pornography in marriage       Pornography addiction is a rapidly growing condition affecting thousands across the world. The addiction has grown tremendously alongside advances in internet speeds and usability that make more accessible the internet’s reportedly  8.2 million pornographic websites.  At any …

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