Olivia Rose-Innes It’s billed by the purveyors of the Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), as pure as a breath of water vapour from a mountain waterfall … You get your nicotine kick, plus the oral fixation – but without the tobacco and its 7 000-plus chemicals. Think e-cigarettes will …
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Addictions Anonymous P9: Bint Ahmad Sulaymaan – Cii News | 14 October 2014/19 Dhul Hijjah 1435 Addiction is not just the uncontrollable habit of using drugs or alcohol. Behavioural addictions such as gambling, eating, exercise and now Compulsive Internet Use (CIU) – which includes video gaming – are very common. …
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Inspirational Advice alhaadi.org.za Sulaimaan bin Yasaar (rahimahullah) was an illustrious taabi‘ee, an outstanding jurist and a famous scholar of Madeenah Munawwarah. He had also been blessed with stunning beauty. Once while on the journey to Hajj he camped at a place called Abwaa. A Bedouin woman caught sight of …
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Addictions Anonymous Part 7: Sakeena Suliman – Cii News It’s fair to say that social media has changed the way we communicate and relate. There is no doubt that it’s made it easier to connect, contact and even speak to almost anyone and everyone. Facebook, Twitter and others have allowed us …
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‘BOYS WILL ASK YOU EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU SAY YES’ BY COLE MORETON Source: The Telegraph The death of 13-year-old Chevonea Kendall-Bryan has driven the debate on the sexualisation of the young to fever pitch, but what will we do about it? There is a storm coming. I can feel it …
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Question: Is corporal punishment allowed and applicable according to Sharī`ah? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. Corporal punishment refers to physical punishment inflicted on a child by an adult in authority.[1]The concept of corporal punishment has been …
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The IBA Iqra Society invited Sheikh Kamaluddin Ahmed’s wife ‘Alimah Sobia Ahmed’ on the 22nd of November, 2010 to deliver a lecture on the topic Romance in Islam. The following is an edited version of the notes prepared by Maliha Abidi during the lecture. It also includes some points …
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BY ABDULWAHID HAMID At Shaykhan, halfway between Madinah and Uhud, the thousand strong Muslim army led by the Prophet stopped. The sun had begun to sink beneath the horizon. The Prophet dismounted from his horse Sakb. He was fully dressed for battle. A turban was wound about his helmet. He …
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Reprinted from As-Sahwah.com The article below deals with one of the major problems faced by the Muslim Youth today, in particular, those raised in the west. The author gives us an insight into the harsh reality of these “love relationships” that the western culture teaches our youth, coating them …
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Bint us Salaam | 02 September 2014/07 Dhul Qa’dah 1435 Users or addicts in most cases are not anonymous to the crowd they share their addictions with. They forget themselves and their surroundings to the extent that anonymity becomes unimportant. But addiction recovery associations have always been anonymous. In most …
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