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Save the Low Pan! – Eastern Toilet

Home For centuries and centuries, since the beginning of time, the natural position that people globally adopted for relieving themselves was that of squatting. Indeed, this position is so natural that a child instinctively adopts it when he needs to relieve himself. It was only around the seventeenth century that Lord …

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Ummahat al Mu’minin (Mothers of the Believers) Series Part 2

mahajjah.com Sayyidah Khadijah bint Khuwaylid radiya Llahu ‘anha   Name and lineage   Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ibn Asad ibn ‘Abd al ‘Uzza ibn Qusay. Qusay is the grandfather of the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. In terms of lineage, she is second from the Ummahat al Mu’minin who has the closest …

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A Sweet and Simple Nikaah

 http://www.uswatulmuslimah.co.za Sa‘eed bin Musayyab (rahimahullah) was an illustrious Taabi‘ee who was the son-in-law and student of Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu). Abu Wadaa‘ah (rahimahullah) narrates the following: I would regularly sit in the gathering of Sa‘eed bin Musayyab (rahimahullah). However, there was once a period during which I remained absent …

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Arsonist or Fire Fighter?

http://www.countercurrents.org/2017/10/02/arsonist-or-fire-fighter/ This world is a coin. It has two faces. Both joined together but both different; often the opposite of one another. I am speaking about social media, the coin which on one side has convenience, communication and companionship and on the other, lies, ignorance and hatred. Both made possible …

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Ummahat al Mu’minin (Mothers of the Believers) Series Part 1

Brief Biographies and Status of the Ummahat al Mu’minin (Mothers of the Believers) http://mahajjah.com Introduction   All praise belongs to Allah, the Almighty. Peace and Salutations be upon the Seal of the Prophets, upon his progeny, Companions, and those who follow his path until the Day of Reckoning. The Ahlul Bayt (Family of …

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Kissing The Fingers Upon Hearing The Shahadatain in Azaan

Question Is the kissing the fingers upon hearing the Prophet’s (sallallahu’alaihi wasallam) name a sunnah? Answer The aforementioned practice is unfortunately very common in different parts of the world. It is based on a narration which has been classified as a fabrication by the masters of Hadith. Some of them …

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Taqlid & the falsification of Islamic History

 https://www.central-mosque.com   [21:7]Ask the people of Remembrance if you know not. Shaykh (Mufti) Mohammed Sajaad (HA) Taqlid means following the legal opinions of a scholar without gaining knowledge of the detailed evidences for those opinions. A person is compelled to do this as he is not able to encompass the …

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