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   By Abdurrahman Umar For many when we hear the phrase “It’s that time of year again…” we think of year-end holidays and another year gone. For others it’s the dreaded time of exams. Again! A time of fear and anxiety, a time of wishing we had done more during …

Al-Haadi.org How would you respond to the following question: What is your ultimate goal in life? Would any of the following responses ever be heard?: To become super-rich To keep expanding one’s business To have the best comforts and luxuries To acquire the highest qualifications in one’s field To build …

    We all are familiar with the 99 names of God, but many are not aware that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had over a hundred names. The Qur’an actually lists 77 explicitly and 121 in total if you include verbs. The hadith and other ancient literature take …

    By Imaam Ibn Kathir . “Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children. (It is) like a rain (Ghayth), thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries …

Fight Fire with water.   A long time ago in China, a girl named Li-Li got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li …

  “Pardon them and overlook – Allah loves those who do good.” (Qur’an 5:13) If we hold grudges, our spirits get stuck like trapped birds. We can’t fly the way we’re supposed to, because our own resentments bind us and hold us down. When you hate someone, they don’t feel …

Have you ever wondered what happens when you sin, then ask for Allah’s forgiveness but then commit the same sin again? Should we still ask for Allah’s forgiveness again? Does Allah forgive a person who sins repeatedly and asks Allah for forgiveness? Consider this hadith Qudsi from the prophet where …

   by Mufti Faraz al-Mahmudi  Darulfiqh     1)    Recite the following three times each after Fajr and Maghrib.  The Prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam has said it will safeguard and suffice one from everything else. (Tirmidhi)[1] قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ (1) اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ (2) لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ (3) وَلَمْ …

by Shaykh Maulana Yunus Patel  (rahmatullah alayh) If in any school, university, college or institute, questions of an examination are given or there is a paper ‘leak-out’, the examination is cancelled or reset. Allah Ta’ala has given us the final question paper consisting of three outwardly simple questions. The preparation …

by H Amin Love is a powerful, compelling emotion. It can make you laugh and it can make you cry. It can lift you up to the clouds and it can hurl you into an abyss. One of the dilemmas Muslims face, especially Muslim sisters, is the situation in which …