Al Jamiat Volume 7 No. 3

The Knife

  A knife in any kitchen is very important and necessary item. In a nutshell a kitchen without a knife cannot operate. However the hand that operates and uses this very beneficial item can reverse the benefits of a knife to complete abuse and harm to both, the user and …

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Hadeeth – Do I Honour My Word

  Abu Hurayra Radiyallaahu anhu reported that Rasullullaah Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam  mentioned about a man of the Bani Israaeel, saying, “He had asked another Isra’eeli to lend him one thousand dinars. He (the prospective lender) asked him to bring witnesses, the borrower replied, “Allah is sufficient as a witness.” The …

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“By Allah! He is not a believer!” – Treatment of Neighbours

Islam recognises the fact that man is a social being whose interaction with those around him is inevitable since human beings live in communities. Allah Ta’ala has placed certain rights and responsibilities over us to enable us to live in peace and harmony. Some people enjoy certain rights by virtue …

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Lessons from Surah Al Humazah

FROM THE NOBLE QUR’AAN SURAH AL-HUMAZAH (THE SLANDERER) Surah: 104 THEME: BACKBITING, SLANDERING AND AMASSING OF WEALTH In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful 1. Woe unto every backbiter and slanderer. 2. Who amasses wealth and counts it. 3. He thinks that his wealth has immortalized …

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Does the intention of marriage justify zina?

DOES THE INTENTION OF NIKAH JUSTIFY ZINA? I am a young teenage girl just out of High school. I was going steady with a Muslim boy for 2 years. I relaxed myself with him as he pledged to marry me. However, now that I am pregnant he says that he …

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