Publications

SURAH AL-FEEL (THE ELEPHANT) Surah: 105 THEME: THE QUDRAT (POWER AND MIGHT) OF ALLAH TA’ALA  In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful 1. Did you (O Muhammad Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) not see how your Rabb dealt with the companions of the elephant?  2. Did He not …

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 …

The commencing of the holidays spontaneously brings about concern in the hearts of many a parent with regards to the activities of their youth during the holiday period. The vitality of youth is indeed a gift from Allah Ta’aala as mentioned in Sura Ar- Rum:  “Allah is the One who …

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 …

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 …

Year after year, in the month of Rajab, the Me’raaj (the night journey to the seven heavens and beyond) of Nabi Sallallaahu alaihi wasallam is remembered globally. And whilst we wallow in the glory of learning how esteemed an Ummah we are and of the gifts that we were endowed …

The alarming explosion of the incidents of Talaaq in our present times is a cause for great concern. The mention of the word Talaaq which was at one time taboo in our communities has now become such a common and cheap word that in some marriages every argument features this …

“Those that believe have intense love for Allah.” True love is such a characteristic that it can drive a person to exert himself to unbelievable sacrifices and hardships. True love also has the power to turn the heart of the beloved to such a degree that the lover can receive …

Most of us have grown up listening to “Jack & the beanstalk”, ”Snow White and the 7 dwarfs” and “Hansel and Gretel”. We tell these stories to our children before bedtime and feel we are such good parents. We are fulfilling our parental duties, spending quality time with the young …

The Ramadaan Times for over 350 Southern African Towns and Cities can be accessed by clicking the link below. Times sheets have Tab-separated-values and can be pasted directly into Excel. Times sheets can also be downloaded as an image file (by clicking the link at the bottom). Ramadaan & Perpetual Salaah Timetables 1440/2019