Category: General
Articles
Since 2003-08-19
Let's Go Fruit Picking
By: Zulkifli Khair
Despite the end of strawberry season, there are apple, grapes and many more to come - fruits harvesting season during summertime in the north hemisphere. Don't miss out. Plucking and eating the sweet juicy plum under its tree is really a remarkable experience, especially ... Continue Reading
Despite the end of strawberry season, there are apple, grapes and many more to come - fruits harvesting season during summertime in the north hemisphere. Don't miss out. Plucking and eating the sweet juicy plum under its tree is really a remarkable experience, especially ... Continue Reading
Articles
Since 2003-07-27
What can you do in one minute?
Praise be to Allaah.
Time is of the essence, it is too precious to be wasted or neglected. The wise person is the one who pays attention to his time and does not treat it as a vessel to be filled with cheap things and vain talk. Instead, he limits it to worthy efforts and righteous deeds that ... Continue Reading
Time is of the essence, it is too precious to be wasted or neglected. The wise person is the one who pays attention to his time and does not treat it as a vessel to be filled with cheap things and vain talk. Instead, he limits it to worthy efforts and righteous deeds that ... Continue Reading
Articles
Since 2003-03-18
Giving Thanks To Allah
By Harun
Yahya
Being grateful is to render one's thanks to someone who has shown favor, to express gratitude and to appreciate. The concept of being grateful to Allah, on the other hand, is to grasp and express that every kind of grace and favor is granted exclusively by Allah. In the ... Continue Reading
Articles
Since 2003-03-01
Humour in Islam
We are all drawn to people with a good sense of humour. Humour has
the power of warming people's hearts and lifting the spirits like
no other human characteristic, and it provides a welcome break
amidst the pressures of life. Humour and joking are permitted in
Islam. We learn this from several ... Continue Reading
Articles
Since 2003-02-22
Faith has a Language
By Muhammad Al-Shareef
While attending a month long Dawah course when I was a teenager, one of our Islamic studies instructors, Dr. Mahmood Ghaazi, from Islamabad, Pakistan, told us about an official trip he had taken to the Vatican. His delegation met with a group of high priests. Dr. Ghazi ... Continue Reading
While attending a month long Dawah course when I was a teenager, one of our Islamic studies instructors, Dr. Mahmood Ghaazi, from Islamabad, Pakistan, told us about an official trip he had taken to the Vatican. His delegation met with a group of high priests. Dr. Ghazi ... Continue Reading
Articles
Since 2002-11-01
The Road to Victory
In the name of Allah we begin, in His book we seek guidance, and on
the footsteps of His Prophet we follow.
The nation of Islam is the best Ummah evolved for mankind because of what Allah had favored it with:
"You are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, ... Continue Reading
The nation of Islam is the best Ummah evolved for mankind because of what Allah had favored it with:
"You are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, ... Continue Reading
Articles
Since 2002-10-05
The Month of Sha'baan
Sha'baan is the name of the (eighth) month, and it is so called
because in this month the Arabs used to disperse (tasha''aba) in
search of water, or it was said that they dispersed to carry out
raids and forays. Or it was said that it is so called because it
sha'aba (branches out or emerges) ... Continue Reading
Articles
Since 2002-08-26
How To Be Happy
Praise be to Allaah.
Peace of mind, contentment, happiness and freedom from worries and anxiety. These things are what everyone wants, and these are the ways in which people can have a good life and find complete happiness and joy. There are religious means of achieving that, and natural and ... Continue Reading
Peace of mind, contentment, happiness and freedom from worries and anxiety. These things are what everyone wants, and these are the ways in which people can have a good life and find complete happiness and joy. There are religious means of achieving that, and natural and ... Continue Reading
Articles
Since 2002-08-14
Ayyub: An Example of Faith and Patience
The story of Ayyub (Job) gives consolation to all those who are ill
or deprived of wealth or children.
The angels were discussing the conditions of mankind, their obedience and disobedience. One of them said that Ayyub was the best man on earth. He was an obedient believer, always praying ... Continue Reading
The angels were discussing the conditions of mankind, their obedience and disobedience. One of them said that Ayyub was the best man on earth. He was an obedient believer, always praying ... Continue Reading
Articles
Since 2002-04-24
Send This Letter To 13 Friends!
Send this Letter to 13 Friends!
Shaikh Salman Al-`Awdah
One year the people were looking for the new crescent of Ramadhan and did not see it. A man came to the town's judge and said, "In my dream I saw the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - and he informed me ...
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Articles
Since 2002-03-03
Wasted Time (by Shaykh Abdul-Malik Qasim)
Wasted Time
Since last night my young son has been unwell. When I got back from work this evening I decided to take him to hospital despite my exhaustion. Indeed, fatigue for his sake is rest.
There were many waiting.perhaps we will be delayed by more than an hour. I took my number and ...
Articles
Since 2001-11-13
Muhammad, A Guidance to follow
Muhammad as a man had already died, but as a Prophet he left behind him a legacy in the form of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. He stressed the urgent need to hold firmly to these two sources during his Farewell speech in the valley of Arafat. If people hold fast to them, they will never ... Continue Reading