Why Do Muslims Fast? (part 2 of 2)

Fasting is primarily between the person and God, as no one can be sure that any person is actually fasting. ... more

6 Steps to Get You Close to Allah

Some tips to achieve closeness to Allah ... more

Answers to 7 Questions on Islam


In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

1. What is Islam?

The word "Islam" is an Arabic word that means "submitting and surrendering your will to Almighty God". The word comes from the same root as the Arabic word "salam", which means peace. Unlike the names used ...

Continue Reading

Slaughtering

ON SLAUGHTERING FOR OTHER THAN ALLAAH'S SAKE ... more

Raise Your Complaints to the Creator

When the trials of this temporary life burden us, piling heavily within us, a need to release them, to complain, to call out for help urgently arises. It is a means through which we lighten the load and hopefully find some light. ... more

Our Hearts Must Engage in the Worship of Allah

Devotions of the heart and of the inner self. ... more

Fearing Allah in Open and Secret

Fear of Allah is a form of worship connected to the heart that drives one to strive, to be earnest, and to have a disposition to perform acts of devotion... ... more

Some General Guidelines for Performing Dhikr

 

The Salaf and commentators differed about what this verse refers to, some saying that it refers to the prayers, others that it refers to supplication and others that it refers to dhikr in general. However they all agreed....
 
1. Performing dhikr is an action of worship, as such it is ...
Continue Reading

How do we react to calamities?

How did Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (May Allah be please with him) react to calamities... ... more

20 Exam Tips for Students

The Muslim student puts his trust in Allaah when facing the tests of this world, and he seeks His help whilst following the prescribed means, in accordance with the words of the Prophet... ... more

The polish for the heart is the dhikr of Allaah

Abu Dardaa radiallaahu 'anhu said: For everything there is a polish and the polish for the heart is the dhikr of Allaah. ... more

Weeping From the Fear of Allah

Allah sent to us the Qur'an and "the skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it (when they recite it or hear it). Then their skin and their heart soften to the remembrance of Allah." [Az-Zummur 39:23] ... more

People you might follow