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

Wake up!

Where are the Malcolms and where are the X's
People of today come back to your senses
Before the day comes where there'll be no recompenses
We are wasting our time at heaven's expenses
Claim over the fences and lay over the Benz's The west looks at me with a funny type of way
Frown, clown do ... Continue Reading

The Light of Guidance

The Light of Guidance

Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Rahmaan al-Swiyaan

(Al-Bayaan magazine, issue # 152, Rabee' al-Aakhir 1421, pp. 66-67)
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I was coming back from a long journey, and Allaah decreed that my seat in the airplane should ... Continue Reading

I Can't! It's Impossible!

"I Can't, It's Impossible"

Article by: Shaikh Naser Al-Omar

Translated, slightly abridged and adapted by: Samir Siksek

Arabic original found on: http://www.islamtoday.net/

One often hears these words repeated, and they are a major reason for the state of failure that the Ummah ...

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John William Draper's Testimony


            "Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Makkah, in Arabia the man who, of all men exerciesed the greatest influence upon the human race .. MUHAMMAD .. " Reference : "A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe"

  • Who is John William Draper ?

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The Qur'aan And What It Means To Muslims


Allah states: { And if anyone of the mushrikeen (polytheists) seeks your protection, then grant him protection, so that he may hear the word of Allah (the Qur'aan) }[Qur'aan 9:6]

The Qur'aan was brought down by Jibreel (Gabriel) to Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and over a ... Continue Reading

Each Breath


Am I truly grateful for each breath that I take,
For each and every moment that I am awake?
Do I thank Allah for my restful sleep,
And for the dreams that cause me to weep?

Am I honestly thankful to the Almighty One,
For the early morning mist, the bright, rising sun?
During Fajr prayer, I ...

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Death, the doorway is ever near

Poem written by : Velma Cook
Here I am at last
I knew this day would come
My new home for a time
'til the trumpet shall blow
and once again I stand
upon an earth renewed


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Dark and still
I wait
Time has gone
Asking my lord for refuge
As I did in days gone ...

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The End

I barely knew him, I have seen him in the mosque for some days at different times and for many others I have not. I warmly greeted him and I was keen to know him. Until one day after Al-'Asr (noon prayer), I stood chatting with a colleague outside the mosque while he was coming. He greeted him ... Continue Reading

Death: what have you prepared for it?

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

All praise be to Allah alone, and peace and blessings of Allah be upon him after whom there is no other prophet and upon his family and companions.

It is a station of the stations of reckoning. Few people stand by it; but most people ...

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The Gaze, Privacy and Intermingling

Religious Opinions (Fatawa) Regarding the Gaze, Privacy and Intermingling

All praise be to Allah alone, and peace and blessings of Allah be upon His Messenger, his family and companions.

This is a collection of religious opinions (Fatawas) of some senior scholars regarding important issues, ...

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Shirk in Love

Major shirk can be divided into four categories:
- The first category of major shirk is "associating in supplication", which involves directing one's supplications to other than Allah as a means of gaining provisions or being cured from a sickness or obtaining help during a crisis or for any ...

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