Author: Souladvisor

Stay in your bed, don't make a fuss.
Your prayers can wait, give in to your nafs.

What! Go to the mosque, the path you'll pave?
Don't bother, think of the gas you'll save.

Why go the extra miles to be kind?
Don't share that smile, they won't mind

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Happiness is a common goal that everyone strives to attain. Philosophers, intellectuals, doctors and artists alike have all strived in search of the causes of happiness and ways to escape anxiety.

The reality is, however, that the proposed solutions achieve only partial or ...

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Dr. Abu 'Abd Ar-Razzaq

Translated by: Ibrahim Hindy

 

In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful

 

From the signs of truthfulness is fear of Allah and asceticism in life; for the truthful with conviction fears consuming from what is impermissible and bears poverty and ...

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Praise be to Allah alone, and salaat and salaam be upon Muhammad, his family, companions and those who righteously follow him until the Day of Judgement.

The Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Ifta has reviewed the inquiries, opinions and essays propagated in the mass ...

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Q: Could you shed some light on who Imam al Ghazzali was?

A: Praise be to Allaah.

Al-Ghazzaali was Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Toosi, who was known as al-Ghazzaali. He was born in Toos in 450 AH. His father used to spin wool and sell it in his shop in Toos.

The life of ...

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Prepared by : Muhammad AlShareef

1. Dress up for your wife, look clean and smell good.When was the last time us men went shopping for designer pajamas? Just like the husband wants his wife to look nice for him, she also wants her husband to dress up for her too. Remember that Rasul Allah - ... Continue Reading

Should he respond to non-Muslims when they wish him a Happy New Year?

Q: Is it permissible for me to say to non-Muslims "And the same to you" when they wish me a Happy New Year or say Best Wishes?.


A: Praise be to Allaah.

It is not permissible to greet or congratulate the kuffaar on ...

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       The fajr (dawn) prayer is amongst the most important acts of worship, being one of the five obligatory prayers. Unfortunately many of us have become so used to missing it at its prescribed time - which ends at sunrise - that we have forgotten its position in our religion, and barely ... Continue Reading

What is the ruling on Valentine's Day?


Praise be to Allah.

Firstly:

Valentine's Day is a jaahili Roman festival, which continued to be celebrated until after the Romans became Christian. This festival became connected with the saint known as Valentine who was sentenced to death on 14 ...

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By Sheikh: Hamed Ibn Abdullah El Aly

First: When a Muslim hears the call for prayer, he should rise up to the remembrance of Allah and not let anything take him away from answering that call.  The Lord SWT said: In houses that Allah ordered to be built and His name to be mentioned in them ... Continue Reading

 

O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur'an as a thing (abandoned)" [al-Furqan 25: 30], {وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوا هَـٰذَا ...

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