Being Good to your Parents
Fajr Prayer
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
The God That never Was
The God That never Was
Islam is the only religion which teaches the existence of a PERFECT
God. A perfect God means that there is no sharer in His Nature and
His Attributes: {Say: He is God, the
One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is
He begotten; and there is none ...
XIV. The Forgotten Victims of the Holocaust: The Role of Deceptive
The Role of Deceptive Propaganda…
It is true that non-Aryans under German controlled territories during World War II have suffered discrimination and persecution at the hands of the Nazis, but Zionist leaders in charge of the Jewish ghettos were in close contact with the Nazis despite the ...
Continue ReadingWho Was Jesus?
Islam honors all the prophets who were sent to mankind. Muslims respect all prophets in general, but Jesus in particular, because he was one of the prophets who foretold the coming of Muhammad. Muslims, too, await the second coming of Jesus. They consider him one of the greatest ...
The Story of Adam (part 2 of 5)
Adam opened his eyes and looked into the beautiful face of a woman gazing down at him. Adam was surprised and asked the woman why she had been created. She revealed that she was to ease his loneliness and bring ...
Celebrating the night of the Isra' and Mi'raaj
Q: What is the
ruling on Celebrating the night of the Isra' and Mi'raaj, which is
the twenty-seventh night of Rajab?.
A:
Praise be to Allaah.
There is no doubt that the Isra' and Mi'raaj (the Prophet's Night
Journey and Ascent into heaven) are two great signs of Allaah which
point to the ...
Ruling on celebrating 'Aashooraa' or taking it as a day of mourning
Q: What is the ruling on what people do on the day of 'Aashooraa', such as wearing kohl, taking a bath (ghusl), using henna, shaking hands with one another, cooking grains (huboob), showing their happiness and so on…? Has any saheeh hadeeth to that effect been narrated from the Prophet peace ...
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Rites of Hajj & Umrah
Sheikh Nasir-ud-Deen Al-Albani
Advice for Those About to do Hajj
These are some pieces of advice and useful points which I offer to our brothers about to make Hajj.
Firstly: The pilgrim must fear his lord by obedience to Him, and must be very careful not to ...
Striving for Allah's Guidance
I was thinking about how rich in meaning Sûrah al-Fâtihah is.
Take verse six, for instance, where we say "Guide us to the
straight way.", {اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ
الْمُسْتَقِيمَ}, Transliteration: Ahdinā Aş-Şirāţa
Al-Mustaqīma.
Here we are offering a ...
Qadianiyyah in the light of Islam
Q: I appeal to you to answer the questions that I have previously submitted or to answer the one that follows, as the problem has for months caused me nothing but trouble in my local community. Even if I had the support of a fatwa, it might not help because this local community does not respect ...
Continue ReadingLove
Q: If a girl loves a boy from afar, has she
committed a sin?.
A: Praise be to Allaah.
Islam came to close the doors that lead to evil and sin, and is
keen to block all the means that may lead to corruption of hearts
and minds. Love and infatuation between the sexes are among the
worst of ...
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