The Story of Joseph (part 2 of 7)
{And Allah has full power and
control over His Affairs, but most of men know not.} [Quran
12:21]
{وَاللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِ
وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ}
[يوسف:٢١]
Gerda, Ex-Christian, Lithuania
I am from a little Eastern European country called Lithuania where Christianity is the dominant religion, and where a baby in his first days in the world is made a Christian. I've never been an atheist, but I never called myself a good Christian. It was the time when I was going to the church ...
Continue ReadingAl-'Ateerah and rulings thereon
A: Praise be to Allaah.
Al-'ateerah is a sacrifice was that was offered by the people of the Jaahiliyyah during the month of Rajab. They made that a tradition amongst themselves, like the offering of the udhiyah sacrifice on Eid ...
The Seven Earths
A simple image of Earth and the
interior layers. Windows to the Universe, at (http://www.windows.ucar.edu) at the
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999,
2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-05 University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
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Extravagant Sufism 2/3
Their belief in the Fire and Paradise: It is unbecoming of the Sufis to seek Paradise, as this is a sign of weak Imaan (Faith), so they claim!;ABakr Al-Kalabathi said in his book, At-Ta'arruf li Mathahib Ahl At-Tasawwuf (Gaining Knowledge in the Schools ...
Poncardas Romas, Ex-Christian, Philippines
I was born on December 2, 1959, in Kawit, Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. Since birth my parents were devoted Seventh Day Adventists, one of the thousand branches in Christendom. I was a former Evangelist of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA). Since childhood until I became Muslim in ...
Continue ReadingThe aqtaab and abdaal in Sufi thought
Q: I have heard
and read about what are known as abdaal and aqtaab etc. Do they
really exist amongst us? Is the hadeeth, "Do not revile the people
of Syria, for there are abdaal among them" saheeh or not?.
A:
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
According to Ahl al-Sunnah, the wali (in the sense of ...
Rulings on istihaadah
Q: What are the rulings to do with
istihaadah (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding)?.
A: Praise be to Allaah.
We explained when bleeding is menses (hayd) and when it is
isthaadah. When it is menses then it is subject to the rulings on
menses, and when it is istihaadah it is subject to the rulings ...
William, Ex-Jew, USA
My name is William, and I live in a large Midwestern city in the United States. I am a typical American in many ways that are reflected in both my professional and personal lives. Professionally, I am a supervisor with a major police department, and I have been in the military, both active duty ...
Continue ReadingDeep Thinking
Have you ever thought about the fact that you did not exist
before you were conceived and then born into the world and that you
have come into existence from mere nothingness?
Have you ever thought about how the flowers you see in your living
room everyday come out of pitch black, muddy soil ...
Solution to the Palestinian issue
What is the way of solving the
Palestinian issue which becomes more complicated each
day?
Praise be to Allaah.
The Muslim is deeply grieved and filled with sorrow as the
Palestinian situation goes from bad to worse, and gets more
complicated, until it has ended up in the state we have seen ...
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