However what does our money really represent and where does it come from? Only once we are able to answer these questions can we move on to understand why debt is so ubiquitous in our current economic system.

As the Government looks to cut funding to Higher Education ...

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

All Praise is due to Allah. We praise Him, seek help from Him, ask forgiveness from Him and repent to Him; and we seek refuge in Him from our own evils and our own bad deeds. Verily, who is guided by Allah is indeed guided; and who has been ...

O Muslims: By the coming of the summer with its high temperature and beginning of schools holiday, a lot of families including men, women and children, focus their attention on travelling to get some rest, amuse themselves and get rid of boredom.

Dear beloved brothers: There is no doubt that ...

Jamaal al-Din Zarabozo

Al-Qurtubee in his tafseer, he talks about such people who say when they read the Quraan, in my mind this comes to my mind, or my heart tells me this, and he concludes who reads the Quraan and says, "ask your heart" or "my heart tells me," and so forth, they are ...

From Christianity to Islam


The man died, and Salman stayed in Amuria. One day, "Some merchants from the tribe of Kalb[1] passed by me," Salman said, "I told them, 'Take me to Arabia and I will give you my cows and the only sheep I have.'" They said, "Yes." Salman gave them what he offered, ...

Patience Rewarded


The golden bowl was found in Benjamin's belongings and his brothers were astonished. They quickly realised the Chief Minister (Joseph) would follow their own law and keep Benjamin as a slave. This upset them greatly. They were afraid of returning to their father without his ...

The heart is inherently dependent on Allâh in two ways: from the point of view of worship, which is the ultimate goal, and from the point of view of seeking His help and relying upon Him, which are the means to that end. The heart cannot be sound, or succeed, or find joy, or be happy, or feel ...

The Horrors of Hell I

The intensity of the fire of Hell will be such that people will be willing to give up their dearest possessions to escape it:

{Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the (whole) capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of ...