In the Name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, may His Salaah and Salaam Be upon His Messenger Muhammad, to proceed:

On the authority of Aboo Hurayrah (radhiyallaahu 'anhu), the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said:

" The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allaah than the weak ...

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Upon us now are the best ten days of the year. There are no other days more rewarded than these ten. They are the first ten days of the Islamic month Dhul-Hijjah. Unfortunately many of us do not know and let them fly by ... If there was some great sale advertising ridiculously low prices you ... Continue Reading

Question: Is it permissible for Muslims to take part in their festivals, such as Christmas?

Answer: Praise be to Allaah.

It is not permissible for the Muslim to join the kuffaar in their festivals and to express joy and happiness on these occasions, or to take the day off work, whether ... Continue Reading

Poem written by : Khurram Malik

To be able to defeat,
Shaytaan and his deceit,
Ask Allah for help and repeat,
Lailahailallah.

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If we want to succeed,
We must purify our greed,
Obey him in every deed,
Lailahailallah.

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To become completely ...

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By Dr. Mamdouh N. Mohamed
Associate Professor at the American Open University

What is Khushuu'?

Khushuu' during Salaat is misunderstood by some people as crying and weeping. Rather, it is the presence of the heart during an act of 'ibadah. When a person's heart is fully occupied of what he ...

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By sheikh Abdelrahman Alwaheeby,

Alhamdu Lelah, recently , the phenomenon of families (Husband and wife and sons and daughters) traveling abroad, has increased. Sometimes sons and daughters and the mother travel without the father to spend vacation in infidel country or some Arab country that ... Continue Reading

When I converted to Islam, learning prayer was such a struggle. For me praying in a language I did not understand was almost unthinkable. "How could I have prayed to Allah, when I did not know what was I saying?" - many times I was thinking. But, knowing that we must say our prayers in Arabic, ... Continue Reading

Eid Mubarak - what a strange day,
where we all go out to play.

fasting has gone,
normal lives are back on.

when we go back to the same old routine,
ignorance wide-spread - a familiar scene.

so what has been achieved?
have we truly believed?

the threatened Hour is nigh
it ... Continue Reading

Ali Al-Timimi
Adopted from a lecture

In the month of Ramadaan it is very important that we spent a few moments to understand some of the wisdoms and lessons that we can learn from this month of fasting.

Unfortunately, many Muslims come in to this month and they are as a companion of the ...

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By: Shabir Ali

(1) Intimate:

It dares you to disprove it. How? It says that humans can not write a book like this even if they pooled all their resources together and got help also from the spirits. The Quran said this fourteen hundreds years ago and yet no one has been able to disprove ... Continue Reading