The Importance of Tajweed

Listening to the Qur'an being recited correctly is enough to soften even the hardest of hearts and Muslims and non-Muslims alike find it a deeply moving experience even if they do not understand what is being said. We feel this even ... Continue Reading

People naturally like occasions of happiness and pleasure, whether private or public, including eids (feasts or days of celebration). For the sake of this inclination, the Shari'a came with the legitimacy of the Fitr and Adha Eids: Two valid eids in ...

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           Muhammad as a man had already died, but as a Prophet he left behind him a legacy in the form of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. He stressed the urgent need to hold firmly to these two sources during his Farewell speech in the valley of Arafat. If people hold fast to them, they will never ... Continue Reading

Fasting during Ramadan, the Muslims holy month, was ordained during the second year of Hijrah. Why not earlier? In Makkah the economic conditions of the Muslims were bad. They were being persecuted. Often days would go by before they had anything to eat. It is easy to skip meals if you don't ...

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James A. Bill (professor of government and director of the Reves Center for International Studies at the College of William and Mary in Virginia) writes - 'By the turn of the century, for the first time in history, the number of Muslims (those who practice Islam) will have surpassed the number ... Continue Reading

There are mutlitudes of emails floating around containing information about anti-islamic websites, for example ...

(( www.--------.com
To : All Muslims :
BE WARE !!
This Site is against Islam !!
Please tell all friends to include in their e-groups . instantly e-mail to all friends !! )) ...

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A Hijab is a word that indicated the following conditions : 1. Clothing must cover the entire body, only the hands and face may remain visible (According to some Fiqh Schools) .

2. The material must not be so thin that one can see through it.

3. The clothing must hang loose so that the ...

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(1) (1) Alif, Lām, Meem.[1158]

[1158]- See footnote to 2:1.

 

(2) (2) These are verses of the wise[1159] Book,

[1159]- See footnote to 10:1.

 

(3) (3) As guidance and mercy for the doers of good

 

(4) (4) Who establish prayer and give zakāh, and they, of the Hereafter, are certain [in faith].

 

(5) ...

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(1) (1) Alif, Lām, Meem.[1170]

[1170]- See footnote to 2:1.

 

(2) (2) [This is] the revelation of the Book about which there is no doubt from the Lord of the worlds.

 

(3) (3) Or do they say, "He invented it"? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, [O Muḥammad], that you may warn a people to ...

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(51) (51) And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before,[891] and We were of him well-Knowing

[891]- i.e., before Moses. Allāh had guided him from early youth.

 

(52) (52) When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

 

(53) (53) They ...

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