The Concept of God in Islam (part 1 of 2): A Unique Concept
Hani Helmi
Duties for the Day of Arafah
Sheikh Hany Hilmy
Saturday, 06 December 2008
1- Humbleness and humility.
2- Feel the meaning of Hajj in your hearts so you can pilgrim with your heart.
3- Purify our hearts from life. Some of the ancestors said: I stood on ...
Who are the saved group?
Q: Please clarify how to differentiate between the groups that claim they are following the right path. We know that Ahlul Sunnah wal jama'ah is the group that follows the straight path. But there are many Muslims do not know the ruling on the other groups, which started to be widely spread ...
Continue ReadingThe Way to Paradise is Very Hard
The Final Day
- Paradise and Hell In the Light of the Quran and
Sunnah
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Riyadh
Paradise is very high, and
ascending to lofty places takes a great deal of effort. The way to
Paradise is filled with things that go against human wishes and
inclinations. This ...
Keeping a Jealous Eye on Honors
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
All praise be to Allah alone,
and peace and blessings of Allah be upon him after whom there is no
other prophet.
Defeats of nations and
setbacks of people are not due to weakness of its financial power
or to its lack of military ...
A Letter from a muslim girl to her christian parents
Hello Mami and Papi,
I don't know how else to approach you in order to explain my
reasoning behind my life changing decision and have you listen and
understand at the same time.
Since I can long remember I have not be a strong believer ...
Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid
Contemplations with Iceland Volcano
All praises be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the best of Messengers (Muhammad), then:
In a small country which is no more than a distant island in the north of the Atlantic Ocean, there is a small volcano erupting under a glacier and blowing waves of dust clouds arousing ...
Why Muslims Love the Month of Ramadan?
Islam uses a lunar calendar-that is, each month begins with the sighting of the new moon, therefore because the lunar calendar is about 11 days shorter than the solar calendar, Islamic months "move" each year. This year (2008) the Islamic month of Ramadan coincides almost exactly with the month ...
Continue ReadingThe excellence of the ten days of Dhul-Hijja
The excellence of the ten days of
Dhul-Hijja and the good deeds that should be done in them:
Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah
be pleased with him and his father too) narrated that the Prophet
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "No good deeds done
on other days are liked by Allah than the ones ...
The importance of al-Quds for the Muslims - and do the Jews have any right to it
As a muslim, I am always told that the city of Jerusalem is important to us, But why? I am aware that Prophet Yaqoob built the Asqa Mosque in it and that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) led the previous Prophets in prayer signigying the unity of the message and all divine revelations; are ...
Continue ReadingRuling on one who reads Qur'aan but does not pray
Q: I used to read Qur'aan every day but
I did not pray. I heard some people say that it is haraam for a
person who does not pray to read Qur'aan, so I stopped reading
Qur'aan. Is this right? Please advise us, may Allaah reward you
with good.
A: Praise be to Allaah.
Prayer is the greatest ...
Placement of the hands in prayer between Ahl al-Sunnah and others
Q: I am confused between the way a Sunni prays and the way a Shi'te prays. My father is a Shi'te and he has taught me to pray with my hands on my sides but I do not know what is the differnce. Why is there such difference between the two? Also, I would be very grateful if you tell me which form ...
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