What After Ramadan?
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST GRACIOUS AND THE MOST MERCIFUL
AlHamdulillahi wa kafaa, was-Salatu was-salamu `alaa `ibaadihi-lladheena Stafaa Amma baad:
We leave the blessed month of Ramadan, its beautiful days and its fragrant nights. We leave the month of ...
How Our People Live
I
look up!
The beautiful sky is smeared with a Jet fighter's trail!
I look at the Horizon!
An ugly monster of steel is rumbling towards us!
Father! Mother! Where are you!
I am scared!
Ya Allah! Make me strong!
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Advice to the Seekers of Knowledge
- Source: His introduction to his classical work Iqtidaa-ul-'Ilm Al-'Amal
- Translator: Isma'eel Alarcon
We give thanks to Allaah, the One free of all defects, for having inspired us. And we ask Him to grant us the ability to act upon what ... Continue Reading
The virtue of the last ten days of Ramadaan and Laylat al-Qadr
Praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon the Trustworthy Prophet Muhammad and upon all his family and companions.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to strive hard (in worship) during the last ten days of Ramadaan in a way that he ...
Continue ReadingGiving Priority to the Quraan
Hudhayfah said:The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) related matters to us. I have seen one of them, and I am waiting for the other. He (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) informed us: "Trustworthiness was sent down in depths of the heart of ... Continue Reading
Arafah and the First Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah
In the Holy Qur'an, Allah the Exalted says (interpretation of
the meaning)
{By the dawn. By the ten nights} [Al-Fajr 89:1-2]. Many scholars
have said
that this refers to the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, and the
fact that
Allah swears by them means that they are indeed significant and
worth ...
George Bernard Shaw's Testimony
"I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age. I have studied him - the ... Continue Reading
A little Muslim from Palestine
I'll always be a contender
Yes, I know my bones are very tender
And by Allah you won't see me surrender
My home is filled with cries... due to all the lost lives
But I swear by Allah I'll never compromise
I'll still throw the stones even with ...
What Islam has done for me ?
I grew up in a home that really didn't have a set religon .... My mother a mormon and my father a Babtist. And then there is me. I never felt right in any of the place of religon that I visited.
That was until I found Islam. When I found it it was overwhelming. I just new.
It was like I ...
Continue ReadingQuran & The Clouds
Scientists have studied cloud types and have realized that rain clouds are formed and shaped according to definite systems and certain steps connected with certain types of wind and clouds. One kind of rain cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud (pictured above) associated with ... Continue Reading
The Inner Dimensions of Hajj
Abul Ala Maududi
Nature of journey for Hajj
The people of the world are usually aware of two kinds of journey.
One journey is that which is made to earn livelihood. The second one is that which is undertaken for pleasure and sight-seeing.
In both [of] these ...
Greatness of Allah subhaanahu wa ta`aalaa
Imam Ibn ul Qayyim al
Jawziyyah
Quoted in "The Weakening of Faith - Its Symptoms - Causes &
Cure"
by Shaykh Muhammad Saleh al-Munajjid
© 1997 Daar of Islamic Heritage
Ibn Al-Qayyim described Allah's
Greatness, saying:
He governs the affairs of ...
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