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“And How Excellent These Companions Are!”
by Amatullah The Prophet ﷺ once came upon his companion, Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), and noticed that he looked sad. He immediately asked him, “O Thawban, what has changed your appearance?” Thawban replied, “O Messenger of Allah, I do not have any sickness or any pain except that I feel...
by A. Elasmar “It’s a desert.” That’s how I always referred to the weather back home when explaining to my American friends about the climate I grew up in. I thought that summed it up, and gave an accurate description of how sunny and intolerably hot it was most days of the...
In Remembrance of Sister Aminah Assilimi
Bismillah by Sr. Jannah | Courtesy of Jannah.org Sr. Aminah Assilmi died today in a sudden car accident. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji`un. She was 65 and had been ill a few years ago but had been doing much better recently. She died instantly I read. SubhanAllah, indeed it...
“…and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty”
by Muhammad Haq There are many proofs for the fact that the shari`a (Islamic law) is based on ease and facilitation and is against rigidity and unnecessary constriction. Any good book on Usūl al-Fiqh will usually provide all such proofs. One of the key proofs used is the Qur’ānic verse mentioned...
No Experience is Worth Wasting
By Omar Zarka When Salah al-Din was fighting the Crusaders, one of the longest and most difficult battles was the siege of `Akka (Acre). About 3000 of Salah al-Din’s soldiers, under the command of Baha’ al-Din Qaraqush, were under siege from the Crusaders. In defense, Salah al-Din surrounded the Crusaders...
by Jinan Bastaki The Salah Series: Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI | Part VII | Part VIII | Part IX A Question Imagine you were a criminal, and for the many crimes you committed, a great king told you he would imprison you for 50 years. And...
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by Jinan BastakiThe Salah Series: Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV The Highest Emotion Today we will go deeper; now that we have a present heart, have understood our words, and having added two emotions, we are going to add one more. With this emotion, our prayer...
by Jinan Bastaki Oftentimes, when we love someone, and our hearts are truly attached to that person, we want to know everything about them. It is not enough to just know about how they conducted their affairs or their character, but we have a desire to know them so well...
There were only 15 minutes left before Salat-ul Isha. He quickly made Wudhu and performed Salat-ul Maghrib. While making Tasbih, he again remembered his grandmother and was embarrassed by how he had prayed. His grandmother prayed with such tranquility and peace. He began making Dua and went down...
Dua 1: Dua 1 For Debts (1328 KB) Listen on posterous Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (radi Allahu `anhu – may Allah be pleased with him) : One day the Messenger of Allah entered the mosque. He saw there a man from the Ansar (a resident of Madinah) called Abu Umamah...
by Jinan Bastaki The Salah Series: Part I | Part II | Part III When the time for prayer came, Ali (radi Allahu `anhu – may Allah be pleased with him) would begin to shake and the color of his face would change. When he was asked, “What’s wrong?” he would reply,...
by ZamZam Have you ever had a moment when you feel the bile rising in your throat, face flushed, and nostrils flaring? Your hands are balled into fists, and you could strike – you’re filled with that sudden urge to destroy something....