* Funny how a $20 bill looks so big when you take it to the mosque, but so small when you take it to the market. * Funny how long it takes to do...
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Ramadan: The Month of Quran
1) The importance of Ramadan for the Muslims, particularly times of adversity. 2) The importance of reading Quran and pondering over its meanings. 3) The phenomena of desertion of Quran. 4) Factors that prevent...
Some Health Guidelines for Ramadan
This article provides useful advice on how to avoid some common problems encountered in Ramadan. If followed, it would enable one to fast comfortably and enjoy fully the spiritual benefits of Ramadan. During the...
Weeping From the Fear of Allah
Has not the time come for the hearts of those who believe to be affected by Allah’s Reminder and that which has been revealed of the truth, lest they become as those who received...
Zakah al-Fitr
1. MEANING Zakah al-Fitr is often referred to as Sadaqah al-Fitr. The word Fitr means the same as Iftar, breaking a fast and it comes from the same root word as Futoor which means...
The Causes of Anger and Its Medicine
Know, O dear readers, that the medicine of a disease is to remove the root cause of that disease. Isa (Jesus Christ) (p.b.u.h.) was once asked: “What thing is difficult?” He said: “God’s wrath.”...
Freedom of Thought in Islam
A man called Mughees and his wife, Bareera, who were living in slavery in Madinah, decided to accept Islam. After some time the wife was set free. By winning her freedom she legally obtained...
The Prophet Muhammad’s Last Sermon
(This Sermon was delivered on the Ninth Day of Dhul Hijjah 10 A.H in the Uranah Valley of Mount Arafat ) “O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I don’t know whether, after...
Forgiveness – An Islamic Virtue
Islam attaches great importance to the concept of pardoning of sins by Allah so that one may be saved from Hellfire. On several occasions, The Holy Quran gives such prayers as “Pardon us, forgive...
The Hardened Heart
The slave is not afflicted with a punishment greater than the hardening of the heart and being distant from Allah for the Fire was created to melt the hardened heart. The most distant heart...
