THE RELIGION OF ISLAM The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word “Islam“ itself means. The religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gotama Buddha, Confucianism […]

All Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds and peace and blessings be upon the most honorable of all Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad. Believing in Allah is the most precious thing a believer owns, if he loses it then it is a manifest loss. Allah Almighty has said: {And […]

Ibn al-Jawzi said: “Whenever your thirst for desires intensifies, just stretch your fingertips to He Who has all the irrigation. Say: should patience be overwhelmed in these dry years, I’d plead to You to hasten my rescue with water”. If your desires intensify to the extent that you cannot fight them […]

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulThe testimony that there is no God but Allah ‘Lâ Ilâh Illâ Allah’ at the moment of death has a great effect on expiating sins and forgiving them. This is because it is a testimony from a slave, who believes […]

When you imaging something, an image from the studio of your mind and is brought to life on the stage of your inner vision. I once read Socrates was quoted as saying: “Imagination is the true sign of intelligence.” At the time, I was doubtful he really said that. My […]

My Lord! I praise You, as indeed You are most worthy of all praise. I extol You for Your infinite goodness. I thank You for everything You have given me. Equally, I thank You for everything You have withheld from me, for You know best what is good for me. […]

It is related that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “The greatest fear I have for my community is a lesser form of polytheism… showing off.” [Musnad Ahmad, Sahīh Ibn Khuzaymah, and Sunsn al-Bayhaqī] [Ibn al-Mundhir considers its chain of transmission to be good. Both Ibn Muflih and al-Albānī […]

Ruling on giving a copy of the Qur’an with a translation to a kaafir Is it permissible to give for Da’wah to the non-Muslims a translation of the meanings of the Qur’aan which accompanies the original Arabic text as well? Praise be to Allaah. We put this question to Shaikh […]

It’s Jumuah! The most blessed day of the week! So how do we make the most of it? Depending whether Friday is a day off for you or not, we’ve covered below some key activities to make most of your Jumuah which you can judge how best to fit in […]

The past few weeks we’ve spoken about ways to manage our emotions using Body hacks and Mental hacks, this week we’ll learn how to manage emotions with one of the most powerful tools we have as Muslims. We call these set of tools “Spiritual Hacks!” Here they are: 1. Salah: […]