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Nurturing Marital Love 15
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Nurturing Marital Love

He bounded up the stairs so energetically that it was hard for me to believe that here was a man of more than eighty years. He had the vitality of a youth. Then I learned the reason why: Though he had gotten married back in 1947 when he was about […]

Why Our Prayers Are Not Answered 19
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Why Our Prayers Are Not Answered

Ibraheem Ibn Adham – may Allaah have mercy on him – a third century scholar, a teacher and a companion of Sufyaan ath-Thawree, was asked about the saying of Allaah – the Most High: “And your Lord says: Call on me I will answer your prayer…” [Soorah Ghaafir 40:60] i.e. […]

The Life of This World 21
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The Life of This World

Truly, we were granted this life to be tested which of us would remain steadfast in the dhikr (remembrance) and shukr (gratitude) of Allah (Subhaanahu wa ta’aala). Living in a landmine where every step you take can lead to your possible destruction, and not destruction of the body but rather […]