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This week, I shall provide you with an incentive through which you can be motivated to pray those Sunnah units which regrettably don’t seem that important to many. Your incentive is a house in Paradise inshaAllah! Read on. When we are in a hurry, we often leave out the voluntary Sunnah rakahs of prayer…
Most of us have some basic knowledge about Islam, but how about broadening your Islamic knowledge so that you may worship your Lord better, educate people about your religion and thus increase your belief?! For seeking further knowledge there is no motivation better than Paradise itself! However, for seeking further knowledge there is no…
The Mercy of Allah encompasses all believers, even His servants who sinned and have mixed good deeds with bad ones. The magnificent mercy of Almighty Allah shall glaringly manifest on the Day of Judgment, when He (SWT) saves great numbers of believers from the torment of Hellfire. A lot of times, when working…
Every Friday we have a chance to for our Du’as to be be accepted and our sins to be erased. How lucky we are to be blessed with such a day every week! Read on for 3 different rewards which you can reap inshaAllah every Friday from now on. Shortcut # 18 – Reward…
It was a beautiful Saturday evening. Despite the unpredictable weather that Malaysia experiences every so often, my dad and I decided to carry on with our usual weekend evening routine: hiking at a hill near our neighborhood. As soon as we walked out of the house, it started drizzling. My dad, upon observing…
Part- I- Prior to the modern age very few people disputed the fact that the world has a creator. This fact was for them as obvious as a logical truth or an observed phenomenon. They only differed about the nature of this creator and about the appropriate attitude people should have towards Him. But…
With materialism increasingly overwhelming humanity, and surely Muslims are not an exception, comes the need to assert the connection with one’s self, and tie it to its roots, lest more challenges drive people, not just out of the boundaries of happiness and self-content, but also out of the boundaries of humanity, downgrading them to the…
Islamic architecture is a type of architecture whose functions and, to a lesser extent, form, are inspired primarily by Islam. Islamic architecture is a framework for the implementation of Islam. It facilitates, fosters and stimulates the Muslims’ ‘ibadah (worship) activities, which, in turn, account for every moment of their earthly lives. Islamic architecture is a…
Towards the eastern corner of the Kaaba lays the Black Stone, reminding us, besides its different values and connotations, of a chief moral value in Islam, that is unity, as taught to the early communities of humankind. The Holy Mosque in Mecca was subject to renovation work at the hands of the Amaleks, then…
Nams and Atributes of God- Part II There were three major views concerning the nature of divine attributes among Muslims. These are the views of the mujassima or anthropomorphists, mu’attila or negators, and the muthbita or affirmers: (a) The physicalistic or anthropomorphistic view likens God to a huge human being, and thus attributes to Him…
Islam teaches that environment is part of the universal web of creation. Its role is two-fold: to worship its Creator, and to be subjected to serve the exigencies of man, so that God’s vicegerent can smoothly and undeterred carry out his honorable task of managing earth. – Islam and the Environment This…
Ramadan is two weeks away and a pre-hand preparation of the self and a spiritual warm up is due, in order to be fit enough and work hard to attain the great reward of the holy month, in this life and the hereafter. Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Prophet Muhammad…