Self-imposed isolation This past week has been strange, to say the least. We are living in unprecedented times. My family and I spent a week apart (some 200miles away) so I have been living in a kind of ‘self-imposed’ isolation for a week. Second, I missed (deliberately) my first Jumu’ah since I could remember and […]
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Attached yourself to Allah O you who were born by clinging to the mercy of your mother’s womb (rahim) for dear life. Allah provided for you then and He is still providing for you now. He provides for people even when they deny Him, fail to acknowledge Him, recognise Him or thank Him. If […]
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Conforming to the Shari’ah Allah sent His beloved Messenger (ﷺ) with the Shari’ah to convey to mankind a comprehensive framework that governs all possible human actions, conduct and behaviour. “Your words and deeds should be according to the Shari’ah since knowledge and action without observance of the Shari’ah is deviation.” [Imam Al-Ghazali] 3 Broad Categories of Shari’ah […]
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Establishing the Qur’an in our life There are 3 ways of interacting with the Qur’an: The first and the most common way to engage with the Qur’an is through the worship of recitation. The recitation of the Qur’an has both immense blessings and reward. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whenever a person recites a […]
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“O’ Ramadan, what a great school you are? Here to be with us, to teach us the personality of the people of Paradise.” Ramadan – The leader of the months Ramadan comes but once a year. It is the leader over all the other months. The last 10 nights of Ramadan are the best nights […]
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“My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more loved to Me than the obligation I have enjoined upon him. And My servant continues to draw near to me with Nafil (supererogatory) deeds until I Love him. When I Love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, and his sight with […]
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The excellence of Salah Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do you think that if there was a river by the gate of one of you, and he bathed in it five times each day that there would remain any filth on him?” They said: “No filth would stay on him.” He […]
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