Life Lessons : The Impact of Meeting Shaykh Ibn Baz

Source: Saudilife | By: Waleed Basyouni I traveled to Riyadh to meet Shaykh Ibn Baz [the late Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia] carrying with me a copy of an invitation to a concert in More »

New Kindle ebook – The Journey of Faith : Reminiscence of Umrah in Ramadan

Going off topic today, for obvious reasons. Just finished work on my first Kindle ebook - "The Journey of Faith : Reminiscence of Umrah in Ramadan", and it is published on Kindle More »

Rohingya Population Control: The Onslaught in Burma Continues

By Ramzy Baroud | Source: PalestineChronicle On April 21, the BBC obtained disturbing video footage shot in Burma. It confirmed extreme reports of what has been taking place in that country, even More »

The value of an Action

It has been narrated on the authority of Umar ibn al-Khattab that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “(The value of) an action depends on the intention behind it. More »

Back to the Basics – Some Prophetic Advice on Raising Children

What we find in Islam is truly a complete way of life. It covers everything, from religious rituals to spiritual advancement and from to marrying to child-raising.  However we often tend to More »

What is Kindness to Parents?

Abdullah ibn Umar, a leading scholar among the Prophet Muhammad sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam companions once saw a man from Yemen carrying his mother on his back and going around the Kaaba in More »

Friday Khutbah : Syria Crisis – O Bilad al-Sham! You are in Our Hearts!!

Friday Khutbah : Syria Crisis - O Bilad al-Sham! You are in Our Hearts!! Khutbah by Sh. Yasir Qadhi | Transcribed by Sameera | Source: MuslimMatters [The following is the video and More »

The Grief of a Mother, and the Love of a Son

Ibn Hubayrah, the governor of Iraq tried to force Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah) to accept the role of Qadi (Judge). When the Imam refused, he was struck with a hundred and ten More »

Principles of Just War in Different Religions

Thucydides, the well-known author of The History of the Peloponnesian War wrote: "The strong do as they can, while the weak suffer what they must." This summarizes what had been happening in More »

 
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Life Lessons : The Impact of Meeting Shaykh Ibn Baz

June 18, 2013   Islam, Miscellaneous
Source: Saudilife | By: Waleed Basyouni I traveled to Riyadh to meet Shaykh Ibn Baz [the late Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia] carrying with me a copy of an invitation to a concert in our city Dammam in Saudi Arabia. To tell you the truth I was not sure if my visit would make any difference; these types of concerts were supported by some powerful people in that region, I had only met Shaykh Ibn Baz up until that point a few times and I didn’t even think he knew me as I was only a freshman in college. So here I was, an unknown freshman entering the office of the Mufti of Saudi Arabia. His office was large, it could host up to seventy people in Read more ...
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New Kindle ebook – The Journey of Faith : Reminiscence of Umrah in Ramadan

June 12, 2013   Islam, Personal
Going off topic today, for obvious reasons. Just finished work on my first Kindle ebook - "The Journey of Faith : Reminiscence of Umrah in Ramadan", and it is published on Kindle today. It is available on Promotional offer (read below) for free for next 5 days. This book is an amazing reminiscence of the Umrah journey during the month of Ramadan. It is a rare and important insight of the spiritual experience which serves as an eye opener and make realize the purpose of life. Revisit your trust and faith with a Gaze of Love. Learn from the Circling of Birds, earn Jannah with a cup of Dates or a glass of water, all for the pleasure of Allah (Glory be Read more ...
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At a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. (Photo: Zoriah - zoriah.net)

Rohingya Population Control: The Onslaught in Burma Continues

June 11, 2013   Politics & News
By Ramzy Baroud | Source: PalestineChronicle On April 21, the BBC obtained disturbing video footage shot in Burma. It confirmed extreme reports of what has been taking place in that country, even as it is being touted by the US and European governments as a success story pertaining to political reforms and democracy. The BBC footage was difficult to watch even when faces of Muslim Rohingya victims were blurred. To say the least, the level of violence exhibited by their Arakan Buddhist attackers was frightening. “The Burmese police (stood) by as shops, homes and mosques are looted and burnt, and failing to intervene as Buddhist mobs, including monks, Read more ...
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value of action

The value of an Action

June 10, 2013   Hadith & Sunnah, Islam
It has been narrated on the authority of Umar ibn al-Khattab that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “(The value of) an action depends on the intention behind it. A man will be rewarded only for what he intended. The emigration of one who emigrates for the sake of Allah and His Messenger (may peace be upon him) is for the sake of Allah and His Messenger (may peace be upon him) ; and the emigration of one who emigrates for gaining a worldly advantage or for marrying a woman is for what he has emigrated.” [Sahih Muslim, Book #020, Hadith #4692] This Hadith is indeed one of the greatest and most important of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad Read more ...
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Raising children the islamic way

Back to the Basics – Some Prophetic Advice on Raising Children

June 2, 2013   Family, Islam
What we find in Islam is truly a complete way of life. It covers everything, from religious rituals to spiritual advancement and from to marrying to child-raising.  However we often tend to neglect these guidelines by referring to the changing of the times, the excess amount of fitnah that our children are constantly surrounded by and some go to the extent of claiming these guidelines are old fashioned. We rather turn to modern day child-raising advisors, books and theories, than to the very thing that should define us as people, i.e. the deen (faith). The tools for bringing up children are all there (in the Quran, the Sunnah, and the examples of our Read more ...
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And Indeed They have Destroyed Us…

May 30, 2013   Islam, Politics & News

 “If you want to destroy any nation without war, create adultery or nudity common in the young generation.”

- Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Salahuddin Ayyubi)

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What is Kindness to Parents?

May 27, 2013   Family, Islam
Abdullah ibn Umar, a leading scholar among the Prophet Muhammad sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam companions once saw a man from Yemen carrying his mother on his back and going around the Kaaba in his tawaaf.  Rather than show any sign of complaint, the man was happy, repeating a line of poetry in which he likened himself to a camel his mother was mounting.  The only difference is that a camel may be scared by something and go out of control.  He would never go out of her control.  He looked at Abdullah ibn Umar and asked him whether by so doing he discharged his debt to his mother.  Ibn Umar said: “No. You have not even paid back one twinge of her Read more ...
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Bilad al-sham

Friday Khutbah : Syria Crisis – O Bilad al-Sham! You are in Our Hearts!!

May 24, 2013   Islam, Khutbah, Politics & News, Video
Friday Khutbah : Syria Crisis - O Bilad al-Sham! You are in Our Hearts!! Khutbah by Sh. Yasir Qadhi | Transcribed by Sameera | Source: MuslimMatters [The following is the video and transcript of Shaykh Yasir Qadhi's khutbah on the Syrian crisis, delivered on February 10, 2012. The transcript includes slight modifications for the sake of readability and clarity.] Part 1 My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, one of the very few lands that our Prophet (peace be upon him) has mentioned in numerous traditions, and in fact even before him, Allah has mentioned by reference in the Quran is the land of Sham, which is now the land of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon Read more ...
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mother pain

The Grief of a Mother, and the Love of a Son

May 22, 2013   Islam
Ibn Hubayrah, the governor of Iraq tried to force Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah) to accept the role of Qadi (Judge). When the Imam refused, he was struck with a hundred and ten lashes. He was beaten so severely that his head was swollen and breathing became difficult for him. He remained strong throughout his torture but when he found out that, his mother was grieved by what had happened to him, his eyes overflowed with tears. When he was freed, he said: ‘The grief of my mother was more difficult on me than the beating.’ [Fada'il Abu Hanifah] Read more ...
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code of war

Principles of Just War in Different Religions

May 20, 2013   Islam, Politics & News
Thucydides, the well-known author of The History of the Peloponnesian War wrote: "The strong do as they can, while the weak suffer what they must." This summarizes what had been happening in the dark ages of yesteryears, and what is happening unfortunately right now at the behest of "the leaders of civilization". In fact, soon after the Second World War, international laws were instituted by all the reigning powers, to prevent the terrible sufferings likely to be inflicted on the weak by the strong. The idea was to uphold right rather than might. These internationally approved laws of war are codified in the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, Read more ...
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