Almost one year has gone by and Ramadan is about to knock on our doors one more time, insha’Allah. Being able to fast the month of Ramadan is truly a gift – how many have gone back to Allah? – and it is also a trust that needs to kept with …
Read More »Are You a Sign of the Last Day?
Source: http://saudilife.net/ | Written by – Umm Zakiyyah It was while watching the Oprah Winfrey Show many years ago when I realized that times have really changed…This particular show interviewed a mother who had written and published a children’s book and dedicated it to her daughter. The mother shared with …
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Du’a : The Weapon of the Believer
Right now I’m in the middle of reading Sheikh Yasir Qadhi’s book Du’a: The Weapon of the Believer. Masha’Allah, it’s an amazing book with a great deal to benefit from! May Allah reward Sheikh Yasir for his efforts, ameen! One of the strongest factors that aids a person’s du’a in …
Read More »Women and Double Standards of Chastity
Source: Saudi Life | By – AFIFA JABEEN THERE was a Facebook post a few days back that went ‘viral’. It said: “When she is a DAUGHTER, she opens a door of Jannah for her father, when she is a WIFE, she completes half of the Deen of her husband, when she is a MOTHER, Jannah lies …
Read More »Lost city under Rub al-Khali (Empty Quarter)
Source: http://saudilife.net/ | By – Faraz Omar SAND and only sand for thousands of kilometers extending over four nations, Rub al-Khali or the Empty Quarter is the world’s largest sand desert. Uninhabited one may think but the Bedu tribes have survived on the edge since before recorded time. Sand dunes reach as …
Read More »Picture Perfect : Using Time Wisely!
Picture Perfect : One I seek, One I worship, One I love, One I call.. my Allah
Some Signs to Ponder over
How can one observe the inexhaustible creativity of nature, its purposefulness, its preservation of the morally useful and destruction of the socially injurious, and yet fail to draw the conclusion that behind nature there is a Creator and Master. A Creator whose ceaseless creative activity, the processes of nature – …
Read More »One cannot attain the Pleasure of Allah by means of self-invented methods
Ibn `Abbas (Radiallahu Anhu) reported: While Rasulullah (Sallallahu ‘alahi wasallam) was delivering Khutbah, he noticed a man who was standing, so he asked about him and was told that he was Abu Israel who had taken a vow to remain standing and not sit, or go into the shade, or speak while …
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