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Ramadan : Dua for Forgiveness of your Brother
Pray to Allah subhanahu ta’ala for forgiveness of your brother.
Photo Courtesy : Salahuddin Muhammad Iqbal
Ramadan : Khatam-ul Quran Dua by Sheikh Sudais
Khatam-ul Quran Dua by Imam Al-Haramain ‘Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais, 2004.
Khatam-ul Quran Dua by Imam Al-Haramain ‘Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais, 2008, with English Translation.
Khatam-ul Quran Dua by Imam Al-Haramain ‘Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais, 2011.
Ramadan : The Month of Deeds
All praise belongs to Allah the Most High, who created both life and death as a test to see who is foremost in deed. Through His infinite mercy He blessed mankind with selected times and seasons in which the best deeds are made obligatory and the reward for good deeds is multiplied.
Allah, the Most Wise, prescribed the third pillar of Islam, fasting, in the second year after the hijrah of the final Messenger (peace be upon him). Fasting is obligatory upon every sane Muslim adult, Allah the Most High says,
“O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may attain taqwa.” Read more ...
The Institution of Zakat
The institution of Zakat works to fulfill the basic needs of the Muslim community. It strikes a balance between the economics of socialism and its call for equal distribution, and that of capitalism and how it concentrates wealth into the hands of the elite.
Zakat is not simply regarded as a tax, it is an act of worship which may be described as financial worship. Failure to properly discharge the obligation is a sin that incurs Allah's wrath and is a cause for the loss of divine protection over one's assets. It is also regarded as a factor that may justify punishment in the afterlife.
For Muslims, this is part of the belief system that denies Read more ...
Google brings Ramadan traditions online
Google’s bringing tradition and technology closer together by putting a digital spin on the holy month of Ramadan.
As explained in a blog post by Maha Abouelenein — Google’s head of communications for the Middle East and North Africa — the search engine giant will have a YouTube channel dedicated to sharing Islamic prayers live from Makkah, a new YouTube channel which will offer 50 “premium Ramadan shows” on the same day that they air, and Google+ Hangouts which will begin after sundown.
The Google+ Hangouts will coincide with the traditional evening break-the-fast meals (called the “Iftar”) and involve celebrity chefs who will Read more ...
Ramadan : But I don’t want Forgiveness!!
For almost every one of us, there’s something we know we need to change but simply won’t. How we think we know ourselves and our intentions, but really, we don’t. But in Ramadan, a lot of unpleasant things come to surface because the devils are chained and the depths of our hearts are exposed.
Yet most of us still manage to wriggle out of obedience to Allah, and the excuses abound… but in each excuse, there’s one key component that’s missing. Allah.
I don’t mean His name is absent. For most of us, it’s actually Allah’s name we use to justify our wrong.
Allah is Forgiving. Allah knows my heart. Allah’s my judge…
Or our Read more ...
Ramadan : Teaching Children the Five Pillars
Source: saudilife | By Aisha Al Hajjar, AMANI
TEACHING deen (religion) to our children is a huge obligation upon all parents. Generally, Muslim children begin to imitate the movements of salat (daily prayers) long before they are able to speak a word, let alone understand its significance or recite surats (verses of Quran), masha’Allah. In fact, as soon as they are able to crawl (9 or 10 months old), children of practicing Muslims will typically attempt to make sujoud (prostration) when they hear, “Allahu Akhbar (meaning Allah is the Greatest, the opening phrase of the daily salat),” or see the prayer rug put down.
As they begin to master speech Read more ...
Ramadan : Iftar time at Masjid Nabawi
A view of Prophet’s Mosque (Madinah) at the time of iftar during Ramadan.
The Beautiful Wisdom of Fasting
Edited version of Shaikh Muhammad bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen's abridged work Majaalis Shahr Ramadan [pp. 41-43] that was translated by Isma'eel Alarcon. (al-manhaj.com)
FASTING—from dawn to dusk—is an act of worship done for Allah. The ‘Abd draws closer to His Lord by staying away from things he loves and desires like food, drink and sex. As a result, he achieves a sense of truthfulness in faith and completeness in his servitude to Allah, thereby increasing his love for Allah and longing for the reward Allah has prepared for His true slaves.
This is because the person who fasts gives up what he likes and desires only for the sake of something that Read more ...
Ramadan : What type of a Saa’im are you?
Saa'im comes from the Arabic word Sawm, which literally means to abstain [from something]. Islamically, Sawm means to fast or abstain from certain things from dawn to dusk. The Saa'im, therefore, is the fasting person.
ARE YOU…
the type of person who finds fasting burdensome? Do you consider yourself to be doing a great favour by fasting?
Usually happens with the younger generation. Do you fail to complete your schoolwork and try to get off with the excuse of “Madam, I didn’t do my work because I was fasting.” Yes, you are fasting. So What? All Muslims do. Does that mean you will stop all your daily work just because you are fasting. Read more ...
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