Bathe Yourself with Money! – Extracted from a Speech by Muhammad Alshareef Have you ever seen someone run out of the masjid immediately after salah. In fact, the imam may barely have said salam, and this person is already standing up, getting ready to take off (you may have seen …
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Sa’eed bin Ayman, the freed slave of Ka’b bin Sur, said: “While the Messenger of Allah was speaking to his companions, a poor man came and sat down beside a rich man. From his movement, it seemed as if the rich man were moving his garment away so that the …
Read More »Ramadan : Zakat – The 8 Recipients
Ramadan is the traditional time for giving zakat, but who does your money reach? Eight charities provide a brief insight. “Alms (Zakaat) are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Truth); for those in bondage …
Read More »To Marry, Look for Righteousness
Al Hafidh al Mizzi states in Tahdeeb al Kamaal: 11/194: Yahya ibn Yayha an Naysaboori said: “I was with Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah when a man approached him and said: “O Abu Muhammad, I came to complain to you about my wife, I am the most lowly and disliked of things …
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