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 …

Yusuf `alayhi sallatu wa sallam (may Allah send his peace and blessings on him) faced many difficulties in life; over a period of decades he was thrown into a well by his brothers as a young boy, sold into slavery, seduced by a beautiful and powerful woman in his youth and then …

Despite the differences in our colours, nationalities, castes, moods, bank accounts, needs, deeds, stocks & businesses, ISLAM makes us stand together & united in peace facing Allah’s House – the Kaaba and become EQUAL in front of our RABB (Allaah) as we stand to worship Him 5 times a day everyday! …

I nearly missed fajr (morning prayer) the other day. My alarm rang, and I looked at the time, thinking “the time for fajr prayer has just started, so I can snooze for just a few more minutes.” As we all know, ‘a few more minutes’ always turns into manymore minutes and when I opened my eyes …

Source : SIXTEEN MINUTES TO PALESTINE Settler-run ‘tourist attraction’ teaches guests how to shoot Palestinians Illegal settlers in the West Bank have set up a program for tourists of all ages to learn how to shoot “terrorists”, a term the organizers of the program not-so-implicitly define as Arabs, specifically Palestinians. …

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 …

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 …

A hoarding with the purpose of educating the visitors about the Etiquette of visiting a Graveyard, at Uhud in Madinah.

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 …

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 …