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“The Fast of David… There is No Better Fast than That” – Sheikh Muhammad Muhammad Salim `Abd al-Wadud The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to `Abd Allah b. `Amr b. al-`as: “Fast one day and break your fast one day. This was the fast of David (peace be upon …
Read More »Time is of essence
Time is of the essence. It is too precious to be wasted or neglected. The wise person is one who pays attention to time and does not treat it as a vessel to be filled with cheap things and vain talk. Instead, the wise person limits it to worthy efforts …
Read More »Your ‘Wasila’ should be your prayers, ibadaats, deeds..
“O ye who believe! Do your duty to Allah, seek the means of approach unto Him, and strive (with might and main) in His cause: that ye may prosper.” [Surah Al Ma’idah 5:35] A large no of scholars and Mufassirs have explained the word “Wasila” as a method to get …
Read More »Picture Perfect : Deeds not Appearance
Read in the name of thy Lord…
Says Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala : “Read in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, the One who created you.” (Surah Al Alaq 96:1) At the very inception of the final divine revelation, our beloved Messenger (salla Allahu alayhi wasallam) is instructed to read. With these simple words, Allah most …
Read More »Spreading Salaams
One of the first words that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is reported to have said on entering Madinah were: “O people! Spread Salaam (glad tidings/greetings of peace), feed (the poor and needy), maintain the ties of the wombs, and offer prayer when the people are normally asleep, and (thus) enter …
Read More »“O Messenger of Allah! Indeed, I love you…”
A’ishah reported that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Indeed, I love you more than I love myself, and I love you more than I love my family, and I love you more than I love my children. …
Read More »How the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) would Complain
It is related that when Abu Talib died, the Prophet Muhammad (sallaAllahu alayhi wasallam) went out on foot to Ta’if to call its people to Islam. They rejected his call, and he walked away until he got to the shade of a tree. So, he prayed two rak’at and said: …
Read More »The Backbone that Never Breaks
“And from the people is he who worships Allah as if he were on an edge. If good befalls him, he is content with it. And if a trial befalls him, he turns back on his face. He loses both this world and the Hereafter. That is the clear loss.” …
Read More »“Abbu, when will we ever relax?”
A moving story that I’ve heard once and that I always remember and cherish for its meanings. It’s the story of one of the great imams of this Ummah, Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal. His son, Abdullah, once asked his father one day, “Abbu when will we ever relax?” His father, …
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