Tafsir of Surah Al Qadr (The Night Of Power) – Tafsir Ibn Kathir In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious Most Merciful. 1. Verily, We have sent it down in the Night of Al-Qadr 2. And What will make you know what the Night of Al-Qadr is? 3. The Night …
Read More »When is the Night of Al-Qadr?
Imaams Al-Albaanee and Ibn Al-‘Uthaimeen The Night of Al-Qadr occurs in the last ten nights of Ramadan during an odd night (i.e. 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th or 29th). However the scholars differ as to if it is fixed to one of these odd nights every year or if it changes …
Read More »How does a Father Teach his Children Tawheed?
Mu’adh bin Jabal narrates that the Prophet (Sallallahu alayhi wassallam) said: “O Mu’adh! Do you know what Allah’s Right upon His slaves is?” I said, “Allah and His Apostle know best.” The Prophet said, “To worship Him (Allah) Alone and to join none in worship with Him (Allah). Do you …
Read More »Performing Actions Equal to Hajj in Reward
Source: Muslimmatters.org | By: Shaykh Waleed Basyouni There are so many like myself could not go to Hajj this year, but even when we are physically far away from Makkah, our hearts with the Hujjaj (pilgrims), thinking about what they are doing, praying for them and hoping to be like them soon. …
Read More »Picture Perfect : Hayya alas Salah, Hayya alal Falaah
Hayya alas Salah, Hayya alal Falaah Come to prayer, Come to success. Five times a day, at any nook and cranny at any given time of the day, these phrases are echoed all over the world. Come to success. It’s the call people yearn for, what one would spend hundreds …
Read More »A Glorious Call to Prayer
by Maha Samir ProductiveMuslim.com We may hear this call 5 times a day, but have you ever genuinely listened to the adhan? Have you ever felt it as a call from Allah, The Mighty and Majestic, addressed to you specially as a Muslim? Indeed it is calling us to the …
Read More »Verily with Hardship comes Ease
Verily with Hardship comes Ease by Aa’id ‘Abdullah al-Qarni At a time in which the Muslims are beset with trials from every periphery, it is a time when Muslims should continue being Muslims, only better Muslims. I would say to my dear brothers and sisters in Islam “don’t be sad”; …
Read More »Picture Perfect : …and establish regular Prayer
The Prayer is a sanctified and holy moment for the worshipper in the presence of his Lord and Deity in truth. He fulfils (by its performance) his covenants, obligations and statements of confession which are contained within and are required by the testimony that: “There is nothing which has the …
Read More »Feeling Euphoric during the Month of Ramadan
Just mention the word ‘Ramadan’ and Muslims around the world light up. There’s a feeling of excitement and anticipation. People just can’t wait until it arrives. For some, there’s actually a countdown to the first day. Try explaining this eagerness to an average non-Muslim and they feel totally bewildered. …
Read More »“When they place me into the grave raise your hands to Allah, and invoke Him to forgive me…”
One day, Ibban bin Saleh left the company of Anas bin Malik (radhiAllahu anhu) and began to walk in the marketplace, when suddenly, 4 men carrying a bier with a corpse on it passed by. Ibban then exclaimed, “Strange indeed! The marketplaces of Basrah are filled with people, yet only …
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