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Daily Archives: March 7, 2024


07
Mar 2024
Prepare your heart for Ramadan

The fortunate amongst us will live to receive Ramadan – due to illness or death. We ask Allah to enable us to receive Ramadan with good health and high imaan. Every year we have Ramadan, so what is the best way to receive it. This year I want to reflect on the state of our hearts when we enter Ramadan. Our faculties Allah created everything with a purpose. Allah created each of our faculties for a reason, like our eyes, they see truth, beauty and the magnificence of Allah’s creation. Our ears......

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07
Mar 2024
Knowing Allah through His Beautiful Names: As Samad

The name As-Samad has only been mentioned once in the Quran. Other names of Allah Almighty have been repeated as many as 20, 30 and even 50 times, but interestingly, As-Samad only appears once, in Surat al-Ikhlas, which is among the shortest surahs in the Quran. It begins: قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ١ Say He is Allah the One and Only, the Eternal ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ٢ Allah—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺. What does the name As-Samad mean?  From an Arabic point of view, there are multiple meanings. Linguistically, ‘Samada’ means to......

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07
Mar 2024
Is it impermissible to close your eyes during salah and sujud?

During salah the norm is to direct your gaze towards the place of prostration while standing, your feet when bowing and your nose while prostrating and on the ground while sitting. There is a hadith in which the Prophet (peace be upon him) advised keep your eyes open during salah and this is how the Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed. Scholars have commented that the reason for this could be that the reason it protects you from being bitten by snakes or scorpions. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)......

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