Protect your eyes to keep them on the prize
Allah created our eyes and we should be thankful for them. Showing gratitude for them should be in using them in obedience to Him, so the gratitude for the hearing that he does not...
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Knowing Allah through His beautiful names 6b: How to reflect Allah’s name Al Noor in your life
Allah Almighty is An-Noor There are four names connected to the Allah Almighty’s existence. The first one, Al Haqq, the second one is An-Noor. An-Noor means the light, or the Provider of Light, or...
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Knowing Allah through His beautiful names 6a: How to reflect Allah’s name Al Haqq in your life
Allah Almighty is Al Haqq One of Allah Almighty’s names is Al Haqq. When you search in the Quran for this name, this word Al Haqq, there are many verses talking about His name...
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Sincerity vs insincerity is like a mountain vs dust
Ibrahim (peace be upon him) taught us to show humility when he and his son, Ismail (peace be upon him) were building the Ka’bah and ask Allah for acceptance of our deeds no matter...
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What are the four fard elements of wudu?
The obligations are mentioned in the Quran. Mulla Ali begins by listing the obliagation (fard) aspects of wudu:1. Wash your whole face from the hairline above your forehead to the chin and from ear...
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Don’t choose bad leaders and the khutbah of Shaytan
. Be careful whom you follow, and whom to give your vote. On the Day of Judgement, you will be responsible for your choices. Whether you followed this leader, or took that decision, it’s...
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Mulla Ali’s Introduction to his book and the contentious issue of mursal hadith
Mulla Ali now moves on to the topic of debate among the schools, which is hadith al mursal. He refers to ‘our’ scholars (ulemauna) meaning the scholars of the Hanafi school and makes the...
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A fresh look at fiqh – why I have chosen Mulla Ali al Qari’s book, Fath Bab al Inaya
Fiqh is a heavy topic for many people but it can also be fascinating. I have chosen to take you through this journey to give you a fresh look at this topic by going...
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Allah’s test does not end until we understand what we need to improve and fix it
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : “ ما يزال البلاء بالمؤمن والمؤمنة في نفسه وولده...
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Keeping motivated beyond Ramadan
You end Ramadan with a clean slate, a new page. Be careful what you write on that new page. What do you want to see on it? Make a list of what you want...
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Do not be divided
Allah Almighty says in the Quran: وَمَا كَانَ النَّاسُ إِلَّا أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَاخْتَلَفُوا ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ فِيمَا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ ‘Mankind was a single community; then they differed. Were it...
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The compilers of collections of 40 hadith
Imam Nawawi in his introduction to his famous Forty Hadith mentions the great scholars who inspired him, and were the brainchild behind compiling the 40 narrations (which were in fact 42). He said: “And...
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Don’t be a yo-yo. Build a rational attachment to your good deeds, not an emotional one.
A’isha (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had a mat and he used it for making an apartment during the night and observed prayer in it, and...
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We can all be miracles
Surat al-Qalam was one of the earliest revelations to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him). Of course, it wasn’t the whole surah: as with most revelation, the surah was revealed a few verses...
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Rulings around divorce
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) described divorce as ‘the most hated of permissible acts' to Allah It’s disliked, but it’s still permissible: if you hit a dead end, you have...
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