Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 Grudges How many grudges do you carry in your heart? Are you calling them to mind? Against whom do you hold a grudge? Are those grudges helping you on your spiritual path? In a series of instructions to believers, Allah (swt) says in Sūrat Āl ʿImrān, {Who spend during ease and […]
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 Respect The Prophet ﷺ said, “He is not of my umma, who does not honor/respect our elders, have mercy on our young, and know the right of our scholars” {Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad}. ليس من أمتي من لم يجل كبيرنا ويرحم صغيرنا ويعرف لعالمنا حقه مسند الإمام أحمد These are strong words.
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 Fear. We live in an age of fear. We are afraid of what people will say, afraid of what the weather might be tomorrow, and afraid of how the economy might go next year. We are afraid to eat the chocolate cake, afraid to step on the scale and afraid to
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 “Love is what turns bitter to sweet, dirt into gold, murkiness into clarity, pain into cure, prison into meadow, sickness into blessing and compulsion into mercy. It is that which softens iron, melts rock, resurrects the dead and turns slave master. All patients wish for cure from their disease except for
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is the ideal example of character, the epitome of inner beauty, and the quintessence of good behavior. Yet we struggle with patience, trustworthiness and kindness. We cover our faces with make-up to hide the spiritual darkness. And we are often heard yelling, seen rolling our eyes, and found
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28th, 2014 All over England I see wrap scarves of various shades, long flowing scarves covered in flowers, black scarves and white scarves, striped scarves and spotted scarves. The landscape is covered with a garden of hijabī women. The hijab is under attack in Montreal, it is forbidden in French public institutions (including
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21st, 2014 One third of the month of Rabīʿ al-Awwal has passed. Do you remember in the beginning of the month? The excitement of greeting his month may have waned in the past few weeks of cold days and sleepy nights, but it is not over! Our Prophet ﷺ was a unique individual.
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Among millions of Muslims all over the world – among all the inhabitants of the world – the questions pose themselves… Where do we stand? What is our role? What is our affiliation? These are grave questions, and upon their answers lie our fate in this world and the next. Join us on a tour
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2014 There are over seven billion people in the world and at any given time someone is happy and joyful, another is suffering and in pain. Allah (swt) created us and created this dunyā. He placed within it His laws. Part and parcel of His laws is that Janna is a place
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Anas (r) reports that the Prophet ﷺ would stand on Friday with his back leaning on a trunk that was set in the mosque and give a khutba to people. A Roman came to him and said, “Shall I not make for you that which you will sit upon and it will be as though
