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Taqwa from the Heart - and the Remaining Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah

“Allah Guides to His Light Whom He Wills.” (Surah An-Nur) 6 Dhul Hijjah 1436 Taqwa from the Heart - and the Remaining Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah Bismillah-ir Rahman-ir Raheem. This week is a very special week. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) swore in the Qur’an by the ten days of Dhul Hijjah, when He said in Surah Al-Fajr (1-2): “By the dawn. And [by the] ten nights.” Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasalam) also mentioned that there are no days in which Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) loves good deeds in more than the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah. As we are already in the ten days of Dhul Hijjah, this week is very important. This week will contain within it three khutbahs (sermons): a special khutbah for the hujjaj (Hajj pilgrims) on Wednesday, the day of Arafah; Eid khutbah on Thursday and Jummah Khutbah; making for three days of Eid and... Read more →

#WhoIsMohammed? The greatest leader of all time and last Prophet & Messenger of Allah (swt) who brought the Koran, the final guidance to mankind.

In todays world there are a highly motivated minority who want to abuse the Messenger and his followers. Most of these misguided people use their mainstream media ownership and contacts to get their mischief spread around the world. Do not get angry, get even by promoting Islam. Use the attention created to tell the world #WhoIsMohammed? There is huge interest now in Mohammed and Islam worldwide, thanks to Islamophobic mainstream media. Let’s use this interest to tell the world #WhoIsMohammed? and why we are devoted to him and love him above all others. To focus your effort and get maximum exposure, we suggest that every Jumah (Friday) you use hashtag #WhoIsMohammed? and say a few words about The Prophet Mohammed and why we love him. Lets get together and trend this hashtag in a worldwide wave of publicity every Friday from Jakarta to Los Angeles. To ensure maximum exposure please... Read more →

Jumah Mubarak: We have certainly created man IN hardship (90:4)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لقد خلقنا الانسان في كبد We have certainly created man IN hardship (90:4) In hardship, not with hardship but in hardship, illustrating that there is no escape from it and in fact it has be ordained to be so. From the moment we are born to the moment we die, we are in difficulty. Allah swt is The Most Merciful.. He is more Merciful to you than your own parents and even yourself so then you might consider that these difficulties that we face at every step in our lives is indeed a mercy. It is a rahma from Allah subhanu wa ta'ala. In the same surah ... ثم كان من الذين امنوا وتواصو بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion (90:17) Compassion and patience... A match made in heaven and... Read more →

A simple but highly powerful dua... Every morning and every new day is a blessing from Allah swt

اللهم بك اصبحنا و بك امسينا و بك نحيا وبك نموت واليه النشور Allahuma bika asbahna wa bika amsayna wa bika nahya wa bika namoot wa ilayhi al nushoor O Allah by Your leave we have reached the evening, by Your leave we have reached the morning, by Your leave we live and die and to You is our return. A simple but highly powerful dua... Every morning and every new day is a blessing from Allah swt. Every breath that we take is a blessing yet we take this all for granted... We act as if our days belong to us and that we own what is to come when the reality is that we don't even own the oxygen that we need to simply stay alive. And remember when your Lord proclaimed, if you are grateful, I will surely increase you in favour but if you deny, indeed... Read more →

The benefits of Muharram and the closeness of the Prophet to Al Hussain

In a distant age and climate the tragic scene of th death of Hussain will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader - Edward Gibbon 1911 The benefits of Muharram are too many to mention in this humble message but the 10th of Muharram and the death of Al Hussain cannot be gone without a mention. حسين مني وانا من حسين Hussain is from me and I from Hussain - RasoolAllah sAllahu 'alayhi wa salam This closeness of the Prophet to Al Hussain (his grandson) is indisputable and therefore this memory of what happened cannot be forgotten. We often talk about past events and people as mere history, forgetting that they breathed, talked, ate, laughed and cried just like you and I. The difference is that their lives were encompassed by taqwa and void of worldly yearnings. Al Hussain said that the most merciful person is the one who forgives... Read more →

We have certainly created man IN hardship (90:4)

Sبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لقد خلقنا الانسان في كبد We have certainly created man IN hardship (90:4) In hardship, not with hardship but in hardship, illustrating that there is no escape from it and in fact it has been ordained to be so. From the moment we are born to the moment we die, we are in difficulty. Allah swt is The Most Merciful.. He is more Merciful to you than your own parents and even yourself so then you might consider that these difficulties that we face at every step in our lives is indeed a mercy. It is a rahma from Allah subhanu wa ta'ala. In the same surah ... ثم كان من الذين امنوا وتواصو بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion (90:17) Compassion and patience... A match made in heaven and... Read more →