1. Before you begin, check your heart The key to really benefiting from the Quran is to check your heart first, before you even touch Allah’s book. Ask yourself, honestly, why you are reading...
A few weeks ago I travelled with a friend to Al Aqsa and I wanted to share a few thoughts about my motivation, the experience and some personal highlights of visiting the holy land. This article and presentation outlines our story and learnings.
To know the state of your heart, ask of it, what opinions does it hold onto other believers? Ibn al-Qayyim stated that if you saw a Muslim whose beard was dripping with wine…
“O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a fire whose fuel is People and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who flinch not (from executing) the commands they...
I am always asking: Why was I tested? Quran answers: “Do men think that they will be left alone saying, ’We believe’, and that they will not be tested? We did test those before...
Taking loans for luxury – to buy designer wears, the latest phone or a fancy car – has become a destructive addiction today. It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her)...
و بشر المخبتين << And give glad tidings to the Mukhbiteen >> – Suratul Hajj Verse 34 Allah (Subhanahu Wa Taala) mentioned a special group of people in the Quran as ‘Al-Mukhbiteen.Mujahid said about...
The world’s most successful people, from Ray Dalio to Warren Buffett, are not necessarily leagues above the rest of us in raw intelligence – they have simply developed and applied better mental models of how the world...
Hasan al-Basri was asked “Why do you appear unconcerned with what people say about you? He replied, “When I was born I was born alone, When I shall die I shall die alone, When I...
At the time of Umar Bin Khattab (RA) there was a boy who killed the father of two brothers. On being called to the court of Umar(RA) for trial, the boy explained how he...
Several years ago an Imam moved to London, United Kingdom. He often took the bus from his home to the downtown area. On one occasion, when he sat down, he discovered that the bus...
