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Allah (SWT) and Prophet Muhammad (SA)

[Hadeeth Commentary] Practical Ways to Forbid Evil

The action of the heart must be practiced; the heart of a Muslim who witnesses evil is influenced by that evil. A dark spot is placed in the heart. “Familiarity breeds contempt” and so is with our hearts. With repeated exposure to evil, the heart will acquire more dark spots until it no longer appreciates good and dislikes evil. So a believer, who does not forbid evil in his heart, might turn into an evil doer himself or herself.

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September 9, 2017
Quran, Sahabah and Muslim heroes

Asma Bint Umays (ra) (Part 2)

One day, a conflict emerged between her son from Jafar (ra) and the son from Abu Bakr (ra). Each boasted of their father being better than the other’s. Asma (ra) resolved the matter by saying that in the entire Arabian Peninsula she did not know of a better young man than Jafar bin Abi Talib (ra). And she did not know of a better old man than Abu Bakr Sideeq (ra). The brothers stopped fighting and hugged one another. Ali (ra) who had been witnessing this argument was impressed by his wife’s wisdom and complimented her.

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September 9, 2017
Quran, Sahabah and Muslim heroes

Asma Bint Umays (ra) (Part 1)

The Prophet (sa) called Asma (ra) and her sisters: Al-Akhwat-ul-Mominaat, (the Momin Sisters). By saying this, he affirmed their faith. Allah (swt) truly honoured this family generously.

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September 9, 2017
Society

Etiquettes of Celebrations – The Sunnah Way

Allah (swt) did not create us to be robots. He created us with feelings, will, intellect and has granted us the liberty to choose and to act according to the situations. Now it is obligatory on a believer to adopt the Sunnah of Prophet (sa) in every sphere of his life, as acting upon Sunnah is also a worship of our Lord. Let’s learn the etiquettes of celebrating joy and success as per Sunnah of the Prophet(sa) in different occasions of our lives.

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September 7, 2017
Children

Sexual Abuse – A WakeUp Call for Parents

Sexual Harassment is an epidemic that is still widely unattended. It is committed every day in several places of Pakistan. Even the Western world is not spared of this heinous act. Every two hours somewhere a child is sexually molested in Pakistan. This statistic is based on the few cases that are actually reported by hospitals.

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September 7, 2017
Children

Parenting by the Horns – (Part 2)

Fathers are directly involved in character building. They should use the correct language. The first words that Luqman Hakeem used were “Ya Bunayya: O my Son!” Address them in the best manner.When you tell your children how beautiful their names are, they feel good. Dawood Vaid shares some practical measures to tackle cribbing children.

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September 6, 2017
Children

Parenting by the Horns – (Part 1)

Our first responsibility, our first duty that we have, Allah (swt) says is you and your family, save them from the hellfire. Allah (swt) did not tell us to go ahead and save the world because that’s where we have to work on; charity begins at home, Dawah begins from home, good deeds begin from home and it is here we need to start with.

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September 6, 2017
Society

Serving the Creation

If Islam means being Allah’s (swt) slave 24/7, which it does undoubtedly, then 90 to 95 percent of our life period revolves around humanity, animals, plants and every other marvelous creation. The most primary but excellent form of service one can render to the creation is saving it from being hurt by one’s actions. Khurram Murad writes to invigorate our conscience to serve the creation consciously.

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September 6, 2017
Hajj Special

Why Zabeeha? Is There a Choice?

The concept that chicken, beef, mutton and all types of meat ‘allowed’ in Islam are permissible (Halal) is erroneous. There is a simple clause, in the verse of Surah Al-Maidah, about how that animal MUST be slaughtered. Tasneem Vali and Fahmeeda Abdul Sattar take a detailed look.

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August 31, 2017