It was Ramadan and the time for reward was slipping away quickly. My cohorts and I decided to seize the opportunity. We set up in the mosque to pray through the night in the last ten days of Ramadan. In the small hours of the morning, we alternately snacked...
Think about the circle that appears next to your name in Google Talk; it is green when you are active; red when you ...
The most blessed part of Ramadan is approaching; the showers of mercy and blessings are heaped on the believers during the last ten nights ...
It is never too late for a true Muslim to repent to Allah, and to shed tears for the wrong doing he has ...
If you feel the closeness of Allah, you achieve peace. It protects you from evil, it gives you the hope, it makes you the person who is looking forward to worshiping Allah, who is looking forward to seeking forgiveness. Any problem you have, who do you call out to first? Allah.
If you read the Quran without understanding, you may derive some reward because of your sense of devotion and your desire to read this Book. But this would not, in the least, fulfill the purpose for which it has been revealed. It has come to vitalize you, mold you and lead you to a new life and existence.
It was reported by Ibn `Umar that Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “O people, seek repentance from Allah. Verily, ...
That's a scary message, but there's also a positive light that therefore the bar has been lowered so much, that everybody who puts in the effort, everybody who tries and attempts to have his sins forgiven will indeed have his sins forgiven. That is the beauty and the blessedness of this month.
We do not find time for ourselves or our hobbies, because we are there earning a living and trying to make more money. And yet we are depressed, sad, and cranky. Is this the life we want? In our race to make a great life, we have failed to appreciate the greatness of what we already have.
Do you get angry? Often? How do you express your anger? Do you think you are unique in your family in the way ...
What follows is based on a true story… There was an affluent father who used to keep his family fed and clothed decently, ...
The core of fasting according to the Prophet was one’s willingness not merely to give up self-indulgence, but to feel the need of one’s brother as one’s own. And no one was more kind-hearted and generous than the Messenger of God; and his generosity reached its peak in Ramadan.
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