“She embraced Islam just before the month of Ramadan. I told her that Islam requires her to fast and she was ready for that. At the end of Ramadan she told me that she is sad. Why? The reason is that she will miss the sweetness of Ramadan,” The Imam recounts in this Khutbah. Many …
As we return to our normal life and regular routine after Ramadan, how can we benefit from the spiritual recharge we had during the blessed month? This question is the focus of the special page Stay on Track After Ramadan Find useful tips, strategies and resources that will help you be better than you used …
It is the end of Ramadan. The blessed month is concluding in a few days. As we look back on the month we may feel disappointed in a lack of spiritual accomplishments or the inability to worship as much as we would have liked. Don’t get caught up in that right now. The Hadith says “Actions …
Wa `Alaykum As-Salam Waramatullah Wabarakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. In this fatwa: 1- Laylatul-Qadr is the most blessed night. A person who misses it has indeed missed a great amount of good. 2- If a …
Do I have Allah’s love? This month is all about becoming someone who does what Allah loves. Similarly, it is about staying away from things which we know can push us away from His love. It’s often that we feel that we’ve done things in our past or are struggling with things in our present that …
When you worship Allah (SWT) what is the quality? Are you bored while you are worshiping Allah (SWT)? Or are you achieving the higher quality of worship, which is to establish the worship, not just to do the prayer? He (SWT) has ways of making us raise…
After the first week of Ramadan, the high curve of spirituality, zeal and passion that mark the first days Ramadan begins to abate. We start to lag behind when the time of prayer comes; our attention and focus during salah seems harder to maintain, and somehow that keenness to focus and reflect on our Qu’ran …
Ramadan discomfort is inevitable but it is blissful and fruitful. Think of some of the most rewarding moments you’ve ever been a part of – maybe academic, maybe professional, or even personal – and you’ll probably find that those moments arrived at the end of a long journey of work. Fasting is tough. Praying is …
Social expectations can make some women feel like they have to choose between family or their worship in Ramadan. We all have multiple responsibilities, and while that means we have to work hard to balance them, that also means we don’t have to choose between one or the other. For both men and women, caring …
Short Answer: The Arabic word for God is Allah the Almighty. It is the same name found 17 times on the first page of the Bible. The moon being a symbol of Islam has no origin in Islam. It was the Ottomans who took the star and the crescent as their symbol and they never claimed it …
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