Reminders
9 Ways To Make Someone Smile Today
Smiling is a neglected Sunnah. How often do very knowledgable scholars appear on TV talking about Islam, yet you don’t ever see them smile! Here are 9 ways to make someone smile today.
Smile at them!
Help them with something.
Call just to see how they’re doing.
Tell a joke
Say I love you
Give them a cherished book.
Tell a joke
Greet [...]
Are You A Coca-Cola Muslim?
Let’s go through the questionnaire - you can all see now if you’re a Coca-Cola Muslim!
Does your iman (faith) go very high and very low, up and down? 1 point
Do you think a man should only have one wife? 1 point
Do you think of marriage as a match held together by love, a luvvy/duvvy, hollywood/bollywood [...]
Don’t Be Ashamed Of Being A Muslim
I was travelling to a training course, and for preparation, we were asked to draw out our life timeline. This would highlight all our moments that changed us the most. The obvious one for me was when I was a late teenager and I began reading the Qur’an - this changed my life. But should [...]
The Myth Of The ‘Gay Gene’
The idea that a Gay gene exists, making people homosexuals, is a complete Myth that can be proven to be false using science.
It’s really simple to proove. If there was a Gay gene then all Gay people with an identical twin would find there twin to be Gay as well. This is because they have [...]
The Ultimate Mercy Of The Compassionate
What more mercy do you want? When a man has killed 99 innocent human beings… Look at this criminal. A serial killer, he killed 99 human beings. But even though this man was such a criminal, a cold-blooded killer, there was still some good lurking in his heart!
So he wanted to know if he can [...]
Advice On How To Be A Caller To Allah
This may be obvious, but sincerity is tops. It’s no good if it’s not for Allah alone! Don’t look for fame or respect or any of that, ’cause you have to learn not to care too much about people. That doesn’t mean like some da’ee’s (a caller to Allah ) think that you have [...]
People Of Complaining
I often conclude that we are a people of complaining, whinging and whining. I remember when I used to work for an Internet company in support - they use to tell me that if a customer experiences something negative, they will tell 10 people. If they experience something positive, they will tell 1 person.
Why is [...]
Introduction To The Rules Of Fiqh
The [Hanafi] definition of a rule of Fiqh is: A rule that applies in the majority of issues from which rulings for specific issues may be deduced directly.
Explanation of the definition
Rule: similar to a short one line summary of the ruling in a particular matter.
Applies in the majority of issues: this is an important point. [...]
Copyright In Islam
Anyone, who would like to use any lecture in Islam, whether it’s my lectures, or other peoples’ lectures, anyone who talks about the Qur’an and Sunnah, anyone who talks about Islam… Know something: that the most preponderant opinion is that there is no such thing as C-O-P-Y-R-I-G-H-T - copyright!
There is no such thing as copyright. [...]
A Letter Of ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-’Aziz
Reflect upon these words I found in Bayhaqi’s ‘al-Jami’ li-Shu’ab al-Iman’ of ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-’Aziz (radhy Allahu ‘anhu), the ‘fifth’ khalifah of Islam…
He wrote a letter of condolence to ‘Awn ibn ‘Abd Allah on the death of his son, saying:
“As-salamu ‘alaykum.
As for what follows:
We are people of the Hereafter, placed in this Dunya; [...]