Ramadan holds the gifts of mercy, forgiveness, and salvation. Shaykh Ahmed Saad advises us to increase our love for Allah and receive these divine gifts. The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: حُبُّكَ الشَّيْءَ يُعْمِي وَيُصِمُّ Your love makes you blind and deaf. (Abu Dawud) The Arabic word for deafness is samma. […]

Any and all activism that is bereft of merciful love or loving mercy is not Islamic and can never be, says Shaykh Riad Saloojee. Why do Muslims, when asked whether God is love, respond with, “No. He is Merciful?” Rahmah in Arabic is not mercy. Rahmah has the meaning of merciful-love or loving-mercy. The word […]

Dr Umar expounds further on the concept of the Fitra, how it ties to the Primordial Covenant, and how natural and easy it is to believe in Allah. “Truly, Allah will say to the person of the People of the Fire whose punishment is the lightest: ‘If you had everything that is in the Earth […]

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains key aspects of the Qur’an and Prophetic Guidance (sunna) on fasting and making the most of the month of Ramadan. Based on the work of Shaykh Hasan al-Mashshat, Is‘af Ahl al-Iman, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani of SeekersGuidance Global begins with explanation of the key Qur’anic verses on fasting and Ramadan, from Sura […]