FILED UNDER: Article-General, Articles (Parent of blog articles), Featured Articles, Featured Home, Good Character
TAGGED WITH:: adab, prioritize, proprieties, religious practice
/by Yousuf PatelUstadh Tabraze Azam gives a detailed account of the adab or the proprieties of prioritizing religious practice. “From the marks of following whimsical desires is rushing to perform supererogatory acts of devotion, and laziness in the fulfilment of religiously obligatory duties.” Profound words from the remarkable Ahmad b. ‘Ata Illah al-Sakandari (may Allah sanctify his […]
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TAGGED WITH:: adab, Ramadan, taqwa
/by Yousuf PatelUstadh Tabraze Azam gives a detailed account of the adab or the proprieties of Ramadan. “The fast is mine, and I shall recompense for it” (Bukhari). This is what Allah Mighty and Majestic instructed the Noble Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, to inform his community (umma). The centrality of Ramadan and the […]
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TAGGED WITH:: adab, clothing, dress code, respect
/by Yousuf PatelUstadh Tabraze Azam gives a detailed account of the adab or the proprieties of clothing and dress. Allah Most High says, “The garment of God-consciousness is the best of all garments” (Sura al-A‘raf 7.26) True clothing is that which leaves a spiritual imprint in our hearts whereby we recognise the Lordship of our All-Seeing […]
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TAGGED WITH:: adab, speech, sunna of speech, Ustadh Tabraze Azam
/by Yousuf PatelUstadh Tabraze Azam gives a detailed account of the adab or proprieties of speech according to the Sunna. One day, a man was sitting with Qadi Abu Yusuf, a senior companion of Imam Abu Hanifa. After a period of extended silence, which was strange given that Qadi Abu Yusuf was the chief justice and an […]
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TAGGED WITH:: adab, Allah, charity, children, du`a, fasting, islam, Knowledge, menstruation, motherhood, Muhammad, parenting, qur'an, Qur'anic Themes, Ramadan, reminder, repentance, seeking knowledge, spirituality, worship
/by AishaDread your period during the blessed month of Ramadan? Feel like you’re missing out on all the worship you could otherwise do? As Nour Merza writes, there is much to look forward to. Every Ramadan, most women will have about a week in which they are unable to join in the major religious practices of the […]
FILED UNDER: Featured Articles, Knowledge, Prophet Muhammad, Prophetic Guidance, quran, Ramadan, Social Issues, Worship
TAGGED WITH:: adab, Allah, charity, community involvement, community service, Faraz Rabbani, Habib 'Umar, Habib Ali al-Jifri, health, imam ghazali, Imam Zaid Shakir, islam, Knowledge, prayer, prophet, Prophet Muhammad, qur'an, Qur'anic Themes, Ramadan, reminder, service, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, sunna
/by AishaWith Ramadan just around the corner, many of us are looking for ways to make sure that this will be the year we change, writes Nour Merza. With this in mind, here are ten ways to prepare yourself for Ramadan. 1. Make the right intention Beginning right now, make an intention that this Ramadan will […]
FILED UNDER: Islam, Prophetic Guidance, quran, Ramadan, Scholars, Strengthening our Faith
TAGGED WITH:: adab, Allah, community, fasting, mercy, qur'an, Ramadan, shaykh rami nsour
/by YusufShaykh Rami Nsour discusses how one determines when the month of Ramadan enters and the differences of opinions on the matter. He brings up the debate concerning actual sightings versus calculation, and mentions that the discussion has a long history, but emphasizes that disagreements concerning these methods should not cause harsh words or the breaking […]
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TAGGED WITH:: adab, Good Opinion, respect, spirituality
/by Yousuf PatelHow a Prophetic virtue can allow us to have a more positive internet experience. During one of the GRE Verbal Classes, the tutor threw an interesting question at the students. “Say, you enter my living room, and see the fish bowl smashed, the goldfish not in sight, and the fat cat relaxing on the couch, […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Adab, ANS General Counsel, ANS Living Religion, ANS-General, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: adab, backbiting, community, mercy, morality
/by Yousuf PatelShaykh Farid Dingle outlines the approach and etiquette that one should adopt when advising others to stop slandering. Question: As-salaam alaikum, If someone is being slandered by someone else and I defend them saying that what the person who’s slandering is saying is wrong by way of insulting the words that they used to […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Adab, ANS General Counsel, ANS-General, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: adab, animal treatment, mercy, sunna
/by Yousuf PatelShaykh Jamir Meah advises on how we should treat wild animals such as lions and tigers. Question: As-salaam alaikum, We know that our prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) loved cats, and thus we as Muslims are to treat cats with kindness and respect. Does this apply to larger cats like lions and tigers? To what extent? […]
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