FILED UNDER: Article-General, Articles (Parent of blog articles), Featured Articles, Featured Home, Good Character Shaykh Abdurrahim Reasat
TAGGED WITH:: examples of mercy, Good Opinion, hope, mercy, repentance
/by Yousuf PatelWhat Got Him To This Stage? I was driving down White Abbey Road in Bradford in the direction of a famous old restaurant, probably with samosas – it’s speciality – on my mind. The car in front of me slowed down and eventually stopped to allow some pedestrians – no doubt on their way to […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General, Articles (Parent of blog articles), Featured Articles, history, Islam, Knowledge, Knowledge Without Barriers, Scholars, Social challenges, Untold Stories
TAGGED WITH:: hope, islam in north america, omar ibn said, slavery
/by Yousuf PatelDr Hadia Mubrak shares her reflections and thoughts on the life and legacy of Omar ibn Said. In our public discourse, the term “Muslim” tends to be synonymous with words like “foreigner,” “immigrant” and “refugee.” Yet the historical reality of Muslims in America depicts a completely different portrait. The first Muslims to come to […]
FILED UNDER: Beneficial Knowledge, Guidance, Islam, Prophet Muhammad, The Prophet's Companions
TAGGED WITH:: forgive, forgiveness, grievances, hope, liberated hearts, qur'an, slights
/by YusufShaykh Walead Mosaad talks about prophetic forgiveness, relating it to the most hopeful verse in the Qur’an, and what it means to let grievances go. If we were to kind of summarize this idea of forgiveness, especially prophetic forgiveness, it has to be predicated number one on the idea that you shouldn’t expect it to […]
FILED UNDER: Beneficial Knowledge, Seeking, Strengthening our Faith, Tasawwuf, Video
TAGGED WITH:: gratitude, Highlighted, hope, light, New year, patience, Shaykh Faraz Rabanni
/by ErinAs 2019 begins, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani encourages us to look forward positively and see everything around us as signs from Allah. Much is going on in the world, much that can be considered stressful, disappointing and devastating However, the believer looks at the world as a sign of Allah. The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless […]
FILED UNDER: ANS - Supplication and Prayer, ANS Islamic Belief, ANS Living Religion, ANS Parents, ANS Repentance, ANS Theology, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: fear, hope, inward struggle, preserving one's faith, repentance, weak faith
/by YusufShaykh Farid Dingle answers a question about struggling with one’s din, not feeling worthy of Islam, and losing hope and trust in Allah. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. I’ve been struggling with the din since Allah drew me back into the religion when a calamity had befallen me because there was no […]
FILED UNDER: Belief, Featured Articles, Good Character, Guidance, Islam, Prophet Muhammad, quran, Social challenges, Strengthening our Faith
TAGGED WITH:: Allah, despair, hope, Imam Zaid Shakir, islam, joy, love, mercy, spirituality, suicide, sunna
/by YusufWe should be a joyous people. All this stuff has happened out there. Islamophobia and all this other stuff is happening. Depression, suicide, we went through the whole gamut and the first khutba. We still should be a joyous people, because we have faith in our heart, because we have belief in the Hereafter, because we know no matter how bad things get in this world, if we patiently persevere, if we struggle and we forge on, then we’re opening the gates for unimaginable bliss for the rest of eternity.
FILED UNDER: Good Character, Guidance, Strengthening our Faith
TAGGED WITH:: Divine love, eid, hope, ustadh amjad tarsin
/by Aisha“Be Joyful with Allah.” This is what Ustadh Amjad Tarsin heard while he was studying abroad. Here, he speaks about Eid in our religion, and encourages us to see the beauty encompassed in the tradition. Pray for Acceptance One of the best things we can do on Eid, is pray for the acceptance of the […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Marriage and Divorce
TAGGED WITH:: hope
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Assalamu alaykum I don’t want to have children. Is it wrong to think it will be more difficult for me to find a husband who doesn’t want children? Is it a lack of trust in Allah? Answer: Walaikum assalam, I hope you’re doing well, insha’Allah. No, it is always […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Marriage and Divorce
TAGGED WITH:: getting married, hope
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: Assalam aleykum, Even though I am making so much dua, I am in my thirties and still unmarried. I am chaste and don’t want to compromise on my deen by having coffee with men before marriage. My sisters say that I will never find a husband by being […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General, Belief, Community Building, Good Character, history, Prophet Muhammad, Prophetic Guidance, Video
TAGGED WITH:: Allah, cape town, chains of transmission, community, hope, islam, isnad, Knowledge, love, materialism, mercy, prayer, Prophet Muhammad, Prophetic Practice, Sanad, Shaykh Yahya Rhodus, spirituality, sunna, Video
/by AishaSeeking the Light of Muhammad’s Message ﷺ Shaykh Yahya Rhodus can’t help but feel nostalgic for his early days as a Muslim. In this video, from SeekersHub’s 2015 tour of South Africa, Shaykh Yahya shares his story from 1996 and explains what led him to appreciate its blessing. One thing that stood out was how the light […]
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