Remember!!! Knowledge Cannot be Gained by Resting I once was contemplating the great scientific efforts that the first generations of Muslim ancestors are known for. I was extremely surprised at the strength of memorization they possessed and at their great ability to retrieve information and derive conclusions. I started searching for the reasons behind these exceptional abilities. And one important aspect immediately caught my … [Read more...]
A Good Speech
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A Good Speech Among the many important life lessons that I learned from my mother, the one that I have benefited the most from since my reversion to Islam is, "If you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything at all." "Striving for the past five years, to make my life conform to the tenants of Islam and to the Sunnah of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhe wasallam, I now realize the true wisdom of this statement. The … [Read more...]
Forbidden Limits
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Forbidden Limits Whatever I forbid you, then avoid it, and whatever I enjoined, then perform of it what you can (Muslim) The forbidden things are the limits set by Allah, "These are the limits set by Allah so approach them not." [2:187] Allah indeed has threatened whoever transgresses these limits and violates them when He said, "And whosoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and transgresses His limits, He will cast him into the … [Read more...]
Turn Off the TV
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Turn Off the TV Every year, more and more Muslim households are throwing out their television sets. While the reasons vary from family to family, a common concern among these families is that it is un-Islamic. In the last two decades, the type of programming on television has changed dramatically. Even by Western standard, what was unacceptable twenty years ago has become a common place on prime time television today. Whether it is … [Read more...]
Hadhrat Bilaal Ibn Rabah [Radhiallaahu Anhu]
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November 5, 2009 by
Originally a slave from Ethiopia, Bilal became one of the greatest people in the history of Islam. Bilal was a black slave belonging to Umayyah ibn Khalaf. He was tall, thin, and slightly hump-backed. Thick grayish hair crowned his head. He moved about silently - speaking only in reply. He was born to two slave parents, making him a slave. He used to travel to ash-Sham for Umayyah's trading caravan, braving the bitter cold of winter and the … [Read more...]
Cultivating One’s Character
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November 5, 2009 by
Cultivating One's Character We have to constantly search our behavior to insure its consistency with that of the believers. While walking in the market not so long ago, I happened to see a group of foreign Muslim sisters heading my way. Needless to say I was very happy, because it is not often that I run across other Muslim women when out and about. From the manners of giving the salams, I greeted them first. To my dismay, they all … [Read more...]
