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Not Giving in to Heedlessness and Familiarity in Our Supplications Question: What are your recommendations for breaking the dullness wrought by familiarity in our supplications to God? Answer: It is very important for a person to raise their hands in supplication with a consciousness

Over the last few centuries mankind have suffered hardships after hardships, travelling around pits of ‘death’. Their struggles for deliverance and relief have all resulted in new calamities. During this dark period, rather than the established governments formally in power, it is the

Human beings own, use and lose many things such as money, power and knowledge. But we can earn money again after losing it, lose and then regain power, forget some information and then re-learn it. Time is different. It has the unique characteristic that we are given each portion of i

We used to have a magnificent civilization founded on faith, resolution, altruism and valour. The dark world of Europe’s Middle Ages was illumined and revitalized by the learning, faith, compassion and love with which our ancestors inspired it. The era of illumination which began with

Q: What should be the understanding of “Mujaddid” in our time? Does it refer to a single individual only, or does it rather signify a collective personality (shakhs al-manawi)? A: There is no Mujaddid (renewer) presently. All of them have passed on having completed their mission. Toda

Understanding Prophet Muhammad Beyond the Stereotypes “None of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.” W. Montgomery Watt Michael Hart received much heated criticism from some of his readers when he listed Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings b

SOURCES Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad, Beirut, 1985. _________, Kitabu’l-Ilal wa Ma’rifati’r-rijal, Talat Koçyiğit, İsmail Cerrahoğlu, İstanbul 1987. Asım Efendi, Kamus Tercemesi, İstanbul 1305/1888. Aydınlı, Abdullah, Hadiste Tesbit Yöntemi, İstanbul 2003. _________, Hadis Istılahları Söz

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Allah will shade seven (groups) of people under His shade on the Day when there will be no shade except His: the just ruler; young people who have grown up in worship of Allah, may He be glorified;

It is related from Abu Hurayra that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: “What do you think would happen if there was a river by someone’s door in which he washed five times every day? Do you think that any dirt would remain on him?” They said

Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim. He should not wrong him nor surrender him to his enemy. Allah will take care of the needs of anyone who takes care of the needs of his brother. On