The Prophet Muhammad (Peace and salutations be upon him) said: The people of Paradise are one hundred and twenty rows, of which eighty are from this ummah (nation) and the other forty are from all the other nations.[1] It is ...

The fasting person has a golden moment when their every request will be accepted. A moment which is so precious that the invocation of any one of us can be elevated to the invocation of the just ruler. The same ...

1. Is it permissible to break the Ramaḍān fast in order to perform better in public exams? Fasting in Ramaḍān is one of the pillars of Islām. It is a unique act of worship which Allāh linked closely to Himself ...

Advice to parents with children who are fasting this Ramadān

The fast of ʿĀshūra is in the month of Muharram, and it is sufficient virtue for this month to know that Allāh aligned the month of Muharram with his own name As we approach the opportunity of the fasting of ʿĀshūra, a ...

In the Quran, the Al-Mighty took an oath by two aspects of His creation, both being great in their stature, both being symbols of Allah, and both being signs to reflect on: “By the dawn, and by the ten nights”[1] ...

The humble toilet; a place of privacy, a place of personal grooming, and a place to relieve yourself. Well, not for many schools inspired by the LGBT movement. A number of schools that have undergone new build programmes or are ...

Sūrah al-Ahqāf literally translates to the ‘Chapter of the Sand Dunes’. The name of the chapter is derived from the verse in which Allāh describes the Prophet Hūd (ʿalayhi al-Salām) calling his people, ʿĀd, to faith by the sand dunes.[1] ...

Few would have anticipated that a sunny Saturday afternoon in Sheffield in 1989 would have ended in English football’s greatest ever disaster. On the 15 April, thousands of Liverpool fans marched towards the Leppings Lane End of the Hillsborough stadium ...

‘Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics’ This indelible quote was popularised by the novelist Mark Twain and is a concise and accurate summary of the deliberate attempt to mislead the public through the use of statistics. Remember this famous Colgate advert? ...