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The Beauty of Istighfar

Incredibly, in our current times, we’ve come to almost abandon this virtue of constant istighfar and only seem to associate it with the major sins and when we fall into grave matters! When reading through the books, in particular the biographies and statements of our pious predecessors, one beautiful thing…

Niqab debate: ‘Sometimes you have to force people to be equal’

The Daily Mail, Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Sun and Guardian all featured opinion pieces questioning the logic behind the decision with some writers expressing outright Islamophobic and racist views. For more coverage of the niqab counter narrative, visit our new page ''Anit-Niqab agenda'' Birmingham Metropolitan College’s decision last week…

Reaching Excellence in Worship

The best form of worship is when the act is performed with Allah in mind from the beginning until the end. Whilst special attention is given to how actions are performed from an outward perspective, what is often neglected is how we perform those actions from the inward form. Allah…

The Sublime Qadar of Allah [al-Tahwiyyah- pt 19]

Allāh willed that the Prophet Muhammad (Ṣallāhu 'alayhi wa salam) would be born into this world in the ‘Year of the Elephant’, 570 CE, the knowledge of that was with Him from an eternity and was written in the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūth), when the exact moment came, He decreed…

Islamic Superheroes: Setting the Standards

That our children are unable to find and name a role model from amongst the individuals after whom they are, in most cases named, betrays the fact that in the nurturing (tarbiyah) of our children, we have lost our sense of direction and our understanding of our priorities. Your choice…

The UK & European Cities Prayer & Fasting Timetables 2014 – 1435 AH

The prayer and fasting timetables listed in this document were obtained based on what is now known as the “18 degree formula” along with some necessary amendments to cater for the abnormal circumstances many European countries face due to their high location in the Northern Hemisphere. It is beyond the…

al-Tahwiyyah Pt 15, 16 & 17- In No Need of Creation

We believe that Allāh has always been the Lord, even if He had not brought anything into existence; just as He was al-Khāliq (the Creator) even if He had not created anything. لَيْسَ مُنْذُ خَلَقَ الخَلْقَ اسْتَفَادَ اسْمَ الخَالِقِ، وَلا بـِإِحْدَاثِهِ البَرِيَّةَ اسْتَفَادَ اسْمَ البارِي   It is not the…

The Waged War on Islam in Egypt Part 2

The ‘authorisation’ that the crook al-Sisi sought was to light a green beacon before his actions and to doom them unquestionable in light of his ‘democracy’. A more Inclusive Transition? Or a Waged War on the Majority? Classified a ‘transition’, no indication has suggested that this Egyptian ‘government’ is intending…