Spirituality
OCD: Demystifying by addressing the mind
In part two of three, we learn how to tackle scrupulosity (religious OCD) by addressing matters of the mind.
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If not Ramadan – Then When?
Imagine seeing a man on the street in dire need - homeless, clothed in tattered rags wondering about in a confused state – he feels lost even though he is familiar with…
The Undetected Poison
When people look around the world they see it full of problems and calamities, war, destruction, famine, poverty, people in therapy, people complaining of illnesses, death and misery. Many people question why…
The Brothers of Bal’aam
This article is an adapted translation of its original, Ikhwan Balʿām, written in Arabic by Dr. ʿAbdul ʿAzīz ʿAbdul Laṭīf. Balʿām changed from being a righteous man whose supplications were accepted into…
Stricken with Calamities
Our beloved Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said, “On the Day of Resurrection people will wish that their skins had been cut with scissors in this world, when they see the…
Dawud: a Prophet to Remember
Be patient (O Muḥammad) of what they say, and remember Our slave Dāwūd, endued with strength. Indeed, he was ever oft-returning in all matters and in repentance (toward Allāh). All praise is…
Disobedience Devastates Blessings
The illustrious scholar Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (751 AH) authored an incredible work, al-Da’ wa al-Dawā’ (The Disease and the Cure), in which he detailed with remarkable insight the hideous consequences of sinning…