Tag: AKHLAQ
Showing due respect for Allah’s Messenger ﷺ
"Those who subdue their voices when they are with the Messenger of Allāh are people whose hearts Allāh has tested for mindfulness..."
Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet ﷺ
"You who have faith! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet and do not speak loudly to him as you do to one another lest your actions come to nothing without your realising it..."
Preston Community vs. EDL: They Came, They Ate, Islam Conquered
They Came, They Ate, Islam Conquered - One Preston, One Community Saturday the 20th February 2016 will be a date that will live in the minds of those who participated, for a very long time. Many aspects of the day were so special, so unique and so unprecedented that mere…
“I have pardoned every Muslim who has harmed me.”
When the life of Shaykh al-Islām Ibnu Taymiyyah is discussed the focus, many a time, is on the dimensions of his knowledge, his flawless memory, his Jihād, his enjoining of good and forbidding of evil, his trials, his ʿIbādah, his fearlessness and bravery, and his eloquence. But, such discussions often…
The Muslim Business: An Overlooked Da’wah Opportunity
The Muslim Business: An Overlooked Da'wah Opportunity Today, as I walked into my prospective client's office, I wondered to myself if my client—whom I respectfully refer to as Uncle—would remember today's meeting. Uncle owns an Asian takeaway-cum-restaurant situated in the town centre of a popular Muslim neighbourhood. He and I met…
The Woman with the Shy Walk
Hot, hungry, thirsty, and fearing for his safety, the Prophet of Allāh Mūsa (ʿalayhi al-Salām) arrives to the city of Madyan. Chased by the Pharonic police of the time, following the innocent killing of a member of the elite Coptic community, Mūsa (ʿalayhi al-Salām) has fled from Egypt enveloped in a state of fear. Gone are the…
A guide to talking about others
"He's a really nice guy": A guide to making compliments in the 21st century ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) once asked about a man who had given testimony, wanting to find out whether anyone could vouch for him. A man said to him: "I will vouch for him, O' Commander of…
How to give advice without causing offence
The Importance of Giving Sincere Advice in Islām Giving naṣīḥah (sincere advice) enjoys a sublime and exalted position in Islām, and how could this not be the case since it is a concept that is found many times in the Qur’ān as Allāh’s (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) Prophets and Messengers (ʿalayhim…
