When calamity strikes, giving someone an Islamic reminder does not take the place of showing basic compassion. Reminders are important and benefit the believers, yet there are times when a moment of empathy is the more appropriate response.
Read More »Creed of Catastrophe: What to Believe in Good & Bad Times
A treatise by Sh Haitham al-Haddad on what Muslims are obligated to believe regarding comfort and calamity—including pandemics.
Read More »15 Cures For Sadness
Sh Ali Hammuda distils 15 remarkable cures from the Qur'ān, Sunna and early Muslims, for an epidemic sweeping across the modern world: Sadness
Read More »Benefiting Others
The weeks, months and years of our lives, for the majority of us at least, pass by whilst our main concerns are over our futures, our career prospects, our holidays, our health and well-being. In short, the majority of our ...
Read More »Are you afraid of something? Say the following:
The remembrance of Allāh is Sakeena (tranquillity). Allāh said: أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ “Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allāh hearts find rest.”[1] The remembrance of Allah is a chief way in easing all difficulties. Allāh said, speaking about Prophet ...
Read More »The Greatest Calamity – death of the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam)
When Sūrah al-Nasr was revealed the Companions rejoiced with the glad tidings of help and victory from Allāh. The chapter depicts a most pleasing scene of people embracing the religion of Islām in large crowds, fulfilling the prophecy of the ...
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