Tag Archives: MANNERS

"Those who subdue their voices when they are with the Messenger of Allāh are people whose hearts Allāh has tested for mindfulness..."

"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..."

“Push” I yelled. My request was met with a stern glare. I needed a different tact. The Rocky theme tune started playing in my head, channeling the Italian Stallion with a dash of Mr Miyagi  I took my wife’s hand ...

The Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said: “None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, his child and all the people.”[1] In this series we embark on a journey to increase our ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prophetic Teacher Training: the Believer and the Palm Tree ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) reported that Allāh’s Messenger (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said: “‘There is a tree amongst trees, the leaves of which do not wither and that ...

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) ...

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 ...