True and Everlasting Attachment The word attachment is a term used in Psychology to describe ‘an infant’s tendency to seek closeness to particular people and feel more secure in their presence” (Ernst R Hilgard and Richard C Atkinson 2000-90).[1] John ...
Read More »10 Adhkar Better Than Gold & Silver
Better than Hoarded Wealth, Gold, Silver and well Bred Horses! All praise is due to Allah. May peace and salutations be upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family, companions and all of whom show him allegiance. What follows is ...
Read More »Islām’s Wandering Youth
And the Messenger said, ‘My Lord, my people have deserted this Qur’ān'[1] Are you a Muslim? Do you know what this truly means? What following Islām actually involves? Or is Islām for you like it is for many in ...
Read More »Having Ḥusn al-Ẓann of Allāh in Testing Times
Having Good Thoughts (Ḥusn al-Ẓann) of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) in Times of Trial & Affliction Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Ansāri relates that he heard Allāh’s Messenger (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) say three days before his death: “None of ...
Read More »Entertaining Ourselves to Death
How your daily entertainment can affect your spirituality More often than not, you will find yourself mindlessly surfing through channels to fill up the free slots in your routine; or maybe to fill up the emptiness inside. For some, the ...
Read More »Put all your Trust in Allah
“We have a diagnosis,” said the foetal heart sonographer at Great Ormond Street Hospital. When I heard these words, my hope that they had made a mistake in my last scan shattered. I was led to a counselling room ...
Read More »What is the Muslim solution to climate change?
Global Warming, Climate Change: The Problem, the Solution “Climate change is the most severe problem we are facing today—more serious even than the threat of terrorism.” This is according to Sir David Anthony King, the former Chief Scientific Adviser to ...
Read More »Be a key that opens the doors to goodness
The Messenger of Allāh (sall Allāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Some people open the doors to good and close the doors to evil, and some people open the doors to evil and close the doors to good, so glad tidings ...
Read More »Fleeing to prayer during testing times
The situation of the Ummah today necessitates that we remind ourselves of some important and beneficial reminders that will help us in our situation and relieve us from the resultant grief and concerns that we suffer from. We may also ...
Read More »A warning to the Facebook Shaykh and Twitter Mufti
Speaking without knowledge Before I started studying at The Islamic University of Madeenah, I worked as a social media officer for a well-known Muslim organisation. As time progressed, I noticed a worrying trend amongst Muslims, many of whom were speaking ...
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