Tag Archives: TAZKIYAH

Very few things can compare with thumbing through pages filled with accounts of the blessed early generations of Islām. Generations for whom a gathering, an incident, a scene or anything seen with the eyes, heard by the ears, or felt ...

 ‘O you who believe, fear Allāh as He should be feared and die not except as Muslims’[1] In this address, the order to fear Allāh and die as a Muslim is directed, not simply to non-Muslims and Muslims, but rather ...

The Imām, the jurist, traditionalist, ascetic, indeed polymath, Ibn Al Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, wrote on patience: Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) has made patience a race horse that never falters or stumbles, a sword that never loses its sharpness, a vanquishing army that is ...

Abū Hurairah (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) said that the Messenger of Allāh (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said: “Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the greatest falsehood. Do not try to find fault with one another, do not spy on one ...

The murder of a family member causes great unrest in one’s heart. And indeed the death of a small animal is sufficient for an individual to remember the return to their Lord. Upon the idea of the creation of mankind, ...

This article is part of a free translation of al-Iftqar ila Allah, Lubb al-‘Ubudiyyah by Ahmad al-Suwayan. Following on from the previous article which details the veneration that believers should have for divine commandments. One of the best explanations of repentance is ...

We give ourselves little time or opportunity to reflect upon our state and our relationship with our Creator.  Entangled as we are in the rigmarole of daily life, we deny our souls the sustenance they need, of reflection, of remembrance, ...

Living in London, it seems that we are surrounded by people who do not understand our faith. Confused by our surroundings, we must ask ourselves ‘Do we understand our own belief system?’ Our Īmān is not always strong, and sometimes ...

The times we live in at present are indeed very worrying; this worry far surpasses the magnitude of the attacks launched upon the Nation of the Muslims from outside its realms, but indeed her slow and painful emersion into ignorance ...

This article is part of a free translation of al-Iftqar ila Allah, Lubb al-‘Ubudiyyah by Ahmad al-Suwayan It follows on from the previous article which details the veneration that believers should have for divine commandments. Committing sins and falling into error is an ...