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Tag Archive | "Hadith"

Paradise and Difficult Things

Sunday, December 27, 2009

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Prophet Muhammad said: When Allah created Paradise, He said to Jibreel (AS), ‘Go and look at it.’ Jibreel (AS) went, and returned, saying, ‘O Lord! By Thy might, no one who hears of it will fail to enter it.’ Allah then surrounded it with disagreeable things, and said, ‘Go and look at it [...]

To Eat the Flesh of His Dead Brother

Saturday, October 17, 2009

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Sitting with my mother on the sofa with a remote control in my hand, I had the honor of watching an incredibly powerful and deeply moving lecture. This opinion might not be shared by everyone, but my life changed within the thirty minutes of the scholar speaking about two of the Major Sins which [...]

Zakah: Purification of the Soul

Saturday, September 12, 2009

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When I was gardening with my mother in the front yard, planting blooming flowers or slender vines, my hands were getting the worst of it.  The result of our efforts was magnificent – or as magnificent as we could make it – and our hard work paid off.  Each morning we would have an evolving [...]

Paper in the Islamic Empire

Saturday, September 5, 2009

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Paper (or in Arabic, waraqa), a material which is used for so many things in our lives, can trace back its origins to over 2000 years ago in China. However, the Islamic Empire was responsible for spreading the use of paper throughout the world and sparked the start of its use in Europe hundreds of [...]

Spreading the Message in Mecca

Sunday, August 23, 2009

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Muhammad began to meditate in the cave of Mount Hira to escape the corruption of Mecca and dwell on the deepest questions of life to which he could not seem to find answers. It is well known that he spent the entire month of Ramadan at this familiar retreat. It was then, in the [...]

Losing Weight Through Islam

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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The Qur’an is truly the perfect book. Not only is it written so beautifully that it’s incomparable by any other book of religion, but it also has… weight loss tips? Didn’t see that coming, did you? It seems unfair how easy it is to gain weight and how hard it is to lose it. [...]

Islam Says Women Are Free… No Matter What the Rest of the World Tells You

Saturday, August 8, 2009

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It will always be obvious to us that Islam is a perfect religion and its followers are imperfect people. Growing up as both a Muslim and Arab has taught me this. Only too many times have I come across the injustice of inequality between man and woman, although Islam has clearly ruled that the sexes [...]

Religions Week: A Story About Respect

Saturday, August 1, 2009

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A week-long discussion of world religions ended up teaching me more than I had ever imagined.

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