Recent Articles
Big Bad Backbite
Ask Our Children:
1. What is backbiting?
2. What should we do when someone backbites?
Now Tell Them The Story:
Saarah was a little girl. She had an elder sister, Aneesah. One day, Saarah said to her mother, “Mummy! Aneesah’s friend has a big mouth!”
Immediately, her mother stopped Saarah from saying another word and said to her, “Saarah! You have eaten the flesh of your Muslim sister!”
Saarah was surprised. She had …
The Concept of Consequence
If every person in this world was free to do exactly as he pleased without any law and order, wholesale havoc and mayhem would prevail. Imagine if ownership was not respected and each person was allowed to snatch whatever he wished from the next person, or if life was not respected and people were free to kill each other if they so wished, what would be the situation??? Such a world would undoubtedly be unliveable and unmanageable.
In order to …
Anxious until the End
(Lessons from the Final Moments of ‘Umar [radhiyallahu ‘anhu] – Part One)
Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) would make the following du‘aa, “O Allah! bless me with martyrdom in Your path, and make my demise be in the city of Your Rasul (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam).” (Saheeh Bukhaari #1890)
Allah Ta‘ala accepted this du‘aa of Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) in a remarkable manner. One morning, while leading the congregation in the Fajr Salaah, he was attacked and fatally stabbed. Despite the wounds …
