Love, Respect & Obey Both Your Parents

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A MOTHER’S LABOUR OF LOVE
No one can deny the supreme sacrifice and care that a mother renders to her child. The mother carries him (in her womb) by enduring strain after strain. And subsequently, at the time of birth, she is suspended between life and death. All this she faces with determination as much as [...]

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Regarding Good Conduct to Ones Parents

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Chapter 1: The saying of Allaah the Exalted, “and we have enjoined upon man to be good to his parents”
1/1 From Abu Umru ash-Shaibaanee who said, “The owner of this house narrated to us,” and he indicated with his hand to the house of Abdullaah, that, “I asked the Prophet (SAW), ‘which action is the [...]

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Children A Source of Delight

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Author: allahukabar.net
Children are a source of delight and an adornment for the world granted by Allaah to their parents, they give vigour to the hearts, joy to the souls, pleasure to the eyes. They are the fruit from whom good is to be hoped for when they frequently supplicate:
“Our Lord! Bestow on them your Mercy [...]

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Free Yourself From Spite pt 2

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Dear Reader,
When people went to visit Abu Dujaanah in his death sickness, they saw him happy and his face radiant; they asked him about the reason, to which he replied: “I have two qualities I possessed in my life; one is that I never interfered in that which did not concern me, [...]

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Free Yourself from Spite pt 1

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Dear Reader,
The importance of freeing the heart from spite:
Slaves of Allaah! Islam encourages making reconciliation between people in order to maintain good relations amongst the Muslims, to spread love and to keep the hearts of Muslims free from spite. Allaah Says (what means): “So fear Allaah and amend that which is between you” [Quran 8: [...]

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The ‘Art’ of Deception: Examples taught for today from the past in Quran

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Dear Reader,
Allaah Almighty Says (what means):“O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.”[Quran 49: 6]

Deception is a necessary tool for the success of wickedness. Fortunately, most of us are not so [...]

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The Deadliest Disease

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Dear Reader,
Envy refers to the desire that a person feels for the destruction or removal of a blessing that another person has – a destruction which the bearer of this feeling would himself carry out if he had the power to. This is quite different to wanting such blessings for oneself while not wishing for [...]

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Why Disbelievers Are Turned Off By Muslims

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Dear Reader,
Have you ever thought about how you behave to non-Muslims? I have noticed countless times non-Muslims entering into masjid &/or Islamic centers inquiring into Islam. Muslims in the community will meet them with gruff faces and their forever nasty attitudes. What is up with that? Why in the world would you treat strangers so [...]

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Hate Crimes Against Muslims Rising

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Dear Reader,
While at Buckroe Beach playground (pictured above) a black man began to pretend to shoot me. He made popping noises like gun shots directed at me twice. He was sitting on a bench ten feet from me with two friends. His wife/girlfriend was standing right next to me. He stated he did not like [...]

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Is Your Name Malak?

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Dear Reader,
It is dislikeable to use such a name as “Malak” since this word denotes glorification and purification.  It is reported in Saheeh Muslim that “The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) rejected calling children with names like “Barrah” (righteous). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said (commenting on such a name):
“Do not give yourself a [...]

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