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A burglar scaled the wall of Maalik Bin Dinar’s house one night and easily managed to get inside. Once inside the house, the thief was disappointed to see nothing worth stealing. Maalik was busy performing prayer. Realizing he was not alone, he quickly ended his prayer and turned around to face the thief.

The People of Saturday One of Quran stories is about the punishment of Allah to a group of Jews who violated Allah’s prohibitions using deceitful tricks.    This story was first mentioned in surat al-bakararh in two ayahs (2:65 and 66)  [وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ الَّذِينَ اعْتَدَوْا مِنْكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ * فَجَعَلْنَاهَا…

Are you really a hypocrite? As we know before about Satan tricks– article link – and how Satan tries to get us away from Allah’s way.   One of his entrances is to make you feel hopeless towards your journey to Allah SWA because of repeated sins.  Then, you will think that you are just…

When the Prophet reached Yathrib after his hijrah from Makkah, I was in fact at the top of a palm tree belonging to my master doing some work. My master was sitting under the tree. A nephew of his came up and said:

This is a story of a seeker of Truth, the story of Salman the Persian, gleaned, to begin with, from his own words:

I grew up in the town of Isfahan in Persia in the village of Jayyan. My father was the Dihqan or chief of the village. He was the richest person there and had the biggest house.

The Companions of the Prophet (pbuh) used to prepare for Ramadan six months in advance. So, if we really want to make the best of this Ramadan, then we need to prepare for it now!

Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as saying: “The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday; on it Adam was created, on it he was made to enter Paradise, on it he was expelled from it. And the last hour (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) will take place on no day other than Friday.” Sahih Muslim

Every day when we pray… We ask Allah to guide us to the straight path. However, there are some enemies who try to get us away from that straight path.

One of these unseen enemies is Shaitan.

The Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) said: “There are seven whom Allah will shade in His Shade on the Day when there is no shade except His Shade.”

The importance of honoring parents is a major theme in Islam. Islam is a religion that stresses the qualities of mercy, tolerance and respect. There are several verses in the Quran where kindness to parents is even coupled with the most important aspect of Islam, worshipping Allah alone.