Archive for September, 2008

We went to the same school, this one girl and I
We were both Muslim, but had never said ‘hi’
She hung out with a different crowd, the ones that were cool
The ones that were popular and had the attention at school
They had the clothes, the hair and the television smiles
That cars and the boys, and all [...]

Asalamu alaykum,
If you could please forward the following humble
suggestions for the Eid khutba to the khutba
organizers and/or khateebs. The reason I write this is
that there are so many issues facing the Ummah these
days, it is easy to lose focus of the khutbah’s topic.

Asalamu alaykum
For many of us, the ‘Eid prayer is a simple ritual that we observe twice a year. However, if one recently accepted Islam, or is dealing with the responsibility of his first ‘Eid khutbah, the ‘Eid prayer begins to seem as something truly daunting. With that in mind, I decided to compile a simple [...]

Click the image for the audio.Thanks to Qari ‘Amir Kamil for typing the questions!
== Answered Questions ==

Why is it so difficult to fogive those who wronged you? Why is it important to do so, especially in Ramadan?
Regarding the hadith, “Whoever fasts Ramadan …”, the sisters don’t get to fast the whole month due to impurity. [...]


Bismillah.
SubhanAllah, He is Absolutely Flawless. The utter beauty, completeness, total negation, absolute perfection and exaltation that is contained in saying those two words completely boggles my mind and I know I cannot do any justice to it. My intention is to give a tiny drop from the ocean of what tasbeeh really contains, so we [...]

The administration asked teachers to make themselves more available to the students who need help, so we have to keep office hours once a week.  Every Wednesday I stay after school for one hour to tutor my students.  This is now the 5th week of school, and since then, I have only seen 2 students [...]

“For those of you who wish to embark on the praiseworthy path of memorising Qur’aan, the path which all the scholars and students of knowledge had first taken, this project will insha’Allaah aim to fully translate a very useful (albeit small) book titled ‘Asbaab al-Mu’eena ‘alaa Hifdh al-Qur’aan’ written to ease the memorisation of Qur’aan, [...]

Imam al-Razi stated, “Allah concealed this night like He did with many things: He concealed His pleasure with acts of obedience so one will strive towards them all, the answer to supplications so one will work towards making every supplication matter, His greatest name so people will magnify all of His names, His acceptance of [...]

Here is an email I received.  This is our chance to turn our knowledge/talk into action:
Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah
I know many people hate these types of emails, but this one especially touched my heart. A gas explosion killed a Muslim sister, leaving behind 4 young daughters and her husband. One of them has severe burns [...]