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Featured: The Etiquette of Differing: twenty short passages from the scholars on how to disagree well, in Arabic with English beneath.
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Drug Pusher
By a Prisoner I admire the lads that stick to the fasting But you can’t sell drugs and be a real Muslim Acting all…
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Safety from the Wrath of Allāh
Abū Ja‘far Al-Bāqir رحمه الله said: “There were two guarantees from the punishment of Allāh, and one of them has been rescinded; it was…
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Understanding Qur’ānic Examples
One of the pious predecessors once said: “When I hear an example from the Qur’ān and do not understand it, I lament over myself,…
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True Knowledge
Ibn Mas‘ūd رضي الله عنه would say: “True ‘ilm is not the narrating of excessive aḥādīth; rather, true ‘ilm is excessive fear of Allāh.”…
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على ما دلكم علمكم؟
ومن كلام ابن المبارك رحمه الله تعالى: ’تعلمنا العلم للدنيا فدلنا على ترك الدنيا‘[1] [1] ذكره ابن خلكان في وفيات الأعيان
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أيها المعلمون!
أثرت في نفسي كلمات الشاعر: يا أيها الرجل العالم غيره***هلا لنفسك كان ذا التعليم
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What to Recite When Performing Saʿī
In addition to the various du‘ās that can be said whilst performing Saʿī, one can also recite: رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْأَعَزُّ الْأَكْرَمُ…
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The Advice of Imām Al-Ghazālī رحمه الله
Imām Al-Ghazāli رحمه الله said, “From among the duties of the laymen are that they believe [in Allāh] and submit [to His Will], and…
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Sincere Love for the Prophet ﷺ
تعصي الرسول وأنت تظهر حبه***هذا لعمري في الفعال بديع لو كان حبك صادقاً لأطعته***إن المحب لمن يحب مطيع ‘You disobey the Prophet ﷺ yet…
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What to Ask Allāh for on Laylah-al-Qadr
ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها narrates, “I said to the Prophet ﷺ, ‘O Messenger of Allāh! If I was to come to know what night…
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Inconvenience in the Name of Hospitality
The great scholar, Shaykh Ashraf ‘Alī At-Thānwī رحمه الله said: ‘Do not cause the guest inconvenience in the name of reverence and honour.’ Verily,…
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Disobeying Allāh in Different Places
‘Allāmah Ibn Baṭṭāl رحمه الله mentions in his commentary on Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī that ‘Alī رضي الله عنه has been quoted as saying: ‘Whoever disobeys…