Category: Fundamental Issues
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The family system is a phenomenon inherent to our very being. No human is born without a mother (with the exception of Ādam and Ḥawwāʾ (Adam and Eve)), or a father (with the exception of ʿĪsā (Jesus)). By extension then, we would all naturally have relatives too: children, grandparents, aunts and uncles, both maternal and…
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In many classes I have taken, I found myself probing the students, trying to determine whether they fully understand the importance and meanings of the Kalimahs. Unfortunately, I have come to face the reality that despite the students having been taught the Kalimahs from the very beginning right up until the…
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The Imām of Al-Ḥaram, Shaykh Sālih Āl-At-Tālib حفظه الله made some sterling points in yesterday’s khutbah. He mentioned that one of the biggest doors to fitnah in this era is following upon the remote, aberrant & unconventional stances of the ‘Ulamā & Jurists in matters of Sharī‘ah. He also pointed out that there are now…
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم I remember my history teacher often telling us, ‘Remember! There are two sides to every story. Don’t judge based on just reading one side.’ How so very true that statement is! Not only when studying history do we fail to remember this fact; in our day to day affairs also. We…
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Abū Nu‘aym رحمه الله mentions a narration in his book Ḥilyah-Al-Awliyā’, that when a person would ask Ibn Sīrīn رحمه الله regarding [the interpretations of] dreams, he would say, “Fear Allāh whilst you are awake; whatever you see in your dreams will not harm you.”[1] [1] روى أبو نعيم في الحلية قال: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدَ بْنُ…
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لكلّ أناسٍ مقبرٌ بفِنائِهم فهم ينقصون والقبور تزيدُ ‘Every community has a graveyard on its outskirts…its numbers continue depleting and the graves increasing.’
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ولا خير في طول الحياة وعيشها***إذا أنت منها بالتقى لم ترحل ‘And there is no goodness in longevity and subsistence, if you do not leave it with taqwā.’ May Allāh تعالى grant us a long, comfortable life adorned with taqwā.
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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 engage in their worship and everyday matters, leaving matters of [Islamic knowledge] to the ‘Ulamā, because that layman who commits adultery and robbery, is better than the one who comments on…