Tag: Islam
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One of my favourite ḥadīths is reported by Al-Bukhārī on the authority of Anas ibn Mālik, who narrates that he along with a group of Companions, accompanied the Prophet ﷺ in visiting his young son (Ibrāhīm), who was in the final stages of his life. Tears began to flow from the Prophet’s ﷺ eyes. ʿAbdur…
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Allah does not create a human isolated from others; He expects them to live with and among others. This means that a human will give and take, love and hate, be happy and angered, be kind and recompense, buy and sell, gift and be gifted, reject and be rejected. All this is intrinsic to human…
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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, because Allāh says, ‘We cite these examples for people, but no one understands them except the knowledgeable ones[1].’[2] This is a reality check for those of us who think of themselves…
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Muʿādh ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه narrates that the Prophet ﷺ once took hold of his hand and said: “O Muʿādh! By Allāh, I love you, by Allāh, I love you! O Muʿādh! I advise you: never forget to say after each Ṣalāh: اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ، وَشُكْرِكَ، وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ Allā-hum-ma a‘in-nī ʿlā dhik-rika wa…