dailytrust.com The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Muslims across the country to look for this year’s Ramadan crescent after sunset today. The Director
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Muslims of today need not ask why they are now living a humiliating reality, even while not lacking in numbers or wealth. They need not look further than the Qur’an for the solution. It is known as “al-Kitab” (the Book). It is so well known and highly revered that when any Muslim refers to “the
By Yūsuf Badāt What is Istikhārah? Istikhārah literally means to seek the good. – (See: Lisān Al-ʿArab) In a religious technical context it refers to seeking good from the Almighty to make an appropriate decision, through formal prayer and a specified supplication. – (See: Qāmūs Al-Fiqh) What
Yahya related to me from Malik that Muadh ibn Jabal said, “The last advice the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave me when I put my foot in the stirrup was that he said, ‘Make your character good for the people, Muadh ibn Jabal!’ ”Al-Muwatta – Hadith 47.1.1
We all need an iman boost sometimes, right? With the blessed month of Ramadan approaching, many of us feel the need to rekindle our iman in order to reconnect the best way we can with our Creator سبحانه و تعالى. But some things always seem to be standing in our way. In this article,
March 26, 2022 –islamicity.org Some of the major aspects of the mission and method of Prophet Muhammad are eloquently presented in a speech that one of his companions, Jafar ibn abi Taalib, made to the Christian ruler of Abyssinia in Africa in the year 616 CE. Jafar was the spokesman of
Abdullah b. Mas’ud even when still a youth, not yet past the age of puberty, used to roam the mountain trails of Makkah keeping far away from the people, and tending the flocks of a Quraysh chieftain, `Uqbah ibn Mu`ayt. People called him “Ibn Umm `Abd”, the son of the mother of a slave.
The most precious moments in history happened in the silence of solitude — where the world ceased to speak but the heart found its voice. What no war could accomplish, a submicroscopic infectious being did. Perhaps it’s time to ponder. We are told to live everyday as though it’s our last. It
March 30. 2022 Three Grades It should be known that there are three grades of fasting: ordinary, special and extra-special. Ordinary fasting means abstaining from food, drink and sexual satisfaction. Special Fasting means keeping one’s ears, eyes, tongue, hands and feet – and all
-islamicity March 25, 2022 The month of Ramadan provides us with a perfect opportunity to unplug from the Matrix and rediscover our singular source of divine guidance. Those who fast do have to unplug from their daily physical routine anyway. Let this then provide an incentive to try to unplug
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