HAD SHE KNOWN? BY KAY YUSUF If Morayo (TVC’s Your View host) had known that her flaux would deal on her a public lash, and perhaps marriage crash (which I don’t pray for), she would have cautioned her restless, reckless tongue from briddling the fluff she recently spewed on her Tweeter account. She claimed to…
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UNSEEN SHACKLES By SHEHU, Abdus-Salam Aladodo Dear Self, You’re one of God’s wonderful creation, a perfect specimen, not devoid of imperfections. Your glowing smile illuminates dark alleys, your soothing speeches ignites passion in multitudes, and your kindheartedness endears people to you each day. You’re absolutely awesome, but of course, not flawless. You strive to be…
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RESPONSE: WHO ARE THE DOUBTERS In the name of Allah the most compassionate the merciful. All praise and adoration is due to Almighty Allah the sustainer and creator of mankind. We send blessing to the noblest and seal of all prophet Muhammad, his companions, household and entire ummah who follow his path till the day…
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JESUS CHRIST: A WICKED-TONGUED MAN, SAYS THE BIBLE Christians are always claiming, “he’s the lamb”, “our savior”, “the bread of life”, “Immanuel”, “the prince of peace”, “Light of the world”, “the embodiment of love”, “the lamb of God”, and many other names they associate with a loving, merciful nature. Jesus a nice guy? Not…
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SOMETHING I CAN’T STOP By A. lateefah(EkiraDream) and —Aladodo Abdus-Salam Ekira Dream Every morning, I peep through the window, From the dark room my father inherited from his progenitor, To see what my land has become of, I fret at the sight of the remains of my father’s farm, The one behind our hut, The…
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Letter To My Family About Converting To Islam. By Olanrewaju Alhasan Adedokun Recently, there has been a news making the rounds about a British father whose daughter was asked in school to write a ‘letter to her family about converting to Islam’. It may not have been enough of a topic to stir all the…
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MY TEACHER: PRIDED BUT PITIABLE BY KAY YUSUF Once I wallowed In the ocean of ignorance While I swam In the stream of nothingness Triumphant was I Through no other, but MY PRIDED TEACHER While my brain was receptive of no subject While my playfulness couldn’t make me cope in class While all had given…
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CAN WE EVER? BY ABDULBASIT IBN UMAR BALOGUN Verily in the stories of the people of the past there are lessons for us all to learn. Women, both married and single can learn from what happened between the wife of our Prophet Ibrahim (‘Alaihi Salam) and the Tyrant King of Egypt. This story was narrated…
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RECOMMENDATION TO FAST TAASOO’A’ WITH ‘ASHOORA’ Praise be to Allah ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) fasted on the day of ‘Ashoora and told the people to fast, they said, “O Messenger of Allaah, this is a…
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A SERIES OF REMINDERS ABOUT THE MONTH OF MUHARRAM COMPILED BY LAWAL AFEEZ ARISHEKOLA 1. Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) said: It has been authentically attributed to Prophet ﷺ, that he said, “Fasting on the day of ʿĀrafah expiates the sins of two years [i.e. previous year and upcoming year] and fasting on ʿĀshūrāh…
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