THE SOILED IMAGE OF 'ALFAS'
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Sanni K. Yusuf
I once had something to do with one of the bigwigs in southwestern Nigeria. To perfect what bonded us, we needed to have a face-to-face encounter, which made him give me an invite...
By Funsho Animashaun
Assalam alaekum everyone.
My 2 year old boy surprises me every time he goes with me to Masjids. He is always curious to do whatever I do. He is indeed a copy-cat. Surprisingly, Most of our kids do...
Anger ﺍﻟﻐَﻀَﺐ
Anger is one of the evil whispers of Shaytaan, which leads to so many evils and tragedies, of which only Allaah knows their full extent. For this reason Islam has a great deal to say about this bad...
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Important issues of the Chapter
1) It is the way of the followers of Prophet Muhammad (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) to call people to Islam.
2) Stress upon sincerity of intention,...
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Just as Arab Christians identify God as “Allah,” and just as the Bible employs ther royalplural both in pronouns and in the proper name Elohim, Western Christians can
adopt the same practice without compromising their creed. But faith need not depend on
such issues, when there remains a more relevant point to ponder: Regardless of His name,
how does God command mankind to understand Him?
Understanding of God
Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness. —Cullen Hightower
The Jewish understanding of God is relatively concrete, despite the vast
differences between Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Hasidic Judaism in other
matters. Throughout Judaism, the Oneness of God...
Love means a variety of different feelings states and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure.
The various type of love include that of the family, love for friend, love for spouse, love for status, love for personal self,...
What is the meaning of the Prophet’s words, “I can see you behind my back”?
Hadith from Sahih Bukhari
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allahs Apostle said, "Do you consider or see that my face is towards the Qibla? By Allah, neither your...
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God’s Name and the Royal Plural
You see things; and you say “Why?” But I dream things that never were;
and I say “Why not?”—George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah
No discussion of God’s name is complete without explaining the royal plural.
This is a linguistic concept foreign to most native English speakers, but not to the English
language. As recently as the seventeenth century, the word thou was applied to
commoners while the word you, the Old English plural of...
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The Call to testify that there is nothing deserving of Worship in truth except
Allah
Allah the Exalted said:
"Say you (O Muhammad (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) : 'This is...
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–> You and your husband can’t handle a child. Maybe it’ll divert you from the Deen of Allāh SWT! Remember the story in Suratul Kāhf in which Khidr killed a boy because he was going to oppress...
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