Most times when I read of Muslims being persecuted, I wonder if we are being persecuted because no Muslim is educated, famous, rich or powerful! Today, we seem to have seen persecution as a norm, as what must happen...
THE IMAM, NOT THE MU'ADHDHIN BY SANNI, KAY YUSUF My experience praying behind an imam yesterday reminded me the preponderance of an untoward act in our mosques in southwestern Nigeria, hence the reason I could not but scribe this correctional observation. I had...
WASWAS (SATANIC WHISPERS) ABOUT THE EVIL EYE.   Q. If a person admires something and mentions Allah, can he harm it by the evil eye?  If someone is uncertain about that and this is causing a lot of problems in his social...
ANY RESPECT FOR SCHOLARS? By Sanni Kay. Yusuf I am constrained to air my worries as regards the above topic, as it is envisaged that the intent may be misconstrued - premeditatedly or unintendedly. But the reoccurrence of the phenomenon, especially on...
An enthusiastic sister had shared with me the contact of an Indian lady who was willing to accept Islam. I called the sister, preached, made a comparative analysis of Islam and Hinduism, the need to die on Islam, etc., and...
Click here for previous session     Whoever obeys the Scholars and the Rulers, forbidding what Allah has made permissible and permitting what He has made forbidden, has certainly taken them as Lords (besides Allah)   Ibn Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him)...

Tolerant or Tall 'RANT'

BismiLLAH, Alhamdulillah Tolerant or Tall 'RANT' Has anyone paid attention to the definition of 'tolerance' by Nigerian Christians? If you don't use Hijab, you are tolerant, if you don't keep beard, you are tolerant, if you join them in Christmas then you...

At-Tauhid reading continued

Click here for previous session     Prohibition of cursing the Wind It is narrated from Ubai bin Ka 'b (May Allah be pleased with him) that Allah's Messenger (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: "Do not...
"An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force - Newton's First law of motion." Yesterday, I got into...
Debates have continued to the trail the Hijab crisis in Ilorin, Kwara State. For the sake of conciseness and precision, we shall not dwell on the ownership of the schools as this has been explained several times. This press release...
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