A RABBI BECAME MUSLIM

In the Name of Allāh.

There was an honored Jewish man in Yathrib, known for his moral virtues. When he heard about the coming of the last Prophet (ﷺ), he began to enquire about him – his name, lineage, qualities, time and place and compared the information with what is contained in Torah. From this, he became satisfied with the truth of his Prophethood and avowed the truth …

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MIND THAT HELL

In the Name of Allāh.

A father visits soothsayers and his son learns sorcery. What do you await from a child whose parents are religiously bankrupted? If not the one saved by Allāh anyway. Today, what remains with some Muslims is only names. They engage in different forms of prohibition. They listen to obnoxious music, take intoxicants, commit unlawful sexual activities, consume prohibited foods (especially by sources), abandon prayer and …

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THE PRAYER ITSELF

In the Name of Allāh.

Perfect praise is due to Allāh, who made the Jumu’ah prayer an act of worship to cleanse us from our sins and elevate our positions before Him. From the foregoing, part of the great virtues of this day, which calls for reflection, is its weekly awe-inspiring congregational prayer as we only converge at a bigger Masjid in a locality, unlike the five daily Ṣalawāt. …

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NO MORE ACCEPTANCE

In the Name of Allāh.

We truly believe that Allāh pardons a transgressor when penitence is made and he sincerely abandons disbelief for faith. However, there are some major antecedent matters (or signs) to the event of the Hereafter (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) that scholars of Usul said won’t appear except when Eemān (Belief) and Tawbah (Repentance) shall not be taken from (i.e. be of benefit to) the ones …

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DO THE DOS, NOT THE DON’TS

In the Name of Allāh.

Exalted is Allāh, Who had laid down through Islām Obligations that are not to be ignored, Limits that are not to be transgressed, and Prohibitions that are not to be violated. Hence, we should obey Allāh as that is intrinsically easy.

More so, we need to fathom the essence of following the Command (i.e. having complete obedience or submissiveness to) of Allāh and His Messenger, …

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