Ruling on taking boyfriends or girlfriendsI am deeply in love with a Muslim man and want to marry him. I know that Allah forbids girlfriend-boyfriend relationships, and feel very sorry in my heart for our relationship. I feel that because we have been in this relationship which is abhorred by Allah, he will never marry […]
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Yes! It is no longer a news seeing people fighting for children’s rights and women rights. BUT what about the rights of our parents who aside the fact that they did not abort us from the embryonic stages, they take us as their best friends. Parents right is one of the most important rights upon […]
A Mindful Talk!Have you been given an amulet (tira, rings, “holy” water, bante, etc) by any alfa, pastor, etc and you still have them?Do you believe it brought your destiny to pass? The wearing and using of amulets these days is becoming too common. Let me tell you of a hadith which was narrated from […]
A Neglected Sunnan – Two Rakats after Asr Al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said,” This is a prayer which is forgotten and should be revived.”[ Saheehah hadeeth hadeeth 3174]ﻋَﺎﺋِﺸَﺔَ ﻗَﺎﻟَﺖْ ﺻَﻼَﺗَﺎﻥِ ﻣَﺎ ﺗَﺮَﻛَﻬُﻤَﺎ ﺭَﺳُﻮﻝُ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪِ – ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ – ﻓِﻰ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻰ ﺳِﺮًّﺍ ﻭَﻻَ ﻋَﻼَﻧِﻴَﺔً ﺭَﻛْﻌَﺘَﺎﻥِ ﻗَﺒْﻞَ ﺍﻟْﻔَﺠْﺮِ ﻭَﺭَﻛْﻌَﺘَﺎﻥِ ﺑَﻌْﺪَ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺼْﺮِ . […]
Have you ever say something like this before: “If it hadn’t been for him I wouldn’t have made it!”? One of the common mistake people make is saying: “If not for him/her, I wouldn’thave been here’. Or‘If Allah wills and she will’ and ‘Had it not been for Allah and you, this wouldn’t have happened’ […]
“I swear on my mum’s life!”“Ogun gbo! (the god of iron is hearing)Venerating people or things in a way that does not go as far as ascribing lordship to them, is an example of minor shirk. Minor shirk includes everything that may lead to major shirk, orthat is described in the sunnah as shirk butdoesn’t […]
Here is a bad way to be a hero…“Are they looking at me? Let me do it extra more!”Such a kind of mindset is no doubt a “show off” (riyya). Showing off is a minor shirk, hence Muslims should avoid it. It is an action performed to receive praise or any wordlygain, rather than doing […]
“This Alfa or Sheu can solve my problem…Let me meet him for help. In fact, he has helped many”That kind of mindset is not uncommon among Muslims of nowadays.Some people believe that other people are able to bestow mercy, forgive sins, overlook bad deeds, and give blessings the same way only Allaah can. These people […]
AMONG THINGS THAT CAN NULLIFY ONE’S ISLAAM Sihr (magic or witchcraft) Whoever does that or approves of it is a disbeliever. The evidence for that is the verse in which Allaah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “Neither of these two (angels) taught anyone (such things) till they had said, ‘We are […]
Dear Muslim reader, by now, you probably know what major shirk is — for example praying to statues, invoking others than Allah and so on. And you would never do this, right? However, there are other types of shirk which a lot of us slip into. Why? Because in our daily lives we get attached […]
No doubt, premarital sex (zina) is expressly prohibited in Islaam and it is a major sin. Allaah tells us to close all doors and avenues that may lead to zina (fornication and adultery) Allaah says: “And do not even go close to Zina! Truly, it is a gross obscenity and an evil path (to go […]
Allaah says in the Qur’aan: “You have indeed in the Messenger of Allaah, a beautiful example (ofconduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who remembers Allahmuch.” [Qur’aan – 33:21]The noble prophet Muhammad [ ﺻﻠﯽ ﺍﻟﻠﮧ ﻋﻠﯿﮧ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ ] overlooked his wives’ shortcomings, andtolerated their unreasonable behavior. The booksof ahadith […]