HOW TO PERFORM WUDUU(ABLUTION, PURIFICATION BEFORE SALAAT OR PRAYERS). LETS REFRESH OUR MINDS AND ALSO MAINLY FOR OUR NEW MUSLIMS. The essential and voluntary acts are integrated here to demonstrate how the Prophet (Peace be upon him) used to perform wudhu (ritual purification).1. Making the intention (Niyyah) to perform wudhu as an act of sincere […]
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The Three Questions That Demands Immediate Answer.1. Why am I here?2. What am I doing in this world?3. Why did Allaah create humans? These questions are questions which each and everyone of us reflects on sometimes.Every being comes into existence to fulfill a purpose given to it by its creator; nothing creates itself or determines […]
Is it wajib to sacrifice animals?According to the people of knowledge that the Udhiyah (sacrifice) is not obligatory, but it is Sunnah among the Sunan of the Prophet (peace be upon him) which is recommended to perform. This is the view of Sufyan Al Thawri and Ibn Al-Mubarak Also Imam Malik said “The sacrifice is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]