Indeed, the fast is only virtuous due to two significant concepts. Firstly, it is a secret and hidden action thus, no one from the creation is able to see it. Therefore showing off cannot enter into it. Secondly, it is a means of subjugating the enemies of Allah. This is because the road that the enemies (of Allah) embark upon (in order to misguide the Son of Adam) is that of desires.. Know that in the fast is a special quality that is not found in anything else. And that is its close ... [Continue Reading]
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The Fifth Pillar of Islam
The deen of Islam is great which is apparent as it comes from the One who is Great; and it is from His attribute of Greatness that He is Kind and Merciful. Allah the Most High has made it easy for us to obey Him and has made it easily accessible to us and facilitated our performance of it. He has legislated actions of worship in a way that would inspire within us a desire to perform them while hastening to do so. Believing in Allah is the first pillar of Islam and epitomises all of the pillars ... [Continue Reading]
The Relationship between Tranquility of the Heart and Revelation
Tothma'inah is Tranquility. Allah says: "Those who believe and whose hearts find tothma'inah in the remembrance of Allah. Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find tothma'inah." [Al-Qur'an 13:28] "O you the one with Tothma'inah! Come back to your Lord, well-pleased and well-pleasing unto Him! Enter you, then among My honored slaves, and enter My Paradise." [Al-Qur'an 89:27-30] Tothma'inah is the satisfaction of the heart with circumstances without any sense of anxiety or ... [Continue Reading]
About the “Night of Power”
NIGHT OF POWER: Layl tul Qadr – Some quick points and reminders about this night. This night can fall on either the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th or 29th of Ramadhan Insha’Allah. In the United Kingdom [and other regions of the world] this begins tonight Monday 29th July – then Wednesday 31st July, Friday 2nd August, Sunday 4th August and Tuesday 6th August 2013. 1. This is the night that the Qur’an was revealed. 2. Each deed you do on this night is equivalent to performing the same deed for more ... [Continue Reading]
The Major Sins
The major sins are those acts which have been forbidden by Allah in the Quran and by His Messenger (SAW) in the Sunnah (practise of the Prophet), and which have been made clear by the actions of of the first righteous generation of Muslims, the Companions of the Prophet (SAW). Allah Most High says in His Glorious Book: If you avoid the major (part) of what you have been forbidden (to do), We will cancel out for you your (other) evil deeds and will admit you (to Paradise) with a noble entry. ... [Continue Reading]