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Inspirations -
Education
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A moving story that Ive heard once and that I always remember and cherish for its meanings. Its the story of one of the great imams of this Ummah, Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal.
His son, Abdullah, once asked his father one day, “Abi when will we ever relax?” His father, one of the greatest revivers of the Sunnah, a role model for all Muslims, looked him in the eye and said, “With the first step we take into Jannah.”
Ya Allah, what a beautiful response!
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Marriage -
Advice
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Once there was a very handsome, pious, well educated young man, whose parents emphasized for him to get married. they had seen so many marriage proposals, and he had turned them all down. The parents thought it was becoming a little ridiculous or suspected that he may have someone else in mind.
However every time the parents left the girls house, the young man would always say “she’s not the one!”
The young man only wanted a girl who was religious and practicing, however one evening his mother arranged for him, to meet a girl, who was religious, and practicing.
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Women in Islam
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Islam is a perfect religion taking into account every nuance of human nature. On the one extreme is total oppression of women as was prevalent in the world before Islam. On the other end is a total absence of laws like current thinking would have us adopt.
Islam is the ideal medium: laying down laws for the good of its adherents; avoiding the pitfalls of man-made ideologies like women's’ lib. This article wishes, in brief, to show the oppression that women suffered before Islam, and after, under Judaism and Christianity. Then one can truly appreciate the liberating effect of Islam 1400 years ago. |
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Women in Islam
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What is meant “before Islaam” here is the period known as Jaahiliyyah (Days of Ignorance), which the Arabs used to live in specifically and the people of the whole world in general. This was when the people did not have any Messengers amongst them and they were void of any guidance. And as is stated in the  hadeeth, “Allaah looked at them – both Arabs and Non-Arabs – and hated them, except for some remnants from the People of the Book (who stayed upon the true message).”
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Parenting -
Advice
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By Shaikh Younus Kathrada No doubt, as concerned parents, we are all worried about how our kids will turn out. More and more I have parents coming and asking for tips on raising their children. In the next few articles, we will speak about some important issues regarding the raising of our children. Inshaa Allaah, we’ll try to be as practical as possible, but bear in mind that as parents we need to be willing to admit to our shortcomings and not discount that which is “inconvenient” as being impractical. I am writing as a parent who faces the same challenges as all of you. I too am living in the West (and as a matter of fact was raised here) so it’s not as though I am “out of touch” with what is really out there. |
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Teens
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A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant living in Sweden has cracked a maths puzzle that has stumped experts for more than 300 years, Swedish media reported on Thursday.
In just four months, Mohamed Altoumaimi has found a formula to explain and simplify the so-called Bernoulli numbers, a sequence of calculations named after the 17th century Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli, the Dagens Nyheter daily said.
Altoumaimi, who came to Sweden six years ago, said teachers at his high school in Falun, central Sweden were not convinced about his work at first.
"When I first showed it to my teachers, none of them thought the formula I had written down really worked," Altoumaimi told the Falu Kuriren newspaper.
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Women in Islam
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By: Umm 'Abdillaah al-Waadi'iyyah
Including: Introduction by Imaam Abee ‘Abdir-Rahmaan Muqbil bin Haadee Al-Waadi’ee
Also Features : Exclusive foreword for the English edition by Umm 'Abdillaah al-Waadi'iyyah
An Introduction from the pen of the father and noble Shaykh Muqbil ibn Haadee Al-Waadi’ee* In the name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, Bestower of Mercy All praise is due to the Lord of creation, and may the peace and blessings of Allaah be upon His trustworthy Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship other than Allaah, and I bear witness thatMuhammad is His servant and Messenger. As to what follows: This is an advice to the women, followed by questions and answers which were presented to women, and it was women who have responded to them. However, I have selected from them, the response of one of them to be included in the advice for the women. |
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Parenting -
Advice
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Our Parents: Our Masters
These are collected from as-Samarqandi’s ‘Tambih al-Ghafilin’ (p. 84-91): From the chapter on the rights of the parents: 1 - Ibn ‘Abbas said: “There is not a single believer who has two parents and wakes up while he is good to them except that Allah opens up for him two gates to Paradise, and if he makes one of them angry, Allah will not be Pleased with him until that parent becomes pleased with him again.” It was asked: “Even if that parent was oppressive and in the wrong?” It was replied: “Yes, even so. And he never wakes up while he is bad to them except that Allah opens up for him two gates to Hell.” |
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