Magic of divine love
Love is the universal language understood by all. The one language that is never foreign, and often best spoken without words. It is communicated with actions of respect, acceptance, kindness…
The Present
Yesterday is a history Tomorrow is a mystery And today is a gift That’s why it is called THE PRESENT Have you ever wondered how the present is a gift…
The Gift of Eid
Eid-ul-Fitr is a beautiful gift bestowed by the Almighty Allah to Muslims after the blessed month of Ramadan wherein Muslims observe fast and try their best to please Allah with…
THE BELOVED OF THE BELOVED
Have you ever imagined how does it feel to be the apple of everyone’s eyes? Everyone loves you, no one has any sort of ill feelings against you. And to…
KEYS TO PARADISE
Every Muslim tries his best to do deeds that will lead him to paradise. Similar was the desire of the companions of Prophet (PBUH), as is narrated in the following…
COMPETING IN THE GAME OF LIFE
“Mom, it’s my friend’s birthday!! All my friends would be wearing Elsa dresses from the movie Frozen, I want one too.” A very commonly heard phrase. Life is full of…
DEEDS THAT LEAD TO PARADISE
Last week’s class of Imam Nawawi Al-Arbaeen (The 40 Hadith) dealt with three distinct yet discreetly linked topics. Shame & Modesty Abu Mas’ud ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amr al-Ansari al-Badri, radiyallahu ‘anhu,…
LIVING A GOOD LIFE
In today’s Al-Arbaeen An-Nawawi’s class we studied a beautiful hadith that is the summary of how to live life as a good muslim. It talks about the three interactions we…
THE VOLCANO OF ANGER
“He stormed out in anger. Not knowing how to extinguish the fire within, he started kicking off whatever came his way.’’ A frequently experienced situation! The catalyst of such situations…
PERFECTION OF IMAN
It is the earnest desire of every human to have perfect things; perfect life, perfect job, perfect spouse, perfect children but have we ever tried to make our religion perfect?…
QUESTIONING – AN ART
The ninth hadith from Al-Arbaeen Al-Nawawi’s collection that we studied in today’s class states on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)…
THE FINE LINE BETWEEN HALAL AND HARAM
He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked. (16:115) As…
GROOMING OF HEARTS
Every week, we will bring you “Gem Clips from the Classroom”, a series of posts on learnings in our classroom, to highlight the essence of the ilm of our deen,…
Thoughts as Catalyst
Have you ever heard people saying that our wildest fears have the power to become reality? Have you ever thought why it is that our fear becomes reality but not…