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February 2013

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February 10, 2013

The quickest answered duʿā` is the duʿā` in secret for another person. Sheikh’l Islām Ibn Taymiyyah, in: مجموع الفتاوى لشيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية ٩٦/٢٧…

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February 9, 2013

If you look at religions other than Islām, you will find that most are based around meditation involving ‘clearing the mind’ to attain peace and spirituality. Islām, the True religion, involves remembrance to attain peace and spirituality, which, upon assessment, is the only viable approach. Because realistically speaking, the mind never really clears, it moves from one thought to another— even when it rests; when we sleep! Hence we dream what we dream. 🙂 It is a clear conclusion that…

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Lessons in Seeking Knowledge and doing Daʿwah – from the Jinns!

February 8, 2013

  [And when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur`ān. And when they attended it, they said, “Listen quietly.” And when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners.] Aḥqāf:29 Allāh ﷻ sent a group of Jinns to Rasūl Allāh ﷺ to listen to the Message of Islām. When they attended the gathering, the Qur`ān was recited, so they hushed and urged each other to listen intently. Just as you or I…

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February 7, 2013

They stood in Tahajjud until their feet were swollen, but He knew that you and I could not, so He revealed this āyah.…

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February 6, 2013

Of the greatest supererogatory acts of worship by which a servant [of Allāh] seeks closeness to Allāh Taʿālā: Increased Qur`ān recitation and listening with contemplation, reflection and understanding. Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī, in: جامع العلوم والحكم صـ٣٦٤ـ…

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February 3, 2013

It is incumbent to respect the Qur`ān, thus it cannot be taken into the toilet and it cannot be placed somewhere impure. Neither can it be used to recline on, nor can the feet be extended towards the Qur`ān. The Permanent Committee for Islāmic Research and Farāwa. اللجنة الدائمة ٢٤/٣…

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