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August 26, 2013

How do you know that you’ve succeeded as a parent? (Future parents take note.) If your child comprehends this āyah. Also, if your child reasons any where close to the reasoning of the following child, then you’re doing parenting right: Amīr al-Muʾminīn ʿOmar was visiting one of his ministers in a foreign land, he sees the minister’s child (who was about five years old), so he playfully asks, ❝Which land is better; ours or yours?❞ The child confidently replies, ❝Ours.❞…

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August 25, 2013

Sincere hearts and righteous supplications are the undefeatable army. — Sheikh’l Islām Ibn Taymiyyah, in: مجموع الفتاوى ٦٤٤/٢٨…

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Righteous In-Laws

August 23, 2013

[He said, “Indeed, I wish to wed you one of these, my two daughters, on [the condition] that you serve me for eight years; but if you complete ten, it will be [as a favour] from you. And I do not wish to put you in difficulty. You will find me, if Allah wills, from among the righteous.”]  al-Qaṣaṣ:27 This is how it goes down in the homes of the righteous. Prophet Shuʿayb offers Mūsā, prior to the latter’s prophethood,…

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August 10, 2013

This āyah is known as ‘mubkāt al-ʿābidīn’: One that makes worshippers weep. Because His judgement will be fair. Yes, He is Arḥam ar-Rāḥimīm (Most Merciful of the merciful); but don’t forget that He is also shadīd al-ʿiqāb (strict in punishment).…

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