Whoever believes in Allah, He guides his heart – Taghābun:11 A key to gaining sacred guidance starts with you. (You take the first step.)…
[The hypocrites will call to the believers, “Were we not with you?” They will say, “Yes! But you led yourselves into temptations…] Ḥadīd:14 Intentionally creating situations of fitna is a trait of the hypocrites, something that will distinguish the hypocrites from the believers on the DOJ. Whether it is in ‘real life’ or online, why would you open doors to create further instability for that piece of flesh in your chest that was never stable to begin with?…
The topic of companionship is one of the many topics discussed in surah al Kahaf. The first case is of the Youth of the Cave. Their story tells us how a group of friends consoled and supported each other during a turbulent phase that tested their īmān. The second is of two companions. One who Allah had blessed with wordly pleasures: two great gardens with rivers, luscious greenery, the works. The other companion, not so much. In the verses of…
[So woe to those who pray] Mā’ūn:4 At first glance, how strange does this sound? Woe to those who pray. Woe to those who perform ṣalāh. Does it not catch your attention? Does it not conjure a sense of bewilderment? The next āyah clarifies this āyah and tells us why exactly those who pray have been cursed: [But who are heedless of their prayer] Mā’ūn:5 They pray but they are heedless in their ṣalāh and so Allah the Most…
Today is a day of celebration. A celebration for making it through the tests that led up to this day, namely: Ramaḍān and Ḥajj. And today is a gift from Allah – all the more reason to celebrate. =) How do we celebrate it? Definitely not by transgressing the limits of Allah, as many Muslims, sadly, do. We follow the Qur`ānic and the Prophetic guidance in celebrating it: [and that you must magnify Allah (i.e. to say Takbīr) for having…