Bring your Friends Closer to Allah

Why should you, a young Muslim, be helping to bring your friends closer to Allah?After all, you've got your own struggles to deal with: trying to explain why you pray to hostile teachers, Hijab discrimination, standing up in class when the professor attacks Islam, dealing with parents who think you've gone nuts because you're growing a beard, or all the other difficulties faced by a number of practicing Muslim youth?Islam was never meant to be an...

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Ruling on celebrating the birthday of the Prophet

Ruling on celebrating the birthday of the ProphetPraise be to Allaah the Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and all his family and companions. The commands mentioned in the Qur’aan and Sunnah to follow the laws of Allaah and His Messenger, and the prohibitions on introducing innovations into the religion are quite clear. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “Say (O Muhammad to mankind): ‘If you (really)...

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Five Steps for Effective Da'Wah

Five Steps for Effective Da'Wahwritten and distrubuted at an MSA dawah workshop by Khadija HaffajeeI. Ways of Relating to People A. Be attentive and show concern. When shaking hands. The Prophet (pbuh) never released his hand first, and never turned his face away from others until they did. 1. Be consistently considerate 4. Share in others' interests. 2. Inquire about the absent 5. Exchange gifts 3. Visit the...

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Prostrating all Seven Parts of the Body

What if all seven parts of the body did not touch the ground during prostration? Sujood is a rukn (pillar) of the prayer, meaning that if a capable person does not perform it, whether he left it intentionally or unintentionally the prayer would be invalid. If he did not perform a pillar unintentionally (out of forgetfulness for example), then he returns back to that position when he remembers and repeats what came after it in the prayer, completing...

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The Virtue of Fasting 6 (Six) Days of Shawwaal

What is the ruling on fasting six days of Shawwaal? Is it waajib (obligatory)?Praise be to Allaah. Fasting six days of Shawwaal after the obligatory fast of Ramadaan is Sunnah Mustahabbah, not waajib. It is recommended for the Muslim to fast six days of Shawwaal, and in this there is great virtue and an immense reward.Whoever fasts these six days will have recorded for him a reward as if he had fasted a whole year,as was reported in a saheeh hadeeth...

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Antichrist (Dajjal) the greatest Fitnah of the World

Hadhrat Imraan bin Husain (R.A.) relates that,“I heard Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) saying: “Since the birth of Adam (A.S.) till the advent of Qiyamah there is no fitnah (evil, test) much greater that of Dajjal.”Dajjal is the greatest fitnah of the world as mentioned by the prophet. It is believed that he would lead people to fire. He would give rise to conflict, war and bloodshed.Who is Antichrist (Dajjal)Antichrist is one of the signs...

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Ruling on celebrating the birthday of the Prophet

Praise be to Allaah the Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and all his family and companions.The commands mentioned in the Qur’aan and Sunnah to follow the laws of Allaah and His Messenger, and the prohibitions on introducing innovations into the religion are quite clear. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):“Say (O Muhammad to mankind): ‘If you (really) love Allaah, then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic...

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