Only for Allaah - A Sister's Story

The morning of Thursday, November 6, 1997 my identity became clear not only to me, but to every person I would encounter from that day forward. I decided to wear the hijaab and begin to develop myself as a more conscientious Muslim woman. It was on that very day that I revealed to the world that I am a Muslim and that I was no longer afraid to be who I was. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, hijaab, it literally means 'barrier'...

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The Fraud Mushriks

ALLAH THE MOST HIGH Says: “And when they embark on a ship, they invoke Allâh, making their Faith pure for Him only, but when He brings them safely to land, behold, they give a share of their worship to others.” [Surah Ankaboot, 029:065]This verse along with many such verses just shows how fraudulent the mushriks (polytheist) were in their belief. When they were in real dangers they used to invoke or call upon directly to ALLAH without any...

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Mother’s Day – An historical overview and the Scholars’ Rulings on this holiday

..:: Mother’s Day – An historical overview and the Scholars’ Rulings on this holiday ::.. Praise be to Allaah and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allaah. uIntroduction: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us that his ummah would follow the previous nations, the Jews, Christians and Persians, but this was undoubtedly not praise for their actions, rather it is by way of condemnation and a warning. It was...

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Want Paradise? You have to work for it. Paradise has a price.

You can read this note in Indonesian (Bahasa), French, Albanian, Turkish, Arabic and Urdu Language.Assalam alaykum,BismillahAllahuma salli'ala Muhammad.The only ghaayah (aim and target) of a Muslim should be to seek the pleasure of Allah, whilst hoping to be rewarded by his Lord (with paradise) for doing so. Thus, paradise is not the sole objective in his life; rather it is seeking the pleasure of Allah.However, this paradise which we are speaking...

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Back To Allah :The Nine Conditions for Prayer

There are nine conditions or requisites for prayer: Islam, sanity, (the age of) discernment, the removal of Hadath, removal of any impurity, the covering of one’s Awrah (any area of that body the must be covered), the entrance of its time, facing the Qiblah, and intention. In Arabic, the conditions are called Shuroot, the plural of Shart, which linguistically means a sign. However, in the Shari’ah, it has another meaning: When it is nonexistent...

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