Taraweeh Reflections: Juz 5) What is Jihad?

What is Jihad? A sacred obligation often misrepresented ought to be clarified and we must unashamedly be able to expose Western methods of wars for what they truly are.            …

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Taraweeh Reflections: Juz 4) Islam: a melting pot for humanity

With the hate, division and blame from nationalism being ever-apparent within Western societies, we can see how the Muslim world has also been affected by such a divisive disease.            …

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Taraweeh Reflections: Juz 3) Hoarding: the disease of the century

How can a world where 26 individuals hold as much wealth as 3.5 billion people – half of the world’s population – be seen as normal?! Islam forbids interest, hoarding and a system where a…

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Taraweeh Reflections Juz 1) Excuses, Excuses, Excuses!

Be it work, play, family or friends – or a fear of being blacklisted in our communities – we as Muslims, should never find reasons not to rush to the commands of Allah (swt)!  …

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Welcome to Taraweeh Reflections – Ramadan Mubarak!

Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Ramadan Mubarak! This year, we find ourselves facing a once-in-a-lifetime Ramadan where we are all at home, self-isolating due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The “Ramadan Feeling” has been lost…

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Understanding Dependence (Tawakkul) Upon Allah(سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى)

Muslims were once characterized as daring, creative, able to defeat any formidable enemy, and made huge strides in opening new lands to Islam. They were undaunted by challenges, refusing to give up, back down or…

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Seerah 26: The Battle of Badr

The Battle of Badr is the most important battle in the history of Islam, for through it, Allah (swt) glorified Islam and Muslims and humiliated Kufr and those who follow it. Badr was the day…

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5. Surah Al Maidah (The Table Spread)

Name This Sarah takes its’ name from verse 112 in which the word mai’dah occurs. Like the names of many other surahs, this name has no special relation to the subject of the Surah but has…

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3. Surah Al i Imran (The Family of Imran)

Name This Surah takes its name from v. 33. Al-i-Imran, like the names of many other surahs, is merely a name to distinguish it from other surahs and does not imply that the family of…

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4. Surah An Nisa (The Women)

Period of Revelation This Surah comprises several discourses which were revealed on different occasions during the period ranging probably between the end of A.H. 3 and the end of A.H. 4 or the beginning of…

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