In Mecca, Muslims could not openly follow the religion their Prophet ﷺ brought to them. The believers had to bear endless prosecution for conforming to the tawhid of la ilalha illa Allah. Having attained that freedom in Yathrib, the Prophet ﷺ with the believers engaged in constructing a mosque. A suitable place was searched and the work began. The idea …
One day the Holy Prophet ﷺ knocked at the door of Abu Bakr R.A. The time has come. The Prophet ﷺ informed him that he has been granted the permission to migrate to Yathrib by Allah ﷻ . Abu Bakr, who has been preparing for this days in advance, could only shed tears at the Prophet’s ﷺ welcoming words. …
When every hardship that comes your way seems like the worse you could face, Despite all the reassurance of finding the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t calming your heart, When all you wanna do is give up, scream out and just want everything to stop, When you yearn to go back to …
During your time in this world, you should know that, People may not empathise with you, the way you did with them. People may not understand you like you understood them. People are not always willing to go the extra mile. The compassion and care that you seek from people may not always be sought. It may …
Haven’t we heard, you and I, of the numerous incidents from the life of our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم when while praying for his Ummah his beard would be soaked with tears. Haven’t we all heard this so many times? Gone through it, skipped it. What was it that moved him to tears? Why …
‘We are the lawyers of our crimes.’ Yes! We endlessly, unfailingly, repeatedly, and unknowingly are. Right after committing an evil, what’s our action? We immediately try to rationalize our actions on some ground. We, in our heads, look for excuses to absolve them. And there’s no way denying the fact that we actually do this. …
جَعَلَ اللَّهُ الرَّحْمَةَ مِائَةَ جُزْءٍ فَأَمْسَكَ عِنْدَهُ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ جُزْءًا وَأَنْزَلَ فِي الْأَرْضِ جُزْءًا وَاحِدًا فَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْجُزْءِ يَتَرَاحَمُ الْخَلْقُ حَتَّى تَرْفَعَ الْفَرَسُ حَافِرَهَا عَنْ وَلَدِهَا خَشْيَةَ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُ Allah has made mercy into one hundred parts. He kept with Himself ninety-nine parts and sent down one part to the earth, so because of …
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“Maybe it’s your sins Allah punishes you for. Just seek forgiveness!”, the lady patted my sister-in-law’s back as a pretense of care, adjusted her unfurled locks, and left our place with a melodic “Allah Hafiz.” As I left the city, a train of thoughts sheathed my mind. I was on my way back home after …
Bismillahir rahmanir rahmeem People often disagree with what they fail to understand leading to unnecessary arguments and tensions. This is something I know and have dealt with frequently since becoming Muslim but, when I became a mother (alhamdulillah), I realised again how little people knew about Islam and the way in which it nurtures and …
On my visit to Battle field and Mount of Uhud I realized that the great companions like Hazrat Hamza (May Allah be pleased with him) who is also known as “Master of Martrys” or “Sayyid Al Shuda are burried here. Yet their graves are as ordinary as a common men graves. Unlike back in our …
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