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Ramadhan Timetable
Asalamualykum, The first Taraweeh will be 10th march and first fast will be on the 11th of March inshallah. Ramadhan Mubarak Please find below the timetable for the month of Ramadhan 2024. Click the image to open & download. Regular events will be hosted in the month of Ramadhan inshallah, so please visit the live page to listen in addition to the itinerary for the month. Ramdhan 2024...
read moreTop 10 Free Apps for Muslims
Sometimes the Best Apps in Life are Free. Here’s the Top 10 FREE Apps that every Muslim should check out this year! #1 iQuran – This app offers its users the Complete Quran in the Uthmani Font along with verse by verse translation and recitation. iQuran offers excellent usability options and extreme ease of use. (Created by Guided Ways Technologies Ltd) #2 iPray – Daily prayer times for your local city along with Qibla direction, distance and athan! (Created by Guided Ways Technologies Ltd) #3 alQuran – A highly optimized and searchable Holy...
read moreBenefits of respecting elders
Hazarat Anas (R.A.) relates that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, “ For a youth who respects and old man, because of his age, Allah appoints people who shall respect the young man in his old age.” It was also the practice of the noble Prophet (Peace be upon him) that if a young member of a delegation began to speak, the Prophet (Peace be upon him) asked him to let the elders speak first. This shows the great emphasise, laid by our noble Prophet (Peace be upon him) upon respect for elders. (Riyadul Jannah. V.8 No5. Page...
read moreOn the gift of a child
Give the Adhaan & iqamah When Muslim parents are blessed with a child, the child should first be made clean by proper bathing. After this the message of the oneness and greatness of Allah and the Prophethood of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) should reach the child by saying the Adhaan near the right ear and the Iqamah (takbeer) close to his left ear. The Adhaan and Iqamah. The first sound to reach the child should be Allahu Akbar, glorifying Allah and calling the newborn to eternal success, devotion and prayer. A scholar or...
read moreNo Charge, It’s all free
A little boy came to his mother in the kitchen one evening whilst she was preparing supper and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mother dried her hands on an apron, she read the little note. This is what it said: For cutting the grass: £5.00 For cleaning up my room this week: £5.00 For going to the store for you: £5.00 Taking out the garbage: £1.00 For getting a good report at Madresa: £10.00 For cleaning up the yard: £10.00 Total owed: £36.00 Wall, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could...
read moreHazrat Ali ibn-Abu Talib’s (R.A) instructions to his son
“ My son, fear Allah both secretly and openly; Speak the truth whether you be calm or angry; Be economical, whether you be poor or rich; Be just to friend and foe; be resigned alike in times of adversity and prosperity. My son, he who sees his own faults has no time to see the fault of others; He who is satisfied with allotments of providence does not regret the past; He who unsheathes the sword of aggression will be killed by it; He who digs a pit for his brother will fall in it; He who forgets his own sins makes much of the sin of...
read moreChildren and the Masjid
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: “Keep away from the Mosques your children and your insane ones”. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) issued this instruction to safeguard the purity and the sanctity of the Mosque. This command brings within its purview where the Eid Prayer (Eid Ghah) is also held. Children as well as insane people are careless in regard to matters of tahaarat (purity). The possibility of them defiling the Mosque is strong. In fact this has been observed in Mosques frequented by children. The carpets are defiled and have to...
read moreMake every day a mother’s day
On the second Sunday of March, many people celebrate Mother’s day by sending flowers and chocolates to their mother. Once a year, the mother is remembered and appreciated, but how condemning and disgraceful it is that the mother is ignored, abused, disobeyed and generously treated with content all throughout the rest of the year. Many mothers are dumped into old people’s residential homes where they are cared for and nursed by others, what a shame! And then, come mother’s day and the sons and daughters turn up with bunches...
read moreZul-hijjah
Zulhijjah is the 12th and final month of the Islamic year. The month of Zulhijjah is the last month in the Islamic calendar. Literally it means “The month of Hajj”. Obviously the name of this month indicates that the great annual worship of “Hajj” is performed in this month. For this reason it has a peculiar significance compared to other months during the year. Some specific merits and rules relevant to this month are: First ten days The first ten days of Zulhijjah are among the most magnificent days in the Islamic calendar. The holy...
read moreZulqada
Zulqa’da is the eleventh Month of the Islamic Lunar calendar. It is the first of four sanctified months in which battles were prohibited in the days of the Holy prophet (Peace be upon him). It is also one of the months of Hajj. However, no specific rules are prescribed for this month, except that the persons performing Hajj are required to follow the rules of Hajj. Some false beliefs are attached to this month by ignorant people. They say that this is not a blessed month, therefore, marriages should not be solemnized in the month of...
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