Raising Scholars of Tomorrow

21Nov09

I don’t exactly remember when I came across his video first on YouTube but when I happened to see it after a long while again this Thursday night, it shook me. Really, I cannot describe with adequate words how I felt listening to him, watching him. He must be hardly eight in the video, young Hassan bin [...]

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Tags: Children, Hassan bin Abdullah Al Awadh, Islam, Muslims, parenting, Quran, Tajweed

Count me out!

09Aug09

“And when you (Muhammad SAW) see those who engage in a false conversation about Our Verses (of the Qur’ân) by mocking at them, stay away from them till they turn to another topic. And if Shaitân (Satan) causes you to forget, then after the remembrance sit not you in the company of those people who are [...]

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Tags: Islam, knowledge, Muslims, Prophet Muhammad, Quran, Sunnah

Lecture Notes – “Towards An Outstanding Ramadan” by Muhammad Al Shareef

04Aug09

This talk was given last year and was highly acclaimed and InshAllah, this year on August 17th, Muhammad Al Shareef is presenting another highly anticipated talk live, titled “The Fasting and the Furious”. I got a chance to watch/listen to “Towards An Outstanding Ramadan” on Youtube today and decided to share some [...]

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Tags: Ilminar, Islam, lecture notes, Muhammad Al Shareef, Muslims, Ramadan

Ramadan’s almost here!

03Aug09

“O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqûn.” (2:183)
 

 
Ramadan is fast approaching and I’ve been spending the past few days trying to get that into my head – it’s time to pick up the pace and prepare for [...]

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Dude, is that a Sunnah?

06May09

Have you ever got that feeling when you wished you could really cleanse your life of all those bad habits that you’ve developed and bring it as close as possible to the Prophet(saw)’s Sunnah? It so happens that whenever my Iman takes a dip for a period of time and (Alhamdolillah) grows stronger again, I [...]

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Tags: Etiquette, Islam, Prophet Muhammad, Sunnah