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

Shallow Stuff

07Jul09

“You are the best Ummah singled out for mankind; you enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah.” 
(Quran 3:110)
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Every Sunday is the same – I pick up the newspaper’s weekend supplement and soon find myself digusted with its contents. The thick magazine that is issued every Sunday with the Dawn newspaper [...]

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Tags: Islam, Media, Muslims, propaganda, Writers

Dusk to Dawn

29Mar09

You might have wondered, at some point, why I chose to name this blog, “Between Dusk and Dawn”. It’s not just something that I picked out of a hat, neither was it planned as a mystical name to capture the attention of readers. It’s not the title of any book or sonnet I know, [...]

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Tags: Faith, Ibadah, Islam, Muslims, Night, Peace, Prayer, Worship