Archive for January, 2010

Repentance of the man who committed a hundred murders

Abu Sa’id Sa’d b. Malik b. Sinan al-Khudri says that the Prophet  said: “There was a man among a people before you who committed ninety-nine murders. Then he inquired about the most knowledgeable man on earth and he was led to a monk. He went to him and told him that he had killed ninety-nine [...]

I would like to repent, but

Will Allah forgive me?   Sometimes a man asks: I would like to repent, but I have such a huge collection, and such a wide variety of evil deeds in my account that I do not know if Allah will forgive me. Let me tell you in reply, my brother, that this is not your specific [...]

Dates are rich in Protien & Vitamins

  Muslims generally break their fast by eating dates. Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) is reported to have said: “If anyone of you is fasting, let him break his fast with dates. In case he does not have them, then with water. Verily water is a purifier.” The Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) used to break his [...]

Haj Reflections 2009

by Arshad Gamiet/Royal Holloway University of London First Khutbah “As-salámu ‘alaikum wa rahmatul láhi wa barakátuh!” “A-úthu billáhi minash shaytánir rajeem. Bismilláhir rahmánir raheem Al hamdu lillahi nahmaduhu wanasta’eenahu, wanastagh-firuhu, wanatoobu ilayhi, wana’oothu Billaahi min shuroori an-fusinaa, wamin sayyi aati a’maalinaa. May- Yahdillahu fa huwal muhtad, wa may- yudlill falan tajidaa lahu waliyan murshida. Wa [...]

The Month of Allah: Muharram

Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala has chosen and given preference to certain days and times that are special and sacred in our religion. As many of you may know by now, the sacred month of Muharram (which begins the new Islamic year) has started today. The Prophet of Allah sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, “The [...]

The Quran

“The Qur’an: literally, “that which is often recited.” A web of rhythm and meaning, the words of which throb through Muslim worship and which, at every point in the believer’s life , break surface, sanctifying existence with the scent of eternity.” [Abdul Wadod Shalabi in "Islam - Religion of Life"] The Qur’an represents the fountainhead [...]