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“Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cozy, doesn’t try it on. “ — Billy Connolly

A man asked Aisha, radiyallahu anha, “Did the Messenger of God do any work in the house?” She said: “Yes the messenger of God—peace be upon him—-used to mend his shoes, hand sew his clothes and work in the house like one of you does in his house.”  This hadith is in the collection narrated [...]

Aslam, the servant of Umar Ibn AlKhattab, narrated that one night he went out with Umar Ibn AlKhattab until they reached a place with harsh terrain, where they saw a fire. Umar told Aslam that these people had been forced by the night to set camp and decided to go to them. There they found [...]

“Never disappoint a beggar who stands at your door; give him even as little as a date or less, for he is a gift from God to you. If you find nothing to give then send him away graciously with kind words and a promise.” — Al-Haddad (2003) The Book of Assistance, Fons Vitae, p.69

1. Jihad is the struggle to remove all those things from one’s life that incur Allah’s displeasure, and to replace them with those things that will gain His acceptance. 2. Jihad is the struggle against one’s inner self and it’s bestial inclinations. It is this struggle, in fact, which the Prophet of Islam (Allah’s blessings [...]

As Selaamu Alaikum, Everything happens for a reason and nothing occurs without Allah’s (SWT) plan. I was feeling a bit down because of some problems at work. I was studying Qur’an with a friend. We had some questions and needed some answers, so looked in to various Islamic sites. While searching, this link popped in [...]

The beauty of Islam shows in the face of one who keeps silent about things he does not know and that do not concern him.

“O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion, for some suspicions are a sin. Do not spy on one another, nor backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, you would abhor it, [so similarly, avoid backbiting]. And fear God. Indeed, God is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.” [...]

Surely, those who have made divisions in their religion and turned into factions, you have nothing to do with them. Their case rests with Allah; then He will inform them of what they used to do. {Qur’an, 6:159}

“I looked at all the friends and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all the dresses but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought about all sorts of wealth but did not find a better wealth than contentment in a little. I thought of all [...]

I received the following in an email from imase this morning and wanted to share it: Ramadan is derived from an Arabic word for intense heat and scorched ground As heat cleans that which is unclean, may this month clean our heart from any impurity within As heat that scours the muck off a surface, [...]

No one has swallowed anything more excellent in the sight of God than the anger he restrains, seeking to please God Most High. {Tirmidhi}