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  • Kids listen to our every deed

    How many times have you told your kids to change their clothes/brush their teeth/do their homework/or anything else for that matter? There is really no right answer because there is really no limit to the number of times we have to ask our kids to do something. For most of us, this is a normal part of our daily lives. We ask, and ask, and ask, and.. More

  • Egypt's revolution: Dead or alive?

    As crowds dominate political discourse in Egypt - on one end, those who support the military, and on the other, backers of deposed president Mohamed Morsi - a middle ground is mourning the loss of a dream. "My hope was that we don't live in injustice anymore, because we were basically suffering with that for 30 years," said 33-year-old Hamdi.. More

  • 'Our Hearts are Still Adhering to the Truth'

    In his book, Siyar A‘laam An-Nubalaa’ (11/238), Ath-Thahabi, may Allah have mercy upon him, said that during the ordeal of Imaam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy upon him, it was said to him, “O Abu ‘Abdullaah! Do you not see that falsehood is being victorious over the truth?” He replied, “No. The victory of falsehood.. More

  • Etiquettes of Supplicating - I

    During the caliphate of ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattaab, may Allah be pleased with him, there was no rain for an entire year and the people were about to perish. So ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, gathered the people and they went out to the desert. He then asked Al-‘Abbaas, may Allah be pleased with him, the paternal uncle of the Prophet,.. More

  • Egyptians' missing Ramadan spirit

    While the notions of peace and cooperation are celebrated in the Muslim world at this time of year, Egyptians are struggling with those concepts during the holy month of Ramadan after the divisive military overthrow of the elected government. Egypt's Muslim population, which makes up the majority of its 84 million citizens, has always taken pride in.. More

  • How to achieve humbleness

    Islam highly commends humbleness and simplicity and reckons that as one of the traits of a true believer. The Prophet sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam said: "Al-Kibr (proud and arrogance) is rejecting the truth and looking down upon people."[Muslim, At-Tirmithi and Abu Daawood] Humility is for one who is important and significant and he fears.. More

  • Exclusive: US bankrolled anti-Morsi activists

    President Barack Obama recently stated the United States was not taking sides as Egypt's crisis came to a head with the military overthrow of the democratically elected president. But a review of dozens of US federal government documents shows Washington has quietly funded senior Egyptian opposition figures who called for toppling of the country's.. More

  • 690 Egyptians detained, claims rights group

    The Egyptian Defense Center of Human Rights has stated that 690 people were detained after the incident when fire was opened on civilians outside the Republican Guard HQ in Cairo last Monday morning and that there were children, women and elders among the detainees who were holding a pro-Morsi sit-in. Secretary-General of Defense Center of Human Rights.. More

  • Amnesty accuses Israel of judicial bullying

    Two female Palestinian activists have gone on trial in an Israeli military court over their involvement in weekly demonstrations against an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. Rights groups and activists said on Tuesday that the prosecution of Nariman Tamimi and Rana Hamadeh coincided with a rise in Israeli arrests of Palestinian protest.. More

  • How Children Receive Ramadan

    Laying down the book I looked up at Tessniem. "OK, so what are we going to do this Ramadan?" Her cheerful face lit up. "Paint the windows." Looking at my pretty white sheers I forced my head to nod. "OK, what else do we do during Ramadan?" Omar jumped off the couch… "Not eat, ah, I mean fast." "That's.. More

  • East Turkistan enters Ramadan under strict measures

    Following last week's incidents killing 35 in East Turkistan (Uyghur Autonomous Region), Muslims enter the holy month of Ramadan under strict security measures. With the increased security measures throughout the region, the central grand bazaar of the capital Urumchi isn't that much lively. Several Muslims in the capital are busy with Ramadan preparations. .. More

  • Kinship Rights-I

    In this article, we will discuss a great and noble duty that Allah The Almighty has made obligatory for spouses. Muslim homes cannot be reformed and love and affection cannot prevail in them unless this duty is perfectly fulfilled in a way that satisfies Allah. Allah The Almighty instructs His slaves to fear Him and to cherish kinship ties so as to.. More

  • Kinship Rights - II

    A scholar relates that the father-in-law of one of his students would come to him and say bad things about that student. He would accuse him of having done horrible, mischievous acts. The student did not know that his father-in-law would complain about him to his Shaykh. The father-in-law would tell the scholar that he admonishes the student very often.. More

  • Israelis pleased with Egypt coup

    Israel's government avoided any show of satisfaction on Thursday over the ouster of Egypt's Mohamed Mursi, an Islamist president who alarmed many in the Jewish state but quickly made clear he would not renege on a peace treaty. A spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment on Mursi's removal by the Egyptian army. But a Netanyahu.. More

  • Emergence of Ad-Dajjaal (Antichrist): The First Sign of the Hour - III

    Protection against Ad-Dajjaal: Although the trial of Ad-Dajjaal is very difficult, the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, taught us how to protect ourselves from it. In light of the Sunnah, the most important ways to protect us against the great trial of Ad-Dajjaal are: 1- Committing the physical description of Ad-Dajjaal to memory: The.. More

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