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Building Good Character

Ramaḍān, Qur’ān and purification of the heart

by Basharat Ali

“The heart should be content with whatever the Master throws at it. True faith, Iman, is about accepting all the challenges of life as gifts from Allah. Suffering is a gift. It is an opportunity to show a beautiful patience and resilience, a Sabr Jameel. with dignity and the certainty that we will inherit Allah’s eternal reward.

Welcoming Ramadan

By Arshad Gamiet
“Many of us think that Ramadan is a time to ‘go slow’ and to avoid exerting ourselves. Some of us would want to sleep all day until iftar. This is completely wrong. Ramadan is not a time for hibernation. That’s for the polar bears and grizzly bears in the cold north American winter. It’s not for wide-awake, Allah-aware Muslims!” Read more…

How to improve your relationship with the Quran

By Talha Asghar

Ramadan, unlike any other time of the year, offers us the best opportunity to improve our relationship with the Holy Quran. During Ramadan, all our routines are changed to allow more time for improving our spiritual health…

How the tables turn…

By Sohaib Saeed

Cambridge Muslim College

Things are always changing under God’s master plan. How do we deal with it? How do we give advice to others? How can we be sure that our advice is valid, according to the Quran and Sunnah? Be careful! Either you know, or you don’t, and you’re reaching beyond your limits… You could be either a Wali or a Wally!…

Isra and Mi’raj: The Mystical Night Journey and Ascension through the heavens

By Arshad Gamiet
“Before the Mi’raj occurred, Muslims had no idea as to how and when they should pray. Now we not only know how and when, but also the ‘why’ part. Why do we pray? Why 5 times a day? Why not just once? … When we Muslims pray, we enjoy a very special relationship with Allah. While other faiths have intermediaries, Muslims have no priest, no Rabbi, no Archbishop or even a Pope to stand between us and Allah. We worship Allah directly and Allah answers us directly. Allah says “I listen to the prayer of everyone who calls me. Let them also then, listen to My call, so that they may walk on the straight way.”

International Court of Justice, and Gaza

By Basharat Ali

What is Justice? Has the IJC delivered justice for the people of Gaza? What does Islam say about justice? Where do you and I stand, and what can we learn from the unfolding catastrophe in Palestine? Allah will surely hold everyone accountable, including ourselves, for what we did to uphold justice. This is our inescapable fate

How to avoid hypocrisy

By Ahmed Baghdadi

This khutbah traces the history of hypocrisy amongst the followers of the Prophets, and shows us clearly how to avoid incurring Allah’s anger. A few small steps daily will help us cultivate healthy habits to refine our character and bring us closer to Allah…

The Chosen People

By Ustadh Abdul Basith Awan

Some Muslims suffer from an inferiority complex, so they uncritically adopt the western liberal culture. Actually, Islam is far superior, but they don’t realise it. We must fully appreciate our Islamic values so that we can become personal examples those who are spiritually lost