Choose your friends wisely
By Dr Husni Hammuda
“Whether you like it or not, your choice of friends will influence your character and your reputation. Prophet Muhammad used the analogy of the blacksmith and the perfumery…”
True religion isn’t a zero sum game
By RabbiAllen S Maller
“Since all monotheistic scriptures come from the one and only God, we should view other monotheistic scriptures as potentially enriching our understanding and appreciation of our own scripture. But in the middle ages almost all readers thought of revelation as a zero sum sport like tennis, rather than a multiple win co-operative sport like mountain climbing.”
Fast on Thursday 10th Muharram: show thanks to Allah…
By Ibrahim al Tamimi
“Faith and gratitude are inseparable. Fasting on the 10th Muharram is a way of showing thanks to Allah swt. On the grand scale of things, it may be a very small and inadequate thanks, weighed against the limitless blessings we enjoy and often take for granted. But Allah swt still rewards us disproportionately, even for this humble offering of thanks….
To view this inspiring khutbah, please click on the link below:
Hajj and the duties of brotherhood/sisterhood
By Dr Husni Hammuda
Hajj is not only about our personal salvation. Hajj is also about being connected, geographically and chronologically, to every other Muslim: past, present and future.
Allah Himself bears witness to His Oneness
By Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
“The only unforgivable sin is Shirk: to associate partners with Allah, in other words, to compromise Allah’s Divine Unity.
This thought-provoking khutbah describes the the importance of true scholarship: having a comprehensive vision of the whole, rather than merely hyper-specializing in a fragmented view of the world…”
Pillars of the Hajj
By Sami El Taji
“The reward for an accepted Hajj (Hajj Mabroor) is nothing except Paradise..” Hajj is a duty we owe to Allah..
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How the First Lady of Islam has set an example for all women
By Moin Qazi
In his own words, Prophet Muhammad sws paid tribute to his first wife, Khadija: !“God Almighty never granted me anyone better in this life than her. She accepted me when people rejected me; she believed in me when people doubted me; she shared her wealth with me when people deprived me, and God granted me children only through her.”
Rights over Rites: Hypocrisy at Hajj
By Muhammad Noor
“Migrant workers, fellow Muslim brethren, are exploited daily. Workers face lack of mobility, discrimination, sexual violence and lack of redress under the lingering kafala work sponsorship agreements.1 Our Muslim brothers live lives of instability and peril in the land where those were promised before Islam.2 The famous 7th century “League of the Virtuous” (Hilf Al-Fudul) pact, though prior to revelation, greatly influenced the Prophet ﷺ as he stated, “If I were called to it now in the time of Islam, I would respond”.3 Companions and generations of scholars see this pact as the basis for the protection of individual rights in Islamic legal theory…”