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Beliefs and Practices of Islam, Page 61

Listen to both sides, and judge with justice

By Omar Galal
“Beware of making hasty judgements of others; Allah is the best of judges. Put your emotions and prejudices away. Listen carefully to both sides. Things aren’t always what they seem. The truth can be hidden somewhere you least expect to find it….”

Cultivating constant Allah-awareness

By Dr Hossam Roushdi
“We should realise that in every waking and sleeping moment, we are constantly in the presence of Allah. There is no place in the heavens or on earth that is hidden from Him. Let our thoughts, words and actions reflect this constant Allah-awareness (Taqwa)…”

Da’wah though our actions

By Khalil Moya
“Talk is cheap. Let’s make our good actions match our fine words. The Holy Quran reminds us: ‘Who is better in speech than the one who invites people to Allah, and good deeds, and says, I am one of the Muslims?”

Celebrating Eidul Adha

By Omar Galal
“We are sometimes t0o hasty, too judgemental, too harsh with one another. We need more Hilm, [be gentle, forbearing, patient with one another, we need to make allowances for each other…”

Be happy the Halaal way!

By Dr Husni Hammuda
“Real, lasting happiness can only be found in showing gratitude to Allah by caring for His creation. We must learn to fulfil the needs of others first, before we provide for ourselves…”

10 Blessed Days…

By Khalil Moya
“The first ten days of Dhul Hijjah are the most blessed of the days of Allah. Let’s try to gain the maximum benefit by fasting and praying as much as we can during those days…”