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Beliefs and Practices of Islam, Page 69

After Hajj: a continuous du’ah

By Sheikh Ashraf Salah
“Supplication is the weapon of the believer, as it is reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Supplication is the weapon of the believer, the pillar of the religion, and the light of the heaven and earth” (Al-Hakim).”

Reflections on the Hajj

By Arshad Gamiet. “Hajj… also symbolises the inward journey each and every one of us must undertake, to find our own centre, in the Kaaba of the human heart. What desires, what emotions and passions are still circling, making tawaaf around our spiritual heart?”

Love Allah and His Prophet above all else…

By Dr Husni Hammuda
“Three traits, whoever possesses them shall experience the sweetness of Iman : To love Allah and His Messenger more than anyone else. To love a man only for the sake of Allah, and to hate to return to infidelity after Allah has delivered him from it as much as he hates to be thrown into Fire..”

Stand and deliver! your religion or your life…

Al-Sayyid al-Jurjani defines deen as, “a divine convention that motivates rationally minded people – by way of their own praiseworthy choice – toward what is good in and of itself, being beneficial to them in this life and the next.”