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Building Good Character, Page 116

When Friends Hurt Each Other

Allah created humans with differences. It is the law of creation. Different tongues, different colors, different cultures… all that on the outside. On the inside, humans were created with many degrees of knowledge, intellect, and comprehension of concepts.

Weddings: A Time To Thank Allah

In this time of happiness, when gifts are received, hugs are generously donated, and laughter sprinkles the tables, we must remember who gave this all to us.

Regrets

Has not man considered how We created him from a drop of semen? Yet he is an open adversary! He makes something up to be compared with Us and forgets how he was created. He says, “Who will revive [our] bones after they have rotted away?

The Information Jihad

For how long are we simply going to nurture our sense of grievance? How much longer will we be content with the role of victim? If we want to stop Islamophobia and racism, we will have to start doing some hard work to put things right.

The Greatest Love of Your Life

“The best way to show gratitude to our Alláh, is to worship him, to obey him and to avoid displeasing Him. This is how we can reciprocate the divine love…”

Knowledge and Youth

The youth is our future. We have heard this often and yet what attempts are we making either individually or collectively to ensure that our youth are prepared and well equipped to face the challenges of today and the unknown future of tomorrow.

Ummah in crisis

Those of us who have been following the big news stories around the world, will know that Muslims are going through a period of hardship and distress that we haven’t experienced for many, many years.

Priorities and Exams

The moral of the Ayah is that those drives and motives inside us can either lead us to the pleasure of Allah SWT and lead us eventually into Heaven or the same motives and same desires can lead us to hell fire.