The end of Ramadan
By Dr Hossam Roushdi
“Ramadan is all about purifying the heart and taming the lower Self. This helps to expand the higher Self, …”
Invest in your Jannah
By Khalil Moya
Mother of the Believers, Aisha R.A. said: “None of you will Believe until you trust in Allah more than you trust what is within your hand.” The Holy Quran asks you and me: ” Who is there who will loan to Allah a beautiful loan?” Allah promises us rewards as big as the heavens and the earth…
Ramadan – Mission Impossible?!
By Khalil Moya “If you described the full list of things a believing Muslim does in Ramadan, the average non-Muslim in the street would say that they couldn’t do it. It’s ‘Mission Impossible,’ but you and I know that with Faith and Taqwa, Allah makes the impossible possible…”
Death of Muhammad Ali
By Arshad Gamiet
“As Ali was leaving the hospital, he found some very poor people waiting in the corridor. Ali pulled out his wallet and gave each one a $100 bill. In the 1960s, that was a lot of money. Ali thought nothing of it. He just gave the money and without waiting for thanks, he walked away. He never ignored the poor, the sick and the destitute. Ali must have known that he would find Allah there with them, just as the Hadith says…”
Become a trustworthy Muslim
By Arshad Gamiet
“When we sell fruit, do we put the rotten ones under the good ones? When we sell our car, do we mention that the gears are faulty and the brake pads are worn? When we sell a house, do we cover up the damp walls and crumbling brickwork and we don’t tell the new buyer? When we write our exams, as some students are doing right now, do we cheat? Do we claim someone else’s hard work as our own? Do we bribe examiners or do buy our degrees and qualifications from dodgy institutions? Dear Brothers and Sisters, halaal isn’t only about the food we eat. Halaal is also about how we do business, and how we earn our livelihood…”
Culture and Islam
By Arshad Gamiet
“our national culture, our tribal and ethnic backgrounds are only tags and labels of convenience, but our core identity is Islam. This means that we must be virtuous people, primordially upright human beings. As Muslims first, we can also be British, Pakistani, Arab or Indian. Let’s get our priorities right. Let’s aspire to the noble position that Allah has decreed for us….”
The blessings of hardship
By Arshad Gamiet
” That first generation of Muslims endured the most painful hardship for a good reason. Allah was setting them up to be the role models for Muslims throughout the ages. Their trials and tribulations were a vital part of this process. There was a hidden mercy in all their suffering. We must open our eyes, and our hearts, and we must look for the hidden mercy in the challenges that Allah has placed before us today…”
Hold on to your winning ticket!
By Khalil Moya
“Don’t give something or someone else priority over Allah… Doing our Salaat on its time: that’s the easiest thing to do; it’s the best, the only way to guarantee our success in this life and the next life….”