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History of Islam, Page 30

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….”

Are we liars?

By Khalil Moya To hear this audio khutbah, please click here:     Are We Liars_

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…”

Two Special Days

By Khalil Moya
“The day of Arafat is the day the last verse of the Holy Quran was revealed:
“This day have I perfected for you your religion, and completed my favour unto you and chose you Islam for your Religion.” A Jewish man said to Caliph Omar: “If this verse were revealed to us, we would declare that day a day of celebration [Eid].”

“Life isn’t fair!”

By Dr Hossam Roushdi
“When things are going well, we say “life is good!.” When things take a downward turn, we complain that “life isn’t fair.” Our idea of fairness and unfairness is often very subjective. We often lose sight of the wider picture…”