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Knowing Allah, Page 45

Death and Dying

By Imam Nur Salie.

“Every soul will have a taste of death,” says the Holy Quran. Most people are reluctant to think about, let alone talk about their death. Yet it is the only thing about which there is absolute certainty. No one will be spared from meeting their Maker……”

The story of Sura Al-Kawthar

By Sheikh Abdullah Awaldien, Hidayatul Islam Mosque, Kensington, Cape Town. In this khutbah, the Sheikh explains how Sura Al Kawthar mystified the …

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).”

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.”