Hadith Qudsi: No Oppression
“Allah says: I have forbidden oppression from Myself, so do not oppress one another…”
Four Steps to Heaven
“Spread peace, feed the poor, keep families together, pray for part of the night and you will enter paradise…”
Eid Khutbah: “People who reflect”
“Don’t just take your Islam for granted, following blindly. Allah wants you to question, to inquire, to investigate, to interrogate until you find the truth…”
Allah Pardons Almost Anything
“Never belittle the smallest good deed you’ve done. Never let your sins leave you so overwhelmed by guilt and remorse that you give up doing good. Never despair of Allah’s overwhelming capacity to forgive and show mercy…”
Reason and Rhetoric in the Quran
“The Holy Quran uses both rhetoric and reason in a powerful way. It addresses us, the readers, not as passive consumers of information, but as critical and sentient human beings, engaging our intellect and our innate sense of balance, fairness, reason, logic and beauty…”
Preparing for Ramadan
UL Ramadan Preparation – Stokey 30.07.10
Dhikr (Remembrance) and the Path of Mercy
When remembrance (dhikr) of Allah is connected with the aspect of His mercy and compassion, that quality of mercy begins to manifest within one’s own character – it gains a real, living presence and the heart expands with it’s growth. One’s thinking, words, actions, and all one’s relationships within families, communities, and in the wider world begins to display this mercy…
Ramadan Reflections: Desperate for Allah’s Mercy
We enter Ramadan as broken people, loaded with our sins. We should leave Ramadan as whole, complete Muslims, better than we started the month….