Remember Me, I will remember you…
“…when we do good, we must always try to be conscious of the fact that we are doing it for God. Talk to God as you are doing the good deed, ask Him to accept it from you, and to enable you to do more good…”
Arson, Looting and Muslims
“We should always entertain the hope, the possibility that our worst enemies today could become our beloved brothers and sisters tomorrow…”
Five States of the Heart
“None shall enter Allah’s Garden except those with a clean, sound heart…”
Refocus Yourself in Ramadan
“The reward for every good action in Ramadan is multiplied many times over…. let’s not miss this rare opportunity seek forgiveness for our sins and to come closer to Allah…”
The Origin of Sins
“Whenever we do something wrong, we are acting against our own innocent, primordial human nature…”
“And fast till the onset of night…”
“By holding back the nafs from its activity and its sustenance, moments of stillness, of silence, are obtained – moments in which self-perception sharpens and deepens and spirit awakens and the (spiritual) form with which God created man begins to unfold itself.”
Religious Literacy: Empowering the Ordinary Muslim
“…(Prophet Muhammad’s) example might be likened to a medicine cabinet that has the cure for every disease but whose entire contents no individual need consume…”
America’s barbaric treatment of my son John Walker Lindh
“In 1998, aged 17, my son John Walker Lindh travelled to Yemen to study Islam and learn Arabic. In April 2001 he went to Afghanistan. Then 9/11 happened. He was captured by US troops, tortured, and jailed for 20 years, an innocent victim of America’s ‘war on terror’…”