By Hisham Abu Yusuf
Cambridge Central Mosque
It’s crucially important that we nurture the innate talents that Allah has gifted every child. Children often show an inclination, a skill set in their early years, that can easily be lost by the many distractions of modern life. Here are some illuminating examples shown by our beloved Prophet sws…
By Basharat Ali
Gangs thrive on pride, status and arrogance, aspects of the lower Self (Nafs), They destroy our social fabric, whether as local drug gangs or as corrupt politicians funded by lobby groups. 14 centuries ago Islam transformed the warring gangs of Arabia to become leaders of a world civilisation. And, in our time, Islam transformed a low-life gangster called Malcom X into an exemplary Muslim, Malik El-Shabazz, who has so far brought more than a million lost souls to Islam…
By Basharat Ali
We live in a strange world indeed. Eid greetings from Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak while they supply weapons for the slaughter of thousands of women and children? Non-Muslim activists being criminalised and arrested for protesting against the killing while so many Muslim leaders remain silent and turn the other way?
By Basharat Ali
In full view of Pharaoh and his people, Moses threw his rod to swallow up the snakes, the illusions of Pharaoh’s magicians. This is how Allah’s truth defeats all false beliefs. Islam will defeat secularism, nationalism, usury and materialism, the false gods of our time. We Muslims are here to show humanity the best way forward…
By Arshad Gamiet
“With so many Muslims enduring unspeakable hardship in so many places today, especially in Gaza and the West Bank, the blessings, the barakah, and the spiritual lessons of Hajj are desperately needed by all.”
By Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
” The power of the Hajj is truly a divine mystery: It has the power to purify and transform the most awkward and sinful characters into the most luminous and radiant people. How this happens, Allah alone knows, but it happens, and that’s what’s important…”
By Arshad Gamiet
“Hajj is an outward journey tracing the spiritual history of Islam. It is also the inward journey each and every one of us must undertake, to find our own centre, in the Kaaba of our heart. What desires, what emotions and passions are still circling, making tawaaf around our spiritual heart? The spiritual heart, the qalb is the locus of our personality. This is our real driving force. Let’s make sure that it is surrounded by loving thoughts of Remembrance of our most Beloved, Allah…”
By Atif Jung
As the season of the Great Pilgrimage, the Hajj, approaches, this is a good time to reflect on the examples of Prophet Abraham, and his son, Ismail. What can we learn about implicit obedience and unfailing trust, unshakeable faith in Allah? There are many important life lessons here….
