Ramadan Reflections: Lessons from Badr
OG Badr lessons
Ramadhan Reflections: Hypocrisy and Sincerity
One night before battling the Crusaders, Salahuddin walked among the tents of his troops. Some were filled with laughter, music and merriment. Others were hushed with prayer, dhikr and contemplation. “From these will come the Victory for Islam,” he remarked, “and from those will come our destruction.” ….
“Worship Me, and be kind to your Parents!”
The most important relationship we have, after worshipping Allah alone, is our lifelong love and courtesy to our parents…
Hypocrisy or Sincerity? The future of Islam in America
Your race, genealogy, your wealth, your social status do not make you superior to any other human being. Your degrees: Ph.D. and M.D. do not upgrade you if they do not provide you with a higher degree of humanism. If they do not make you a better person, they are simply tools for the exploitation of other human beings. Islam knocked down the slave master, dragged him into dirt and elevated the slave to the status of a commander…
Seven Stages of Sin
Even if we avoid big sins, Shaitan is ever keen to mislead us in small sins that accumulate…..
Diseases of the Heart
EM diseases of the heart
Let’s give Obama a chance!
President Barack Hussein Obama’s Cairo speech is an historic window of opportunity… for America and the Muslim world to find common ground, and to build on shared values…
Be a person who can become a nation…
Prophet Ibrahim [Abraham] sought Allah’s good pleasure, by suffering hardship and rejecting idol-worship. His readiness to make a supreme sacrifice of his son Isma-il [Ishmael] and his unquestioning loyalty to his Lord earned him the title of ‘Friend of Allah.’ His sons became prophets of the Jewish and Islamic traditions: He was the father of nations…