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I just ate a banana. This banana belonged to someone else yesterday, they took two bananas but left one to me. I forgot to eat it yesterday and found it in the same place today. Several people passed by where this banana was, no one touched it, no one threw it in the garbage, they left it. I showed up today and I saw the banana in the same place it was yesterday. I ate it. This banana came from Mexico. There is an entire world that came into existence behind this banana getting into my hands, first ...

In bygone days people’s fikr (concern) for islah (rectification) was deep and genuine. They handed themselves over to their chosen Shaykh like a stick in the carpenter’s hand. The stick will not say to the carpenter, “Make me into a table and nota chair”!

“Blind Following” of the Shaykh

In every matter an expert is sought for advice and guidance. One who has no experience has no choice but to blindly follow the expert in any field. Yet for one’s Islah which concerns ...

Shaykh Hussain Ahmed Madani
“It is to worship Allah in a fulfilling, humble manner as if He is watching you”


Ma’riful Hadith – by Shaykh Muhammad Manzoor Numani
“Ihsaan denotes nothing more than that Allah should be worshipped and His decrees and injunctions obeyed as if He was seeing us and we were seeing Him. A slave carries out his master’s command with great efficiency and keenness under his master’s eye."


Shaykh Riyaadhul Haqq ...

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ,

At the very foundation of this topic, lies the heart of the Judeo-Christian narrative on the personhood of Christ and the religion of Christianity. For some almost 2000 years, there has always existed a disconnect between the validity of the application of the Torah’s laws and Christ’s ministry. Therefore to establish a basic understanding from which to work, let’s look at the Christian position on the Law ...

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From time to time in our college we used to run into non Muslims who are interested in Islam. This often happened in irreligious circles more than the religious ones. I don't know what the Divine Decree was behind it but it was a strange phenomenon. So these non Muslims were close friends of non practicing Muslims. I don't know where the term "non practicing" is in Quran and Hadith, I don't know what the equivalent of that term would be. Not once but many times I heard these non Muslims ...