Something to Ponder

Wisdom when giving Da’wah
 
Story 1
Once the grandsons of Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, Hazrat Hasan and Hazrat Husain Radhi Allahu Anhuma, saw an old man performing wudhu at the banks of the Euphrates River . The man hastened through the wudhu and perfmored Salaah just as quickly. In so doing, he omitted the Sunnah method of [...]

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For the Sisterhood

by IslamWay

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Edible: how do you choose?

 

Eating right and staying well is a BIG responsibility. I know that when I read articles that alert the  consumer about the latest research or medical discoveries I can’t help but think about what I could try and change about my lifestyle of eating. I will admit that  b-r-e-a-d is my weakness and so is [...]

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Alerted by a sign

I was inspired by a sister’s  blog ( http://adikbongsu.wordpress.com/) to write that the road to success in maintaining Iman (faith) is not an easy one and as she has stated, it’s like a tide; some are high and some come in low.” Yes, can’t agree more with this comparison.  I also would like to add that a road [...]

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A Heart’s Journey

 
I came across the following article that left me an enlightening message. I hope that you ca benefit as well.
Polishing the Heart
Abud-Dardaa’ (Radiyallaahu ‘anhu) said: “For everything there is a polish and the polish for the heart is the dhikr of Allaah.” Imaam Al-Bayhaqee relates from Ibn ‘Umar (Radiyallaahu ‘anhu) that Allaah’s Messenger (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi [...]

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Looks and more

 
 Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said: “You will be treated the way you treat others.”
The following was an intersting study made on just the headress.
http://www.mediacurves.com/Culture/J6652/ReportJ6652.pdf

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Not so difficult

Calories Burned In Prayer
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM

Last week at the sports medicine conference, I talked to a researcher from Kuwait University. Dr. Jasem Ramadan presented a lovely little study called Bioenergetics of Islamic Prayers, measuring the amount of oxygen and calories the physical movements of the prayers burned.Five standard prayers (Salat) are mandatory every [...]

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Is Life Fair?

 
  Humour and Our Prophet (Peace and Blessing Be Upon Him) 
Islam is a complete way of life and a complete life is made up of sorrow and happiness, test and result, good and bad and both aspects of life with all its dimensions. Life cannot be one sided. There cannot be happiness only, nor can [...]

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Everyday Life

 
“… They should rather pardon and overlook. Would you not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Qur’an, 24:22)
As I was walking passed some co-workers this week, I never expected to witness an intense arguement between two individuals. Hostility in actions and words flared from one side and tension was left in [...]

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Random Me

 
I have been recently tagged by http://adayinthehijabofshama.blogspot.com  who posted 7 Random and or wierd facts. With this said,  I will begin by saying that I have never been “tagged” and so for fun I will follow the next steps:
 So, here’s whatcha gotta do:
1. Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.
2. Share [...]

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