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Breaking: Modi Arrest Probe Gains Momentum

SAKAG (SA Kashmiri Action Group) and MLA (Muslim Lawyers Association), as co-complainants who lodged an application to secure the arrest of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are upbeat that progress is underway. Following their meeting on Thursday with NPA prosecutorial team and SAPS DPIC appointed team, they have expressed hope …

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BLACK SEED AND ITS OIL

According to Hadeeth, Allah Ta’ala has made the Black Seed a cure for every sickness except death. The black seed can be used in various medical formulas to are numerous ailments. Below is a list of some simple remedies for common ailments and illnesses. Bear in mind that an alternative …

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Life’s Feeling Messed Up?

Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) guaranteed: “Whosoever makes the Aakhirah his (primary) concern, Allah will place his richness into his heart, and He will bring together (sort out) for him his state of affairs, and the Dunya will come to him submissively. And whosoever makes the Dunya his concern then Allah …

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CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following advice in a letter he wrote to a certain person who was suffering from doubts and stray thoughts and was also contemplating suicide: An effective remedy for dealing with doubts and stray thoughts is for one to ignore the …

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Who will break Idols, Erase Pictures?

Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that on one occasion, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) attended a janaazah of a certain Sahaabi. He then addressed the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) who were present and said, “Who among you will go back to Madinah Munawwarah, and wherever he sees any idol or statue, he …

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WHY SURAH TAWBAH DOES NOT HAVE BISMILLAH

Note: Only a person who continues his recitation from Surah al-Anfaal into Surat at-Tawbah will not recite Bismillah. One who is starting his recitation from Surah at-Tawbah will recite both Ta’awudh (أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم ) as well as Bismillah (بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم) Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn Abbas Radhiyallahu …

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GRAVITY OF OMITTING TARAWEEH

IntroductionYou may recall that the previous Jumah I spoke on the essence of fasting and I pointed out a universal rule; that every Ibaadat [Act of Worship] has an appearance and an essence. Accordingly, the essence of fasting is mujaahadah and the gist of mujaahadah is to oppose the nafs …

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FASTING WHILST TRAVELLING AND QADHAA

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ اَيَّامًا مَّعۡدُوۡدٰتٍؕ فَمَنۡ كَانَ مِنۡكُمۡ مَّرِيۡضًا اَوۡ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنۡ اَيَّامٍ اُخَرَ‌ؕ وَعَلَى الَّذِيۡنَ يُطِيۡقُوۡنَهٗ فِدۡيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسۡكِيۡنٍؕ فَمَنۡ تَطَوَّعَ خَيۡرًا فَهُوَ خَيۡرٌ لَّهٗ ؕ وَاَنۡ تَصُوۡمُوۡا خَيۡرٌ لَّـکُمۡ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ Translation: “Days (of fasting are) few in number. However, should anyone of you be …

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AN ACCOUNT FOR YOUR ENTIRE LIFE

Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi wasallam said: On the Day of Resurrection, the feet of the son of Adam will be powerless to move away (from the place of reckoning) till he is questioned about five matters (and gives a reasonable account): 1) On what he spent he spent his life 2) …

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