Miscellaneous

Northeastern Afghanistan has been struck by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey. According to its website, the quake struck at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles). In comparison, Sunday’s earthquake was magnitude 6.0, and its epicentre was at a depth of about 8km (5 miles).Hours before …

One day, in Jordan, during a second-year class, a Professor asked the students: “Who among you can explain the name of Allah from a miraculous and phonetic-linguistic perspective?”No one raised their hand—except for a young Spanish woman named Helen. Despite being Spanish and Christian, she spoke fluent Arabic. She said:“The …

“I always tell parents that if their default is yelling or threatening, then no “magic phrase” will undo the deeper pattern. But when you regularly protect your child’s dignity, make them feel safe, and follow through on boundaries, listening becomes the natural outcome.” https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/31/child-psychologist-parents-who-raise-kids-who-listen-use-6-magic-phrases.html

Allamah Abu al-Ḥasan wrote in: ‘What the World Lost due to the fall of the Muslims”: “If we want to regain our position in leading humanity once again, we must have this true belief which leaves an impression in everything we say or do; the belief that the Muslim was …

Narrated Usayd ibn Hudayr Radhiyallahu anhu: Abdur Rahman ibn Abu Layla, quoting Usayd ibn Hudhayr, a man of the Ansar, said that while he was given to jesting and was talking to the people and making them laugh, the Prophet (ﷺ) poked him under the ribs with a stick. He …

Often people without Islam struggle to understand how there could be value in what the world today throws or pushes away. The earth is recording the oppression that it is witnessing and on the day of Qiyaamah, it will let out its loads. However, Islam came to remove all of …

Question: Can I shake my cousins hand? We are brought up in such a way, we feel we can never marry our cousins. There is absolutely no attractions between us. Answer: In Surah at-Tahrim, Allah Ta’alaa says in the first verse: لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَاۤ اَحَلَّ اللّٰهُ لَكَ “Why do you …

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira Radhiyyallahu anhu reported: The Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam , said: “Look at those below you and do not look at those above you, lest you belittle the favors of Allah.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2963 عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ انْظُرُوا …

The Senior Asaatithaa (teachers) of Darul Uloom Zakariyya: Mufti Ridha Ul Haq Saheb Moulana Sulaiman Choksi Saheb Mufti Muhammed Ali Saheb Moulana Uthmaan Mewati Saheb Qari Rashid Dabhelia Saheb Moulana Abbaas Sarigat Saheb Moulana Abdul Qudoos Qasmi Saheb Moulana Burhaan Mia Saheb have put their signatures to serve as evidence …