Because the heart is described as possessing life or death, it is classified into three types: The First: The Correct and Sound Heart. This is the truthful and secure (salīm) heart, the only type of heart that its owner can bring to Allāh which will rescue him on the Day of Judgement [from the Grievous Punishment]. Allāh, the Exalted says, The Day when neither wealth nor sons will avail, except he who brings to Allāh a truthful and secure heart.[1] The meaning of salīm (secure) is sālim ... [Continue Reading]

NIGHT OF POWER: Layl tul Qadr – Some quick points and reminders about this night. This night can fall on either the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th or 29th of Ramadhan Insha’Allah. In the United Kingdom [and other regions of the world] this begins tonight Monday 29th July – then Wednesday 31st July, Friday 2nd August, Sunday 4th August and Tuesday 6th August 2013. 1. This is the night that the Qur’an was revealed. 2. Each deed you do on this night is equivalent to performing the same deed for more ... [Continue Reading]

Tothma'inah is Tranquility. Allah says: "Those who believe and whose hearts find tothma'inah in the remembrance of Allah. Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find tothma'inah." [Al-Qur'an 13:28] "O you the one with Tothma'inah! Come back to your Lord, well-pleased and well-pleasing unto Him! Enter you, then among My honored slaves, and enter My Paradise." [Al-Qur'an 89:27-30] Tothma'inah is the satisfaction of the heart with circumstances without any sense of anxiety or ... [Continue Reading]

The deen of Islam is great which is apparent as it comes from the One who is Great; and it is from His attribute of Greatness that He is Kind and Merciful. Allah the Most High has made it easy for us to obey Him and has made it easily accessible to us and facilitated our performance of it. He has legislated actions of worship in a way that would inspire within us a desire to perform them while hastening to do so. Believing in Allah is the first pillar of Islam and epitomises all of the pillars ... [Continue Reading]

Indeed, the fast is only virtuous due to two significant concepts. Firstly, it is a secret and hidden action thus, no one from the creation is able to see it. Therefore showing off cannot enter into it. Secondly, it is a means of subjugating the enemies of Allah. This is because the road that the enemies (of Allah) embark upon (in order to misguide the Son of Adam) is that of desires.. Know that in the fast is a special quality that is not found in anything else. And that is its close ... [Continue Reading]

“O you who believe! Fasting was prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become pious. Fast for a fixed number of days, but if any of you is ill or on a journey, the same number should be made up from other days. And as for those who can fast with difficulty, they have to feed a poor person. But, whoever does good of his own accord, it is better for him. And that you fast, it is better for you if only you knew” [I] “It is, as the Lord of Glory Said, a fixed ... [Continue Reading]