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Telling People about Their Lord: 25th Stop of Your Spiritual Journey to God

Telling People about Their Lord: 25th Stop of Your Spiritual Journey to God

Posted by | Mar 13, 2019 |

Every speech comes out with a cover from the heart of the speaker. If God allows a speaker to express himself, people will understand his words and comprehend his gestures. Telling People about Their Lord 25th Stop of Your Spiritual Journey to God Their speech deserved to be recorded by God in His Glorious Book, the Qur’an. This stage on our journey to God relates to the servant’s speech in which he tells people about God. Every servant has a responsibility to call people to their Creator, to remind them of their Lord, and to set things right in...

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Contemporary Islamic Law 

Contemporary Islamic Law 

Posted by | Feb 18, 2019 | ,

Contemporary Islamic Law A course in Cape Town, South Africa The Program aims to provide students with a comprehensive and objective-oriented (maqasidi) methodology (manhajiyyah) to contemporary Islamic law (fiqh). First, fiqh is defined as Islam’s ethical system in all aspects of life; going beyond the traditional chapters on the “acts of worship” (ibadaat) to include contemporary fiqh on issues related to medicine, economics, arts, politics, family, environment, international relations, etc. Then, Islam’s revealed knowledge, i.e. the Quran and Sunnah, takes a central position in the fiqhi methodology taught in this module, and the relationship between the Quran and the...

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His Most Perfect Blessing Is to Give You Just Enough (Ibn Atta)

His Most Perfect Blessing Is to Give You Just Enough (Ibn Atta)

Posted by | Feb 3, 2019 |

In his well-known book, Al-Hikam (Words of Wisdom), sheikh Ahmad Ibn `Ataa’illah As-Sakandari says: His most perfect blessing on you is to give you just enough, and to deprive you from what will cause you to do wrong. When you have less to be happy with, you will have less to be sad about. This stage of our journey to Allah relates to the issue of providence and how to understand it correctly. The Prophetic hadith that says: “The little that suffices is better than the abundant and distracting”, has been re-worded by the Sheikh in this word of wisdom. The Sheikh says: “His...

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?About the new laws proposed in Tunisia in order to enforce the equating of the shares of males and females

?About the new laws proposed in Tunisia in order to enforce the equating of the shares of males and females

Posted by | Sep 3, 2017 | ,

Translated from the original Arabic by: Idris Mukhtar Some brothers and sisters asked me about the new laws proposed in Tunisia in order to enforce the equating of the shares of males and females, i.e. brothers and sisters, and fathers and mothers in their portions of inheritance. This what some “rulers” have suggested there in the name of ‘intent of Islamic law’.  Answer: “Equality” is not one of the intents of Islamic law when it comes to inheritance. In this area, Islamic law intends to achieve justice and fairness. Surely, all human beings were created equally from a single...

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