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Tag: Sufism
Prayers Despite Predestinated Adversities
Question: As-salamu alaykum. How does Islam view adversities in life? If our fate is already written by Allah, what is the need for praying: O Allah, save us from all fitnah (sedition) and masa'eb (hardships and sufferings) of life?
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The Role of the Mosque
In Islam, mosques are not just “places of prayers.” Mosques are – in modern terminology – community centers. The role of the mosque in Islam is one of the major things that have to be reformed before the Muslim nation is capable of recovering from its present status.
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Sufism and Wahhabism
Sufism and Wahhabism are very general words that people use to mean a variety of things, good and evil, from the Islamic point of view. So, I will try to clarify all the different views about them regardless of the names and labels.
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Ibn `Attaa’ Words of Wisdom: Certainty of Faith and Indifference about World
In his well-known book, Al-Hikam (Words of Wisdom), sheikh Ahmad Ibn `Ataa'illah As-Sakandari says: If the light of deep faith shines on you, you will see the Hereafter before journeying to it, and you will see the trappings of this world vanishing before your eyes.
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