Posted in faith, family, festival, history, holidays, islam, life, muslim, tagged belief, celebration, children, culture, educational, faith, fatwa, fesitvals, Halloween, history, holidays, islam, muslim, origins, religion, rulings, spirituality, trick or treat on October 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Every year, on the evening of October 31st, millions of children across
North America paint their faces, dress up in costumes, and go door to
door collecting treats. The adults often decorate their houses with
ghostly figures, carve scary faces on pumpkins, and put candles in them
to create “Jack-O-Lanterns.” Unfortunately, among the millions of North
Americans indulging in this [...]
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Posted in Quran, dua, faith, islam, muslim, spirituality, tagged belief, doa, dua, faith, heart, islam, motivation, muslim, Quran, religion, spirituality, tip on October 28, 2007 | 8 Comments »
By: A SoundVision Staff Writer
Are you one of those people who rarely touches the Quran? Or do you read daily, but don’t find it is having the impact on you that it should? Whatever the case may be, these are some simple tips that can help you connect with the Quran.
1. Before you touch it, [...]
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Posted in culture, faith, health, islam, life, muslim, religion, spirituality, thoughts, tolerance, world, tagged admitting problems, anxiety, bi polar, community, culture, depression, getting help, health, islam, life, mental illness, mind\, misconceptions, muslim, muslim women, power point, psychology, religion, self esteem, soul, spirituality, taboo, therapy, thoughts, tolerance, ummah, understanding, women, world on October 24, 2007 | 19 Comments »
Muslims are not exempt from suffering with mental and emotional problems. There, I said it. I am not saying that most Muslims have these issues and I am not saying that the majority of Muslims have these issues. Indeed, millions of people world wide suffer from this illness. But, it seems, that somewhere along the line it [...]
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Posted in articles, cooking, coping, faith, family, health, inspirational, islam, life, motivational, muslim, peace, religion, tagged believer, courage, death, family, forgiveness, frustrated, health, inspirational, islam, life, love, money, motivational, muslim, peace, religion, righteousness, sickness, sins, spirituality, strength, tests, trials on October 22, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Allah has decreed that, in this life, hardships and disasters strike both believers and non-believers. For a non-believer, they are inconveniences that hinder him from proceeding with his normal involvement in the worldly life. For a believer, on the other hand, they are instances of rest and remembrance, tests that promise great rewards, and indications [...]
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Posted in breast cancer awareness, cancer, charity, free, health, mammogram, muslim women, prevention, support, women, world, tagged breast cancer, cancer, cancer awareness, charity, donate, free, health, life, muslim women, prevention, support, survivors, women, world on October 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
You may have noticed a pink ribbon with “Click Every Day” written above it on the right side of my blog. Well, by simply clicking on that ribbon you could possibly save a life at no cost to you. Often, we complain that we wish we could do more. Only if we had money to donate. Well, [...]
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Posted in brotherhood, character building, faith, inspirational, islam, kindness, life, love, motivational, muslim, peace, racism, religion, sisterhood, spirituality, world, tagged brotherhood, haram, inspirational, instruction, interest, islam, kindness, last sermon, love, mecca, motivational, mountains of makkah, muslim, muslim women, nasheed, Prophet Muhammad, race, religion, riba, sisterhood, spirituality, unity, video, world, zain bhika on October 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Mash’Allah this is truly beautiful! Insh’Allah wa can all read this, ponder it and benefit from it.
Last Sermon of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
This sermon was delivered on the Ninth Day of Islamic month of Dhul-Hijjah Year 632 A.C (10 A.H.) in the ‘Uranah valley of Mount Arafat’ in Mecca.
After praising and thanking Allah the Prophet [...]
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Posted in America, Islam in America, assimilation, culture, eid, entertainment, faith, family, immigrants, muslim, television, thoughts, tolerance, world, tagged aliens in america, cw, desi, eid, exchange student, faith, family, friends, Idul Fitri, in laws, kids, language, muslim, muslim women, muslims in america, pakistan, personal, practice makes perfect.culture, sitcoms, tolerance, tv on October 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Well, there has been a whirlwind of activity here with my in-laws visiting, eid, and we even made a trip to my hometown with the in-laws. It was all great fun. I have basically only found time to post articles of benefit and of course the eid around the world post which was a bit [...]
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Posted in da'wah, faith, inspirational, islam, life, motivational, muslim, religion, spirituality, world, tagged faith, Good Deeds, Iman, inspiration, islam, motivational, muslim, prayer, Ramadan, reflection, religion, spirituality, steadfastness, worship on October 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »
What After Ramadan?
Adapted from “Wa maadha ba`da Ramadaan”, by Dar Al-Watan (120)
AlHamdulillahi wa kafaa, was-Salatu was-salamu `alaa `ibaadihi-lladheena Stafaa
We leave the blessed month of Ramadan, its beautiful days and its fragrant nights. We leave the month of the Qur’an, taqwa, patience, mercy, forgiveness and freedom from hellfire…
Have we fulfilled the requirements of taqwa and [...]
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Posted in brotherhood, converts, culture, eid, faith, festival, holidays, islam, life, muslim, religion, world, tagged abu dhabi, brotherhood, celebration, china, culture, egypt, eid, Eid al fitr, holidays, Idul Fitri, indonesia, islam, london, malaysia, mecca, middle east, morocco, music, muslim, pakistan, saudi arabia, singapore, sisterhood, spain, takbeer, takbeeraat, takberat, takbir, turkey, uae, united states, usa, video, world on October 11, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Here in the United States, the way eid is celebrated varies greatly. We have many nationalities and communities of Muslims. In the communities populated mostly by Pakistani/Indian Muslims you will see Eid celebrated with many of the traditional foods and customs of Pakistan and India. Likewise if you go to a community with predominatley Arabs [...]
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Posted in Ramadan, eid, faith, family, festival, holidays, islam, life, muslim, religion, spirituality, world, tagged clothing, eid, Eid al fitr, etiquette, holidays, Idul Fitr, islam, khutbah, muslim, prayer, salat, sunnah, takbeer, takbeeraat, takberat, takbir on October 7, 2007 | 7 Comments »
DEFINITION OF ‘EID:
The Arabic word “Eid” refers to something habitual, that returns and is repeated, thus stands literally for a recurrent event. It also implies a place often visited by people, and the period of time in which a particular act is regularly performed. Likewise, each gathering that assembles regularly comes under the category, ‘Eid’. [...]
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