Read the Qur'an as a Letter of Love from Allah
Many people read the Qur'an in Ramadan as a means to earn extra good deeds.
We often read the Qur'an in an automatic way (like on autopilot mode), but when we do that we don't benefit from its reading as we should.
If you are searching for inner...
Remember Allah - 2
Hearts find peace in the remembrance of Allah
Hardships and trials make believers more attached to their Creator.
When faced with a problem and faced with closed doors, always remember that God's door is wide open.
Ask Him, and He will respond.
Supplicate, and He will...
Episode 1 - Toxins Out, Taqwa In
This series of 4 videos is about positivity and about making the most of this blessed month
What are the four toxins that we should be battling with in this month of Ramadan?
http://aboutislam.net/spirituality/positive-ramadan/
Imam Sohaib Saeed from the UK...
Follow the Footsteps of the Prophet to Find Peace
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was searching for the Divine in his early years.
Up to the age of 40, he would spend a lot of his time contemplating on this amazing universe searching for its Creator.
He would often spend many days and...
Fast Ramadan to Grow in Peace
Fasting is a very humbling experience which benefits a believer.
By abstaining from food and drink from dawn to sunset, we usually feel weak by the end of the day, especially fasting during the long summer days.
But there are many benefits to fasting, especially...
Looks like it was a positive cordial meeting:
"The imam was accompanied by eight people while the papal delegation featured Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the pontifical council for inter-religious dialogue.
The “very cordial” meeting lasted around 30 minutes, the Vatican said in a...
Remember Allah
Hearts find peace in the remembrance of Allah
When you are facing problems and feel you need a faith boost, remember Allah
Remember that one day you will return to Him, and that one day He will admit you into Heaven by His mercy, In-Shaa-Allah
Whatever problems you may face...
Nurturing Spirituality at DePaul University
A lecture and discussion with Sister Yasmin Mogahed on the dynamics of the soul, the inner dimensions of Islamic worship.
Delving into the struggles against our nafs and the practical steps that we can take to truly nurture the essence of Islamic...
Why on earth would anyone willingly choose to fast from dawn to sunset for a whole month?
Isn’t that what people who are not Muslim must be thinking?
Yet, that is precisely what Muslims do every Ramadan. They abstain from food and drink, from smoking cigarettes, from sexual relations with...
Return to Your Creator
A nice reminder from sister Yasmin on the reality of this life and how to return to God's Straight Path after times of spiritual decline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9QIuBaV8Kk
(10 minutes)
Just over two weeks left for the start of the best month of the year
In this video, sister Danielle gives a few suggestions for new Muslims (and all Muslims) to prepare for Ramadan
http://aboutislam.net/reading-islam/living-islam/things-you-should-know-before-ramadan/
May it be a blessed...
Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis is to meet the grand imam of Cairo's Al-Azhar at the Vatican on Monday in an unprecedented encounter between the leader of the world's Catholics and the highest authority in Sunni Islam.
Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, who heads the mosque and seat of learning...
Abrahamic Religions have 2 main components:
1- Faith (Monotheism)
2- Divine Law (rules and guidelines to follow)
Muslims believe that the Faith God revealed to all of His prophets has always been the same: Monotheism
This has never changed.
What did evolve with time is Divine Law, from...
Don't Be Sad About the Past & Don't Worry About the Future
When people go through difficult times of worries, it is often related either to feeling sad about what happened in the past, or worrying about the future.
These are two ways Satan keeps a believer preoccupied from living well today...
Yes, I do believe God exists.
In my humble point of view, it is a logical conclusion based on common sense:
All this amazing wonderful universe could not have come into existence with such precision and such unified laws on its own.
It needs a Designer, an intelligent and mighty Eternal...
We are all brothers and sisters in humanity, and it is only natural that brothers and sisters dialogue
The Qur'an says that God created us to get to know one another:
"O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another..."...
Islam teaches that all human beings are brothers and sisters in humanity
There is a common ground for dialogue with followers of Abrahamic faiths
But there is a wider circle of dialogue that covers all people, regardless of their faiths and beliefs.
Rising out of the Traps of Perfectionism, Shame and Despair
A motivating speech on the dynamics of being real in all our flawed perfection.
A reminder than repentance is a key element of our human construct and what Allah loves most from us.
Yasmin speaks about the importance of being open...