Islam

Khutbah from Medina

Healing Belongs to Allaah Imam al-Madina al-Munawarrah ‘Abdul Muhsin Ibn Muhammad al-Qasim All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allaah, his household and companions. Fellow Muslims! This world is an abode of trials in which no man is safe from an illness that disrupts his life or weakens …

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Maruthamunai weavers: Bonding cultures, Jayanthi Liyanage in Kalmunai

Maruthamunai is a village situated 2.3 km away from the north of Kalmunai at the 390 mile post in the administrative division of Kalmunai Divisional Secretariat. It belongs to the Ampara District of the Eastern Province. Maruthamunai has been known for its family-based and factory-based handloom weavers throughout the years. According to the report of the Eastern Social Mobilizing Organization …

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Google Earth proves that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is right

No human on earth can draw a straight line on the surface of the earth between two far cities except with the aid of detailed maps, made possible today due to airplanes, satellites, and knowledge of latitude, longitude, and land height. However, there was a person who had done this 1400 years ago. This person is the prophet Muhammad (peace …

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Fasting the Month of Ramadan By Sheikh Yusuf Estes

The fourth pillar of Islam is fasting. Allah prescribes daily fasting for all able, adult Muslims during the whole of the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the lunar calendar, beginning with the sighting of the new moon. Exempted from the fast are the very old and the insane. On the physical side, fasting is from first light of …

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18 Benefits of Prayer

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah [d.751] Source: Zaad al-Ma’aad (4/304-305) translated for www.bakkah.net [1] [In the Name of Allaah, the Compassionate, the Most Merciful…] In his excellent book, Zaad al-Ma’aad, in the section which includes the book, At-Tibb an-Nabawee, Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have Mercy on him) stated in his alphabetized discussion of medicines and nutrition: – Prayer – Allaah …

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