April, 2015

• 24 April

  Prophetic medicine: Vinegar

  

  During the time of the Prophet, vinegar was generally prepared from grapes and dates, and was known as khal al-‘inab, khal al-khamr. According to the Prophet Muhammad, “The best vinegar is made from wine.” On one occasion, he exclaimed: “How good a condiment is vinegar.”1 He also said: “O Allah, bless vinegar. No house will be destitute where there is …

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• 23 April

  7 Remarkable Things About Khadija, Wife of the Prophet of Islam

  

  I often get into debates with people about women in Islam. How we dress. How we don't dress. What we think or don't think or should-be-thinking. I get into debates about feminism. What it is and what it isn't. I think I've spawned permanent foes because I don't care to apply the label, feminist, to describe myself. (I'm not one …

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• 20 April

  Thinking Over the Verses of the Qur’an

  

  The Qur'an is the final book Allah sent to all people. Every person living on the earth is responsible for learning the Qur'an and fulfilling the commands communicated in it. Most people, however, do not learn it and fulfil what Allah commands in the Qur'an, although they accept it as a divine book. This is a consequence of their not …

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• 18 April

  Moses Hears the Voice of God (Part 5)

  

  Moses, peace be upon him, married one of the women he had initially helped at the waterhole and spent the next ten years working with her father and raising his own family.  His new life was quiet and contemplative, he did not have to endure the intrigue of the Egyptian court or the humiliation of his people, the Children of …

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• 11 April

  Scholarship for A/L students at Zahira college,Colombo

  

  Speacial scholarship for A/L students at Zahira College, Colombo G.C.E. Advanced Level | Admission Walk-in-Interviews will be held from 20th April 2015 to 30th April 2015 from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm. please check the notice for more details. M.ALTHAF FAROOK Al Ahsa Islamic Center +94777898027/ 00966503148137 Post Disclaimer | Support UsSupport Us The sailanmuslim.com web site  entirely supported by …

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• 11 April

  Al-Mashoora 03 – Haunting Narcotic Menace

  

  Assalamu Alaikum Warahmathullahi Wabarakathuhu The National Shoorah Council (NSC) deliberates in this issue about the haunting narcotics menace that is gripping the community and the country. Alcohol, liquor, smoking and other matters that harm individual and social health are generally prohibited in Islam. Some of these prohibitions are observed and practiced by some of our co-religionists too in our country. …

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• 11 April

  Prophet Moses in a Strange Land (Part 4)

  

  After walking for more than a week across the burning desert, Moses arrived at an oasis where groups of men were watering their animals.  They were pushing, fighting, joking, and laughing, behaving in a rough, and tumble manner as Moses flung himself onto the ground grateful for the shade of a tree.  As he caught his breath, he noticed two …

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