December, 2014

• 13 December

  Tips to avoid missing Fajr (dawn) prayer

  

  How do you wake up for fajr? And I don’t mean wake up for a day or two, but how do you keep waking up for fajr, constantly, everyday, without fail. There’s loads & loads of websites online giving you tips and advice on how to wake up early. But our focus is not on worldly tips (which should be …

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• 13 December

  SAUDI PLANS GRAND MOSQUE IN AFGHANISTAN

  

  Kabul, 14 Safar 1436/7 December 2014 (MINA) – Afghani Muslim scholars have praised plans by the Saudi Kingdom to build the country’s largest Islamic Center in Kabul, a project that has raised both hopes and fears in this landlocked country. “We hope that establishment of the centre by Saudi Arabia will not amplify all those madrassas in Afghanistan, Pakistan and …

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• 12 December

  [Better Habit-Making – Part 2] A Scientific Perspective

  

  In Part 1 of this series, I explained how in the Islamic worldview the success of forming a new habit depends on the state of the heart. By keeping the heart clean from vices and full of remembrance of Allah subḥānahu wa ta'āla (glorified and exalted be He), it is in man’s nature to change his actions for the better. …

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• 11 December

  How to Benefit from Qur’an By :- Sheikh Abu Rumaysah Refi Shafi

  

  If you truly want to benefit from the Qur'an, your heart must be attentive and alert when reciting it or listening to it. Listen to it carefully with presence of mind, paying attention to it as if Allah Himself was speaking to you directly. Understand that this Qur'an is an address directed to you from Allah, Most High, upon the …

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• 11 December

  Managing Your Weight Through the Sunnah By :- Wail Abu Hendi

  

  Our relationship with food can at times be a grievous one. Counting calories and weighing ourselves constantly can make the eating process a burden rather than something to enjoy. Taking time to become more aware of what we eat does not necessarily mean restricting our diet to a certain type of food intake. It’s more about giving attention to how …

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• 10 December

  Tirana Dream Mosque Comes True

  

  TIRANA – Construction in the long awaited mosque in Tirana is set to start in the Albanian capital after officials gave the building permit, fulfilling a 1990s dream. “This is a joint project undertaken in cooperation with Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate,” Skender Brucaj, the head of the Albanian Muslim Community, told Anadolu Agency on Monday, December 1. The new mosque, …

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• 10 December

  Dutifulness to Parents (10 Verses & Hadiths) By :- Muhammad Fathi

  

  You will not be able to fully recognize the tremendous sacrifices of your parents until you become a parent yourself! Unfortunately, the limitless giving, the loving care and the real concern that parents offer with pleasure to their children are easily ignored nowadays. In the fast-pace, extremely materialistic life we live, many precious values are easily forgotten. Dutifulness to parents …

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