“Where’s my heart? Who’s found my heart?” cried the disciple of the Egyptian saint, Dhun-Noon (ra), as he walked through the streets of the town. Suddenly, he caught attention of a lady scolding and hitting her son in the doorway of her house. She then shoved the lad onto the street and locked the door…

People love talks on Jannah. Let the imaam deliver a twenty minute pre-khutbah talk on Jahannam and there will be objections. ‘Scare tactics’ they comment, ‘why frighten our youngsters?’ The same applies to talks on the horrific conditions of the Day of Qiyaamah. Are such objections justifiable? Does Allah not discuss these topics in the…

Before explaining why we make udhiyah, we first have to understand why we make hajj. Although there are a number of activities in hajj (tawaaf, sa’ee, the stay in ‘Arafah, the stay in Muzdalifah, pelting of the jamaraat, offering of a sacrificial animal, shaving or trimming of the hair etc.), Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said…

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم LIKE THE DWELLERS OF JANNAH   Two one-year old infants were walking with their mothers in a garden. One of them held her mother’s hand while the other did not. Which of them stumbled more?  . . . Off course, the child that did not hold her mother’s hand stumbled more. In…

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم LIKE THE BIRDS     Chances are that you have not heard of people whose hearts are like that of the birds. Whatever the case may be, Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam spoke of them. He said, “Some people will enter Jannah (because) their hearts resemble the hearts of the birds”. Who…

    Does He Think . . . You would agree that if I stand on a piece of carpet and ten men pull it from one side, I would fall down. However, if a cow or any other similarly big animal sits on a carpet and ten men pull it from one side, the…

  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم     ثانى اثنين ONE OF TWO PEOPLE   Merciful unto each other is how Allah Ta’aala described the Believers.  The most merciful individual in my ummah towards my ummah is how Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam described his closest companion, Abu Bakr radiallahu anhu.  Do these quotations not tell you…

  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم FROM KARBALA   The most painful event in Islamic history is undeniably the demise of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. There were many other very painful incidents thereafter: the martyrdom of ‘Umar, ‘Uthman and ‘Ali radiallahu anhum etc. The incident of Karbala; the brutal murder of the grandson of Rasulullah sallallahu…

  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم WHO CAN BE LIKE ABU DAM-DAM?   Have you heard of Abu Dam-Dam radiallahu anhu? He was a Sahaabi (companion) of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. It was his daily habit to tell Allah in the morning: “O Allah! I do not possess any wealth which I could donate to the…

  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم   CHARACTER DEFINITION     وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ Surely you are upon a magnificent character is how most writers/speakers translate the above aayah. As simple as it may sound, its meaning is quite profound.   Obviously the aayah is praising Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. However, it could be asked:…