Before that before anything else, prayer is for being obedient to Allah’s command. The first step for us to obey Allah’s commands is to internalize Allah’s Greatness in our hearts. Now, what should we do for Allah’s Greatness to become internalized in our hearts? The way we can do this is for us to “be…
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A believer who has reached the highest stage…
A believer who has reached the highest stage of belief fears nothing but the Might of Allah and his own sins. It is because he has realized that all the creatures from Adam (A) to the angels and all the animals, birds and insects are the obedient soldiers of Allah. None of them move a…
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The reason why the Islamic command…
The reason why the Islamic command to cover is exclusive to women is because the desire to show off and display one’s self is a particular trait of women. She is the hunter in the domination of the hearts of men and man is the prey, whereas man is the hunter in the domination of…
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‘The world’ and ‘the Hereafter’ are antithetical…
‘The world’ and ‘the Hereafter’ are antithetical to each other: whatever causes His good pleasure and one’s nearness to Him belongs to ‘the Hereafter,’ even though apparently it should seem to be a matter of the world – such as the trade, the agriculture, the industry and the crafts whose purpose is to provide subsistence…
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Islam has established ways of controlling…
Islam has established ways of controlling, balancing and taming the instinct. Duties have been given to both men and women in this area. One duty which is the responsibility of both men and women relates to looking at each other. “Say to the believing men to cast down their glance and guard their private parts…”…
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