GD/1 – Teaching your child Surat’l-Fātiḥa I start with this particular deed because there is a major hack here that I wish I realised before my wife overtook me and taught this surah to our children before I even knew what was happening! Surat’l-Fātiḥah, known as the ‘mother of the Qur’ān’, is considered to be […]
A really important point I have realised recently is the value of ‘correct’ technique. Good technique is not talked about a lot, but is key to doing anything to a quality standard. A definition of technique I have pinched is ‘a skilful or efficient way of doing or achieving something’. There are a plethora of […]
The Prophet (Saws) mentioned in a ḥadīth; “ابْغُونِي ضُعَفَاءَكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا تُرْزَقُونَ وَتُنْصَرُونَ بِضُعَفَائِكُمْ” “Seek out the vulnerable among you. Indeed, you are only given provision and support due to your support of the weak.” (Tirmidhī – Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ). When I first heard this ḥadīth, I was fascinated by the deep meaning held within it. As […]
I hope I am wrong, but it feels these days that many people are going through a variety of struggles and tests in their lives. Many people I’ve come across have a story which I can imagine is very stressful and saddening… May Allah make it easy for us all. I asked an old Shaykh […]
The greater the distress, the closer the relief Shaykh Abdul Fattāḥ Abu Ghudda (ra) writes in his commentary of Risālat’l-Mustarshidīn; “Do not think that grief (due to a tribulation) has no end in sight, for everything has a set time period. And know that relief manifests from the core of difficulty and hardship.” Sometimes we […]
I remember watching a documentary a few years ago reporting that some scientists estimated that the observable universe is approximately *80-90 billion* light years wide. To truly appreciate this figure – one light year is the time it takes for light to travel for one full year (a distance of 5.8 trillion miles!). To put […]
The Shari’ah is the manifestation of the laws of Allah set on earth – these are not just mere legal laws, but encompass rituals, manners, customs etc. They are legislated through his divine book and the teachings of the Prophet (saws) and are set to establish justice and mercy and therefore *systemically* promote human welfare. […]
