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October, 2018

• 5 October

  Seek Popularity with Allah

  
• 5 October

  Humility

  
• 5 October

  Adab

  
• 4 October

  Prepare for Reality

  Before time escapes us, we should prepare for what is real: theʾĀkhirah

September, 2018

• 27 September

  A Dangerous Weapon

  Apparent knowledge in itself is a weapon. Ilm creates arrogance and without the necessary tools is extremely dangerous. Ilm is only beneficial when it comes accompanied with adab, spirituality and fear of Allāh. Rasūl Allāh ﷺ used to supplicate “O Allāh, I seek refuge (and protection) in You from ilm which does not benefit” [Reported by Muslim and others]. Students …
• 20 September

  Popularity

  If we want popularity, let us seek popularity with Allāh.
• 13 September

  Humility before Arabic

  We were taught humility before we were taught Arabic.
• 6 September

  Adab before Ilm

  We learnt adab before we learnt ilm from our teachers. [A saying of scholars of the past].

June, 2018

• 14 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 29: True Eid

  “A person’s Eid will only be Eid if their Ramaḍān was Ramaḍān.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 12 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 28: Wind of Mercy

  During Ramaḍān, there is a wind of Rahma which touches everyone. This is why people change in Ramaḍān; there is a natural inclination to good.
• 12 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 27: Sacred States

  Similar to salāh and Hajj, fasting is a sacred state.
• 11 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 26: Losing Sight of the Goal

  During daily fasting in Ramaḍān, it is easy to lose sight of the purpose of fasting.
• 10 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 25: Purity

  Purity of speech leads to purity of deeds.
• 8 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 24: A Place of Dignity

  The spirit of the masjid is calmness and tranquillity. Masjids are a place of silence and contemplation, of dignity and respect.
• 8 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 23: Unchained

  The shayatīn (devils) are locked up in Ramaḍān so why do we still sin? The shayatīn are chained but we remain unchained – our nafs is weak.
• 6 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 22: Seclusion

  The original meaning of i’tikāf was to devote oneself and focus oneself on something to the exclusion of everything else. Ramadan is a form of iʿtikāf for the entire month. We should treat the whole of Ramaḍān as a spiritual retreat where we devote ourselves to, and focus on, the ibadah of Allāh to the exclusion of everything else.
• 6 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 21: Time to Change

  The atmosphere and climate of Ramaḍān has a positive effect – it is a good time to change.
• 5 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 20: Bad Speech

  Fasting involves passively avoiding food and drink but actively avoiding bad speech.
• 4 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 19: Second Nature

  Committing certain sins has become second nature to us; there is no remorse, guilt or repentance. To deal with this, we need a higher level of consciousness. We need to constantly review and meditate upon what we need to do to become a better person.
• 3 June

  Ramadan 2018 – Day 18: Understand the Message

  We cannot remind ignorant about the words of Allāh; we have a duty to understand and gain knowledge about the words of the Qurʾān.