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Virtues of Ramadan
Abu Hurayrah RA narrates that The Holy Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, "One who keeps the fast of Ramadhaan with Imaan (faith) and longing for reward, all his previous sins are forgiven." (Bukhari)

Abu Hurayrah RA reports that our beloved Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, said, 'Allah says, 'Every deed of Ibne Aadam (son of Aadam) is for him, except for fast. Verily, fasting is for me, and I shall (personally) apportion out the reward for it."' It is further said, "For a fasting person, there are two pleasures, which please him. When he eats upon completing the fast, he becomes happy, and when he will meet his Lord he will be pleased due to his fast." (Bukhari)
Abdullah Ibn `Amr Ibn al-`Aas RA reported that the Messenger of Allah, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, said: "Indeed there is for the fasting person, when he breaks his fast, a supplication which is not rejected". (Ibn Majah)

The Prophet SAW said "Whoever establishes prayers during the nights of Ramadan (and that is called Qiyam) faithfully out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards (not for showing off), all his past sins will be forgiven." [Bukhari]

Sahl Ibne Sa'd radhiyallahu anhu narrates that The Prophet SAW said, "Verily! In Jannah, there is a door called ‘Ar Rayyaan’, through which will enter the fasting people on the Day of Judgement. No one will enter through this door besides them. It will be announced, 'Where are the fasting people?' They will stand (and enter). No one will enter besides them. Once they will enter, the door will be locked so no one can enter through it (after them)." (Bukhari)

According to a report published there are 1.57 Billion Muslims around the world, which means that 1 in 4 people practices Islam. This is definitely a 'Muslim' Boom!

For many years, the size of the Muslim population has been under constant overview, with estimations running the gamut anywhere from 1 Billion to 1.8 Billion. The report was from Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life is the most thorough and varied of its type. It's taken them, approximately, 3 years to remove the curtain from this matter.


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Abu Huraira (RA) narrates that The Holy Prophet SAW said: " Allah says ' I am with my servant when he remembers me and his lips quiver in my remembrance.' " (Ibn Majah, as sunan)

Previously Day 5: The Art of Listening

There is one food I have been desperately avoiding during Ramadan: humble pie. It’s sharp and bitter like taking a swig at battery acid. I can smell it cooking in the air when I think I'm 'more right' and I don’t look forward to being reminded of it. Sometimes I feel my ego is so big it needs its own postal code. Days 6 to 17 during Ramadan have been a huge “light-bulb” realisation that a Muslim with the best character has humility, they have humbleness. And while in Ramadan the halal has become temporarily haram and the haram has become even more haram, we should discipline ourselves to accept that and taste the humility it brings.
Continue reading "Ramadan Journal 2010: Day 17 How to be Humble"

Saliha Mahmood is a Guest-Writer on Muslimsinengland.com

Old and withered, a broken man
His days of youth no more.
Blow after blow and a heart so ill;
A timid warrior, an internal war.

A tall form, now stooped and worn
A dashing smile gone wilted.
His crippled soul, a chornic pain;
A destiny readily accepted
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MIE readers you'll all be aware of the worsening crisis in Pakistan, with over 14 million displaced, 1600 left dead, £38m worth of road damage, ; all this only midway through the Monsoon season. Dr Mohammed Rafiq, the Pakistan programme specialist for Unicef, the United Nations children’s organisation, says: “This is the worst challenge I have seen in my lifetime, far worse than the earthquake. That was contained in one area so the rest of the country was able to help. This has affected everyone and what we are seeing now is only the beginning. This is a long-term emergency.”

See this news-article of BBC.

Depite this, the aid is still only just trickling through.
Continue reading "Floods? Charity? Who gives a stuff...ed date!"

Who here has seen the second Sex and the City movie? I haven’t, however, a friend of mine is a big fan of the series and went to see it on the first day of its opening. She was appalled by a lot of what she saw. The movie takes place in a typical Hollywood Aladdin’s land which seems to forever be the fantasy take on the Middle East with the four female protagonists waltzing their way through a dream landscape for leisure without making any attempt to learn about the area’s people, true culture or daily lives- in places they even translate Punjabi as Arabic. But, you would think that for a group of women who are supposed to represent feminism at its height they would take this chance to explore the idea of women in the Middle East and express their lives with some honesty and integrity. Well, all you Muslim women around the world who were addicted to the show and would love to have seen a strong, empowered Muslim female character enlightening Western audiences about the complex, and at times oppressive, reality of Middle Eastern women while still loving the Gucci and Valentino like any other, I’m sorry to disappoint you.

[Burqas in the city]
Continue reading "Burqa And The City."

This article was sent-in to us by Luqman Ali. Luqman Ali is a seasoned stage director and critic as well as the CEO of the Khayaal Theatre Company. Luqman Ali is a guest-writer on Muslimsinengland.comIn Britain today it is becoming increasingly common for people to have an opinion on Islam and practicing Muslims. Yet despite all that is said and written, the growing demand for knowledge about the religion is lamentably rarely met by reliable information. The burqa ban in France and the murder of Marwa El-Sherbini in Germany are two examples often cited as evidence that Europe is witnessing the rise of what some call ‘Islamophobia’ – a would-be accurate label if the phobia were based on Islam rather than its misconceptions.
Continue reading "The role of theatre in breaking down cultural barriers."

This article was sent in by Aishah Iqbal. Aishah Iqbal is a Guest-Writer on Muslimsinengland.com Somebody once laughed and told me a silly story, it went like this: a big guy sitting at a table told his side-kicks, to smaller guys to play a game with their plastic dolls. They put their dolls on some bicycles and out came the binoculars as they went on their innocent search for treasure, looking high and low for something spectacular that they could take home to show their mummiesparents. After seven minutes of looking, breaking a few nails and getting mud on their clothes, the big guy finally announced, laughing,’ there was no treasure, and there never had been.!’ What a silly waste of time!

Really, this wasn’t just a story. It was a reality. You see, they weren’t plastic dolls but real human soldiers. They weren’t any bicycles or binoculars but rather tanks, bombs and shot guns. It didn’t just last seven minutes but seven years. No nails were broken, lives were broken; it wasn’t mud on their clothes but blood on their clothes. Boy, did I really use the words ‘innocent search’? This was no game but an attack costing over a 1,000,000 civilians, innocent civilians, their lives.
Continue reading "About Time!"

Today I had Iftari with a friend of mine, Fathi Otmani. Fathi Otmani born in Amsterdam, has always loved music and at the age of 15 his interests developed even more so he began writing hip hop tracks in English and Dutch.

After many years his hip hop skills continued to improve, and he formed a hip hop group. They worked on pursuing conscious hip hop. After being active in the hip hop industry for four years, his interest in other music genres began to develop. During this time he had heard a few Nasheeds which got him interested in the Nasheed genre. In 2006 he got so inspired by the beauty of nasheeds that he felt himself called to make this form of music as he makes today to express himself. And look at him now, signed by MYL-UK, his first single out now called: 'The Most High'.

Source: TelegraphThe queue stretches silently into the darkness, as dozens of families wait patiently for a plate of rice and chicken curry to break their Ramadan fast. There is not a United Nations pick-up or Pakistani government official in sight at the small but efficient relief camp, close to the north-west Pakistani town of Nowshera.

Instead the food is provided by a hardline Islamist charity linked to terrorists blamed for the 2008 attacks on Mumbai. Two years after it was supposed to be banned, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) members are working under a new name providing food, medicine and wads of rupee notes to hundreds of thousands of people affected by devastating floods.
Continue reading "Pakistan flood aid from Islamic extremists"

There are some news stories you read in utter disbelief. Many of these stories have a habit of appearing in the Daily Mail (never read their comments, it will turn you to terrorism). Then there are some where your jaw drops to the floor and your faith in humanity is crushed for at least a few seconds.

‘Ailing Ground Zero heroes slam embattled Obama over mosque as New York takes stand against president’

This is one of them.

Seriously, someone tell me it’s a joke. Someone tell me that New Yorkers don’t believe a mosque to be insult to victims of 9/11. Someone tell me New Yorkers don’t believe Islam attacked the twin towers. Please.

How could this ever be construed as an issue?
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As many have witnessed, Pakistan is going through a rough struggle right now with floods that the world hasn't seen in history. These floods have devoured much of the country, not just physically but economically as well. With an already weak economy, people have lost their homes, their families, and their lives.

Pakistan is going through much disaster and hardship, and it's our job to help out our fellow brothers and sisters stricken with poverty, disease, and homelessness. Children as young as 9 are in danger of diseases. The country is replete with turmoil, and these floods have made it worse.
Continue reading "Pakistan in Ramadan"

Read our 2009 Ramadan Journal here.

August 16th 2010 This is Dr. Zaufishan, I'm listening. The last two days of Ramadan were a blur that I wish I could remember more of. I live by this motto where I must give people and projects all or nothing. There is no in-between, no “maybes”; I do not enjoy living in ‘I don’t know’ land. However, I do not know what exactly happened in-between the 2nd and 5th of Ramadan. Maybe it was for the better that Allah made me forget. Oh what’s this? I’m getting a flashback; 1970’s thematic music… ♪

Continue reading "Ramadan Journal 2010: Day 5 The Art of Listening "

Health workers are launching a ground-breaking ‘Health in Ramadan’ campaign targeting Muslims who plan to fast during Ramadan next month.

Barts and The London NHS Trust has developed a programme to ensure that those hoping to fast can do so in a safe way that protects their health, while allowing them to meet their religious obligations.

It was launched after hospital staff noticed that some Muslims who wanted to fast during Ramadan were failing to take their medication properly and missing hospital and other medical appointments. Patients with serious illnesses such as cancer or diabetes were causing the most concern.

Continue reading "Radical Campaign to tackle health issues during ramadan"

This article was sent-in by Rachid Lamabat from BelgiumI want to share with you this picture I made specially for Ramadan! I live in Belgium, I'm a moslim, Photographer... The picture will be published in the Belgium papers, I really love to share this also with the moslim world!

Can you give me some feedback?

Greets,

Lamrabat Photgraphy
www.lamrabat.be

A letter from Bushra Siddiq, researcher - editorial team ITV.
A'A,

I hope that you are well.

I was wondering if you could help me - I am looking for some extras for a shoot on Monday in central London. I need about 15 - 20 Asian or Middle Eastern males for about an hour or two to act as students from the 1980s.

Do you think you could help in any way?

Below is a short synopsis of what we are looking for.

Best wishes and W'S,

Bushra

Read our 2009 Ramadan Journal here.

August 13th 2010

I feel old. You know how you see photos of yourself when you were 16 and life felt simpler? The daily drudgery and obligations of work either did not exist or they were not as burdensome. I see children and young Muslims climbing trees, comparing hijab styles, rushing to the masjid and reciting Qur’an as they play. For a moment I want to be them. Have I become set in my adult ways or am I losing my passionate rhythm for life?

Continue reading "Ramadan Journal 2010: Day 1 The Restless Rhythms of Ramadan"

Our editorial team attended an anti-terror camp last weekend and CNN was there as well.



Al-Hidayah UK & EU is a sub-organisation of Minhaj-ul-Quran International UK which aims to bring about spiritual and educational renewal of individuals through the means of the Qur'an and the Way (Sunnah) of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Through this renewal, individuals will be able to achieve balance and moderation in their personalities in order to live purposeful and wholesome lives in their societies as well as fulfil their primordial trust with their Creator.

The Holy month of Ramadan is taking over, and you can notice that: Eat-and sleeping routines are changed, something what the body doesn’t really fancy. But don’t be bothered, because you’ve made up your mind to win this Jihad… Seriously, don’t worry; I’ll help you with all that. I’ve got the Herbalife Nutrition Program Plan (that’s how I’ve named it) compiled by the NHS. In a bit you’ll know exactly what your body (and soul) is going through and you could work more focused. Click here for the document.

Ramadan Mabrouk btw =D