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Night prayer

the title of the videa isnt quite correct, its more a mixture of reasons to pray the night prayer and tips on how to go about it and stuff, you'll see when you watch it inshaaAllah, its still really good.

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Caste System - an ISLAMIC perspective

short and straight to the point. alhamdoulillah, may Allah reward this sister.

Islam, the Caste System and Marriage

One of the things that has become apparent to me in the last few years, and reared its ugly head again very recently, is the question of caste. You may be thinking “we are Muslim’s what on earth has caste got to do with us?” South Asian Muslims, certainly Muslim’s in Pakistan and I am pretty sure in India too, have a tradition of slotting people into castes according to their family occupation.

Should Muslim Celebrate Halloween

Pagan Origins of Halloween

Halloween originated as the Eve of Samhain, a celebration marking the beginning of winter and the first day of the New Year among ancient pagans of the British Isles. On this occasion, it was believed that supernatural forces gathered together, that the barriers between the supernatural and human worlds were broken. They believed that spirits from other worlds (such as the souls of the dead) were able to visit earth during this time and roam about. At this time, they celebrated a joint festival for the sun god and the lord of the dead. The sun was thanked for the harvest and given moral support for the upcoming "battle" with winter. In ancient times, the pagans made sacrifices of animals and crops in order to please the gods.

Explaining Irresponsible behaviour

How does Islam explain irresponsible behaviour? when we do things that we know are wrong but keep doing them anyway? How does our creator explains this flaw of ours? nafs?

feel free to post any link to article, talks etc...

Im not really looking for man-guessed psychological theories to explain irresponsible behaviour but feel free to post that as well, we can compare..or something.

please guys! dont ignore...

Eid and zakaatul Fitr - general info

Sunnahs of 'Eed

1) It is Sunnah to dress in the best clothes we have on Eed. It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar radiyAllahu anhu used to do that along with other Companions of the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wa sallam. [Fath al-Baaree]

2) It is a must (Waajib) to pray Eed al-Fitr Prayer. The Prophet sallalahu alayhi wa sallam and his Companions never ceased doing it, and they even gathered the people for it including women who were having their menses, children and the elderly. [Bukhaaree and Muslim]

3) It is Sunnah to eat dates before we leave for Eed prayer to show that we are not fasting. " The Prophet sallalahu alayhi wa sallam used not to leave for Eed Prayer (except) after eating some dates." [Bukhaaree and Ahmad]

the last ten days of Ramadan

The Last Ten Days of Ramadaan

Author: 'Abdullaah Ibn Saalih Al-Fawzaan

Source: Ahaadeeth As-Siyaam (pg. 133-135) (trans. Masjid Ahl ul-Quran was-Sunnah Association, NY, USA)

Article ID : IBD090010 [7397]

‘Aa'ishah radiyAllahu anha said:“When the last ten days (of Ramadaan) would come, the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) would spend his night in worship, wake his family (at night), exert himself and tighten his Izaar (waistcloth).”

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This hadeeth is proof that the last ten days of Ramadaan have a special virtue over any other (set of days), in which one should increase in obedience and acts of worship, such as prayer, making dhikr (remembrance) and reciting the Qur'aan.

Would you leave out some stuff?

If you met a person that did not know ANYTHING about modern society.

would you NOT tell/introduce/show them particular things from our modern society?

if yes, what? and why?
do you think it's fair?
what if they were under your supervision? aka. you had some authority on them, would that change the way you see things.
what about a child?

pick a scenario (random person, person you're in charge of or kid) and tell us what you think.

Hanafi Salafism: An Oxymoron? by Shiekh Haitham Al-Haddad

The Islamic Schools of Jurisprudence (madhabs) were formed over a thousand years ago at a time when shari’ah (Islamic law) was practised and Islamic legal theory flourished. It was during this period that jurisprudence took shape as an Islamic science, flourishing as discussion and debate on controversial juristic issues became widespread.

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