Category: Ibadah

8 Advices:Imam Al-Ghazali’s letter to his student

8 Advices:Imam Al-Ghazali’s letter to his student

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِين “And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.” (51:55) * The script within square brackets are Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed[db]’s personal comments on the text of the letter. Imam Al-Ghazali rahimahullah wrote a letter to one of his students and this student was a graduate from the Madrassa (Islamic Institution of Learning) that Imam Al-Ghazali was teaching […]

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Ramadan: A month of Forgiveness

Ramadan: A month of Forgiveness

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ Last Thursday, we had a discussion on preparing for the month of Ramadan, Today I want to talk a little bit about Ramadan itself. There are many different ways  to understand this month. Last week we discussed it being a month of Taqwa, also a month of Qur’an and […]

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Preparing for Ramadan

Preparing for Ramadan

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَاتٍ ۚ Decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous – [Fasting for] a limited number of days [Surah Baqarah, 2:183-184] Most of us have spent so many Ramadans but we are still as unprepared for it as […]

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