Category: Love

Leaving Sin

Leaving Sin

وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ  [6:120] سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ [37:180-182] Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in the Qur’an-e-karim: وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ [6:120] Leave all sins that you do; the ones that you commit outwardly, and the ones that you commit inwardly. This ayah has two meanings 1. Leave all the outward […]

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Romance in Islam

Romance in Islam

The IBA Iqra Society invited Sheikh Kamaluddin Ahmed’s wife ‘Alimah Sobia Ahmed’ on the 22nd of November, 2010 to deliver a lecture on the topic Romance in Islam. The following is an edited version of the notes prepared by Maliha Abidi during the lecture. It also includes some points from a lecture delivered by Alimah Sobia Qasim (a student of […]

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A Litmus test: Do we truly love Allah swt?

A Litmus test: Do we truly love Allah swt?

A questioner once questioned Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed db on his CII Radio talk: Q: ‘How can we know that we truly love Allah swt?’ Paraphrasing his beautiful response: “We know that Allah swt loves us,when we find ourselves in such a state that we are obedient to Allah swt’s Commandments i.e. we are pleased with what pleases Allah swt and […]

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