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Feb 19
No priesthood in Islam
The Auwal Mosque is the first mosque to be built in the southern part of Africa, built by Malay slaves who decided to preserve Islam in their lives and their Imam (known as Tuang Guru) wrote a complete copy of the Quran from memory. This Khutba is about that copy…
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Jun 17
The Best Way to Get Your Prayer Answered… Ibn `Atta’ Explains
In his well-known book, Al-Hikam (Words of Wisdom), sheikh Ahmad Ibn `Ataa’illah As-Sakandari says: The best way to ask Him is through expressing your distress, and the fastest way to acquire His gifts is through expressing your humility and need. The word of wisdom under discussion is about du`aa’ (supplication). It is…
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May 17
Ibn `Atta’ on Ascending Levels of Worship (Pearls of Wisdom)
Allah diversified the acts of worship for you because He knows how quickly you get bored. And He did not permit you certain acts of worship at certain times so you do not go to extremes. The objective is to perfect your prayers not to merely perform them. Not every…
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Mar 17
Did the Prophet say that a woman’s prayer at home is better than at the mosque?
The hadith quoted in the previous chapter, which was narrated by Ibn Hibban and Ahmad about Um Humaid (“your prayer at home is better than your prayer in congregation”) is authentic
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Mar 17
How old was Aisha when she married the Prophet (s)?
My estimate of Aisha’s age when she married the Prophet, peace be upon him, in the first year of the Hijri Calendar, is 19, not 9 as some scholars claimed.
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Feb 17
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Feb 17
Women Area in Mosque: Access to the Imam(2-5)
In the first part, Dr. Jasser Auda raised the question about where women prayer area should be located within the mosque and whether segregating women from men in mosques is acceptable. He listed 5 disadvantages of this practice and showed how the design of the Prophet’s Mosque was open for both…
