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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 and how it preserved Islam in Southern...
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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 not about the etiquette of supplication, but it is about the condition of the heart during supplication. Allah asks the disbelievers about their own experiences: {Who is it that responds to the distressed when he calls out to Him, and who removes the ill, and has made you inherit...
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