A couple of weeks ago, I attended a Tariq Ramadan lecture on the ‘Deconolisation of the Mind’. I found the lecture to be incredibly inspiring – Ramadan is most definitely groundbreaking in his intellectual thought. There were several points in his discourse that resonated with me. The first is the importance of opening our hearts and minds out to dialogue. In order to help ourselves and help each other we are in need of intra-faith dialogue (for example between Sunni’s/Shia’s and…
A man walking along a path felt very thirsty. Reaching a well, he descended into it, drank his fill, and came up. Then he saw a dog with its tongue hanging…
The Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whosoever reads a letter from the Book of Allah will receive a Hasanah (good deed) from it (i.e. his recitation), and the…
Narrated Abu Huraira (Radiyallaahu `anhu), The Prophet (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, “If the wife gives of her husband’s property (something in charity) without his permission, he will get half the…
Narrated Abu Huraira (Radiyallaahu `anhu), Allah’s Apostle (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, “If Allah wants to do good to somebody, He afflicts him with trials.”…
The final Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, “The angels sit at the doors of the Masjids and with them are scrolls in which they record the people (who come…