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    4 Advice From Hasan Al Basri Regarding Piety

    Someone asked Hassan Al Basri: “What is the secret of your piety?” He replied, “I understood 4 things: 1. I understood my rizq (sustenance) cannot be taken by anyone so my heart is content.  2. I understood no one can do my actions (worship) so I started doing them myself.  3. I understood Allaah Ta’ala is watching me, so I felt shame to do wrong.  4. I understood death is waiting for me so I started to prepare for my…

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  • Why is music haram?

    Listening to music and singing is a sin and cause for the sickening and weakening of the heart. The majority of the scholars of the Salaf are unanimous that listening to music and…

  • Pride and Arrogance in Islam

    Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your…

  • Looks Can Be Deceiving

    One of the blessings of Allah is the clothes that we wear. When brothers and sisters seek to make a change and become ‘practising’, they may begin adopting a more Islamic…