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…
وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ “…And indeed we have set forth for mankind, in this Qur’an every kind of parable…” (Qur’an 30:58) The Qur’an is essentially a…
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Some people will come on the Day of Judgement and their Imaan will be outstanding, it’s light will shine from their chests…
Abu Huraira reported: One day the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) appeared before the public that a man came to him and said: Prophet of Allah, (tell me)…
Narrated on the authority of ‘Abdullah b. Mas’ud (Radiyallaahu `anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) observed, “None shall enter the Fire (of Hell) who has in his…
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Prophet (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, “Iman has over seventy branches, and modesty is a branch of Iman.”…