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Bismillah Ar Rahmaan Ar-Raheem No one can go anywhere without preparation, and no one invites a guest without preparing to welcome him / her. Similarly, to welcome Ramadan, the month of fasting, one has to prepare. The following are some tips to help the reader prepare accordingly: ~ Try to make changes in your character and manners that leads to only good deeds/Sawab. ~Start giving Sadaqah daily, no matter how little. Make it like a habit. ~Start reading Quran daily after Salat al-Fajr and before bed. ~Spend time listening to recitations from the Quran. ~Train yourself to go bed early so that you can wake up far Salat al-Fajr. ~Keep yourself in a state of Wudu (Ablution) most of the time. ~Evaluate yourself daily before going bed. ~Thank Allah for good deeds, and repent to Him for your mistakes and sins. ~Find time to pray extras, such as Tahajjud prayers. ~Spend more time reading Islamic books, especially the Quran, Sirah, Hadith, and Fiqh. ~Find time to help others with your wisdom,...

Traps of Iblees Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim IslamicAwakening.com It is not possible to encompass one of Iblees' evils, let alone all of them. Since Iblees' evil is of six types, Iblees remains behind the son of Adam until he gets him to do one or more of these six evils. The first evil is the evil of kufr and shirk and enmity to Allah and His Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam). If he gains this from the son of Adam, his moaning is eased, and he rests from his ordeal with this man. Further, this is the first thing Iblees wants from the worshipper (al-'Abd). If Iblees gains this, he makes this person part of his army, one of his soldiers, and he appoints him as a deputy or agent against other human beings. Then, this person becomes one of the deputies or callers of Iblees. If he despairs of enticing him with the first evil, and if this person is one of those for whom it was written that he would be a Muslim in his mother's womb, Iblees tries the second class of evil. Th...

In The name of Allah,The Most Merciful,The Most gracious I walked down the street in my long white dress and inch-long, black hair one afternoon, and truck drivers whistled and shouted obscenities at me. I felt defeated. I had just stepped out of a hair salon. I had cut my hair short, telling the hairdresser to trim it as she would a cut a man’s hair.I sat numbly as my hairdresser skillfully sheared into my shoulder-length hair with her scissors, asking me with every inch she cut off if; I was freaking out yet. I wasn’t freaking out, but I felt self-mutilated. I believe that men who see women as only bad word is not allowed beings often commit violence against them, such as rape and battery. bad word is not allowed abuse and assault are not only my fears, but my reality. I was molested and raped. My experiences with men who violated me have made me angry and frustrated. How do I stop the violence? How do I prevent men from seeing me as an object rather than a female? How do I stop them...

Sha’ban is the name of the eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. It is named so because in this month the Arabs used to disperse (tasha’’aba) in search of water, or it was said that they dispersed to carry out raids and forays. Others maintain that it is so called because it sha’aba (branches out or emerges) i.e. it appears between the months of Rajab and Ramadan. Sha’ban is between Rajab and Ramadan, two very important months. Fasting in Sha’ban is a preparatory fast for Ramadan. If an individual begins fasting in Sha’ban he or she will have become used to fasting and will feel strong and energetic when Ramadan comes. The phrase "Sha'ban is a month to which people do not pay attention, between Rajab and Ramadan" indicates that because it comes between two important months, the Sacred Month of Rajab and the month of fasting, people are preoccupied with those two months and they do not pay attention to Sha'ban. Many people think that fasting in Rajab is better th...

As Salamu Alaikum, All Praises be to Allah swt. In times of crisis and affliction, Muslims should return to Allah, putting their trust in Him and depending on Him in all of their affairs. Why should we Muslims trust in Allah and rely on Him? The answer can be summed up in the following points: - Because Allah is capable of all things. - Because all matters rest exclusively with Allah, and the command belongs completely to Him. [But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that he saith unto it: “Be!” and it is] (Ya-Sin: 82). - Because Allah causes whomever He wills to inherit the earth. [Lo! the earth is Allah's. He giveth it for an inheritance to whom He will. And lo! the sequel is for those who keep their duty (unto Him)] (Al-A`raf: 2} - Because all matters return to Him. [All cases go back to Allah (for judgment)] (Al-Baqarah: 10). - Because He is the Almighty Who can never be overtaken. [And He is mighty in wrath] (Ar-Ra`d: 13). - Because to Him belong the soldiers of th...

In the name of Allah swt, the Most beneficient and The Merciful Indeed, Allaah has forbidden the Muslims from fornication and all the pathways, which lead to it. He (T) has said (which means): "And do not come near zinaa (fornication)! Indeed, it is an abomination, and an evil way." (Al-Israa': 32) Among the many things that excite passions between a man and a woman, is touching. Thus, touching, which opens the door to fornication, is also forbidden as it is a form of fornication, since the Prophet (S) said: The eyes fornicate. Their fornication is the (illegal) look. The hands fornicate. Their fornication is the touch. The feet fornicate. Their fornication is the walking (towards a woman). The heart desires, and the private parts either confirm it or deny it. (Al-Bukhaaree) Unfortunately, some form of this type of fornication is unavoidable. Although, we may not commit the indecent sexual act itself, indeed, our eyes, our hands, and our feet fornicate at least once in ou...

The Status of Sunnah in Islam by Muhammad Nasir-ud-deen Al-Albaani http://www.qss.org/articles/status.html "And the life of this world is nothing but play and amusement. But far better is the abode of the Hereafter for those have Taqwa. Will you not then understand!" - The Holy Qur'an