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ISLAM: Thanksgiving is an act of sacrifice

India, June 7 -- Thanksgiving is the greatest form of worship. Indeed the price of Paradise is gratitude. Without gratitude, faith cannot be depended upon. Without gratitude, there is no true worship.... Read More


ISLAM: Hajj A lesson of piety

India, May 31 -- "The pilgrimage is in the appointed months. Whoever intends to perform it during them must abstain from indecent speech, from all wicked conduct, and from quarrelling while on the pil... Read More


ISLAM: Tazkiya without mediation

India, May 24 -- Consciously or unconsciously, people generally think that tazkiyah requires some mysterious mediation, say, of past saintly figures or great men of learning, or some religious guide w... Read More


ISLAM: Tazkiyah spiritual nourishment

India, May 17 -- The body requires physical food. When it receives its food, it becomes healthy. Similarly, the soul requires spiritual provision. When the soul is provided with such food, it becomes ... Read More


ISLAM: The way of gentleness

India, May 10 -- After adopting the teachings of Islam, the attitude formed in the believer is that of gentleness. In Islam he discovers the reality that God is great (Allahu Akbar). This discovery br... Read More


ISLAM: Good actions

The Quran states, May 3 -- We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: his mother bore him, in pain and in pain she gave birth to him, and his bearing and weaning takes thirty months. At length, ... Read More


ISLAM: Prayer at difficult moments

India, April 26 -- During the rule of Sultan Abdur Rehman An-Nasir of Andalusia, Spain was afflicted by a drought. Mere survival became very difficult. The Sultan sent an important person to Qazi Munz... Read More


ISLAM: Prayer that brings you close to God

India, April 19 -- Dua is not something technical. It is an external expression of an internal tempest. When a person discovers God in all His glory and greatness, then, while thinking of God, his fee... Read More


ISLAM: Connecting with God

India, April 12 -- All the divine names mentioned in the Quran, give us points of reference for reflection and pondering. With these names we find definite guidance with which we may arrive at a conce... Read More


ISLAM: Prayer in one's mother tongue

India, April 5 -- The previous hadith mentions the prayer of a Companion. The Prophet of Islam said that this prayer was a prayer with ism-e-aazam. Since this prayer was said by the Companion in the A... Read More