As part of our Islamic mentoring activities at rafeeqee.com which we implore every Muslim who want to know more about the basics of Islam to join. We wish to enlighten ourselves on some Arabic phrases that we Muslims should know. Every Muslim should remember these essential expressions. Note: Spellings may […]
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Assalaamualykum dear reader, As we are gradually approaching the blessed month of Ramadaan, we at Rafeeqee Islamic Mentoring (rafeeqee.com) will like you to share this write up with your friends and loe ones. There are many of Muslim men and women who become Ramadaan Muslims just for the month of […]
Assalaamu ‘alaykum Warahmatullaah!, I would like to inform you about rafeeqee Islamic knowledge forum. It is your gateway to increasing knowledge from authentic sources of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah. rafeeqee.com/forum has various articles written on all aspects of Islam, advices of scholars, stories, inspiring quotes and links to much […]
By Muhammad Alshareef In one of the battles that the Muslims waged against the Romans, the Muslims, under the commandment of Maslamah Rahimahullah, surrounded a city that had a tall and well-fortified wall. The siege went on for months. Then one night, one of the Muslim soldiers came to General […]
By Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali The first type of craving for wealth is that a person has extreme love for wealth and also relentlessly exerts efforts to attain it – via means which are lawful – being excessive in that, striving hard and making painstaking efforts and toiling in order to […]
By Ibn Qayyim al-jawziyyah The people will enter hell-fire through three doors: 1. The door of doubt, from having doubts in the Deen (religion) of Allah. 2. The door of desires, from putting desires ahead of the obedience and pleasure of Allah. 3. The door of anger, from hatred and […]
“Children are a great blessing from Allah. With their tender hearts, children can be molded into righteous people only with a positive and tender approach. Islam considers children to be an amanah (trust) given to the family and says it is fard (obligatory) for the family to raise a child […]
“Having discussed the Islamic code of treating the elderly, it is now appropriate to give some practical examples from the Prophet’s life. We will see him listening politely and respectfully to an elderly polytheist, seeking to release an elderly man captured by Quraish, and honoring an elderly person and ordering […]
Another great quality of Muhammad was that he never took revenge on anyone for personal reasons and always forgave even his firm enemies. His wife `A’ishah reported that Allah’s Messenger was not unseemly or obscene in his speech, nor was he loud-voiced in the streets, nor did he return evil […]
“It is argued by many scholars that the central ethos of Islam is mercy, as it takes precedence over all other values and virtues such as justice, peace, knowledge, and benevolence. In his momentous work Mercy: The Stamp of Creation, Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah establishes the transcendence as well the […]
“The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is introduced in the Qur’an in these words: [And We have not sent you forth but as a mercy to mankind. ] (Al-Anbiyaa’: 107) This shows that his distinctive quality was that he was a blessing incarnate in word and deed. According to […]
By Adeyemo Yakub It true that most of us that call ourselves Muslims don’t know much details about the Qur’aan. This is not only bad but also saddening. Today I want us to spend few minutes to ponder on these verses from the Noble Qur’aan so that we know more […]