Source : Sacred-Texts / 27 May 2014

The love of God is the highest of all topics, and is the final aim to which we have been tending hitherto. We have spoken of spiritual dangers as they hinder the love of God in a man's heart, and we have spoken of various good qualities as being the necessary preliminaries to it. Human perfection resides in this, that the love of God should conquer a man's heart and possess it wholly, and even if it does not possess it wholly it should predominate in the heart over the love of all other things. 

Source : Agencies / 26 May 2014

Rodrigo de Jerez was one of the Spanish crewmen who sailed to the Americas on the Santa Maria as part of Christopher Columbus's first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. He is credited with being the first European smoker.

Source : Agencies / 24 May 2014

The growing popularity of Hookah smoking around the world has given rise to an era in which youngsters, and Muslim youth in particular, are openly and carelessly engaging in this cool new activity. The Hookah, also referred to as a Shisha, Nargile, Hubbly-Bubbly, and water-pipe, is currently the most popular form of smoking, with some Hookahs being able to accommodate up to a dozen smokers at once.

Source : Dar-Alifta / 22 May 2014

Question :

My mother passed away without making up her missed fast days of Ramadan and this fact is known to all her children. Is it permissible to pay kaffara [expiation] on her behalf from the money she left?

Source : Nabulsi.com / 22 May 2014

Dear brothers, if you recite Ayat Al-Kursi before whoever is affected by mass (possession) of Shayatin, jinn, witchcraft or the assistants of Shayatin (human beings), you will help nullify their impact. There are human beings who behave in a devilish way by doing harm. They could be your colleagues, your neighbors or your relatives.

Source : Fiqh.org / 21 May 2014

What is a Family
Some of the definitions of “Family” offered by the Webster Dictionary are as following:

- A group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head or household.

- The basic unit of society traditionally consisting of two parents raising their children.

Source : Agencies / 21 May 2014

When one faces hardships and tribulations. One should be joyous of the blessing it brings with it

Every hardship and suffering is an opportunity because it is more than what you see.

Allah the Exalted states in Surah Baqarah : 

Source : ShafiiFiqh / 19 May 2014

Imam An-Nawawī states in his primer Al-Minhāj,

“And the Qunut is a Sunnah when rising from the bowing position (ruku’) in the second raka’ah of the morning prayer (As-Subh). And what is said is [the supplication],اللهم اهديني في من هديت”Allahumma Ahdini fiman hadayt…”

Source : OnIslam / 19 May 2014

Those who analyze their souls and find nothing to feel guilty for really should be worried because none of us is without faults and flaws.

Source : Agencies / 19 May 2014

Dua to make in every dua to become of the appreciative

Allahumma a-inni ala Zikrika wa shukrika wa husni ibadatik

(O Allah! Help me to remember you, to thank you, and to worship you in the best of manners)