Such was Ibn Taymiyyah…
In those days, even without a computer styled type writers, Ibn Taymiyyah wrote around 300 thousand pages. We on the other hand, are not able to focus and spend some time to read ten pages a day!
Beautify Your Jum’ah Salaah
The scholars said that what is meant by his being forgiven between the two Jumu’ahs and three more days is that a good deed is worth ten like it, so he will be rewarded with ten hasanahs for each of the good deeds that he did on Friday.
Multiple Intelligence at School [Part 2]
Your choice of books to read, destinations you travel to, the sports you play, the YouTube downloads, the Qaris whose tunes you hymn, the people you prefer talking to or the food you like to eat, determines the genre of intelligence you belong to.
Multiple Intelligence at School [Part 1]
There may be a child who loves to see the world of paintings and colors, looking at the sky and nature and this is also an intelligence. We have forgotten to even look up appreciate the night sky!
“I’ve been trying to learn Arabic for over 40 years”
Our study method at IOU includes conversing with him thrice a week for an hour. In nearly every lesson, he teaches me some new tidbit about the language.
A 70 Year Old Man’s Thirst for Knowledge
Although it took long time, he patiently waited for me. When I reached the office and met him, alhamdulillah, his enthusiasm to study was as before and I now took great pleasure in answering his questions. Allah brings us many paths of achieving His pleasure, and there is no path more worthy than helping a Muslim learn correct knowledge.
Poisson d’avril – Global Day of Lies!
"Police say Angela Timmons, 54, who works at Virginia Colleges in Spartanburg County, texted her daughter just after 10 a.m. claiming she 'could hear gun shots being fired inside the school.' However, the daughter, April Timmons, who lives in New York couldn't get hold of her mom after receiving the message and, c-oncerned, the 34-year-old proceeded to call 911 to report the incident. Sheriff's deputies swarmed the college where they discovered that no shooting had occurred. Sheriff Chuck Wright told WPTV that he was expecting to find a serious situation as he approached the school. 'I'm thinking Columbine High School, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech,' he said. However, the daughter soon called back after receiving a second text from her mom explaining that it was a prank."
Letters can Defeat Terror – An Interview with Dr. Bilal Philips
Warning against the dangers of extremism, Dr. Philips said, parents, teachers and religious leaders should make sure the youth were properly educated about religion. He explained that extremists use clever propaganda to lure the youths. “Without the proper knowledge of Islam, Muslims end up doing things that are against the very teachings of Islam”.
Are We Uneducated Graduates?
I was hosting a small gathering for teenagers in an Indian school and I began with my first question, “What do you... Read More
