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Articles of the author Muhammad Al Shareef
Who should I please?
THE teacher of a little girl studying at a public school in a Muslim country was not practicing Islam. The little girl, following the blessed example of her mother, would go to school with her Hijab on. The Hijab, however, was something displeasing (...)

17 - 11 - 2008
The roller-coaster ride
AS we travel through life, we find ourselves in one of two situations. Either something good is happening in our lives, in which case as Muslims our role is to thank Allah for the blessing, or something bad or something we dislike is happening to (...)

10 - 11 - 2008
Why should I study Islam?
MANY years ago in Uzbekistan, a baby boy was born blind. His mother, the strong believer that she was, did not lose sight of He who had the power to cure him. She prayed and prayed for her son's sight, and within a few years the boy regained his (...)

24 - 10 - 2008
My mother, my best friend
WHENEVER people would come from Yemen, Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) would ask them, “Is Uways Al-Qaranee amongst you?” until, one year, he met Uways. He said, “Are you Uways Al-Qaranee?” He said, “Yes.” Umar continued, “From Muraad, then (...)

10 - 10 - 2008
‘Let him separate himself'
IN the days when Musa (peace be upon him) wandered with the tribe of Bani Isra'eel in the desert, an intense drought befell them. Together, they raised their hands praying for rain. To the astonishment of Musa (peace be upon him) and all those (...)

26 - 09 - 2008
Remove him from this land
In the book, Muslim Judges of Andalus, Abu Al-Hasan Ibn Abdullah Al-Maaliqee recounts a story about a great scholar of our Ummah: Muhammad ibn At-Tayyib Abu Bakr Al-Baaqillaanee (d. 1013). THE (King of the Romans) invited Abu Bakr Al-Baaqillaanee (...)

22 - 09 - 2008
Have you ever tasted Jannah?
In Sahih Muslim, Abdullah Ibn Mas'ood narrates from Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) the warming story of the last man to escape Hellfire: HIS crawl away from Hellfire is filled with his face slipping into the dirt, a tremoring walk, and a (...)

15 - 09 - 2008
Soldier who entered the hole
IN one of the battles waged against the Romans, Muslims - under the commandment of Maslamah - 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 informed General (...)

05 - 09 - 2008
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