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Recommended Books on The Pillars of Islaam

Posted in Basics, Fiqh (Jurisprudence), General Advice, Ibaadah (Worship), Sunnah (way of The Prophet) on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I am writing here to recommend books on topics around the pillars of Islam in practice; I could have recommended you hundreds of books but I think it is important not to ‘bog you down’ too much when the other books I have recommended offer some fairly lenghty reading experiences! The actual physical practices in [...]

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Recommended Books on The Other Pillars of Imaan.

Posted in Aqeedah (belief), Basics, Ghayb (the unseen), Introduction, tagged , , , , , on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Now after a long break without posting; my recommended books on the remaining five pillars of Imaan (aside from belief in Allaah) InshaAllaah. There is a series I’d really like to recommend here; it is designed for children and young adults but is very easy to understand and read with illustrations (within the [...]

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Recommended Books on Allaah’s Names and Attributes

Posted in Aqeedah (belief), Basics, Tawheed (belief in the Oneness of Allaah) on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Asalaamu Alaykum
after getting hold of the bare basics; I’d really advise reading some basic books on the Names and Attributes of Allaah ta’ala and tawheed; and then the other aspects of aqeedah; but we will cover this most important pillar first; as there are many beneficial works that will give you an excellent basis to [...]

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Recommended Books-The Very Essentials

Posted in Aqeedah (belief), Basics, Hadith, Qur'an, Tawheed (belief in the Oneness of Allaah), tagged , , , on January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

InshaAllaah in this post I will be writing about Recommended books-the very essentials.  A seperate page will detail good places to buy InshaAllaah. As a new Muslimah it can sometimes be hard to work through which books are authentic, which are not and which contain relevant knowledge and those which consist of knowledge [...]

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So I’ve Said My Shahadah: Now What? Part 3

Posted in Aqeedah (belief), Basics, General Advice, Ghayb (the unseen), Personal Experiences, Tawheed (belief in the Oneness of Allaah), tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The final part of this article will InshaAllaah, cover the pillars of Imaan as detailed in the hadith. Please note this article is NOT a replacement for seeking knowledge on your own; rather I intend for it to act as a catalyst for you seeking your own knowledge InshaAllaah. As believers in Islam; there [...]

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So I’ve Said My Shahadah: Now What? Part 2

Posted in Aqeedah (belief), Basics, General Advice, Personal Experiences, Tawheed (belief in the Oneness of Allaah), tagged , , , , , , on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So now for the second part. Ok I’ve already covered the ‘don’ts’ but what about the ‘dos’? There is a great deal of good that can be learnt online; however there is a certain etiquette of going about this. Firstly, there are certain very important principles or pillars of belief that we [...]

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So I’ve said my Shahadah; now what? Part 1

Posted in Basics, General Advice, Personal Experiences, tagged , , , , , on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m assuming most sisters reading this have already taken their shahadah; or are very close to doing so. It is unanimously agreed that a person doesn’t have to have an in-depth knowledge of the deen; only to know the very basic pre-requisites of it that Allaah is the only true God worthy of worship [...]

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The 20 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Islam

Posted in Aqeedah (belief), Basics, Introduction, Tawheed (belief in the Oneness of Allaah), tagged , , , , , , on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The 20 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Islam

Author: The Reign of Islamic Da’wah Centre
 

Source: [islaam.ca]
Published: 1998

This peace is contentment with yourself and your surroundings that could only be achieved by wilfully submitting to God, obeying what He commands and abstaining from what He forbids.- The Reign of Islamic [...]

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How to Become a Muslim….

Posted in Basics, Misconceptions, tagged , , , , on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

How Does Someone Become a Muslim?

Simply by saying with conviction, “La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allah,” one converts to Islam and becomes a Muslim (to hear it click here). This saying means “There is no true god (deity) but God (Allah),1 and Muhammad is the Messenger (Prophet) of God.” The [...]

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