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 Pillars of Islaam
Posted in Basics, Fiqh (Jurisprudence), General Advice, Ibaadah (Worship), Sunnah (way of The Prophet) on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 Angels, Books, Hadith, Ihsan, Imaan, Islam, last Day, Messengers, Qur'an, Shahadah 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 [...]
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 aqeedah, Imaan, Islam, Messenger, Muslim, Prophets, Shahadah 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 [...]
So I’ve said my Shahadah; now what? Part 1
Posted in Basics, General Advice, Personal Experiences, tagged chat rooms, dr salah as-Salah, fitnah, free-mixing, internet, Shahadah 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 [...]