Introduction Mālik bin Dīnār (d. circa 127/745) was a pious scholar of Basra. The son of a Persian slave, he lived off pennies made by copying the Qur’an. Yet Basra’s wealthiest man, [...]
Day: June 2, 2024
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The Greatest Obligation Upon A Child Is To Be Pious, To Be Dutiful And Respectful To Their Parents Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala Says, Waqadaa rabbuka alla ta’budu illa iyaa Your [...]
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In a famous hadith, our Prophet ﷺ gave us the example of two companions, two friends. He said, Innama mathalu aljaleesu al-saleh wa aljaleesu al-su’u ka haamilil misk wa naafiqil [...]
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We all know as Muslims, we have an obligation to teach our children manners and morals. Without teaching our kids manners and morals, we are setting them up to fail [...]
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Once a brother approached me seeking advice about his daughter who he felt was falling away from the religion. After explaining to me the situation and everything that had gone [...]
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What is the most important foundation for our relationship with our children? As someone who has worked as an imam for many years, I’ve had many situations where people approach [...]
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The Gift of Allah When Allah speaks about children in the Qur’an, when he is blessing people with a child, or people are asking Allah to bless them with a [...]
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Welcome everybody to the Yaqeen Institute live stream. I’m your host Imam Tom Fekini And it’s a pleasure to have you with us again this evening, at least this evening [...]
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I. Case Study Before they got married, Mona and Ibrahim grew up in traditional households that valued high achievement and reverence for those in authority. They looked forward to building [...]
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Introduction As with many of Malcolm’s statements before he left the Nation of Islam, most Muslims would find a way to extract the benefit of his words minus the Islamically [...]