WAKING UP FROM SLEEP IS BY ALLAH'S BLESSING

As revealed in the Qur’an, every soul shall taste death. Death will come at a totally unexpected time. The time of every individual’s death -- the year, month, day, hour and second -- is ordained in the Sight of our Almighty Lord. There is no way of bringing it forward or postponing it when it comes. Allah will take back our selves in the manner He wills, using a natural cause such as sickness for some people, a traffic accident for others, or old age or something else. And if He so wills, death...

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SECRETS OF FINDING THE STRAIGHT PATH

Almost everyone has his own rights and wrongs. The criteria used to determine these rights and wrongs differ greatly. A book, a person, a politician, or, at times, a philosopher may well be the guide in life for a person. However, the right path, which is the only path that leads to salvation, is the religion which God has chosen. In this path, the unique goal is to earn the pleasure, mercy and paradise of God. Other paths, no matter how attractive they may seem, are deceptive and lead to ruin,...

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WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR A MUSLIM TO STRICTLY CONSUME HALAL?

Consuming Halal is an order of Allah and an essential part of the Islamic faith. Allah has repeatedly emphasised the consumption of Halal in His book. The following are some examples of such verses: • “O Messengers, eat from the pure foods and work righteousness” (Holy Quran 23:51) • “O you who have believed, eat from the pure things which we have provided you” (Holy Quran 2:172) • “O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth (that is) lawful and pure” (Holy Quran 2:168) • “So eat of that (meat)...

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Doing Good To Others, Gives Comfort To The Heart

The first person who benefits from the act of charity is the benefactor himself, by seeing changes in himself and in his manners, by finding peace, by watching a smile form on the lips of another person. If you find yourself to be difficulty or distress, show kindness to others, and you will be the first to find solace and comfort, give to the needy, defend the oppressed, help those in distress, and visit the sick: you will find that happiness surrounds you from all directions. An act of charity...

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11 Tips Improve Studying Results

. 1 Study in Short, Frequent Sessions. It has been proven that short bursts of concentration repeated frequently are much more effective than one long session. So, even if you only have 10 minutes, DO IT. Take a break. Then study another 10 minutes. This “distributed learning” approach is highly efficient because it honors the way the brain likes to work. The brain needs recovery and recharging time for “protein synthesis.” The rest periods are when your brain assimilates your effort. They are...

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Constructive Criticsm

It's okay to pick your friends, but don't pick them to pieces What do you think of people who descend on their friends like vultures, criticizing, maligning, ridiculing, scorning, blaming, insulting, and belittling them? Actual vultures feed on carrion, but these human vultures pick their friends apart while they are still alive. Our family members are supposed to be our closest friends, yet even they may engage in the same malicious tactics. It’s time to impose a cease-fire, and the best way...

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SELF EVALUATION-(Thinking About Oneself)

Have you ever thought about the fact that you did not exist before you were conceived and then born into the world and that you have come into existence from mere nothingness? Have you ever thought about how the flowers you see in your living room everyday come out of pitch black, muddy soil with fragrant smells and are as colorful as they are? Have you ever thought about how mosquitoes, which irritatingly fly around you, move their wings so fast that we are unable to see them? Have you ever...

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Aspects of Islamic Etiquette-DINING ETHICS

The Islamic Law has introduced and propagated a cluster of public ethics. At the same time, it warned of failure to strictly abide by it, as this will entail punishment in the Hereafter. Imam Muslim narrated that the Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Do you know who is the bankrupt?” They answered: A bankrupt among us is the person who has neither money nor property. The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The bankrupt in my nation is the one who comes on the Day of Resurrection...

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