Keys to Happiness

Happiness is the only goal on earth that all people without exception are seeking to attain. Believers and unbelievers alike seek to be happy, but each party is using different methods.However, only believers can achieve genuine happiness. All forms of happiness attained without a firm belief in God, the Almighty, are mere illusions.The following are tips for the attainment of happiness:1. Know that if you do not live within the scope of today, your thoughts will be scattered, your affairs...

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SIGNS OF WEAK IMAN AND HOW TO INCREASE IT

Signs of weak IMAN:1. Committing sins and not feeling any guilt. 2. Having a hard heart and no desire to read the Quran. 3. Feeling too lazy to do good deeds, e.g. being late for salat 4. Neglecting the Sunnah. 5. Having mood swings, for instance being upset about petty things and bothered and irritated most of the time. 6. Not feeling anything when hearing verses from the Quran, for example when Allah warns us of punishments and His promise of glad tidings. 7. Finding difficulty in remembering...

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OBEDIENCE TO OUR PARENTS

Islam builds a family in which prevails mutual respect and care. Parents and children in Islam are bound together by mutual obligations and reciprocal arrangements. Allah (SWT) Says “…No mother should be harmed through her child, and no father through his child…” [Quran 2: 233]The Quran has made it compulsory for the child to treat his parents with all goodness and mercy.Every Muslim must show goodness and mercy to his parents throughout their lives. There is only one exception to this, and that...

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