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Compassion: Why to not mind your own business.
“Let there be a group among you who call others to goodness, encourage what is good, and forbid what is evil—it is they who will be successful. ” Surah Al-Imran : 104 The concept of acting righteously and calling others towards righteousness is a core Islamic teaching. “Amr bil ma‘rūf wa nahy ‘an al-munkar”, Enjoining good and forbidding evil is…
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Al Aqsa: White washing the history with Archaeology and Propaganda
When history is the battleground, illegal excavation is a weapon of war. As the genocide in Gaza is going on for more than two years, the occupation forces in Israel are secretly waging another war on the history of al-Haram al-Sharif itself. Located in the old city of Jerusalem, Al Aqsa compound has always been targeted by the occupying Zionist…
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Anas ibn Mālik RA- The scholar of Islam
Anas ibn Mālik ibn al-Naḍr al-Khazrajī (RA) was born in Madinah ten years before the Hijrah. He belonged to the Banū Najjār clan of the Khazraj tribe. His mother was Umm Sulaym (RA), an early convert to Islam, and his father Mālik ibn al-Naḍr died before Islam. When the Prophet ﷺ migrated to Madinah, Umm Sulaym (RA) who was also…
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Nusaybah bint Kaʿb RA: The Warrior of Uhud
Nusaybah bint Kaʿb ibn ʿAmr al-Māzinīyah (RA), known as Umm ʿUmārah, was from the Banū Māzin branch of the Khazraj tribe in Madinah. She and her family were among the earliest Anṣār to embrace Islam. Ibn Saʿd mentions her as one of the two women who pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ at ʿAqabah before the Hijrah (al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā 8/442).…
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Ikrimah Ibn Abu Jahl RA: An Inspiring Story
Ikrimah ibn ʿAmr ibn Hishām (known as Abū Jahl) RA was born into the powerful Quraysh clan of Banū Makhzūm. His father, Amr ibn Hishām, known infamously as Abū Jahl, was one of the fiercest opponents of the Prophet ﷺ, called “the Pharaoh of this Ummah” by the Prophet (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3857). Raised amidst tribal pride and staunch devotion to…
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Umm Ayman (RA) : The Second Mother Of Prophet ﷺ
Umm Ayman (RA), whose real name was Barakah bint Thaʿlabah al-Ḥabashiyyah, was among the earliest believers in Islam and one of the few who served the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ from his birth until his death. Known for her loyalty, faith, and courage, she occupies a special place among the women of Islam and was counted among the Prophet’s family by…