Can I pray out loud so my baby can hear me?

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You can pray audibly for Fajr, Maghrib and Isha, but not Dhur and Asr which are not vocalised. Shaykh Haytham Tamim

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Ghazali – If you had just one day to live, what would you do?

Munazarat an Nafs – debating with yourself The Forty Principles of the Faith ends with a debate between Ghazali and himself, and he recommends that ...

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Psyching up for Ramadan

Allah Almighty said in the Quran that fasting is an obligation in this famous ayah, but when was this ayah revealed and when was fasting ...

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Knowing Allah through His beautiful names 3 – Loving Allah, Al Wadud

The first obligation of every human being is to know his Creator. Some people accepted this invitation from Allah Almighty to find out about Him ...

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Knowing Allah through His beautiful names 1 and 2

The major principles of Islam (kulliyaat al Kubra) are the main principles which we cannot live without.  The first main principle is to know Allah ...

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When desire goes wild and worshipping designer brands

Desire is a natural part of the human system زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ الشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَالْبَنِينَ وَالْقَنَاطِيرِ الْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْخَيْلِ الْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ وَالْحَرْثِ ...

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Ghazali on remembering death V – carrying jewels

Acute regret Imagine you are in a dark cave filled with stones, and your friends urge you to pick up the stones and carry them ...

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How to be safe in times of Fitnah

In the Quran Allah Almighty mentioned in many verses the signs of tribulations and trials (fitan). At that time, only the worst will be left, ...

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Major Principles of Islam – Imaan

How did the idea of compiling the major principles come about? Every Monday evening I hold an Arabic class, and at the end students ask ...

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Ghazali on remembering death IV

True life is after death وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ إِلَّا لَهۡوٞ وَلَعِبٞۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ لَهِيَ ٱلۡحَيَوَانُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ The present life is nothing ...

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