A Curriculum for the Saalik

1. Perform Complete Salah Prayers should not be performed perfunctorily; they should be offered with presence of mind as well. So there are two parts of this instruction: 1) offering the prayer and 2) maintaining focus when doing so. Fajr: 2 Rakah Sunnah, 2 Rakah Fardh Ishraq: 2 Rakah Nafl – approximately 15-20 minutes after [...]

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Seeking Knowledge: How Do I Do It?

For most individuals in the West who are trying to balance school, work, and family, its often hard to know just where to start seeking knowledge. Below we have provided some guidelines that we hope you will find beneficial in deciding how to seek Islamic knowledge. STEP 1: Make the Intention Whether one ever does [...]

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Organ Transplantation

The issue of organ transplantation is by no means one that is immediately peculiar to the 21st century and the medical advances it has heralded. Reference to successful organ transplants can be found in Ancient Greek and Indian literature. The first successful allograft can be dated as far back as 1668 when Job van Meeneren [...]

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Twenty Reason to Become a Scholar of Islam

 Twenty Reasons to Become a Scholar in Islam: A Call to Action 1 - To earn the pleasure of Allah SWT. “Whoever Allaah SWT wants good for, He gives him fiqh (understanding) of the Deen.” [Bukhari] 2 - To gain entry into Jannah. “Whoever traverses a path in order to gain knowledge, then Allaah SWT will make [...]

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