Archive for October 2007
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Dealing with Painful Relatives
Dealing with bad relatives is a major pain point for most people. For Muslims this is bigger problem mainly because it is very sinful for us to break blood ties. It is sad to hear when immediate family members aren’t on talking terms or if they haven’t met for months or even years. The general [...]
When will this madness end?
It just makes my blood boil when I read stories like this. I pray that Allah gives comfort to the bereaved family members. As Muslims, we must feel the pain of our fellow Muslims because frankly, no one else cares about us.
Where is my destination?
If you were sit down and count the different blessings that you have, how much time would it take? Would it take a whole day, a week, a few minutes, an hour? The answer, I think, depends upon your circumstances and also on what your definition of a blessing is.
I read sometime ago, and I [...]
The status of the imams of the Ithna Ashari Shia
The Raafidis, Imamis or Ithna ‘Asharis (“Twelvers”) are one of the branches of Shi’ism. They are called Raafidis because they rejected (rafada) most of the Sahaabah and they rejected the leadership of the two Shaykhs Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, or because they rejected the imamate of Zayd ibn ‘Ali, and deserted him. They called Imamis [...]
