Archive for November, 2006
The Successful Islamic School
One of the most sincere Muslimahs I have ever met, may Allah raise her and her family to the highest level of Jannah, Ameen, has two daughters of similar age (high school), one of which goes to Islamic school and one of which goes to a non-Islamic school. She recently said to me, “You know, [...]
More from al-Risala al-Jamiah
Purification (Part One)
Before we can pray, we need to purify ourselves.
Two main ways of purification:
Ablution (minor)
Ghusl (major)
We need physical and ritual purity.
Protect yourself…
from the evil eye.
Wallahi, it seems like anytime I tell anyone anything good about my son’s progress or his doctors say something good about him or his nurses, etc. something happens and he has a setback.
So today he’s having a blood transfusion. Make du’aa.Make up your prayers.
You Must Make up Every Single Prayer You Have Ever MissedÂ
ALL Four Schools Ijmaa’Â
I’m not posting this to say that I follow this opinion, necessarily, but I will say  it is something I’d like to look into more AND it is something that is very, very serious - especially for those people who have been Muslim their whole life [...]Thanksgiving.
Our beloved Nabi, sallahu ‘alayhi wa salaam, taught us that the one who is not thankful to the people, is not thankful to Allah.
This should be a warning and reminder for us all. For who among us would like to be among those people who are not thankful to Allah, subhanahu wa ta’ala, who is our Creator and [...]Lesson 4 Notes - The Prayer
 From Al-Risala al-Jami’ah
by Ahmed ibn Zayn al-HabshiToday.
Musa has a big day ahead of him today.
They started trying to feed him about four (or five? - the days are all blurring together) days ago, but he wasn’t digesting it so they gave him a rest. Now he’s breathing more on his own and they’re going to try it again. It’s so [...]Musa
So after a very scary night and morning, I was taken to IU Med Center for an emergency c-section.
Musa was born on October 31st at 28 weeks weighing in at 2 lbs 12 oz.
Although his doctors are very optimistic that he will grow to be a healthy boy, he has a long road ahead of [...]