Not everything that comes through TV is bad. However, because the average child between two and 11 years old watches over 27 hours of poorly supervised television per week; because the only thing that kids do more than watch television is sleep, and because most parents are unaware of the indecent liberties that television takes [...]

A typical impression about old age, the last and the seventh stage of the eventful biography of man in general, according to Jaques of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, has been conjured up in these words: Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion. Sans teeth, sans [...]

"…. And make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction." (Qur’an, 2:195) SMOKE is pollution and smoking as part of your lifestyle amounts to causing environmental pollution. We all know that pollution kills - so what makes people smoke themselves to death or disability? Every year on a routine basis - the world celebrates an [...]

Question: A worshipper entered the mosque while the imam was in the second Tashahhud; should he join the congregation, or wait for another congregation? Answer: If a person enters the mosque while the imam is in the second Tashahhud, if he expects that there will be a second congregation, he should not join him, but [...]

The different forms of lying — by Asma bint Shameem "So you see," said Hamza’s father as he finished reading the storybook, "A Muslim never lies and always tells the truth. That’s what Islam teaches us." Just then, the telephone bell rang sharply in the house. As little Hamza ran to answer it, his father called [...]

Imran Bin Husain relates the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) having said to him or to someone else: ‘Did you fast in the middle of Sha’ban?’ He said: ‘No.’ Thereupon he (the Noble Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) said: ‘If you did not observe fast, then you should observe fast for two days. [...]

The sight is always amazing. Pilgrims standing shoulder to shoulder, of all shades and races, dressed in simple white, stripped of all kinds of worldly barriers, be they of wealth, profession, geography, class, education or other. This enduring image of Hajj has become a hallmark of this Ummah’s unity in its diversity. But as we head [...]

Translated verses of the Qur’an “O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and render thanks to Allah if it is (indeed) He whom ye worship” (2:172). “He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other [...]

  "Islam teaches that Wudu is done this way." The man said confidently. "But you’re wrong," the young man replied. "That’s totally against the laws of Islam." "But it says in a hadith that." The older man started saying. "That’s a weak hadith!" The younger man interrupted. "Oh Yeah! What’s your daleel (proof)? I read in a book that the [...]

Seeking refuge with Allah from Shaytan. Allah the Most High said, “And if there comes to you from Satan an evil suggestion, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.” [41:36] Recitation of the two soorahs al-Falaq and an-Nas, as they have wondrous effect in seeking refuge with Allah from his [...]