AVOIDING THE ONE-EYED VISION OF RELIGION

Avoiding the one-eyed vision of Religion 

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by Abdal-Hakim Murad*
 

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

The Dajjal, as everyone knows, has only one eye. Those ulema who are concerned to understand and apply their intuition rather than simply to act as historical relay stations have sometimes interpreted this attribute as a reference to the characteristic sickness of decadent religious communities; a sickness that will necessarily be at its most prevalent as the end of time approaches.

The human creature has been given two eyes for reasons of obvious biological utility: the capacity for focusing so splendidly produced by the ciliary muscles in the eyeball (a superb technology most of us never pause to give thanks for) is nonetheless not a perfect instrument for the gauging of distance. Human beings need perspective: for hunting and for fighting; and for the efficient monitoring of children. And hence we have two eyes, as the Qur’an notes, asking for our faith and our thankfulness: ‘Have We not given him two eyes’?

How to be a VIP on the Day of Judgment

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by islaaminfo.co.za

Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) said:

“Allah will cover seven people with His shade, on the Day when there will be no shade but His: a just ruler, a youth who has grown up in the worship of Allah, a man whose heart is attached to the mosques, two persons who love each other only for Allah’s sake and they meet and part in Allah’s cause only, a man who refuses the call of a beautiful and influential woman for illicit relation with her and says: I am afraid of Allah, a man who gives charitable gifts so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given, and a person who remembers Allah while he is alone and his eyes are flooded with tears.” (Al-Bukhari)

An eternal bride

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 by Haqqseeker
Source: muslimvillage.com

The pleasure Hadhrat Ādam must have felt when he saw a woman next to him as he awoke from a deep slumber, during which Allāh created a ‘mate’ for him from his body, is absolutely beyond our grasp. This mate called ‘Hawwā’ was a very special gift that Allāh presented to the first man of the human race.

PATIENCE AND GRATITUDE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ISLAM

On patience and gratitude

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 by Thahir Mohamed
Source: MuslimVillage.com

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “How amazing is the case of the believer; there is good for him in everything, and this characteristic is exclusively for him alone. If he experiences something pleasant, he is thankful, and that is good for him; and if he comes across some adversity, he is patient, and that is good for him.” [Muslim]

Muslims teens and the challenge of a sexualized culture

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by Maria- Zain
Source: onislam.net

Iblis (satan) refused to participate in the ceremonial prostration towards Adam (PBUH), and was thus cursed by Allah (SWT), banished from the comfortable abode of Jannah. Humiliated and dejected, Iblis hatched a plan of revenge against Adam (PBUH) and Hawwa, luring them to the forbidden tree.

After repeated waswasa (evil whisper), it worked. Our parents ate from the tree, and their clothes of Jannah were pulled away. They were humiliated (and removed to earth), and that was what Iblis had wanted.

The science of lasting relationships

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by Emily Esfahani Smith
Source: businessinsider.com
 

Science says lasting relationships come down to you guessed it kindness and generosity.

Every day in June, the most popular wedding month of the year, about 13,000 American couples will say “I do,” committing to a lifelong relationship that will be full of friendship, joy, and love that will carry them forward to their final days on this earth.

Except, of course, it doesn’t work out that way for most people.
The majority of marriages fail, either ending in divorce and separation or devolving into bitterness and dysfunction.

Indonesian “Hijabers” oppose Westernization

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by OnIslam & News Agencies
Source: onislam.net

Combating the Western influence in the Indonesian community, several Islamic business networks are promoting Islamic products in a campaign to preserve the Islamic values in the Muslim-majority nation.

“I think Indonesia has become too Western,” Risti Rahmadi, a member of Hijabers Community, told Agence France Presse (AFP) on Sunday, November 9.

THE POWER OF DU'A (SUPPLICATION)

The strength in supplication (dua)

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by Abu Muhammed
Source: eislam.co.za


As human beings, our life in this world is one characterized by fluctuating conditions that make us happy and those that are a means of causing us sadness. No one experiences perpetual bliss and neither are problems never ending. Life by its very nature is a test.

THE WORDS OF WISDOM OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD PBUH

Words Of Wisdom of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

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Source: Blessed Islam
 
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is an inspiration to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Here are some sayings of the Prophet Muhammed (Hadith)  that help us understand his inspirational character…

SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF CESAR ESTEBAN GRILLON FROM CATHOLICISM TO ISLAM AND ‘JIHAD’ TO BE A BETTER MUSLIM

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THE SPIRITUAL HIJRAH (JOURNEY) OF CESAR ESTEBAN GRILLON FROM CHRISTIAN (CATHOLICISM) TO ISLAM AND TO ‘JIHAD’ TO BE A BETTER MUSLIM

by Syarif Hidayat

The spiritual hijrah (journey) of Cesar Esteban Grillon, a Paraguayan ambassador to Southeast Asia region who is based in Indonesia, from Christianity (Catholicism) to Islam and to ‘jihad’ to become a better Muslim and a Muslim role model.

“Jihad is striving to become a better Muslim,” said Cesar Esteban in his speech in front of Indonesian Government dignitaries including The Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR RI) Speaker Dr. H. Zulkifli Hasan, ambassadors and Muslim Scholars at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Masjid An-Nubuwwah, Muhajirun, Natar, South Lampung (about 225 km to the northwest of Jakarta), Friday, November 7, 2014.