Here is a bad way to be a hero… “Are they looking at me? Let me do it extra more!” Such a kind of mindset is no doubt a “show off” (riyya). Showing off is a minor shirk, hence Muslims should avoid it. It is an action performed to receive praise or any wordly gain, […]
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“I swear on my mum’s life!” “Ogun gbo! (the god of iron is hearing) Venerating people or things in a way that does not go as far as ascribing lordship to them, is an example of minor shirk. Minor shirk includes everything that may lead to major shirk, or that is described in the sunnah […]
Have you ever say something like this before: “If it hadn’t been for him I wouldn’t have made it!”? One of the common mistake people make is saying: “If not for him/her, I wouldn’t have been here’. Or ‘If Allah wills and she will’ and ‘Had it not been for Allah and you, this wouldn’t […]
A Mindful Talk! Have you been given an amulet (tira, rings, “holy” water, bante, etc) by any alfa, pastor, etc and you still have them? Do you believe it brought your destiny to pass? The wearing and using of amulets these days is becoming too common. Let me tell you of a hadith which was […]
These messengers are not all of the same era They are not of the same family They are not of the same tongues BUT But they came to us with the SAME MESSAGE (peace be upon them all) Allaah says this in the Qur’an: “ And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) […]
The Three Questions That Demands Immediate Answer. 1. Why am I here? 2. What am I doing in this world? 3. Why did Allaah create humans? These questions are questions which each and everyone of us reflects on sometimes. Every being comes into existence to fulfill a purpose given to it by its creator; nothing […]