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The Inner Dimensions of Fasting By Imam al-Ghazali

Three Grades It should be known that there are three grades of fasting: ordinary, special and extra-special. Ordinary fasting means abstaining from food, drink and sexual satisfaction. Special Fasting means keeping one’s ears, eyes, tongue, hands and feet — and all other organs — free from sin. Extra-special Fasting means fasting of the heart from

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A formula of prayer upon the Prophet peace and blessings be upon Them composed by Sayyidi al-Habib `Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him): اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَالأَصْحَاب، صَلاةً وَسَلامًا تَرْفَعُ بِهِمَا بَيْني و بَيْنَهُ الحِجَاب، وَتُدْخِلُنِي بِهِمَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَوْسَعِ بَاب، وَتَسْقِينِي بِهِمَا بِيْدِهِ الشَّرِيفَةِ أَعْذَبَ الْكُؤُوسِ

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Exposition of the Method of Bringing Up Children from Earliest Childhood, Teaching Them Good Behaviour and Refining Their Character

Excerpt from Imam al-Ghazali’s Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya `Ulum al-Deen) Translators note: Praise be to Allah, and peace upon His Beloved. There is a conspicuous paucity of material available in English that provides sound Islamic guidance for Muslim parents on bringing up children. Recently, I noticed that Imam al-Haddad (Allah have mercy on

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Dispelling the Fog from the Identity of Gog and Magog

Introduction The importance of the discipline of Eschatology within Islam is clearly demonstrated by the fact that two of the five questions of the ‘Gabriel Hadith’ concerned the Last Day and its Signs. The learned scholar, Shaykh Imran Husain, has proposed the idea that Gog and Magog have already been released from behind the barrier

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