online rihla

 Sunnah of the Week 3
June 9th through the 8th, 2008; Al-Akhir 5th through the 10th, 1429
From Al-Adab al-Mufrad Al-Bukhari
386. ‘Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “You must be truthful. Truthfulness leads to dutifulness and dutifulness leads to the Garden. A man continues to tell the truth until he is written as […]

Waaay back in the day…ok, well, 3 months ago, I attempted to start a series highlighting a sunnah of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa salaam) each week.  I got sidetracked by the hadithuna outages and then by life, but I’ve finally kicked myself in the pants and am reviving it inshaAllah.
Sunnah of the Week 3
June […]

From Imam Zaid:
Imam Shafi’i is related to have said: “Never do I debate a man with a desire to hear him err in his speech, or to expose the flaws in his argument, and thus vanquish him. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently supplicate, ‘O Lord, help him so that truth may […]

Via a Deenport post:
“People are of two kinds: your brethren in faith or your equals in humanity. Be forgiving to them as you wish Allah to be forgiving to you.” - attributed to Imam Ali (ra)

From Lampost Productions via islamica
by Dr. Abdul Hakim Jackson
They came in fact to Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal who used to say that if your nose bleeds then you have to renew your wudu. Imam Malik said that if your nose bleeds you do not have to renew your wudu. So they went to Imam Ahmad […]

  
During my Wednesday web rambling, I happened upon a cute little blog button on somewhere that I now can’t remember.  Ah ha, I thought to myself, that’s exactly what I need.  I’m a nice person right?  I’ve always believed kindess is an important (and often overlooked) part of Islam.  Time and time again in the Prophet’s sirah and ahadith we […]

I was a little thief.  In my youth (ok, and in my teenage years), I stole from my parents, my grandmother and my siblings.  $5 here, $20 there.  It wasn’t even for anything important - just going out to lunch with friends, snacks, soda and candy.
My parents knew I was a little thief.  When I […]

Via Seeker’s Digest:
The Loss of Mercy — And Where To Find It
The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) explained, too, that, “The merciful are shown mercy by the All-Merciful. Be merciful to those on earth and the Lord of the Heavens will be merciful to you.” [Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud, from Abd […]

I was recently asked to join a forum founded by some people who I interacted with during my days on ChristianForums. It’s definately different from most other boards I’ve been on, seeing as how they ask you what your superhero name would be when you sign up, among other interesting questions. One of the subsections […]

by Mufti Ebrahim Desai (db) via Munzareen Padela. I really like this list, as it addresses BOTH marriage partners. All too often, from what I’ve seen, muslim marital advice is directed mainly towards the wife, and relies heavily on “be patient.”
“Our Lord! Grant that our spouses and our offspring be a comfort to our eyes, […]