https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2916160885081943&id=100000641802851 Imagine a mosque where the Imam prolongs the prayer along with the entire congregation so that a child can finish playing on his back. Imagine a mosque where an Imam leads the prayer while holding a child in his arms. Imagine a mosque where the cry of a baby stirs the Imam’s heart so […]
View this post on Instagram What is true wealth? To some its money and status, to others fashion and popularity. To him, the wali in blue, its sweeping the dust that lay on the floor of his master Muhammad ﷺ. #mecca #makkah #medina #madinah #haram #sacred #sactuary #umrah #hajj #masjidnabawi #haramain_photo #turkey #ottoman #sultanahmet #arcitecture […]
Here is the roster for adult classes, 2020, at the IslamicText Institute, 90a Jupiter Road, Surrey Estate, Cape Town. Sundays: 10:30am -12pm Ulum al-Quran, Itqan, Al-Suyuti Hikam, ibn Ata’illah Mondays: 10:20am – 11:45am Ulum al-Quran, Itqan, Al-Suyuti Hikam, ibn Ata’illah Tuesdays: 10:15am Tawhid, Jawharah, Al-Bajuri Hikam, ibn Ata’illah Wednesdays 7:30pm – 9pm Science of Hadith, […]
All praise be to Allah. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our master, Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alayhi wasallam). I finally completed a reading of the book “A Sublime Way – The Sufi path of the Sages of Makka” and found it packed with beneficial knowledge. Dr. Hellyer must be commended for heading this […]
View this post on Instagram Located in the heart of a date palm garden is the blessed well of Hujaim. It is approximately 150 metres deep and is one of the sacred spots the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ stopped at and drank from enroute to Madina. The water is sweet, refreshing and its location absolutely tranquil. […]
View this post on Instagram Hidden in plain sight in the sacred Masjid al-Nabawi are pillars representing deeply spiritual events. One of these includes the pillar of Abu Lubābah. He was deeply grieved after revealing something to the enemy and thereafter tied himself to a date palm tree, saying: “As long as my repentance is […]
Adjacent to the well of Hujain is the remains of the Mosque of Light (Masjid al-Nur) in which the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ prayed. It was the spirit of freedom and justice that placed Sālim, the freed slave of Abū Hudhayfah as the leader and Imam of this mosque, due to his mastery of the Quran. […]
