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10 Ways to Help Your Kids Love Prayer

As Muslims, we all know the importance of Salah (prayer). It is the first thing that we will be brought to account for in front of Allah (swt), and it is one…

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How Hajj Can Be a Model for Life

Hajj is now over. Millions of Muslim pilgrims have observed this great pillar of Islam. The memories and spirituality of Hajj are really moving. Pilgrims could not help but have…

Articles Faith and Spirituality

How to Know Our Lord

Man may think that the relationship between him and his Lord is similar to that between children and their parents; that they need them when young and dispense with them when grown…

Acts of Worship Articles

Beyond Hajj: 6 Ways to Maintain Your Hajj For Life

Hajj is now over, and as the pilgrims return home to their loved ones; they take back with them a multitude of precious memories from the journey, lessons they’ll hope…

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You’re Back From Hajj…Now What?

Having the opportunity to make Hajj, for a Muslim, is the dream of a lifetime, but what does one aspire for or towards after Hajj?   Do we merely return to…

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What Happens After Returning From Hajj?

Many Muslims make only pilgrimage trip during their lifetimes. In the days and weeks after Hajj, many pilgrims thus take advantage of their travel time by visiting the city of Madinah,…

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Stories from the Quran: Biblical Figures Reimagined Ishmael & Isaac – Story of Great Brothers and Prophets

Prophets Ishmael and Isaac are the sons of Prophet Abraham. They, along with their father, form the link between the world’s three major monotheistic religions, Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Together these…

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Hajj 1444 Concludes Peacefully

Concluding peacefully the last of the solemn rituals of the soul-searching journey of hajj, more than 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims will begin leaving the holy city of Makkah, In the…

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Hajj 1444: Pilgrims ‘Stone the Devil’ as Hajj Culminates

More than 2.5 million pilgrims continued on Thursday, June 29, the symbolic stoning of the devil braving intense heat. The first day of the three-day stoning ritual began Wednesday, June…

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What It Feels Like to Be a Guest of God (Post-Hajj Reflections)

Editor’s Note: In this article, the author shares her reflections on the sacred journey in diary style, depicting the magnificent scenes of Hajj with all the hardships, peace, and serenity…