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Steve Jobs Commencement Speech at Stanford 2005

asalamu alaikum, Alhamdulilah back now, more time to post. Here’s a great watch. The life and death of Steve Jobs has effected many people, his commencement speech at Stanford in 2005 is amazing to watch.   … Read entire article »

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Sh. Yahya Ibrahim’s “A Wife’s Guide to Ruining Your Marriage”

asalamu alaikum, Here is the second list that Sh. Yahya put together. He’s currently working on a third list of ways to ruining your relationship with your kids. Great reads all around! … Read entire article »

Sh. Yahya Ibrahim’s “A Man’s Guide to Ruining Your Marriage”

Asalamu alaikum, Recently Shaikh Yahya Ibrahim has been posting a variety of lists of advice on how to keep your relationships with others strong. The first list he wrote up was “A Man’s Guide to Ruining Your Marriage” which you can find the link on his facebook page. Here’s the list just as he wrote it (it was on twitter, so please excuse the shortened words): … Read entire article »

Sinning

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the two previous posts we ventured through the first advice that the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wasalam gave to Abu Tharr (http://www.thezulander.com/?p=518 & http://www.thezulander.com/?p=529) Now it’s time to look at the second piece of advice: “And follow a bad deed with a good deed and it will wipe the former out”. Whenever I hear this advice I always go back to the hadeeth of the Prophet where he says … Read entire article »

How to Study for Your Final While Studying for Finals

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Bismillah, wasalaatu wasalaamu ‘ala rasoolillah, Just a quick post while it’s finals, insha’Allah I’ll continue the other hadeeth soon insha’Allah. Last year during finals I posted a good dua for finals here. This year it’ll be a little different. We’ve all heard about how we should be aware of our real Final exam on the Day of Judgment, so I figured I’d share and compile some tips on how we can study for our real Final while studying for our semester finals. … Read entire article »

Taqwa – Part Two

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم This is Part Two of a posting on the 18th hadeeth of Imam Nawawi’s “Fourty Hadeeth”. Part One is available here. We left off discussing the meaning of Taqwa. Here are the four definitions as a reminder: Fearing Allah Obeying Allah Being content with what Allah has given us Wishing to meet Allah   Now on to the third and fourth definitions. In Surah Luqman Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala says: وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا لُقْمَانَ الْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِلَّـهِ ۚ وَمَن يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّـهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ And We had certainly given Luqman wisdom [and said], “Be grateful to Allah.” And whoever is grateful is grateful for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever denies [His favor] – then indeed, … Read entire article »