Why our Du'as are not answered

"and your Lord says: "Call on me I will answer your prayer..." [40:60] Ibrahim ibn Adham - may Allah have mercy on him - a third century scholar, a teacher and a companion of Sufyan ath-Thawri, was asked about the saying of Allah - the Most High:   "We supplicate and we are not answered."  So he said to them:  You know Allah, Yet you do not obey Him, You recite the Qur'an, Yet do not act according to it, You know Shaitan, Yet you have agreed with him, You proclaim that you love Muhammad Yet you abandon his Sunnah, You proclaim your love for Paradise, Yet you do not act to gain it, You proclaim...

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Why ASHURA is important?

The Day of ‘Ashura: The Children of Israel were saved from Pharaoh and His Army Who drowned  "And (remember) when We delivered you from Fir'awn's (Pharoah) people, who were afflicting you with a horrible torment, killing your sons and sparing your women, and therein was a mighty trial from your Lord. And (remember) when We separated the sea for you and saved you and drowned Fir'awn's (Pharoah) people while you were watching." - Quran 2:49-50 The Children of Israel were saved from Pharaoh and His Army Who drowned Allah said to the Children of Israel, “Remember My favor on you "And (remember) when We delivered you from Fir’awn...

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10 Events Surrounding September 11

People all over the world are familiar with what happened on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four US commercial passenger jet airliners and intentionally crashed two of them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. The Twin Towers collapsed within two hours of being struck by the planes. Civilians from over 70 countries were killed in the attacks, with a total of 2,995 casualties. In the months before and after September 11, many important international events occurred. On October 7, 2001, the US military’s Operation Enduring Freedom was launched, starting the War in Afghanistan. This list will be...

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Very Beautiful Hadith and Forgiveness in Islam

This is truly a beautiful hadith. Very touching.  Many non Muslims think our religion is too hard and that we view Allah as only to be feared. Wheras, in reality Islam combines an equal amount of Love, Fear, and Hope.  We are only humans so inevitably we will make mistakes and sin from time to time. Often, we tend to despair when we commit a sin. But Alhamdullilah, our forgiveness is only a prayer away. We don’t need any intercessors. We don’t have to pray to anyone else. We have a direct link. Mash’Allah what a beautiful religion…….a beautiful Way of Life!  On the authority of Anas, who said: I heard the messenger...

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