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اللهم آت محمداً - صلى الله عليه وسلم - الوسيلة والفضيلة، وابعثه المقام المحمود الذي وعدته
If this hadeeth does not move your heart and increase you in love for the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam….
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ الله عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: “لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى الله [...]

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لاَ يضر رجُلاً لاَ يشاء عَن نفسه إلاَّ القرآن فإن كان يحب القرآن فهو يحب الله ورسوله
Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood radi Allahu anhu said: It will never harm a person that his soul does not desire more than the Qur’an, for if he loves the Qur’an; then he loves Allah and His Prophet sal Allahu alayhi [...]

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Allah ta’ala says in surah Dhaariyaat:
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ
“By  the Sky, full of paths!” (51:7)
Allah ta’ala swears an oath concerning the sky, and what it contains.
الْحُبُكِ- is from ha-ba-kaaf (ح ب ك) and there are a few opinions on this word.
Firstly, it is said to be plural of hibaak (حباك), which is used for pathways between [...]

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Alhamdulillahi ‘alaa ni’matil Islaam.
A very nice initiative is going on in Canada, make sure you read about it on True and Good Words here, and if you’re in Canada, take the survey please inshaAllah.
Alhamdulillah I grew up in Canada (OTTAWA :) )  and lived there for most of my life, and one thing that I [...]

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We started Surah Fath today in Ta’leem class and we were discussing the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah. I couldn’t help but remember this video by Yasir Qadhi, every time I watch it, it affects me subhanAllah:
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Radi Allahu anhu!
Yasir Qadhi has a whole lecture on this treaty that I highly recommended watching, here. And br Nouman [...]

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Alhamdulillah, the Bayyinah course was an awesome three weeks of being immersed in the remembrance of Allah ta’ala and the language of His Book. I hope this compilation of the gems have been beneficial inshaAllah. To see everything that was shared again, check out the Bayyinah Gems category. May Allah ta’ala grant Bayyinah Institute success, [...]

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More Names of Allah can be found here.
Al Mu’min: The One who gives Emaan and Security

When we look at this Name linguistically, it gives us two primary meanings:
1)      From emaan, it means The One who gives emaan. Emaan is tasdeeq (تصديق): affirmation. Mu’min is One who has emaan, One who gives emaan and [...]

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walhamdulillah,
O Allah, we ask You by Your Mercy to make us among those who succeed in this life and the next, Ameen.
InshaAllah I will be starting a new series analyzing Jannah and Naar in detail. SubhanAllah, indeed the description of the fire in the Qur’an is sufficient as a warning and indeed the description of [...]

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In the Qur’an, Allah ta’ala swears by many things, which is known as a “qasm” in Arabic–showing the importance and honor of the object. Here is a previous bayyinah gem on qasm. (Assignment for the readers: mention some things that Allah ta’ala swears by in the Qur’an! Hint: there are a lot in Juz ‘Amma) [...]

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Al-Quddoos
The One who is Very Pure, Absolutely Pure, He is far and above anything that does not befit Him.
Al Quddoos is from the root qaaf-daal-seen (ق د س), Al-Quddoos has two meanings linguistically. It is on the structure of fu’ool, a form of mubaalagah/intensification.
1. First meaning of Qaf-daal-seen (ق [...]