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Nouman Ali Khan: A Better Tomorrow (Video)

This khutbah was given at Irving Islamic Center on October 2nd, 2015. Visit bayyinah.tv for more Quranic, Arabic, and History content.

Nouman Ali Khan: “I Know It’s Haram But Allah is so Merciful” (Video)

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30 Photos Of Children Playing Around The World

Source: http://www.boredpanda.com/happy-children-playing/

No matter their cultural background, no matter their economic situation, kids will always find imaginative ways to have fun. Their wild imaginations and magical childhood moments, when captured on camera by talented photographers, can make for truly wonderful photos. These 33 images we collected will prove that childhood can be wonderful no matter where you go.

Many in the Western world fear that technology is making today’s children lose touch with nature and with their own creativity, and while there are arguments to be made for the intellectual stimulation that apps and programs for children can bring, there’s also something to be said for simply playing with a stick in the mud or chasing dandelion seeds though an open meadow.

For better or worse, the children in these photos seem entirely content making their own fun. For us adults, it’s important not to let our world-weary and jaded experience stifle our childish hopefulness and imagination!

INDONESIA

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Image credits: Gede Lila KantianaI Gede Lila KantianaIpoenk Graphic

RUSSIA

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Image credits: Elena ShumilovaСветлана Квашина

BURKINA FASO

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Image credits: Òscar Tardío

MYANMAR

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Image credits: Chan Kwok Hung

TAJIKISTAN

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Image credits: Damon Lynch

INDIA

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Image credits: Mukund ImagesSudharsan RavikumarSandee Pachetan

VIETNAM

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Image Credits: HT KëñShï

GHANA

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Image credits: Terry White

ESTONIA

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Image credits: Elika Hunt

THAILAND

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Image credits: Sarawut Intarob

SOUTH AFRICA

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Image credits: tinosoriano.comMuhammed Muheisen

PERU

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Image credits: Enrique Castro-Mendivil

ETHIOPIA

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Image credits: Csilla Zelko

ITALY

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Image credits: Michael Potyomin

USA

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Image credits: Jake Olson

INDONESIA #2

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Image Credits: Mio CadeHendrik PriyantoJames KhooRio Rinaldi Rachmatullah

UGANDA

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Image credits: John Van Den Hende

ROMANIA

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Image credits: Elena Simona Craciun

RUSSIA #2

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Image credits: Elena Shumilova

“And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life]” – Quran (93:4)

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And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life]” – Quran (93:4)

Points on how to Learn Faster and Better

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  • Lack of blood flow is a common reason for lack of concentration. If you’ve been sitting in one place for awhile, bounce one of your legs for a minute or two. It gets your blood flowing and sharpens both concentration and recall.
  • Think positive. There’s no point in setting learning goals for yourself if you don’t have any faith in your ability to learn.
  • Food for thought: Eat breakfast. A lot of people skip breakfast, but creativity is often optimal in the early morning and it helps to have some protein in you to feed your brain. A lack of protein can actually cause headaches.
  • Take a hike. Changing your perspective often relieves tension, thus freeing your creative mind. Taking a short walk around the neighborhood may help.
  • There are three primary ways to learn: visual, kinesthetic, and auditory. If one isn’t working for you, try another.
  • Focus on whatever you’re studying. Don’t try to watch TV at the same time or worry yourself about other things. Anxiety does not make for absorption of information and ideas.
  • Take a bath or shower. Both activities loosen you up, making your mind more receptive to recognizing brilliant ideas.
  • Turn out the lights. This is a way to focus, if you are not into meditating. Sit in the dark, block out extraneous influences.
  • Speedread. Some people believe that speedreading causes you to miss vital information. The fact remains that efficient speedreading results in filtering out irrelevant information. If necessary, you can always read and re-read at slower speeds. Slow reading actually hinders the ability to absorb general ideas. (Although technical subjects often requirer slower reading.) If you’re reading online, you can try the free Spreeder Web-based application.
  • Every picture tells a story. Draw or sketch whatever it is you are trying to achieve. Having a concrete goal in mind helps you progress towards that goal.
  • Brainmap it. Need to plan something? Brain maps, or mind maps, offer a compact way to get both an overview of a project as well as easily add details. With mind maps, you can see the relationships between disparate ideas and they can also act as a receptacle for a brainstorming session.
  • Brainstorm. This is a time-honored technique that combines verbal activity, writing, and collaboration. (One person can brainstorm, but it’s more effective in a group.) It’s fruitful if you remember some simple rules: Firstly, don’t shut anyone’s idea out. Secondly, don’t “edit” in progress; just record all ideas first, then dissect them later. Participating in brainstorming helps assess what you already know about something, and what you didn’t know.
  • Laugh (not to much). Laughing relaxes the body. A relaxed body is more receptive to new ideas.
  • Write, don’t type. While typing your notes into the computer is great for posterity, writing by hand stimulates ideas. The simple act of holding and using a pen or pencil massages acupuncture points in the hand, which in turn stimulates ideas.
  • Give yourself credit. Ideas are actually a dime a dozen. If you learn to focus your mind on what results you want to achieve, you’ll recognize the good ideas. Your mind will become a filter for them, which will motivate you to learn more.
  • Motivate yourself. Why do you want to learn something? What do want to achieve through learning? If you don’t know why you want to learn, then distractions will be far more enticing.
  • Learn what you know and what you don’t. Many people might say, “I’m dumb,” or “I don’t know anything about that.” The fact is, many people are wholly unaware of what they already know about a topic. If you want to learn about a topic, you need to determine what you already know, figure out what you don’t know, and then learn the latter.
  • Persist. Don’t give up learning in the face of intimdating tasks. Anything one human being can learn, most others can as well. Wasn’t it Einstein that said, “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration”?
  • Challenge yourself. People are often more intelligent than they realize.

The End of Every Matter is Better

By: Tareq Al-Suwaidan

(قال الله تعالى (وللآخرة خير لك من الأولى
!! إن أول ما يخطر على أذهاننا في تفسير الآية أن الدار الأخرة خير لنا من الدنيا

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..ولكن الآية تحمل معنى أوسع يقول : عاقبة كل أمر لك خير لك من أوله
ولذلك فإن بقية السورة كلها تأكيد لهذا المعنى
ألم يجدك يتيما) هذا أول الأمر (فآوى) هذا آخره)
ووجدك ضالا) هذا أوله (فهدى) هذا آخره)
ووجدك عائلا) هذا أوله)
،،فأغنى) هذا آخره)
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, فذكر نفسك دائما أنك تتعامل مع رب كريم
من أوصافه سبحانه وتعالى أنه يختبر العبد بأول الضيق ثم لابد أن يفرّج وينتهي الأمر بالسعة
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..لابد أن تكون الآخرة خير من الأولى في كل أقدار الله وتكون الآخرة خير من الأولى لمن رضي عن ال
(من احمد الهاشمي فرج الله عنه)

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Millionaire Gives It All Up For Islam: Ishaq Mustaqim – My Path To Islam (Video)

info-pictogram1 Ishaq Mustaqim tell roadside2islam how he gave up a Millionaire lifestyle for a better life as a muslim.

It’s never easy to let go. Or is it?

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Source: http://lionofallah.com/

Most of us would agree that there are few things harder than letting go of what we love. And yet, sometimes that’s exactly what we have to do. Sometimes we love things that we can’t have. Sometimes we want things that are not good for us. And sometimes we love what Allah does not love. To let go of these things is hard. Giving up something the heart adores is one of the hardest battles we ever have to fight. But what if it didn’t have to be such a battle? What if it didn’t have to be so hard? Could there ever be an easy way to let go of an attachment? Yes. There is. Find something better.