“Your Perception of Self Blinds You” (Video)

 KRS-One says “Your perception of yourself and your environment blinds you from your opportunity and achieving your dreams.”

12 Tips from the Sunnah to Communicate Effectively with Others

Source: productivemuslim.com

By: Noorul Irfana Mashooq Rahman

We communicate with people on a daily basis, and what’s better than learning some important types of etiquette that could improve our daily interactions! I personally worked as an elementary school teacher in Sharjah for a period of time. After Allah blessed me with my third child, I couldn’t get back to work and I didn’t miss the work environment much except for a few wonderful things that used to happen. I reminisced all those small, lovely things and especially remembered the peace greetings.

The school where I used to work, being an Islamic one, had the full Islamic greeting instilled in its students from an early age, so whenever I used to enter any classroom and utter the greetings of peace, the entire class would reply, ‘wa’alaykum as-salaam warahmatul laahi wa barakaatuh’ (and may the peace and blessings [of Allah] be upon you) in unison.

It was so beautiful, so pleasing to the ears and I had taken it for granted! Though I knew I could not have that many duas showered over me now that I was at home, I made a mental note to use every talking/meeting opportunity (provided the kids weren’t crying or in tantrum-mode) to say the full greeting to everybody with the hope of receiving the same beautiful greeting; a small decision with much to yield, In sha Allah.

Sayyed Fadlallah – What did Jesus and Muhammad teach us (Video)

What Muslims Should Know about their Deen

Source: missionislam.com

By: Habib Ahmad

Prophet Muhammad (saws) said: “Seeking Knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim.” (Related by Ibn ‘Adiyy, Al-Bayhaqi & Al-Tabarani)

Though this Hadith is known and memorised by most Muslims, the essence, the amount, and the kind of knowledge referred to in this Hadith remains misunderstood by many.

If it is true that the knowledge incumbent upon every Muslim pertains to religious knowledge, or al-‘Ilm al-Shar’i, how deeply does one have to pursue his quest of this knowledge to fulfil his duties and discharge the learning obligations placed upon him? In other words, what are the minimum teachings that every Muslim – male or female – is required to know about his Deen?

Illustrated lesson: Value of Acquiring Knowledge & Teaching Quran (Video)

 An illustrated Lesson from Brother Nouman Ali Khan’s Tafsir of Surah Al Alaq.

Salah and Arabic for Beginners

Source: teacherspayteachers.com

Insha’allah. In our workbook, we will teach the basics of Arabic, step by step prayers with word for word translations, and several surahs with Tajweed. This workbook will include both Arabic and transliteration.

Interview of Nouman Ali Khan (Video)

 MuslimMatters.org Live! Episode #1: Interview of Nouman Ali Khan by Siraaj Muhammad.
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WHY I DON’T NEED A MAKEUP TUTORIAL TO TEACH ME HOW TO WEAR A HIJAB

Source: muslimmatters.org

By: Maryam S.

When I first started wearing hijab, my mother would pin it for me every day—a square scarf that she’d fold into a triangle, pin under my chin, and whose ends I would then tie into a little knot on my chest. I’d go to school (where my sister and I were the only girls in hijab) like that, thinking that I looked pretty good, especially if I was wearing a particular blue silky scarf that made 5th-grade me feel glamorous. There were other aspects of my wardrobe that I wished I could change at 10 years old (namely the many denim shirts with flower decals that my mother loved buying me so much)—but I can’t recall feeling inferior to anyone because of my hijab style (or lack thereof, really) at that point in my life.

Scandinavia opens first Islamic theology school

Mina Hindholm Imam Khatib school will take on students aged 18 and up from Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Source: worldbulletin.net

The northern European region of Scandinavia has officially opened its first Islamic Theology boarding school, known as an Imam Khatib school, in the Danish city of Slagelse.

The school is due to take on students from Denmark, Norway and Sweden and will teach the national curriculum along with Turkish and Islamic lessons in the fields of Qur’an, Hadith and Islamic creed.

Boarding school head Ahmet Deniz told Anadolu Agency said that Mina Hindholm will be Denmark’s first official Islamic school for students aged 18 and up. The school, which is Europe’s second Imam Khatib after the one in Belgium, already has 52 students.