Don’t Be A Chimp…

When I was younger my father always used to tell me this story about a Muslim brother he once knew that had a chimp as a pet. But this chimp was no ordinary chimpanzee. This chimp could pray. According to my father, the brother had taught his pet how to do wudhu(cleansing) and how to [...]

Thank Allah for your parched mouth…

A few days ago, I went to my Sunday morning class. Alhumdullilah, I always find something enlightening from the teacher. On this day, we went over  Hadith Al-Qudsi hadith #6:
On the authority of Aboo `Abdillaah an-Nu`maan the son of Basheer (radiAllaahu ‘anhumaa), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) say:

 
That which is [...]

Merely an Ant

Last night I went to Taraweeh prayer. I am relatively new to the masjid and this is basically my first Ramadan in this city. At this Masjid there are 3 or 4 hafiz who take turns reciting. When one gets tired, another jumps in and begins where the first one left off.
 Eventually a young hafiz [...]