I bear witness there is no God but Allah(swt) and that He(swt) alone is worthy of praise and worship.  I bear witness that the Prophet Muhammad(saw) is His(swt) messenger.  I seek refuge in Allah(swt) from the evils of this world and ask for His(swt) forgiveness.  Verily, whomever Allah(swt) has guided, none can misguide.  Whomever is misguided, none can guide.

There is a great poem attributed to Mother Teresa which it is said she used to hang on her wall known as “In the…

Asalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

Inshaa Allah, brother Shadeed will be speaking at Masjid Taqwah in Brooklyn on Friday Feb 10 and Saturday Feb 11, 2012.

He will give the khutbah at salaat ul jumuaah, and then will give lectures on Friday and Saturday after Maghrib, inshaa Allah. The topic for the weekend is: Etiquettes One Must Observe in Order to Endure Successfully the Times of…

Hadrat Abu Hurairah has reported that the Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah's peace) said: "When the Prayer has begun, one should conic walking to it with calm and dignity, and not running. Then, one should join in whatever remains of the Prayer, and should make up whatever one has missed independently later. " (Sihah; Sittah Hadrat Abu Qatadah Ansari says: "Once we were offering the Prayer under the leadership of the Holy Prophet when suddenly we heard some people coming to join the Prayer…

Shaykh Abdul-Azeez ibn Baaz Reference: Majmoo’ Fatawaa Wa Maqalaat Mutanawi’ah. Vol. 3/292 Translator: Shadeed Muhammad, Abu Az-Zubayr We often hear the noble Hadeeth "Women are deficient in their intelligence and in their Deen” and some men use this Hadeeth as a form of belittlement towards the women. We desire from you O noble shaykh, clarification of the meaning of this Hadeeth? The meaning of the Hadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu ‘alayhe wa sallam): “I have never seen…