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Recently, a new service called Ilm Finder was opened.  The website (www.ilmfinder.com) provides an easy, efficient way to search for all of your Islamic Information needs.  Go use their search engines to discover something knew about your deen.  Perhaps you want to know about good manners??  Maybe you want to find out more about the [...]

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Neighbors, as we all well know, are super important in Islam. The rights that they have upon us are so great. In fact, check out these two Hadiths of the Prophet (saw) about neighbors:
Ibn `Umar and `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, “Jibril kept recommending [...]

Find someone in your life and share with them your favorite Surah. It can be a friend, family member, co-worker, or some random person on your contact list that you haven’t e-mailed in ages.
This isn’t just another thought out Deed of the Day. Actually, it was a friend of mine that shared with [...]

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This post is for all the college students out there.  The semester is coming to an end and, soon enough, we will be relaxing from the stresses of school.  No more studying, no more papers.  No more assignments, no more reading.
But, before we go walking off this semester we should take a moment [...]

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Note: This post is slightly longer. The 5 tips and a few Hadith are in the second half.
Let’s start with a clear order from Allah (swt):

قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ذَلِكَ أَزْكَى لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ
Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), [...]

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Everyone loves gum (unlike tea). If you’re in class, at work, or any place with people – it’s likely that someone wouldn’t mind chewing on some gum.
You can buy a pack of gum anywhere for less than $1 including tax. Actually, go to a vending machine and you can pick up a [...]

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I’m not a tea kinda guy, but parents are different. Perhaps its something that comes with age. Maybe the love of tea springs to life in the heart of parents after they have their first child. I don’t know what it is.
There is one thing that is a definite — Parents [...]

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اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists), (Al-’Alaq 96:1)
The first command ever revealed was to “Read!”  1400+ years laters, here on this blog, and at this moment – you are being asked to continue the same command upon which the rest of this [...]

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Too often do we forget the blessings and bounties that Allah (swt) has blessed us with out of His Mercy. It is true that we will never be able to count all the blessing; let alone be thankful enough for them. But, does that mean that we shouldn’t [...]