Asalamu’alaikum to all Muslims and welcome to all non-Muslim visitors and guests, The concept of hospitality to a guest is sancrosanct in many cultures intertwined with that is the concept of hospitality to passing travellers from distant places. For such travellers would have been reliant on the mercy or generosity of their hosts in the town or place they were visiting or passing through. If someone was passing through scorching deserts, or through thick jungles, or dangerous mountains without any electricity, computer, internet, phone and no means of communication then to finally see other h ..read more

Asalamu’ alaikum, I received a notification from wordpress that I registered on this site 15 years ago. So much has happened in those 15 years. Here’s the image. If I had posted just once every day for those 15 years I would now be on 5,475 posts in this blog. If I had just posted once every week then it would be 780 blogs instead of the 234 I have now. This all just points to the power of consistency, a trait mentioned positively in Islam ..read more

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Asalamu ‘alaikum to all Muslims and a warm welcome to all non-Muslims, As mentioned a week or two earlier I have resumed blogging after a three year pause. I intend to use this blog at times to express my own personal thoughts and musings on various topics. Tonight I went to my local masjid (mosque) and the Imam was reciting certain verses of the Quran during the Isha salah (last of the 5 daily obligatory prayers and performed at night time. I was listening to his recitation of the Quran which when he read the name ‘Muhammad’ which is mentioned four times in the Quran. Now, without me choosin ..read more

Asalamu’alaikum to all Muslims and welcome to all non-Muslim visitors and guests, The concept of hospitality to a guest is sancrosanct in many cultures intertwined with that is the concept of hospitality to passing travellers from distant places. For such travellers would have been reliant on the mercy or generosity of their hosts in the town or place they were visiting or passing through. If someone was passing through scorching deserts, or through thick jungles, or dangerous mountains without any electricity, computer, internet, phone and no means of communication then to finally see other h ..read more

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In the early years of my blog I started my blog writing about the existence of God and posting articles from others about this topic. I would like to revisit this subject as it is the spring from which everything else emanates, the spring in this sense being a water spring. Without the spring there can be water which emanates from it. I would like to talk about why Islam is the truth. However preceding the question of what is the truth, there is the question of is there a ‘Truth’ or does ‘The Truth’ exist? In contrast to that there would be the idea linked to moral relativism that there is no ..read more

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Asalamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu, Peace be upon you and welcome to non-Muslims. I haven’t posted on this blog for under three years and I have decided to resume. This blog was started 15 years ago. 15 years….wow. That’s a long period of time. Enough for someone from turning from an innocent little toddler to a fully-grown young man capable of fighting in a war. During that time period a young child can transition from early teenage to late teenage and to young adulthood. They undergo major changes in their life including physical such as puberty and becoming a sexual being and bei ..read more

“Brothers, If you wish to take a girl as a Wife then you must be to her like a Father, a Mother and a Brother. Because a girl who leaves her Father, her Mother, and her sibling to be with you deserves to see the mercy of a Father, the tenderness of a Mother, and the kindness of a Brother in you. When a man says “I accept” at a marriage ceremony he is saying I accept the responsibility of providing for my wife, loving her and protecting her. It’s called a marriage contract for a reason. Each spouse commits to fulfilling the rights of the other and to faithfully adhere to the requirements of th ..read more