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Spirituality as a Journey

In Islamic literature, spirituality is described as a journey. We should think of ourselves as wayfarers. We have all embarked on a journey away from God and then we are going back to Him. We have all been created by God and this creation is a sort o...

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The Meaning of Self-Knowledge and Its Significance

Self-knowledge implies knowledge about the Lord as well. Awareness of one's self leads to awareness of the Lord. And likewise, one who is oblivious of the Lord is oblivious of his self. If one is determined to learn about one's Lord, then the best wa...

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Family Life In Islam

A sensible and well-balanced family system is the very foundation of a happy life. Indeed, it is the root of an advancing civilization. Religion comes to take human beings closer to Allah. Therefore, it must create an atmosphere conducive to that ide...

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Bidding The Good & Forbidding The Evil

Amr bi ’l-marūf & nahi ‘ani ’l-munkar is a moral and ethical safety-net for the Muslim community and the human society at large. It does not allow the Muslim community to abandon its members in the path of immorality and self-destructive path. Nor do...

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Repentance, an invitation to more sins or a door to rectifying one's mistakes?

One of the teachings of Islam -and indeed of all religions of heavenly origin-is that sinners always have the possibility of repentance before them. When a man is genuinely remorseful in regard to his sins, and his spirit turns him towards God in hum...

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Lifestyle » Nutrition & Health

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Manners of Eating and Drinking

According to Imam Ja'far-e-Sadiq (a.s.), man needs to eat that much food which is needed for his strength. One part of the stomach should be for food, the second for water and third for breathing. One should not try to fatten oneself like the lamb me...

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Eating salt before and after each meal

It is reported that the Prophet (S) always used to have salt before and after meals, and he said that a person who does this act is protected from 70 types of diseases, among which leprosy is the minor one...

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Eating Habits in Islam (Part 1)

The religion of Islam has one of the most comprehensive eating and dietary habits and one even wonders as to why all the strict rulings. This is true because the stomach is one of those bodily organs that is largely unstable in electrical terms and w...

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Eating Habits in Islam [part 3]

If we eat junk food, food that has been sprayed and preserved, food that has been flavored or frozen, these foods will have confusing energy that has been adulterated, and by eating these foods we will be developing faults in our network of energy

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Eating Habits in Islam [part 2]

A case in point, Muslims have also been recommended not to dry themselves after performing ablution for prayer. The higher rate of vibrations in the energy fields of the person having performed ablution should remain until the start of prayer. Water ...