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By Asma Ahmad
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"Never is a believer stricken with a discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a grief or mental worry or even the pricking of a thorn but Allah will expiate his sins on account of his patience." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim) |
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By Asma Ahmad
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"Truly no one despairs of Allah’s mercy except those who have no faith." (Qur’an, 12: 87) |
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By ANDREW LI Contributing Writer
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Whether or not you call yourself one, you are Muslim; that is, deep down in your heart, you are. The relevant question, then, is how long it will take you to realize the Muslim inside you, the one who wants to commit to a way of life that is founded upon absolute truth. I started the first 22 years of my life as a Protestant Christian, which is interesting because at that time during high school, I had been wondering with substantial confusion as to why so many hours of so many Sundays of my life were spent singing songs that sounded a little too contemporary for a formal and holy service for God. |
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By YASMIN MOGAHED, Columnist
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When asked what he had done for God, the man will reply: "I studied religious knowledge and I taught it, and I recited the Qur’an for Your sake." And God will say: "You have lied - you did but study religious knowledge that it might be said of you: ‘He is learned.’ And you recited the Qur’an that it might be said of you: ‘He is a reciter.’ " (from a hadith reported by Muslim). |
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