Assalaamu-Alaykum – Peace be Upon you
‘Father’s Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother’s Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting, and to honour and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father’s Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities…’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father’s_Day [...]

Assalamu-Alaykum – Peace be Upon you
You walk inside your house that and that delicious smell of freshly cooked food hits you making your mouth water. Or when you walk past the local takeaway and and catch a whiff of a nice “chip butty” or big fat greasy cheeseburger.
Just think on [...]

Assalamu-Alaykum – Peace be Upon you)
The day of my marriage:
I was sat there next to the Imam as he read the Khutba (sermon), read the names of the witnesses and then turned to me and asked if I accept the person as my wife. I will never forget that moment…that deep black hole feeling [...]

Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you) 
All around us is the beautiful world which Allah has provided us with.
 Just take the vast ‘ceiling’ which is our sky.  Simply sit there and stare and you won’t find any cracks.  And what about those amazing fluffy clouds?!  Look at them long enough and you’ll see whatever you want to see!
Beautiful blue seas [...]

This is no ordinary house!!
“Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah builds for them a house in Paradise.” [Sahih al-Bukhari]
Abdullah ibin Qais Al-Ash’ari (Radiallahu anhu) narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) said:
A tent (in Paradise) is like a hollow pearl which is thirty miles in height. On every corner of the tent the believers will [...]

New year new start???
Ahh a new year! So what does this new year bring for us?
For many people it’s a fresh start to their life, to try and accomplish new things, etc. Indeed, many people will have made a new year’s resolution; to lose weight, or to get a new job, spend [...]

Who is he that will Loan to Allah a beautiful loan? for (Allah) will increase it manifold to his credit, and he will have (besides) a liberal Reward. (Qur’an 57:11)

Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
As we have all been made aware, there has been a cyclone that has hit Bangladesh which has made [...]

Assalamu-alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Last few days of Ramadhaan remaining- time to take stock
Just come back from Juma (Friday prayers) and the Imam did a hair raising Khutba (in English), really made you think.
The main point which he was trying to put across was that nearly half of Ramadhaan has gone and what have we [...]

Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Like many people, having started my new job I have been sent on a number of training courses, many of which I already know (or suppose to know!!!), but as we all say training course is what? – time off work so hey, no-one says no!!!!
Whilst on the course I was [...]