The month that slows down life
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Don't ask someone who is walking hastily for help with an address. No address is more important than the address that he or she is aiming to arrive at. Don't extend your hands to him; his hands are not by his side. Don't greet him. 

Abu Ayyub al- Ansari: ''To you, I Have come O Prophet Muhammad, not to this Tombstone!''
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Medina has never awaited anyone like this before. Not only the eyes of humans, but the eyes of clouds, hills and gardens are fixed on the road. For days the city has talked of nothing but him. When his name is whispered, the trees rustle, the well-water rises...

Bilal: The Caller Dispersing the Veil of Darkness with his Voice
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First voice: "You will not escape this persecution until you worship Lat and Uzza!" Second voice: "My Lord is Allah. He is One." Third voice: "How much longer are you going to torture this poor man!"

Ali: The Secret Door of Knowledge
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Night had opened its treasure chest and poured out all its stars. While drifting towards the earth slowly like snowflakes, they would soon cover the mountains, plains and deserts; while floating towards the rivers and seas, they were about to...

Uthman: The Beloved Martyr
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One day we will no longer have the right to choose which path to follow; until that time there are many who came before us who act as examples for which path to choose, for how to act in this life.

Abu Bakr: Being Friends with the Prophet
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All arrows were pointing towards Medina. A sign had been given, and preparations for the journey had begun. Those who would come on this journey that would change the flow of history and the calendar were taking their places in turn.

Abu al-Darda: A Tradesman who Feared Accounts
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There was a bi-polar world in Medina before Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) came: Profit and Loss. Cavalryman Abu'd- Derda raced back and forth between these two poles on his mental horse. He knew that trade was a job of keeping accounts, and...

Aisha: Lover of the Beloved
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It is the most unforgettable race in history, yet there are no spectators. Of the two racers, the younger one draws a line on the ground; the starting line. They are going to running that point. The older one ties his shirt around his belly.

Ka’b ibn Malik: The Poet Punished with Silence
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He wanders with words in his quiver. He is a poet; he starts a fire with his arrows. He draws his bow when people say, "Tell!" He draws his bow in such a way that the arrow sets fire to the wings of the condors before it is shot.

Abdullah ibn Rawaha: A Poet Yearning for Heaven
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Those who were silent with reverence when poets spoke were faced for the first time with words more powerful than poetry with the verses being revealed to the Last Prophet, and they did not know what to do. While they were grasping and submitting to...

Fatima: A Prophet's Daughter who found Consolation in Death
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The sun called its near-by stars to come a little closer. Then it opened the arms of its cloak and embraced them tenderly. It sounds strange, but the sun system's most brilliant stars gathered under cover. Their lips froze excitement.

Desert Raider to Desert Rain: Abu Dharr al-Ghifari
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Abu Dharr was among the desert raiders. A hulky, tall, thick haired, dark skinned man... The nightmare of the caravans. An intimidating, unwavering man. A Bedouin who knows the desert like the back of his hand.

Salman al-Farsi: From Fire to Divine Light
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Mabih was born in a house where they believed the fire to be holy and grand. The fire, however, got smaller as he grew up. Although the father tried to carve a god out of fire for his son, the son had already put it out; he was, in fact, burning with a yearning to...

Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr: From Seeing Himself in the Mirror to Being a Mirror
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The girls of Mecca wait impatiently for the time when the young man with the gentle steps will pass by their window. They are looking forward to the moment when they will see the graceful and noble features of his face.

Abu Hurairah: From Servant of the Sun to Servant of Allah
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In history Abu Hurairah is known by his sobriquets. He is one of those people whose nicknames come to mind before their real names. He had two given names, used at different times: “Servant of the Sun” and “Servant of Allah”.

The 'Black' Letters on the White Pages of Islam
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The increased interest of African Americans in Islam has become one of the most confusing phenomena related to the spread of Islam in the United States. By and large, Islam is stereotyped by many students of religion and ...

The Sunna of Sacrificing
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Eid al-Adha is called the Great Eid. It occurs at the culmination of the Hajj, and is the culmination of the first ten blessed days of Dhu al-Hijjah, days which have been described by our beloved Prophet (pbuh) as the best days of the year...