http://www.hidayahblog.com Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:29:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HidayahBloghttp://feedburner.google.com Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Whether you are a Muslim or a non-Muslim, I'm sure everybody's either heard or read this before; that Islam is a religion which oppresses women. Or you may have heard or read that Islam doesn't give women equal rights, etc, etc.....and the list goes on. One thing ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2010/02/03/the-real-position-of-women-in-islam-what-the-media-dont-want-you-to-know/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Here's another video regarding Palestine.  This one's about the second Viva Palestina convoy that went to Gaza to deliver much needed humanitarian aid and supplies to the suffering Palestinian people who are suffering as a result of the illegal blockade imposed by Israel. The incident in ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2010/01/28/video-of-the-week-a-message-of-truth-from-the-viva-palestina-convoy/ Assalaamu - Alaykum - Peace be Upon you This week, we have a hard hitting, and thought provoking video relating to the illegal blockade that Israel has put up in Palestine. And it shows an incident which has happened hundreds of times already in the West Bank - a humanitarian issue which ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/12/31/video-of-the-week-no-way-through/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Contentment.  Happiness.  Success. It seems that the three words I have mentioned above are interchangeable in what they describe and in what they define. You could say that if one is successful, then that success will lead to happiness which in turn will lead to contentment in ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/12/27/to-your-hearts-content/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Continuing now with the second part of my Hajj 2009 recap and also the long-awaited photos that have now been uploaded. Day 1 So off we went after Fajr Salaah on the first day of Hajj.  Before Fajr, we got up early and made the necessary arrangements ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/12/10/my-amazing-journey-hajj-2009-part-2/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Well what can I say? When people say that Hajj is the journey of a lifetime they're certainly not exaggerating.  Subhanallah (Allah is Pure) it was an amazing experience and one which I will never forget insha-Allah (God willing). What I aim to do is to ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/12/06/my-amazing-journey-hajj-2009-part-1/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you And we continue the conversation between Shaikh Shibli and his student: The Shaikh: "Did you perform Ramal at the time of Tawaaf around the Ka'aba?" (Ramal signifies a running motion) I replied: "Yes." The Shaikh: "Did you at that time flee from this world in such a manner ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/11/11/the-perfect-hajj-part-2/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Well as the day draws nearer the reality and the gravity of my pilgrimage is starting to sink in. What I have learnt as I have grown up is that this journey of Hajj, one of the fundamental pillars of Islam, is regarded as the 'journey ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/11/05/the-perfect-hajj-part-1/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you So the BNP appeared recently on Question Time on the BBC - and as well as his outlandish and disgusting theories and views of which we are more aware of than he thinks, the whole country is also now in uproar debating whether or not Nick Griffin ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/10/28/too-many-questions/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you After last weekend's Hajj gathering at Dewsbury Markaz, alhumdulillah (all Praise belongs to Allah) there is another one this weekend in Batley. It features many of our area's prominent Ulema (young and old!) and promises to add that little bit more for people like me (!) ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/10/21/getting-ready-for-hajj-weekend-seminar/