In 1807, Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar, was stolen from Senegal & sold into slavery in America. He left behind an autobiography written in Arabic.
To mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition, a thread on the remarkable story of Omar…
Never forget the atrocity which took place 26 years ago today in Srebrenica, where over 8000 Muslim men were brutally murdered, Hundreds of women raped, and over 20,000 Bosniak Muslims forcibly removed from the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, all in one day.
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To give charity publicly is good, but to give to the poor privately is better for you, and will absolve you of your sins. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do
#Quran 2:271
I have loads of confidence. For example, I am confident in my ability to narrow down a multiple choice question to two options and pick the wrong answer every time. It’s a talent of mine, honestly.