Life Lessons from the Stories of the Prophets
Returning to Eden: Episodes 5 & 6
We continue this Thursday and Friday, إن شاء الله:
📖 Thursday, Episode 5
The Divine Ascension and the Veils of Light
📖 Friday, Episode 6
Why He Created Everything
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🔴 "Pakistan fully stands with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, both diplomatically and physically, and I would like to underscore here the word physically... We will go to any extent." — Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry told The Arab News.
Allāh (the Most High) has said: “Cooperate with one another in righteousness and piety…” (Al-Mā’idah 5:2)
Healing after divorce doesn’t have to mean bitterness, broken character, or broken families.
Join us at Masjid Ibn Baaz on Sunday, Sept. 13 for a lecture with Shaykh Umar Quinn & Shaykh Hamza Abdur Razzaaq.
Sisters’ talk: 1:30–2:30 PM
Main lecture: 3:00 PM
We welcome you!
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You’ve read this story countless times on Jumu’ah from Surah al-Kahf; now let the speech of the scholars transport you and transform your understanding and character.
“At the World’s Edges:
Dhul Qarnayn’s Conquests & the Containment of Yājūj and Mājūj”
Timeless Benefits from the Writings of The Scholars of Tafsīr & Hadīth
Benefit:
He went from being a defenseless caller, killed and revived twice, to a global conquerer with extraordinary means spreading Islām with knowledge and mercy from the Far West to the Far East and beyond.
Then he built a miraculous barrier to guard mankind against its greatest threat until the end of times when his wall will fall.
Abū al-Ṭufayl reports that Ibn al-Kawwāʾ asked ʿAlī bin Abī Ṭālib (رضي الله عنه) about Dhūl Qarnayn, and he responded:
«لم يكن نبيًا ولا ملَكًا، كَانَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا، نَاصَحَ اللَّهَ فَنَصَحَهُ، ثُمَّ دَعَا قَوْمَهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَضُرِبَ عَلَى قَرْنِهِ الْأَيْسَرِ فَمَاتَ فَأَحْيَاهُ اللَّهُ، فَسُمِّيَ ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ».
“He was not a prophet and not an angel, but he was a worshipper who was true to Allah, and Allah was true to him. He called his people to Allah and was struck on the right side of his head and died, and Allah revived him; then he called his people to Allah and was struck on the left side of his head and died, and Allah revived him — and so he was called Dhū al-Qarnayn.”
—Reported with authentic chains by Ibn Abī Shaybah and al-Tabarī.
Join us at Masjid Ibn Baaz for a reminder from the Qur’an & Sunnah on healing, family, and moving forward with dignity.
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Knowledge. Reflection. Transformation.
Join us every Thursday & Friday, إن شاء الله, for Life Lessons from the Stories of the Prophets—exploring the Qur’anic stories not merely as accounts of the past, but as guidance for our hearts, homes, families, and communities today.
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Stories that build stronger hearts, stronger families, and a brighter future.
📚Stories of the Prophets Series — now available in digital form, all six books: 🛒 https://t.co/OCsWxBjsmS
📖 Sacred Stories vs. Soulless Screens: A Call to Reclaim Identity, Purpose, and Faith (series primer) [ https://t.co/odoeN5tzC4 ]
📖 Returning to Eden: Lessons from the Creation, Fall, and Redemption of Adam ﷺ [ https://t.co/GZUT2EY6QZ ]
📖 Before the Waters Rise: Navigating a Drowning World Through the Story of Nūḥ [ https://t.co/Mx5nJbRlGR ]
📖 An Ummah of One: Building Faith, Family, and Civilization through the Story of Prophet Ibrāhīm [ https://t.co/Zs51FnCymk ]
📖 A Hero's Journey: Walking the Road of Honor with Prophet Yūsuf [ https://t.co/mRW8IyzXqg ]
📖 At the World's Edges: Dhūl Qarnayn's Conquests & The Containment of Yājūj & Mājūj (bonus volume) [ https://t.co/c1FZXRtuyW ]
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Beautiful benefits & tremendous advice from our elder, Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-Maghribi, this weekend. May Allah reward him well & preserve him.
Review his advice to students who return to their communities after studying (from Marhaban #5 or #6). Excellent advice!
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At the World’s Edges: Dhūl Qarnayn’s Conquests
Sacred Stories Series Resource
Sixteen verses in Sūrat al-Kahf tell of a man who crossed the world, ruled at both ends of it, and built a wall that still stands.
The Qurʾān never gives his name, his century, or his country. Scholars have debated all three for fourteen hundred years.
This book takes that silence as deliberate — and follows what the passage does give in detail: how the man behaved.
He was handed a whole people and chose to call them rather than punish them.
He was offered payment for the greatest structure in the story and refused it, asking for their hands instead.
And standing beside the finished work, he called it a mercy from his Lord and told them it would one day come down.
Drawn from over two hundred works of tafsīr, ḥadīth, history and Islamic ethics and governance — al-Ṭabarī, al-Baghawī, Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Biqāʿī, al-Saʿdī and many besides. Arabic quoted alongside the translation throughout, fully referenced with over 300 citations, and the fabricated material named as such.
It takes up the questions readers actually ask:
▪️ Was he a prophet?
▪️ Was he Alexander?
▪️ Where is the barrier — and why has nobody found it?
▪️ Who are Yaʾjūj and Maʾjūj, and what do the sound reports really say?
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“Keep going. Never let the attacks and slander of those upon falsehood deter you.”
Call to Tawhid and warn against Shirk.
Don’t be troubled by labels such as “Wahhabi” or anything else.
Ministry of #Islamic_Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, represented by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Center in Yaoundé, organized the third training course for imams, khatibs, and students of Islamic knowledge in Cameroon, entitled: “The Correct Creed and its Impact on Achieving Intellectual Security.”
The five-day course is part of the Ministry’s programs to promote moderation, balance and disseminate Islamic knowledge.
Details:
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📚 The Creed of Sufyān al-Thawrī رحمه الله
Join us at Masjid At-Tawheed Cardiff for a beneficial series on the creed of the great Imām, Sufyān al-Thawrī رحمه الله.
🎙️ Shaykh Dr. Khālid al-Dhafīrī حفظه الله
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📖 Lectures covering The Creed of Sufyān al-Thawrī
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Beautiful advice from Shaykh Khalid Dhafeeri @almadani_k.
Hopefully, it finds open hearts & attentive ears.
It reminds us of what Imam Muqbil used to say: If you truly recognized the plagues afflicting society, you wouldn’t be preoccupied with your brother from Ahl al-Sunnah.
Divorce does not have to produce bitterness, humiliation, or broken families.
Join us at Masjid Ibn Baaz for Healing After Divorce with Shaykh Hamza Abdur Razzaaq after ʿAsr.
Women only: Special talk with Umm Hamza Abdur Razzaaq after Ẓuhr.
NEW: "The Quran is the Speech of Allah" (Part 3)
From our course: Usool as-Sunnah of al-Imaam al-Humaydee (may Allah have Mercy on him) [Class 30]
Explanation of Sh. 'Abdullah Bukhary (may Allah preserve him), read by @1MMeducation
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⚡️ Understanding the Differences Between Ahl al-Sunnah and the Rāfiḍah Shīʿah
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Whoever does not have the nisaab for a year can be classified as miskeen, even if he is paying his bills & maintaining his basic needs. Thats what some scholars mention as the difference between miskeen & faqeer, both are poor, yet the miskeen has enough income to meet his basic needs, without any significant savings. Consider that the "masaakeen" of Soorah al-Kahf owned a boat & held jobs at sea.
Use Social Media For Good!
Shaykh Al-Allāmah Salih al-Fawzan:
Social media comprises of good & evil, so benefit from the good
Use it to call to Allah & clarify Tawhīd
Don’t leave it to the wicked & misguided callers, but use it to obstruct them
Use it to your advantage!