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from www.muslimmatters.org Every vice in society stems from a lack of self-control. Whether it’s violence, addiction, gambling, infidelity or pre-marital sex – they are all a result of succumbing to desires. When a person does not have the strength in their character to withstand the numerous temptations and tackle his nafs (lower self) to the [...]
Recently in my local area there has been a protest against Halal-only meat being served at one of the large fast-food chains. Personally, I think some people are more concerned with, what the media would call, ‘the Islamification’ of society, than perceived animal cruelty. Of course I have 100% faith in all of Allah’s (SWT) [...]
from MuslimMatters.org “Learn how to die, and you learn how to live.” “Everyone knows that they’re going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.” “To know you’re going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time…that’s better. That way you can be more involved in [...]
1. Surgery Around the year 1,000, the celebrated doctor Al Zahrawi published a 1,500 page illustrated encyclopedia of surgery that was used in Europe as a medical reference for the next 500 years. Among his many inventions, Zahrawi discovered the use of dissolving cat gut to stitch wounds — beforehand a second surgery had to [...]