One must always try, when one has the opportunity, to recite the Shahadah, to reaffirm one’s acceptance of the Testimony of Faith.  One says: “O my Lord! I declare to Thee that there is no god other than Thee.  And I declare to Thee that Nabi Muhammad (ﷺ) is Thy...

One of the important teachings of Islam is that when we make our ibadat we must always try our best, as I’ve said on so many occasions, to make it لِلّٰهِ تَعَالٰى (lillahi ta’ala: for the sake of Allah).  Because we are human beings and as the Qur’an says we have...

It does not matter what we do as Muslims, whether we are praying, whether we are fasting, whether we are making du’a, whether we are making dhikr, whatever the case might be, whatever our behaviour might be as Muslims, there’s always just one law that applies and that...

   I first want to tell you a little story before I come to what I want to speak to you about.  About two years ago [2004] there was a big meeting in the Railway Institute in Salt River.  It was an anti-drug meeting.  One of the drug-lords from Salt River was there. ...

I have been thinking since last night what I must speak to you about this morning.  I am going to say a very strange thing to you.  I will explain it to you as I go along.  It came to me that I should speak to you about the “I phenomenon”.  I will explain that as I go...

There are so many things!  In Suratul Fatihah Allah Almighty invites us to a major spiritual feast, a major spiritual banquet. But He says we must ask Him for that. We cannot just assume that it would be given. It says in the Qur’an: “Ask Me,” and in Suratul Fatihah...

   Allah Almighty says that all strength and power belong to Him.  What we think are our strengths and power is nothing.  We have imagination with regard to ourselves.  We think that we have power and strength and the nation thinks that it has power and strength. ...

All of us or most of us must have heard the word karamat.  We here in Cape Town usually use the word kramat to refer to the grave of a Wali or the Wali himself but I am talking about something else.  I am talking about miracles that are performed by very, very pious...

O My Lord! I declare to Thee, O My Lord!  I declare to Thee that there is no god other than Thee, and I declare to Thee, O Allah, that Nabi Muhammad (ﷺ) is Thy Messenger.  He is the most honoured, most beloved by Allah. That is what the Shahadah means. I don’t want to...

After the demise of Nabi Muhammad (ﷺ), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (r.a.) took over as the ruler of the Muslims.  He was called Khalifatu Rasulillah.  When he passed away, he was succeeded by Sayyiduna Umar (r.a.).  He was the first one to receive the title Amirul mu’minin. ...