Parable 49: What role does the love for the Ahlul Bayet: have in our lives?
It is innately built in to humans that we idolise champions, take lead from and are impressed upon by role models. One of the best and most influential ways to [...]
Parable 48: Is faith without deed of any value?
In the Qur’an, faith and pious deeds come together {آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ} those that believe, and do deeds of righteousness, like a needle and thread that need to work together, [...]
Parable 47: Why are problems and hardships ever present in the world we live in?
A passer-by goes by a crystal glass shop and notices some drinking glasses on display on the shop-front that were placed upside-down. After looking at them for a little while, [...]
Parable 46: How does Islam view non-believing countries?
Islam is an innate religion and at the discretion and freedom of each individual. So relations, while keeping freedoms and discretions, has no problem in it. A child on [...]
Parable 45: How should we deal with bitter experiences in our life?
When we sit down to dine, we might have both sweet, spicy, and pickled foods, children may favour the sweets and completely ignore the pickled foods, but as adults, we [...]
Parable 44: Presenting yourself at religious events is a form of showing yourself to others… is this a form of hypocrisy and showing off?
Firstly, every form of showing yourself and being seen by others is not forbidden/harram. For example, husband and wife make themselves presentable and beautify themselves for each other’s pleasure and [...]
Parable 43: For the sake of saving face and avoiding humiliation, are we able to abandon the prayer for rain?
In competitions, sportsmen and women do not say we are too afraid of losing so we won’t enter the sports field. Footballers must participate in the competition, goal conceding or [...]
Parable 42: With respect to blaming and mockery on the path of the Truth that we hear, what duties do we have?
Someone hired out a camel to go from Cairo to Abbaseye. The traveller climbed on to the camel’s back and the guide held on to the bridle of the camel [...]
Parable 41: What is the role of leadership in the Islamic community?
Each movement has several elements to it: The beginning, a path, a vehicle, a guide and a destination. Between these five elements, the guide is the most important. If [...]