ARAB NEWS| SHEIKH MOKHTAR MAGHRAOUI |  Friday 12 August 2016 Haj in the Arabic language means aim, destination or purpose (qasd). The reason is clear: Haj is the ultimate journey of loving submission (ubudiyah) and conscious surrender (riq) to Allah. Its ultimate destination is your encounter with the House of Allah (Bayt Al-Allah) — the Kaaba — with both your physical body and, more importantly, your heart (qalb). Ibn Al-Jawzi (may Allah bless him) relates a story of an old, blind woman who w

Saudi Gazatte | 26 July 2016 AL-AHSA — Markets in the eastern city of Al-Ahsa and other parts of the Kingdom are flooded with a variety of Rutab (ripe and soft) dates as extreme temperature has made the fruits ripe earlier than expected. In the beginning of the season, supply of Rutab dates normally is less with prices going up, said Mubarak Al-Khanin, a farmer who estimated Rutab prices at SR20 to SR45 per kg. “Al-Gharr, which is one of best varieties, is sold for SR40 per kg in the begi

Global temperatures for the first six months of this year have shattered previous records, setting 2016 on track to be the hottest year ever, the UN weather agency has said. Arctic sea ice melted early and fast, another indicator of climate change and carbon dioxide levels, which are driving global warming, have reached new highs, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said yesterday. "Another month, another record. And another. And another. Decades-long trends of climate change are reachin

Lucknow, Jul 12, 2016 :A formula racing car made by a team of 25 students of Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology (AMU) will be in action at a formula racing competition for students at the Silverstone Racing Circuit in the UK from July 14 to 17. In a first instance of AMU students participating in an event at an international racing circuit, the engineering students’ team will be one of the four teams from Indian universities participating in the event. The AMU team will re

New Delhi, July 15, ANI: The very tasty peanuts not only please your taste buds but also works effectively on your health, if consumed on daily basis. From keeping the heart healthy to providing multi nutrients to the body and lowering risk of coronary disease to controlling obesity, peanut indeed has multi-benefits for human health. Throwing light on medically established benefits that come along peanuts, Poonam Gupta, director and fitness expert at Gold's gym, said, "In addition to the monou

Mysuru, 15 July2016:Kalpana Gopalan, Principal Secretary of DPAR (Training) and Director General of the Administrative Training Institute, on Thursday said the role of teachers is vital in today’s “knowledge society.” Delivering the valedictory address of the 109th orientation programme for university and college assistant professors, organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Mysore, Dr. Gopalan dwelt on the role and relevance of teaching. She said with the advent of tec

Washington D.C, Jul 13 (ANI): You may be relying on them to shed those extra kilos, but turns out, artificial sweeteners may actually be making you eat more. A comprehensive new study co-led by the University of Sydney has revealed for the first time why this response occurs. The results shed light on the effects of artificial sweeteners on the brain in regulating appetite and in altering taste perceptions. Researchers identified a new system in the brain that senses and integrates the

By : Aftab Kola My ancestral house in my native town had a spacious backyard as well as a frontyard dotted with trees of kokums (we used to call them 'Bhende, similar to mangosteen), mangoes, bilimbi (bimbellli), ambarella (kollami ambatti), drumsticks, dudhyan, guava, papaya, etc. I never knew that certain above-mentioned fruits can be crushed to prepare delicious, healthy juice. On my Sri Lanka trip I had an occasion to slurp ambarella juice which I found extremely refreshing and stimu

Praise be to Allaah. Fasting six days of Shawwaal after the obligatory fast of Ramadaan is Sunnah Mustahabbah, not waajib. It is recommended for the Muslim to fast six days of Shawwaal, and in this there is great virtue and an immense reward. Whoever fasts these six days will have recorded for him a reward as if he had fasted a whole year, as was reported in a saheeh hadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Abu Ayyoob (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that

ONE of the commonest charges brought against Islam historically, and as a religion, by Western writers is that it is intolerant. This is turning the tables with a vengeance when one remembers various facts: One remembers that not a Muslim is left alive in Spain or Sicily or Apulia. One remembers that not a Muslim was left alive and not a mosque left standing in Greece after the great rebellion in 1821. One remembers how the Muslims of the Balkan peninsula, once the majority, have been systema

ONE of the greatest miracles seen in Islam was the emergence of a man, who became the mercy to mankind. The Prophet Muhammad, also known as Al-Ameen, the trustworthy one in Arabic, grew up as an orphan, did not have any money to his name (despite his wealthy relatives and comrades) and he never went to a school. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) at the age of 40, spent time contemplating the meaning of life in the cave of Hira when he found the need to seek knowledge beyond the materialism t

In 2012 Salman Taj Patil cracked the UPSC exam in first attempt and became the first Muslim IPS officer from Solapur.  In this candid conversation with Imran Inamdar the 31 year old talks of issues concerning the Muslim community, of the state of education among Muslims and of his own preparation for UPSC a few years ago. How did you manage to achieve this feat? I immersed myself into the preparation completely. There was only one aim in my mind and that was to crack UPSC. My parents provi

NEW DELHI:  Excessive use of electronic gadgets, including mobile phones and tablets, can cause "tech neck" that leads to early signs of ageing, health experts have warned. According to experts, "tech neck", which leads to sagging skin, dropping jowls, and creases above the clavicle, seriously affects facial looks of the person by causing frown lines, undereye bags, and horizontal lines on the neck along with fat prominences. "People who bend down constantly for long hours while using any

In this blessed month of Ramadan, we have now come to the grand finale – the last ten days of Ramadan that are even more blessed than the rest of Ramadan. In it is a night that Quran tells us is better than 1000 months (yes, months – not days). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: There has come to you Ramadan, a blessed month which Allah has enjoined you to fast, during which the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed, and the rebellio

PRAISE and thanks to Allah who has made us reach the blessed month of Ramadan yet again this year. He made it a month of mercy, forgiveness, du’a and multiplied rewards. Every night of this blessed month, He invites the fortunate ones who witness it, to race and compete with each other in doing righteous deeds. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said “On the first night of the month of Ramadan, the devils are chained, the jinn are restrained, and the gates of Hellfire are closed and none of its

THE blessings related to fasting are truly astounding. Those who fast are able to scale the ranks; expiate their sins; tame their desire; give much in charity; engage in a variety of acts of worship; give thanks to their Creator; avoid being swayed by impulses of disobedience and violations; distance themselves from the blazing Fire; and tap on the doors of Paradise. Fasting possesses so many virtues; some of these are presented below. 1. Sa’ihun: Allah describes the righteous believers in th

LONDON:  Just exercising for 15 minutes daily may lower the risk of death in the elderly, a new study has claimed. "Age is not an excuse to do no exercise. It is well established that regular physical activity has a better overall effect on health than any medical treatment," said David Hupin from University Hospital of Saint-Etienne in France. "But less than half of older adults achieve the recommended minimum of 150 minutes moderate intensity or 75 minutes vigorous intensity exercise eac

I sometimes think that the rope tying us to this dunya is made of solid gold. Why else would we hold on so strongly and persistently on it? We make preparations for absolutely everything so worriedly, hardly allowing ourselves to place trust in Allah . Yet conversely, we often blindly place our trust in the unknown faces that manufacture our cars, and we so easily believe the promise of our pension funds and unit trusts… When Anas asked The Prophet , “should I tie my camel and have Tawakkul