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Published by Yala Media Group | April 2026 The Prophet ﷺ said: “There will be tribulations (fitan) during which a sitting person will be better than a standing one, a standing person better than a walking one, and a walking person better than a running one.” — Sahih al-Bukhari. The word fitna — plural fitan […]

Published by Yala Media Group | April 2026 “They ask you about the Hour: when will its arrival be? Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him.’” — Surah Al-A’raf 7:187. The timing of the Day of Judgment is known to Allah alone. No prophet, no angel, no

Published by Yala Media Group | April 2026 Adult iman is different from childhood iman. The iman of childhood is mostly inherited — absorbed from family, community, and the Islamic education that surrounds a child growing up in a practicing household. It is real, but it hasn’t been tested yet. It hasn’t survived loss, doubt,

Published by Yala Media Group | April 2026 The most frequently repeated phrase in the Islamic tradition is Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim — in the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. A Muslim who follows the sunnah says it before eating, before drinking, before beginning any meaningful action. It opens 113 of the

Published by Yala Media Group | April 2026 The question deserves to be asked plainly: does Allah love us? Not in the abstract — does the Creator of the universe have something that could be called love for the human beings He created? Something real, something particular, something that reaches into the specific circumstances of

Published by Yala Media Group | April 2026 There is a moment in every Muslim’s life — sometimes many moments — when they stand before something they want, and the path to it runs through something Allah has prohibited. Or they hold something they love, and they understand that holding it is costing them something

Published by Yala Media Group | April 2026 There is a moment that most Muslims know intimately, even if they have never named it. Something happens — a door closes, a loss arrives, a plan falls apart, a relationship ends, a health diagnosis comes, a job doesn’t work out — and somewhere beneath the inna