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When we travel through time, we find many great men, and what we will always find when doing so, that person typically had a great woman, his mother, at the heart of his greatness. We often find that the people that shook the world and changed the course of history, by the Permisson of Allah,
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It is narrated in a hadith that Abu Shuraih Al-Adawi said: ”My ears heard and my eyes saw the Prophet (Peace and blessing be upon him) when he spoke say: ‘Anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his neighbor generously.” [Bukhari] This statement sets the foundation through which cohesive societies can be
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