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Suffa Ramadan Newsletter 2025
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A message of congratulations and celebration of Eid al-Fitr 2025 and a reflection on the passage of Ramadan, and a timely reminder of the lessons of the Battle of Badr.
Biannual Suffa Newsletter 1 2024
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Ashara Mubashara (The Ten Promised Paradise)
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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (r) Abdur-Rahman bin Awf (r) reported: The Messenger of Allah (SWT) said: "Abu Bakr is in Paradise, Umar is in Paradise, Uthman is in Paradise, Ali is in Paradise, Talha is in Paradise, Az-Zubair is in Paradise, Abdur-Rahman bin Awf is in Paradise, Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas is in Paradise, Sa'eed bin Zaid is in Paradise, and Abu 'Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah is in Paradise." - Sunan At-Tirmidhi Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (r) is considered the first person to shoot an arrow in defence of Islam. He converted to Islam at the age of seventeen. Sad ibn Abi Waqqas...
In the Footsteps of Our Righteous Predecessors
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Why did around hundred and twenty thousand Companions (ṣaḥāba) leave Madinah after the beloved Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) departed this world? To answer this question, we need to: 1. Understand the model of Islamic education (madrasah) called Suffa established by the beloved Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) 2. Understand how Islam was propagated under the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs (al-Khulafāʾ al-Rāshidūn) of Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq (r), Umar ibn al-Khattab (r), Uthman ibn a-Affan (r) and Ali ibn Abu-Talib (r) The caliphate of the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs (al-Khulafāʾ al-Rāshidūn) saw the expansion of the fledging Islamic State through newly liberated territories...