Alkauthar Institute Presents : Mercy to the Worlds , by Sheik Tariq Appleby Date : 13th and 14th March 2010 Time : 8:00 - 19:00 Wits Medical School , Parktown Contact : johannesburg@alkauthar.org or 082 740 8021 for more details "Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger from amongst yourselves. It grieves him that you should receive any difficulty. He is anxious over you, for the believers full of compassion, kindness, and mercy." [At-Tawbah:128] AlHasan alBasri said: I heard once that … [Read more...]

Host: AlKauthar Institute South Africa Type: Education - Workshop Start Time: Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 8:00pm End Time: Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 7:00pm Location: WITS Med School City/Town: Johannesburg, South Africa Contact : 082 740 8021 A-Z of Love and Mercy The Fiqh of Marriage and Divorce by Sheikh Bilal Ismail Everything you wanted to know about the rulings of marriage and divorce in one beautiful single weekend! AlKauthar has designed this course to be practical, informative, … [Read more...]

This is a reader submission from Tasneem Moollah Another year has passed and Ramadhan is yet again on our doorstep. For those of us who are fortunate enough to experience this beautiful month once again, we should give thanks to the Almighty Allah. Ramadhan holds great significance in the lives of Muslims. It a very blessed month and a time, in which two of the five pillars of our faith are executed, namely fasting and paying zakaat. O you who believe, fasting is prescribed to you as it was to … [Read more...]

Many people do not know how to appreciate appreciation. If someone were to thank us or express their appreciation, often times we do not know how to take that properly. Sometimes that gets to our heads and we get caught up in vanity which is an extremely deadly disease of the heart. The other extreme is we feel distasteful towards those who praise us or appreciate us. Our mashaaikh teach us to adopt a moderate path. In one hadith, the Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam) has instructed … [Read more...]

Ibn al-Qayyim described the benefits of olive oil in his Prophetic Medicine. He said that the characteristics of olive oil corresponded to the type of olives from which it came from; oil pressed from ripe olives was the better than oil from unripe olives. He also said that the older the oil, the more effective it was, and when olive oil was more beneficial when it was pressed with water. Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned that all types of olive oil could soften the skin and delay whitening of the hair. … [Read more...]

Roadmap To Knowledge Presented by Alkauthar Institute Date : 25th and 26th July 2009         Venue : Wits Medical School Time : 08:15am - 19:00pm For registration or furher info : Please call  082 740 8021   "Allah (Subhanahu wa taala) will elevate those who have believed among you and those who have been given knowledge (multiple) degrees" [Surah Al Mujadala: 11] "Seeking knowledge is an obligation on every Muslim" [Ibn Majah: 224] "Whoever … [Read more...]

Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi. He defied the odds in an era of darkness. He set aside the criticism of those who called him crazy for wanting to do the seemingly impossible: uniting the Ummah, standing up to the Crusaders, and returning honor where it belonged. He was respected by both his friends and foes, and is perhaps one of the few men whose name evokes feelings of honor and pride in the minds of so many people in every era and place. Even the generally anti-Muslim film industry in America could … [Read more...]