Below are links to a few articles from our archives related to Hajj & Umrah If you have any Hajj pictures and articles that you would like to see published, you can submit them here Hajj means in the Arabic language ‘to set out for a place’. However, from the shar’i meaning it is ‘Setting out to Al-Bait Al-Haraam in order to perform certain specific prescribed acts of worship in a particular prescribed period of time – for whoever is able to find a means to do it.’ The … [Read more...]
Welcome to the New Look MyUmmah
October 12, 2010 By
The wrapping has finally come off the new design for the MyUmmah website, this being the fourth redesign since launching in 2007. Times change, technology advances and MyUmmah.co.za continues to evolve:) On the technical and design side. You'll notice the categories have been reshuffled and several new ones added while older ones removed. Things have been categorized to improve navigation and finding information. The colors are more softer on the eyes as well as text being more readable … [Read more...]
Free Classifieds Service on MyUmmah
February 16, 2010 By
Alhamdulillah, we have reached over 300 email subscribers and now average about 350 daily readers/visitors. I have been toying with this idea for quite some time & finally decided to setup a classifieds listings for our readers. MyUmmah Classifieds is completely FREE to advertise and respond. Sell your car, property, rentals and any service or item. Even advertise items you want. You may ad pictures, prices, numbers etc – Buyers can respond using the form to email … [Read more...]
MyUmmah web forum?
October 15, 2008 By
I have searched high and low for a large, active muslim/islamic web forum in South Africa. I normally visit Sunniforum & Ummah.com forums regularly but where is the local ones? If you know of them, please add a comment with their address. If not, do you think there is a need for this? Set up of a MyUmmah.co.za web forum? - like islamic forums abroad, a dedicated brothers & sisters area as well as general public areas. Could do well to stimulate discussions & collaborations. The … [Read more...]
Nominate MyUmmah in the Brass Crescent Awards
October 5, 2008 By
Help MyUmmah to make it to the Brass Crescent Awards. Click here to nominate. About the Brass Crescent Awards: The Brass Crescent Awards, a joint project of altmuslim and City of Brass, is an annual awards ceremony that honors the best writers and thinkers of the emerging Muslim blogosphere (aka the Islamsphere). Nominations are taken from blog readers, who then vote for the winners. What are the Brass Crescent Awards? They are named for the Story of the City of Brass in the Thousand and One … [Read more...]
MyUmmah September 2008 Stats
October 5, 2008 By
The month of Ramadan saw the highest stats ever for MyUmmah.co.za Subhanallah - our busiest day saw over 580 reads within 24 hours and the rest of the month peaked at 10 553 views! - nearly 4 thousand more views then the previous high. Yes I'm sure Ramadan & Muslims seeking for Islamic literature, the daily Quran Taraweeh Summaries all added to this success. To summarise: Wordpress.com stats: 10 553 total monthly views Google Analytics: 4 857 visitors with 10 657 page impressions. … [Read more...]
The Purpose of Prayer
June 27, 2008 By
from Khalid Baig's website "There are men who say, 'Our Lord! Give us (Your bounties) in this world.' But they will have no portion in the Hereafter. And there are men who say, 'Our Lord! Give unto us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire.' To these will be allotted what they have earned. And Allah is swift at reckoning" [Al-Baqarah 2:200-202]. "Prayer is the essence of worship." [Hadith]. Prayer is communication … [Read more...]
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