Al ‘Afuww – The one who pardons (swt)

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Al Afuww

An invocation for all of us in the new year.

Oh Allah truly you are the most forgiving, you love to forgive, so forgive me.

Allahmma innaka ‘afuwwun, tuhibbul afwa fa’fu ‘anni.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عنّا

(this invocation is also often used in Laylatul Qadr)

alhamdul’illah!

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14th Jumada al Awwal Urs Bibi Fatima al Zahra, Medina, 11AH, 632CE

Fatima took the death of the Holy Prophet to heart, and she passed away in early 633 C E, barely six months after the passing away of the Holy Prophet. She was only twenty-nine years old at the time or her death. Her marriage lasted for a short period of eight or nine years only. During this period she gave birth to five children, three sons and two daughters. Her three sons were Hasan, Husain, and Mohsin. Mohsin died during infancy. Hasan was about seven years old while Husain was about six years old at the time of her death.

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Islamic Feminists Speak on Fight to Reclaim Rights

By Maria Salim

Source: Islamic Feminists Speak on Fight to Reclaim Rights

NEW DELHI, India, Dec 22 2020 (IPS) – The court victory to allow women into the inner sanctum of a Sufi shrine in Mumbai was a significant victory for a secular rights-based movement led by Muslim women. However, there is a fear the political climate in India regarding Muslims, could put the women’s rights agenda on the back foot.

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Book City to review Dilaver Gurer’s “Abd al-Qadir Jilani”

Copies of the Persian translation of Turkish writer Dilaver Gurer’s book “Abd al-Qadir Jilani” by Davud Vafai are on display in a Tehran bookstore.

TEHRAN – The Book City Institute plans to review Turkish writer Dilaver Gurer’s book “Abd al-Qadir Jilani” during its weekly session on Tuesday.

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Translated by Davud Vafai into Persian, the book has recently been published by the Mola Publishing House in Tehran.

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26th Rabi ath Thani Urs Hazrat Dost Mohammed, Aurangabad 1090AH

Hazrat Dost Muhammad (ra)

The most I can find of him was that he was a great warrior and the father of Hazrat Syed Ali Mira Datar (ra). If you have more information please let me know, insha’allah.

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