DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDER Yaum Ath-Thulāthā’ | 4th day of Rabī‘ ath-Thānī, 1448 AH | Tuesday, 15th September, 2026 RACISM, NATIONALISM & DISCRIMINATION ARE FORBIDDEN IN ISLAM Bismillāh. ALLAH ‘Azzawajal says: “O mankind! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of ALLAH is the most righteous of you.” Qur’an 49:13 Notice the wisdom in the words of ALLAH ‘Azzawajal: “so that you may know one another.” Our different nations, tribes, languages, and backgrounds are not reasons for arrogance or hatred. They are part of the diversity Allah has created among mankind. What gives a person true honour in the sight of ALLAH is not their race, nationality, tribe, colour, wealth, or social status—but their Taqwā (righteousness and consciousness of ALLAH). The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ also condemned the attitudes of tribal and racial superiority. In his Farewell Sermon...
FAJR REMINDER: WHEN SIGNS ARE NOT ENOUGH Rabī‘ Al-Akhīr 3, 1448 AH | 15 September 2026 There are hearts so deeply imprisoned by arrogance that even when the truth becomes unmistakably clear, they still refuse to submit. Signs come. Warnings follow. Hardships descend, and relief is granted. Yet the heart remains stubborn. The story of Fir‘aun and his people is one of the clearest examples of what happens when people repeatedly encounter the Signs of Allāh but choose defiance over guidance. Fir‘aun and his people were afflicted with years of drought and a shortage of fruits and crops so that they might take heed and return to the truth. Allāh ﷻ says: وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ “And indeed We punished the people of Fir‘aun with years of drought and shortness of fruits (crops, etc.), that they might remember (take heed).” [Sūrah Al-A‘rāf 7:130] The purpose of the trial was not merely to punish them....