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 Isrāf is any useless action or any action which exceeds the natural limits, both in quantity & quality. It also applies to emotions, ethics, culture, or social characteristics. Eg. Isrāf in emotions is hitting one's self while mourning, and so on.Isrāf with regards to finance is known as 'Tadhbīr' and Allah SWT refers to it as a behavior of the brothers of the Shaytān (Q17:27) Isrāf with regards to eating is known as 'Ifrāt' and is described as 'evil and terrible' in Al Mu'jam. In any case, isrāf breeds much evil.Stinginess is likewise discouraged in Islam (Q57:24). Islam is a religion of moderation. 'Moderation' is arguably conceptual, but it is dependent upon individual standards & societal norms. In sincerity, this is a quite easy scale to measure what counts as Isrāf and what does not. Allah SWT, while lauding His true servants ('Ibādur-Rahmān) says: “And (they are) those, who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggard...

Loss of farmlands, grazing lands, fishing grounds and fertile soil are the biggest drivers of the persistent crisis bedeviling the Northern region of Nigeria. Desertification and draught costs about 350000 hectares, states such as Borno, Jigawa, Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara are extremely vulnerable, and not surprisingly, these states have seen a sharp rise in kidnapping, banditry and the activities of transnational terrorist groups (ISWAP, Ansaru) etc. From 1960 to date, Lake Chad has receded by over 90% of its original size, this has cost lost of farmlands, hunting and fishing grounds for millions of people in the North Eastern region, this region for over a decade has been plagued by the scourge of terrorism, exacerbated by the receding of the lake chad and desertification thus contributing immensely to the provision of enabling and fertile ground for recruitment for ISWAP and a host of terrorist franchises. Climate change coupled with a rapid rise in population increa...

Is there any reward for good other than Good. (55:60) In December 2016, a group of passionate Youth comprising both genders bothered about the decaying state of education in their locality decided to come together and contribute their quota regardless of how miniscule the impact will be. Or so they taught. Ably marshaled by the seasoned educationist in Mrs Sa'adah Aboubakar, they decided to use an Islamiyyah in Badarawa Kaduna as venue which they had to renovate. The decision to choose Badarawa was to make logistics easier for most of the enrolled students whom were from not so privileged backgrounds. The volunteers were of varying backgrounds, from Engineers to Architect to Chemist to Accountants, Computer scientist, Anatomist to Geographer, undergraduates and so on. It was decided to concentrate on basic reading and writing, phonetics and basic science as these are fundamentally the bedrock of basic education. The volunteers had differing reasons for volunteering, ...

"Just as a mental form, such as a dogma or a doctrine, can be an adequate, albeit limited, reflection of a Divine Truth, so a sensible form can retrace a truth or a reality which transcends both the plane of sensible forms and the plane of thought." –Titus Burckhardt "Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited whereas imagination embraces the entire world, simulating progress' -Albert Einstein. - It is in the very nature of Man to replicate and mirror his/her external world. As the cosmos is so finely tunes, man aims to achieve point of resonance between his internal and the exterior world, and thus, a Man, society or civilization at peace with itself, resonate and manifest that which is divinely turned. This is a phenomenon found across civilizations and religion. The rituals of Islamic practices are all connected to a divine presence either by the positions of the stars, circumambulation during pilgrimage like the movement of cele...

Post NYSC Depression, 'Quarter life Crisis' and the struggle of the Nigerian Youth. Knowledge is power, we´re told. Seek and ye shall find, they said. You accepted these words of wisdom, and embark on the decades-long journey. The journey of seeking education. High school is filled with its juvenile delinquency, but still- it is education. You fight and won the war of entrance examinations, you look to the skies with all your fingers crossed that you will be granted an admission, and it will be your dream course. The knowledge that is promised to give you power. The results have been announced and the odds are in your favour, so you embark on the seeking, believing that you will find. The best description of yourself in university is “a wayfarer sacrificing everything to get the promise of tomorrow”. You are unsure of tomorrow, but you’re told it is bright, that you´re only a certificate away. Graduate and ye shall prosper. You are excited, you can´t wait for that day w...

The concept of society denotes a mutual and voluntary aggregation of individuals within a laid down structure, ecosystem and paradigm assuring and encouraging the optimal survival and utility of the inhabitants. Thus laws, cultures, norms and beliefs evolve over generations to safeguard against threats whether they are physical, psychological, social, economical or cultural. For the optimal functioning of such society, the individual must be placed in a hierarchy and above all, his rights and interests must be subservient to the interests of the society. This paradigm is not unique to humans, it is also observed in other species like Bees and Termites where the colony serves the queen and prioritizes her survival with their lives if necessary to assure her survival and protect against the danger of they becoming 'genetic dead ends.’ Our society is at a critical juncture, fresh from the sexual revolution of the 1960's, the invention of the Birth control pill and the US sup...

Is there any reward for good other than Good. (55:60) In December 2016, a group of passionate Youth comprising both genders bothered about the decaying state of education in their locality decided to come together and contribute their quota regardless of how miniscule the impact will be. Or so they taught. Ably marshaled by the seasoned educationist in Mrs Sa'adah Aboubakar, they decided to use an Islamiyyah in Badarawa Kaduna as venue which they had to renovate. The decision to choose Badarawa was to make logistics easier for most of the enrolled students whom were from not so privileged backgrounds. The volunteers were of varying backgrounds, from Engineers to Architect to Chemist to Accountants, Computer scientist, Anatomist to Geographer, undergraduates and so on. It was decided to concentrate on basic reading and writing, phonetics and basic science as these are fundamentally the bedrock of basic education. The volunteers had differing reasons for volunteering, f...