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Fatwa on music by the Grand Mufti and Shaykh of Al-Azhar. Translated from Arabic by Shaykh Michael Mumisa Alimiyya (Dar al-Ulum al-Islamiyya), BA Hons., MA (RAU), MPhil (Birmingham), PhD candidate (Newcastle).

Fatwa on music by the Grand Mufti and Shaykh of Al-Azhar

Lecturer: University of Birmingham Playing the tambourine and other musical instruments on special occasions is allowed by unanimous agreement. Listening to music, attending musical gatherings, and studying music of all genres and instruments is allowed as long as it is not accompanied with immoral and sinful acts, or used as a pretext to incite people towards haram (prohibited) behaviour, and it does not preoccupy a person away from observing the obligatory acts of worship (al-wajibat). Shaykh Jad al-Haq Ali Jad al-Haq was asked a question through a letter published in the magazine Mimbar al-Islam (The Muslim Platform/Pulpit) Number 217 year 1980 regarding the Sharia ruling on music which is not associated with all the things that are normally associated with music. When the letter was sent to him, his answer was:

Research Topic #WO2020/060606. 33 Smart Habits That Will Train Other People to Treat You With Respect. If that sounds like you, how can you increase the respect you get each day at work?

33 Smart Habits That Will Train Other People to Treat You With Respect

It turns out that there are specific habits you can cultivate that allow you to train the people you work with to treat you respectfully each day. Here are 33 of these proven habits that can help, if you're willing to stick with them. Implement a few, take inspiration from the others, and you'll likely see dividends quickly. 1. Speak up. You won't get the recognition and respect you deserve unless you make your voice heard. 2. People who give respect justifiably expect it in return. 3. If you want respect, that includes respect for your time. 4. If you decide to follow the make-your-own-appointment strategy in No. 3, it's crucial that you serve yourself first, by scheduling all the time you need for yourself first. 5. It's not most people's business what you're doing during your "unavailable" time, so if you're using the shared calendar method, be sure the default setting for all events is private.

How to Fall Asleep in 120 Seconds - Featured Stories - Medium. Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips on How to Write a Good Short Story. When it came to giving advice to writers, Kurt Vonnegut was never dull.

Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips on How to Write a Good Short Story

He once tried to warn people away from using semicolons by characterizing them as "transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. " And, in a master's thesis rejected by The University of Chicago, he made the tantalizing argument that "stories have shapes which can be drawn on graph paper, and that the shape of a given society’s stories is at least as interesting as the shape of its pots or spearheads.” In this brief video, Vonnegut offers eight essential tips on how to write a short story: Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.Every sentence must do one of two things--reveal character or advance the action.Start as close to the end as possible.Be a sadist. Via BrainPickings Related Content: 22-Year-Old P.O.W. How to Train Your Mind to Think Critically and Form Your Own Opinions.

Boost your Memory – Al-Miftah. The scholars have enlisted many practices for boosting the memory, however most of these practices are based on experience and are not from the Hadith.

Boost your Memory – Al-Miftah

There is no harm in practicing upon these as long as one is aware of the above. My Honourable teacher, Al-Muhaddith Shaykh Muhammad ‘Awwamah (may Allah protect him) usually recommends the following salat on Nabi (sallalahu ‘alayhi wasallam) to be recited frequently daily between Maghrib and ‘Isha Salah: “Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barik ‘ala sayyidina Muhammadiw wa alihi kama la nihayata likamalika wa ‘adada kamalih” Here under are more such practices: Actions or foods that strengthen the memory 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

How to learn anything you want for free on the internet — Quartz at Work. As crucial as a university degree has become for working in the modern economy, it is not the only route forward into a wildly lucrative and satisfying career—just ask famous dropouts Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Dell, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg. In the future, a single bachelor’s degree in a particular subject will no longer suffice for many of us anyway. As robots and automation sweep the global workforce, hundreds of millions of people—the majority of whom do not have the time or money to go pick up a brand-new four-year degree—will have to “re-skill” in order to land new jobs. The question that employees and employers alike face is how to get that done quickly, efficiently, and, most importantly to many, cheaply. The internet, luckily, is already a booming resource.

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