Is the Qur’an not Enough for Guidance?
An innocent question but pregnant with…
Quran
ṬAWWAF Maximizing Your Hajj Worship – Part 3
Concept 2: Why Anti-Clockwise Circumambulation at…
ṬAWWAF Maximizing Your Hajj Worship – Part 2
Discerning the Effects and Benefits of…
ṬAWWAF: Maximizing Your Hajj Worship – Part 1
As we know, Makkah is the…
Sunnah
Is the Qur’an not Enough for Guidance?
An innocent question but pregnant with…
Reviving Abandoned Sunnah Recitations in the Jumu’ah Prayer
What are the chances of you…
In the Company of the Rasul-Allah (ﷺ)
Anas Ibn Malik رضي الله عنه is…
Why We Must Study Hadith Once Again
Why should we worry about authenticating…
Adab
Translations from Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Station of Adab (Etiquette) – 1
THE AUTHOR OF Al-Manâzil states: Al-Adab is to be wary of the extremities of…
Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Station of Repentance (Tawbah) (part 1)
"At the occasion of a sin, heedlessness and neglect of the sinner is…
Steps of the Seekers (Madarij Al-Salikin): Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Introduction
Low desires have put out the lamps of the hearts. The opinions of…
The Ramadân Muslim
The surge of spiritual energy, the feeling of goodness within your soul, the…
Translations from Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) of Imam Ibn Al-Qaiyym: On the Deeper Meanings of Gratitude – Part 2
THE AUTHOR OF Manazil Al-Sa’irin [Shaykh Al-Harawi Al-Ansari] says the following of gratitude…
Translations from Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) of Imam Ibn Al-Qaiyym: On the Deeper Meanings of Gratitude – Part 1
THE LEXICAL MEANING of the Arabic word ‘shukr’ [root: sha ka ra, represented…
Naseeha
Connecting to Allah Through His Names and Attributes
Imam Hussain is quoted as saying, “O Allah, what did he find, he…
Sparking Interest in Islamic Education at School
When school students, anywhere across the globe, are asked what their favorite subject…
Tiny Steps Toward A Big Journey
ONE OF THE first pictures our children identify is that of the Ka‘bah.…
Da'wah
Rectifying Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 24
We continue our series on the story of how Christianity veered off the…
The Signs Granted to Prophet Isa (A.S)
The very essence of an Islamic mindset is ‘submission in peace,’ as it…
Priorities of Dawah (1)
“It is imperative that we Muslims adopt a scientific, proof-based, and rational daʿwah…
What Does it Mean to Become Muslim? (1)
MANY CONVERT STORIES are to be found in cyberspace, giving testimony to how…
Lessons in Patience from the Life of Musa
We human beings naturally love to receive prompt appreciation for the good things…
Rectifying “Monotheism” In Interfaith Exchange – Part 23
The Christian’s Gospel according to John is prefaced with a Greek philosophy-oriented ‘Prologue’…
Fiqh
10 TIPS TO MAINTAINING YOUR SALAH
1. KNOW ITS WORTH If one does not know the merits and necessity…
Why Scholars Disagree? (2)
WE CONTINUE with issues resulting from the collecting and weighing of evidence and…
How Much Of The Quran Did The Prophet Interpret?
THERE ARE TWO scholarly opinions as to how much of the Quran the…
Why Scholars Disagree (1)
AS ALL MUSLIMS know, through their understanding of the Quran and the Sunnah,…
A Translation of Ibn Taymiyyah’s Raf‘ Al-Malam ‘An Al-A’immat Al-A’lam (Exonerating the Great Imams) | Part 1
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Praise is due…
Salah: Its Prerequisites and Essentials
IN ISLAM, PERFORMING Salah is the most important mandatory act after the testimony…
Gatherings
Know Our Scholars: A Sketch of Their Lives and Contributions
Abul Qasim al-Zahrawi Al-Zahrawi was the great surgeon of Islam and one of…
Prophet Muhammad: More Beloved than Our Own Souls | Part 1 of 3
May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! They did not just…
The Day of Ashura & Yom Kippur: The Practice of Muhammad and of Moses
A well known Hadith says: “Prophets are paternal brothers [sons of one father…
Ḥalal – Kosher and Muslim-Jewish Mutual Understanding
Islam shares with Judaism the unwavering assertion that only the One God is…
ṬAWWAF Maximizing Your Hajj Worship – Part 3
Concept 2: Why Anti-Clockwise Circumambulation at the Kâ’bah? First, let us say the…
ṬAWWAF Maximizing Your Hajj Worship – Part 2
Discerning the Effects and Benefits of Ṭawwaf Here we bring to bear discoveries…