The Best Inheritance: A Lesson from Surat Maryam | Ghada Khafagy & Farid Al-Toni
Sûrat Maryam, Verses 2-15: Zechariah and His…
Quran
Only Those Who Follow It Reflect On It (2)
WE CONTINUE FROM Part 1, where…
Only Those Who Follow It Reflect On It (1)
FIRM IN THEIR belief that the…
Why Is The Quran In Arabic? (2)
The Arabic language is the only…
Sunnah
History Of Compilation Of The Sunnah | Were Hadiths Compiled During the Life of the Prophet? | Omar Abdl Haleem
Compilation During the Lifetime of the…
History Of Compilation Of The Sunnah | Sahih Muslim: A Brief Look At The Author And The Work (1) | Omar Abdl-Haleem
The Compiler THE COMPILER OF this…
Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 7 | Al-Hadith Al-Mudallas (The Hadith with Hidden Discontinuity)
IN PAST ARTICLES, we discussed the…
Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 5 | Al-Hadith Al-Mu‘an‘an (A Hadith that has Links in its Chain Connected by the Junction Connector: ‘an)
ḤADÎTH NARRATIONS ARE considered mardûd (rejected) based…
Discover Islam
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 14
How did life begin? The question of how life began on Earth cannot…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 13
Signs in Creation DNA This amazing four-letter encrypted language (A, T, C, G),…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 12
Where is the evidence for God? (continued) Fine-tuning for Life: As discussed, the…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 11
Where is the evidence for God? (continued) Science has widely accepted the laws…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 10
Stolen Concept Fallacy James Conant is the Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities,…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 9
Intellectual Terrorism Many scientists who believe in creationism or intelligent design experience discrimination…
Character
The Mother of All Spiritual Maladies | Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
THE FOLLOWING ARE some remarks inspired by my perusal of an insightful passage…
Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | Taking the Side of Allah
THE RATIONAL MAN is careful to uphold the positions of Allah even when…
Translation from Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Station of Faqr (Mendicancy) | Part 2
Mendicancy and the Moment MENDICANCY (FAQR) HAS effects, signs, causes, and implications that the…
Translation from Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Station of Faqr (Mendicancy) | Part 1
AMONG THE STATIONS of iyyâka naʿbudu wa iyyâka nastaʿîn, “You alone we worship…
Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | From the Stories of Life
The Wages of Youth I STUDIED THE conditions of people who attain glory…
Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | The Struggle Against Desirous Whim
I HAVE SEEN that the inclination of the ‘self’ toward what it desires…
Advice
The Mother of All Spiritual Maladies | Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
THE FOLLOWING ARE some remarks inspired by my perusal of an insightful passage…
The Final Return | Part 9
Scientific prediction supports Resurrection Believing in the final resurrection is a part of…
Between Hope and Despair | Umar Masud
DESPAIR, PESSIMISM, AND other forms of spiritual ailment have so overwhelmed some of…
Da'wah
Makkah: Where Hearts and Souls Meet (2) | Ghada Khafagy
PART 1 ANSWERED some questions about Makkah (traditionally spelled “Mecca”) in a daʿwah…
The Companions And the Da‘wah Paradigm (2) | Abd Al-Aziz Abdullatif
IN PART 1 we were reminded that the Companions l of Prophet Muhammad…
Makkah: Where Hearts and Souls Meet (1) | Ghada Khafagy
Non-Muslims have heard of Makkah (Mecca) as important to Islam. Their misconceptions can…
The Companions And The Da’wah Paradigm (1) | Abd Al-Aziz Abdullatif
CALLING TO ALLAH (daʿwah) was the way of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, premier among…
MONOTHEISM IN INTERFAITH EXCHANGE – 12| Linda Thayer
We continue studying the making of [Pauline] Christianity as “Christians” departed from the…
MONOTHEISM IN INTERFAITH EXCHANGE – 11 | Linda Thayer
THE CONVERSATION OF Constantine to the Christian camp—and his subsequent military victory on…
Fiqh
Shari‘ah Ruling on Marrying a Person Who was Previously an Adulterer or an Adulteress (2) | Mahmoud Rizq
PART (1) DISCUSSED an âyah (24:3) which apparently prohibits a Muslim from marrying…
Shari‘ah Ruling on Marrying A Person Who Was Previously an Adulterer Or An Adulteress (1) | Mahmoud Rizq
ALLAH SAYS IN Sûrat Al-Nûr: A man who fornicates shall not marry anyone…
Why Scholars Disagree (3) | Shaykh Ibn Uthaimin
WE CONTINUE FROM Part 2 with issues related to the weighing of evidence…
The Inward Requirements of Fasting | Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
PRAISE BE TO Allah who has thwarted the hopes of Satan and frustrated…
Learning Fiqh: Practical Steps | Abu Aaliyah Surkheel Sharif
ACCORDING TO IMAM Al-Nawawi (d.676 H/1277 CE), there are two opinions as to…
Contemporary Nullifiers of Fasting | Part 1
In recent decades many developments in medical testing and treatment have posed fiqh…
Thoughts
Makkah: Where Hearts and Souls Meet (2) | Ghada Khafagy
PART 1 ANSWERED some questions about Makkah (traditionally spelled “Mecca”) in a daʿwah…
The Companions And the Da‘wah Paradigm (2) | Abd Al-Aziz Abdullatif
IN PART 1 we were reminded that the Companions l of Prophet Muhammad…
The Mother of All Spiritual Maladies | Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
THE FOLLOWING ARE some remarks inspired by my perusal of an insightful passage…
Makkah: Where Hearts and Souls Meet (1) | Ghada Khafagy
Non-Muslims have heard of Makkah (Mecca) as important to Islam. Their misconceptions can…
A Son for All Seasons: The Living Legacy Of Isma’il, Son Of Ibrahim
THE PROPHET I have thought about most in my life, after the Seal,…
The Companions And The Da’wah Paradigm (1) | Abd Al-Aziz Abdullatif
CALLING TO ALLAH (daʿwah) was the way of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, premier among…