Are You an Agnostic? Here is an Introductory Offer From Your Creator
(Being an agnostic means remaining unsettled…
Quran
Allah or God? The Perfect Name for Almighty
(Many people wonder what is the…
Why is Allah ‘He’ Rather than ‘She’? | 2
"This grammatical gender of the name…
Steps of the Seekers (Madarij al-Salikin) | Translator’s Introduction
"by Ibn al-Qayyim, translated by Dr…
Sunnah
The Prophet and Memorizing the Qur’an During Revelation
Commentary on Vol 1 Hadeeth 5…
Women, Men, and Intellectual Deficiency
"Sadly, mistranslations and harsh (mis)explanations have…
The Hadith of Envy
Commentary Based on Fath Al-Bari by…
Hadith Explained | Resting and Conversing After the Sunnah Salah of Fajr: Commentary Based on Fath Al-Bari, Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani | Omar Abdl-Haleem
UNDER THE HEADING “Speaking after the two…
Discover Islam
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 27
NO MORE LEAPS OF FAITH Sources of knowledge We are blessed with several…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 26
CONCLUSION The amazing miracles of atheism In summary, we believe in God because…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 25
Living a Contradiction Although atheists assert their denial of God, and imagine they…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 24
Isn’t eternity in Hell too severe a punishment? This question involves two separate…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 23
Worship: slavery or freedom? Humans are naturally predisposed to submit and follow (serve…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 22
Are we born believers? Contrary to what atheists believe, everybody, religious or otherwise,…
Character
Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Station of Khawf (Fear)
"Al-khawf is Allah’s lash with which He straightens up those fleeing from His…
The People of Allah
Article talks about how we can become the people of Allah by becoming…
Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Station of Fleeing to Allah (Al-Firar)
"The meaning of the original word in Arabic, al-firâr, is to hasten, flee,…
Translations from Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Essence of Repentance (Tawbah) – 3
Excuse of “Destiny” for Sinning It is an established truth that there is…
When Addressing People, Make It Simple
Good article covering recommendations from past scholars and Companions about speaking at the…
Steps of the Seekers (Madarij al-Salikin) | Translator’s Introduction
"by Ibn al-Qayyim, translated by Dr Ovamir Anjum. Widely read and admired among…
Advice
TAQWA (Levels and Rewards) | Part 3
The Levels of Taqwa When taqwa is used for implying fear, then it…
Thinking Well of Allah | Part 4
BUILD YOUR LOVE FOR ALLAH ON SOLID FOUNDATIONS In our last section, we…
The Spouse-ship Enterprise
One of the most beautiful verses in the Quran is when Allah describes…
Da'wah
Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 21 | Linda Thayer
Resolving the fine print in the Church’s doctrine of the ‘divinity’ of Jesus—from…
Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 20 | Linda Thayer
We continue our series recounting the monumental struggle within the Christian Church regarding…
Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 19 | Linda Thayer
We continue with the story of the Church’s formulation of the fine print…
Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 17 | Linda Thayer
WE PAUSE IN our look at Rubenstein’s best-selling book, When Jesus Became God,…
Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange -16 | Linda Thayer
CONTINUING IN THIS installment, we look further at Richard E. Rubenstein’s book, When…
What Does it Mean to Become Muslim? (2) | Abda al-Huzhriyyah
HAVING LOOKED WITHIN one’s self as a means for examining the meaning of…
Fiqh
Rulings Regarding Zakat Al-Fitr: A Cleansing and Enriching Obligatory Charity (part 1)
THE SCOPE OF worship in Islam is universal, in the literal sense. For…
The Big Bad Beard | part 2
"Many times, it happens that it's the job which requires shaving the beard,…
The Big Bad Beard | part 1
BEARDS HAVE BEEN around for quite a long time. How long you ask?…
Do Islamic Courts Allow DNA Evidence?
THE USE OF DNA fingerprinting, or genetic print, in criminal investigations is a…
Da‘wah in Complex Settings (3) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz
PART (1) AND (2) discussed the first and second situations in which dâʿîs…
Da’wah in Complex Settings (2) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz
PART (1) DISCUSSED the first situation—a position of powerlessness—in which dâʿîs may find…
Thoughts
TAQWA (Levels and Rewards) | Part 3
The Levels of Taqwa When taqwa is used for implying fear, then it…
Coping with Prejudice and Discrimination
"the prejudice and discrimination against members of the Islamic faith remains very real…
The Quest for True Love
"We cannot always control who we love. There is the love for our…
When Race Matters: How I learned about Jesus through Malcolm X
"As a child from a sub-continental background who studied at a private Anglican…
A Good Tree Bears Good Fruit
"SINCE MY CONVERSION to Islam, one of the questions that has plagued my…
TAQWA (Taqwa, The Guiding Light) | Part 2
Taqwa is the guiding light for a person’s action and is the ultimate…