Qur'an
The Ultimate Book: What Is The Quran and How Did It Come To Prophet Muhammad?
THE QURAN (Arabic qur’ân), refers to itself with a number of descriptive terms,…
Why Muslims Believe the Quran: Is It the Word of God? (Part 2 of 2)
What reasons can Muslims give for believing that the Quran is the words…
Why Muslims Believe the Quran: Is It the Word of God? (Part 1 of 2)
WHAT REASONS CAN Muslims give for believing that the Quran is the word…
The Quran In Translation
ALTHOUGH THE QURAN was sent down as “an Arabic recitation,” [1] the vast majority…
Sunnah
Hadith Explained | The Selfless Disposition of the Mu’min
UNDER THE HEADING “The Word of Allah, Mighty and Resplendent—And they give them preference…
Why We Must Study Hadith Once Again
Why should we worry about authenticating the Hadith literature any more—given that we…
Islam Is Ease: Hadith Commentary
Hadith Commentary Based on Fath Al-Bari, Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani
The Prophet and Memorizing the Qur’an During Revelation
Commentary on Vol 1 Hadeeth 5 of Sahih al Bukhari based on Fath…
Women, Men, and Intellectual Deficiency
"Sadly, mistranslations and harsh (mis)explanations have been directly responsible for causing much spiritual…
The Rights of the Poor in Islam
In the 2016 US Presidential Election Cycle, progressive candidates have taken to making…
Adab
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…
Translations from Madarij Al-Salikin by Imam Ibn Al-Qaiyym: The Station of Humility
FROM AMONG THE the stations of worship and reliance on Allah is the…
Translations from Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers)
The Proper Way to Contemplate the Quran THREE THINGS AID proper contemplation (tafakkur):(1)…
Translation from Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) by Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim | The Five Despoilers of the Heart
TH FOLLOWING ARE five things that can corrupt the heart: Company of worldly…
Naseeha
Why Parents Choose Islamic Day Schools
Why do parents choose Islamic day schools for their children? To answer this…
Only Allah Can Judge Me!
“Only Allah Can Judge Me!” This phrase is thrown around quite often, mostly…
Richness Is Not Having Many Belongings, but Richness Is Contentment Of The Soul
An entrepreneurial Muslim who is content with whatever Allah has given him will…
Da'wah
The Signs Granted to Prophet Isa (A.S)
The very essence of an Islamic mindset is ‘submission in peace,’ as it…
Rectifying “Monotheism” In Interfaith Exchange – Part 23
The Christian’s Gospel according to John is prefaced with a Greek philosophy-oriented ‘Prologue’…
Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 22
We continue discoursing the resolution of the fine print in the Church’s doctrine…
Manufacturing Islamophobia in the Media
WHEN IT COMES to Islam and Muslims, the Western world by and large…
Muslim Samples: Your Impression of Islam on Others
"Inevitably the list of ways some Muslims don’t adhere to the teachings of…
Handling Hate Like The Prophet
THE TIDE OF Islamophobia is rising and it seems like nothing short of…
Fiqh
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…
Seeking Cure with Ruqya and the Quran | (Part 2 of 2)
Various rulings about Ruqyah that is permissible and impermissible
Seeking Cure with Ruqya And The Quran (Part 1 of 2)
Discussion and supplications to deal with Evil Eye and Magic
Rulings Regarding Zakat Al-Fitr: A Cleansing and Enriching Obligatory Charity (part 2)
We continue from Part 1, wherein was discussed the meaning and purpose of…
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…
Gatherings
Two Boys and a Hungry King: Ramadan and Yom Kippur
(Aljumuah offers our series of articles by Reform Jewish Rabbi, Allen S. Maller,…
Whose Environmental Crisis? What Islam Offers the Earth
1. HUMANITY, MODERNITY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT THE STORY WE call the environmental crisis…
Europe’s Jerusalem: 5 Reasons You Must Visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
A FEW WEEKS ago, my husband came across a Facebook post that was…
The Jewish and Muslim New Years: Can They Help Unite Us?
(Aljumuah offers our series of articles by Reform Jewish Rabbi, Allen S. Maller,…
A Community of Worth: The Dire Need for a Social Ethic of Merit Among Us
OUR NOTIONS ABOUT an ideal Muslim community are as divergent as the doctrinal…
On the Prohibition of Riba
RIBA, TYPICALLY TRANSLATED as ‘interest’ or ‘usury,’ is a forced “increase of value…
