Dhul Hijjah 2020
We have reached a point in this pandemic where most of us have adjusted to a new way…
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Does Jihad Fulfill our Purpose? | Part 1 of 2
Yes, Jihad fulfills our purpose as God’s vicegerents…
The Exemplary Patience of Prophet Ayyûb/Job ( ﷷ ﺳﻼﻢ )
Since time immemorial, Almighty Allah has sent many…
King David, the Prophet
Muslims understand David as one of the major…
Quran
Introduction to the Principles of Quran Commentary by Ibn Taymiyyah | Part 1
SOME COLLEAGUES HAVE asked me to compose…
Five Simple Ways to Strengthen Your Child’s Connection with the Quran
In this life, every one of…
Is the Qur’an not Enough for Guidance?
An innocent question but pregnant with…
ṬAWWAF Maximizing Your Hajj Worship – Part 3
Concept 2: Why Anti-Clockwise Circumambulation at…
Sunnah
Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 1 | The Concept of Tawatur
Did He Really Say That? THE FIRST…
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…
Discover Islam
Exploding ‘The Population Bomb’ Theory
We are seven point eight billion. Behind the numbing complexity of numbers lies…
Worldly Life and the Hereafter | Part 2
Conditions of Enjoying Worldly Life As we see in the last verse, the…
Worldly Life and the Hereafter | Part 1
Moral Compass I teach a spiritual curriculum that includes the concept of a…
Islam Changes Destiny
The destiny of Bilal (RA) was changed when he chose one kind of…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 2
This series addresses, from an Islamic perspective, questions raised by people with doubts…
Idle or Productive? A Reminder for Lockdown
As the world sits back home and technology comes to a standstill, each…
Character
The Exemplary Patience of Prophet Ayyûb/Job ( ﷷ ﺳﻼﻢ )
Since time immemorial, Almighty Allah has sent many prophets to mankind to preach…
Character, Character, Character: Living By the Book
This article, dear reader, is a message of hope and action. Our life…
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…
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…
Advice
Does Jihad Fulfill our Purpose? | Part 1 of 2
Yes, Jihad fulfills our purpose as God’s vicegerents [khalifa] on earth. First, who…
We Are Bodies and Souls Connected to Our Creator
In our current situation with COVID-19 lockdown and living in isolation, everyone is…
OSTENTATION: Plain & Simple, but a Deadly Disease – 2
Developing Taqwa (continued from Part 1) In Part 1 we discussed ostentation —…
Da'wah
Knowledge Is the ‘Sine Qua Non’of Calling to Islam
ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE (ʿIlm) of Islam—which is to say, Heavenly Revelation—is, perhaps, the prime distinction of…
Discovering Jesus’ Message of God’s Onenessin Islam
HOW MANY CONVERTS, I wonder, have stumbled upon Islam and couldn’t look away? “It…
Monotheism in Interfaith Exchange – Part 1 | Linda Thayer
If you have ever attended a Muslim-Christian interfaith presentation or had an interfaith…
Monotheism in Interfaith Exchange – 5 | Linda Thayer
Monotheism in the Hands of 4th Century Churchmen THE CREED OF CONSTANTINOPLE: “Like…
Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 25 | Linda Thayer
In Parts 8-24 of this series, we have dug into the history of…
Rectifying Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 24 | Linda Thayer
We continue our series on the story of how Christianity veered off the…
Fiqh
Satisfaction in Ṣalât Advice from Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
Just assume, a company manager loves an assistant very much and likes his…
Revving Up Your Worship in Islam
Worship is a relationship natural to the human being. How a person establishes…
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,…
Thoughts
Dhul Hijjah 2020
We have reached a point in this pandemic where most of us have…
King David, the Prophet
Muslims understand David as one of the major prophets sent by God —while…
What is the Meaning of Pilgrimage? Why Makkah?
PILGRIMAGE (Hajj) –like Prayer (Salah)– in Islam is a sequence of physical acts…
Jewish Scholars Who Admired Islam
Ignác/Ignaz [Yitzhaq Yehuda] Goldziher (June 22, 1850 – November 13, 1921), was a…
Ramaḍan: Month of the Qur’an
Ramadan is the (month) in which the Qur’an was sent down, as a…
A Ramaḍan in Quarantine: Enrich Your Akhira through Correct Leadership at Home
A Ramaḍan in lockdown comes with its own tests and trials. For many…