The Fitna of Mistreating Women
A test is meant to determine who the tested really is. It is not a comment on the thing by which we are tested. Children are not considered inherently evil. But how well we treat our children and whether we allow our…
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The Rights of Children Over Parents | Part 2
When does Tarbiyah begin? What is the role of the mother vs the father? Do fathers even have a role, or should they just relax and leave everything to the mother?
The Virtues of Laylat al-Qadr and the Exhortation to Seek it
Taken from his Explanation of Sahih Muslim The scholars have said that the laylat al-qadar has been called by this name because on this night the decrees, portions, and terms to happen in that days are written for the angels. Allah, for…
The Rights of Children Over Parents | Part 1
Yet too few of us, I think, ponder the rights of children in Islam—more specifically, the rights children hold over parents. The fruit of our marriages, the joy of our eyes, so integral a part of the pleasure of our lives, clearly…
Do Islamic Courts Allow DNA Evidence?
THE USE OF DNA fingerprinting, or genetic print, in criminal investigations is a novel legal usage (nâzilah) about which Muslim scholar-jurists (fuqahâ’) are divided in their opinion. The fuqahâ’ differ as to the kinds of cases in which a genetic print may stand…
Refuting ISIS: Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi’s Fatwa
“The Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) constitutes the most serious threat Islam has ever faced,” declares the synopsis of the new and hugely important book, Refuting ISIS: Destroying Its Religious and Ideological Foundations. Written by Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi, Refuting ISIS…
Got The Ramadan Blues? Work the BUGS Out Now!
“I am exhausted,” a friend told me. “The days are so long this Ramadan. I haven’t been able to keep up with my Quran goals because of work and I don’t know how to balance spending time with my in-laws, taking care…
The Marrakesh Declaration: Our Duty to Reaffirm and Protect Religious Pluralism
WHEN THE PROPHET was invited to migrate out of the persecution of Makkah to Medina, he brought tolerance with him. Prophet Muhammad created a community in Medina with mutual respect for people of different tribal and faith-based traditions. He significantly checked infighting,…
The Obligation of Fasting during Ramadan and its Virtues
Taken from his Explanation of Riyad al-Salihin Allah says, Believers, fasting is prescribed upon you as it was prescribed upon those before you, so that you may be from amongst the righteous, for a fixed number of days. But if you are…
How to Ask of Allah During Ramadan
AND IF MY servants ask thee about me—behold, I am near; I respond to the call of him who calls, whenever he calls unto Me: let them, then, respond unto Me, and believe in Me, so that they might follow the right…