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The Rights of the Poor in Islam

In the 2016 US Presidential Election Cycle, progressive candidates have taken to making the case for supporting the poor by taking back the earnings of the wealthy and helping support the poor. From the social standpoint of Islam, supporting society’s poor is…

TAFSîR: Digging Into the Meaning of the Quran

Ever since the advent of human life, there has been a need for new Divine Guidance now and then. In each era, when man was clueless to the core, it was an intrusion from the Almighty that came to the rescue. Take…

The Love Story of Musa

ATTRACTION TO THE opposite gender is not a sin; it’s like hunger in Ramadan, and it’s completely natural. Islam does not forbid love nor look down on desires asking us to curb them. In fact our Dîn propagates them and teaches us…

Introduction to the Principles of Quran Commentary by Ibn Taymiyyah | Part 1

SOME COLLEAGUES HAVE asked me to compose for them an introduction to [the science of] Quran interpretation (tafsîr al-Qur’ân). It should comprise the generally acknowledged principles (qawâ’id kulliyyah) by which one may (a) understand [the [message of] the Quran and (b) know its…

Five Simple Ways to Strengthen Your Child’s Connection with the Quran

In this life, every one of us is bound to stumble through roadblocks. What matters is how we deal with those situations. The way a person beats the odds and comes out successful defines their character, willpower, and faith in the Divine.…

Is the Qur’an not Enough for Guidance?

An innocent question but pregnant with sinister implications. Today we are seeing again a rise of those who reject the Hadith of the Prophet and claim to follow only the Quran directly. Why is this a big deal? Because when you remove…

ṬAWWAF Maximizing Your Hajj Worship – Part 3

Concept 2: Why Anti-Clockwise Circumambulation at the Kâ’bah? First, let us say the obvious, that there must be one direction for a circumambulation ritual,[i] not a mixture of the two possibilities. Worshipping Allah and praising Him when all the Hajjis are moving…

ṬAWWAF Maximizing Your Hajj Worship – Part 2

Discerning the Effects and Benefits of Ṭawwaf Here we bring to bear discoveries about our physical world, about the pattern of forces at work on the surface of our earth and throughout the planet, as related to the geographical location of Makkah/…

Honoring the Quran

WHAT SHOULD A believing Muslim’s reaction be to the unprecedented spate of hate and bigotry directed against Muslims and their religious symbols in so many places of the world these days? The psychological shock to the community of Muslims is great, and…

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, including these: “Reminder” (Arabic dhikr); “Book, written divine writ, revelation” (kitâb); “Guidance” (hudâ); “Admonition” (tadhkira); “Standard by which to discern the true from the false, criterion of right and…