ʻUlum Al-Qur’an (Qur’anic Sciences) | Lesson 3 | The Sequence of the Quran’s Revelation to Prophet Muhammad
What of the Quran Was Revealed…
Quran
Qawama: The Essence of Masculinity | Part 2
WE CONTINUE OUR exploration of the…
Qawama: The Essence of Masculinity | Part 1
AMONG THE SEVERAL âyât that are considered…
The Quran, Text of Life
ONE OF THE handiest blessings of…
Sunnah
The Fast of the Prophet
THE NINTH MONTH on the Islamic calendar—twenty-nine…
The Hadith of Heraclius | Part 1 | Abu Sufyan Enters the Roman Court
The Narrators (1) Abû’l-Yamân Al-Ḥakam ibn…
Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 4 | The Sahih Hadith
IN ORDER TO appreciate the underpinnings of…
Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 3 | Accepted Ahad Narrations Accompanied by Additional Evidence
WHAT A KIND of additional collaborative evidence…
Discover Islam
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 2
How did it all start? There are three possibilities for explaining the beginning…
ATHEISM: A Giant Leap of Faith | Part 1
Who has blind faith? Often, what turns people away from religion is an…
Special Places Where One’s Du’a is Accepted
Inside the Ka’bah Usamah bin Zaid radhi allahu anh narrated that the Prophet…
What is Islam? | Part 5
Belief in Allah’s Names and Attributes To truly be devoted to Allah and…
The Process of Islamization | Part 5
Larger Issues But there are two points to observe here: a. The Prophet…
The Process of Islamization | Part 4
Fundamental Importance of the Islamic State Turning to the Prophets sira, it is…
Character
Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | From the Stories of Life
The Wages of Youth I STUDIED THE conditions of people who attain glory…
Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | The Struggle Against Desirous Whim
I HAVE SEEN that the inclination of the ‘self’ toward what it desires…
The Inward Requirements of Fasting | Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
PRAISE BE TO Allah who has thwarted the hopes of Satan and frustrated…
Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | The Veil of Life
A THOUGHT OCCURRED to me in a religious gathering—when the sitting became pleasurable,…
Translation from Ibn Al-Jawzi’s Sayd Al-Khatir (Quarry of the Mind) | Judging with Deliberation
THE MOST IDIOTIC of people is the one who acts according to the…
Translation from Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Madarij Al-Salikin (Steps of the Seekers) | The Station of the Sought (Al-Murâd) | Part 3
EDITOR’S NOTE: THE Station of the Sought is one of the advanced states…
Advice
ARE YOU A COMPLETE MUSLIM? | Part 16
MAXIMIZING OUR ‘WAYS AND MEANS’ – NURTURING OUR BROTHERLY COOPERATION So as to…
Confronting The Cozy, Comfy Bed Syndrome (1) | Umm Abdullah Zubairi
DO YOU STRUGGLE to leave your cozy, comfy bed in the middle of…
Ramadan Offers an Excellent “Weight Control” Strategy | Ahmed Motiar
EVERY YEAR, MORE than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world observe Ramadan fast.…
Da'wah
Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 10 | Linda Thayer
Using Richard E. Rubenstein’s book, When Jesus Became God, The Struggle to Define…
Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 9 | Linda Thayer
We return to retelling the story of the 4th century Church’s theological exploits,…
Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 8 | Linda Thayer
HOW DID JESUS become defined as ‘God’? Beginning with this installment, we travel…
So You Think Muslims Are Being Tried?
By Ekram Haque If you think Muslims are being tried, you have company.…
God Knows History
AS I WAS reading the history of the Dravidian religion of India that…
The Ansar and Us
THE NAME OF Anṣâr never fails to evoke undertones of sacrifice, submission, and…
Fiqh
The Inward Requirements of Fasting | Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
PRAISE BE TO Allah who has thwarted the hopes of Satan and frustrated…
Learning Fiqh: Practical Steps | Abu Aaliyah Surkheel Sharif
ACCORDING TO IMAM Al-Nawawi (d.676 H/1277 CE), there are two opinions as to…
Contemporary Nullifiers of Fasting | Part 1
In recent decades many developments in medical testing and treatment have posed fiqh…
Deconstructing Riba
DEEP DOWN INSIDE, we all want something for nothing. We love delicious fruits…
Qur’anic Interpretation | Part 2 | Tadabbur and the Need for Scholarly Explanation
IN PART ONE of this series, we addressed the basic misconceptions that cause…
Allowance for Movement in Salâh: An Explanation Based on Ibn Hajar Al-ʿAsqalâni’s Fath Al-Bâri
AL-AZRAQ IBN QAYS said: “We were in Al-A ḥwâz [a district near Al-Ba…
Thoughts
ARE YOU A COMPLETE MUSLIM? | Part 16
MAXIMIZING OUR ‘WAYS AND MEANS’ – NURTURING OUR BROTHERLY COOPERATION So as to…
Confronting The Cozy, Comfy Bed Syndrome (1) | Umm Abdullah Zubairi
DO YOU STRUGGLE to leave your cozy, comfy bed in the middle of…
Ramadan Offers an Excellent “Weight Control” Strategy | Ahmed Motiar
EVERY YEAR, MORE than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world observe Ramadan fast.…
Your Child’s First Ramadan Fast | Sumayyah Meehan
THE HOLY MONTH of Ramadan is upon us. And for many families, this…
Preparing for Ramadan with K.I.S.S. | Maryam Amirebrahimi
MANY OF US seek to find that spark of connection to Allah in…
Advice and Guidelines for those Performing Hajj
Know, my fellow brother, that there are certain etiquettes to the Hajj, which…