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Ṣalâh: The Deep Reach of Islamic Prayer Part 1 of 3

Why Ṣalâh? What are the beneficial ends accomplished for the individual Muslim and for his community by their proper practice of Ṣalâh? Part I: The Supreme Spiritual Practice PRAYER has always been the cornerstone of worship in monotheistic religions. Performed properly, Prayer…

Satisfaction in Ṣalât Advice from Imam Muhammad Al-Ghazali

Satisfaction in Ṣalât Advice from Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

Just assume, a company manager loves an assistant very much and likes his presence at the office. He offers him extra-pay if he will check in and talk with him five times a day, 10 minutes each time. The assistant agreed, so…

Revving Up Your Worship in Islam

Worship is a relationship natural to the human being. How a person establishes his (or her) link to whom or to what he chooses (or allows himself) to worship will define how well he can successfully fulfill his purpose in life. The…

10 TIPS TO MAINTAINING YOUR SALAH

1. KNOW ITS WORTH If one does not know the merits and necessity of salah, the immense bounties that come with it, and the unspeakable spiritual pleasure and bliss of the company of Allah that is the reward of an attentive salah,…

Why Scholars Disagree? (2)

WE CONTINUE with issues resulting from the collecting and weighing of evidence and why scholars may rule differently based on the evidence they have, or have not, received—and their trust in it. 3. The scholar receives a hadith that, in fact, is abrogated and…

How Much Of The Quran Did The Prophet Interpret?

THERE ARE TWO scholarly opinions as to how much of the Quran the Prophet explained. The First Opinion: The Entire Quran Some scholars, like Shaykh Al-Islâm Ibn Taymiyyah, held that the Prophet had explained the meanings of the entire Quran to his…

Why Scholars Disagree (1)

AS ALL MUSLIMS know, through their understanding of the Quran and the Sunnah, the dîn of Allah is the religion of Truth. Implicitly, this proposition entails that the Prophet ﷺ has left us a complete, comprehensive explanation of the religion; thus, no further explanation…

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Ṣalâh: The Deep Reach of Islamic Prayer Part 1 of 3

Satisfaction in Ṣalât Advice from Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

Revving Up Your Worship in Islam

10 TIPS TO MAINTAINING YOUR SALAH

Why Scholars Disagree? (2)

How Much Of The Quran Did The Prophet Interpret?

Why Scholars Disagree (1)

A Translation of Ibn Taymiyyah’s Raf‘ Al-Malam ‘An Al-A’immat Al-A’lam (Exonerating the Great Imams) | Part 1

Salah: Its Prerequisites and Essentials

Seeking Cure with Ruqya and the Quran | (Part 2 of 2)