In many communities, the very place that was meant to bring Muslims together has become an anathema for the community— associated with fighting, control, and divisions like little fiefdoms. Read More »
Today we will hear from a teenager from North Carolina who will be sharing how she feels about the hijab. What Hijab Means to Me by Hufsa Lodhi Freedom is the true sense of well-being in which you feel as if you can accomplish anything, liberated of burden. It is ... Read More »
The options to drive you away from the masjid are many, it's simply a matter of picking your poison. I move around a lot and I've seen many of the social-media shared gripes up close and personal. I've seen masjids where: Kids are welcome to riot during the ṣalāh, and ... Read More »
Follow Shaykh Waleed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShaykhWaleedBasyouni For many years of my youth, I used to spend the last ten days of Ramadan in Mecca. My favorite sitting spot was on the first floor in the Ottoman construction area between Al-Rukn Al-Yamani and the Hijr, and it was there that I would ... Read More »
There's nothing wrong having distaste towards things Allah (SWT) doesn't like, but be careful of turning someone's flaws into a cause for unchecked hatred. I recall Shaykh Yusuf Estes once telling a friend, "How can you call them to Islam (meaning non-Muslims, but even Muslims constantly require daw'ah) if you hate them?" Read More »
Lecture by īmān Abdullah Hasan | Transcribed by Zara T. [The following is the video and transcript of imām Abdullah Hasan's lecture "Seeking Knowledge & Recognising Allāh's Blessings." The transcript includes slight modifications for the sake of readability and clarity.] The lecture can be viewed here. As a preamble I want to ... Read More »
Follow Shaykh Waleed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShaykhWaleedBasyouni As a young adult, one of the blessings that Allāh bestowed upon me was being able to grow up in the city of Riyadh at a time when it held some of the greatest scholars in the world. Being able to be in the ... Read More »
Snowflakes Playing “Ring Around the Rosie” by Nur Kose I leaned forward in my seat and stared, stumped, at the laptop screen. This essay topic seemed just about impossible and I was finding it extremely difficult to figure out what to write. Suddenly, my sister Huda pushed my room door ... Read More »
I still remember those blue eyes, clearly visible behind thick, plastic glasses. I still remember the big, smiling face, the face of Professor Nuruddeen Julapular, who was one of my earliest teachers during the college years. Under the shaykh, I studied the science of hadeeth. Sh. Nurualdeen was Turkish, and I found it very interesting that he was a hadeeth scholar while being from Turkey, a land better known for producing scholars of Fiqh. Curious about his choice to pursue the study of Hadeeth, and not one to shy away from asking the questions on my mind, I once asked him, "Teacher, what made you interested in this particular field of knowledge while most scholars from your region specialize in Hanafi Fiqh?" He first responded with a single unexpected word. "Zucchini." Read More »
The heart falls ill as the body does; its cure is in repentance and a spiritual regimen. It gets tarnished as a mirror does; its polish is dhikr. It feels exposed as the body does: its robe is piety (taqwa). It hungers and thirsts like the body does: its sustenance is gnosis, love, repentance and divine service. Read More »
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