By Maryam Sultan Yellow is my favorite color. It's the color of the purse my sister gifted me on the day that I completed my memorization of the Holy Qur'an. It's the color of flowers that my husband makes sure to include in every bouquet he brings home. It's ... Read More »
Yet, as we draw ever closer to the Day of Judgment, there are so few of us who are moved to utter a simple prayer asking Allah’s mercy for our parents, and so many of us who move our tongues endlessly recounting their faults. Read More »
Half of this story is truth and half of this has not yet happened. Let me tell you the true part first. When the doorbell rang a few weeks ago I sent my 3-year-old daughter and autistic 5-year-old son running after their father to open it. We were expecting their ... Read More »
The realization dawned on me that even though I had peered into the abyss of the grave I will soon turn my back on it and return to my not very productive routine unless I take immediate steps to somehow retain the memory. Read More »
Osama bin Laden is dead. And once again, in this Manichean good-versus-evil, us-versus-them, black-versus-white, world that we are told we live in, we are expected to take ‘sides’. And once again, many people, myself included, will have to take a deep sigh and wonder whether we can ever successfully explain, to an increasingly polarized world, the complexity of our stances and the nuances of our positions. Read More »
"The mutual rivalry for piling up of worldly things diverts you, Until you visit the graves." Read More »
On the 12th of Dhul Hijjah, I awoke in Mina to find an SMS from my wife stating that one of the best friends back home had passed away...During the Hajj, I saw and experienced many things which led to me to constantly think of death and live each moment as if it were my last. Especially during the stoning of the Jamarat and the final Tawaf, it felt like it could be my last, and I was one stone throw away from the afterlife. Read More »
Who do you call in an emergency? Read More »
Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua died Wednesday after a long illness at age 58. Read More »
From the International Union of Muslim Women: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon. Our beloved sister, Aminah Assilmi passed away this morning in an automobile accident. We pray that Allāh (SWT) will shower His mercy on this sister and grant her the highest level of Paradise – Jannat Ul-Firdous – ... Read More »
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