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I just finished reading a wonderful book called Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. This book is the account of a middle-aged man who one night, while watching television, discovers that his favorite professor from college has contracted a terminal disease and is dying. Read More »

There are multiple reports coming from religious leaders confirming that Michael Jackson was Muslim. However, Imam Zaid has since modified his original article with clarification, Yasir Qadhi has issued clarification on his khutbah, and we have been unable to find supporting evidence for CNN's alleged report of a janazah prayer. We'll keep you posted of any more news as well as any updates on if Jackson will indeed be receiving a Salatul Janazah. Read More »

Manchester's coroners jurisdiction has been offering MRI-based autopsies for some time, developed in response to the needs of its sizeable Muslim and Jewish communities. Apparently, not only is the procedure non-invasive, but it is also much quicker than the traditional, dissection-based method, as it does not rely on the analysis of biopsies, which can delay the results of a post-mortem for days, or even weeks. Read More »

How do we begin to describe the love of our life? If Allah gave us someone for one or two years and taken her away it would have been easier because of her short life or if she had been married with children and away from the home it would have softened the loss but our baby girl in the prime of her life at just the age to be married and the Lord of the universe decides as our Prophet (SAW) said the moment of his death, "Balir-rafeequl-'alaa, Balir-rafeequl-'alaa - certainly the highest companionship, certainly the highest the companionship," when he was given the choice to go or stay. Read More »