Ever since the Boston marathon bombings, my mind has been swarming with thoughts and emotions. I have been glued to the internet, digesting article after article, and comment after comment. I am sure I am not alone. The American Muslim emotional roller-coaster response to terrorism isn't fresh reading. It starts ... Read More »
Follow Shaykh Waleed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShaykhWaleedBasyouni I read so many of his books before I met him. I immersed myself in his words, written and spoken, assisted by tens of books and dozens of cassettes, for hundreds of hours. I told my parents that I was traveling to see him ... Read More »
Follow Shaykh Waleed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShaykhWaleedBasyouni We were walking back to my teacher's Riyadh home from the masjid after the Isha prayer when all of the sudden an old car stopped near us. A Pakistani worker got out to greet my teacher, Sh. Hamad Al-Shaetwy. The Shaykh was surprised to see him. ... Read More »
A Short Story By Umm Zakiyyah “You should really consider accepting their offer,” Mona said. Barakah sighed as she balanced the cell phone between her shoulder and ear as she finished typing an email to the editor of the university newspaper. “It's too much to think about right now,” Barakah ... Read More »
Humility is a key characteristic of a believer, even more so for a student or teacher of knowledge. The companions and early scholars of Islam exhibited this throughout their lives, because they understood the Deen and importance of practicing what they preached. Read More »
A core body of sacred knowledge has been made obligatory on all Muslims to learn – which is what is meant by the famous hadīth: ‘Seeking knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim.’ Read More »
There is nothing in the Qur’ān and Sunnah which is not clear and does not have an answer. It is the lack of understanding that leads to the inability to know the answer, or the unwillingness of a person to seek (knowledge), nor ponder, nor review (knowledge); this is what keeps the matter unclear to him. Read More »
The heart is the place of īmān. Allāh and His Messenger (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) have said īmān is related to the heart of the mu’min. Allāh (subḥānahu wa ta‘āla) told us that those who will survive on the Day of Judgment and those who will be saved from the Hellfire and from Allāh’s Wrath are those who will come with a clean and pure heart. It is a heart that is pure from the desires, lust and the evil feelings. It is pure and free from all the doubts about Allāh (subḥānahu wa ta‘āla) and His religion and His Messenger. Read More »
The story about the reactions of Ḥasan (raḍyAllāhu ‘anhu) and the slave when the slave dropped a jug of water on Ḥasan's foot. Read More »
Be prepared to be tested and take it as a sign that Allah loves you and wants to test your love for Him...The truth is that the devil wants us to quit, and by doing so we are just playing into his hands Read More »
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