Welcome, it’s our monthly Poetry day again! If you want to share your verses with everyone here, kindly email us at poetry[@]muslimmatters[.]org stating your name, along with your poem. As soon
I wanted to dedicate this one session to what I feel is one of the most pressing issues in the lives of Muslim youth and one that I have come to experience myself personally at one point in my life. As I’ve had the opportunity to travel more recently and interact with many young people across the country, I’m noticing it’s not a problem localized to one community or limited to one specific kind of person, but rather it’s happening pretty much almost universally. I guess I want to term it a crisis of faith, and a crisis of confidence in the religion.
By Um Idris- MM London correspondent Since 2003, under British extradition law, you can be arrested by the British Police subject to a US extradition warrant, not told why and
What happened during this time that makes it The Year of Grief and Sorrow? What events led to the focus on ṣalāh (prayer)? Probably the greatest personal tragedy. There were many difficult events and moments of the life of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) but the greatest personal tragedy of the life of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was the passing of his beloved wife Khadījah (raḍyAllāhu ‘anha). One common complaint that I have – and I make this complaint often to my students and my own community – is that too often, I find that particularly in regards to the sīrah, we have either a Wikipedia approach to the life of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) or an entertainment-like approach to the life of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam).
One of our regular contributors to Muslim Kids Matter monthly posts is young Nur Kose. Today she writes to us about a special project she’s working on, to make it
Just like the meaning, the prayer ṣalāt’-l-istikhārah, which is from the Sunnah of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam), is an authentically narrated Sunnah of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and an extremely emphasized practice of the Messenger (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam). Just like the meaning of the word istikhārah, the purpose of the ṣalāh is similarly to seek that which is good from Allāh (subḥānahu wa ta‘āla). I want to inshā’Allāh have this session to explain the procedure and the purpose of istikhārah.
In conclusion, militarily, economically, politically and ideologically the Ottoman Empire declined from the reign of Sulayman the Magnificent. These factors were of course intertwined, which was why when reforms were made in one aspect the other factors stifled progress. Due to the influx of wealth from the New World they advanced both militarily and economically with the industrial revolution. Even if the Janissaries had not revolted and adopted their advance methods, the industrial revolution and the shift in global trade would have starved the empire from the financial means to survive.
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.
Update: More violence in Nigeria. Gunmen open fire at Christians in town hall meeting. From BBC Gunmen have attacked a church in north-east Nigeria killing at least six people, the church’s
The story about the reactions of Ḥasan (raḍyAllāhu ‘anhu) and the slave when the slave dropped a jug of water on Ḥasan’s foot.
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