According to the standard secular story that’s been repeatedly told to us for the past century or so, just a few short decades after the start...
LET ME START with this statistic: By 2050, it’s predicted Muslims will be as high as 18% of Britain’s total population, rather than the 4.5% that...
By the late eighties, or maybe the early nineties, ‘‘’Aqidah comes first” started to become something of a slogan in certain Muslim quarters here in Britain....
In a very short, yet highly instructive passage, the venerable Hanbali jurist and saintly scholar, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, said: لَا بُدَّ لِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ فِي سَائِرِ...
A well-known hadith says that: “God declared: ‘I am so self-sufficient that I am in no need of any partner. Whoever does an action for someone...
In his usual characteristic flair, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (d.751H/1350CE) discusses ten ways in which the seeker may cultivate a deep and abiding love of God. Rooted...
A Muslim’s heart is a vital part of their spiritual health. Learn about why it is so important, what the Prophet [SAW] said about it, and...
Part 1 15. As to the question of charging extortionate fees and exorbitant honorariums for teaching or da‘wah – a serpent that is now in the garden – with what good...
Q. As Muslims, what should our stance be on racism or racial discrimination, and should we be supporting social justice movements like Black Lives Matter (BLM)? And isn’t all...
From the outset, the Qur’an establishes a link between worshipping Allah and knowing Him. The first half of the ‘Opening Chapter’ of the Qur’an, Surat al-Fatihah,...
