In every era, in every society, there’s a common phrase people use to praise a person. In ours it’s the generic expression, “good person.” So…what exactly...
Stumped by our own Childhood Tinselly window dressings are everywhere. It is holiday season— the only time during the year where peppermint bark comes to the...
The title of this article comes from a ḥadith.It is a Prophetic narration which amazed me the first time I came across it, and continues to...
by Shaykha Asma Bhaiyat As a solar eclipse is expected today, it is important that as Muslims we understand the Islamic perspective of such an event...
“And the male is not like the female” [1] I. Introduction In April 2015, Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete Bruce Jenner declared publicly his formal reconstitution as...
A methodological approach to ancient Sunni dream interpretation: Without a doubt, among the types of knowledge and the varieties of inherited wisdom with which scholars occupy...
Shaykh Muhammad al-Hasan Wald al-Dadaw (b.1383/1963) (sometimes spelt: Muhammad al-Hassan al-Amin Walid al-Didu/Dedew al-Shanqiti) is a contemporary Mauritanian scholar who is rarely described without resorting to...
The Quran and Sunnah are full of discussions regarding dreams. Dreams are a firm part of the human experience. The most famous discussion regarding dream interpretation...
Charity, Charity, Charity. A word that seems to echo throughout the masjid halls during this auspicious month of Ramadan. Words that seem to be snuck into...
A Burdened Soul This isn’t a story I am proud of, and it’s not one I ever planned on writing. It’s not even one I planned...