The Prophet remarked: ‘The best of you is the one who learns the Qur’an and teaches it to others.’1 For Muslims, notwithstanding the sheer beauty of...
By: Abu Aaliyah (Surkheel Sharif) This is a short piece translated from Ibn Qudamah’s Mukhtasar Minhaj al-Qasidin. It distills a picture the Quran and ahadeeth build up of the...
We need the scholar who has the ability to see potential in others. We need the teacher who recognizes potential in his students. In the past,...
I recently had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing the Indian scholar, Shaykh Yusuf Islahi, after his lecture at the Islamic Center of Maryland over a...
This article was originally posted here. By: Abu Aaliyah (Surkheel Sharif) ‘There are times where my heart feels clouded (innahu la yughanu ‘ala qalbi); and I...
The hardest part about coming out has got to be coming up with a good opening line. I haven’t got one though. So I’ll give it...
A long time ago, in an air-conditioned tent far away, Shaykh Yasir Qadhi came to Dubai to deliver a workshop on something that I’m sure was...
As the month of October has started, you might have realized that the last month of the Islamic calendar is also beginning. This month is Dhul-Hijjah,...
No one can know the depth of pain and suffering that a true Muslim goes through. There are the usual ups and downs of life that...
We can’t run away from Allah, and cannot avoid Him. No matter which way we turn, and no matter what we seek besides Allah, His power...
