This Qurayshi woman remains anonymous, but her story features most prominently in the Qur’anic exegetical literature in connection to the 20th ayah from Surah An-Nisa. Her...
Eid Mubarak and Hajj Mabroor to all our readers and your families, from the MuslimMatters team! May Allah accept our worship, our sacrifices, and increase us...
Allah will look at His creation and boast of them to the angels. He will ask: What do these servants of mine want? And then, before...
Imam Dawud provides a summary of the virtues of Dhul Hijjah, the importance of ‘Arafah, and the significance of the Udh’hiyah. This brief overview reminds us...
Preface The first time I held a dying child in my arms, something in me changed forever. She was a little girl in Syria. The same...
Ustadh Justin Parrott explores how the Hajj ritual of stoning the Jamaraat has a deeper spiritual meaning for all of us to internalize and take forward...
As someone born with a physical disability, I was told during my early childhood by many in my community that I was exempt from going for...
Allah is Al-Fattāḥ — the One Who opens doors and creates pathways, granting His Servants opportunities to increase in reward and closeness to Him. The first...
I attended Ḥajj at the end of 2006, just four months after embracing Islam. I was still in college with no real financial means, yet I...
Alhamdulillah we’ve been blessed to make it to that sacred month of the year again – Dhul Hijjah. While some of us have been afforded the...
