Irtiza Hasan and Zainab bint Younus share a (belated) Ramadan Mubarak with the MuslimMatters family, sharing their own traditions and reflections on how to spend this...
Who Do You Turn to First? A few years ago, my husband and son attended a Muslim father-son camping trip. Within the first few hours of...
Ramadan is a time of reflection, mercy, and spiritual growth; making it the perfect opportunity to begin Quran journaling. It is a truly beautiful way to...
Awkward Apologetics There are certain tried and tested truisms that are triumphantly hurled towards inquisitors testing the rationality of rites received by revelation that, in the...
In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful The gates of Heaven are opened, the gates of Hellfire are closed, and the devils are chained....
If one of your Ramadan goals is to cut out music, Netflix, and terrible YouTube videos…then we’ve got a playlist for you to fill up the...
In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful Evil thoughts savaged me from every angle, more intensely than I had experienced in recent memory. “This...
Maybe your kids are too young to join you in fasting and you’re looking for a meaningful way to have them engage in Ramadan activities. Sure,...
My Journey with Tahajjud How It Became a Habit Despite Life’s Challenges I had always heard about the benefits of tahajjud, read about how special it...
A troubling trend has emerged, particularly within the Muslim American community, where the intentions, sincerity, and motives of the community imam, scholars and speakers involved in...