Selling Bracelets for the Poor by Adeeba Allimulla A new craze with kids these days has craft stores scrambling to keep rubber bands stocked on their shelves....
The collapse of Rana Plaza, a garment manufacturing complex in Bangladesh, which killed 1,134 workers, sent shockwaves around the globe this past April. Just a few...
When it was confirmed that I was to be married and the dates for the event set, family members went into a flurried pseudo-state of panic...
I was volunteering at a science event in a children’s museum on the morning of November 9th. While I was eager to help out, I thought...
By: Abu Aaliyah (Surkheel Sharif) There has been a certain reluctance on the part of classical scholars when it comes to defining love (mahabbah). It is not...
by Shaykh Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad Cross-posted from The Lotus Tree Blog Islamic scholars occupy a special place in Muslim society. They are often considered to...
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...
Consider this scenario: A husband buys a house for his family. You ask the wife if she thanked her husband. Wife replies with a surprise, “Why...
Ramadan has always been a time for me to make new resolutions and reflect on the past so that I can grow as a person and...
This summer I had the opportunity to meet Husna, eldest daughter of Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan. Students all around the world, including my siblings and I,...
