Our Prophet ﷺ never gave up on fasting on Ashura, which is the 10th day of Muharram (Sunan al-Nasa’i, 2416)....
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...
At a brutal martial arts tournament, Darius struggles with the intoxicating glory and the dangerous darkness of violence.
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...
Outraged if belated reactions came across the world after yet another brutal Israeli military misadventure seized a flotilla of civilian activists trying to relieve the people...
Living here in San Diego, with my family for almost three decades, I have noticed a distinct pattern within my close circle: some come here for...
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...
Tragedy struck the Muslim community of San Diego in a murderous attack by a pair of armed teenagers who killed three people, including a security...
Dr. Mansoor Malik is a professor of psychiatry at John Hopkins. For most of his career, his work has been what you’d expect from a clinician-educator...
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...
