In the West, Muslims live a schedule that isn’t ours. The commonly-known “9-to-5” was standardized by Henry Ford and labor...
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...
A young brother sent me the following question a few days ago: A shia brother posted this status: The Holy Prophet said: Surely,...
An Eid gift was delivered to Nabila Rahman’s home by Americans last year. A gruesome gift that blew her grandmother’s body into pieces on a magical...
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...
I have a special relationship with the Philippines- even though I doubt the islands know. When my son was diagnosed with autism and my husband and...
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,...
To mark the 10th anniversary of Charity Week, we’ll be sharing inspirational stories from across the years. These are the kind of hidden stories that go...
