Whether you are celebrating Eid today, tomorrow or on Saturday, the staff and specialists of MuslimMatters wishes all our readers and friends a blessed Eid. Eid...
This article seeks to discuss, in moderate detail, the fiqh ruling on giving zakāt al-fiṭr in the form of money instead of staple food item. In...
Of the acts of worship special to this month is that of I’tikaf. Allah (تعالى) mentions I’tikaf in one place in his book: أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ...
Assessing our Ramadan As the last 10 nights are now upon us, it is time to re-evaluate where we have come so far. Two-thirds of the...
Keith Olbermann delivers a crushing blow to Horowitz. Apparently the ad used on a poster that is promoting this event of bigotry and religious intolerance displays...
Probably the most intense component of salat is sajdah. No other position expresses worship and obedience as powerfully as bowing all the way down with your...
A very inspiring story, from Arab News (follow link for photo). What really inspired me – more than the story of this orphan teenage convert who...
“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self,” wrote Aldous Huxley, the English novelist best known...
Update 9.25.07: List of signatories missed in the first issuance, added below. . In the Name of Allah, the Ever-Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy All Praise...
A slighly modified version of this was cross-posted on Dailykos.com This letter has already made the rounds on a few Muslim blogs, but the importance of...