“Have taqwa (fear) of Allah wherever you may be, and follow up a bad deed with a good deed which...
MuslimMatters’ Editor-in-Chief Hena Zuberi talks to C. Islaah Abd’al-Rahim and Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Heshaam Jaaber, two African American Muslim elders, on lesser known and focused-on aspects...
Was Abu Hurayrah misogynistic? Is hadith even relevant to the average Muslim? What about Western academic critiques of the hadith sciences? Hadith expert Abdullah al-Hallak sits...
Abstract In the post-scriptural exegetical and jurisprudential literature, Sunni Muslim jurists unanimously concurred that reverential prostration (sajda taʿẓīmī) was forbidden in the final law bequeathed to...
As the Khan family sits down to breakfast on a Sunday morning, the imam drops by unexpectedly, and Mahmood Khan's nephew Abdullah reveals a dark family...
Importance of Ibaadah Ibaadah is the Arabic term for ritual acts of worship and is generally used to refer to acts like Salah, fasting, Hajj, Umrah,...
How colonization derailed the course of Islamic education in Nigeria was covered previously in Part 1, and in Part 2 we discussed the recent trends, future possibilities,...
– In the aftermath of the Turkey/ Syria earthquakes, Muslims around the world have been reeling with shock and dismay, often finding it difficult to process....
How often have I been scrolling through social media and seen friends doing something shocking? Every once in a while, I feel a pang of horror...
How colonization derailed the course of Islamic education in Nigeria was covered previously in Part 1 By the late 1980s, nationwide economic and socio-political instability put...
As the Khan family sits down to breakfast on a Sunday morning, their youngest son arrives with an ill-mannered friend. Meanwhile, the elder son's room smells...