Reading Time Summary Transcript: ~4 minutes Full Transcript: ~28 minutes Learning Objectives Understand the Five Categories of Tahara: Identify and describe the five categories of purification...
If you want advice – death is sufficient, says Muslim scholar Bediüzzaman Said Nursi. True. Every time I visit the gravesite of my sweet three-year-old Meryem,...
This text is an exploration of the essential pillars of Islam—Shahadatain (the declaration of faith), Salah (prayer), Sawm (fasting), Zakah (almsgiving), and Hajj (pilgrimage)—and the consequences...
Junaid's birthday party turns into a disaster, and the family sees a wondrous sight on the way home.
Written by Safeer Raza and Mohammad Saad The West, as Hamid Dabashi says, stands morally bankrupt. Its politics, philosophy, academia, and media are the proponents...
This Ramadan, MuslimMatters reached out to our regular (and not-so-regular) crew of writers asking them to share their reflections on various ayahs/surahs of the Quran, ideally...
Alḥamdulillah, it’s almost that time of year again. That time of the year that is marked by a mixed bag of emotions; happiness, joy, excitement, enthusiasm,...
Can Muslim parents make du’a against their children? Do adult children still have to obey their parents in all things? Do Muslim parents have unlimited rights...
How to understand misfortune, trials, and tribulations in Islam — and how to get through them. We are living in extremely difficult times. COVID-19 and its devastating impact...
The million-dollar question: What should an Imam in the 21st century be paid? I will begin by telling a story. There was once an elephant that...