Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 One of the five main principles upon which Islamic law is based (i.e., the Legal Maxims, or al-Qawāʿid al-Fiqhiyya) is: “Difficulty begets ease”...
By Kashif Naseem Dilkusha A few days back I attended a friend’s walima ceremony. There I met one of my old school friends who is, Masha’Allah,...
If we look back on the lives of the four imams – Abū Hanifah, Mālik b. Anas, al-Shāfi`ī, and Ahmad b. Hanbal – we find that...
For many a student involved in the first two years of Islamic studies, one of the hardest things to grasp and remember is the variety of...
Reason for writing a response to “Joys of Muslim Women” What you see below is a snippet from an email entitled “Joys of Muslim Women” attributed...
Goodbye butterflies and Princess dolls As I rip out the butterfly wall paper I had so painstakingly installed 7 years ago and roll on the hot pink paint she picked...
When I wrote my last piece on female wet dreams, I received many requests to add a portion on vaginal discharge as well. However, since vaginal...
Link to all Ramadan 2010 posts On Sunday August 22nd, I was the guest on the God Show at KTAR 92.3 FM in Phoenix, AZ. Discussion...
** THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED, PLEASE SEE BELOW ** Some time ago, I gave a series of lectures on Taharah (cleanliness) to the sisters in...
Preliminaries My experience with discussions on music is they tend to be argumentative and I doubt this will be any different, but I’ll be happy to...