By Rania Awaad, MD, Taimur Kouser, BA, Osama El-Gabalawy, MD, & Belal Zia, MA Trigger Warning: This article discusses suicide, which some might find disturbing. If...
Have you ever bought an item of clothing; a shirt, trouser, or even a hijab, and noticed the change in color after having washed it repeatedly?...
Two questions have often been put to me since the publication in Arabic of al-Wafa’ bi asma’ al nisa’ (The Biographical Dictionary of Women Narrators of...
First, we should differentiate between those who want to curse at the oppressor because it’s a fad, and those who do so because they either experienced...
Q. As Muslims, what should our stance be on racism or racial discrimination, and should we be supporting social justice movements like Black Lives Matter (BLM)? And isn’t all...
وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: “كان رسول الله ﷺ إذا دخل العشرُ أحيَى الليل، وأيقظ أهلهُ، وشدَّ المئزر” متفقٌ عليه(). ʿAʾishah (May Allah be...
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه، قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: “قال الله عز وجل: كل عمل ابن آدم له إلا الصيام، فإنهُ لي وأنا أجزي...
Assalamu‘alaikum, On a good day, local grassroots, charities, and places of worship are on the front line dealing with day-to-day societal and emergency relief issues. With...
Remember yesterday when we were discussing how important salah is and we said that Allah ﷻ will put blessings, or barakah, in our time when we...
We have just entered the month we all look forward to every year, but this year it comes along with the reality of spending Ramadan in...