“There is no good in her, she is one of the people of hell.” That was a statement said by Allah’s Prophet ﷺ about someone who...
Teachers face a unique challenge. On the one hand, they need to get through a comprehensive curriculum that requires a deliberate, if not stubborn, outlook on...
Many years ago, during a trip to Florida, I happened to drive near a town named Windermere. I had heard that this was a place where...
Translated by Mohammad Elshinawy In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تُحِبُّوا...
In part one of this article, we looked at the five times that Allah mentions the honoured in the Qur’ān, and how they are two of...
Five times in the Qur’ān does Allah refer to the ‘honoured’ or ‘Al-Mukramūn’. In part one of this two-part article we will be analysing these five...
Cross-posted from http://thehumblei.com/2013/02/23/the-big-freeze-are-you-enclosed-in-a-cage-of-ice/ A well-known hadith states: al-dunya sijn al-mu’min wa jannat al-kafir – ‘The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.’[1] Another...
Readers’ Opinions is a new kind of post on Muslim Matters where an author puts up a topic that’s important to them, or a question that’s...
Bismillah One day in the Masjid of the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) ibn Mas’ood (radi Allahu anhu) was praying while the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi...
This is one of my favorite videos, I played it once at a course I taught about Paradise and when it was over, many people in...