In the Qur’an, Allah directs us over and over to ponder over the miracles of His creation, and even swears by them: the sun, the moon,...
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 “So, what religion are you?” “Ummm, I think I’m half-Muslim, half-Christian because my mom is Muslim, but my...
I belong to a book discussion group whose members are predominantly converts. We are currently reading Even Angels Ask by Jeffrey Lang. I’ve struggled through the...
New Khutbah by Nouman Ali Khan, delivered in February 2008. This is an inspirational khutbah, calling us to re-examine our relationship with Allah, and take a...
Shaykh Yasir Qadhi gave a khutbah at Islamic Foundation masjid in Villa Park, IL last Friday. He was in town to attend the Americal Oriental Society’s...
So, what’s your excuse? The hardest time I have praying is when I have gone skiing (snow-skiing), wearing those boots that don’t really flex at all,...
While death is a subject often discussed in khutbahs and duroos and something that I’d heard and read about from an Islamic point of view, I’d...
We hasten unto them with good things (in this worldly life so that they will have no share of good things in the Hereafter)? Nay, but...
When I began high school, I attended a local Friday night youth group halaqh. One night, the brother preparing the talk for the night handed out...
Praying at home or the masjid, and then sneaking out to party at a nightclub. Wearing hijaab around family, and then turning into a fashion diva...