As-salaamu Alaykum Jazakallah khair. May Allah forgive us all! Your email was very thoughtful, and I appreciate your gesture. We all have faults, and our faith requires us to address and change ourselves to become beacons for this beautiful deen. I know I have too many faults to enumerate, but life is about changing our…
A wonderful event by Jinan Yousef today at the Solihull Islamic Education Academy. One of the things this ummah has neglected is the prominence of Female teachers for male students. Female scholars are only want/allowed to speak to female audiences. The consequences of this are significant: Just as good parenting involves a mother and a…
by Umaymah Hewitt The air hung heavy with grief, loss and the stench of death. The battle was lost. The fallen were gathered from the battlefield. The commander of the defeated army was heavy of heart. He had lost over 70 men. Good, strong, faithful men were dead due to the folly of a few who…
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا [2687 سنن الترمذي كتاب العلم باب ما جاء في فضل الفقه على العبادة] المحدث السيوطي خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The statement…
By Safian Younas “You assumed your relative/friend’s decisions to not invite you to their event was based on malice, lack of care for you and with no compassion. Your entire feeling was based on a lot of assumptions! You failed to give your friend/relative the benefit of doubt. And instead of being the positive, kind…
An awesome article describing the differences between hanafis and shafis on terminating mandub (permitted) actions It shows that the difference of opinion isnt a black and white issue of “who is right/wrong”
The flat in the background, 3rd floor on the right, is our flat in Syria. This was the house my father grew up in, learned his faith, served the community, qualified as a doctor, married my mum and visited whenever we returned to town. Every other summer we would return here to visit our family and…
Harun al-Rashid, one of the richest of the Abbasid Caliphs, once heard of a righteous scholar named Ibn As-Sammaak and requested his presence in his chamber to give him good counsel. When the scholar arrived, the Caliph had ordered a glass of water to drink. Seeing this, Ibn Samaak asked; “what would you give if no…
Absolute essential watch for any student of knowledge. May Allah bless Ustadh AbdelRahman for such great advice! [youtube:=http://youtu.be/k_o232GSda0]
On the Path of Knowledge 