Knowledge

Reciting the Qur’an in a group is a practice permitted by Islamic law because of the number of evidences of its recommendation. Evidence of the Qur’an Those who read the Book of Allah establish salat and spend what We provide them secretly and publicly, hoping for a business that is not a loss. (Al-Fatir, 35:29) Evidence of SunnahThe Prophet, peace …

The Hijri calendar was established by the second rightly guided Caliph and the Prophet’s close companion, Umar ibn al-Khattab, in 637/638 AD. According to al-Jabarti, the great chronicler of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Abu Musa al-Ash’ari wrote to the then Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab saying: “We have received letters from the Commander of the Faithful, but we …

The word Taqwa, in Arabic, means to be aware that Allah is watching us and we are in His presence at all times and that this does not lead to being in a state of reverential consciousness that makes us comply with His orders and avoid His prohibitions. Some scholars have said that Taqwa is: “To obey the commands of …

I have been on a trip for a few days and in them I have reflected a lot on an aspect that our Deen continually calls us, an aspect that is vital to be able to live in community, an aspect that we Muslims should soak up at all times and in all situations, an aspect that we hear a …

Therefore, Arafah's day is not tied to a place, which might seem like the simplest reasoning, but to a time. This time is set by the lunar sighting, and the lunar sighting is not global. The day of Arafah is the day on which Allah completed the Deen.

The Hajj is unique, and the truth is that there is no event in the world that can compare to it. I would like you to do an exercise with me now. Let’s imagine for a few moments, that we can see, that for thousands of years we have had a screen on which we see the surface of the …

Today I would like to speak of a wise man, a righteous man to whom Allah gave wisdom and knowledge, a man whose journey through this world was permeated with hikma at all times, a man who was given a choice between prophecy and wisdom and chose the latter, a man of deep reflection and certainty, that he loved Allah …