Knowledge

I have had a few days of a lot of hustle and bustle, days of inexhaustible paperwork in which I have not had time to sit down calmly and write something, but, in spite of this, in these days, the first days of the month of the birth of the best of creation, the Messenger Muhammad, salla allahu alaihi wa …

To say that the media are a powerful tool when it comes to shaping public opinion is not a new and well-proven argument. The media – newspapers, radio, television, the internet, social networks – have evolved as the technology that supports them has evolved to become practically omnipresent. What constitutes a media outlet and how they have changed their fundamental …

Tafsir class (commentary and explanation of the Qur’an), given by Imam Hajj Abdel Ghani Melara, in which he explains the tafsir, based on several of the recognized commentators. (1) In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. (2) Praise to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. (3) The Merciful, the Compassionate. (4) King of the Day of Retribution. (5) …

After a few days of a lot of travel and activity, today I finally have a little time to sit in front of the computer and share with you something that is going around my head and that is closely related to my last talk in Almonaster; something that I consider to be key in the life of the believer, …

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 …