Listen Up America!
Listen Up America! In a little house in Amsterdam seven people huddled. They were afraid for their lives and indeed only one will survive. Anne Frank’s Jewish family was hiding …
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Death of a Beloved Teacher and Scholar
To God we belong and it is to Him that we return… The blessed upbringer and expert legal scholar, al-Hajja Duriyya al-‘Ayta has transferred on to the mercy of her …
Eulogy for Abu Salah
October 9th, 2015 It is not often that we are blessed with beautiful examples of what it means to be good. Coach Salah Abdul-Razacq was one of those examples. I …
Adab: The Distinguishing Quality
I often wonder what might have been written about the Prophet ﷺ if he had visited Japan, Europe, or the indigenous peoples of the American continents. We know, for example, …
Introduction to Ribaat
The Arabic word “ribaat” in its origin means to stand at the frontline of danger against the enemy of God and to stand in such a way as that there …
Behavior and Husn al Khitām Part 3
Behavior and Husn al Khitām: Our debts to Allah have a grave effect on our afterlife, but Allah (swt) describes Himself as al Rahmān, al Raheem, al Wadood, al Ghaffar, …
Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the Best Disposer of Affairs!
Throughout history, Muslims have used the du’a in Surat Āl Imrān [Chapter 3, Quran] in the face of calamity and fearsome situations. Those to whom hypocrites said, “Indeed, the people …
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Allergies
Every February I find myself with itchy eyes, non-stop sneezing, a scratchy throat, tight lungs and a little skin bubbling to boot. Allergies come early in Damascus. When I was …
Faith: An Inestimable Blessing
I was asked to meet a ‘revert’ the other day. In this case I mean an Arab born Muslim who had traveled to Canada, fallen into sin and denial, then …
Doctors and “Teachers”
After taking my mother and myself to countless doctor visits, the correlation between doctors and ‘teachers’ becomes palpable. At the doctor we get tested, pricked, stripped, weighed, measured and lectured. …
