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Featured: The Etiquette of Differing: twenty short passages from the scholars on how to disagree well, in Arabic with English beneath.
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Lessons from Sūrah 6 – Sūratul An‘ām
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Allāh sent many nations before us but when they disbelieved, He removed them and sent others. Those that mock the…
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Lessons from Sūrah 5 – Sūratul Mā’idah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Honour your contracts and promises. Islām is the perfect and complete religion. Sometimes, when instructing people to do something that…
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Lessons from Sūrah 4 – Sūratun-Nisā
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Do not usurp the wealth of orphans Learn the laws of inheritance and distribute it correctly. If there is a…
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Lessons from Sūrah 3 – Sūrah Āl-‘Imrān
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Giving respect and humiliating is only in the control of Allāh. There is nothing beyond the Power of Allāh, as…
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Lessons from Sūrah 2 – Sūratul Baqarah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم It is sometimes better not to ask too many questions when instructed to do something. The Jews did this and…
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Two Sides to Every Story
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم I remember my history teacher often telling us, ‘Remember! There are two sides to every story. Don’t judge based on…
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Imām Abū Ḥanīfah رحمه الله
Full Name Nu‘mān ibn Thābit Born 80AH – Kūfā Demise 150AH – Baghdad His Appearance Imām Abū Ḥanīfah رحمه الله was of average height,…
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Food the Only Reward?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ‘Abdur-Rahman ibn ‘Awf رضي الله عنه was fasting, and food had been laid down for him [to break his fast…
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Imām Mālik رحمه الله
Full Name Mālik ibn Anas Birth 93AH Demise 179AH His Teachers Include The great Muḥaddith, Ibn Shihāb Az-Zuhrī رحمه الله Nāfi‘ the freed slave…
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Imām Ash-Shāfi‘ī رحمه الله
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Full Name Muḥammad ibn Idrīs Ash-Shāfi‘ī Born Gaza, 150AH Demise 204AH Appellation Abū ‘Abdillāh Teachers Include Imām MālikMuḥammad ibn Ḥasan…
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Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal رحمه الله
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Full Name Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥanbal Born 164AH Demise 241AH Appearance ‘Abdul-Malik ibn ‘Abdil-Ḥamīd رحمه الله says that I…
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My Journey to Spain
It had been a childhood desire of mine, from the time my father informed me regarding it, to visit a land which was under…