Compiled by Anees Ahmad “The best of gatherings are those that are most open.” Abu Daud “The best of all charity is that you give it while you are healthy and desirous (of that money), hoping to become wealthy but fearing poverty. Don’t delay until you are about to […]
Source: Riyad as-Salihin (The Meadows of the Righteous) By Imam Nawawi 227. Chapter: On the excellence of fasting the Day of ‘Arafa, ‘Ashura’ and the ninth of Muharram 1250. Abu […]
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir high court has held that a Muslim man’s power to divorce (Talaq) his wife is not “unrestricted or unqualified”. Justice Hasnain Masoodi in his 23-page judgment extensively went into details of the Shariah law and Quranic injunctions to hold that a “husband cannot have unrestricted […]
RIYADH: NAWAL KSAR ARABNEWS With the announcement almost three years ago about the production of a film portraying the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Iranian director Majeed Majeedi sparked a controversy all over the Islamic world. Now, as the film is ready for viewing, the temperature […]
Cheating and deception are despicable characteristics that are beneath a decent person. Intentionally distorting the truth in order to mislead others contradicts the values of honesty, which requires an attitude of sincerity, straightforwardness, and fairness that leaves no room for cheating, lying, trickery, or deceit. There are many texts from […]
Businessinsider.com: Roger Ekrich noticed many old books, including Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales“, referenced two periods of sleep being the norm in their era. Via Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep: …Ekirch […]
Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor ReutersPARIS (Reuters) – When the Muslim holy month of Ramadan arrives next week, fasting will definitely begin on Friday in Germany, probably the same day in neighboring France and maybe on Saturday across the Channel in Britain. Even in the same country, some Muslims might begin […]
Source: Cult Girl/Ahmadiyya: One of the countless, debilitatingly endemic problems with anti-Ahmadiyya hate sites is that they provide a platform for any old ignoramus to pose as a scholar and offer their own opinions as ‘Islam,’ whilst providing no supporting evidence whatsoever. Such people seem to become so enamoured with […]
Source: Huff Post I have always been spiritually promiscuous, lying down with any God who will have me. This passionate attraction to religion makes no sense. My parents, intellectual Jews, rejected the wrathful Father-God of their ancestors in favor of an eclectic embrace of eastern thought, western esotericism and indigenous […]