Al-Bukhari: Master in the Science of Hadith (Part 1/2)

Al-Bukhari always loved to visit Madinah. Among the fruits of his visits to that blessed place ...

Philanthropy and Zakat

Purifying our souls from greed and checking our humanity is what giving zakat every year does-c ...

An Introduction to Polygamy in Islam

No one can force a woman to marry a married man. Islam simply permits polygamy; it neither forc ...

Meet the Smartest Bird in Our Blue Planet

Latest research shows a very unexpected candidate for the top position in animal intelligence, ...

Want to Be Closer to Allah, But Don’t Know How!

By Raya Shokatfard        – Freelance Writer – USA In many Islamic circles or prese ...

Al-`Izz Ibn `Abdus-Salam

Al-`Izz Ibn `Abdus-Salam was a true scholar who knew that the role of a scholar is not restrict ...

Who Other Than God?

That space shuttle, with its parts and machines, did not assemble spontaneously; and engines di ...

Hisbah (Islamic Duty of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil)

Hisbah is a broad Qur'anic principle that encompasses both the government's responsibilities as ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Player, USA

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. What I learned ...

Polygamy in the World and the West

The Western attitude towards polygamy is ethnocentric and hypocritical. The point that is often ...

Those Who Have Binding Authority

The term ahl al-hal wal `aqd refers to those who have power and are influential in terms of dec ...

Glimpses on the Night Journey

The Night Journey experience, presented in classical accounts of the Prophet's life as a gift f ...