Who Is Free from Disbelief (Kufr)?
A position for an imam became vacant at a mosque here in England, so the mosque trustees engaged one of our friends to serve.…
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The Educational Institution Where the Questioner Is Hunted
The relationship between education and questioning is much like that between a lamp and its light. If a lamp exists but gives no light,…
Guidance for Muslims living as minorities
An academic recently asked me to reflect on the situation of Muslims who live as minorities and are exposed to systemic injustices, marginalization, and,…
Faith, Family & the Future: Navigating Chaos with Purpose
The religion of Islam is not merely a set of rituals but a comprehensive way of life that prepares the believer for the Last…
Women’s Travel: a balanced perspective on freedom and safety
The faculty of discerning between what is righteous and what is reprehensible has been bestowed equally upon both men and women. This moral faculty…
How to benefit from the Qur’an
Today I will be talking about different aspects of how we, as believers, can get from the Qur’an the benefit that, by the grace…
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Between Hadith and Fiqh
By this link: They said: We were impressed by your article, “Between Hadith and Philosophy.” We benefited greatly from it and were able to…
Husband and wife
The Quran speaks about husbands and wives in the context in which children are born and trained as servants and worshipers of Allah. The…
Meaning of Companionship
I need to explain to you the difference between a disciple and a companion. A disciple can only do those things that the master…
Difference among the Wives of the Prophet
The most striking thing about the wives is that they are so different from each other in many respects: age, intellect, beauty and social…
How to motivate yourself for study?
Eating is possible but difficult and unpleasant when you have no appetite. Similarly, study is difficult and unpleasant when you have no curiosity and…
Women Companions
The Status and Authority of the Women Companions The Companions of the Messenger of God, ﷺ, hold, for Muslims, a status and authority over…
Surah Al-`Imran
The longer surahs at the beginning of the received text of the Qur’an have a complex arrangement of passages because they are simultaneously addressing…
The Right Pathway to Studying Ḥadīth
By this link: Why is it that you vociferously denounce the manner of teaching the noble Prophetic ḥadīth in most of the religious seminaries…
Islamic Law and Water
Water is the basis of life on earth in all its forms. It is a resource as essential as light and air. The spoiling…
Islamic Finance
Islamic finance over the last three decades or so has grown into a huge industry. It is huge both in the sense that vast…
The Meaning of Ijāzah
By this link: We see you greatly welcoming the quest for Ijāzah from various teachers, both verbally and in writing, and we see you…
Women Scholars in Islam: Some reflections
Reflections from a Ramadan retreat This Ramadan I had the good fortune to be able to do the retreat in the last 10 days…