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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Different Approaches to Teaching Arabic Language
The debate within Nadwat al-ʿUlamāʾ Among the pedagogical questions that have occupied the educational mind of Nadwat al-ʿUlamāʾ, and have provoked a profound scholarly…
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,…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 7
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim We set out at eight o’clock, with the breaking of morning, towards Srebrenica. Two coaches carried us, cutting through the mountains of Bosnia…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 2
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim A Morning of Tafsir I woke for the Fajr prayer weighed down by fatigue. After praying, I let myself rest a short while,…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 1
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim This is my second journey to Bosnia. I had shared memories of the first journey in six articles, recording what I saw of…
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Manners in Islam
Our manners are, after our skin, and then our clothes, the point of contact between us and the world, especially other people. It is…
Don’t waste Ramadan in bickering with your fellow-Muslims
The Prophet, salla-llahu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, said that he was sent to make things easy for the believers. His sunnah for deciding the times of…
Ramadan: what is it for?
There is, for the moment of breaking the fast, a famous du`a that most Muslims learn as children. It is famous because the Prophet…
Supplications in the Qur’an
In the Qur’an supplication is a special form of human speaking addressed to God. We say human speaking because the Qur’an tells us that…
Women’s prayer in the Mosque
That women do not go to the mosque for congregational prayer, however widespread this has become, and however long standing, is a departure from…
The Women’s Mosque and Centre for Excellence (Bradford, UK)
During a recent teaching visit to Bradford I came to know about the project to set up, in this city, a women’s mosque and…
Feminism
Two kinds of feminism Feminism everyone can agree with: helping women in trouble and in need when their relatives will not or cannot do…
Taqwa
Taqwa is the root of all the virtues that adorn religious life, and the virtues in turn strengthen the root from which they grow.…
Tell Us : What Are You?
By this link, “You’ve written on Islamic Fiqh through the school of Imam Abu Hanifa (may Allah have mercy on him) and gathered (in your…