The Superiority of knowledge
Imam Al-Shatibi (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote a letter to Abi ‘Abdillah Muhammad bin ‘Ubad Al-Nafzi (may Allah have mercy on him) the preacher of Jam’I Al-Qayrawin (the main mosque and center of learning in Qayrawin) in the city of Fez and the sheikh of the people of tazkiyah of [...]

Assalamu Alikum
As we sat together in the back of Al-Azhar, the heat of the sun was apparent more than its light. The air was thick; a fusion of Cairo’s pollution, dust and its famous humidity. Like birds on a scarecrow, we sat motionless under the shadow of an ancient Ottoman pillar as the Sheikh’s face [...]

By Faisal Ansari and Suhaib Webb
“Where are the men?” asked an Islamic leader from Brooklyn New York, “Where are the men?” I will tell you where they are! They have gone “Ten thousand miles into the mouth a graveyard,” as Bob Dylan said, they are in the devils den, they have taken the hand of [...]

Assalamu Alikum
There is a brother living next to me in Cairo. Mashallah, he is a great student of knowledge, inshallah, and studies very hard. I decided to take him to meet one of our Azhari Sheikhs here and I knew, inshallah, that we would learn more from him than just today’s lesson.
But I could have [...]

Reflections on the Birth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله رب العالمين وأصلى وأسلم علي خير خلق الله محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم
وبعد:
A quick glimpse at our state could easily lead to despair and hopelessness. In fact, many of us are beleaguered at the dark waves of [...]