The Question:
What is the ruling of the Shari’ah for individuals with infectious diseases such as influenza who frequent mosques to pray and spread the disease like wild fire among those praying in the mosques?

Jazak Allah khayr to my boy Altamash for sharing this. Allah, soften our hearts. This should make us ponder, shake our hearts, and even cause us to shed a few tears.

After two hours of taraweeh, and up to four hours of tahajud, the Shaykh was bawling to Allah in his sujood, pleading with Allah to turn to him in repentance.
This Shaykh, hafidhahullah, would recite the Qur’an and he would have to stop reciting because he was weeping so much. He would recite verses of [...]

Building Communities In Our Homes

In The Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
We see many youth subcultures being formed, and very diverse ones. Some are the ones which we may see in any given country, the ones which adopt the ‘gangster’ and ‘thug’ image. They carry hostile and ego filled attitude towards others. Some [...]

spare daughters of eve,
will come and go
countless yarns their worth
has spun
yes, those tales inspire awe
and yes, i wish i was there
to defend the lady too
or see her of the river
set off that basket
only fools would
trade that associate of mulberry
for ewes wool
looms of gold thread
have none in equal barter
to be sure
but that ethereal thread
spun by you [...]

Once, a young boy, around the age of 10 or 11 came across the sirah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). After reading for sometime, his heart was moved. Let’s move from my words to his and try and benefit.
“Suddenly I felt, while reading that book, a very unique pleasure. [...]

Bismillah.
Part one here.
Allah azza wa jal continues to describe the successful believers, what is it they do next?
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
And those who guard their private parts. (5)
Allah ta’ala says they are “haafidhoon”, those who guard, protect and to look after, from hifdh, ha fa dhaa (ح ف ظ). What does it mean they guard/do [...]

I first became interested in the idea of Shariah-compliant finance after reading a special report published by Forbes this past April entitled, “Islamic Finance is Booming.”  It probably comes as little surprise to my fellow Americans when I say that I was immediately and keenly interested in an institution that positively invokes the words “finance” [...]

New Financial Alternatives for Muslims Go Mainstream
- A Muslim’s Guide to Investing and Personal Finance -
September 22 - Today Lightbulb Press released A Muslim’s Guide to Investing and Personal Finance by Virginia B. Morris in association with Monem A. Salam. The guide was developed to meet the growing need by banks, brokerages, asset managers, insurance [...]