An Advice for the Serious Future Student Who Wants to Go Overseas - Br. Abdul Sattar
Many of us have a desire or a dream to go overseas to study Islam. We have images in our heads, of basking in the glow of the minarets of Madinah, or sitting in the shade of the courtyard of [...]

قدموا لي أي شيء ينفع للناس وأنا آتيكم بسند له في الشريعة الإسلامية
Let’s see who can translate this?
Suhaib

Asalamu alaykum,
Dr. ‘Amir Wardani is the head of the fatwa training program here at the Egyptian Fatwa House. Today, in our class on “The Genius of Fatwa” he mentioned a million amazing things. However, this one, although simple in nature, motivated me to post it here.
“If you brothers do three things, inshallah, your lives will [...]

By Sh. Abul Hussein
Imam Shatibi (r) understood the Meccan phase of revelation to be a formative stage in the history of Islam rather than an initial and incomplete stage of revelation. The Meccan  phase of revelation is a foundational in which the transmission of fundamentals occurred.  Imam Shatibi (r) holds that the “the higher aims [...]

Imam Ibn Taymiyyah: Man of God: [part one]
Dr. Ahmad al-Raysoni
“Ibn Taymiyyah was well known as a unique scholar; abundant in knowledge, magnanimous in his understanding, strong in proofs and a shining light. Most people are unaware that he was the possessor of lofty religious stations, pure spiritual states and sincere saintly experiences. Abu al-Hasan al-Nawdawi [...]

Asalamu alaykum,
Let’s take a quiz! One can only wonder at the large number of debates and discussions that take place on the net between Muslims. One of my teachers told me, “The Western Muslims need adab more than knowledge. Knowledge will only increase their arrogance and sense of self importance.” Telling words indeed from a great [...]

This is not an attempt to re-invent the wheel, but rather to place the concepts within their paradigmatic context. This is to highlight the origin of dispute between the secularists and those who see Islam as an all encompassing religion that represents a different view to that of Christianity-and to that of secularism for that [...]

May Allah bless you this Eid.
Suhaib

The validity of offering Qurbani on behalf of the Prophet [Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him
Q - What is the validity of doing Qurbani under the name of our Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)? Apparently, it is a common practice around the world and widely practiced in Bangladesh. My thoughts: never heard of it before [...]