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Send Blessings Most Serene
By Usman Siddiqui Upon my master, Mustafa, Lord, send your perfect peace. Send such a peace upon him that My hardships are released. Raise TaHa’s praise throughout the land And grant his rank increase, Then help me walk upon his way, And guard me from caprice. Upon my master, Abdullah, Send mercy endlessly; This prayer I make [...]
Ramadan Mubarak!
With the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Merciful On behalf of SuhaibWebb.com, our family (staff), friends and relatives we wish you all a blessed Ramadan. Folks get excited when shopping centers open early and close late after or before certain holidays. Well, Paradise is about to open and Hell is about close so [...]
“It doesn’t make any sense…”
By Ruzky Aliyar ‘Why do some things in life not work out the way you want them to?’ said the boy. ‘How do you know that was what you really wanted?’ asked the girl. The boy momentarily froze. This had never occurred to him. If he got what he wanted, it made him happy. If [...]
Honoring Our Authors: Shazia Ahmad
Why We Love Shazia Shazia is an amazing member of our WebbCommunity for many reasons. Perhaps her most distinctive trait is her wonderfully fluid, elegant writing style—even her emails read like poetry! As editors, she makes our job easy. Her warm writing voice and impeccable adab (character) are refreshing and enlightening. Whenever we read her emails, [...]
Write a Revolution: Support Syria!
The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) has started a new campaign to aid our brothers and sisters in Syria: SOS Syria. The first project in this campaign is ‘Write a Revolution‘ – a writing competition, open worldwide, to raise money for Syria. ‘Write for Revolution’ aims to revive and reinvigorate the Muslim youth to cultivate [...]
Introducing a New Series: Honoring Our Authors
Alhamdulillah (praise and thanks be to God), we at SuhaibWebb.com have been blessed with an amazing group of writers and staff who have helped make the site flourish by Allah’s Grace, subhanahu wa ta`ala (exalted is He). In the last few years, SuhaibWebb.com has won “Best Blog” at the Brass Crescent Awards, as well as commendations from the [...]
A Most Blessed Rooftop
By Yacoob Manjoo This piece was inspired by my time in Madinah, on the rooftop of the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) mosque, a few weeks prior to Hajj 2011. I like rooftops because they are freedom. As I write this, I’m seated on one. No ordinary one, mind you; but one in a [...]
Little Soldiers of Allah
A Short Story By Ishrat Ali A long time ago, there lived the wife of a mujahid (someone who fights or struggles in the way of God) named Aasiyah. She became a widow after giving birth to three sons. In the absence of her husband, she took good care of her children. She was a [...]
The Legendary Tree of Good Manners
By Ishrat Ali Once in a town in Egypt lived a young boy named Zahir. He was very mischievious. Everyone in the town knew him for his bad behavior because he liked to prank people all the time. He never cared about what people thought of him. When he talked, he would say whatever he [...]
A Gift From Gramps
By Aisha Bhoori for my sweet sixteen Gramps gave me a gift a sleek, red Benz and I loved that red Benz so much I went and put It in my heart I nurtured It in there and found a home for It right in the center of my heart I was so excited that [...]
Hajj: A Golden Dream
By Ishrat Ali A Short Story Once in a small town lived a beautiful Muslimah named Aisha. Her beauty was the imaan (faith) in her heart that completed her character. Her hijab was her crown, her excellent manners her garment; Aisha’s gracefulness and compassion were such that they were like diamonds that shimmered inside of [...]
Weekly Classes in Boston
Weekly `Ilm Classes with Imam Suhaib at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center Usul al-Fiqh | Intermediate Arabic Grammar | Tazkiyah: Book of al-Muhasibi | Forty Ahadith of al-Nawwawi REGISTER
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As a virtual mosque, we strive to provide a safe space for learning and discussion. We would like to invite our readers to join this process. Everyone has a reflection to share, expertise on a specific topic, or a new idea. We hope, by opening up submissions from guest authors, that we can highlight the [...]
I Prayed for Peace Today
I found myself praying for peace today. I’ve been in and out of my mind a thousand times I know You heard me. I know I wasn’t alone in that room, shaking with the fear of fear, the harrowing loneliness. I cried out to You on my hands. On my knees. With my face pushed [...]
2011 Year in Review: SuhaibWebb.com
Year in Review: 2010 | 2011 | 2012 2011 was a year of moves to remember from all corners of the world: By the grace of Allah, Pharonic tyrants were forcibly moved off their thrones in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, readers hearts around the world moved to hold qiyams for the countless citizens risking their lives for freedom daily, and the Real [...]
Reconnect: Picking Up the Pieces – Retreat in Boston!
Join Imam Suhaib for a New Year Eve’s Retreat at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center. Register now at www.isbcc.org!
The Boy with a Dream
By Ishrat Ali A Short Story In the city of Damascus, lived a young man named Abdullah. He was known for his kindness and diligence. If anyone would call him for help, he would help them even it was the middle of the night. He loved his mother and father very much. They both were [...]
Boston Globe: With a New Imam, a New Outlook
By Omar Sacirbey | Boston Globe December 3rd, 2011 He grew up as a preacher’s grandson in Oklahoma, attending Church of Christ services twice a week, until the pull of Christianity started to weaken. His teen years were spent spinning hip-hop music as a DJ, but that world came to feel hollow. Then he found [...]
10/5: Live Video Broadcast from CAIR-LA Banquet
Tomorrow: Saturday November 5, 2011 @ 5PM (PST) Watch One Legacy Radio’s live video stream at CAIR-LA’s 15th Anniversary Banquet With special guest Aasif Mandvi from the Daily Show. Tune in for behind the scenes interviews, inspiring speeches, and more. www.onelegacyradio.com
Glimpses of Paradise
by Raiiq Ridwan Glimpses into the World of the Unseen: I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII Close your eyes and imagine this: Eternal bliss; Your every wish at your finger tips and more… Perched on a throne, near a stream; So serene and exquisite a scene You’ve [...]
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