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Changed by the Qur’an
Changed by the Qur’an is intended as a practical guide to remove the spiritual and intellectual barriers between every Muslim and their personal transformative relationship with the Qur’an
Secrets of Salah: The Hidden Gems of Prayer (Companion Journal)
The Secrets of Salah: The Hidden Gems of Prayer companion journal helps Muslims improve their prayer. It includes commentary and gems for each step of salah, and journaling space for your reflections on your journey to life-changing prayers.
The Inimitable Qur’an: The Revelation to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Archived)
Sh. Mohammad ElshinawyRead the updated version of ‘The Inimitable Qur’an’. To download the new e-book, The Final Prophet: Proofs for the Prophethood of Muhammad, click here.
The Message of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: The Proofs of Prophethood Series (Archived)
Sh. Mohammad ElshinawyRead the updated version of ‘The Message of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ’. To download the new e-book, The Final Prophet: Proofs for the Prophethood of Muhammad, click here.
It’s Not Just an Iftar: The Power of Community in Ramadan | Blog
Shaimaa Kraba“Once upon a time . . . ” is how most fairy tales begin. In real life, it’s how single mothers begin sentences about who they were before everything changed. There was a time we believed life would be beautiful for us. Somewhere along the way, that kind of beauty became harder to reach. Not by...
Post-Ramadan Highs and Lows: How to Protect Your Faith in 4 Steps | Blog
Tarek GhanemEver wondered why our experience in the last ten days of Ramadan, or on its 27th night, diminishes so quickly after the month ends? Where do the light, faith, inspiration to do more, and sense of elation go? Why is it that they are sometimes overtaken by sluggishness, boredom, spiritual emptiness,...
Not Ready to Say Goodbye: Dealing With Grief and Loss | Blog
Ustadha Zaynab AnsariI am not a person who likes goodbyes. And this topic is a difficult one to tackle as it is deeply personal for me. As I write this piece, however, I am preparing my children to say goodbye to their beloved grandfather. My father was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most aggressive type of brain...
Is God male because masculine pronouns are used to refer to Him? This is a normal thing to wonder about, but there are several things to keep in mind. First, the Qur’an was revealed in Arabic and not in English, so Allah never self-identified using an English pronoun. There is no such thing as a...
Nana Asma’u bint Uthman (1793-1864) was a Muslim scholar and prolific poet from the West African Sahel. She was the daughter of Shaykh Uthman ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman ibn Salih (d. 1817), known as Uthman dan Fodio, the founder of the powerful Sokoto caliphate and one of the most esteemed scholars in...
Don’t Give Up on Gaza: How Knowing Allah Sustains Hope and Resistance | Blog
Jinan YousefIt has been almost two years since the genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza began—carried out by a murderous and unrelenting occupier, broadcast to the world. Israel has deliberately starved and bombarded 2 million besieged men, women, and children while much of the world stands back to...
Ayatul Kursi is one of the most important verses in the Qur’an. It is known as the greatest verse in the Qur’an and should be memorized, understood, and often recited. It serves as a daily means of protection from worldly harm, and also as a means of protection from unseen sources of harm.
Not Ready to Say Goodbye: Dealing With Grief and Loss | Blog
Ustadha Zaynab AnsariI am not a person who likes goodbyes. And this topic is a difficult one to tackle as it is deeply personal for me. As I write this piece, however, I am preparing my children to say goodbye to their beloved grandfather. My father was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most aggressive type of brain...
Is God male because masculine pronouns are used to refer to Him? This is a normal thing to wonder about, but there are several things to keep in mind. First, the Qur’an was revealed in Arabic and not in English, so Allah never self-identified using an English pronoun. There is no such thing as a...
Nana Asma’u bint Uthman (1793-1864) was a Muslim scholar and prolific poet from the West African Sahel. She was the daughter of Shaykh Uthman ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman ibn Salih (d. 1817), known as Uthman dan Fodio, the founder of the powerful Sokoto caliphate and one of the most esteemed scholars in...
Don’t Give Up on Gaza: How Knowing Allah Sustains Hope and Resistance | Blog
Jinan YousefIt has been almost two years since the genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza began—carried out by a murderous and unrelenting occupier, broadcast to the world. Israel has deliberately starved and bombarded 2 million besieged men, women, and children while much of the world stands back to...
Ayatul Kursi is one of the most important verses in the Qur’an. It is known as the greatest verse in the Qur’an and should be memorized, understood, and often recited. It serves as a daily means of protection from worldly harm, and also as a means of protection from unseen sources of harm.
Tracing Transmissions: The Accuracy of Sahih Muslim
Mufti Muntasir Zaman
Imām Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj’s (d. 261 AH) al-Musnad al-Ṣaḥīḥ al-Mukhtaṣar, better known as Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, has had an indelible impact on Islamic scholastic discourse and continues to shape the lives of ordinary Muslims. People of all ages, genders, and professions sought out, at times creative, ways...
Are Hadith Necessary? An Examination of the Authority of Hadith in Islam
Dr. Emad Hamdeh
The Qur’ān and the Sunnah have served as the primary sources of Islam. Together with the Qurʾān, the statements and actions of the Prophet ﷺ form the basis of Islamic law and theology. Historically, all Islamic sects have acknowledged the necessity of at least some ḥadīths, even if few, to...
How to Power Through the Ramadan Dip: 10 Hadiths and Tips | Blog
Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy
It is very well observed, and very predictable, that there occurs a sort of dip in the middle stretch of Ramadan. A low point. A fatigue in devotion. The excitement from the first nights settles. The body feels it. The soul feels it. I want to equip you with ten Prophetic teachings: ten reminders...
Give It a Second Thought: Dealing with Apparently Problematic Hadiths
Mufti Muntasir Zaman
The surge of criticism in recent times of supposedly problematic ḥadīths generally rests on the claim that such ḥadīths are absurd, unscientific, impossible, or contradictory. Every ḥadīth whose content is seen as problematic has a specific explanation, for which relevant literature can be...
Can We Trust Hadith Literature? Understanding the Processes of Transmission and Preservation
Mufti Muntasir Zaman
How has Islamic civilization maintained the rich literary heritage of Ḥadīth developed by early Muslim scholars? What guarantee is there that the collections of ḥadīths in our possession have reached us accurately and that they were compiled by their purported authors? Far from being exhaustive,...
Tracing Transmissions: The Accuracy of Sahih Muslim
Mufti Muntasir Zaman
Imām Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj’s (d. 261 AH) al-Musnad al-Ṣaḥīḥ al-Mukhtaṣar, better known as Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, has had an indelible impact on Islamic scholastic discourse and continues to shape the lives of ordinary Muslims. People of all ages, genders, and professions sought out, at times creative, ways...
Are Hadith Necessary? An Examination of the Authority of Hadith in Islam
Dr. Emad Hamdeh
The Qur’ān and the Sunnah have served as the primary sources of Islam. Together with the Qurʾān, the statements and actions of the Prophet ﷺ form the basis of Islamic law and theology. Historically, all Islamic sects have acknowledged the necessity of at least some ḥadīths, even if few, to...
How to Power Through the Ramadan Dip: 10 Hadiths and Tips | Blog
Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy
It is very well observed, and very predictable, that there occurs a sort of dip in the middle stretch of Ramadan. A low point. A fatigue in devotion. The excitement from the first nights settles. The body feels it. The soul feels it. I want to equip you with ten Prophetic teachings: ten reminders...
Give It a Second Thought: Dealing with Apparently Problematic Hadiths
Mufti Muntasir Zaman
The surge of criticism in recent times of supposedly problematic ḥadīths generally rests on the claim that such ḥadīths are absurd, unscientific, impossible, or contradictory. Every ḥadīth whose content is seen as problematic has a specific explanation, for which relevant literature can be...
Can We Trust Hadith Literature? Understanding the Processes of Transmission and Preservation
Mufti Muntasir Zaman
How has Islamic civilization maintained the rich literary heritage of Ḥadīth developed by early Muslim scholars? What guarantee is there that the collections of ḥadīths in our possession have reached us accurately and that they were compiled by their purported authors? Far from being exhaustive,...
The Months Ordained by Allah: Reviving the Islamic Calendar
Yaqeen Institute
The Islamic (Hijrī) calendar is the standard measure of time in the Qur’an and Sunnah, and plays an integral role in the lives of Muslims. It is used for annual ritual worship such as paying the alms-tax (zakāh), fasting during the month of Ramadan, and performing the pilgrimage (ḥajj). While the...
Islam and Anti-Blackness: Leaving Ignorance Behind
Dr. Jonathan Brown
This essay is adapted from my forthcoming book Islam & Anti-Blackness (Oneworld, 2022), which will provide a comprehensive discussion of this important topic. The son of ʿImrān’s dark skin was of no matter,since the Most Worthy of Worship chose him to speak to.Ibrāhīm bin Muḥammad al-Kānemī (d....
A Plea to Saintly Women: The Life and Legacy of Nana Asma'u
Faatimah Knight
Nana Asma’u bint Uthman (1793-1864) was a Muslim scholar and prolific poet from the West African Sahel. She was the daughter of Shaykh Uthman ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman ibn Salih (d. 1817), known as Uthman dan Fodio, the founder of the powerful Sokoto caliphate and one of the most esteemed scholars in...
“Blood Soaked Keys to Jerusalem”: Why We Must Stand With The People of Syria | Blog
Dr. Ovamir Anjum
“Who would dare to touch the keys to Jerusalem if they were handed to us soaked in the blood of the children of Idlib?” reads a Palestinian placard days before the resistance took Damascus, marking the fall of the Assad regime on December 7th, 2024, after more than half a century of one of the most...
We’ve Been Here Before: Plague and Pestilence in Pre-Modern Islamic History
Abdul Rahman Latif
In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful On the 27th of Rajab, Muslims traditionally gathered in the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus to commemorate the Miʿrāj, the Ascension of the Prophet ﷺ. Ibn Kathīr writes that on that day in the year 749 AH, during the Black Death, “People did not...
