Islamic Teachings

The Miswaak was known before Islam, but Islam added a religious perspective to its usage. The Prophetic guidance: The Prophet Muhammad recommended Muslims to clean their teeth using a Miswaak every day; especially upon waking up, when performing ablution, before prayer, when reciting the Quran, before sleeping, when entering the house, and when the mouth has a foul odor. There …

This list is intended to be a quick guide to some beneficial things that can, with Allah’s help, improve our lives and faith both in and out of the noble month of Rabi’ al-Awwal. We ask Allah for sincerity and acceptance. Recite and listen to the Qur’an on a daily basis – One of the best ways to get closer …

God’s love in the Quran My wife related an interesting incident she couldn’t help observing whilst travelling in the subway. An apparently Muslim lady wearinga hijab was standing  next to her seat holding on to the vertical steel support with one hand and reading sotto voce from a little book she held in the other.It did not take long for …

In the literature discussing Futuwwa, which has been translated as Muslim chivalry, there is the story of a young man who was engaged to marry a particularly beautiful woman. Before the wedding day, his fiancée was afflicted with a severe case of chicken pox which left her face terribly disfigured. Her father wrote to him informing him of the situation …

A woman’s Mahram is a person whom she is never permitted to marry because of their close blood relationship (such as her father, grandfather, great-grandfather, etc., and her son, grandson, great-grandson, etc., her paternal and maternal uncles, her brother, brother’s son and sister’s son), or because because of radaa’ah or breastfeeding (such as the brother and husband of the woman …