Islam

From time to time, the levels of our faith do tend to dwindle. This weakness of faith manifests itself in degraded quality of acts of our worship, negligence in remembering Allah, feeling indifferent to His commands and, in general, us having a doubtful heart. Experiencing any of these symptoms or others akin to them is an indication of a weakness …

Prince Charles, heir to the British Throne, has called time and again for a better understanding of Islam and urged the West to learn from Islam. He has made several public statements endorsing Islam as the solution to the spiritual and cultural ills of Britain and the West. His public advocacy of Islam appears to go back to 1989. Following …

Source – http://abdurrahmanorg.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/sage-advice-by-imaam-sufyaan-ath-thauree-rahimahullaah/ Imaam Sufyaan (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Be truthful at all times and in all places. Stay away from lying and from deception, and do not sit alongside liars and deceivers, for all such deeds are sins. My brother, be careful not to show off, either in speech or in deed, for showing off is Shirkitself (Shirk being to …

Journey of the Midnight Sun Mosque from Nilufer Rahman on Vimeo.   In Islam, much depends on the sun. The devout offer a prayer at sunrise and another at sunset. Simple enough in most of the Muslim world. But a little tricky in Yellowknife, land of the midnight sun, noontime dim and North America's northernmost mosque. At this time of …

The Quranic imperative is to help to those in need; the religion of the beneficiary does not matter. Voluntarism is thus integral to the daily lives of many Muslims, both in Muslim societies and in Western societies. From Ramadan food drives in local mosques in Boston, to volunteering with the police force in Mumbai, to giving toys to orphans in …