The Status of Sunnah in Islam
by Muhammad Nasir-ud-deen Al-Albaani Introduction Praise be to Allah, Benediction and Peace be on the Messenger of Allah, his family, his companions, and his adherents. This is a lecture which I delivered in the...
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Whom Must We Worship
Whom Must We Worship Prepared by Dr. Saleh As-Saleh The submission of man to His Creator is the essence of Islam. The name “Islam” is chosen by God (Allah) and not...
Fasting in Ramadan
* Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar. The Islamic calendar ,like the solar calendar has twelve months. The Islamic calendar is based on the moon (Lunar),while the solar calendar is based...
The Hijrah
After Muhammad had preached publicly for more than a decade, the opposition to him reached such a high pitch that, fearful for their safety, he sent some of his adherents to Ethiopia, where the...
Allah’s Greatness
Ibn Al-Qayyim described Allah’s Greatness, saying, He governs the affairs of the various kingdoms and He commands and forbids, creates, sustains, gives death, gives life, gives power, strips power (to and from whom He...
The origins of the term “Islamophobia”
by Sheila Musaji One of the Islamophobic memes that appears regularly in the writing of Islamophobes is that the term Islamophobia itself was “deliberately invented” in the early 1990’s as part of a...
72 virgins in Paradise?
If you ask a random person what they know about Islam, you will get some random responses. People generally know that Muslims worship Allah, but don’t know much else. Plenty of people will...
The Dead Sea Scrolls, in Ten Easy Steps
1) Khirbet Qumran, meaning ‘ruin of’ Qumran, sits on a plateau at the top of an irregular border of limestone cliffs beside the Dead Sea. Many of these cliffs contain caves which, given...
Fun Facts about the Dead Sea and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Not all history is as dry as desert dust. Some is sprinkled with murder, mystery and intrigue. Now, I’m not saying the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls reads like a James Bond...
Five Reasons to Get Excited about the Dead Sea Scrolls
by : Laurence B. Brown 1) They’re old. So what? Yeah, well, I understand. Grandpa’s old, but the only one who’s excited about him is grandma, and even there, the magic wore off twenty...
