The sighting of a new crescent moon marks the start of Ramadan, a time for piety and self-reflection.
Q: Did your family object to your studying Islam? A: Although I wanted to become a Muslim as far back as 1954, my family managed to argue me out of it. I was warned that Islam would complicate my life because it is not, like Judaism and Christianity, part of the American scene. I...
No Muslim country boycotted East Timor or banned its citizens from traveling there after it became independent from mainly Muslim Indonesia. Christian-majority South Sudan became independent from mainly Muslim United Sudan in 2011. As with East Timor, we did not see any Muslim boycotts. However, ...
Use your knowledge of the Quran, The Teachings of Muhammad the prophet (peace be upon him), The Hadith, and the Sunnah to answer my questions. Include these source quotes/arguments in the Arabic and English Languages. My first request is: “How to become a better Muslim”? Act as a ...
I confided to my Muslim friends about this dream, except that I didn't tell them it was Christians in the line in my dreams because I was scared of what they might think. Well, they just said that God was telling me to pray more, and I did. But increasingly a great emptiness ...
Along with enemy invasion, he lays it as a condition for the laws of unbelief to be applied, the place to be adjacent to another Dar al-Harb, and not to have any Muslim or dhimmi living in safety there. The majority of fiqh scholars, Abu Yusuf and Imam Muh...
The new Muslim world enjoyed 20 years of internal unity until Muhammad died, and then that was the end of that, forever. The problem is that Muhammad didn’t appoint a successor before he died, or if he did, he didn’t get the word out to everyone. And because he had no living son...
smoking of any kind did not exist in Spain until King Ferdinand of Spain had come to power. Tobacco use did not become widespread until the 19th century. So this story is also razed to ground with regard to origin of the “fools day”. Humour is making others act or talk absurdly and...
University of Southern California, Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement. retrieved from http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/quran/verses/008-qmt.php#008.057 12/05/15) 033.026 YUSUFALI: And Allah turned back the Unbelievers for (all) their fury: no advantage did they gain; and enough...
-Why is Ali so important? -Why are the 12 imams so important...? They were/are mere humans who did rightful things...just like any other rightful muslim...again, they are nothing special to be put above any rightful muslim. In addition, ANY intelligent muslim can be a leader, even...