Category Archives: Islam History

Showing Kindness to All Creatures: Lessons From an Azhari Scholar & a Cat

The historic Masjid al-Azhar (Azhar Mosque) in Cairo offers a number of classes and lectures to the public in the rooms that surround its famous courtyard.  Along with the usual human attendees, it is also common to see cats seeking to enter through the mosque’s open doors and make their way inside.  In this video [...]

Reaching the Messenger of Allah ﷺ

 By Fawzia Syed I walked faster and faster, hundreds of women pushing me forward. Women all around me cried in love and in pain. They pushed forth with a fervor that emanated from their hearts and took hold of their bodies. I continued to move forward. My heart raced; I don’t know why. I might have [...]

The Schools Of Thought In Islam: Which Do You Follow?

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Share“I Follow The Fill-In-The-Blank Madhhab” Just about every Muslim on the planet knows about the four Schools of Thought in Islam, also called Madhhab. And chance are you belong to one of them, whether you know it or not. Most of the Muslim world is divided into these four Schools of Thought in Islam. So…

Jumuah Khutbah – Bringing Change To Your Life

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ShareThis is a khutbah I delivered in Homewood, Alabama last Friday, March 24, 2012. This khutbah is about how Islam can change a person’s life and how we as Muslims can change our lives with Islam. I begin the khutbah by talking about the story of Wahshi Ibn Harb. There are lots of conversion stories…

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I Hate The Star And Crescent

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ShareIf You’re Muslim, You Should Hate The Star And Crescent Also That’s not a typo. I really despise the so-called Islamic symbol of the star and crescent. I hate it because it has absolutely nothing to do with Allah, His Messenger (pbuh), or His book (The Quran). First, some background. A couple of weeks ago…

ILM Show: Fiqh, Black History Month, The Crusades

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ShareThis episode of the ILM Show was recorded on February 14, 2012. In this episode, I talk about some basic Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) fundamentals basically, the four major classes of actions (Fard, Mustahab, Makrooh, Haram). I also talk about Black History Month and my thoughts on this subject. This is the major portion of the…

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