Its Mawlid Season this week. We just passed one and we have another one waiting for us. 25 December and we are in the ‘festive season’ – Christmas time. Many Muslims around the world will be actually taking part in these festivities. They will do this without really questioning what they are doing, without even…
Alas, the globe has come to an agreement on the way forward to dealing with its climate change predicament. The landmark deal that world leaders ratified in Paris is the first of its kind on the long path to rectifying our global warming problem. Needless to say, like so many other shelved agreements, execution will…
The month of Rabi Al-Awwal has just started and just like every other year we find ourselves in the midst of the Eid Milad un Nabi aka Mawlid celebrations debate. After a certain point in time, it just becomes a headache. InshaAllah here I’ll try and break it down so that the whole concept is…
A bond so fascinating and desirable, that the entire world would turn blue if you don’t have one and if you do, the same disastrous world can be a place of celebration and bliss. Talking about friendships for the sake of Allah, the best example that comes to my head is that of Abu Bakr…
Now that you are wondering if you read the title right or did the author mean to say Isa (Jesus) عليه السلام walking on the water as the Christians claim or maybe Musa عليه السلام splitting up the sea. Well no, this is about a group of men who literally walked over the River Tigris…
Asma Bint Umays was a woman of endurance and great understanding and was amongst those Makkans who made Hijrah to Abyssinia. An honor and privilege that not all were granted. Her first husband was, Ja’far Ibn Abu Taalib, from the Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe. The Prophet gave him the nickname ‘Father of the…