Out of Egypt: The Story of Pass-over in the Quran – By Prof. Shahul Hameed   Many Jews may be surprised to learn that Islam as preached by Muhammad (peace be upon him) was the same religion preached by Abraham, as well as of all other prophets mentioned in the …

In the book, Muslim Judges of Andalus, Abu Al-Hasan Ibn Abdullaah Al-Maaliqee recounts a story about a great scholar of our Ummah : Muhammad ibn At-Tayyib Abu Bakr Al-Baaqillaanee (d. 1013). Let’s spend a moment in his sandals, so that we may feel the power that Islam had in the …

Goodbye My Beloved – Extracted from a Khutbah by Muhammad Alshareef Usama ibn Zaid radi Allahu anhu narrated in a hadith that: “We were with the Prophet when suddenly there came to him a messenger from one of his daughters who was asking him to come and see her son …

“My Mercy Prevails Over My Wrath” – By Hala Salah “The willingness to forgive and not to punish” is a definition frequently used for the word mercy, but what is mercy in Islam? With Islam, mercy was given a deeper meaning that created a vital aspect in the life of …

Friday Khutbah (Sermons) : Go Back and Pray, for You Have Not Prayed by Muhammad Alshareef In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. In the dark of the night, Abu Lu’lu’ Al Majoosi hid in the shadows in preparation for the Fajr Salah, during which he would execute …

Allah says in the Holy Quran: “Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in …

Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish historian wrote about the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Excerpt from “Lectures on Heroes”, p. 66. “They called him Prophet, you say? Why, he stood there face to face with them; bare, not enshrined in any mystery, visibly clouting his own cloak, cobbling his own shoes, fighting, counselling, …

Reply to the Adhan (The Call to Prayers) Narrated by Abu Said Al-Khudri: “Allah’s Apostle said, “Whenever you hear the Adhan, say what the Mu’adhdhin is saying.”” (Sahih Bukhari, Book #011, Hadith #0585) Narrated by ‘Isa bin Talha: that he had heard Muawiya repeating the words of Adhan up to …