Islam

How should we Muslim react to mockery of our Prophet Muhammad  or should we even react at all? Just like the cartoons few years ago, the Muslim response to the recent film has been very diverse.  From the very mild of responses to the very violent ones, what’s most noteworthy is the enormity of …

Calligraphy of 99 beautiful names of Allah (SWT) inside the mosque dome.

Source : http://muslimmatters.org/  |  By Yahya Whitmer As-Salamu Alaykum, There is an old saying that goes “It takes a village to raise a child”. To me, that statement emphasizes the tremendous impact that a child’s environment and peers has on his or her development. In a hadith narrated by Imam Muslim, the …

Khatam-ul Quran Dua by Imam Al-Haramain ‘Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais, 2004. [vimeo=https://vimeo.com/47563022] Khatam-ul Quran Dua by Imam Al-Haramain ‘Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais, 2008, with English Translation. [vimeo=https://vimeo.com/47514923] Khatam-ul Quran Dua by Imam Al-Haramain ‘Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais, 2011. [vimeo=https://vimeo.com/47553279]

“Ya Allah, give us eyes that see the best in people, hearts that forgive the worst, minds that forget the bad and a soul that never loses faith in You!”  – Ameen! 

All praise belongs to Allah the Most High, who created both life and death as a test to see who is foremost in deed. Through His infinite mercy He blessed mankind with selected times and seasons in which the best deeds are made obligatory and the reward for good deeds …

The institution of Zakat works to fulfill the basic needs of the Muslim community. It strikes a balance between the economics of socialism and its call for equal distribution, and that of capitalism and how it concentrates wealth into the hands of the elite. Zakat is not simply regarded as …

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/user/MakkahLive?v=cMgnsrJXTOc] Google’s bringing tradition and technology closer together by putting a digital spin on the holy month of Ramadan. As explained in a blog post by Maha Abouelenein — Google’s head of communications for the Middle East and North Africa — the search engine giant will have a YouTube channel …