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Friday Khutbah : Syria Crisis – O Bilad al-Sham! You are in Our Hearts!! Khutbah by Sh. Yasir Qadhi | Transcribed by Sameera | Source: MuslimMatters [The following is the transcript of Shaykh Yasir Qadhi’s khutbah on the Syrian crisis, delivered on February 10, 2012. The transcript includes slight modifications …

Ibn Hubayrah, the governor of Iraq tried to force Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah) to accept the role of Qadi (Judge). When the Imam refused, he was struck with a hundred and ten lashes. He was beaten so severely that his head was swollen and breathing became difficult for him. He …

Friday Khutbah (Sermons) : Reflect On Other Creatures’ Worship – by Imam Al-Haramain Sheikh Saud ash Shuraim  from the Masjid Al-Haram in Makkah, Rabi’ul Akhir 14 , 1423AH (July 5th, 2002) The Transcript: All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. May peace and blessings of Allah be …

In the past few centuries the Muslim world was much more integrated than we realize. It was one social, cultural, religious and economic domain. Its language, system of education, currency, and laws were the same. When British journalist Robert Fisk said that in the face of disaster Arabs act like mice, …

I was once walking along a narrow but busy street in Cairo when ahead of me was a donkey-cart laden with handmade pottery and clay utensils. It belonged to an old man who had been walking slowly beside it, and trying to sell whatever he could to make an income. …

Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad explains: ‘In the Western milieu, converts to Islam claim that they are attracted to what they regard as its clear, rationally-accessible teachings, unobscured by elaborate mysteries. It is not only insiders who wish to take this view. Non-Muslim academic accounts… now frequently draw attention to the …

Source : PalestineChronicle | By Uri Avnery Obama in Israel: Every word right. Every gesture genuine. Every detail in its place. Perfect. Obama in Palestine: Every word wrong. Every gesture inappropriate. Every single detail misplaced. Perfect. It started from the first moment. The President of the United States came to …

Friday Khutbah (Sermons) : Repentance – The only Way out of Hardships – by Imam Al-Madinah Al-Munawarrah  ’Ali Abd-ur-Rahman al-Hudhaifi from the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, on Shawwaal 27, 1422 (January 11, 2002) The Transcript: All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. May His blessings and …

Birds of a Feather Hopefully will Flock Together A Muslim’s Reflections on the New Pope By – Imam Afroz Ali 1. Birds, Francis and the New Pope I was somewhere in between Singapore and Sydney when fumata Bianca from the chimneys of the Sistine Chapel announced to the world of …

Abdullah ibn Umar, a leading scholar among the Prophet’s (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) companions once saw a man from Yemen carrying his mother on his back and going around the Kaaba in his tawaf. Rather than show any sign of complaint, the man was happy, repeating a line of poetry in …