“Allah will give shade to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but His.” (These seven persons are): 1. A just ruler, 2. A youth who has been brought up in the worship of Allah, (i.e. worships Allah subhanahu wa ta`alaa sincerely from his childhood), 3. A …

Talking of Madinah – By Shaykh Abu ‘l-Hasan ‘Ali al-Nadwi Friends have invited me to give a talk on Madinah, describing what I saw there, and I have readily agreed. As a Persian poet has said: “To talk of the beloved is no less pleasant than to meet him.” I …

A tall and well built man with a tanned face and a healed cut on his eyebrow that told a tale of warfare, strode purposefully through the market place. A merchant threw a handful of waste at him just to provide a moment’s entertainment in the market. But the man …