Aphorism 1: “Spiritual diseases affect your heart, which becomes blind with sins, and can only be healed by sincere repentance.” NB: Most of this commentary was based on a commentary by the author, Sheikh Dr Muhammed Ibn Yahya Al-Ninowy, which was given at The Century…

THE issue of women in Islam is a charged topic with preconceived notions, claims and stereotypes. As women, we find ourselves running back and forth between our duties towards our Creator and our duties as wives, mothers and daughters, as if these are intrinsically divisible…

According to Islam one of our foremost duties is to be grateful to Allah for all His blessings. We describe three levels of thankfulness: To realize and appreciate all blessings by and within the heart, to say shukr/thanks with the tongue, to express gratitude by…

During the time of Nabi Ebrahim (AS), Makkah was empty and barren not even vaguely like the city we know it to be today. It was not even a place where travellers would pass through and stop at because there was nothing, there was no…

Carrying the sibḥah in our time is a very common practice. It can be seen in the hands of nearly all, from scholars to general Muslims. However, it is something which seemingly is taken too much for granted to the extent that we tend to…

If you went up to someone in the 21st century and told them to picture a woman who is oppressed, meek, without rights, veiled and uneducated, what type of woman would they picture? Undoubtedly, a Muslim woman. Tainted by society’s stereotypes of being shackled by…