Earth is spherical and in motion according to the classical understanding of the Qur’an. The Qur’an’s language reflects human perceptual viewpoint, not an astronomy textbook. Science and Islamic interpretation need not contradict when properly understood. Many scholars interpret Qur’anic references to night and day in…
The Sahaba knew the meaning of the Qur’an and the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ better than anyone else. Ibn Masʿūd (رضي الله عنه) said: والله لقد جئتم ببدعة ظلماء أو قد فضلتم أصحاب محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم علما “By Allah, either you have…
Playfulness at Home, Dignity in Public: Lessons from the Prophet ﷺ, Sahaba, and Scholars. 1. Practice of Prophet peace be upon him. 2. Order of Prophet peace be upon him. 3. Practice of Sahaba. 4. Quotes of few scholars 𝟭. 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲…
Even Sufi Ibn Hajr al-Haytami said that asking Allah to grant Tasarruf (control) over the world is kufr: ومما يكون من الدعاء كفراً أيضاً أن يطلب الداعي نفي ما دلَّ العقل القطعي على ثبوته مما يخل بإجلال الربوبية، كأن يسأل الله تعالى سلب علمه حتى…
The Best Creation of Allah Narrated Anas ibn Malik: While I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ, who was wearing a Najrani outer garment with a thick hem, a Bedouin came upon the Prophet ﷺ and pulled his garment so violently that I could recognize…
Many men wonder: Why would my wife refuse intimacy even if I take care of my hygiene, fulfill her rights, and am romantic? The reality is simple: a woman may refuse intimacy if she is: On her monthly cycle, Ill or feeling unwell, or Experiencing…
When a Roman slave attempted to force himself upon Umm al-Ḥakīm bint al-Ḥārith, the niece of Khālid ibn al-Walīd and the wife of ʿIkrimah ibn Abī Jahl: After the Conquest of Makkah, when ʿIkrimah ibn Abī Jahl fled, it is reported that his newly converted…
Here are 15 fatwas from scholars regarding the destruction of such shrines by authorities, not by private individuals. ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab and the Grave of Daniyal Regarding ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه) and the grave of the Prophet Daniyal (or a saint) عليه السلام: Ibn Kathir said:…
Allah says: “He grants to whom He wills daughters, and He grants to whom He wills sons.” (Qur’an 42:49) A student of Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar, al-Biqāʿī (d. 885 AH), said: وعبر سبحانه فيهن بلفظ الهبة لأن الأوهام العادية قد تكتنف العقل فتحجبه عن تأمل محاسن…
Al-Rifāʿī: He is Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Abī al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad, known as Ibn al-Rifāʿī, the shaykh of the Aḥmadiyyah, Rifāʿiyyah, and Baṭāʾiḥiyyah orders, so called because he lived in Umm ʿUbaydah, one of the villages of the Baṭāʾiḥ (marshlands), which lie…