Alazhar

Sheik Mustafa al-Maraghi (1881-1945)

Apr. 15 | Sheik Mustafa al-Maraghi (1881-1945) was an Egyptian jurist and educator who served twice as rector of al-Azhar University and was responsible for modernizing... Read more »
A Talk with Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb

A Talk with Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb

Apr. 15 |   Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb is the former Grand Mufti of Egypt and the former President of al-Azhar University. Al-Tayeb, who is known... Read more »

Holy Quran

The Miracle of Iron

The Miracle of Iron

Aug. 10 | Iron is one of the elements highlighted in the Quran. In the chapter known Al-Hadeed, meaning Iron, we are informed: “And We also sent down iron in which there lies great force... Read more »

Did Muhammad Author the Quran?

Apr. 29 | Who authored the Quran?  Someone must have produced it!  After all, how many desert men have stood up in the history of man and given the world a book... Read more »

Islamic History

The Empires of Kanem-Bornu and Hausa-Fulani Land

Apr. 13 | Islam in Kanem-Bornu Empire Kanem-Bornu in the 13th century included the region around Lake Chad, stretching as far north as Fezzan.  Kanem today forms... Read more »
History of The Prophet of Islam

History of The Prophet of Islam

Apr. 13 | In or about the year 570 the child who would be named Muhammad and who would become the Prophet of one of the world’s great religions, Islam, was born into a family belonging... Read more »

Stories of New Muslims

Sariya Islam, Ex-Catholic, India

Sariya Islam, Ex-Catholic, India

Apr. 29 | My story starts in 1979 when God bought me into this world into a very religious and spiritually aware family. We were Orthodox Roman Catholics before our reversion to Islam.... Read more »

Jacian Fares, American Soldier

Apr. 11 | My name is Jacian Fares. I come from the Al-Fares family of Hebron. My father was born in Lebanon, my mother is a Spaniard. I was the first generation... Read more »

Family

Islam and the Family

Apr. 14 |   While the warp of society is the individual person and the woof is social order, the unit of the design is the family. Families in which mutual understanding,... Read more »
Advice On Dealing With Anger

Advice On Dealing With Anger

Apr. 29 | Anger is one of the evil whispers of Shaytan, which leads to so many evils and tragedies, of which only Allah knows their full extent. For this reason Islam has a great deal to... Read more »

Youth

Proud to be a “Stranger”

Proud to be a “Stranger”

Apr. 14 | Abdullah ibn Masud, said: “the Prophet (saw) said ‘Islam began as something strange, and it will revert to being strange as it was in the beginning, so good tidings... Read more »

Cool or Fool? – Choosing the Right Friends

Apr. 14 | “We relate to thee their story in truth: they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We advanced them in guidance: We gave strength to their... Read more »

Fatwa

Sometimes he feels too lazy to pray – what is the remedy?

Apr. 14 | I am a young Muslim man who believes in Allaah and His Messengers and His Books, praise be to Allaah. But sometimes I feel too lazy to pray. I am looking... Read more »
Following the imam in prayer

Following the imam in prayer

Apr. 14 | We see some people delaying following the imam in prayer, and some others anticipating him in sujood [prostration] or rukoo’ [bowing] sometimes.  We hope that you could explain... Read more »