The homecoming of my old friend. By Novid Shaid, 2003 One day, a painful memory shook my heart, My old friend had served me since my birth, And I had cast him out onto the street, Denying his undying faithfulness. For my old friend was becoming wearisome, Especially now I’d made new, trendy friends, In […]
Imam Magid Elected President of ISNA! – Allahcentric The results of ISNA’s 2010 Elections are in and it seems that Imam Magid has been elected president. Many of us know Imam Magid as the dynamic Imam of ADAMS Center, one of the most active Masajid in North America based out of Sterling, Virginia. In spite of […]
YouTube – MUST SEE!!! The blessing of being a muslim – Do you appreciate it?: A talk by Shaykh Ibrahim Osi-Efa on modesty in Islam (in three parts). This is a powerful clip from it: The full videos: Modesty in Islam: Part 1 of 3 Modesty in Islam: Part 2 of 3 Modesty in Islam: […]
YouTube – FROM TARIM TO GRANADA – There is No Conqueror Except God//Official Trailer The living tradition of Tarim nestled in Yemen’s Hadhramaut valley and the glorious legacy of Granada meet for the first time. In this special documentary feature film, Habib Umar bin Hafiz travels to Spain, visiting Muslim communities in […]
Video: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf at The Social Costs of Pornography Event Hamza Yusuf from Design4 Marketing Communications on Vimeo. At a recent event, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf presented a new paper, titled “Climbing Mount Purgatorio: Reflections from the Seventh Cornice”. The event was The Social Costs of Pornography, a consultation organized by the Witherspoon Institute at […]
Contentment, Reliance on Allah, and Pure Intention – Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad Words of wisdom from Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad “What Allah subhana wa ta’ala really wants is good intention: pure hearted, sincere honest people. And when we make that the basis on which we create relationships with others than we will succeed- not is […]
Du’a – Supplication for one whose affairs have become difficult An authentic Prophetic supplication for ease and facilitation: “O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy. And You make the difficult, if You wish, easy.” See: Qur’anic Reflections: Divine Tests and the Great Virtue of Steadfast Patience
Surat Al-‘Ahzab [33:35] – The Holy Qur’an –القرآن الكريم “Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting […]
Dr. Umar Abd-Allah of the Nawawi Foundation on encouraging people to take the SeekersGuidance courses and to benefit from its teachers and educational opportunities. “Ibn Ata’illah says: ‘The expressions of the teachers, what they teach us, the people of knowledge of this religion as it truly is to be taught, is the basic sustenance of […]
Race to the Top – Imam Zaid Shakir – Emel Magazine Subscribe to Emel Magazine’s dynamic content The fight against racism is not over; we must redouble our efforts. As the level of racially-charged exclusionary politics grows throughout the Western world, Muslims will have to contribute to the developing discourse to counter this problem. Doing […]
