“What is she looking at?” Lucy’s friends glanced at her and then at the figure on the other side of the street, who stood watching them, while they sat around the chic table outside a prestigious city wine bar. “She’s been staring at us, or rather at me, for a long time,” remarked Lucy, flicking […]
The first reaction Aisha Hollyer gets when she says she is in the field of social work, “MashaAllah! It must be so good to work with the less fortunate; you must feel so fulfilled, and it must be such a good reminder!” It is, she writes, so much more complicated. “Anze! Anze!” (Miss, Miss!) He couldn’t have […]
What is the connection between religion and culture? What does Islam say about the place of culture in our lives? Do cultural norms conflict with religion, or do they have some sort of authority? And what do art, science, and history have to do with it all? In this illuminating three-part series, Dr. Umar Faruq […]
Habib Hussein al-Saqqaf was invited to the SeekersRetreat 2016 but was unable to come. Instead, he prepared this beautiful video for the participants and now, we are releasing his gift to the public. Even if you weren’t able to come to the retreat, inshaAllah you will gain much benefit from his talk. Our Origins and Love Habib […]
The Prophet ﷺ said, “The faith of God’s servants will not be right until his heart is right and his heart will not be right until his tongue is right”. In this Friday Sermon, Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah expands on this and talks about the gift of speech, and using our tongues wisely for beneficial speech. Resources on […]
What seems like hours on end without food and water; days and nights in continuous worship and restraint…what are the motivating factors of Ramadan? Why take part in it? What do I get out of it? And how do I sustain it? Join Imam Khalid Latif on an introspective exploration on the meanings and motivations behind Ramadan, its […]
If there was any doubt about the importance of learning centres, this should settle the matter. Did you know, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ established a place of learning before he built a mosque? He began this school in the home of a teenage boy called Arqam, which explains why there are so many learning centres […]
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani extracts and explains three key lessons from the hadith on the Prophet Muhammad’s continual fast (peace and blessings be upon him). With Ramadan around the corner, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani addresses the issue of fasting in the long and hot days in this Friday khutba. Shaykh Faraz discusses the hadith where the Prophet Muhammad (peace […]
Ever been going through a tough experience, then opened the Quran and found just what you needed to help you? Shaykh Ahmed Sa’ad explains why we lose out on discovering our share of the Qur’an when we skim read. Did you know you have a share of the Quran? In this insightful video, Shaykh Ahmad Saad al-Azhari teaches us […]
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains key lessons on being a champion of truth (a siddiq) from the life of the great companion Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) as part of an ongoing course taught at the Ha Meem College by Dr. Ridhwan Saleem and other distinguished teachers. Shaykh Faraz highlighted how the […]
