Ramadan is a time of incredible opportunity for Muslims to draw closer to Allah and gain ever-heightened levels of taqwa, says Imam Zaid Shakir. Allah says in Sura al Baqara [2:183]: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ Taqwa is not just God-consciousness. It manifests in a […]

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani delivers a practical primer on the fiqh of fasting touching on three main subjects. The virtues, fiqh and common question of fasting. He begins by reminding us that the wisdom, the spiritual benefits, and the key fiqh of fasting is found in Sura Baqara 2:183-186. 183: O you who believe, fasting was […]

Yes, Allah has mercy, but you have to get moving too. It’s a question that pops up in the back of our minds all the time: When do we give up and when do we keep fighting? writes Dr Shadee Elmasry. For believers, there’s a potential to really confuse some key concepts related to this. […]

A lecture on Ubudiyya or True Kingship by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, from his visit to South Africa, 2018. Sponsored by the Islamic Forum Organisation and Awqaf SA. Religion, says Shaykh Abdal Hakim, is the most radical possible belief system as it posits three radically profound premises; i.e. that: 1. Unity is the ground of […]