FILED UNDER: Obituary, Prophet Muhammad, Social Issues, Video, Worship
TAGGED WITH:: Amjad Sabri, anarchy, chaos, devotional songs, gun crime, hate crime, intolerance, isis, killing, lifestyle, Love for the Prophet, murder, Muslim on Muslim, naat, pakistan, qasida, qawwali, rights of others, Sabri brothers, Shari'ah, shooting, SINGING, Taliban, terrorism, violence
/by Content TeamThe world is mourning the passing of one of Pakistan’s most beloved devotional (qawwali) singers. Amjad Sabri was gunned down in Karachi, allegedly by extremists who accused him of blasphemy. Shortly after his death, the video of his last televised performance went viral (watch above). Dr Bano Murtaja has kindly translated the lyrics: O one of the […]
FILED UNDER: Prophet Muhammad, Prophetic Guidance, Social Issues
TAGGED WITH:: adultery, DONALD TRUMP, gay Muslims, gun crime, hate crime, homosexuality, intolerance, isis, killing, LGBT, LGBTQ, lifestyle, murder, Orlando, rights of others, sexual, Shari'ah, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, shooting, signatories, terrorism, violence
/by Erin“We, as American Muslims, follow the openhearted and inclusive Islam of Muhammad Ali and completely reject the hatred, provincialism, and intolerance of those who trample upon the rights of others, besmirching and defiling the name of Islam.” On June 13, 2016, Muslim leaders across North America signed the Orlando Statement. Signatories include, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, […]
FILED UNDER: Community Building, Social Issues, Video
TAGGED WITH:: civic action, communities, community, community building, Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Ingrid Mattson, integration, khidmah, land, neighbours, people, service, Shari'ah, water
/by Content TeamHow can Muslims be effective community members? Is it possible to step outside the framework and associated pitfalls of identity politics? How can Muslims be more grounded in communities where they live? These are some of the questions Dr. Ingrid Mattson asks and then answers by providing an alternative framework with five key areas that Muslims can focus […]
FILED UNDER: PC Family & Society, PC Jurisprudence (Fiqh), PC Seeking Knowledge, PC Women
TAGGED WITH:: divine balance, education, female, female scholarship, gender, girls, learning, oppression, repression, Shari'ah, shaykha, training, Ustadha, women
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Habib Ali al-Jifri answers a question about the importance of female scholarship in Islam at the SeekersHub in Toronto, Canada. He describes female scholarship as “fulfilling the divine balance”. “We are in need of women who are active within the Islamic discourse, so they can counter the oppressive filth created in the name of the shariah.” […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General
TAGGED WITH:: islam, ISLAMOPHOBIA, Muhammad, prophet, qur'an, shari'a, Shari'ah, sunna
/0 Comments/by Shaykh FarazWhat is the Shariah? A Path to God, a Path to Good by Faraz Rabbani “For each We have appointed a divine law and a traced-out way. Had God willed, He could have made you one community. But that He may try you by that which He has given you. So vie one with […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General
TAGGED WITH:: Knowledge, nur sacred sciences, Shari'ah
/0 Comments/by Content TeamʿIzz al-Dīn b. ʿAbd al-Salām’s Categorization of the Term “Bidʿa” and the Distinction Between its Lexical and Legal Definitions – Nur Sacred Sciences The vastness of the Arabic language has often been compared to the ocean. As the ocean is rich in its inhabitants of many colors and forms, so too are the words of […]
FILED UNDER: Video
TAGGED WITH:: Dr. Umar Abd-Allah, Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, Gambia, haqeeqah, law, modernity, Shari'ah, spirituality, theology
/by Content TeamWhile in Gambia for a conference, Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah (biography) was interviewed for Gambian television. In it, he discusses evidence of Muslims visiting the Americas before Columbus, how he entered Islam, modernity as an economic system, how to deal with sectarianism, and the distinction between Shari’ah and haqeeqah. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 […]
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