To Remember Prophet Muhammad: "Why Does the Prophet Matter?"
Interview with Omid Safi One of the things that was important to me was that as contemporary Muslims we should be able to take a look at what our past has been and be able to say that we have had some Muslims who have preferred not to have any images and we have had some Muslims who have preferred to have images with the face. Muslims are having hard times today in explaining themselves to the w...

Khadija: The Woman to whom God Sent Greetings
He draws on the ground with a branch. His students carefully watch his hand and lips. What they see is four long lines. What they hear is: "Do you know what these are?" The lines flow to their eyes from the ground which has become an endless black board.  The question takes them by the hand and leads them to the familiar sentence they say in unison at times like this: "Allah and His Messenger kno...

The First British Guest of Allah
digg_title = "The First British Guest of ALLAH"; var sburl7404 = window.location.href; var sbtitle7404 = document.title; At a time when  Britain had major political and economic interests in the Middle East, Hedley Churchward had only one concern in mind while going on a pilgrimage to Mecca; the pleasure of Allah. Hedley Churchward, later known as Mahmoud Mobarek, was th...

BBC Documentary Prophet on PBS
CAIRO – Offering Americans a deeper look into the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), a leading US television network will start airing a documentary on the life of the prophet of Islam this week which may surprise American viewers. “As major polls by Gallup, Pew, and others have reported, astonishing numbers of Americans, as well as Europeans, are not only ignorant of Islam...

The Sunna of Love
‘Ali came home one day from a journey that he had been dispatched on by the Prophet Muhammed, upon him be peace and blessings, to find his wife, Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet, brushing her teeth with a siwak – twig of an Arak (Salvadora persica) tree used for brushing teeth. Spontaneously, he spouted out poetic endearment: هنئت يا عود الأراك بثغرها … أما خشيت يا أراكُ أراك لو كان غيرك يا س...

Iranian Director Calls for Muslim Unity
Iranian director Majid Majidi has said that “Muhammad (Sal Allahu alayhi wa Salim, Peace and Blessings be upon him)”, his latest film project on the life of Prophet Muhammad (sAwS) in his childhood, seeks solidarity in the world of Islam. Speaking at a press conference held for the first international festival for the creation of a logotype representing the Prophet, Majidi, said that the film in...

Love Knows No Command
Sometimes the sea lies before one’s eyes, but one doesn’t even dream of having a swim... Unfortunate...but it happens. Very recently, my heart touched the warm, eternal blueness of a verse in the Qur’an. While it was right before my eyes all these years, I never managed to let my heart delve in... Now, am I in the sea then? Have I delved deep enough? Touching the eternal is, of course, eternal. ...

(Let Me Call) My Lord On Thee
This song, sung by Nader Khan, is the English translation of a poem written by Yunus Emre (1240-1320), one of the most famous Sufi poets who has made a great impact on the Turkish-Muslim culture. This poem is at essence an entreaty to God, by means of the intercession of those things and people that are deemed to be close to God Almighty, such as the rocks and the mountains,  and the Prophets of ...

The Last Days of the Prophet
Friday sermon - Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad - Cambridge - 11th March 2011 - 25mins 23secs  [audioplayer mp3="/images/upload/media/last-days-of-the-prophet2295343280.mp3" ogg="/images/upload/media/last-days-of-the-prophet2295343280.mp3.ogg" width="634"][/audioplayer]   Martin Luther King Junior once said that "the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,...

On Seeking the Night of Destiny (Laylatul Qadr)
Rather than mechanistically looking at the last ten nights as a gambling of a limited supply of worshiping energy, scarcely interspersed here and there, and wrestling with ourselves on whether tonight is an odd night or an even night depending on which moon-sighting system was used, we can save ourselves some stress by considering Laylatul Qadr and what it means to be a sincere worshiper. At the h...

The Virtues of the Last Ten Days
Aisha noted that "Allah's Messenger used to exert himself in devotion during the last ten nights to a greater extent than at any other time." (Muslim) and that with the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work harder) and used to pray the whole night, & used to keep his family awake for the prayers. (Bukhari)  Ibn `...

Learn About His Words
  LastProphet WebPortal for children, SeerahForKids, now has a book of Hadith in English.  The narrations are specially prepared for children to understand with illustrations. Asim dede, a friendly grandfather, welcomes children to gather around to hear stories about the Prophet Muhammad, sal Allahu alayhi wa Salaam, and learn lessons from his blessed life and doings....