Love of the Prophet Muhammad Exhibition
Growing alongside Islamic civilization, the art of calligraphy flourished for centuries. In April, the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was celebrated with special programs all around the country. As a part of the celebrations, the calligraphy exhibition "Hicaz'dan Istanbul'a Hz. Peygamber Sevgisi: Aşk-ı Nebi" (Love of the Prophet Muhammad from Hejaz to Istanbul) was held a...

The Women Carrying the Legacy of Prophet Muhammad
They are in the forefront of not just the Islamic world, but the entire world, including the West. What was the place of women -- who have always been at the center of all religions, political movements and rules placed by philosophies and have become subject to different sets of rules -- in the history of Islam and what place do they hold today? While a majority like to speak of this matter using...

Smile - A Sunnah and a Way of Life
Islam is more than a religion; it is an entire way of life. It teaches us how to behave from morning until night and it even tells us the best position to sleep in. To some that might sound like 24 hours a day of rules and regulations but the truth is that Islam is such a natural way of life the rules become as easy as breathing. One thing that is as easy as breathing is smiling. That little cur...

The Most Beautiful Names: Asma ul Husna
digg_title = "Asma ul Husna "; var sburl3005 = window.location.href; var sbtitle3005 = document.title; "To gain everything except Allah is to gain nothing at all."* Asma ul Husna The essential name of the Almighty Creator, which is confirmed by the religion of Islam, "Allah" has no dictionary meaning. With the exception of this name, all other...

We Borrow This World From Our Children
We are born into an established world, but we enter a relationship with our natural environment with an awareness produced by social life. We approach our natural environment with a style of behavior and thought that we got from our family and close social circle since our childhood. Consequently, we do not see many things not seen or avoided by our social circle. In spite of there being many th...

The Place of The Karbala Incident in The History of Islam and It
  It would not be appropriate to say that the only reason behind Hussain’s (a.s.) action against the Umayyad government was the invitations of the people of Kufa.    The Iraqis had lost the struggle for power that they had started by supporting Ali (a.s.) against the Syrians that were acting under the leadership of Muawiyah (a.s.). As a result of this, the center of the government, an...

Imam Abu Hanifa on Thinking Good of Your Neighbour
Professor Kamran Riaz narrates a story of how Imam abu Hanifa dealt with questions of faith and belief, telling a story: “A man once came to the learning-circle of Imām Abū Hanīfah (may God have mercy on his soul) and asked the great Imam whether or not his neighbour was a Muslim. He asked the Imam that if his neighbour died, if he had to wash his body, bury him, and pray the janāzah prayer over...

The Blessing of Serving Others
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful and Peace and Prayers upon his beloved Prophet Muhammad and his family. I'm writing this in the tekke of Sandıkçı Şeyh Edhem Efendi (d. 1878) may Allah protect his secret, a saint of the Rifa'i tariqah. A tekke (Turkish), khanqah (Persian), ribat or zawiyah (Arabic) is a permanent building used as place of retreat for those learning a spiritual...

How do you make people feel?
They say that people may forget what they spoke to you about, what they experienced with you, but they will never forget you made them feel. Do we think that when we treat people in a way that makes them feel valuable, that our own value will decrease? And is this why we treat people in such a way that they will feel insufficient, weak, inadequate and helpless? Is our opinion of ourselves so low...

The Understanding of Prophethood in Judaism
The institution of prophethood is seen in religions regardless of time or place, and in different cultures. This institution’s function is to effect communication between God and people. In the Jewish tradition as well, the institution of prophethood is amongst the basic institutions. This work addresses not the prophetic tradition in Judaism, but its conceptualization of prophethood in the abs...

The Qur'an from the Mouth of its First Addressee
  Fourteen hundred years have passed since what is believed to have been the last link on the chain of divine revelation, the Holy Qur’an, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). This also marks the time when our beloved Prophet assumed the responsibility of this significant role. Many verses in the Qur’an introduce and explain its very own qualities. (See 1:103; 10:57; 17:9; 37:77; 56:77-80...

Fasting Six Days in Shawwal
Abu Ayub al-Ansari relates that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him, his family, and companions) said, "Whoever fasts Ramadan and follows it with six days of Shawwal is as though he has fasted the entire year" [Reported by Muslim in his Sahih; Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah; Ahmad transmitted it from Jabir, Muntaqa]. According to the opinion of many scholars, it i...