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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...
Abdullah ibn Rawaha: A Poet Yearning for Heaven
Those who were silent with reverence when poets spoke were faced for the first time with words more powerful than poetry with the verses being revealed to the Last Prophet, and they did not know what to do. While they were grasping and submitting to the fact that they were facing divine speech that could open their hearts to the Truth, those who resisted the truth now used a word to deride the ...
Prayer is the Ascension of Believers
Salah (ritual prayer) is unarguably the foundation of Islam. Having been commanded during the Night of Ascension (Mi‘raj), it is a blessing granted to Muslims by Allah. Muslims approach the wisdoms of Mi‘raj through a genuinely felt and performed prayer, and thereby reach the zenith of servitude before Allah.
Our daily prayers constitute training grounds for such a glorious exaltation; all believe...
Students Remember the Prophet
Last Friday, Muslim students greeted their peers and faculty with flowers. From 11 a.m. to noon, roughly 40 Muslim students, spread throughout various campus locations, handed out red and white roses to passers-by. Attached to each rose was a short quote from the Prophet Muhammad. "The project began in New Zealand and our national organizers hoped to get as many cities as possible to partici...
The Historical Basis of Tolerance in Islam
"That which We have revealed to thee of the Book is the Truth, -- confirming what was (revealed) before it: For God is assuredly -- with respect to his servants - well acquainted and fully observant." (Al-Fatir, 31)
"Nothing is said to thee that was not said to the apostles before thee." (Al-Fussilat, 43)
The idolaters were the first to be addressed by Islam and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The People...
Hamza Yusuf on the Hajj of Community
There is no animal on earth, nor yet a bird on the wing, but forms communities like you. We have not neglected anything in the Book; and they will ultimately be gathered to their Lord. Those who repudiate Our signs are deaf and dumb, in the dark. God confuses whomever God wills, and places whomever God wills on a straight path. – Qur’an, Sura 6, Cattle, (38-39) Pilgrimage is one of the profound ...
How and When Did The Miraj Take Place?
What Is Miraj?
Deriving from the root uruj meaning "to ascend, to rise," the word miraj means "a vehicle for ascending." As a term it refers to the Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) ascension to the heavens and his rise to Allah's presence. Islamic sources generally take up the event of the miraj in two stages. The Prophet's journey in one night from the Masjid-i Haram to the Masjid-i Aqsa is called the i...
Islamophobia and the Fear of Influence
Discussions of Islamophobia often center upon the results contempt towards Muslims. Rarely is Islamophobia viewed as a stage in the evolution of American cultural and political transformation. Rather than viewing Islamophobia as an independent phenomenon impacting Muslims, an alternative is to treat the rise in Islamophobia as a reaction to historical political loss. While this p...
Forgiveness and Justice: Meditation on Some Hadith
Forgiveness and Justice: Meditations on Some Hadiths by Abdal Hakim Murad (1) The Prophet prayed for pardon for his people, and received the reply: ‘I have forgiven them all but acts of oppression, for I shall exact recompense for the one who is wronged, from his oppressor.’ In the Quran, God is just, and requires justice; but he is also forgiving, and requires forgiveness; in fact, its referenc...
The Prophet's Role in Receiving and Practicing the Revelation
Due to the fact that it may be difficult for ordinary people to directly receive the Divine message, owing to their nature and position, the message has been sent from the Divine world into the human world via angels to a human prophet, and the revelation has been simplified to a level at which it can be understood by human beings. The duty of the angel is to safely take the revelation, that is, ...
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...
Orientalist Views of the Prophet Muhammad
Orientalism is the "scientific discipline" that deals with the material and spiritual culture of the East, as well as the history and languages of the region; these studies reach back to the beginning of history and follow their development through modern times. The ‘Orientalist' is a person who studies the East, practicing this ‘science'. The emergence of Orientalism as an academic discipline go...
