Ibn Battuta: Encounter with loneliness, affection and friendship

Ibn Battuta said:

The cause of the crisis in the Muslim Ummah

Cardinal principles & Methodology of Imam Abu Hanifah

The principles of Abu Hanifah’s methodology are summarized in his own statement:

Sheikh al Islam M. Tahir Ibn ‘Ashur and the Human Nature and the roots of the Socio-political Order

Depending on their views of human nature and the place of man in the universe and in the wider context of existence, individuals and groups have developed their own understanding of values and worldview from which they formulate ideas, concepts and theories about individual and collective human life, and from which they devise and plan social and political institutions and thus implement their understanding or philosophy of life.

Natural and Religious Love

On Islamic Groups and Unity Answered by al-Allāmah Muhammad al-Hassan Walid al-Dido al-Shanqītī

The Question:

It is well known that there are a large number of Islamic groups. What is your advice regarding those groups who fall under the generality of the Qur’an and Sunna [Claming them as their point of reference] but differ in their application and understandings regarding particular issues?

Meadows of Paradise – Strong believer V weak believer: Exposition of a Hadith from Sahih Muslim – Abdullah Hasan – East London Mosque Fri 22/05/09 @7pm

Why do we read the Quran, even if we can't understand a single Arabic word?

An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Qur’an. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the Qur’an just like you but I don’t understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Qur’an do?”

Why do we read the Quran, even if we can’t understand a single Arabic word?

An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Qur’an. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the Qur’an just like you but I don’t understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Qur’an do?”

Al Qur’an: The constitution of Life

Imam Ghazzali: Key to Happiness [sa'adah]

‘’Know that the key to bliss [sa’adah] lies in following the sunnah and in emulating the life of Rasul Allah in all that issues from him and in all his doings even if it concerns the manner of his eating, rising, sleeping and speaking. I do not say this in relation to rituals in worship only because there is no way for neglecting the sunnah reported of him in such matters – but what I say includes every aspect of our daily life.’’ [Kitab Al-Arbaiin fi Usul Ad-Din p. 89]

Imam Ghazzali: Key to Happiness [sa'adah]

‘’Know that the key to bliss [sa’adah] lies in following the sunnah and in emulating the life of Rasul Allah in all that issues from him and in all his doings even if it concerns the manner of his eating, rising, sleeping and speaking. I do not say this in relation to rituals in worship only because there is no way for neglecting the sunnah reported of him in such matters – but what I say includes every aspect of our daily life.’’ [Kitab Al-Arbaiin fi Usul Ad-Din p. 89]

Madhabs: To follow or not to follow?

Q. Is it a must for a Muslim to follow a madhab?

Heavenly Law: Essentials of Usul al Fiqh

Some words of wisdom from Sheikh Ahmed Zarruq

Some words of wisdom from Sheikh Ahmed Zarruq (d. in Libya in 1492, a scholar from morocco):

'Allamah Bin Bayyah and Shaykh Salman al-'Awdah

‘Allamah Bin Bayyah and Shaykh Salman al-’Awdah

What is that?

Father and son are sitting on a bench. Suddenly a sparrow lands across them.

Is Wearing the Niqāb Obligatory for Women? Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Is Wearing the Niqāb Obligatory for Women?

Part 1 of 2

By Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī

Translated by U. ʿAbdullah

The Virtue of Reading Books: Imam Ibn 'Abd al-Barr