Articles
Islamic History
An account of legal detention in early Islam, the development of prison premises during the caliphate of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, and the distinction between lawful imprisonment and oppressive prison conditions.
Islamic History
The story of ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah’s early acceptance of Islam, his meetings with the Prophet ﷺ, and the teachings he preserved on prayer, wuḍūʾ and sincerity.
Islamic History
A reflection on how Allah alternates power and hardship among people, illustrated by the rise and fall of rulers and dynasties in Islamic history.
Islamic History
A biography of ʿAbd Allah al-Qaṣīmī, his early defence of Islam and tawḥīd, later apostasy, scholarly refutations and accounts of his final years.
Islamic History
Read Du Huan’s eighth-century eyewitness account of Muslims in the Abbasid Caliphate, preserved in the Tongdian and translated by Wan Lei.
Islamic History
Al-Kinānī’s account of confronting Bishr al-Marīsī over the created Qurʾān doctrine during the Abbasid Miḥnah, from al-Ḥaydah wa-l-Iʿtidhār.
Islamic History
Discover the story of al-Ikhshīd, Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj, whose life changed from poverty in Baghdad to rule over Egypt and Syria.
Islamic History
Al-Bayhaqī’s account of al-Ḥākim’s recovery from a persistent facial ulcer after providing water in charity, alongside a statement from Shaykh Muqbil al-Wādiʿī.
Islamic History
Explore Ibn Faḍlān’s account of Norse traders during his Volga journey of 921–922 CE, describing their appearance, hygiene, customs and burial rites.
Islamic History
Explore Malcolm X’s relationship with Shaykh Aḥmad Ḥassūn, their connections in Makkah and Harlem, and the account of the shaykh’s role at his funeral.
Islamic History
Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī explains the events surrounding al-Ḥusayn and Ibn az-Zubayr and refutes the claim that the Companions rebelled.
Islamic History
Ibn Kathīr and Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam relate a historical account of Egyptian women’s marriages and authority after Pharaoh’s drowning.
