11 Apr 2025
How did al-Hakim al-Nisaburi treat a Face Ulcer that Remained with him for a Year
al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Bayhaqī (d. 458/1066) said: The story of the ulcer of our shaykh, al-Ḥākim Abū ʿAbd Allāh, may God have mercy on him – is that his face developedRead more..
19 May 2023
Ibn Fadlan’s Account of the Vikings
In the year 267H, Ibn Fadlan, an ambassador for the Caliph of Baghdad was dispatched on a diplomatic mission. Along the way, he encountered some Vikings. It is the earliestRead more..
01 May 2023
How American Jews Raise their Children in America – Shaykh Muhammad Taqi al-Din al-Hilali al-Maghribi
Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī ad-Dīn al-Hilālī said; I’d like to make my dear readers aware of something, and that is; every Jewish boy and girl in the United States is requiredRead more..
27 Apr 2023
Malcolm X and his Salafi Mentor in Harlem, New York
Aḥmad Usmān, who meticulously planned Malcolm X’s Hajj emphasised the role of the Black Saudis Malcolm met – Muḥammad Surūr Sabbān, a poet, politician, and Saudi Arabia’s second Minister ofRead more..
25 Apr 2023
The Night of the Jinn – Do Not Cross This Line Ibn Mas’ud!
قُلۡ أُوحِیَ إِلَیَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسۡتَمَعَ نَفَر مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَقَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا قُرۡءَانًا عَجَبا The reason for the revelation of this verse, as reported by Saʿīd bin Jubaīr from IbnRead more..
21 Mar 2023
No One Can Write Something Similar to the Quran – ash-Shawkani
Imām Muḥammad bin Alī ash-Shawkānī: an-Naqqāsh mentioned that the companions of the philosopher al-Kindī said to him: “O’ wise one, make for us something similar to the Qurʾān” to whichRead more..
21 Mar 2023
The Virtues of Surah al-Asr – Shaykh Hammad al-Ansari
Shaykh Ḥammād al-Anṣārī said, If a person were to analyse Sūrah al-ʿAṣr, he would increase in certainty that the Qur’ān is the Speech of Allāh, the Most High. This isRead more..
05 Mar 2023
The Scholar Who Started His Studies After His Teens
In ‘Siyār Aʿlām al-Nubalá’ (13/547), al-Dhahabī narrated that Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh ibn Muḥammad – said: “Ibn Hazm related to me the reason he began studying Fiqh. He was once at aRead more..
26 Mar 2022
Does It Break the Fast? Now in 5 Languages
Does it Break the Fast? And Important Questions About Fasting in Ramadan English (PDF): Does it Break the Fast? Arabic (PDF): هل يبطل الصوم؟ Somali (PDF): Ma Jebiyaa Soonka? FrenchRead more..
20 Aug 2021
Can I pray with the people of innovation if I am able to pray with people of Sunnah?
Questioner from Britain: Is it permissible to separate ourselves from the people of innovation who are in charge of the local mosque and to avoid praying in it? Bearing inRead more..
