Articles
Character and Manners
Classical advice on patience with teachers, Islamic etiquette in seeking knowledge, respect for scholars and avoiding arrogance, with statements from the early scholars.
Character and Manners
The trial of al-Bukhārī in Neyshabur, his dispute with adh-Dhuhlī over reciting the Qurʾān, and Imām Muslim’s stand, as preserved in classical biographies.
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.
Marriage
Islamic narrations on choosing a suitable husband, highlighting religion, character, attraction and compatibility in marriage through reports from the Salaf.
Death, Grave and Hereafter
Ibn al-Qayyim explains the key to Paradise and the keys to knowledge, worship and provision, with narrations and detailed notes from Ḥādī al-Arwāḥ.
Character and Manners
The ḥadīth promising houses in Paradise for abandoning arguments and lies and improving character, with commentary from Shaykh al-ʿAbbād and Shaykh al-Albānī.
Scholars
Read Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī’s account of Sībawayh’s wife burning his early manuscripts and the grammarian compiling al-Kitāb afresh.
Ramaḍān and Fasting
Ramaḍān reflections from the Salaf on Qurʾān recitation, fasting, remembrance of Allah and preparing for the Hereafter, collected in Ḥayāt as-Salaf.
Advice and Reminders
Understand rizq, lawful effort and tawakkul through Prophetic guidance and classical commentary on the provision Allah has decreed for every person.
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.
