Marriage
Choosing Suitable Husbands: Religion, Character, and Compatibility in Marriage
Islamic narrations on choosing a suitable husband, highlighting religion, character, attraction and compatibility in marriage through reports from the Salaf.
Articles
Articles
Death, Grave and Hereafter
The Key to Paradise: Ibn al-Qayyim on the Keys to Good and Evil
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 Guarantor of Paradise: Noble Character, Truthfulness, and Abandoning Disputation
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
Sībawayh’s Books: The Account of Their Burning and Rewriting
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: Recitation, Fasting, and Spiritual Vigilance
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
Your Rizq Will Reach You: Provision and Reliance upon Allah
Understand rizq, lawful effort and tawakkul through Prophetic guidance and classical commentary on the provision Allah has decreed for every person.
Islamic History
Al-Ḥākim’s Facial Ulcer: An Account of Charity and Recovery
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
Ibn Faḍlān’s Account of the Vikings: Appearance, Customs and Burial Rites
Explore Ibn Faḍlān’s account of Norse traders during his Volga journey of 921–922 CE, describing their appearance, hygiene, customs and burial rites.
Parents and Children
How American Jews Educate Their Children: Shaykh al-Hilālī’s Advice
Shaykh al-Hilālī compares religious education among American Jewish children with Muslim parents’ priorities and calls for children’s Islamic education and upbringing.
Islamic History
Malcolm X and His Salafī Mentor in Harlem, New York
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.
Tafsīr
The Night of the Jinn: Ibn Masʿūd’s Report and Sūrat al-Jinn
Read classical tafsīr reports on Sūrat al-Jinn, the reason for its revelation, Ibn Masʿūd’s account of the Night of the Jinn and the warning to remain within the line.
Virtues and Status of the Qurʾān
The Inimitability of the Qurʾān: A Report Cited by Imām ash-Shawkānī
Ash-Shawkānī cites a report about the philosopher al-Kindī and the Qurʾān’s inimitability, highlighting the precision and eloquence of Sūrat al-Māʾidah.
