Fasting in Shaban
Shaban is the 8th month in the Islamic calendar and is considered one of the meritorious months for which we find particular instructions in the Sunna [...]
Myanmar Imposes Two Child Limit on Muslims
Yangon (Myanmar): Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not a [...]
UGC Maulana Azad Fellowship
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has invited applications for the award of 756 fellowships for the year 2013-14 under Maulana Azad Na [...]
Urdu’s Role in Freedom Struggle
By T. M. Mariyam Ghazala
Urdu played the stellar role in the freedom struggle. Urdu journalists, poets and writers sacrificed their lives, careers [...]
Do You Truly Rely on God?
Sometimes God might withhold from you the causes, the means and take from you, your power so that you return to Him and rely on Him.
By Jasser Auda [...]
Witnesses on the Day of Judgement
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
On the day when God's enemies will be gathered together before the fire, they will be driven onwards [...]
Keeping People’s Faults a Secret
God's Messenger, Prophet Muhammad said, "Whoever sees a defect in a Muslim and overlooks it is like one who saves a young girl who has been buried ali [...]
Parents’ Misdeeds and Children’s Suffering
Q: People say that the children of people who were guilty of practices forbidden by God's law, such as corruption, theft, rape and murder, seem to suf [...]
Angels Recording Our Deeds
Q: I have read in my schoolbook that Allah has assigned two angels to each one of us who are called "writing angels". They record everything we do. M [...]
Umrah in Ramadan
Q. It is said that performing the Umrah in Ramadan is tantamount to offering the pilgrimage. Is this true?
A. The Prophet (Pbuh) is quoted to have sa [...]