Category: Living Islam
Look Within To Find Solutions
There is wisdom in the ants going into their dwellings in dangerous times. It emphasises the importance of turning inwards to our true dwelling, that [...]
Five Ideas to Cope with Illness
"Whenever Allah wills good for a person, He subjects him to adversity." (hadith recorded in Bukhari)
By Sheima Salam Sumer
Most of us can relate [...]
Materialism and Spirituality
Spirituality, or rabbaniyat is the elevation of man to a plane where the mind is focused on the higher, non-material realities of a godly existence.
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How to be Free from Bitterness? The Path of Forgiveness is Divine
By Mohammed Ali Vakil
It happened one evening. I'd just moved to London and was busy settling in. Exploring the city, making new friends " the typi [...]
Abul Qasim Al Junayd of Baghdad
A glass merchant like his father, Junayd gave up the family business to devote his life to Islamic studies.
By Sadia Dehlvi
Abul Qasim al Junayd o [...]
The Best Story, as per the Quran
Do not react to the situation, try to manage it and soon you will emerge as the master of the situation.
In its chapter twelve, the Quran narrates a [...]
The Simple Pious Labourer – Son of the Wealthy King
Imam Abu Bakr al-Ajurri (d.330AH) mentions the following incident in his treatise Sifatul Ghuraba"¦.
It has reached us that Abdullah ibn al-Faraj, the [...]
How the Prophet (Pbuh) Treated His Help
What does Islam say about the rights of domestic workers? Muslims are given explicit instructions on how to treat servants, workers, and the help.
B [...]
Main Precepts of Sharia Need to be Re-Examined
Interview with Prof. Nejatullah Siddiqui
Prof. Nejatullah Siddiqui, noted Islamic economist and thinker recently spoke to Afkar e Milli, an Urdu mo [...]
Cursing Non-Muslims is Not Islamic
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Some weeks ago, someone sent me a list of questions by email, seeking my responses to them. Some of these questions had to [...]