Habeeba Husain In day to day conversations, during lectures, and even in online posts, Muslims use many different terms from the Arabic language. These can be confusing for someone looking into Islam for the first time or even for a new Muslim, and understandably. This Hajj season, WhyIslam [...]
1. Flexible Timing Muslims pray five times a day. The timings for the prayer are set to before sunrise, afternoon, late afternoon, sunset, and evening. When one hears this, they might get the impression that Muslims must stop everything they are doing at an exact time and start praying. [...]
Habeeba Husain 1. Hajj is mandatory for every sane, adult Muslim at least once in their life. The Quran states the obligation of Hajj, or the pilgrimage to Makkah: “And Hajj to the House (Kaba) is a duty that mankind owes to Allah, those who are able” [...]
Islam has two primary holidays, the first is called Eid al-Fitr (Holiday of the Feast). This holiday takes place at the end of the month of Ramadan. The second holiday is called Eid al-Adha (Holiday of Sacrifice) and is considered the holier of the two holidays. Eid al-Adha takes [...]
Habeeba Husain 1. Every Muslim is encouraged to study Seerah. Muslims look to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as their role model, and they strive to emulate him and love him more than they love their own selves. One of the best ways to achieve this [...]
Habeeba Husain 1. She is considered one of the greatest scholars in Islam. Aishah, the wife of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), is considered one of the greatest scholars in Islam—and for good reason. She conveyed over two thousand narrations of the Prophet (peace be upon him), [...]
Habeeba Husain 1. Complete faith = kindness to family The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Indeed among the believers with the most complete faith is the one who is the best in conduct and the most kind to his family” (Tirmidhi). In Islam, faith and family go [...]
When one is a minority, there is a constant struggle. The struggle encompasses multiple aspects of life, from the simple acts of people mispronouncing your name to politicians sidelining your community. No one person can speak for an entire group, but there are some general experiences and feelings American [...]
Clothes of the Dwellers of Hell But those who disbelieved will have cut out for them garments of fire. Poured upon their heads will be scalding water. (Quran 22:19) And you will see the criminals that Day bound together in shackles, their garments of liquid pitch (melted copper) and [...]
This article will provide a detailed description of hell as found in the Qurʾān. A previous article provides a description of Paradise. Hell is a real place that is prepared for those who reject the truth after it became apparent to them and do evil deeds. Just like the [...]
