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From Principle to Practice: Justice in Islam

By Shaykh Mohammed Amin Kholwadia  People often question whether Islam is a tolerant religion, whether it tolerates diversity of thought among its adherents and in its interaction with different worldviews. This question is easily answered when one considers that...

A Donkey Mistake: Preceding the Imam in the Movements of Salat

By Mawlana Kamil Uddin عن أبي هريرةَ ، قال: قال محمدٌ ،أمَا يَخْشَى الذي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ قبل الإمامِ أن يحوِّل الله رأْسَهُ رأْسَ حِمَار. – الترمذي Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace)...

The Islamic Ruling on Surrogate Motherhood

By Shaykh Mohammed Amin Kholwadia Question: We are asking specifically about a second method: In gestational surrogacy (aka the Host method) the surrogate becomes pregnant via embryo transfer with a child of which she is not the biological mother. She may have made an...

9 Tips for Surviving School

By Mawlana Bilal Ali Ansari Surviving school as a Muslim youth in the West is not easy. The social requirement upon youth to not only excel in studies but also to exhibit ideal, Islamic behavior outside and inside the home makes leading a healthy student life a truly...

Evil Glances: A Commentary of Verse 30 of Surat al-Nur

 By Mawlana Asif Uddin  قُلْ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّواْ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُواْ فُرُوجَهُمْ ذٰلِكَ أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ  وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلاَ يُبْدِينَ...