Islam in Perspective

When we realise that a particular scholar was raised in a home of fine scholarship, we are not surprised that a son takes after a father and achieves a high standing in scholarship, whether followi

It is said that the West only began to be curious and learn about Islam after the terrorist attacks.

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Beneficent

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was the most caring of people.

Q. Someone has a residential building which he lets out. He also has several plots, some with buildings and some unbuilt. He intends to construct apartments on these for letting.

As stated earlier, Islam makes it clear in both the Qur’an and Sunnah, that men and women are equal. Muslims, however, have not always maintained this essential rule.

Yahya ibn Al-Hussain ibn Al-Qassim was the grandson of Imam Al-Qassim Al-Rassi whom we introduced recently in this series.

Q. I have inherited photos of the Kaaba and Madinah which go back more than a hundred years. The photo of the Kaaba shows people praying on top of it.

We always have a prayer to address to God. Life is so hard and difficult, even when we are in the best of situations, that we feel we need God’s help at every juncture.

Q. Since Arabic has only two tenses, past and present, all references to the hereafter and the Day of Judgment are made in the present tense.