Shaaban 1447.
№2. (2026-02-01)

The path to medicine in the Ottoman Empire

Medical education in the Ottoman Empire had its own unique structure, influenced by both Islamic and classical traditions. The system of medical...

The history of fasting

The month of Ramadan is almost here. How long have we have waited for it and how we have missed its blissful days and nights! The holiday reaches us...

The story of the rescue of the Prophet’s ﷺ body

The history of Islam has seen many instances where Muslims encountered saboteurs and spies. They carried out a wide variety of actions but they all...

What is tawassul?

Tawassul and wasilah literally mean indirect supplication or indirect prayer. It is permissible to ask Allah Almighty to accept a supplication (dua)...

Four mistakes young mothers make

  To feed to a schedule or on demand? To swaddle or not? To use a pacifier or do without one?   A woman expecting a baby faces dozens of...

QHI, not romance, will save your marriage

The internet is buzzing with discussion about a new secret to a happy family life. Bloggers are making videos about it, garnering millions of views,...

What birds can teach us?

A bird represents free flight, lightness and fragility combined with incredible strength and courage, true trust and confidence in the will of the...

2026-08-01 (Safar 1448) №8.


The Soul is Like a Garden, Blooming or Fading

“Have you ever stepped out into the garden on a gloomy, rainy morning in late autumn? The trees are almost bare, drafty and swaying, fallen leaves are rotting on the paths, death and desolation are everywhere. Not only in the flowerbeds, above the drooping, yellowed stems of other flowers,...


The Darkened Gardens of the Sabeans

We all know what the word “kafir” means in Arabic. It is so widely used by the masses that it has become part of our national languages. But not everyone knows that this word has another meaning: “ungrateful”, “denying” and “not recognizing the gifts of...


Salim, Grandson of Umar ibn al-Khattаb

Let us fast forward to the reign of Umar ibn al-Khattab. The richest spoils of war, which had fallen to the Muslims after the death of Yazdegerd, the last Persian king, were brought to Medina – the city of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Among the riches they acquired were the crowns of the Persian...


Ways to Overcome Suspiciousness

Many of you have probably come across two excerpts from the personal diaries of a husband and wife covering the same short period of time online. The wife’s is a long, emotionally charged text about how her husband once responded sparingly to her greeting and then showed absentminded...


The Man Who Never Felt Hunger

Generation after generation, people strive to arrange their lives so as to want for nothing and certainly never go hungry. However, hunger is absolutely essential for us.   Never to feel hungry. It sounds like a punishment. I am sure many would disagree, especially those who have experienced...