Sha’ban 1441
№ 4 (7) (2020-04-01)

The last path of the great Imam Shamil

One hundred and forty nine years have passed since the greatest scholar of our time, the defender and supporter of religion, the freedom fi ghter of...

Sheikh Bayazit Khayrullin

The renowned theologian Bayazit Sheikh Khayrullin was born in 1871 and grew up in Ufa. His military service Bayazit Sheikh completed in Vladikavkaz,...

Virtues of the Righteous

Reproachable qualities Chapter 1 Envy and hatred: the essence of envy and hatred and their consequences The essence of envy (hasad) lies in...

Flowers of Devotion: Two Women Leaders in Mosque Design

This article is the one in a series, Flowers of Devotion, devoted to the many and varied creative roles played by women in Islamic society...

Breastfeeding for Two Full Years

God (may He be blessed and exalted) says, “Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing...

The Positions (Places) of the Moon (Mansions)

In the Koran God (may He be exalted) provides a real picture of the moon that shows its luminous face and of His graces to us made mansions (places)...

Flowers of Devotion: Two Women Leaders in Mosque Design

Her major works include the Aquatic Centre for the London 2012 Olympics, Michigan State University's Broad Art Museum in the USA, the Guangzhou Opera...

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Encouraging and Supporting Your Husband

Everyone experiences difficult days, problems or setbacks from time to time, and those things can weigh heavily on one’s state of mind. Women, as a rule, find it easier to share their feelings with loved ones or friends; venting or having a good cry during a warm, intimate conversation often...


The Contribution of Abu al-Hasan Thabit ibn Qurra to Science

The Golden Age of Islam was an era of remarkable scientific minds, among whom Abu al-Hasan Thabit ibn Qurra (836–901 AD) stands out for his profound influence on the fields of mathematics, astronomy and physics.   He was a key scholar at the renowned “House of Wisdom” in...


Dirham of Caliph al-Mahdi

In my collection, I have a silver dirham of the Caliph (leader of the Muslims) al-Mahdi, who inherited power from his father, Caliph al-Mansur.     The future Caliph al-Mahdi was born in 126 AH (744 AD) in the village of Humayma, located in present-day Jordan. As Caliph, his father...


The Great Scholar Ibn Khaldun

About ten years ago, while in Tunisia, I used the local currency, dinars. My attention was caught by a striking portrait of a man wearing a Muslim turban on a 10-dinar banknote. Who was this man? I became curious. The portrait was labeled in both Arabic and French: “Ibn Khaldun,” along with the...


It is Faith That Transforms Character and One’s Outlook on the World

When a person embraces Islam or begins to practice his faith with depth and conscious intent, something far more profound occurs than a mere external change in lifestyle. He embarks on a path of fundamental transformation of his inner essence: a process known in religious tradition as tazkiyat...