Sha’ban 1441
№ 4 (7) (2020-04-01)

An Islamic Perspective on Coronavirus

An Islamic Perspective on Coronavirus

Excellence of the month Sha’ban

Excellence of the month Sha’ban

The essence of Ramadan: spirituality or spending?

The essence of Ramadan: spirituality or spending?

About a tested method for the successful resolution of cases

About a tested method for the successful resolution of cases

How to Perform the Taraweeh Prayer

How to Perform the Taraweeh Prayer

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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The Shadow in the Mirror. How Social Media Teaches Us to Envy

Imagine that you are scrolling through the feed of your social network. There is an acquaintance posing against a Turkish seaside backdrop, a colleague boasting about a promotion, and an old classmate who just bought an apartment. You put your phone down, but a quiet unease has already settled...


Fatigue: The Main Enemy of Family Happiness

We all know that a harmonious relationship between husband and wife is not just a happy accident. Behind those intimate conversations, sweet smiles and warm family evenings lies the hard work of both husband and wife. It is their ability to forgive, empathise and inspire each other.   Yes,...


Why Black? The Mystery of the Kaaba’s Covering

The Kaaba is the focus of all Muslims worldwide during prayer. Every year, millions of pilgrims flock to it to perform the Hajj rites. This cubic structure is the most revered house on earth. Today, the Kaaba is covered with the Kiswah – a black cloth embroidered with verses of the Quran in...


Annual Pilgrimage

Every year believers around the world undertake the Hajj (pilgrimage) to visit the highly revered Kaaba (the holiest site in Islam) and perform various prescribed rituals.   A hadith of the Prophet ﷺ states: “O people, Allah has made Hajj obligatory upon you, so perform it. Whoever...


A Coin of a Caliph Dawud

Once, the owner of an ancient Muslim coin, knowing that I am an expert on Kufic dirhams, contacted me online, asking me to tell him what kind of coin it was, where and who minted it.     According to that person, the coin was found with a metal detector on the banks of the Oka River...