Eid al-Adha 2016 Talk Dr. Mateen A. Khan (Trenton, NJ) Our Nature We are all the children of Adam and His wife, Hawwa’ (`alayhuma al-salaam). Allah created an innate identity in them – a fitrah – that He created in us as well. It is a natural state; it is how Allah designed us. Every… Read More We Were Created to be Inhabitants of Jannah
“O Believers, the fast [of Ramadan] has been mandated upon you just as it was upon those before you, so that you may develop taqwa.” (2:183) The Prophet ﷺ said, “Ramadan has come to you, a month containing blessings in which Allah surrounds you [with His Love]. He sends His Mercy, erases your sins and… Read More Ramadan Essentials
The Prophet ﷺ was an activist.… Read More We Used to Be Activists
by Dr. Mateen Khan (Trenton, New Jersey) Indeed, one of the sad losses in the modern Muslim community is a loss of `ubudiyyah (servanthood to Allah) as the approach to and goal of Muslim life. Our approach should reflect Islamicizing modern life rather than modernizing Islamic life. During the Prophetic era, the masjid served as… Read More Masjid Partition: Its Place in the Shari`ah
by Dr. Mateen Khan (Trenton, New Jersey) Normally, when we say history repeats itself, we intend at least a generation’s time. However, now with smart phones, tablets, and the Apple Watch our memories have diminished so far that even fruit flies are asking us, “You forgot already?” Attention and hate-mongers hold events to insult Muslims/… Read More The Way Forward
by Dr. Mateen Khan (Trenton, New Jersey) Yeah, I’m that guy. The one walking around wearing a jubbah and a kufi in the mall, at the grocery store, or pharmacy. Sometimes, I’m wearing a shalwar khamees.1 Sometimes jeans with a loose khamees that comes down to my knees. No, I’m not from Saudi Arabia or Pakistan.… Read More Dressing the Way I Do
By Dr. Mateen Khan (Trenton, New Jersey) Some people in America would have you think that much like intergalactic aliens, Muslims would like to force you into being one of them or being subjugated by them. Just as Will Smith saved the world from aliens, Americans need to save the world from “Muslim Muslims.”1 The… Read More Men in Black Kufis
By Dr. Mateen Khan (Trenton, New Jersey) We’ve all met that type of person before. Maybe even some of us are this type. That guy who’s constantly frustrated and wondering why the situation is what it is. Always angry with the women in the West, critically eyeing them as morally degraded. Longing for an era that isn’t… Read More Stay Calm & Keep Your Head Down
by Imam Mikaeel Ahmed Smith (Annapolis, Maryland) At the present moment, we are witnessing egregious actions being done in the name of Islam. In spite of the Global Muslim condemnation of the crimes done by some pseudo-Islamic groups, we see that we are being pulled by some elements of the media to become more and… Read More A Need For Balance
By Dr. Mateen Khan (Trenton, New Jersey) Approved by Mufti Husain Ahmad Madani From the standpoint of the shari’ah, when something changes in its essence (istihālah), then the ruling (hukm) associated with it also changes. A similar ruling applies for soap, which is made by mixing a fat or oil, from animals or plants, with… Read More Shar’i View of Zinc Stearate in Dart Brand Products
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