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 Umm Abdullah (Central New Jersey) With all the commotion in the media regarding rampant behavior of oblivious Muslim extremist groups, “practicing Muslims” have been stereotyped as those who oppresse and degrade their own women. The minds of young and old, of educated and uneducated, of non-Muslims and even of many Muslims themselves have been… Read More Look to Muhammad ﷺ, Not the Media
By Umm Abdullah (Central New Jersey) You’re calmly strolling through the aisles at Walmart when suddenly you hear a cry from behind you, “Mom, look! A ninja!” All eyes are on you. Ugh, why do these five-year-olds always have to comment?! As a niqaabi1, I have encountered many scenarios like this while living here in… Read More My Niqaab, My Choice
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 Imam Numaan Cheema (Boston, Massachusetts) You arrive at your local masjid or musalla ahead of prayer time so you can squeeze a few extra nawāfil in to increase the dough in your bank upstairs. By raising your hands up and parallel to your head, you’re about to cut yourself from everyone and everything except The Almighty.… Read More A Sanctuary?
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
by Dr. Mateen Khan (Trenton, New Jersey) The end is near! Stop daydreaming about iftar lassis and kunafa. Grab your Qur’ans. Straighten your kufis and tighten your hijabs. Head for the closest masjid. Ramadan is coming to an end! In these last days, I thought I would remind ourselves of a few things to accomplish: I’tikāf Vacation in the masjid and receive a second, much greater vacation in the ākhirah. This sunnah mu’akkada1 was… Read More The End Is Near!
By Imam Numaan Cheema (Boston, Massachusetts) Alhamdulillah, as we approach the last ten days of Ramadan, it’s time to contemplate on our situation and priorities. It is a time to reaffirm our resolve in doing even more worship in this blessed month. All in hopes of obtaining and securing a ticket to jannah and most importantly, seeking… Read More I’tikāf: Seclusion for the One
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