Tag: INNOVATION
Is the 15th of Sha’bān Special in Islam?
This discussion goes back to the earliest generation of Islam, and Sh Dr Sajid Umar explains how Muslims today can navigate it
Islamic FinTech: More Virtual Than Reality?
Will innovation in FinTech break Islamic finance out of the unjust banking framework?
Rabi al-Awwal & Christmas
From Superstitions into Light Rabi'ul-Awwal is the most significant month in the Islamic history, because humanity has been blessed in this month by the birth of the Holy Prophet Muḥammad (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam). Before the birth of the Holy Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) not only the…
Devil’s Drop Box
How long does it take for the first notions of paganism to spread and become manifest? Will we actually be able to recognise that they have spread? Have they already spread? It actually took five centuries for pure paganism to spread to all Arabia before the advent of Islām. Arabia…
The Soul’s Journey After Death
The A to Z of Death Part 4 Click here for part 1 | Click here for part 2 | Click here for part 3 The Soul's Journey After Death قُلْ يَتَوَفَّاكُم مَّلَكُ الْمَوْتِ الَّذِي وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ Say, ‘The Angel of Death put in charge of you will reclaim…
The Throes of Death
The A to Z of Death Part 3 Click here for part 1 | Click here for part 2 The Throes of Death Allāh says, وَجَاءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ "The throes of death will come in truth, this is what you were trying to escape..." This…
The Right Deed
ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) reports that he heard the Messenger of Allāh (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) saying, “All actions are only by their intentions and every person shall have only what he intended. Therefore, whoever’s migration was to Allāh and His Messenger, his migration was indeed to…
Strangeness
With the Name of Allāh, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful My Lord, facilitate matters through Your mercy. On the authority of Ibn Masʿūd, the Messenger of Allāh (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said, “Islām began as something strange and it will return to being something strange, so Tuba to the strangers.” It…
Birthday of the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam)
The specifics regarding the birth of the final Messenger (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) sent to mankind have been the subject of debate between the scholars of history and Seerah for centuries. This brief treatise by Sheikh Ahmed bin 'Abdil Azeez A-Hamdaan will aim to present in a concise manner…
