Tag: UMAR

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Did Muslim Caliphs Burn Libraries?

Did you know 'Umar b. al Khattab was accused of burning down the Alexandrian Library?

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The Boy that Changed the World

In the age of fictional superheroes, Sh Shaqur Rehman tells the story of a boy who really did change the world.

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Being at the service of others

"Assistance will bring assistance"

Featured Propagation Spirituality 8 Min Read

“I wanted to kill Muslims, now I am one”

The heart is so fertile for the seeds of Islām, we just have to plant one

Bethlehem: A City of Islam

Bethlehem is a city that is famous for being the alleged birth place of one of the greatest and mightiest Messengers of Allāh, ʿIsā / Jesus (ʿalayhi al-Salām).

Education Featured Non-News Opinion Propagation 12 Min Read

Children Around the Prophet ﷺ

For many of us, it can be quite difficult to find a role model for our younger children to genuinely connect with.

Featured History Non-News Opinion Propagation 10 Min Read

The Treaty of Umar

This agreement is said to have been one of the most just and “progressive” treaties in history, with guarantees for religious minorities unheard of sadly until today...

Featured History Islamic Law 14 Min Read

Doubt in Islamic Law – a history of avoiding punishment

Book Review - Doubt in Islamic Law: A History of Legal Maxims, Interpretation, and Islamic Criminal Law "Avoid imposing criminal sanctions in cases of doubt" - idra’u ‘l-hudud bi’l-shubahat - is the juristic maxim at the centre of Professor Intisar Rabb’s phenomenally well-researched work, Doubt in Islamic Law: A History of Legal Maxims, Interpretation,

Featured General Propagation Spirituality Theology 13 Min Read

Between the friends of Allah and the friends of Shaytan

BOOK REVIEW   The Decisive Criterion Between The Friends of Allah and The Friends of Shaytan Author: Ibn Taymiyyah (d728H) Pubisher: Dar As-Sunnah Publishers, Birmingham, UK Edition: Third Edition, Paperback Pages: 384 Translator: Abu Rumaysah INTRODUCTION Aḥmad b. ʿAbdul Halīm Taqi al-Dīn, famously known as Sheikh-ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah, is a

Education Featured Propagation Spirituality 12 Min Read

Prophetic Teacher Training: the Believer and the Palm Tree

Prophetic Teacher Training: the Believer and the Palm Tree ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) reported that Allāh’s Messenger (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said: “‘There is a tree amongst trees, the leaves of which do not wither and that is like a Muslim; tell me which that can be?’

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