بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Muḥarram is the first month in the Islāmic calendar. The word, Muḥarram, means sanctified and forbidden. Along with Dhū al-Qaʿdah, Dhū al-Ḥijjah, and Rajab, it is …
The Efficient Teacher By Rafi M. Ali, M.D. Director of DarusSalam Seminary’s Tadrīs Integrated High School Program As teaching is not simply a mundane transfer of facts, a teacher must …
Begin with the Name of Allāh By Rafi M. Ali, M.D. Director of DarusSalam Seminary’s Tadrīs Integrated High School Program A generation ago, a survey conducted at a high school …
When the Prophet (upon him be peace) and Abū Bakr were in the cave the polytheists came searching for them. Abū Bakr saw their feet and mentioned that if they …
Harim b. Ḥayyān said: لا آثر الدنيا على الآخرة حكيم ولا عصى الله كريم “One who is wise does not prefer this world over the next. And one who is …
Abū ʿUthmān al-Māzinī said: من ترك شيئا لله عوضه الله خيرا منه “Whoever leaves something for Allāh’s sake, Allāh will replace what he left with something better.” (al-Fawāʾid al-Bulqinīyah, 281)