عَوْدَةٌ حَمِيدَة
من أكثر ما قد يدمي فؤاد المؤمن الطائع الذي اعتاد أن يعمر المساجد، أن يأتي إلى هذه المساجد ويرى أبوابها مغلقة في وجهه، يتشوق لمصحفه ومصلاه، يتشوق لسماع النداء وإقامة الصلاة، لكنه لا يجد إلى ذلك سبيلاً. هكذا كان حالنا في أشهر الحظر المنزلي، الذي تجرع المسلمون في أنحاء الأرض غصصه وآلامه، وهم لا يقدرون […]
New Paradigms in the Practice of Giving (Part 2)
What are the new paradigms that Quran used to nudge the people to adopt giving as an important aspect of their civic responsibility? In the previous article I wrote about the first paradigm that revealed the connection between giving and the general concept of religion. The second paradigm gives a new direction to our toil […]
Healthcare Workers, the Honorable Mission in Islam
A few months have passed now since the COVID-19 pandemic invaded our lives, holding people hostage in their homes, preventing people from working, and completely changing the social dynamic and lifestyle that humans were used to. Yet while everyone was ordered to stay home and away from their jobs, healthcare workers were expected to put […]
New Paradigms in the Practice of Giving (Part 1)
Giving is a universal human phenomenon. It is practiced everywhere and by different nations and cultures. The celebrated sociologist of religion, Max Weber said: “In Islam, the giving of alms was one of the five commandments incumbent upon members of the faith. Giving of alms was the good work enjoined in ancient Hinduism, in Confucianism, […]
!العُنْصُرِيَّةُ جَهْلْ
عنصري قاتل! هكذا يصف الناس ذلك الشرطي الذي كان سبباً في مقتل “جورج فلويد” الأمريكي من أصل إفريقي، ولا أقول الأسود؛ إذا أنها صفة تصلح لكل شيء إلا للبشر، متى كان البشر يصنفون وِفقَ ألوانهم؟ من الذي ابتدع هذه البدعة المقيتة؟ ألا يكفي أن يكون أحدنا بشرياً ثم يُلحق بهذا أي وصف يناسبه ويصف شخصيته؟! […]
Western Beauty
Did you hear? Another one of us is dead… And stripped away of our innocence #Black Lives Matter is all you see Do you know why that is? It is to get attention and build awareness in the world Do you know who the responsibility falls on? One with the powers […]
رمضان في زمن الكورونا … صوموا تصحوا
ها قد حل رمضان، ولكنه ليس كأي رمضان آخر، رمضان جديد لن نستقبله في بيوت الله كما تعودنا، ولن نحيي أولى لياليه بصلاة التراويح في المسجد كما عهدنا، فالمساجد مغلقة، كما كثير من مناشط الحياة الأخرى، التي عُطِّلت حفاظا على أرواح الناس، وسعيا لاحتواء وباء كورونا المتزايد، والحد من انتشاره. يضاف إلى ذلك قضايا مستجدة […]
Heroes Work Here
As we rung in the new year 2020, the other side of the world was already battling a deadly epidemic. Little did we know at that time that our lives would be forever altered as that epidemic quickly spread to become the pandemic still holding the world hostage in its deadly grip today. Over 2.5 […]
In the Shade of Ramadan
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do you know who is bankrupt?” They answered, “The one without money or goods is bankrupt.” The Prophet said, “Verily, the bankrupt of my nation is the one who comes on the Day of Resurrection with prayers, fasting, and charity, but […]
Mercy, Forgiveness, and Liberation
Mercy, Forgiveness, and Liberation from the prison of hellfire: Ramadan is the model and the blueprint for Mercy, Forgiveness, and Liberation as Prophet Mohammad described it: The first part is mercy, the middle is forgiveness, and the last is liberation from hellfire. Fasting the month of Ramadan, like other rituals in Islam must be viewed […]