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In a previous series, we covered in detail how to succeed in college. One of the key messages of that series is that the main purpose of college is not education but rather to gain qualifications needed for a career. That’s absolutely true. However, don’t misunderstand the point. While the purpose of going to college […]
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One of the most famous Sassanian generals who fought against the Muslims was the Parthian aristocrat, Hormuzan. During the Battle of Qadisiyyah, he was placed in command of the right wing of the Persian army and fought vigorously until he realized that defeat was inevitable. He escaped from the battle and regrouped, forming a Sassanid […]
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حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، وَأَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ جَمِيعًا عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، – وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي غَسَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ جَنَّتَانِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ آنِيَتُهُمَا […]
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Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi is considered one of the most brilliant minds from the Islamic tradition. A prolific writer, he authored over 400 books on topics ranging in diversity from grammar to fiqh to ethics to physics. A jurist, a theologian, a poet, and a historian, ibn Hazm was a polymath who is rightly known as […]
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ، – يَعْنِي ابْنَ بِلاَلٍ – عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ مَنْ أَكَلَ سَبْعَ تَمَرَاتٍ مِمَّا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا حِينَ يُصْبِحُ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ سُمٌّ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ ” […]
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Student loan debt in the US is over 1.3 trillion dollars. The average student owes more than $37,000 in loans. Unfortunately, many Muslims have also taken out interest based student loans and are now struggling to pay them back. In this interview, I sit down to talk with Dr. Athar Haq and Br. Moiz Ali of […]
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Alhamdulillah, we’re pleased to announce the publication of our first book: The Muslim Man’s Guide to College. You can purchase it here. All the information contained in the book is also available completely free on the website here.
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Overall Rating: 2/5 The Islamic fiction genre is a very, very thin one. There were a handful of books in the genre that were available when I was growing up in the 90’s and early 00’s. Fast forward almost two decades later and the genre hasn’t really expanded much. Classics like Qasim Najar’s The Army […]
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In the 8th year AH, the Prophet ﷺ entered Makkah. After having been exiled from his homeland and the homeland of his anctesors, the Prophet ﷺ came back at the head of an army of 10,000. The Prophet ﷺ split the army into 4 divisions and on the 20th of Ramadan, all four divisions marched simultaneously into […]
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى ابْنِهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم “ لاَ يَقْضِي الْحَكَمُ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ ” . ‘Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah reported on the authority of his […]
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