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Imam al-Bukhari (رحيم الله): The reviver of Islam
In the second Islamic century, Islamic empire had already spread from Iberian peninsula to Central Asia. A huge number of non-Arab converts to Islam brought a new kind of diversity in terms of languages, cultures and political systems to the larger Muslim community. As Islam started shaping public institutions and daily lives of its newly acquired subjects, new challenges emerged. …
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Stories of Scholars of Islam
Allah honors knowledge and commands believers to ask those who know, and the scholars are the means through which the Qur’an and Sunnah were preserved, explained, and transmitted with rigor and trustworthiness across generations; their lives show how Islamic teachings were authenticated, how rulings were derived with evidence and sound methodology, and how differences of opinion can be handled with…
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Riya: A spiritual disease and compromiser of Ikhlas
Rats in the house are easy to spot and to clean but those small ants which quietly creep inside the house in the dark and feast on the sugar jar may never get noticed. These are how sins are, some are easy to spot and some are deceivingly hidden. A lie, clearly feels heavy on heart and the heart is…
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I Seek Refuge: Anger, Shaytan, and Controlling our Nafs
It starts in the most ordinary ways: the perceived rude tone of a message, a barely recognizable frown on someone’s face, an unintentional cold sigh. Many times, it is just a reflection of your own thoughts, sometimes it is not. You know that moment- when the heartbeat gets louder and the thoughts speed up like someone has pressed fast-forward. This…
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Suhaib al-Rumi (RA): The Man Who Purchased Islam With Everything
Suhaib ibn Sinān ibn Mālik (رضي الله عنه), famously known as Suhaib al-Rumi (RA), was not Roman by birth, despite the epithet. He was originally an Arab, born in al-Uballah, a town near al-Anbar in Iraq, along the Euphrates River. His father was a local chief appointed by the Persian emperor. He was born in luxury and was living a…
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Suhayl ibn Amr (RA):Voice of Quraysh to Spokesman of Islam
Suhayl ibn Amr RA was one of the leading figures of the Quraysh in Makkah before Islam. He belonged to the noble clan of ʿĀmir ibn Luʾayy, among the respected lineages of Quraysh. Known for his eloquence, intelligence, and sharp tongue, Suhayl was one of the finest orators and negotiators of the tribe. Ibn Saʿd describes him as “one of…
