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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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Repentance: Turning to Allah in Hope
“And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.” –Surah An-Nur :31 Burden of sins are heavy on souls as souls are created pure. It would have been different if the humans were created like angels, sinless and with no free will. But Allah ﷻ created humans for a different purpose than angels. He…
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Muʿādh ibn Jabal RA : Scholar of the Ummah
Muʿādh ibn Jabal ibn ʿAmr al-Khazrajī al-Anṣārī (رضي الله عنه) was among the most distinguished Companions of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, known for his vast knowledge, piety, and wisdom. He was from the tribe of Banū Salamah in Madīnah and embraced Islam at a young age, even before the Prophet’s migration (Hijrah) to Madīnah. The Prophet ﷺ held Muʿādh (RA)…
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Anas ibn Mālik RA- The scholar of Islam
Anas ibn Mālik ibn al-Naḍr al-Khazrajī (RA) was born in Madinah ten years before the Hijrah. He belonged to the Banū Najjār clan of the Khazraj tribe. His mother was Umm Sulaym (RA), an early convert to Islam, and his father Mālik ibn al-Naḍr died before Islam. When the Prophet ﷺ migrated to Madinah, Umm Sulaym (RA) who was also…
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Nusaybah bint Kaʿb RA: The Warrior of Uhud
Nusaybah bint Kaʿb ibn ʿAmr al-Māzinīyah (RA), known as Umm ʿUmārah, was from the Banū Māzin branch of the Khazraj tribe in Madinah. She and her family were among the earliest Anṣār to embrace Islam. Ibn Saʿd mentions her as one of the two women who pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ at ʿAqabah before the Hijrah (al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā 8/442).…
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Ikrimah Ibn Abu Jahl RA: An Inspiring Story
Ikrimah ibn ʿAmr ibn Hishām (known as Abū Jahl) RA was born into the powerful Quraysh clan of Banū Makhzūm. His father, Amr ibn Hishām, known infamously as Abū Jahl, was one of the fiercest opponents of the Prophet ﷺ, called “the Pharaoh of this Ummah” by the Prophet (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3857). Raised amidst tribal pride and staunch devotion to…
