Vistas opening across the world:
Some hearts attacked mildly.
Noose-ropes cut just in time.
Not performing, a hundred pills, so kindly.
Sitting on the right side of a car, whose left crushed under a truck.
The downward gliding plane’s engine, suddenly regaining power,
Those aboard saying their last prayers.
Discovering cancer was misdiagnosed.
Near-Death Experiences they call them, a name apt for those [...]

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf on Sabr [Patience]:

“It is important to look at the life of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and know that no one faced greater tribulation. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم lived to see all of his children buried, except for Fatima. How many people experience that in their lifetime? Out [...]

‘Reposts’ are posts of yester- day/week/year which shall be posted again, Insha Allah once a week and can be found in the ‘Reposts’ category.
Original post date: April 29, 2007.
The following has been excerpted from Allah Ke Raaste Mein Nikalnay Walon Ki Hairat-Angaiz Kar-Guzariyan by Mawlana Tariq Jamil and is translated into English by Bilal Malik.

“This [...]

Source: Imam Suhaib Webb’s Blog

The Sultan of the ‘Ulema, al’Iz al-Din ‘Abdu al-Salam wrote:
“The way to Allah is made up of the apparent and the inner. Its apparent path is Shari’ah and its actualization is the inner. Two words bring both the apparent and the inner together: “It is You alone we worship and it is You alone we [...]

‘Reposts’ are posts of yester- day/week/year which shall be posted again, Insha Allah once a week and can be found in the ‘Reposts’ category.
Original post date: April 2, 2007.
By Shaykh Abdullah bin Bayyah [Source: TheTranslators]:

Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah is one of the foremost scholars of Islamic Law alive today. He is a professor at [...]

Excerpted from Man & the Universe, An Islamic Perspective by Mostafa al-Badawi.

Marriage is one of the pivotal institutions in Islam and therefore one of the most explicitly regulated. Young men are strongly enjoined to marry as early as possible, as a safeguard against irregular and therefore socially disruptive relationships, and also to enable themselves to reach maturity and stability in their lives. It is stated in [...]

Source: at-Talib

What is it and where did it come from?
Consider Valentine’s Day, a day that after dying out a well deserved death in most of Europe (but surviving in Britain and United States) has suddenly started to emerge across a good swath of Muslim countries. Who was Valentine? Why is this day observed? Legends abound, as [...]

The following is the last of a series of topics that have been covered regarding al-Imam al-A’zam Abu Hanifa in the book Fiqh al-Imam, Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh by Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf, under the general heading of Imam A’zam Abu Hanifa and Hadith, and have been posted here [on Ekhlas] in a piecemeal [...]

The following is the 5th of a series of topics that have been covered regarding al-Imam al-A’zam Abu Hanifa in the book Fiqh al-Imam, Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh by Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf, under the general heading of Imam A’zam Abu Hanifa and Hadith, and will be posted here [on Ekhlas] in a piecemeal [...]

The following is the 4th of a series of topics that have been covered regarding al-Imam al-A’zam Abu Hanifa in the book Fiqh al-Imam, Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh by Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf, under the general heading of Imam A’zam Abu Hanifa and Hadith, and will be posted here [on Ekhlas] in a [...]