This issue contains 5 articles and 4 queries - scholarly writing, reader questions answered, and a continued record of the journal's ongoing concerns.
Making friends is easy; maintaining friendship is not. In fact, making ourselves unpopular is a job so easily done. One slip of the tongue, one harsh word, one instance of anger and we might end up lo...
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الم ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ والَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِ...
The Fast يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَاتٍ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى...
Abdul Karim Bangura 1 Introduction In this essay 2 , I survey how the Internet has become a vast resource – not only for information, entertainment and interaction with other people in other places wh...
Question: In one of the articles appearing in your journal you have distinguished between Sunnah and the Hadīth. My question is, after the elapse of 1400 years since the time of the Prophet (sws) how...
I have some questions regarding payment of Zakāh. Please clarify them for me. 1. Last year I saved $ 40,000 and paid my Zakāh according to the law of the land. I have not used this amount still and ha...
Regarding ‘Iddah 1 Could you please give some direction as to the Islamic ritual for a woman whose husband has just died, for example, the mourning period and the dress code etc.
Is it correct that the Prophet (sws) answers those who send blessings on him in the grave. I have been told that the Prophet (sws) himself has said that whenever someone invokes Allah’s blessings for...
Some preachers use some baseless stories in the mosques and elsewhere specially to motivate Muslims to perform the religious duties of Islam. People are usually easily motivated by such stories. There...
