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Testing Out: The Muslim Man’s Guide to College Part II

Narrated 'Aisha: "Whenever Allah's Apostle was given the choice of one of two matters, he would choose the easier of the two, as long as it was not sinful to do so." (Bukhari) Testing Out As we covered in the l...

The Compilation of the Qur’an

Somewhere in the back of our minds, we vaguely know that the Qur'an has been preserved impeccably, to a level unparalleled by any other scripture. However, many Muslim men don't know the exact process by which ...

A Brief History of Hadith

Some people always love to claim that the Prophet ﷺ prohibited writing down hadith. This is absolutely and unequivocally true……..in the early stage of Islam. We have an authentic narration in Sahih Muslim where...

The Rise of Asharism

In the 3rd century AH, a man named Abul Hasan Ali ibn Ismail ibn al-Bishr, a descendant of the famous sahabi Abu Musa al-Ashari was born in Basra. This was an era when Mu’tazilism was gaining a strong foothold ...

The Rise of Mu’tazilism

The famous scholar of the tabi'een Al-Hasan al-Basri was teaching a halaqah when the topic came up of a Muslim who commits major sins. Al-Hasan said that such a person, although a sinner, is still undoubtedly a...

Book Review: If the Oceans Were Ink

Overall Rating: 5/5-Must read This is an interesting book to be sure. Written from the viewpoint of Carla Power, this is a semi-biography of Sh. Akram Nadwi. The biography genre is very popular in the Muslim c...