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How to Study: The Muslim Man’s Guide to College Part VIII

September 8, 2016

The most important and tangible thing you get out of college is your degree, ideally with a high GPA. Some people will find that what worked for them in high school will continue to work for them in college. If...

Imam al-Layth’s letter to Imam Mālik

September 5, 2016

For the context of this letter, please refer to this post. --- In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Form al-Layth b. Sa`d to Mālik b. Anas. I salute you with peace and praise Allah besides wh...

Imam Mālik’s letter to Imam al-Layth

August 31, 2016

Of the most famous intellectual rivalries in Islamic history is the rivalry of Imam Mālik ibn Anas and Imam al-Layth ibn Sa'd. Both were tremendous legal scholars, both founded a madhab, and both were intellect...

Going Beyond the Classroom: The Muslim Man’s Guide to College Part VII

August 29, 2016

In college, your life is an empty canvas on which you can paint anything you want. Even if you plan your weekly schedule out properly and are on track to graduate comfortably within four years, you’ll find that...

Give Gifts

August 25, 2016

Growing up, my favorite days of the year were Eid ul Fitr and Eid ul Adha. Mostly for the spirituality and meeting friends and family and praying salah with the whole community of course. But just a tiny bit be...

Creating a Calendar: The Muslim Man’s Guide to College Part VI

August 21, 2016

In high school, your schedule was mostly made for you. You knew what time to show up to school and what time to leave and everything in between was given to you. If you had extracurriculars, they were scheduled...

Blog direction and Facebook page!

August 15, 2016

It's been about a year since I first launched this blog. Third year of medical school threw a bit of a wrench into plans for the blog but alhamdulillah, I finished Step 2 last weekend and can focus on growing t...

The Stranger-A poem written by the greatgrandson of the Prophet ﷺ

August 14, 2016

Ali ibn Husain ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, better known as Zain al-'Abideen, was the great-grandson of the Prophet ﷺ and one of the few members of Ahl-Bayt to survive the massacre at Karbala. In addition to being kn...

Lessons for Muslim Men in the example of the bee

August 8, 2016

A few months ago, I delivered a commencement address at a high school graduation ceremony for Muslim students. I spoke about how the key to success in college—as in life—is to be like the honeybee. Since then, ...

Book Review: Revelation

August 1, 2016

Title: Revelation Author: Meraj Mohiuddin Overall Rating: 1/5-Do not recommend Having heard the author speak about this book during ISNA’s annual convention, I was really looking forward to reading it. There h...

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