Tag: islam

The first night of the month of Muharram is the Muslim’s new year’s night. Muharram is the first month of the Islamic year. The first day of Muharram is the ...

Habit serves as a means for doing morally good or evil actions. Habit (huy) is a faculty (malaka) of the spiritual heart and soul. Sometimes it causes actions which are ...

Habit serves as a means for doing morally good or evil actions. Habit (huy) is a faculty (malaka) of the spiritual heart and soul. Sometimes it causes actions which are ...

Knowledge which informs us about the states and actions of the spiritual heart (qalb) and soul (rûh) is called “Knowledge of Ethics.”  In order to understand knowledge of ethics it ...

Spiritual heart and soul are two distinct entities although they look very much alike. Here, when the soul is mentioned alone it should be understood that we mean both of ...

Tiles allegedly stolen from a Turkish mosque are on display at an exhibition at the recently opened Islamic Arts Gallery section of the Louvre Museum. All of the tiles that ...

The following is the simplified translation of a letter written as an answer to a university student by Sayyid ’Abdulhakîm Efendi while he was the senior professor of tasawwuf at ...

The first piece of advice is to correct the belief in accordance with those which the scholars of (the credal Madhhab called) Ahl as-sunnat teach in their books. For, it ...

Sacred nights are esteemed by Islam. Having great mercy upon His slaves, Allâhu ta’âlâ has made some nights valuable and has declared that He will accept the prayers and istighfârs ...

They might wear the humble white sheets required for Islam's haj pilgrimage, but for many visitors thronging Mecca's streets, the perfect souvenir of their trip is that most glittering of ...