'Education' Category
The Successful Islamic School
One of the most sincere Muslimahs I have ever met, may Allah raise her and her family to the highest level of Jannah, Ameen, has two daughters of similar age (high school), one of which goes to Islamic school and one of which goes to a non-Islamic school. She recently said to me, “You know, [...]
Knowledge is power.
A sister posted up some comments in terms of studying ‘aqeedah and so forth, and it got me thinking. By the way, I don’t personally know this sister, so please don’t take this as a personal attack or anything.
Respectfully, I disagree. I tend to agree with the statement ‘knowledge is power’. Because think of it [...]A Beautiful Disagreement.
A sister, jazakellah khair, posted this on IN and I thought it was a beautiful reminder:
Yunus as-Sadafi’ said: I have never seen a wiser man than ash-Sha’fi, I was arguing with him one day about an issue and I left him. One day, he met me, held my hand and said:
‘Cannot we be brothers, [...]The Excellence of Knowledge
Taken from a translation of Imam al-Ghazali’s Ihya Uloom ad-Deen, Kitab al-’Ilm. These are just some points as well as some quotations that hit me at the time - there are probably a hundred ahadith mentioned in this section. I suggest going to the Book of Knowledge in Riyadh us-Saliheen if you’d like to read [...]
Following a madhhab
I found this article beneficial. InshaaAllah you will too.
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What is a Madhhab? Why is it necessary to follow one?
©Nuh Ha Mim Keller 2000Â
The word madhhab is derived from an Arabic word meaning “to go” or “to take as a way”, and refers to a mujtahid’s choice in regard to a number of interpretive possibilities [...]