Zubaydah The Empress
Umm Jafar, Zubaydah was the darling queen of fifth Abbasid Caliph Harun ar-Rashid (170H, 786 A.D to 193H, 809 A.D). Her name was Amatul Aziz but she came to be known as Zubaydah. Her grandfather Abu...
View ArticleA Mother’s Gift: Part 1
I looked at my watch, holding it under a streetlight. 12:00 midnight. I ran down the street, heart racing, shoes pounding against the wet concrete. Bleak, dull houses passed in a blur under the...
View ArticleA Mother’s Gift: Part 2
Three days went by. I went to school after the morning at Daniels house, trying to forget everything and catch up on my work. I wanted to graduate; I wanted to get out of the life I had thrown myself...
View ArticleOne Apple Leads To His Marriage. A Beautiful Story!
One of our pious predecessors, Thabit Bin Numan, was hungry and tired as he was passing through a garden that bordered a river. He was so hungry that he could hear his stomach growling, and so his...
View ArticleAdvice to Mothers-in-Law
1. Bear in mind that your daughter-in-law is a human being with aspirations and feelings. She has made a great sacrifice to come and serve your son for the rest of her life. Treat her like your own...
View ArticleThe Romantic Prophet (ﷺ) – How To Be Romantic With Your Spouse
As the days come to closer to ones marriage, excitement, ecstasy and elation pump through the bride and groom. The build up to marriage is an experience of thrill and jubilation. When the marriage is...
View ArticleFalling in Love: Allowed in Islam?
Question: What does Islam say about falling in love? Is that allowed in Islam? If it is yes, how could we show that to the person we love without causing fitnah? Answer: Islam teaches us to be truthful...
View ArticleRole Models for Muslim Women
When we examine the lives of the most righteous and highly-ranked women in Islam, it becomes clear which characteristics earned them such a noble status. It was narrated by Ibn ʿAbbās, that the Prophet...
View ArticleThe Biggest Change in My Life – A Sister for her Sisters
As salamu ‘alaykum warahmatuallah wabarakatuh I want to talk to you about my life before and after hijab. I am a Muslim girl 20 years old from Arabian Gulf, “The original place of Islam.” I used to...
View ArticleUmmahatul Mumineen Hazrat Shafiyyah (R.A)
She was the daughter of Hayi, Who was a descendant of Hadhrat Harun (a.s) the brother of Moosa (a.s). She was first married to Salam bin Mishkam and then to Kinallah bin Abi Huqaiq at the time of...
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