“Fiqh of the minorities” (Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat) is a specific discipline that takes into account the relationship between the religious ruling and the conditions of the community, including the location where …
Wife Responsibilities with In-Laws
Q What is a woman’s responsibility when it comes to her in-laws? A by Sh. Abdool Rahman Khan: The relationship with in-laws is nothing new in Islam. It is perhaps …
Fiqh of Minorities: What Does It Deal With?
Fiqh (jurisprudential understanding) of Minorities is a contemporary terminology for issues that were discussed and presented by earlier fiqh scholars in a widely scattered form. The breadth of this term …
Literary Beauty of Divine Speech
On the subject of words that are closely related to one another yet carry slightly different shades of meaning, I am going to be contributing three more posts including this …
Fiqh of Muslim Minorities: Necessity or Innovation?
Q: There is a scholarly difference nowadays as to fiqh al-aqalliyyat or the fiqh of Muslim minorities. Some scholars regard it as an innovation that manipulates Allah’s religion, and some …
Formula for Self Development
Allah (SWT) puts a heavy emphasis on family as a unit because it is the core of a thriving society. If the family unit consists of weak links, then society …
A Time to Speak: Where is Our Compassion?
I always knew there would come a day when I would finally succeed in getting almost everyone mad at me. This may be that day because I’m going to be …
The Six C’s of Character
Islam is a set of beliefs that must manifest themselves in a set of rituals. These rituals must have an impact on the character of the individual. The character of …
The Cartoon and Facebook Controversy
So it’s happened again. They decided to republish the cartoons. Perhaps it is because they want to re-emphasize their opinions on the character and personality of the Prophet Muhammad (peace …
Differences Between Reputation, Personality, and Character
Each and every one of us has three components: our reputation, our personality, and our character. Our reputation is what people think of us. We invest most of our efforts …