We live in an age of extremism. No, not just violent manifestations of extremism that the media tends to focus on almost exclusively. Extremism of every kind: from the way …
Counseling for a Healthy Family
How does counseling help people make their families better, safer, secure and loving? To understand this, we have to be familiar with the goals and objectives of counseling, family counseling, …
Breaking the Silence: Marital Legal Issues
Marriage is a sacred pact between man and woman, and yet is often turns sour. Couples may believe that there is nothing they can do to rectify the situation. Many …
Searching for a Pure Spouse
One day, a young pious man by the name of Thabit had no food to eat. As he was walking, he came across a garden with an abundance of apple …
Marriage, Intimacy Related Questions
Twenty years ago when my children were growing up, living in American society, I realized the need for appropriate Islamic sex education for Muslim youth and parents. I wrote an …
Taking care of autistic child
Q I am blessed with an autistic child and he is an adult now. We are getting old. If we are not capable to take care of him what should …
Baghdad: A Center of Learning
[two_fifths] When we think of Baghdad today, we imagine a war-torn, ravaged city. However, Baghdad has a rich history which the present should not obscure. From the eighth century to …
Famous Scholars of Baghdad
Ibrahim al-Fazari (d. 777 C.E.): constructed the first Muslim astrolabe ~750 C.E. Jabir ibn Hayyan (721-815 C.E.): Also known as Geber in Latin, he is considered by many to be …
Prophetic Wisdom for Our Times
“Verily God honors nations through this Book and debases other nations through this Book.” [Had?th related on the authority of ‘Umar bin al-Khatt?b in Sah?h Muslim 1353, Ibn M?jah 214, …
Sh. Sayyid Sabiq: A Living Encyclopedia of Fiqh
The Scholar Shaykh Sayyid Sabiq was a great Egyptian Muslim scholar who left a profound legacy to the world in the field of fiqh studies, having written one of the …