Imam Al-Qurtub? [died 671H/1272CE]: Ab? ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ab?bakr al-AnS?r? al-Khazraj? al-Qurtub?, also known as “the Shaykh of the Qur’anic commentators,” was a prolific scholar born and raised …
How Do You Achieve Synergy?
There are five steps that you need to follow to achieve this: · Define the problem or opportunity · Their way (seek first to understand the ideas of others) · …
Living Within Our Means
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 …
What is Your Response?
“Not equal is the good response and the bad response. You shall resort to the nicest possible response…” (Al-Quran, 41:34) If someone does bad to you, be patient If someone …
Activism for Change
As we know, the Glorious Quran contains many stories related to the Messengers that were sent by Allah (SWT). These stories about the great men are not bedtime stories, nor …
Building a Successful Personality
Everyone’s personality is unique. In fact, personality is the sum total of all of the behavioral and mental characteristics by which an individual is recognized as being unique. Decisions define …
Interfaith Action on Hunger: A Shared Obligation
With more than 1 billion undernourished people – many of them children – across the globe, hunger is a problem that affects all religions and nationalities. The roots of hunger …
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 …