Here are some notes on the subject that were prepared from a book by Shaikh Mashoor Hasan Salmaan.

1. Praying in tight clothes so that they press over the private parts ('awrah)

Praying in tight fitting clothes is deemed Makrooh according to the Sharee'ah. It also harms the body and ...

Al-Baydawi

Al-Baidawi (d. 1286), a Qur'anic exegesist, wrote the text, Anwar at-Tanzil wa Asrar at-Tawail (The Lights of Revelation and the Secrets of Interpretation). He took from earlier works such as those by Zamakhshari and expanded them, subsequently his work is considered to be ...

Is there a specific punishment that is deserved by those who neglect jihad for the sake of Allaah?

Praise be to Allaah.

The command to wage jihad for the sake of Allaah, and the warning against neglecting jihad, appear in many verses of the Qur'aan and ahaadeeth.

If the Muslims neglect ...

This article is based on an interview with Sandra La Bianca, a Muslim revert who lives in Perth, Western Australia.

La Bianca is a country girl; she was brought up on a farm in Western Australia. When she was a child, she had a pet kangaroo and helped with taking care of the cows and sheep. ...

My name is Troy Bagnall. I'm a 22-year-old (soon to be 23) college student at Arizona State University (ASU) from Phoenix, Arizona in the US. I'm in a film & media studies program at ASU too.

I accepted Islam this past February for a multitude of reasons. I had been interested in Islam for ...