Part One: Misconceptions about women in Islam - I

Divorce

Islam considers marriage a basis for the Islamic family, since it develops bonds of love and caring and a secure atmosphere for the growth and progress of the human race. This, in turn, produces a sound society. This is why the Prophet, ...

Many people ask about life after death - this one came from S.W. He asks the question about "Preparing for Death":

"Dear Bridge to Faith:
I am trying to make a list of things to do before I die and would like some suggestions?
Could you please comment as to what Islam says about death?"
Thank ...

By Heaven with its returning system.
{وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ}
Transliteration: Wa As-Samā'i Dhāti Ar-Raj`i [At-Tariq: 11].


The Scientific Fact:

1-The atmosphere returns vaporized water in the form of rain.

2-The atmosphere receives many meteors and returns ...

Living the Qur'an

By Khurram Murad

Reading the Glorious Qur'an will be of little benefit to you, unless you, from the first moment, begin to change and reconstruct your life in total surrender to Allah who has given you the Qur'an. Without the will and striving to act, neither the states of heart ...

Difficulties: True Character of the World

By Jasser Auda

In his well-known book, Al-Hikam (Words of Wisdom), sheikh Ahmad Ibn `Ataa'illah As-Sakandari says:

"Do not be surprised when difficulties happen in this worldly abode. It is only revealing its true character and identity."

If the servant of ...

Ash-Shifa bint 'Abdullah al-Qurashiyyah al-Adawiyah
 

The Companion Ash-Shifa bint 'Abdullah al-Qurashiyyah al-Adawiyyah was one of the wise women of her time. Literate in an illiterate age, she was skilled in medicine, involved in public administration, and had a strong presence in early ...

Umm Aban bint Utbah
 

She journeyed to Syria and witnessed its opening to Islam with her brother Abu Hashim and her husband Aban ibn Sa'id. She was widowed on the day of the Battle of Ajnadayn. It is said that they were together no more than two nights before she was widowed. Another ...