By Yūsuf Badāt What is Iʿitikāf? The literal meaning of iʿitikāf is to stay or hold oneself down. In a religious context, iʿitikāf means to hold oneself down inside the masjid, with an intention, for the worship of God with specific stipulations while abstaining from certain matters. It can also refer to reside in the…
By Yūsuf Badāt Shaʿbān is the 8th month in the lunar islamic calendar. Shaʿbān incorporates the meanings; to split, separate or scatter. Some of the reasons why this month is named Shaʿbān is that it is the month that splits or separates two great months, namely, Rajab and Ramaḍān. Another reason for it’s name is…
By Yūsuf Badāt Istighfār means to seek forgiveness with God from negligence and disobedience, by the means of both the tongue and the heart. ONE: Compliance to and Fulfillment of God’s Command وَاسْتَغْفِرُواْ اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ “Seek forgiveness with God! Certainly, God is Ever Forgiving [and] Merciful.” – (Qurʾān: 73:20) TWO: Protection from Godly…
By Yūsuf Badāt The journey of Al-Isrāʾ and Al-Meʾrāj is perhaps the most amazing miraculous journey in human history. This was a journey wherein God, the Almighty, made His beloved prophet, Muḥammad (peace and blessings upon him) travel in bodily [physical] form while awake, from Makkah, Saudi Arabia to Masjid Al-Aqṣāʾ in Palestine and thereafter…
By Yūsuf Badāt ONE: Women are to be educated. “Acquisition of knowledge is binding on all Muslims [both men and women without any discrimination].” – (Ibn Mājah) “Some women requested the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) to fix a day for them as the men were taking all his time [to learn]. Upon this,…
By Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Did You Know About the Following Muslim Divorces? The Prophet Muḥammad (peace and blessings upon him) divorced his wife Ḥafsa – (See: Sunan Abī Dāwūd) ʿOmar bin Khaṭṭāb (may God be pleased with him) divorced three of his wives, namely, Qarībah, Omm Kulthūm Malīkah and Jamīlah Bint Thābit – (See: Faṣl…
By Yūsuf Badāt Alandalūs, the Iberian Peninsula, modern day Spain and Portugal, is a land that was ruled by Muslims for 800 years, starting in the year 711. Volumes have been recorded and written, with historical accounts of this great period by countless authors. There is much to learn from both, the rise and fall…
By Yūsuf Badāt ONE: The Qurʾān Declares Muḥammad ﷺ as the Final Prophet مَّا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَدٍ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن رَّسُولَ اللَّـهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّـهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا “Muḥammad ﷺ is not the father of any of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of God, and the Seal of the prophets.…
By Rizwan Syed, (Student in Advanced Islamic Sciences at Mathabah Institute) This concept of a moon god never existed in Islam. Rather it was attributed to it much later on, in the twentieth century when an excavation occurred in Palestine. This excavation unearthed a temple with two statues, one of which held a crescent [i].…
By Yūsuf Badāt إِنَّ اللَّـهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا “God and His angels send blessings on the Prophet, O believers! Send blessings and salutations on him, with all respect.” (Qurʾān 33:56) Cheer to the Prophet ﷺ and Ten Fold Rewards عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ…