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“O, People! A great (and) blessed month has cast its shadow upon you. It is a month which contains a night far better than one thousand months – a month Allah has made it obligatory to fast therein and made it commendable to stand up praying on its nights. If someone performs an obligatory act […]
A Syrian-born attorney has made history by becoming the US’s first-ever hijab-wearing Superior Court judge. With much support behind her nomination, many including school board members, community leaders and leaders of the New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Associations all came together to push forward the nomination. Kahf took her oath during her swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, […]
Muslim Hikers have teamed up with Wiggle and Adidas Terrex to create a special kind of prayer mat for Muslims when outdoors. What’s more, all three have come together to install – for the first time ever – signs pointing to Makkah on one of the most popular hiking routes in the Peak District. This […]
In the early hours of Monday 6 February, parts of Türkiye and Syria were struck by a quake which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. The epicentre of the quake was near Gaziantep – a city that witnessed blocks of flats reduced to rubble. Over 50,000 deaths have been recorded and thousands have been left […]
The 15th night of Sha’ban is undoubtedly special, with many hadith and reports existing to prove that. Also referred to as Laylatul Bara’at and Shab-e-Barat, this night is meritorious for many reasons. Firstly, this is the night in which Allah forgives many of His servants in one go and Allah’s divine mercy meets the people of the earth. In one narration, the Prophet ﷺ said, “This […]
A recently published report by the Muslim think tank Ayaan Institute reveals that British Muslims are among the most generous charitable groups in the UK. The report also found that Muslim giving in the UK easily exceeded a billion pounds a year (£1bn) in 2020, with this amount set to rise to £4.39bn by 2051. […]
