Friday Reflections: Recorded at MSI Glendale Heights on February 20, 2015 Editor’s note: Recommended pre-reading: Darul Qasim’s Position on the Moral and Legal Obligations for Muslims Regarding Sexual Crimes Social Etiquette Amid Due Process in Dealing with Criminal Crises within Muslim Communities In the wake of the recent criminal charges brought against a prominent Chicago area Muslim scholar, Shaykh Amin...
Friday Reflections: October 14, 2014 The tenets of the Islamic faith remain immutable through social and political discord. Even the earliest Muslim communities were tested by turbulent political crises. Their immediate recourse to Duʿāʾ (supplication) coupled with humbleness before Allah ﷻ helped them weather political storms far more grave than Muslims in the west have known. Click to Play or...
ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā Reflections: October 5, 2014 Two monumental sacrifices mark the genesis of the Muslim civilization and must be remembered and honored at the culmination of the Islamic calendar year. The first is the sacrifice of a mother, Hājar (AS), who gives her all to save the life of her child. And the second is the sacrifice of a father,...
Friday Reflections: September 26, 2014 The Ḥajj is the international face of Islam and the climax of the Islamic calendar year. It is a pilgrimage that condenses and absorbs the sunnah of Ibrāhīm (AS) into the dīn (religion) of Muhammad ﷺ. Click to Play or Right-click to Save
