Many years ago, I had the privilege of visiting a Muslim country for a few months. One of the things I was most excited about was hearing the Adhan (the call to prayer) and it was beautiful. The hustle and bustle of everyone moving about making wudu (ablution) and getting ready to pray is so infectious. Knowing that the whole country is setting dunya aside to make time for their Creator is a very...
Death by Traffic Accident
Some time ago, I was listening to a YouTube show (a Chai with my Bhai episode) and they mentioned just in passing something that absolutely floored me—how the police in Muslim countries try to implore traffic accident victims to say "La ilaha ilAllah," especially when they can see the person is dying. Subhanallah, Allahu akbar!! Imagine how many different ways we can die suddenly and...
Permissibility of Handling the Mushaf While Junub
A short PDF by Shaykh Mashhoor Hassan al-Salmaan which discusses the permissibility of menstruating women handling the mushaf while in a state of janabah (ritual impurity). Download PDF The Pushback When this information was posted to the SistersInSunnah subreddit, a user took issue with the stance and made a post refuted the opinion. Some back and forth occurred, but alhamdulillah, one of the...