Safwan’s mom taped the poem to the fridge like it was a family announcement.
The paper was slightly crooked, stuck under a magnet shaped like the Ka’bah, and Safwan had read it so many times that certain lines started to follow him around the house.
Losing a loved one is a heavy burden that every human being will experience at some point in life. Every soul that enters the realm of the living will inevitably depart from it as part of a divinely ordained plan.
I have attended many funerals throughout my life. Most of them were for people I did not know. Growing up as a Muslim boy, my father often encouraged me to attend funerals at mosques if we were able to, and until recently, it felt like a chore.
Death is not a stranger to the believer, yet it never arrives without pain. No matter how strong our īmān, grief still shakes the heart. Islam does not ask us to deny that pain; it teaches us how to carry it—with patience, dignity, and trust in Allah’s mercy.
Meet the Latino Muslim father who is working to revive Prophetic manhood through Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Dr. Hernán Guadalupe is not a new face in the Muslim community, particularly along the East Coast, where he is known for combining physical training with spiritual and character development.
Imagine a youth program that unites Muslim youth. One that enables and supports the growth of a strong Muslim identity. A coming together of Muslims of all different national origins, ethnicities, cultures, political leanings, madhabs, genders and even ages for the intent to please Al
It has been more than twenty-five years since I embraced Islam and, with it, the hijab. For a woman living in the West, adopting the hijab is one of the most significant lifestyle changes imaginable, as it transforms one from “blending in” to “standing out” as a visibly Muslim woman.