Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen

SUMMARY: Muslim families in the United States should consider travelling to see the various mosques and their architectural styles across the country.

SUMMARY: The perseverance, courage and determination of Islam's first martyr, the socially disadvantaged but characterful Sumayyah bint Harith, is a powerful example to Muslims today and especially to mothers raising upright families.

Trees are powerful symbols in Islam and are often presented in the Holy Quran as metaphors of good and bad.  For example, the Tūbā  or Blessed Tree mentioned in Surah Ar-Ra'd refers to a tree that grows in paradise – Jannah.  Whereas the tree of Zaq’qum is mentioned in at least fiv

Allah gives mankind what we need even before we know that we need it.  The Holy Quran which was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) a millennium and a half ago teaches us of a tree that Allah has created that is beneficial to humanity – the olive tree.  In Chapter 24 Surah An-Nur ayah

“Truly We sent it down on the Night of Power.
And what will convey to you what the Night of Power is?
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
In it the angels and the Ruh descend by their Lord’s authority with every ordinance.

American Muslim parents often feel that the pulls of the secular society put the very souls of their children at risk.  As Muslims minorities in a society that places a high value on individualism and exploration, maintaining Islamic principles and beliefs in adolescents, teens and young adu