The Hypocrisy of “Islamic Reform”
Sometimes Muslim reformists or Muslims taking on certain reformist positions will cite a rare, unusual classical opinion to support their view. This is, of...
Nasiha and Its Pitfalls
If you give someone nasihah and you feel offended when he or she doesn't take your advice, then that may be a sign that...
How to Be a Stronger Thinker
One of the things they teach you in academic philosophy is to anticipate the strongest argument of the other side. If you are able...
Who Cares About the Kuffar?!
Acceptance is important. As Muslims, we want acceptance from society at large and we seek that. Our attitude should not be: Who cares about...
The Ikhlas of Hate
If you can't get comfortable with people hating you, you will never escape being defined by haters.
Just make sure that if you're hated, you're...
Prayer and Intention
If you maintain a good, Godly intention for everything you do, whether it is your job, your quality time with friends and family, your...
Don’t Take It Personally
Sometimes you meet a person and you just don't get along. You might feel that the person doesn't like you or is cold towards...
Take What You Can of Ramadan
Allah gives some of us a lot of time for worship in Ramadan and He gives others less time due to their work and...
Death By Ego
Make a list of the people you have distanced yourself from or you don't want to have anything to do with or you feel...
Tawhid and Ikhlas, Salafi and Sufi
From one perspective, we would never have expected conflict, let alone bitter disagreement, between the so-called salafi and the so-called sufi. The former has...