Jaser, Deputy Minister for Planning and Programs at the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, congratulated Ma and presented him with two round-trip tickets to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Expo Shanghai mascot “Haibao,” or “baby from the sea,” (...)
Ahmar established the longest lasting Muslim dynasty on the Iberian peninsula - the Nasrids. The state officially became the Emirate of Granada in 1238. Granada provided connections with the Muslim and Arab trade centers, particularly gold from (...)
Muhallab reports that he heard Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) standing on his minbar (pulpit) saying: “Whoever Allah has given some knowledge should teach it. And he must not say anything he has no knowledge of, lest he become (...)
Maqdisi mentions a conversation
between a young lad and the great scholar Ibrahim Bin Adham in his book Kitab At-Tawwabin (p. 285):
The young boy: O Abu Ishaq, I am wronging my soul, advise me with something that'll hold me back from disobeying (...)
Nafees in medicine, the impact Jaber bin Hayyan had on chemistry, and Al-Khawarizmi's pivotal role in algebra. Similarly, the study of sociology benefited immensely from the genius of Ibn Khaldoon.
For all of that, the university, whose (...)
Qayyim (Allah have mercy on him) said while explaining the distinction between true hope and mere wishful thinking (tamanni):
“The difference between it and mere wishful thinking is that mere wishful thinking involves laziness wherein the person (...)
• Knowledge that is not acted on.
• The deed that has neither sincerity nor is based on following the righteous examples.
• Money that is hoarded, as the owner neither enjoys it during this life nor obtains any reward for it in the Hereafter.
• (...)
Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad.
AN Andalusian physician, polymath, a master of Islamic law, astronomy, medicine, physics, and science, Averroes was born in Cordoba, and died in Marrakech (1126-1198 CE).
Famous by his work in medicine – a medical (...)
Majusi
A FAMOUS Persian physician. Born in Ahwaz, he flourished under the Buwayhid Sultan Adhud Al-Dawla. He died in 994. He is considered one of the three greatest physicians of the Eastern Caliphate of his time. Among his important books is a (...)
Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah is often referred to as the ‘Imam of the Hearts.' Reading and reflecting on his treatise on the ways that bring about the love of Allah, it isn't hard to see why...
* Recitation of the Qur'an with reflection and understanding of (...)
Maqdisi mentions a conversation between a young lad and the great scholar Ibrahim Bin Adham in his book Kitab At-Tawwabeen, page 285.
The young boy: O Abu Ishaq, I am wronging my soul, advise me with something that'll hold me back from disobeying (...)
Matlabi, the first person to make a door for the Ka'aba was the Yemeni king, Tubba'-the Third, who ruled long before the birth of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh). A similar story is also told by Al-Azraqui in 'Tariekh Al Ka 'aba Muazzama'. The book notes (...)
THE Prophet (peace be upon him) also classified people into three groups based on their response to his Message and Guidance. He said:
“An example of the guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me is that of a rain that falls on different (...)
Jazzar, Abu Ja'far Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Abi Khalid Al-Qayrawani
Tunisian physician, born around 878CE in Kairouan, where he died in 980CE. Ibn al-Jazzar hailed from a family of physicians. He studied with the famous Jewish philosopher and (...)
‘Aziz, may God preserve him, on the importance of inter-Arab economic cooperation and his keen desire to support, stimulate and resolve the difficulties that preclude achievement of Arab economic cooperation. This collaboration will enable us to (...)