Islamic Lifestyle

As a young person, you may be thinking about how to become financially successful. You want a good job. You want to start a business. You want to build a comfortable home, support your family and enjoy the fruits of your hard work. These are understandable goals. Islam does not forbid you from seeking wealth through halal…

You try your best, but things still go wrong. You make du'a, but the situation does not change as quickly as you hoped. You see other people moving forward while you seem to be struggling. And you begin to wonder: “Why is this happening to me?” “Has Allah forgotten me?” “Why do I have to go through this when I am trying to do…

Islam is a complete way of life. It teaches Muslims how to worship Allah, how to deal with other people, how to conduct business, how to build families and how to live with consciousness of Allah. Because Islam is based on revelation, Muslims are not free to invent new forms of worship and then present them as part of the religion simply…

Islam places enormous importance on what a person believes about Allah. The foundation of the religion is Tawheed: believing that Allah is One, worshipping Him alone and refusing to give any part of His exclusive rights to another. Because of this, the Quran and Sunnah also warn against beliefs and behaviours that…

The existence of the Jinn is one of the matters of the unseen that Islam teaches Muslims to believe in. They are mentioned repeatedly in the Quran, and an entire chapter of the Quran is named after them: Surah Al-Jinn. Yet despite this clear place in Islamic belief, much of what people say about Jinn comes from culture, rumours,…

Belief in angels is one of the fundamental beliefs of Islam. A Muslim cannot properly understand Iman without understanding that Allah created beings that human beings cannot normally see and assigned them different responsibilities. Angels are part of Al-Ghayb, the unseen world that Allah has told us about through revelation. We…

The recent heartbreaking passing of Dr. Hadiza Usman Abdullahi and her twin sister, Pharm. Aidah Usman Abdullahi, within days of each other following complications related to sickle cell disease has left many people deeply saddened. May Allaah forgive them, have mercy upon them, elevate their ranks among the righteous, and grant…

There are things human beings can see, touch, hear and investigate. There are also realities that exist beyond the limits of our senses. Islam teaches Muslims to believe in both what can be observed and what Allah has revealed about what cannot be observed. This is known as Al-Ghayb — the unseen. Belief in the unseen…