Prophet Muhammad once said, “No genius will come with greater performance than Omar.” He was referring covertly to Omar’s future caliphate. Omar never took the prophet’s words as a permission to grow arrogant. He took them as an order to always be just, make victorious what’s right, and fight falsehood. Omar was 53 years old… Continue reading Islamic Tales For Children – The Prince of Believers, Part IV
After the prophet passed away, news about his death spread all over Arabia. At that time, tribal arrogance still controlled many Arabs. When the companions declared Abu-Bakr the Caliph, some tribes refused to obey him. As such, each of those tribes chose their own Caliph. Choosing a caliph who hadn’t learned directly from the prophet… Continue reading Islamic Tales For Children – The Prince of Believers, Part III
After Omar embraced Islam, his previous persecution of Muslims became his greatest guilt. How did I allow myself to do such atrocities? was a question he asked himself. As stated earlier, Omar’s main characteristic was sincerity. As such, he decided to take difficult measures to make victorious what’s right. He went to his uncle, Amr… Continue reading Islamic Tales For Children – The Prince of Believers, Part II
Englished and Recomposed for 5th graders by Ehab Shawky. Prologue: Israelites and Ishmaelites are cousins and brethren. Allah chose Prophet Muhammad from among the Ishmaelites. He sent him the archangel that descended upon all previous prophets. The archangel taught the Qur’an to the prophet and helped him memorize it. The Qur’an is Allah’s word and… Continue reading Abdullah Ibn Salam, The Sincere
Englished and Recomposed for 5th graders by Ehab Shawky. Tonight, I will tell you of a young traveler. A boy who traveled quarter the earth on camel backs searching for something special. Something very few people search for. Something only the wise would seek. Our hero was the son of a Persian mayor and landlord.… Continue reading Salman Al-Faresy, The Truth Seeker
Englished and Recomposed for 5th graders by Ehab Shawky Part I Our hero tonight is a very unique one indeed. The main reason for this is that he never knew how special he was. He never considered himself a better person than his companions. Actually, he always considered himself the worst of them all. This… Continue reading Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, Prince of Believers
Some Qur’anic verses are always used by non-Muslims in smearing the Qur’an. They have some kind of a list for those verses which they always use in the media, on internet sites dedicated to this issue, and sometimes in movies. In the next few pages, I shall tackle some of these verses and clear up… Continue reading Verses Utilized In Smearing The Qur’an, Part I
I have tackled before the issue of Prophet Muhammad’s Real Appearance as described by his companions and those who lived with him. Now it’s time to give a full description of his manners and attitude by those who knew him the most. May a complete, true picture of the man be conveyed. Lady ‘Āʾishah, described his… Continue reading Prophet Muhammad’s Manners & Attitude
Traditionist (Muhad-deth) is the name given to any scholar who contributes to collecting, recording, and propagating the prophetic traditions. We have already spoken about the emergence of this science, and named the most famous figures who contributed to its foundation. In this section of the book, we are going to define the methodology followed by… Continue reading Classification Of The Prophetic Traditions
In this post, I address mainly Muslim grownups. From what I’ve seen, many parents act as destructive agents to their faith and their nations by raising their children in an unhealthy way. My main objective here is to urge them to put more effort into matters of great importance, which they usually neglect. Preaching Islam… Continue reading Raising Preachers
Islamic Methodologies Made Easy 