By remembering God in the way He has taught us to, we are more likely to gain acceptance of our prayers and His Mercy in times of difficulty. When our heart feels heavy with stress, worry or grief we must communicate with the only one who not only hears and knows all, but who can also change our situation and give us the patience to deal with our difficulties.

Believers and unbelievers have very different reactions to events. For example, a believer may be late for an interview that she assumes will be good for her and thus lose a unique opportunity. However, assured that everything is predestined and that her being late is utterly under Allah's control, she sees a good in this unexpected event, thanks Allah for it,

Every one of reason and common sense must wonder: If living things act out most of their behaviors because they are programmed to do so, who programmed them in the first place? No program is self-generating or self-fulfilling, and every program must have a programmer who originated it.

The existence of Allah and affirming His attributes of absolute Perfection have become self-evident and hardly need any proof or argument. Only someone who is arrogant or with a diseased heart, would demand evidence for those self-evident truths. He may not even be satisfied with rational evidence.

How can all people be expected to believe in the one true God, given their varying backgrounds, societies and cultures? For people to be held responsible for worshipping the one true God, they all need to have access to knowledge of Him. The final revelation teaches that all human beings have the recognition of the one true God imprinted on their souls as a part of their very nature with which they are created.

Design, briefly, means a harmonious assembling of various parts into an orderly form towards a common goal. Going by this definition, one would have no difficulty in guessing that a car is designed. This is because there is a certain goal, which is to transport people and cargo. For the realization of this goal various parts such as the engine, tires and body are planned and assembled in the plant.

Have you heard about the horrific concept of jihad inherent in Islam? What could this jihad mean other than fighting, killing, and even lately terrorism!

Linguistic definition: exerting one’s efforts in order to fulfill a certain goal. Islamic definition: A Muslim exerting his/her efforts and abilities seeking the pleasure of Almighty God. When mentioned in Islam, Jihad may offer a variety of meanings. For example, we are making Jihad right now to express the true meaning [...]

Misunderstood Jihad

“Let there be no compulsion in religion (Qur’an 2:256)”. Under Islamic Law mankind is free to embrace whichever faith they see correct and they will be judged about their decision as well. Even in an Islamic state, people who believe in religions other than Islam live under the authority of the great [...]

With worldwide terrorist attacks in the name of Islam, does Islam have a link to such acts? What’s Islam’s stance on terrorism? How can we differentiate between Islam and…?

Misunderstood Jihad

Thankfulness is among the stations of those journeying to Allah… How does giving thanks contribute to one’s belief? Is it just a faith requirement or just moral development? How can we reach the state of thankfulness?

In this video of a lecture on hadith (Prophetic narrations) by Sh. Usama Elsayed, a cat enters Al-Azhar Mosque and makes himself comfortable in his class, prompting him to pause from the actual class material and share some anecdotes and lessons on showing kindness to cats and other animals.

We, humans, are different by nature, but how we differ and react to our differences is what matters. What does Islam say about this? How could we make our differences and…

In this video of a lecture on hadith (Prophetic narrations) by Sh. Usama Elsayed, a cat enters Al-Azhar Mosque and makes himself comfortable in his class, prompting him to pause from the actual class material and share some anecdotes and lessons on showing kindness to cats and other animals.

How much and how often do we keep our minds on money, position, worldly pleasures and satisfaction? Does and should that longing have an end? How? What does Islam say about that?

Tawakkul (putting your trust in God) along with observing worldly material means is the components of success. See how the Prophet applied them throughout Hijrah journey.

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Remember that between almost every change of position we say, "Allahu Akbar." This is to remind ourselves and to alert us that Allah is greater than anything—whatever our mind is distracted with and whatever worries plague us.

I’m overloaded that I cannot pray five times a day. So what? Why the burden?

Prayer is the very way to express your thoughts, hopes, regrets and distress to God; to seek the Power that is greater than us. Learn from God’s Prophets how to fulfill such instinctive link …

I care about prayer, but how could I readily answer its call five times a day, build up a focused productive and fulfilled relationship with God? What should I do to see the positive aspect of my prayer and work on it?

Prayer is not just a form of worship that effects the internal phases of an individual. Contrarily, it is the most important determinant that shapes all of his relations, beginning with his immediate environment and his outlook on life.

In this episode, Dr. Muhammad Salah explains the deadline for praying `Ishaa' Prayer and how to calculate the timing of midnight according to Islam.