Khalil Abdur-Rashid

Shaykh Muhammad Ninowy

Part of the good manners towards the month of Ramadan is to prepare for it in earnest, and as this blessed month approaches, here are three points we should focus on in our preparation:

Fasting is an expression of freedom, where we can move beyond our appetites into meaningful encounters with Allah.

How do car pollution choking the skies and endless drilling and fracking reflect our attitude with God? Khalil Abdur-Rashid reflects on this pearl from Surah Aadiyat in the Qur'an.

Shaykh Khalil Abdur Rashid discusses the importance of balance in life and the relationship between justice and ihsaan.

A powerful response on the issues of youth lured by extremism on one side and materialism on the other.

Now that Ramadan is over, we need to focus on perhaps the most important item of all—istiqaama.

As we explain to our children the Islamic perspective of Thanksgiving, we should remind them and ourselves of the blessings we take for granted, the blessings that we have that don’t exist, and that with these blessings comes an ethical responsibility - the responsibility to become men and women who utilize what we have been given to please Allah. Thanksgiving should be about remembering our duty to perform shukr, not just hamd...