coloring with islam
Official 1st Day of Ramadan in Different Countries Tuesday, 9 July 2013: Bosnia and Hercegovina (Follow Turkey) China (Following MeccaCalendar.org) Cosovo (Follow Turkey) Croatia (Follow Turkey) France (UOIF – Union des Organizations Islamiques de France [Union of the Islamic Organizations of France]) Luxembourg – European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) Macedonia (Follow Turkey) Maldives … Read more
The month of Rajab is the month for planting, the month of Sha’ban is the month of irrigating crops, and the month of Ramadan is the month of harvesting the crops. Sha’ban is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar and considered one of the special months for which we find particular sunan of the … Read more
Life in this world, on the surface of earth, is, for muslims, but a short enjoyment, a quick stop for the next eternal life in the hereafter. Although short and very brief compared to the life after death, it is the decisive one. Treat the life in this world wrongly, then you will be disgraced … Read more
Beautiful words to the wise… Be careful if you make a women cry because Allah the most high counts her tears. A women came out of the rib of man, not his feet to be walked on, nor his head to be superior over; she came from his side to be his companion, under his … Read more
The islamic calendar is purely lunar and consists of 12 months. While it is a divine order by Allah to observe such calendar system, the names of the months in the islamic calendar was not pre-defined by Allah or the Messenger pbuh. The months inherited the names from the time of Jahiliya (pre-islamic periods), the … Read more
Ahmed was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) dropped him off for his first Qirat lesson. I prefer that students (especially boys!) begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Ahmed. But Ahmed said that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him recite the Quran. So I took … Read more