“I lost it. I lost the moment. I was so close to doing this act of obedience, and now I’m no longer there. I’m so far away. I don’t know what happened or how to get back there. Please pray for me…” Have you heard this before? Many of our brothers and...
by Writing Muslimah Time flies between juggling all of our different roles, and women often feel like they are not ‘allowed’ to relax, because it seems like we need to achieve everything first. The list is never-ending; there is always something that needs doing. For example, you have...
Preface: These articles are only a summary of the lives of the great Companions and do not cover all the points of their life stories. These stories are not intended as biographies, but rather to provide a glimpse of the main incidents of each companion’s life. For ease of reading...
Question: I would like to ask a question about mental health. If a parent or both were mentally ill, for example depressed, bipolar, etc. on medication and had a history childhood sexual abuse and history of incest, would it be Islamically permissible for them to have an abortion? What...
Question: Is it permissible for Muslims to attend non-muslim funerals? Answer: Jazakumullahu Khayran/ Thank you for your question. In principle, there is no objection in attending non-Muslim functions or funerals. However, the caution a Muslim must take, is that one should not participate...
