Question: Is watching movies considered haram in Islam? If not, why is chess haram and not movies or watching TV? Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh Thank you for your question. Generally speaking, wasting time is frowned upon. That doesn’t mean that we don’t enjoy leisure as...
Question: Is watching pornographic movies is a kind of Zina in Islam? Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh Thank you for your question. Yes, watching pornographic material is a form of fornication (zina) which is not only prohibited and sinful in Islam but also harmful and...
Last year, I shared a short compilation of Prophetic narrations that were unheard of in our English-speaking circles. Alhamdulillah (praise belongs to God), a few of our readers asked that I continue sharing these narrations. I’ve compiled here, for the second time, a few narrations that...
As I became more advanced in my Arabic studies, I immersed myself in reading hadith (prophetic narrations) in the language spoken by our Messenger ﷺ (may the peace and blessings of God be upon him). The more I read, the more I realized how many narrations we—as the English-speaking...
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was a positive genius—someone who sees that he has the ability to do something about the negative realities in the world, by the grace of God. In his book, Before Happiness*, Shawn Achor lists the five skills of a positive genius, and I could see each one in the...
