Thursday, September 29, 2016

In Part 2 of Out of Context, Pastor Baughman asks me about verses & incidents of violence in the Quran and Sunnah.

Share the series with your Muslim and Non Muslim friends!

Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research will be dedicated to answering these questions in depth and will be launching in October insha'Allah!
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VCZ9sTc8S98&list=PLutdSTmJ7bAJQaNrfGlijtvLsDcERufni&index=2
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Friday, September 23, 2016

In the 13th century, Ghazan Khan, the first Mongol ruler to convert to Islam, established various waqfs in Tabriz that provided for the distribution of food among the population. Specifically, sweet dishes were given out on Thursday evenings and holidays and even birds were provided with grain during the winter months.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Do not say that if people do good to us , we will do good to them and if people oppress us we will oppress them but determine that if people do you good , you will do good to them and if they oppress you , you will not oppress them. ~ Prophet Mohammed ( p.b.u.h)

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Among the most notable and lasting contributions of Ottoman women were their waqfs (charitable endowments).

The Yeni Camii (New Mosque) in Istanbul was initiated as a waqf by Valide Sultan Safiye, the mother of Sultan Mehmed III in 1597 and was completed Valide Sultan Turhan Hatice in 1665.

Kösem Sultan, the mother of Sultans Murad IV and Ibrahim I, established a waqf in the early 17th century that provided dowries for poor women.

Islamic learning in Arabic-Afrikaans between Malay model and Ottoman reform (2015)

https://www.academia.edu/12822991/Islamic_learning_in_Arabic-Afrikaans_between_Malay_model_and_Ottoman_reform_2015_