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There are some people who view hijab as a kind of limitation or even as an oppression for Muslim women. At some point, it indeed looks like limitations. But as a hijabi, I prefer to call it boundaries. The meaning of hijab isn’t just portrayed by the headscarf that covers Muslim women’s hair; there are also values and boundaries that Islam teaches through the wearing of hijab. Balance between Fashion and Hijab Personally, getting to know hijab and its meaning made me blown away even more by Islam. I was born into a Muslim family, and they are quite religious but not strict. To be honest, at that time I was doing my duty as a Muslim because my parents told me to, so I followed them, and people in my surroundings did it as well. So, for me, it wasn’t because of the light. Then, there was the beginning of a period in a difficult time when somehow I started to understand more about Islamic values and their relevance in today’s life. When I was ...

The dunya where we live is not a perfect place that is free of sadness or hardships. Pain is a part of life that all of us have to go through in different ways. Alhumdulillah, pain is not a constant value but rather a series of ups and downs. People deal differently with difficult times that they go through. Some of us adamantly refuse to give up no matter how much we get hurt- those types are always able to stand up again. But others easily give up and quickly lose hope. Today’s story is about one of those who never give up; who always realize that there is a god who can change sadness into happiness; and darkness into light. John Coster is an average Irish Christian man who lived a stable normal marital life with his wife and his sons. His life was full of happy and sad moments like anyone’s. After 12 years of marriage, everything changed for the worse and the gap between him and his wife started to increase gradually.  After another 12 years of patience and several attem...

Volunteers from a local mosque in South Bend, Indiana, joined hands to prepare and deliver 1000 meals to local homeless shelters.   Saturday’s event was the result of cooperation between the Islamic Society of Michiana and Pious Projects of America. Volunteers collected donations and prepared meals at Saturday’s event for those in need, WSBT 22 reported. Read Also: York Mosque Hosts Community Kitchen to Feed the Needy Islam encompasses the concepts of community service in its morals. Showing kindness to people and charity to the less fortunate are the most emphasized moral virtues in the Qur’an. The Prophet (saw) said,  ‘He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while his neighbor goes hungry’.  [Bukhari] The post Indiana Mosque Delivers 1,000 Meals to Homeless appeared first on About Islam . source https://aboutislam.net/muslim-issues/n-america/indiana-mosque-delivers-1000-meals-to-homeless/

As many western media continue to side with Israel in its ongoing war on Gaza, many Muslim celebrities, especially athletes, have not compromised on their values and have publicly shown their support for the Palestinian people and the people of Gaza. Thes following are just a few examples of the athletes who have shown support for the people of Gaza. Read Also: Muslim, Arab Athletes Demand Respect for Palestinian Civilians Karim Benzema Toutes nos prières pour les habitants de Gaza victimes une fois de plus de ces bombardements injustes qui n’épargnent ni femmes ni enfants. — Karim Benzema (@Benzema) October 15, 2023 Al Ittihad striker, former Real Madrid captain, Ballon d’Or winner, and football legend Karim Benzema has recently shown his support for Gaza. He wrote a post on Twitter in French, which translates to: “All our prayers for the people of Gaza, once again victims of these unfair bombardments that do not even spare women and children.” Read Also: 6-Year-Old Palest...

Fear and sadness are the biggest burdens for humans, and Allah (SWT) knows this. But when we truly believe in Allah, He will help us overcome these hurdles. Click this video to find out more from Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan as he shares what these fears and sadness are all about and how we can overcome them. Read Also: Turn Your Fears Into Dua: Yasmin Mogahed The post Fear and Sadness: The Two Biggest Burdens for Humans appeared first on About Islam . source https://aboutislam.net/multimedia/videos/fear-and-sadness-the-two-biggest-burdens-for-humans/

Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed 26 times in the heinous attack Children and senior citizens accounted for almost 60 percent of casualties in Gaza.  Joining hundreds of Palestinian kids brutally murdered in Israeli war on Gaza, a Palestinian-American 6-year-old boy has been stabbed to death and his mother seriously wounded after being attacked by a 71-year-old landlord. The mother, Hanaan Shahin, and her son Wadea Al-Fayoume had lived on the ground floor of the house for two years with no previous notable issues with the landlord, reported as 71-year-old Joseph Czuba.  Read Also: Gaza Tragedy: A Step Closer to the Apocalypse According to written text messages reportedly sent to the father of the boy by the mother from the hospital and shared with the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the landlord knocked on their door, and when she opened, he tried to choke her and proceeded to attack her with a knife, yelling “you Muslims must die...

During the Makkah period of the Prophet’s message , four events of special significance occurred: 1- the conversion of Hamzah, 2- the conversion of Umar , 3- the Prophet’s refusal to negotiate any sort of compromise with Quraish, 4- and then the pact drawn up between the families of Banu Al-Muttalib and Banu Hashim. The pact was drafted to protect the Prophet (peace be upon him) against any treacherous attempt to kill him. The polytheists were at a loss as to what course they would follow to stop the Prophet. They had already been aware that if they killed him, civil war would break out. Also blood would surely flow profusely in the valleys of Makkah. Story of Hamzah: How Prophet Muhammad's Uncle Found Islam Taking this dreadful prospect into consideration, they grudgingly resorted to a different wicked course that would not imply murder. The pagans of Makkah held a meeting in a place called the Al-Muhassab valley. They also formed a confederation hostile to both ...

Recently, my dear friend and sister in Islam suffered a terrible loss. Muslims Rejoice Return of ISNA Convention When I contacted her to see how she was doing, she confided that her pain was even greater because she felt forgotten by the local Muslim community. Even though her sad news had been traveling around by word of mouth and via social media, very few sisters had taken the time to contact her to offer their condolences or support.  “It makes me wonder how loved I really am,” she admitted. “It is a reminder that true comfort is from Allah SWT alone, and we should rely on Him alone,” she added.  “Still, I would have appreciated the support of my friends.” I was shocked when she told me her story, because she seemed to be universally loved and admired in the community. She is known for her kindness and warmth, and I literally have never heard a negative word about her.  She seemed to be a friend to everyone, so I was appalled to hear that in her tim...

Why do two or more people get into a dispute or argument? There can be several underlying causes or reasons. It usually happens when one person unintentionally wrongs or mistreats another. For example, when someone takes his/her anger and stress at uncontrollable circumstances in their lives out on an unsuspecting scapegoat, hurting the latter in the process. At other times, someone who covets a blessing that they do not possess might feel envious of another who does, and this envy can come out in the form of bad treatment or caustic talk. Then there are personal traits and behaviors that cause conflicts e.g. it is a fact that arrogant and insecure people who suffer from low self-esteem habitually mistreat and demean others just to feel better about themselves. Many a time, it might simply just be a personality clash that can cause two people to not get along, such as a high-flying city-dweller who finds it impossible to tolerate the company of an easygoing “hillbilly” kind of pers...

History of Palestinian conflict, Israeli occupation from 1948 till today Gaza strip, the open-air prison for 2 million Palestinian civilians How the latest event served as a wake-up call to new generations When the Qur’an said in the context of the battle of Badr – which was the mother of all battles and a precursor of things to come – that the objective of the battle was to establish as well as justify the truth and abolish as well as prove falsehood false “even if the criminals disliked it” (al-Anfal, 8), the stage was set for the emergence of perennial conflicts between the two divergent paradigms of fighting: one that champions the truth, justice and dignity of man, and the other that endorses the antitheses of the former. The latest episode in the protracted Gaza tragedy is one of those conflicts when the truth is made manifest and its credibility firmly ratified, and when falsehood, on the other hand, is also made manifest and its professed integrity seriously undermined. W...

Rabi’ Al-Thani, the 4th month in the Hijri calendar, is expected to start on Monday, October 16, according to astronomical calculations. “The Astronomical New Moon (conjunction) is on October 14, 2023 (Saturday) at 17:55 UT. On that day, the moon can not be seen any where,” Moonsighting.com  reported. Moreover, “on October 15, the moon can be seen in Southern Africa with difficulty, but can be seen easily in South America. On October 16, it is visible in the whole world.” Read Also:   Facts About the Hijri Calendar The  Hijri Calendar  is a lunar one, meaning that months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. And since this type of calendars is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Rabi’ At-thani and all Hijri months migrate throughout the seasons. May Allah bless all your days and months. Read Also:   Towards Unified Hijri Calendar The post 4th Hijri Month: When Is Rabi’ Al-Thani 1445? appeared first on About Isla...

A believer’s state should always be in between fear and hope . Just like a bird uses its two wings to fly to his destination. A believer’s two wings are fear and hope, and the destination is paradise. There’s no doubt that this life is filled with difficulties. The way to handle them however, is the key to one’s success. The correct way to deal with stress should be done in a way which conforms to the way of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), since he is our role model. Muslim, Arab Athletes Demand Respect for Palestinian Civilians We need to travel back in time to learn and try to implement the ways he dealt with calamities which befell upon him (PBUH). We need to be sincere in all of our actions. As today Muslims throughout the globe are suffering or worse losing their lives, how do we as a nation cope with all of those pitiful situations? Let us take a glimpse at the suffering of the Prophet (PBUH) and how he handled it. Even before the Prophet was born, his father passed ...

Islamophobia can be defined as the excessive and empirically unjustifiable fear, hatred of, or bias against Islam, Muslims and Islamic civilization, which are translated into policies, attitudes, language, literature, and into condoned individual as well as collective behavioural patterns. Islamophobia is a new term for a centuries-old idea and phenomenon. Its evolution was steep and dynamic. Differences from one era and its context to another were in nuances and methods, rather than magnitudes and goals. While at first and for a long time Islamophobia was in the spirit of “us versus them”, in recent times it came to be, principally, in terms of “them among us”. Islamophobia Seeds May I Celebrate Christmas With My Non-Muslim Family? The seeds of Islamophobia were planted as soon as Muslims started to assert themselves as equal protagonists on the global cultural and civilizational stage, threatening global order. As the followers of the final Prophet and the emissaries o...

This series aims to present outstanding pieces of architecture and design in today’s Muslim world.  So, if you love architecture, you cannot miss this: It is the Museum of the Future! Opened this spring in Dubai after six years of construction. Its unique architecture is stunning. Here are some interesting facts:  It resembles a human eye (looking at the future). The whole building has a round shape, so there are no corners or columns at all! There are seven floors, with a space station and a rainforest inside, and a whole floor for innovative design.  While it is a museum, there is nothing here from the past, only from the present and future. Sacred Geometry of Islamic Architecture The complex aims to support the young generation and be a hub for future designers and scientists. Click on the video and watch more! The post Amazing Architecture: The Museum of the Future appeared first on About Islam . source https://aboutislam.net/family-life...