If your question is what the fiqhi ruling is on cat hair, we have to say that amongst all animals, only dogs and pigs are najis....
Read More »Amnesty Urges India Should to Stop ‘Vicious’ Crackdown on Muslim
India should stop ‘vicious’ crackdown on Muslims who took to the streets to protest a ruling party official’s remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, Amnesty International said Tuesday (14 June 2022). Two demonstrators were killed and hundreds of others arrested last week in nationwide protests over the comments, which embroiled India …
Read More »Hajj Rituals by Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani
It is clear from the Holy Qur'an and the traditions that performance of Hajj (Pilgrimage) is obligatory on every person who has attained puberty and has the means mentioned below....
Read More »Philosophy behind Prohibitions during Iḥrām in Ḥajj
In other words, through the act of performing Hajj, one declares that Allah (swt) is the Ultimate Authority. This visit to the House of Allah (swt) is the most sacred journey of...
Read More »The Fate of a Rich Girl Who Marries a Simple Cleric
If you are a rich girl and this poverty and indigence becomes the routine of your life together, what will happen to your belief, patience and morality? What if you are going to...
Read More »Why Do Muslims Wear the Hijab?
After telling Muslim men to lower their gazes, the Holy Qur’an reminds women: “And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that they should not display their beauty and...
Read More »The Summer Heat: Melting Away Our Hijab
Is our faith as fragile as ice, that we let it melt away with the heat? Although it is obligatory upon all Muslims to practice Hijab in its various forms, unfortunately some of...
Read More »Understanding Islamic Finance
In Understanding Islamic Finance Muhammad Ayub introduces all the essential elements of this growing market by providing an in-depth background to the subject and clear descriptions of all the...
Read More »Islamic Moral Economy Foundations of Islamic Finance
The reform movement in the Muslim world can be traced back to the mid-nineteenth century and the search for authentic Islamic institutions has dominated the objectives of the....
Read More »Muslim Minorities in the West: Between Fiqh of Minorities and Integration
This paper argues that Fiqh of minorities’ scholars attempt to provide legal opinions and solutions for Muslim minorities in the West in order for them to fulfill their role as both good Muslims and...
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