Archive for February, 2007
Such protection of women’s honor can be found nowhere else!
0 Comments Published February 22nd, 2007 in Women in IslamRecently, most of my free time is spent reading and writing about women in Islam. Alhamdulillah, the more research I do, the more I love Islam and the way it has honored women from the very beginning. The following piece is an excerpt from the book, Human Rights in Islam. It is only a glimpse of [...]
Criticizing a Da’ee
3 Comments Published February 4th, 2007 in Calm yourself, Iago., Class with Dr. Ali ShehataI wish we would remember that there is an art and a science to da’wah. Why bother with a person’s “art” when you know that the real problem lies in their “science”…or in their understanding of the science.
When we want to criticize someone’s da’wah, we have to remember to criticize them based on the science and [...]
The Reward for Lowering the Gaze
5 Comments Published February 4th, 2007 in Class with Dr. Ali ShehataWe learned this week the principle of الجزا من جنس العمل (Al-jazaa’u min jins al-`amal) and the example of which can be seen in the action and reward for lowering the gaze. Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned when a person lowers his gaze, he is obeying Allah, by doing so Allah will reward him with a reward similar in nature. [...]