Imam Malik ibn Anas

Imam Malik's mother advised him to join the first school and university in Islam, the Mosque of ...

The Last Great Caliph: Abdulhamid II

Throughout Islamic history, one of the uniting aspects of the Muslim world was the caliphate. A ...

King As-Salih Najm Ad-Din Ayyoub

One could hardly imagine how those Muslim emirs accepted to give up Bayt Al-Maqdis for the Chri ...

Umar ibn Abdul Aziz: The Rightly Guided Caliph

Umar ibn Abdul Aziz became the Emir (Caliph) by a coincidence of history. When the Omayyad prin ...

Al-`Izz Ibn `Abdus-Salam

Al-`Izz Ibn `Abdus-Salam was a true scholar who knew that the role of a scholar is not restrict ...

Muslim Printing Before Gutenberg

Gutenberg does seem to have been the first to devise a printing press, but printing itself, tha ...

Blood Circulation

Ibn Al-Nafees and Discovery of the Blood Circulation System

Ibn Al-Nafees worked in the hospital as a physician, and later as a teacher of medicine. Owing ...

Ibn Al-Haytham

Ibn Al-Haytham: The Father of Modern Optics

After failing in his attempt to regulate the flow of the Nile, Ibn Al-Haytham feared that al-Ha ...

Imam Ash-Shafi`i

Imam Ash-Shafi`i: The Grand Jurist for the Sunnah

He went to the Huthayl tribe, which was among the most eloquent Arab tribes, and stayed with th ...

Changing the Qiblah

Rajab: The Month of Peace and Pluralism

Muslim scholars have often focused on recommended acts of worship during this month. However, s ...

Eclipse

Eclipses and Astronomy in Islam

Studying the cosmos is ingrained in the Qur’an which propelled the early Muslim scientists to c ...

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq: The First Caliph

Tabuk was the last expedition of the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) and he asked peo ...