The Obligatory Prayers and the Broader Command to Remember Allah
We all each now and then meet and hear about people who perform the daily obligatory prayers for a period of time then abandon it,…
Mind Your Feet, Forget Your Heart: An Illustration of the Predicament of Muslims
Like any collective activity, the Muslim congregational prayer (salāt al-Jamā’a) must have its rules, so that all participants can perform it in the same way.…
The Length of the Fasting Day of Ramadan
A Muslim brother who in recent years moved from Europe to Canada sent me an email after reading my article The Secret of Seeing the Invisible…
The Secret of Seeing the Invisible Lunar Crescent of Ramadan
Every year, the fasting month of Ramadan presents the Muslims around the world with the question of when it exactly starts and ends. Most Muslims…
The Uniqueness of Ramadan
Probably everybody who fasts Ramadan, whether or not they practice other aspects of Islam and to what degree, feels that this act of worship has…
