• Short Islamic story taken from last hadith in The Book of Revelation of the 1st Volume of Sahih Bukhari: Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas: Abu Sufyan bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants doing business in Sham (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon …

  • ThumbnailSalam – Muslim Social Network would like to wish everyone a blissful Ramadan. The Coordination Committee of Major Islamic Centres and Mosques of London have agreed that 1st Ramadan 1432 will be on Monday 1st August 2011. The tarawih salah will commence from Sunday 31st July 2011, starting at 10.20PM and Qur’an will be recited by [...]

  • ThumbnailIf the news reports of fashion designer’s court case about anti-Semitic slurs and Geert Wilders acquittal of Muslim-hate speech had not come consecutively, I might not have connected them. The difference between the two European men? On the surface, not much. Both wore suits in court, although admittedly, one wasn’t wearing a shirt with his suit. [...]

  • ThumbnailThe BBC is to trace the journey of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) for a new series which is claimed to be a first for British television. Al Jazeera reporter Rageh Omaar will present the three-part programme for BBC2, following in the prophet’s footsteps from Mecca and along the journeys he took during his life. To [...]

  • ThumbnailIbn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated, ‘Prophet Ibrahim brought Isma’eel’s mother (his wife, Hajar) and Isma’eel, while she was still nursing him, and then camped with them next to (the area where) the House (the Kaa’bah) was to be built, next to a large tree just above (the area where now exists the [...]