By His Eminence Shaikh Ahmed al Khalili, Grand Mufti of the Sultanate — A Muslim weights his deeds with the balance of piety to measures their harms and benefits and decides whether or not to embark upon done within lawful…
By Ahmed Al Matani The subject of raising kids Islamically is not an easy matter. It requires a lot of patience, determination, dedication and sacrifice and most importantly seeking Allah’s help. This article humbly attempts to shed light on…
In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful. Between the two absolute names of Allah “Most Gracious” and “Most Merciful” lies the definition of the relation between Allah SWT and humans. All humans are protected by Allah…
With dry throats, parched lips, swoons of drowsiness, short tempers, and long hot afternoons, Ramadan days went by for most of us. Akin to a long arduous journey imparting to us as Muslims a yearly training in patience and resilience,…
It have been fruitful 3years since I accepted Islam. I arrived in Oman way back October 25, 2012 carrying in the back of my mind that I will never become a Muslim because in the Philippines we believed that Islam…
“Indeed, Allah confers blessings upon the Prophet, and His angels (ask Him to do so). O you who have believed, ask (Allah to confer) blessing upon him and ask (Allah to grant him) peace.” Qur’an (33:56) A prophet is a…
Mohammad Yousuf Nabong became estranged from his family, had to break up with his long-term girlfriend and saw friendships end when he converted to Islam but there is one thing that has kept the flame of hope alive in…
Hilal Al Rashdi, an adviser at the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Eid Al Fitr should not mark the end of good habits developed during Ramadan which made the fasting month a spiritually and physically rewarding experience, say…
With some justification, Ibadhi Muslims complain that although they read the literature of all the sects, non- Ibadhis hardly ever look at Ibadhi literature. Descriptions of Ibadhism in the works of medieval Sunni scholars like Ibn hazm are full of…