Jumad-ul-Awwal
№12 (2022-12-01)

Two raka’at prayer for women

It is important to read the note at the end of this article to learn the way to offer three and four Raka’at prayers. There are certain acts of...

Indonesian chicken soup

This is a wonderfully flavored yellow soup base, often served with boiled quail eggs and chicken meat. Originated from Indonesia, this dish is...

Koranic and Prophetic Inimitability in Ecology

The mercy of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) has included man, animals, birds, and plants in addition to the environment which is...

2026-09-01 (Rabi-ul-awwal 1448) №9.


Fire, Ash, Faith: A Tatar Ark in the Land of the Rising Sun

This story begins with silence. With that special, ringing, dense silence that descends only after the final explosions have died down, entire neighborhoods have burned to the ground, and the wind has begun to lazily blow ash flakes across the scorched earth, like black, mournful...


The German Kaiser on Salahuddin: A Knight Without Fear or Reproach

On Mount Zollernberg, 50 kilometres from Stuttgart, rises the enormous castle of the Hohenzollerns, a dynasty that once ruled Germany for many years. One of the most famous representatives of this family, Emperor Wilhelm II, once visited the tomb of the famous Salahuddin al-Ayubi in...


The 11th-Century Nizamiyya Madrasah in Dagestan

Find yourself in the high mountains of the Dagestani village of Tsakhur and you will literally touch history. Just reach out and touch the walls of the first university-type madrasa in the North Caucasus, which is located here.   Almost 950 years ago, in 1075, a madrasa was opened in...


Ismail’s Dirham of the Samanid Dynasty

Saman, a native of the city of Balkh, is considered the founder of the Samanid dynasty.   He converted to Islam and enjoyed the patronage of the governor of Khorasan. His grandsons Nuh, Ahmad, Yahya and Ilyas served the caliph himself and by his order, the governor of Khorasan appointed them...


Valuable Advice How to Raise Children

In one of our previous issues, based on the work of renowned Arab child-rearing expert Dr Mustafa Abu Saad, we discussed three types of parents. Firefighters, animal trainers and positive educators – this is the classification Mustafa Abu Saad uses in his works.   I would like to...