Articles By: Fatema Kahil

26Dec
2009

Time: A Divine Covenant

By Fatema Kahil They are indeed infamous: individuals who are always late. It seems that no matter what the circumstance or the occasion, they just can’t appear to be on time. Some even attempt to justify their chronic tardiness with a litany of excuses: traffic on the Interstate-5, a sick relative, or even DNA tuned to different time zones, forcing compliance with “Middle Eastern Standard Time,” “Brown Standard Time,” or most surprisingly, “Muslim Standard Time.” The cultural titles acquired as [...]

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27Nov
2009

The Eid of Sacrifice

The history of Islam saw absolute sacrifice and submission in the way of Allah only twice. Prophet Ibrahim (as), the Father of Faith himself, was the first to take the test of submission. Ibrahim (as) displayed his obedience to Allah (swt) by readily submitting completely to God’s will. Allah (swt) exempt Prophet Ibrahim from continuing with the sacrifice, promising a more momentous one later in time, a sacrifice which came through the martyrdom of Imam Husain (as), the grandson of [...]

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