The words of Zaynab bint ‘Ali echoed throughout the palace, and Yazîd ibn Muʿâwiyah remained silent. Such was the granddaughter of the prophet: unafraid, even in a position of seeming defeat and humiliation

“Among the signs of a learned man is criticizing his own words and being informed of various viewpoints.”

Wa `alaykum as-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. In this fatwa: We are told that fasting the day of Ashura expiates the sins of the previous year as the Prophet …

Islam has witnessed so many events over the course of  history that entrenched itself deep into our collective conscious. Starting from the political events that followed the Prophet’s death, passing through military conquests and defeats of the different Sultanate dynasties during the middle ages, and ending with the current  role of Islam in our post-modern …