Category Archives: Islamic Studies

All Caught Up In Geography

We’ve finally gotten back into our groove, sort of. My daughter did notice that the flags were pretty similar and I had to give a mini-political talk about how the Khilafah was carved into pieces and the flags were all … Continue reading

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Islamic Calendar Review

We made these for our notebooks. They stamped the numbers (mostly) by themselves.  

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The End: The Anniversary of the Abolition of the Caliphate | MuslimMatters.org

The End: The Anniversary of the Abolition of the Caliphate | MuslimMatters.org

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Western Sunrise Part I: The First Hijrah to Al Habasha

*The extensive subject matter is courtesy of the notes taken from the lecture of Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick’s Western Sunrise course held at Al Maghrib Institute* (My notes): Any mistakes are surely mine without the intention of doing so, and … Continue reading

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AlhamduLILLAH, I have my own computer again!

MashaALLAH, It has been so stressful since my computer was damaged and I’m sure you’ve noticed that I lost interest in blogging for a while. I was sort of hopping back and forth between my husband’s computer (a Mac) and … Continue reading

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New Mini Bulletin Board, Notebooking

I quickly set up a bulletin board so that we could appreciate the heroes who helped shape Islam along the way. I of course, have been inspired by the recent course that I took and feel this is a nice … Continue reading

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I Made it into the Western Sunrise Course

AlhamduLILLAH I was able to attend the Western Sunrise Course (Islamic History in Africa, Al-Andalus, and  the Americas) at Al Maghrib Institute. The course was taught by Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick and I must say JazakALLAH Khairin to all of … Continue reading

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Western Sunrise: Story of Islam in Africa, Al-Andalus, and the Americas

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Children Too Have Rights Over Their Father

Abu’ul Layth as- Samarqandi (ra) in his book, Tambih al- Ghafilin, relates that a man brought his son to Umar (ra) during his Khilafah and said; “My son does not obey me, he is very disobedient to me.” Hearing this, … Continue reading

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Working on So Many Things

It seems that we have finally started to wrap up some loose ends around here. My laptop is still at the shop and InshaALLAH the hardware will be saved and I can continue blogging on a regular basis. We are … Continue reading

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