From OneUmmah.net:
It has been related that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:
Allah
created the intellect from a stored-up light which was hidden within
His fore-knowledge, and neither emissary, prophet nor high-ranking
angel has seen it. Then He made knowledge its ’self’, understanding its
spirit, abstension (zuhd) its head, modesty (haya’) its eyes, [...]

I never watch or read ABC News, but somehow, and for reasons I still do not fully understand, I happened upon an article by Michael S. Malone called “Media’s Presidential Bias and Decline.”  I have no idea who Michael S. Malone is, but from the way he spends the first half of the article listing [...]

We’re going to the MAI / ISNA midwest regional convention this weekend.  Imam Zaid Shakir is leading the Jum`ah prayer, and “Allah Made Me Funny” will be shown (our city was not one of the “select cities” chosen to show the movie, so this is a treat).
I’ll post updates and maybe some pictures later, insha’Allah.

I had intended to spend the second half of Ramadan listening to the lectures of Hasanain Rajabali, but the website that is publishing his lectures is, once again, using a lousy proprietary windows media streaming server that makes it difficult for Linux and Mac users.
Granted, I could labor it at it and possibly get it [...]

From OneUmmah.net:
A few narrations about how and when the Prophet (pbuh) used to fast.
Read it here.

Zekr 7 was released just in time for Ramadan, and there are some nice new features worth checking out.
For those of you who don’t know, Zekr is an cross-platform, free and open source, Qur’an study tool.  It allows you to read the Qur’an in Arabic, numerous language translations, transliteration, and audio recitation.
Two features that I’m [...]

Our condolences and prayers go out to all of the students, followers, family, and friends of Imam W.D. Mohammed, who passed away today in this holiest of months.
May Allah bless him, forgive him for his shortcomings, and have mercy on him, and there are none who are more merciful than the Most Merciful.

As with every Ramadan, I love the nightly lectures. This year, I’ve become quite fond of a young man named Ammar Nakshawani. He is a self-taught student of knowledge who delivers powerful and touching lectures filled with pearls of wisdom.
You can listen to his current lectures here.Also, for other dynamite lecturers and scholars, [...]

For whatever reason, during Ramadan, I tend to have more vivid dreams. In some cases I even become lucid, whereas that normally does not happen. I have no training in lucid dreaming, although I have desired it on occasion (and then chickened out).
This morning, my alarm clock did not go off or was [...]

I pray that all Muslims around the world have a Ramadan filled with blessings and good deeds.
Here is my formal greeting card to all of you.