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Free Live Event – How To Write Your Will, with Dr. Ashraf Muneeb

Raidah Shah Idil, Outreach

Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh, Join us this Sunday, August 22nd at 2:30 pm GMT for our free live event with Dr. Ashraf Muneeb: How To Write Your Will. Seats are limited, so click here to register!

Shifa’s End

Qays

Allah’s is the praise! This year’s Shifa program has come to it’s conclusion. It was truly an honour to serve so many believers from so many different backgrounds and places. The people who travel to seek knowledge reall…

Shifa Closing Ceremony 2010

Raidah Shah Idil, Outreach

Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullah! Last Thursday, on the 19th of August, we held our Shifa Closing Ceremony. Our guest speaker was Dr Abdul Nasser Abu Al-Basal, President of WISE University. Br Zaheer Razack was the MC, and…

Where are you headed?

Raidah Shah Idil, Outreach

SunniPath has an exciting announcement, just around the corner! For the past eight years, SunniPath has grown and expanded.

Free Live Event – The Night of Power

Raidah Shah Idil, Outreach

Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh! Join Shaykh Sohail for a tafsir on Surah Al-Qadr this Sunday August 29th at 2:30 pm GMT. Seats are limited, so click here and register now!

CNN Interview with Shaykh Abdul-Karim Yahya

Raidah Shah Idil, Outreach

Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullah! Take a look at this CNN interview of Shaykh Abdul-Karim Yahya.

‘Dealing with In-Laws’ recording

Raidah Shah Idil, Outreach

Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh, Please click here for the recording of the ‘Dealing with In-Laws’ Live Event.

Eid Mubarak

Imran Chowdhury, Managing Director

A Ramadan Message from SunniPath Academy Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh, Dear Students, Volunteers, Supporters, and Friends, We pray this message finds you in the best of health and iman, having benefitted…

How did we manage Qibla.com name

Imran Chowdhury, Managing Director

Some of you have asked, how did we manage to get Qibla.com name? I want to thank Br. Thasin Sardar from Michigan to providing this unique domain name to us. He registered this name many years earlier and wanted to put th…

SunniPath is now Qibla: Recorded Event

Imran Chowdhury, Managing Director

On the night of Laylat Al-Qadr, SunniPath announced changes of its name. We are now known as Qibla For the Islamic Sciences. Sheikh Nuh Keller spoke about the objectives of Qibla and Habib Umar bin Hafiz spoke about the …

Tajwid

Sulmaan Hanif, Qibla Transition Team

Assalam-u-Alaiykum UPDATE: We have made some improvements to our Tajwid course, which is in the process of being redesigned and revamped. Our Tajwid Ijaza program now includes memorizing the 30th Juz’ of the Quran, to co…

Welcome to Qibla Transitional Blog

Imran Chowdhury, Managing Director

As Salamu Alaikum Welcome to Qibla. This blog is setup to keep you informed about our progress as we transition from SunniPath to Qibla. We also want you to take part during this Journey. We want to get your constant fee…

Dr. Murad Hoffman, Prominent German Diplomat and Author, Discusses Philosophy, Being a Vegetarian, and His Preference for Apple Computers During His Visit to Qibla

Zaheer Razack, Director of Academic Advancement

On Wednesday September 29th, Dr. Murad Hoffman visited our office and met the entire staff. We picked him up from his hotel and brought him directly to our office.

Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Spends a Day with the Qibla Staff

Zaheer Razack, Director of Academic Advancement

Four months ago, Dr.

Mufti Mustafa Ceric–Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Graces the Qibla Office

Zaheer Razack, Director of Academic Advancement

Alhumdulillah, on Sunday September 26th, Dr. Mustafa Ceric, the Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Hezegovina, visited our office. He was accompanied by Dr. Abdul Nasir al-Basal, the President of WISE Univeristy and Qibla senior Shar…

Our Meetings with Key Scholars at the Royal Aal al-Bayt Foundation Conference on Environment in Islam in Amman, Jordan

Zaheer Razack, Director of Academic Advancement

Dr. Ashraf Muneeb, Academy Director, accompanied by Imran Chowdhury, Managing Director, and I attended the Fifteenth General Conference of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought from September 27-29, 2010.

Is it Permissible for a Muslim to believe that Allah is in the Sky in a Literal Sense?

Q-News © Nuh Ha Mim Keller

No. The literal sense of being "in the sky" would mean that Allah is actually in one of His creatures, for the sky is something created.

Literalism and the Attributes of Allah

© Nuh Ha Mim Keller

I received a letter in Jordan not too long ago from a British Muslim, asking me questions about modern calls to replace traditional Islam with an ostensible "return to the way of the Salaf, or ‘early Muslims.’"

Tawassul: Supplicating Allah through an Intermediary

© Nuh Ha Mim Keller, 1995 From Reliance of the Traveller

TAWASSUL (definition) Supplicating Allah by means of an intermediary, whether it be a living person, dead person, a good deed, or a name or Attribute of Allah Most High.

Unity Through Schools of Thoughts

Abdal Hakim Murad 1996 International Islamic Unity Conference

Bismillah. Alhamdulillah. Was-salaat was-salaam alaa Rasul-illah wa alihi wa sahbihi wa man walaa. In our gathering today, we are showing, of course, the reality and not the Hollywood myth about our Islamic faith.

What is a Madhab? Why is it necessary to follow one?

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Why Muslims Follow Madhabs

© Nuh Ha Mim Keller

"Who needs the Imams of Sacred Law when we have the Qur’an and hadith? Why can’t we take our Islam from the word of Allah and His Messenger?" Nuh Ha Mim Keller explains the necessity to respect and value scholars and the…

by Shaykh Muhammad Maulud

Translated into English by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

This is an edited transcription of the audio tapes of the course Shaykh Hamza gave based on his translation of Shaykh Muhammad Maulud's Matharatul Qulub: The Diseases of the Heart. This class took place in Hayward, Calif…

Book of Wisdoms al-Hikam al-‘Ata'iyyillah

©Nuh Ha Mim Keller 2000

Infinitude is the native land from whence Allah has created the soul, then summoned it again upon the tongue of His messengers (Allah bless them and give them peace) from its exile.

Extraction from "What the Seeker Needs"of Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi:

Silvia Chowdhury

Believe in the oneness and uniqueness of Allah. … “Nothing is like Him” - Write in your heart and mind this principle, this foundation of faith, and believe in Allah’s prophet and the message that he brought from the Dev…

Four Poisons of the Heart:

1. Unnecessary Talking Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "A person who talks too much is a person who often makes mistakes, and someone who often makes mistakes, often has wrong actions. The Fire …

Giving Good Counsel to Fellow Muslims:

Imam al-Haddad Condensed from The Book of Assistance

You must be of good counsel to all Muslims. The highest point of this is that you conceal nothing from them which if made known would result in good or preserve from something evil.

The Meaning of Tasawwuf:

Shaikh Shahidullah Faridi (r.a)

(The writer (1915-1978) was an English convert to Islam who became a Shaykh of the Tariqa Chishtiyya, living a life of simplicity in Karachi, Pakistan, where his holiness gained him the love and devotion of thousands of …

The Place of Tasawwuf in Traditional Islam

© Nuh Ha Mim Keller

Perhaps the biggest challenge in learning Islam correctly today is the scarcity of traditional ‘ulama.

The Woman: A Parable:

© Nuh Ha Mim Keller 2001

A man was walking through the marketplace one afternoon when, just as the muezzin began the call to prayer, his eye fell on a woman’s back.