Coming Home: Faith After Release
Tawbah does not end at the gate. A practical plan for guarding your faith and rebuilding your life in the first weeks after release.
Character Khutbahs
Fathers Matter
Fatherhood in the Quran, the father's rights and duties, and why he remains the father, the wali, and the provider long after divorce.
Marriage: Two Sets of Rights
The husband's duties and the wife's rights, then the wife's duties and the husband's rights. Marriage in Islam is not one-sided in either direction.
Nawawi Hadith 11: Doubt and Certainty
On leaving what causes doubt for what brings certainty, and building a clean heart through wara' in business, speech, and daily choices.
Nawawi Hadith 12: The Wisdom of Restraint
On leaving what does not concern you as a mark of the perfection of Islam, guarding the tongue, the eyes, and the time Allah has given you.
Nawawi Hadith 15: Words, Neighbors, Guests
On the sign of true faith in three tests: speaking good or staying silent, honoring the neighbor, and honoring the guest.
Nawawi Hadith 16: Do Not Become Angry
On the Prophet's repeated advice, do not become angry, and how restraining anger is one of the strongest acts of faith.
Nawawi Hadith 18: Follow Bad With Good
On three commands for a lifetime: fear Allah everywhere, erase a bad deed with a good one, and meet people with good character.
Nawawi Hadith 19: The Pens Are Lifted
On the Prophet's advice to a young man: guard Allah and He will guard you, ask only Him, and know that everything has already been decreed.
Nawawi Hadith 20: When Shame Is Gone
On haya, the modesty and shame before Allah that restrains a believer from sin even when no one else is watching.
Nawawi Hadith 23: Half of Faith
On purity as half of faith, prayer as light, charity as proof, and the Quran that will testify for you or against you on the Day of Judgment.
Nawawi Hadith 24: Oppression Is Forbidden
On Allah's own declaration that He has forbidden oppression for Himself and among His servants, a Hadith Qudsi on justice, need, and mercy.
Nawawi Hadith 27: The Heart's Fatwa
On righteousness as good character and sin as what wavers in the soul, and why the heart, not popular opinion, is the honest judge of right and wrong.
Nawawi Hadith 29: The Tongue's Harvest
On Mu'adh's question about entering Paradise, the gates of goodness Allah opened for him, and why the tongue is the deed most likely to end in the Fire.
Nawawi Hadith 3: Built to Last
On the five pillars Islam is built upon, and why that structure can hold a man together even when everything around him has collapsed.
Nawawi Hadith 31: Renounce the World
On zuhd: why renouncing attachment to this world earns Allah's love, and renouncing envy of others earns people's love.
Nawawi Hadith 32: Do No Harm
On la darar wa la dirar: the Prophetic principle that forbids both starting harm and repaying harm with harm.
Nawawi Hadith 33: Proof and Oath
On the Prophetic principle that the burden of proof falls on the claimant, and the oath falls on the one who denies.
Nawawi Hadith 34: Hand, Tongue, Heart
On changing evil by hand, tongue, or heart, and why silence in the face of wrong is the weakest form of faith.
Nawawi Hadith 35: Brothers, Not Rivals
On envy, hatred, and estrangement between believers, and why the Prophet ﷺ pointed to the chest and said taqwa is here.
Nawawi Hadith 6: The Shepherd's Warning
On the hadith of halal, haram, and the doubtful matters between them, and why the heart is the piece of flesh that decides everything.
Nawawi Pair 1 & 2: Foundations of Faith
Two hadith that anchor the entire religion: sincerity of intention behind every deed, and the three tiers of Islam, Iman, and Ihsan taught by Jibril.
Nawawi Pair 11 & 12: Leaving Doubt
Two Nawawi principles for a clean heart: leave what makes you doubt, and leave what does not concern you.
Nawawi Pair 15 & 16: Good Speech
Speak good or stay silent, honor your neighbor and guest, and do not get angry: commands that shape a believer's character.
Nawawi Pair 19 & 20: Reliance on Allah
Be mindful of Allah and He will protect you, and haya as the guard of deeds: prophetic advice on reliance and shame before Allah.
Nawawi Pair 27 & 28: Inner & Outer Path
Righteousness is good character and holding to the Sunnah: the inner compass and the outer path of the believer.
Nawawi Pair 33 & 34: Truth, Justice, and Reform
Islam requires real evidence before blame, and it commands every believer to oppose wrong by hand, tongue, or heart, never in silence.
Nawawi Pair 35 & 36: Brothers Who Ease Burdens
Two Nawawi hadiths on ending envy and contempt among Muslims, and earning Allah's relief by easing a brother's hardship.
Nawawi Pair 37 & 38: Deeds and Divine Nearness
How Allah rewards every sincere intention and draws near to the servant who seeks Him through worship and nawafil.
Oppression in the Home
Dhulm inside the household, the honest reading of 4:34, and why real abuse finds no cover in the Quran and no home in our community.
Real Men in Islam
A guide to true masculinity in Islam through righteousness, truthfulness, justice, compassion, and self-control, as shown by the example of Prophet Muhammad.
Seerah: The Best of Examples
The love of the Prophet ﷺ is proven by following him, seen in four turning points of his life: Makkah, Ta'if, the Hijrah, and Madinah.