Shaykh Yoosuf said, “Mu‘aath, there are other proofs from the Quran and Sunnah (Prophetic tradition) which prove what I said. Allah The Almighty says (what means): { Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority.} [Quran 2:30] 　　Allah The Almighty enjoined the believers to be a successive authority... More

　　First Allegation: The Hadeeth (narration) of the Persian man 　　Some advocates of intermixing between the two sexes hold this Hadeeth as a pretext to allow intermixing between the sexes. It was narrated on the authority of Anas ibn Maalik, may Allah be pleased with him, that a Persian neighbor of... More

　　Third Allegation: Co-education for young children 　　Some people call for co-education for young children claiming that this not does not harm them or affect them negatively at all, and that women make better teachers for young children as they have the skill and tact to deal with them. 　　Refutation: 　　•... More

　　Many misconceptions related to the concept of Hijab (Islamic covering for women) are the result of false customs and traditions, due to the absence of sound Islamic Creed, that lead to many baseless worries and obsessions. These misconceptions include: 　　• Hijab is worn when the woman gets old: When the... More

　　Mrs. Cecilia Mahmuda Cannolly (Australia) 　　Why I embraced Islam ? 　　First and foremost I would say it was because fundamentally I had always been a Muslim without being aware of it. 　　Very early in my life I had lost faith in Christianity for many reasons, the major one being that... More

　　Becoming Muslim 　　Both my husband and I converted to Islam. I converted during Ramadan last year and my husband shortly after. The thing that drew me to Islam was the hijab and loose clothing of the Muslim women. We both did research by Internet and then read ahadeeth. 　　I was... More

　　Western women are turning to Islam in rapidly increasing numbers. Kay Jardine discovers why they are so keen to become Muslims. 　　Bullying, depression, and insomnia made Kimberley McCrindle's teenage years particularly difficult. Taunts from classmates about her weight and how she looked left the 19-year-old student feeling like she didn't... More

　　Hajar is the new name of Yamilia. She is a twenty-eight. A student of social studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia, she started studying Islam before two years to find out the truth which she had missed in the material life of the States. Yamilia got convinced and embraced... More

　　Somayyah was educated in a convent and as a teenager worked as a model and in cocktail lounges. Growing up in Ireland and Britain, she tried drugs and liquor and supported alcoholic and sometimes abusive parents. 　　Years later the 25-year old Irish woman moved to the Gulf Arab Emirate of... More

　　‘Aa’ishah Abid Choudry - her given name is Harumi - adopted her Muslim name and faith four years ago, at the age of 26, to marry a Pakistani. Two years later, like many Japanese women married to Muslim men in Japan, she remained reluctant to abide by Islamic laws. Then... More

　　Title: Shortly after I was born in 1934 it became a "fashion" in Germany to quit membership of the Church—Catholic or Protestant—and become "gottglaubig" which means believing in God but actually signifies rather the contrary. In fact when I was about seven years old, an elder girl told me that... More

　　Many may ask why a young, Canadian-born, Caucasian woman would embrace a religion that not only supposedly oppresses women, but takes all her freedom and independence and treats her as a second class citizen. 　　I reject such accusations and pose to them the following question. "Why is it that so... More

　　To those of you who are searching for the truth and to those who have found it and are struggling to stay on the right path. 　　A Never-ending Quest: 　　Although Sofia was a stubborn lady, she knew when to accept a piece of advice - especially she knew who to... More