THE NEED TO AVOID THE WORLD OF UNBELIEVERS ghayri l-maghdūbi ‘alayhim (1:7) [He] wills that we do...
Tag - wisdom
AN INTERVIEW WITH USTADH OSMAN NURI TOPBAS ON CURRENT EVENTS...
Question: In the past few years, we have been witnessing natural disasters occurring in every...
HUMILITY
Tawadhu’ (humility) is to be humble and to be aware of one’s nothingness before Allah. A person may...
USWAT’UL-HASANAH The Quintessential Example
Among entire creation, it is only human beings who have been given the honor of taking a share from...
THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The first and last link in the chain of prophets, Muhammad Mustafa (pbuh), the Light of Being, a...
THE TENTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
Adiy’s father was the illustrious Hatim Tai, a man from the Tayy tribe whose generosity had become...
THE NINTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The Sword of Language The Blessed Prophet (pbuh) sent a small cavalry unit under the leadership of...
THE EIGHTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The Passing Away of Zaynab, the Daughter of the Blessed Prophet (pbuh) Zaynab (r.ha) never really...
THE SEVENTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
Inviting Kings to Islam Following the Treaty of Hudaybiyah, the Blessed Prophet (pbuh), a rasul...
THE SIXTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
In line with a dream he saw, the Blessed Prophet (pbuh) invited the Believers to a journey to...
THE FIFTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
Salman Farisi’s Acceptance of Islam and His Being Granted Freedom Salman Farisi, or the Persian, (r...
THE FOURTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The Blessed Prophet (pbuh) used to send teachers to neighboring tribes for the purpose of...
THE SECOND YEAR OF HEGIRA
The change of qibla was indeed a significant event. The invalidation of the previous qibla, which...
THE FIRST YEAR OF HEGIRA
Seven hundred years before, Tubba’ Abu Karib, one of the kings of Yemen, had come to Medina, known...
On Society and Rulers
Allah Almighty provided His creatures with a great societal order of life appropriate to the traits...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS Ali (r.a) 656-661
Hadrat Ali (r.a) has the privilege of being born in the precincts of the Ka`ba.[1] His family was...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS `Uthman (r.a) 644-656
Hadrat `Uthman (r.a), the third of the four caliphs, was a Companion who both served the Prophet...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS `Umar (r.a) 634-644
Hadrat `Umar (r.a), was an exemplary Muslim in all his dealings, and he staunchly followed the...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS Abu Bakr (r.a) 632-634
Abu Bakr (r.a), who became the first caliph after the Prophet, associated himself fully with the...
THE STORY OF THE NEY IN THE MATHNAWI
The Ney [1] (flute) that is mentioned in Rûmî’s stories in fact representsthe perfect man (Insân-i...
BIOGRAPHY
Who is Osman Nuri Topbas? Osman Nuri Topbas was born in 1942 in Erenkoy, Istanbul, Turkey to Musa...