By Imam Numaan Cheema, Zubaida Foundation, Yardley, PA Author’s Note: This reflection was inspired by a recent speech from one of our elders, who reminded us of the peril in seeking comfort while serving the dīn. Some roses bloom through concrete. They split the cracks with quiet defiance, inching upward toward light that others long… Read More Roses That Grow from Concrete
By Imam Numaan Cheema, Zubaida Foundation, Yardley, PA In the high, wind-scoured ranges of Nevada and Utah stand the Bristlecone Pines, trees older than the pyramids, Stonehenge, and every empire that once thought itself eternal. They grow where almost nothing else survives, in thin air and rocky soil beneath an unrelenting sun. Their growth is… Read More Strip-Bark Growth: A Sermon in Wood and Wind
By Imam Numaan Cheema, Zubaida Foundation, Pa It’s a strange sight: Muslim businesses built on halal food and wholesome spaces now marketing themselves with soundtracks that contain impermissible elements. Scroll through social media, and the contradiction is everywhere. This has been on my mind for some time now, and instead of fading, the trend only… Read More Price of a Reel
Adab al-Ṭabīb: Chapter Eight On What Both the Healthy and the Sick Should Believe and Hold in Their Hearts About the Physician in Times of Health and Sickness By Isḥāq ibn ‘Alī al-Ruhāwī (d.~931 CE) Human bodies are constantly in flux and change, because they are composed of opposing elements that compete with one another,… Read More On the Esteemed Place of the Physician in Health & Sickness
by Mateen KhanDelivered November 4, 2023, at AMMSA National Conference 2023, World Astoria Manor, New York City. Summary: This paper, adapted from a keynote address delivered at the AMMSA National Conference 2023, argues for the reintegration of Islamic epistemology and metaphysics into the practice of contemporary medicine. Drawing from classical Islamic ontology, the lecture critiques… Read More Making Medicine Better
Chapter 9 The creation of mankind was an act of unadulterated love, an expression of divine generosity that knows no bounds. Since Allah is absolutely independent (al-Ghanī), this act was free from any possibility of remuneration, a gift given purely out of His infinite mercy. He perfected the gift of existence with guidance (hidāya), making… Read More Sīrat al-Ḥabīb ﷺ: The Flame of the Anṣār
Chapter 8 Eleven years had now transpired since the moment when Sayyiduna Jibrīl presented himself to the Prophet ﷺ in the cave of Hirā’. The Muslims emerged from a debilitating boycott, and the Prophet ﷺ lost his two protectors, Abū Ṭālib and Khadījah (Allah be pleased with her). On top of that, he returned rejected… Read More Sīrat al-Ḥabīb ﷺ: The Journey to the Divine Presence
Chapter 7 Unlike the trials of the Muslims that Baraka (Allah be pleased with her) also endured, watching the heartbreak of the Prophet ﷺ when he lost both his beloved wife Khadījah (Allah be pleased with her) and Abū Ṭālib uniquely wrenched her soul. She saw in his eyes the same orphan who years ago… Read More Sīrat al-Ḥabīb ﷺ: From Lows to Highs
Chapter Six Baraka’s eyes smiled as if to exclaim, “I knew it!” Her foster son, whom she so adored, now a man of forty years, informed her that he was a Prophet of Allah. Of course, she accepted it immediately and wholeheartedly, for she had witnessed his perfect character and extraordinary events for years. She… Read More Sīrat al-Ḥabīb ﷺ: Darkness & Light
Chapter 5 A sound like a bell’s ringing reverberated through the heavens, shaking them to their core. The inhabitants therein recognized it as they fell unconscious. It—the sound of revelation—had finally arrived. They awoke to their hearts trembling, finding the Messenger among the angels, Sayyiduna Jibrīl, standing before them. They inquired, “What did our Lord… Read More Sīrat al-Ḥabīb ﷺ: Lighting the Chasm
Enter the Sunnah 