I appreciate WhatsApp for its group chats and broadcast lists, but when they facilitate mindless sharing, not so much. Sharing religious encouragements and reminders, hadith and ayaat, is inherently good, Alhamdulillah. But is it good when we share things irresponsibly? Receiving and sending things that are misleading, without context, or even fabricated isn’t doing ourselves or each other any …
New converts to Islam have to ask themselves “How can I learn how to pray if I don’t even know Arabic?” “How do I know if I’m praying salah the correct way?” This post will share some insight into how some converts will experience learning to pray, and what to do if you’re new to …
Reclaim Your Heart by Yasmin Mogahed is a motivational read that helps build iman in any Muslim and is an example of dawah done right. She interchangeably uses the words ‘God’ and ‘Allah’, appealing to all people of faith and making the book accessible to any faithful mindset. In this short review of Reclaim Your Heart we’ll …
Updated 22 Sept 2018 Our last post explained a little about why A Modest Argument started: to better explore conflicting ideas and understandings. To develop that some more; we argue with our loved ones about fiqh or aqeedah or race, gender, and sexuality issues but are we really listening? Or are we just trying to get our point across? As …
Updated 22 Sept 2018 Nahmaduhu wa nusalli ‘ala Rasulihi’l Karim (All praise and thanks is due to Allah, and blessings upon His Messenger) Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam “In this Quran We have presented every kind of description for people but man is more contentious than any other creature.” This ayah (54) in Surah al-Kahf is preceded …
“But man is more contentious than any other creature.” Read More »