The Phoenix Nest: Faith and Feminine Fire

The revolution that Musa ('alayhissalaam) brought to Egypt would not have been possible without the role of Aasiyah ('alayhassalaam...

My grandfather is the first man who exemplified what  # TrueQawwam  means to me. He was a man whose circumstances didn't allow for h...

The Day of Judgment exists because justice is not always meted out in this world, and even when it is, it is carried out by human standard...

It is disturbing to know that women verbally abusing their husbands during fights is not viewed as equally abhorrent as men being verbally ...

When we think about the Saabireen, oftentimes we need look no further than our own parents or spouses or the masjid aunty/uncle we say sal...

Listening to my father reciting aloud in Salatul Maghrib and watching my daughter praying with him makes me feel dangerously sentimental. ...

Regarding the issue of stipulating salawaat, ayaat of the Qur'an, or obligatory acts of worship such as Hajj for a woman's mahr (1...

As much as I rail on about what Muslim women face, I do want to take a moment to say that many of us don't recognize that many Muslim ...

"Brothers, how would you feel if someone abused your mother/ sister/ wife/ daughter?" Guys. Guys. You don't get it. Deares...

How do you know if there is barakah in your life? So often, it seems to be an almost indescribable quality, a concept that's difficult...

This won't be too detailed, but a really interesting tidbit from Sh Akram: With regards to the hadith of Abu Bakra about how a natio...

I am particularly repulsed by the Muslim males on social media who feel perfectly at ease referring to Muslim women by various vulgar term...

A hadith commonly quoted about women is the "bent rib" hadith - of which there are several variations. An issue of note is the...

How can we support/ promote female scholarship? (Note: this will all come from a very traditional/ conservative/ Orthodox perspective bc I...

When I got my divorce at age 23, I was a thoroughly embittered, cynical woman with a solid sense of suspicion towards (most) Muslim men, t...